General news and information sites on the internet

Search free sites for useful information on firms and individuals involved in development projects, including, for example:

• Information on conducting effective background searches:
• researchclinic.net
• Social net working sites, e.g.
• facebook.com, linkedin.com, twitter.com
• Freedom of Information Acts Portals, e.g.,
• nfoic.org/international-foi-laws; http://righttoinformation.gov.in
• Corruption monitoring sites, e.g., India:
• corruptionmonitor.com

GENERAL NEWS AND INFORMATION SITES:

• eiu.com (The Economist Intelligence Unit)
• bloomberg.com

BLOG SEARCHES

• blogsearchengine.org

DEEP WEB SEARCH ENGINES TO CONDUCT MORE IN-DEPTH INQUIRIES:

• People searches:
• pipl.com
• Subscription research sites:
• brightplanet.com; questia.com
• See information on the deep web:
• wikipedia.org/Deep web

SEE PRIOR VERSIONS OF A CURRENT OR EXPIRED WEBSITE:

• archive.org (The Wayback Machine)