Naked in Cyberspace: How to Find Personal Information Online

Carole A. Lane

Information Today, Inc., Jun 1, 2002 - 587 pages

Surveying the types of personal records that are available on the Internet and through online services, this encyclopedic book explains how researchers find and use personal data, identifies the most useful sources of information about people, and offers advice for those with privacy concerns. Researchers will learn how to use online tools and databases to gain competitive intelligence, locate and investigate people, access public records, identify experts, find new customers, recruit employees, search for assets, uncover criminal records, and conduct genealogical research. Added to this updated edition is a more comprehensive listing of all vendors of public records.

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As an Executive Recruiter I spend a great deal of time researching both companies and people. This book, although a little dated (published in 2002) had loads of good information about where to get ...

Contents

• Welcome to Cyberspace Check Your Clothes at the Door: 3
• Types of Personal Records: 6
• Database Searching: 9
• The Internet Consumer Online Systems: 19
• A Few Sample Searches: 27
• A Word About Privacy: 39
• How Personal Records Are Used: 47
• PreEmployment Screening: 59
• Recruitment and Job Searching: 73
• Tenant Screening: 79
• Competitive Intelligence: 93
• Identifying an Expert: 99
• Prospect Research Fundraising: 111
• Biographies: 121
• General Indices: 133
• Telephone Directories: 141
• Staff Professional and Other Directories: 147
• News: 165
• Photographic Images: 177
• Quotations: 181
• Business Credit and Company Financial Records: 191
• Criminal Justice Records: 219
• Department of Motor Vehicles: 237
• Death Records: 243
• Tax Records: 249
• Public Records: 261
• Adoption Records: 287
• Celebrity Records: 295
• Genealogical Records: 311
• Political Records: 329
• We the People: 337
• Books: 345
• Periodicals: 355
• Organizations: 371
• Appendices: 457
• Employee Information: 487
• Remove Your Name from Mailing and Telephone Lists: 551
• About the Author: 557

About the author

\Carole A. Lane is the owner of TechnoSearch, Inc. a technology research firm. She lives in Vista, California.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Naked in Cyberspace: How to Find Personal Information Online; CyberAge books
• Author: Carole A. Lane
• Edition: 2, illustrated
• Publisher: Information Today, Inc., 2002
• ISBN: 0910965501, 9780910965507
• Length: 587 pages
• Subjects: Biography; Biography & Autobiography / General; Biography - Research - United States - Computer network resources; Biography - Research - United States - Electronic information resources; Biography/ Research/ United States/ Computer network resources; Computers / Electronic Publishing; Computers / Internet / General; Computers / Reference; Computers / Web / General; Electronic public records; Electronic public records - United States; Electronic public records/ United States; Investigations; Investigations - Computer network resources; Political Science / Law Enforcement; Political Science / Public Affairs & Administration; Public records; Public records - United States - Electronic information resources; Records; Records - United States - Computer network resources; Records - United States - Electronic information resources; Records/ United States/ Computer network resources; Reference / General; Science / Research & Methodology