People Information: Finding Accurate, Authoritative and Well Organised Data by Donna Fryer, FUMSI / Freepint (Jan 2009)
For information about people, sure - search the web, but use the fee-based databases: Factiva, Dialog, and Lexis Nexis. Shows examples with syntax for the querie.
"Going back to the days when things were simpler and you could rely on only having to know search parameters in fee-based databases, searchers need to keep in mind that database searching is often a better alternative to Web research and we need to reacquaint ourselves with the ‘Big Three' (Factiva, Dialog, and LexisNexis) fee-based database offerings. In many instances, people information can be ‘user-generated', skewing its accuracy. Often the fee-based databases have a higher instance of accuracy because the information comes from authoritative source material."
Posted by Gwen at February 19, 2009 11:20 PM