Private Investigation week individual 4 Week 4: Week Four - Individual Work Instructional Objectives for this activity: Examine various public records as tools for private investigation. For this...

Private Investigation week individual 4
Week 4: Week Four - Individual Work
Instructional Objectives for this activity:
Examine various public records as tools for private investigation.
For this assignment, you will be introduced to Internet sources and examine how to use search engines more productively.
Utilizing at least three sources from the Internet, complete a basic investigation to find a relative or friend. You can also use sources like Facebook to find a friend you have not yet 'friended.' Other options are sources like Zabasearch, Spokeo.com or any of the resources listed in Chapter 4, pages 119-133 of your textbook.
Write a (300-words) summarizing your investigation, beginning with a rationale for choosing the subject of the search. Also describe your methods of using sources, and why you used the particular sources. Include what the sources can provide for the average person and the outcome of your search. If you did find the person, did you contact him or her and verify their identity? If you were unsuccessful, what were the reasons?
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In the Book :
Internet use and content :
From a record searching point of view you can access the Internet and reach various websites that contain needed information or you might link directly various websites that contain needed information or your might link directly to a university library and conduct your research on the university’s computer database.
Websites frequently come and go or can become very busy, preventing your access. Page are renamed frequently and/ or moved making the URL appear useless. Don’t give up! Take off letters to slashes of the end of the URL until you get it to connect where you can look for the new link. Try different days at different days different times before you abandon your efforts.
If do not have the website you want, you can conduct a topic search using one of many “search engines”
Created specifically for that purpose. You can find some very popular ones are listed below:
http:// www.gooloe.com
http:// www.excite.com
http:// www.lycos.com
http:// www.altavista.com
http:// www.northernlight.com
if your first search doesn’t give you what you want, resubmit it another way. Change or add words or try a single or plural form of a ward. Find the search hints’ “button for search tips. Check out the advanced search, hints or tips before you compose your query. Different search engines will get different results, so experiment until you get what you need.

Textbooks (Required):
Hawks, C., Evans, D. (2006). Private investigations I: An introduction. Unknown: LawTech Publishing.