How to Research Almost Anything

How to Research Almost Anything: A Canadian Guide for Students, Consumers and Business

Tracking down an elusive piece of information can be a tricky business! This helpful book is a beacon of hope, giving informed tips on conducting research using libraries, government services, court records and more - and includes interviews with research experts such as genealogists and journalists.
Whether you are a novice researcher or a professional information gatherer - or somewhere in between - this book will show you how to:

Follow the trail to find a missing relative or a long lost love
Look into provincial files to uncover useful negotiating information when buying a home
Use court records to discover how many claims similar to yours have been brought against an individual
Investigate companies before making an investment or applying for a job
Check out resumes and references to screen job applicants
Gather competitive information/do marketing research
AND find other facts you need!

Contents:
Introduction
PART ONE LEARN FROM THE EXPERTS
1 The Telephone: A Researcher's Best Friend
2 Searching the Stacks: A Librarian Points the Way
3 Cyber-searching
4 Secrets from a Science Researcher
5 Spinning Facts into Fiction
6 Climbing the Family Tree
7 A Historian's Role: Sifting Through Time
8 Getting Tough: Police Interviewing and Interrogating
9 A Private Eye Tackles Information
10 A Lawyer's Tactics
11 Freedom of the Press: A Journalist Reveals his Sources
12 Corporate Information: A Journalist's Perspective
13 A Crackerjack Researcher Tells All
PART TWO WHERE THE EXPERTS GET THEIR INFORMATION
14 Using Libraries in Canada
15 Accessing Local Government Sources
16 Accessing Provincial Government Sources
17 Accessing Federal Government Sources
18 Unravelling Court Records Credits

Written by Stephen Overbury and Susanna Buenaventura. Published by McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd., 1998.

Catalogue No.	0-07-560168-0
Price	$19.99
Format	Softcover
Pages	206
Language	English only

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