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Now in a fully updated and expanded second edition, The Sourcebook To Public Record Information profiles more than 20,000 record keeping agencies including county courts, real estate recording offices, state agencies, and federal courts. Here detailed are addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, web addresses, access procedures and restrictions, fees, turnaround times, and more. The Sourcebook To Public Record Information is an essential, core reference for librarians, background investigators, journalists, attorneys, genealogists, law enforcement officials, private investigators, policy makers, pre-employment screeners, and academic researchers.

I've worked with public records for some time and have bought many books . . . some good and some bad. This is the best I've come across. The information is current and the format is easy to use.

The depth of information provided, particularly in the county court and state agency sections, is very comprehensive. This book provides more locations and more details than anything else I've seen and I have them all.

If you work with public records, forget the other guides and put your money here . . . you won't be disappointed

This is a wonderful book about eating in the South, eating out and eating in, about a whole host of things like family and fellowship that gather around any groaning board in the south, and what you want to eat where and what the people who live there eat, how to cook it and where you're likely to find it at a reasonable price made by food-loving hands. John Egerton clearly ate his way across the south to write this book, and he was careful to stay well off the beaten path. It's anthropology, sociology, recipes, culture and good humor, from the North Carolina mountains to the swamps of Cajun country. This book will make your mouth water and your belly growl, but most of all it's a fine read.

As a Southerner exiled to the frozen tundra of Wisconsin, John Egerton's SOUTHERN FOOD has been food for the soul. And no matter where you are from, this book offers fascinating historical and cultural information about Southern food and many, many wonderful recipes. I have learned as much about Southern cooking in Wisconsin as I did in all my years back home, all because of this wonderful book. It's charming and often lyrical, immensely well-informed, and points the way to both restaurants and recipes. The barbecue instructions have been a lifesaver. I have bought five or six copies of this book--one because I wore out the first copy, and the others because it makes a great gift for practically anyone.

I learned a lot of information about small companies with big futures. A book that I always refer to on how to buy these small- priced stocks is: MAKING DOLLARS WITH PENNIES - HOW THE SMALL INVESTOR CAN BEAT THE WIZARDS ON WALL STREET, by R. Max Bowser. Bowser has been making a "killing" investing in so called "penny stocks" for 25 years. I like the way he lists his winners and losers. Nothing hidden. Both books may make you wealthy.

I've tried many daytrading books, and some are very good. But I want to make up my own mind, and not base all of my portfolio decisions on what some author says. That's why I always check my S&P bookshelf whenever considering purchasing stock. This is definitely a must have book for new or experienced daytraders.

I read two previous books by David Silver, WHEN THE BOTTOM DROPS and another whose name I don't remember at this moment, and I can say that whatever A. David Silver produces is top quality information -most of it not available elsewhere, such as the 20 ways to profit from our customer list-. I am eager to read this book on Partnering.

Armando Ortega
Your friend in Chihuahua Mexico.

Buy any book by this author. Particularly of importance is his formula and approach called the DEJ factors, called the "Demonstrable Economic Justification" factors.

This book presents a general outline of approaching large companies with a licensing deal... for a product or business idea.

John Dunbar

I found this publication to be very useful for networking. Just thought I would pass along the information.

This is the second year i have ordered this publication and it just keeps on getting better. The book is noticeably larger then last years edition, which provides me with even more networking possibilities. A must own for any sales/marketing individual

This book is an easy to use reference guide. I am a stockbroker in the N.Y. metro area, and the Strathmore publication has given me a now indespensible tool for generating new clients. I look forward to next years edition.

I found many interesting people in the publication. For one I found a very prominent Dr. who wrote an extensive book about prostate cancer. It was a wealth of information on the latest research on the subject.

This book is the centerpiece of the Princeton career center. We get ALOT of use out of it.

I'm a writing tutor at the University of Illinois -- and one of my students recently showed me a copy of this book. It's a really good job. The writing flowed nicely and it was quite interesting.

This book is worthwhile and inspirational reading for the news research pros and for the "news junkies" of the world. Paula Hane has done an impressive job interviewing stellar news researchers and investigative journalists. These two professional groups (news librarians and reporters) may not share identical strategies or resources, but their common goal is shared: to get the information first and to get it right. The experiences offered in this book are worth telling and retelling. I enthusiastically recommend "Super Searchers in the News" for the perfectionistic research pros and for those who are simply fascinated with the endless challenge of tracking down data on deadline. J-School students as well as library/information science students could profit from these true life stories. It should be required reading.

What a lovely surprise this book turned out to be!

Those of us who work in news research might fancy we know the implications of Internet research in our newsrooms, but absorbing the ideas of "the best in the business" helps to fill out the larger picture. Super Searchers in the News is a quick read and contains a few useful gems. The surprise was a higher degree of insight than you might expect from the format.

The interview format is not one I usually find very useful but Paula Hane got a lot from her subjects. Her writing is good and she lets the voice of her subjects be heard. There is an interesting mix of professional news researchers and journalists each with a point of view and something valuable to say.

There are plenty of ideas in this book that range far outside news research:

Nora Paul-"...there is a new job for the news researcher and an evaluator and qualifier of sources", "...a coordinator of the group effort to make collective intelligence available to everyone".

C.B. Hayden "The Intranet is the main focus of our activity. On-demand research is still our biggest product".

The diminishing reliance on commercial vendors and the implications that has in news libraries and newsrooms.

The growing training and teaching aspects of news researchers.

This book shaped my thinking about the kind of library I run and the tools and techniques I use to manage our research service. As a result we are more focused on the Intranet as a research platform and the growing importance of news researchers.

I highly recommend this book.

Super Searchers On Mergers & Acquisitions reveals the online search services and tools used by leading researchers, who regularly use the Internet to uncover critical details on companies and industries. The focus on mergers and acquisitions and how to acquire the details about growth-oriented companies will please any business owner, broker, appraiser or business buyer.

Jan Tudor is simply the best guide avaliable for climbing the summit of M&A research on-line or off. A professional researcher's professional her stellar reputation in the industry has insured a host of illustrative interviews, techniques, and fine honed observations from across the M&A landscape.

Now that the book is out of print, you can still get the Swimmer's guide information on a CD-rom for Windows 95 called the Swimmer's Guide Off-line.

This book contains thousands of locations for lap swimming in the US. It is a great travel companion for the traveling business man or the person on vaction. The book is great for finding pools on the road and staying in shape while traveling.