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**'''http://www.bugmenot.com/''' - Login names for more than 20,000 websites are also available at who believe compulsory registration is a violation of privacy - or at least a waste of time. There is a bookmarklet available at the site.

**Sogole Honarvar outlined in ''Poynter Online'' the secret to [http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=31&aid=61205 Avoiding registration at news sites]. "Poynter Online reports a tip for those tired of registering at news Web sites in order to access free content. Using the log-in 'freethepresses', or 'freethepresses@example.com' if an email address is appropriate, and the password 'freethepresses' will provide users with quick access to news without the hassle of registration. This trick works at the ''Los Angeles Times'' site, ''The New York Times'' site and the sites for both ''The Chicago Tribune'' and the ''Washington Post''. Although it is unclear who went through the trouble to create these fake log-ins, news junkies everywhere are surely thankful for the tip."

*[http://www.lib.purdue.edu/itd/techman/evaluate.html Evaluating information on the Internet] provides some guidelines for assessing the reliability and credibility of information found on the Internet.

*[http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1130-20.htm Activists Crawl Through Web to Untangle U.S. Secrecy], a relevant article with links to good research sites.

*To clearly identify what you are searching for ... using '''George W. Bush''' as the example ... search by typing "George W. Bush" in the search line, making sure to bracket the full name in quotation marks. This keeps the '''George''' - '''W.''' - '''Bush''' together. Otherwise, the search will be for each part of his name and you will get some returns for '''George W. Bush''' as a name, but quickly find that the '''George''' and '''Bush''' are scattered throughout the results.

:*Whole quotes can be found using this technique, as well, which is very useful to locate quotes found out of context or to identify the quoter or source of a quote. Always be sure to encase the quote with quotation marks.

:*"Clustering" can also be helpful in this regard, such as that provided by [http://clusty.com Clusty]. This allows you to more easily navigate broad, general queries by breaking results down into automatic categories. For example, a query on "George Bush" may yield a cluster labeled "military records."

*To locate a seemingly "dead" URL, go to [http://www.waybackmachine.org www.waybackmachine.org], type in the URL and search. Sometimes phrases or headlines will work to locate an article. However, there are limits to what can be retrieved. Website publishers can opt-out from the the Waybackmachine's indexing system. If information on a site is important for referencing a key point you are best off saving a copy to your computer.

*An archive of Reuters environmental news stories is available at the website of the Australian environmental group [http://www.planetark.com/dailynewshome.cfm Planet Ark]. Access to the searchable archive is free and does not require a password or subscribing. You can also sign up for a daily e-mail summary of Reuters latest environmental stories.

**The [http://www.opencrs.com Center for Democracy and Technology] has created an online database of Congressional Research Service reports.

*Researching companies: Increasingly company information is available from a variety of online sites including: