2013-04-06 Find It Fast and Free on the Net

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Find It Free and Fast on the Net Strategies for Legal Research on the Web Frederick S. Lane National Business Institute, South Burlington, VT 16 April 2013 www.CybertrapsfortheYoung. com www.FrederickLane. com

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A presentation I gave on behalf of National Business Institute. This presentation covers approximately half of the material offered in the full seminar.

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  • 1. Find It Free and Fast on the Net Strategies for Legal Research on the Web Frederick S. LaneNational Business Institute, South Burlington, VT16 April 2013 www.FrederickLane.comwww.CybertrapsfortheYoung.com

2. Background Attorney, EducationalConsultant & Lecturer Author of 7 Books Computer ForensicsExpert 10 Years -- Burlington(VT) School Board Technology & PrivacySpecialist Student Safety Advocatewww.FrederickLane.com www.CybertrapsfortheYoung.com 3. Discover the Invisible Web Information Not Collectedby Search Engines Useful Databases Wayback Machine Meta-Information AboutSiteswww.FrederickLane.com www.CybertrapsfortheYoung.com 4. Useful Databases Complete Planet: http://aip.completeplanet.com/ InfoMine: http://infomine.ucr.edu/ USA.gov http://www.usa.gov/ WorldCat http://www.worldcat.org/www.FrederickLane.com www.CybertrapsfortheYoung.com 5. Wayback Machine Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org/ Best Evidence and the WaybackMachine: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1459805www.FrederickLane.com www.CybertrapsfortheYoung.com 6. Meta-Information About Sites WhoIs http://www.networksolutions.com/whois /index.jsp Alexa.com http://www.alexa.com Control-U Wayback Machine www.FrederickLane.comwww.CybertrapsfortheYoung.com 7. Finding Practice Tools Educating Yourself on the ScienceBehind Your Case Practical Advice for Using the Cloudfor Backup and Collaboration Syncing the Data Across All Devices Keeping Track of Legal News andUpdates Top Legal Research Time Wasterswww.FrederickLane.com www.CybertrapsfortheYoung.com 8. Educating Yourself on Science Medical Databases: http://www.cdc.gov/ http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ http://www.healthfinder.gov General Science Databases: http://scirus.com/ http://library.duke.edu/research/s ubject/ Wikipedia www.FrederickLane.comwww.CybertrapsfortheYoung.com 9. Using the Cloud Collaboration Tool: http://docs.google.com http://www.skype.com/ File-Sharing http://www.dropbox.com http://www.box.com/ Backup http://www.carbonite.comwww.FrederickLane.com www.CybertrapsfortheYoung.com 10. Syncing Data The Difference BetweenCollaboration and Syncing The Advantages of CloudStorage over Sneakernet Syncing with MobileDeviceswww.FrederickLane.com www.CybertrapsfortheYoung.com 11. Legal News and Time Suckage Make Bookmarks Set Up Google News Alerts Set Up RSS Feeds Follow Legal Blogs http://www.volokh.com/ http://www.scotusblog.com http://www.abovethelaw.com www.FrederickLane.com www.CybertrapsfortheYoung.com 12. Investigative Research Publicly Available Information Contact Information Employment Relatives and Associates Professional Directories and Licensing Boards Social Media Profiles and Behavior Geolocation Apps and Social Media Military Sites Voter Registration Foreign Siteswww.FrederickLane.com www.CybertrapsfortheYoung.com 13. Investigative Research [1] Vital Records https://www.vitalchek.com Property Ownership http://www.realtor.com http://www.propertyshark.com Bankruptcies, Foreclosures, Defaults http://www.pacer.gov/ http://publicrecords.onlinesearches.com/ Civil and Criminal Records https://www.intelius.com http://www.records.comwww.FrederickLane.comwww.CybertrapsfortheYoung.com 14. Investigative Research [2] Contact Information http://www.whitepages.com http://www.peoplesmart.com Employment Information http://www.facebook.com http://www.linkedin.com Relatives and Associates Start with search engines Consider ethical boundarieswww.FrederickLane.com www.CybertrapsfortheYoung.com 15. Investigative Research [3] Professional Directories andLicensing Boards State-by-State Searches Social Media Profiles and Behavior Almost Unlimited Number of Networks Email addresses are the key Geolocation Apps and Social Media Information Not Generally Available Most Readily Available Information Is PhotoLocationswww.FrederickLane.com www.CybertrapsfortheYoung.com 16. Investigative Research Military Sites http://www.defense.gov/registeredsites/registeredsites.aspx Voter Registration Limited Availability of Information http://www.longdistancevoter.org/ Foreign Sites Search engines English versions are available for mostmajor sites Google Translate for the Restwww.FrederickLane.comwww.CybertrapsfortheYoung.com 17. Slides and Contact Info Download a PDF of slidesfrom: SlideShare.net/FSL3 E-mail or Call Me:[email protected] www.FrederickLane.comwww.CybertrapsfortheYoung.com 18. Find It Free and Fast on the Net Strategies for Legal Research on the Web Frederick S. LaneNational Business Institute, South Burlington, VT16 April 2013 www.FrederickLane.comwww.CybertrapsfortheYoung.com