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Sourcebooks

Congressional Staff Directory, Summer 2007: Members, Committies, Staffs, Biographies (Congressional Staff Directories)
CQ Editors

Find Public Records Fast: The Complete State, County, and Courthouse Locator
Michael L. Sankey (Editor), James R. Flowers (Editor), Carl R. Ernst

Government Phone Book USA 2007: A Comprehensive Guide to Federal, State, County, and Local Government Offices in the United States
Omnigraphics

Headquarters USA 2007
Omnigraphics

Public Records Online: The National Guide to Private and Government Online Sources of Public Records 6th Edition
Michael L. Sankey, Peter J. Weber

Political Corruption in America: An Encyclopedia of Scandals, Power, and Greed
Mark Grossman

Politics In America 2008
Jackie Koszczuk

State Legislative Sourcebook 2005: A Resource Guide to Legislative Information in the Fifty States
Lynn Hellebust

The Almanac of American Politics, 2008
Michael Barone, Richard E. Cohen

The Almanac of the Unelected 2007: Staff of the U.S. Congress
Alan Bjerga

The Directory of Local Court and County Record Retrievers 2007: The Definitive Guide to Searching for Public Record Information at the State Level
Michael L. Sankey

The Sourcebook to Public Record Information 8th Edition: The Comprehensive Guide to County, State & Federal Public Records Sources
Peter Weber (Editor), Michael Sankey

Toll-Free Phone Book USA 2007: A Directory of Toll-Free Numbers for Businesses
and Organizations Nationwide

Omnigraphics

Washington Information Directory, 2007-2008
CQ Press

Washington Representatives: 2007 Spring Edition
Columbia Books Inc


Online Researching

An Introduction to Online Company Research
Chris Dobson

Find It Fast: How to Uncover Expert Information on Any Subject Online or In Print
Robert I. Berkman

Find It Online: The Complete Guide to Online Research
Alan M. Schlein

Google Power: Unleash the Full Potential of Google
Chris Sherman

Information Trapping: Real-Time Research on the Web
Tara Calishain

Introduction to Online Company Research
William A Benjamin, Chris Dobson

Lawyer's Guide to Fact Finding on the Internet
Carole A. Levitt, Mark E. Rosch

Super Searchers in the News: The Online Secrets of Journalists and News Researchers
Paula J Hane, Reva Basch (Editor) and Scott Simon

Super Searchers Go to the Source: The Interviewing and Hands-On Information Strategies of Top Primary - Online, on the Phone, and in Person
Risa Sacks, Reva Basch (Editor)

The Extreme Searcher's Internet Handbook: A Guide for the Serious Searcher
Randolph Hock, Gary Price

The Invisible Web: Uncovering Information Sources Search Engines Can't See
Chris Sherman and Gary Price

The Skeptical Business Searcher: The Information Advisor's Guide to Evaluating Web Data, Sites, and Sources
Robert Berkman, Reva Basch

U.S. Government on the Web: Getting the Information You Need
Peter Hernon, Robert E. Dugan, John A. Shuler

Using the Internet for Political Research
Heather Dawson

Web of Deception: Misinformation on the Internet
Anne P. Mintz (Editor), Steve Forbes


Investigative Books

Be Your Own Detective
Greg Fallis and Ruth Greenberg

Business Background Investigations: Tools and Techniques for Solution Driven Due Diligence
Cynthia Hetherington

Financial Investigation and Forensic Accounting
George A. Manning

Forensic Accounting and Fraud Investigation for Non-Experts
Howard Silverstone, Michael Sheetz

Get the Facts on Anyone: Find Out Confidential Information About Any
Person or Organization, 3rd Edition

Dennis King

How to Do Financial Asset Investigations, 3rd Ed.
Ronald L. Mendell

How to Locate Anyone Who Is or Has Been in the Military: Armed Forces Locator Guide
Richard S. Johnson, Debra Johnson Knox

How to Research Elections
Fenton S. Martin, Robert U. Goehlert

Inside the Beltway: A Guide to Washington Reporting
Don Campbell

Just The Facts: Investigative Report Writing
Michael Biggs

Soft Money Hard Law: A Guide to the New Campaign Finance Law
Robert F. Bauer

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Private Investigating
Steven Kerry Brown

The Investigator's Little Black Book 3
Robert Scott

The Investigative Reporter's Handbook: A Guide to Documents, Databases and Techniques
Brant Houston, Len Bruzzese, Steve Weinberg