LibGuides: Illinois Attorney General CLE: Google, Social Media, & the Internet

GOOGLE SOCIAL MEDIA & THE INTERNET

Google, Social Media, & the Internet

From topical information to people searching, social media can have value for legal researchers.

Before launching into social media research, of course, attorneys must be mindful of ethical and evidentiary considerations which are specific to these tools and their uses. There are a variety of readings on these issue available in the Readings, Tips, & Other Resources section of this guide.

Google, Social Media, & the Internet Resources & Examples

Dogpile.com
Metasearch engine
Ixquick.com
Metasearch engine. Has privacy settings.
Pipl
People searching engine which uses algorithm to combine all name mentions into individual profiles. Suggests items that are likely to be related to that specific individual.
Social Mention
Social Mention is a social media search and analysis platform that aggregates user generated content from across the web.
Snitch Name
Tool for searching across social media platforms
Topix
Social media forums built of local geographic communities.
Yippy.com
Metasearch engine
Wolfram Alpha
Computational search engine. serves to answer queries by doing dynamic computations based on a vast collection of built-in data, algorithms, and methods.
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is a nonprofit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, movies/videos, moving images, and nearly three million public-domain books.
Wayback Machine
This Wayback Machine is a product of the Internet Archive. It allows users to look at historic archived versions of various web pages by placing the url in the Wayback Machine search box.