Book Description
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.
From the Publisher
Browse The Book Online Before You Buy!Carole A. Lane's NAKED IN CYBERSPACE is a tremendous resource for any person or business interested in using online resources to research people (or even to find out what types of information about THEM might be online).
We think you will be surprised by the number of topics and applications covered: the book includes more than 35 chapters and over 500 pages that explain how to use online technology for everything from private investigation to genealogical research, from asset searching to pre-employment screening, from finding experts to conducting competitive intelligence research, and much, much more.
In addition to all of this, an enormous, periodically-updated DIRECTORY OF INTERNET RESOURCES is available at the book's Website--hyperlinked to every site mentioned in the book and to useful new sites as the author learns of them.
If you are considering buying NAKED IN CYBERSPACE from Amazon.com (a great idea, considering their unbeatable prices AND service), but would like a taste of what the book has to offer first, go to www.onlineinc.com/pempress/naked and check out the complete TABLE OF CONTENTS and excerpts--including Helen Burwell's Foreword, Chapter 1 ("Welcome To Cyberspace"), and a considerable portion of Chapter 2 ("Database Searching").
And, please, if you do purchase the book, let us know what you think of it by sending email to johnb@onlineinc.com
Thank you!
John Bryans
Publisher
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