Public Records – Criminal Records, Political Contributions, Real Estate Records

Looking for sources on criminal records, political contributions, and real estate records?  Then look no further than this public records guide. […]

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Welcome, Summer 2009 Part-Timers!

Welcome, Summer 2009 Part-Timers! Please check out the following links to help you get started with your research! jump-start your electronic research with these databases scope out your beat with these resources don’t leave home without your Lexis Nexis and Factiva cheat sheet and a good place to start is always at the Journalism Library […]

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WHO Resources

The World Health Organization has a variety of information resources for those interested in science journalism and health reporting, including – Health Topics – index of WHO health topics Publications – books, journals, key WHO publications Global Health Atlas – data and statistics for infectious diseases at country, regional, and global levels; mapping resources available […]

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Religion Resources – who believes what, how many of them are there, and where?

At Columbia, as well as on the web at large, there are some great resources for religion reporting. Here are some good places to get started… For statistical and survey data on religion in the United States, the Association of Religion Data Archives, a free website, is an excellent place to begin, with estimates on […]

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People, Experts, and Consumer Watch

The Basics: phone numbers & addresses I wish I could tell you we had some super-duper special people-finder tools. But we don’t. Here are some decent free sites instead. Verizon (www.verizon.com, then click on People Pages). The source. This is an online white pages. No reverse lookup, though. Infospace (www.infospace.com). This was one of the […]

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Evidence and Inference 2007, Library Presentation Links – Catalogs, National Libraries, Journals & Databases

Library catalogs: The MARC record (Wikipedia) Library of Congress Subject Headings (Wikipedia) Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute library catalog Library of Congress catalog: “vanilla,” and “enhanced“ JOLIS, the Joint World Bank-IMF library catalog Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze, catalog The Prelinger Library WorldCat “Hybrid” databases (bibliographic information, plus full text): ProQuest Digital Dissertations (access restricted to […]

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