16 Million Businesses Phone Book • see infoUSA
1. 555-1212.com • www.555-1212.com
2. ABI/INFORM (Dialog File 15) • library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/bl0015.html
3. ACM • www.acm.org
4. AIIP (Association of Independent Information Professionals) • www.aiip.org
5. AIM (Administrators in Medicine) DocFinder • www.docboard.org
6. ALA (American Library Association) • www.ala.org
7. Albert • www.albert-inc.com
8. AltaVista • www.altavista.com
9. American Board of Medical Specialties (certified doctors) • www.abms.org
10. AnyWho • www.anywho.com
11. Autonomy • www.autonomy.com
12. AutoTrackXP (DBT) • www.autotrackxp.com
13. Bloomberg • www.bloomberg.com
14. bmcnews • www.bmcnews.com
15. BRB Publications • www.brbpub.com
16. Bureau of Labor Statistics (U.S. Department of Labor) • stats.bls.gov/blshome.htm
17. Burwell World Directory of Information Brokers, The • www.burwellinc.com
18. Business and Industry (Dialog File 9) • library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/bl0009.html
19. Buslib-L (Business Librarians mailing list)
       To subscribe, email: listserv@listserv.boisestate.edu
       In message body type: subscribe buslib-l firstname lastname
20. California Docfinder • www.docboard.org/ca/df/casearch.htm
21. California Secretary of State • www.ss.ca.gov
22. Canter and Siegel green card spam
       • www.nyupress.nyu.edu/netwars/pages/chapter02/ch02_.html
23. Carroll's Directories • www.carrollpub.com
24. CDB Infotek (owned by ChoicePoint) • www.cdb.com
25. CFP (Computers, Freedom, and Privacy) • www.cfp.org
26. Chain Store Guides • www.csgis.com
27. ChoicePoint • www.choicepointinc.com
28. CIX • www.cix.org or www.cix.net
29. CNET • www.cnet.com
30. Companies House Direct • www.companieshouse.gov.uk
31. CompuServe • www.compuserve.com
32. Computer Select • www.computer-select.com
33. Connections (AIIP newsletter)
       Contact AIIP Headquarters (email: aiipinfo@aiip.org) to request reprints of articles
34. Copernic • www.copernic.com
35. Darnton, Robert • www.uwm.edu/~gjay/darnton.htm
       "No Computer Can Hold the Past," The New York Times, June 12, 1999.
36. DBT • www.dbtonline.com
DBT AutoTrackXP • see AutoTrackXP
Defaulted docs • see Health Education Assistance Loan Program List of Defaulted Borrowers
Deja News • see Google newsgroups
37. Demon Internet • www.demon.net
38. DialIndex (Dialog File 411) • library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/bl0411.html
39. Dialog • www.dialog.com
40. Dogpile • www.dogpile.com
41. Dow Jones Interactive • djinteractive.com
42. Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) • www.dnb.com
43. Duns Business Locator • ceased
44. ECMSA (European Chemical Marketing and Strategy Association; formerly ECMRA)
      • www.ecmra.com
45. Economist Intelligence Unit • www.eiu.com
46. Edgar • edgar.sec.gov
47. Encyclopedia of Associations (Dialog File 114) • www.gale.com or
       library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/bl0114.html
48. EPA • www.epa.gov
49. Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) • www.fitnyc.suny.edu
50. FDA (Food and Drug Administration) • www.fda.gov
51. Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) • www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fcrajump.htm
52. Federal Information Center • www.web-pub.com/library/brochure/fedinfo.html
53. FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) • www.usdoj.gov/04foia/index.html
54. Free Pint Bar • www.freepint.co.uk/bar/
55. Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media (Dialog File 469) • www.gale.com or
       library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/bl0469.html
56. Global Business Network • www.gbn.org
57. Gnutella • www.gnutella.wego.com
58. Google • www.google.com
59. Google newsgroups (was Deja News) • www.groups.google.com
60. Guidestar • www.guidestar.org
61. Headquarters USA • www.omnigraphics.com
62. Health Care Advisory Board • www.advisory.com
63. Health Education Assistance Loan Program
       List of Defaulted Borrowers ("Defaulted docs") • www.defaulteddocs.dhhs.gov
64. Health Forum Journal • www.healthforumjournal.com
65. Hoover's • www.hoovers.com
66. HotBot • www.hotbot.com
67. I-95ers (DC-area information professionals)
       For information or to be notified of meetings, email: mbates@BatesInfo.com
       or send a self-addressed stamped envelope to:
       Bates Information Services, 1829 Mintwood Place, N.W., Washington, DC 20009-1907.
68. ILI • www.ili-info.com/us • www.ili.co.uk/en
69. Individual Reference Services Group (IRSG) • www.irsg.org
70. The Industry Standard • www.thestandard.com
71. Information America (ChoicePoint) • www.infoam.com
72. infoUSA • www.infousa.com
73. InSite 2 • www.insite2.gale.com
74. Institute for the Future • www.iftf.org
75. Inverse Technologies (merged with Visual Networks) • www.visualnetworks.com
76. IRSC • www.irsc.com
77. Kassel, Amelia • www.marketingbase.com
       Author of Super Searchers on Wall Street, Medford, NJ, CyberAge Books, 2000
       www.infotoday.com/catalog/books.htm
78. Kight, Leila • www.scip.org/about/awards2000.html
79. Knowx.com • www.knowx.com
80. LexisNexis • www.lexisnexis.com
81. The Librarian's Yellow Pages • www.librariansyellowpages.com
82. Library of Congress • lcweb.loc.gov
83. Likert scale • www.cultsock.ndirect.co.uk/MUHome/cshtml/psy/likert.html
84. LLRX (Law Library Resource Xchange) • www.llrx.com
85. Merlin • www.merlindata.com
86. Metacrawler • www.metacrawler.com
87. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) • www.tradertype.com
88. National Archives • www.nara.gov
89. National Gallery • www.nga.gov
90. National Institutes of Health • www.nih.gov
91. National Public Records Research Association (NPRRA) • www.nprra.org
92. National Trade and Professional Associations (NTPA) • www.columbiabooks.com/ntpa.html
93. Nelson's Directory of Investment Managers • www.nelnet.com/catalog/dim.htm
94. net.wars • www.nyupress.nyu.edu/netwars.html
95. New Jersey Division of Revenue • www.state.nj.us/njbgs/
96. Newsletter Database (Dialog File 636) • library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/bl0636.html
97. Northern Light • www.northernlight.com or www.nlsearch.com
98. Office of Technology Assessment • www.access.gpo.gov/ota/index.html
99. OneSource • www.onesource.com
100. open.gov.uk • www.open.gov.uk
101. OSHA • www.osha.gov
102. PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) • pacer.psc.uscourts.gov
103. Peterson, Lynn
       "Navigating the Maze of Criminal Records Retrieval" • www.llrx.com/features/crime.htm
       "Online Personal Information: Access vs. Excess" • www.llrx.com/features/personal.htm
104. Porter, Michael
       Author of numerous books, including:
       Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors, Simon & Schuster, 1998.
         • ils.unc.edu/daniel/237/Competition.html
105. Price, Gary
       Direct Search: gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~gprice/direct.htm
       Price's List of Lists: gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~gprice/listof.htm
106. Price Watcher
         No longer published. Contact BiblioData for reprint information:
         www.bibliodata.com/pw/pwdata.html
107. Privacy Rights Clearinghouse • www.privacyrights.org
108. ProfNet • www.profnet.com
109. PROMT (Dialog File 16) • library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/bl0016.html
110. PRRN (Public Records Retrievers Network) • www.brbpub.com/prrn/
111. The Real White Pages • www.realwhitepages.com
112. Reuters • www.reuters.com
113. Rugge, Sue • info.sims.berkeley.edu/sfsla/bulletin/novdec99/rugge.html or
         www.infotoday.com/it/jul99/tribute.htm
114. SCIP (Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals) • www.scip.org
115. SCIP Code of Ethics • For a copy, email: ysuh@scip.org
116. SCIP Peer-to-Peer Network • www.scip.org/marketplace/peer_search.html
117. Search Systems (Pacific Information Resources) • www.pac-info.com
118. search.com • www.search.com
119. The Skeptic • www.skeptic.org.uk
120. Sources and Experts • www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/experts.html
121. Special Libraries Association (SLA) • www.sla.org
122. Standard Periodical Directory • www.oxbridge.com
123. Sterling, Bruce — The Hacker Crackdown
         • www.eff.org/pub/Misc/Publications/Bruce_Sterling/Hacker_Crackdown
124. Superior Online • www.superiorinfo.com
125. Switchboard • www.switchboard.com
126. SWOT • www.marketing-intelligence.co.uk/aware/services/swot.htm
127. Thomas Register • www.thomaspublishing.com/pagetr.html
128. Trade & Industry Database (Dialog file 148) • library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/bl0148.html
129. Turkle, Sherry • http://web.mit.edu/sturkle/www
130. Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory • www.ulrichsweb.com
131. Ultimate People Finder, The • www.knowx.com/free/peoplefinder.htm
U.S. Department of Labor • see Bureau of Labor Statistics
132. U.S. Party/Case Index • pacer.uspci.uscourts.gov
133. Usenet (see also Google Newsgroups)
        • directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Usenet/Web_Based
134. Video Monitoring Service (VMS) • www.vidmon.com
135. Wall Street Journal, The Publications Library
         Full access requires subscription. See also Dow Jones Interactive.
         • public.wsj.com or www.wsj.com
136. Washington Information Directory (Congressional Quarterly)
         • store.yahoo.com/cq-press/wasindir19.html
137. Web-Ferret • www.ferretsoft.com
138. Web4Lib • sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/
139. The WELL • www.well.com
140. WHOIS • www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois
141. Yahoo! • www.yahoo.com
142. Yahoo! for the U.K. • uk.yahoo.com
143. Yahoo! Message Boards • messages.yahoo.com
144. Yahoo! People Search • http://people.yahoo.com
145. Yellow Books • www.leadershipdirectories.com
 

BOOKS AND ARTICLES

146. Baker, Nicholson
       "Discards." The New Yorker, October 14, 1996. Reprinted in The Size of Thoughts, Vintage, 1997.
147. Barone, Jeanne Tessier and Jo Young Switzer
       Interviewing: Art and Skill, Allyn & Bacon, 1995.
148. Berkman, Robert
       Find It Fast: How to Uncover Expert Information on Any Subject, HarperCollins, 2000.
149. Business Control Atlas
       American Map Company, 2000.
150. Culligan, Joseph, J.
       You, Too, Can Find Anybody, Research Investigative Services, Miami, 1998.
151. De Mey, Dennis L. and James R Flowers
       Don't Hire a Crook: How to Avoid Common Hiring (and Firing) Mistakes, Facts on Demand Press, 1999.
152. Dyctwald, Kenneth and Joe Flower
       Age Wave. Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1990.
153. Guide to Background Investigations, The
       TISI (Total Information Services, Incorporated) Staff,
       TISI—National Employment Screening Service, biannual publication.
       For information or to order: www.usetheguide.com
154. Hafner, Katie and John Markoff
       Cyberpunk, Touchstone Books, 1995.
155. Levine, Stephen and Barbara Newcombe
       Paper Trails: A Guide to Public Records in California, California Newspaper Publishers Association, 1995.
       For information, or to order: www.cnpa.com
156. Levis, John
       "The Economic Espionage Act of 1996 and the Information Professional." AIIP Connections, Fall 1998.
157. New York Times Directory of Film
       Random House, 1971.
158. Nolan, John A. III
       CONFIDENTIAL: Uncover Your Competitors' Top Business Secrets Legally and Quickly—
       and Protect Your Own, HarperCollins, 1999.
159. Osterholm, Michael T. and John Schwartz
       Living Terrors: What America Needs to Know to Survive
       the Coming Bioterrorist Catastrophe, Delacorte Press, 2000.
160. Pollard, Andrew
       Competitor Intelligence—Strategy, Tools, and Techniques for Competitive Advantage,
       Financial Times/Prentice Hall, 1999.
161. Ray, Don
       Checking Out Lawyers: What You Should Know before Choosing an Attorney,
       Military Information Enterprises, 1997.
162. Rugge, Sue and Alfred Glossbrenner
       The Information Broker's Handbook, 3rd ed., McGraw-Hill, 1997.
163. Schwartz, John
       "Don't close the book on paper when it comes to research." The Washington Post, July 31, 1995.
164. Stewart, Charles J. and William B. Cash
       Interviewing: Principles and Practices, 9th ed, McGraw Hill College Division, 1999.
165. Tannen, Deborah
       Talking from 9 to 5, Morrow/Avon, 1995.
       That's Not What I Meant, Ballantine Books, 1991.
       You Just Don't Understand, Ballantine Books, 1991.
166. Walther, George R.
       Phone Power: How to Make the Telephone Your Most Profitable Business Tool, Berkeley Books, 1987.
167. Weinberg, Steve, ed.
       Reporter's Handbook: An Investigator's Guide to Documents and Techniques,
       3rd edition, St. Martins Press, 1995.

Super Searchers Go to the Source: The Interviewing and Hands-On Information Strategies of Top Primary Researchers—Online, on the Phone, and in Person By Risa Sacks Edited by Reva Basch