How to Find Out Anything: From Extreme Google Searches to Scouring Government Documents, a Guide to Uncovering Anything About Everyone and Everything by Macleod Don

Author:Macleod, Don [Macleod, Don]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781101617342
Publisher: PENGUIN group
Published: 2012-08-07T05:00:00+00:00

If people prefer not to leave the ordinary trails that the rest of us do simply by being a member of society, your hunt may never pan out.

Research Tools for Finding People

With some caveats established, let’s get going by looking at one of the reference tools long used by researchers and now updated for the twenty-first century. May I suggest that you start not with Google but with the phone book.

The Phone Book

The phone book query is the most basic person search of all. Back in the days when landlines were standard and cellphones were giant and found only in Sean Connery–era James Bond movies, phone books were marvelous people finders for one simple reason. In addition to the telephone numbers, phone directories also listed the physical address of where the subscriber was located. It was a snap to find people by phone number alone. So up until the time that cellphones took over the world, reporters, cops, and private eyes routinely started their searches for people in the most obvious place of all: They looked in the phone book. You should too. Names, addresses, and yes, phone numbers come quickly, accurately, and at no cost.

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