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  1. Be annoying, and don't give up
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Bill Birnbauer, Senior Lecturer in Journalism at Monash University in Australia, shares the methodology and techniques which have served him best as an investigative journalist.
  2. The biggest criminals write laws that make their crimes legal
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    Giannina Segnini is the director of the investigative team at La Nación newspaper in Costa Rica. This month she was awarded one of Latin America's most prestigious distinctions, the Gabriel Garcia Marquez award for excellence in journalism. In this interview, she discusses her bribery investigations that helped put two former presidents of Costa Rica in jail, and offers advice to aspiring investigative journalists.
  3. Can You Recommend a Good Book on Indexing?
    Collected Reviews on the Organization of Information

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1998
    In-depth reviews focusing on key considerations in the organization and retrieval of organization.
  4. Centre for Suicide Prevention
    Media Profile in Sources

    Resource Type: Organization
  5. Connexions Digest
    Volume 12, Number 2 - Issue 48 - Winter 1988-89 - A Social Change Sourcebook

    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1989
  6. Connexions Digest
    Issue 50 - December 1989 - A Social Change Sourcebook

    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1989
  7. Connexions Digest
    Issue 52 - August 1990 - A Social Change Sourcebook

    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1990
  8. Connexions Digest
    Issue 54 - February 1992- A Social Change Sourcebook

    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1992
  9. CorpWatch Announces Version 2.0 of the CrocTail Corporate Subsidiaries Database and Open API
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    CorpWatch announces the release of a second version of the CrocTail application and open CorpWatch API. CrocTail provides an interface for browsing information about several hundred thousand U.S. publicly traded corporations and their many foreign an
  10. Creating Web-Accessible Databases
    Case Sudies for Libraries, Museums, & other Nonprofits

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2001
  11. How to investigate companies on Lexis
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    A video guide to searching the Lexis database for companies.
  12. Invisible or Deep Web
    Resource Type: Article
    What it is, Why it exists, How to find it, and Its inherent ambiguity
  13. It pays to look beyond so-called ‘experts’ in the field
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    New York-based Jenny Nordberg discusses how she applies knowledge of human behaviour to her interviews, the thrill of finding disturbing things just under the surface, the pretentiousness of the term ‘investigative journalist’, and how global networks like the ICIJ help expose "juicy" stories.
  14. Managing the Data-Base Environment
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1983
  15. Mastering disaster: How to get the facts to cover humanitarian crises
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    In a midst of a humanitarian crisis like the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, information on the disaster pours to and from the media. The situation is in flux and the needs are great, and troubling fragments of news drop in continuously from on-the-ground reports, government briefings, humanitarian responders and social media. It’s often incredibly difficult to answer the basic questions: How many victims? How much destruction? Who will help pay for the emergency response and help with the recovery? Who has already donated money and resources?
  16. Open up as much dialogue with reporters in other countries as possible
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Paul Radu of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project walks his talk when it comes to sharing information and know-how. Here the Investigative Dashboard creator shares how he tracks down the money across borders.
  17. The Oxford Guide to Library Research - Review
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1998
    An excellent guide to doing research, explaining research methods and strategies and their strengths and weaknesses of. See review in Sources Select Resources.
  18. Police State: US Government-Funded Database Created to Track "Subversive Propaganda" Online
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The creation of the Truthy database by Indiana University researchers has drawn sharp criticism from free-speech advocates and others concerned over government censorship of political expression.
  19. ResearchBuzz
    Resource Type: Website
    News about search engines, databases, and other information collections.
  20. Seeding Data Journalism in Panama
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Journalist talks about a need for data-driven journalists. She highlights her experience teaching teams how to do this in Panama in time for the Panama elections.
  21. Sources.com
    Portal for Journalists and Writers - The directory for reporters, writers, editors and researchers

    Resource Type: Website
    Published: 2009
    Sources is an information portal for journalists, freelance writers, news editors, authors, researchers and journalism students -- and a resource for organizations, institutions, businesses, and individuals who want to get media coverage of their expertise and their views on newsworthy topics.
    Journalists: Use Sources to find experts, media contacts, spokespersons, scientists, lobbyists, officials, speakers, university professors, researchers, newsmakers, CEOs, executive directors, media relations contacts, spokespeople, talk show guests, PR representatives, Canadian sources, story ideas, research studies, databases, universities, colleges, associations, businesses, government, research institutions, lobby groups, non-government organizations (NGOs), in Canada and internationally.
    Newsmakers: Use Sources to raise your profile and get media coverage. Sources is a powerful tool which complements and magnifies your other efforts to publicize yourself. See www.sources.com/Profile.htm, fill out the membership form, or call 416-964-7799.
  22. Sources Mailing Lists
    Resource Type: Database
  23. Sources Select Links & Resources: Libraries & Other Reference Sites
    Resource Type: Website
  24. Spies for Hire: New Online Database of U.S. Intelligence Contractors
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Starting today, journalists, activists, and corporate researchers will be able to use the Internet site SpiesForHire.org to track the nation#s most important intelligence contractors.
  25. They're Going to be Stuffing Our Kids
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1991
    Will technology in the classroom be a boon to educators in the future, or a disaster waiting to happen?


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