untangling_the_web

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CrimeNet
http://www.crimenet.com.au/
This Australian site provides information on criminals, missing persons, wanted
persons, and unsolved crimes in Australia.
The Black Book Online
http://www.blackbookonline.info/
Designed for use in legal investigations. this resource has links to some potentially
lucrative US databases. From Crimetime.com, the Black Book includes unusual links
such as a mail drop search form (to find out if a legitimate looking suite number is in
fact a PO box). Many of the resources listed require payment.
Landings Certified Pilots Database
http://www.landings.com/landings/pages/search/certs-pilot.html
A database of about 600,000 pilots registered with the FAA who have a current
medical certificate. Updated monthly.
NameBase
http://www.namebase.org/
A review describes NameBase as "an index of people influential in politics, the
military, intelligence, crime, business, and the media since WWII. It started in the
late 1960's when New Left activist Daniel Brandt began clipping magazine and
newspaper articles and collecting investigative books about the power
structure ...NameBase includes close to 100,000 names from approximately 260,000
citations. The names are drawn from over 700 books and serials ...most books and
articles come from a leftist perspective." Many of the resources require payment, but
a basic search does not. The site is worth a look because of the extensive crossreferencing
of names from various sources and the "Social Network Diagram"
available for each name mentioned.
Final Thoughts on Finding People
Do not overlook search engines. They may still be your best way of finding people
on the Internet because they crawl the web almost constantly, index vast amounts of
data, index everything on a website (including names, addresses, phone numbers,
email addresses, etc.), and they are fast and easy to use. Also keep in mind there is
a remarkable lack of overlap among search engine results, so use a number of
different ones or several metasearch engines in your search.
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