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A tutorial on Web searching: strategy and syntax
A tutorial from Power Reporting. What's the best search engine? The one you learn to use well. Search engines can help you find information on the World Wide Web, but you'll get more chaff than wheat unless you learn general search strategies and the particular search syntax for your favorite search engine.

Bookshelf on Computer-Assisted Reporting
An annotated bookshelf on computer-assisted reporting, from Power Reporting. Includes online research, public records, numeracy, and statistics.

CAR in Canada
Tips for Canadian journalists using databases, electronic access to public records, and other tools of computer-assisted reporting. Refers to data sources for Canada, and stories that rely on public records.

College syllabi on CAR and News Research
See the variety of CAR skills and methods in college syllabi. From Power Reporting.

FACSNET Reporting Tools
The mission of the site is to improve the quality of information reaching the public through the news. Journalists and news sources recognize the critical need for educational help to overcome these deficiencies. FACS provides and maintains online resources designed to help journalists find information they need and to understand the subjects upon which they report.

International Communications Industries Association
ICIA serves its worldwide membership and the AV communications industry as a provider of education, exhibitions, and information services. Find audiovisual training programs, products and dealerships, exhibitions, and industry news.

Legal Research Guide
The site is geared toward lawyers doing research, but has valuable information for anyone needing to navigate the twisted halls of court and legal records. There are articles and tipsheets as well as links to news, records, and databases.

Managing Computer-Assisted Reporting
A 10-step generic plan for a newsroom, from Power Reporting.

Newsroom guidelines on Internet use
Sample guidelines for a newsroom, from Power Reporting.

Power Reporting broadcast seminars
For producers, reporters, researchers and bookers. Power Reporting workshops are hands-on, practical training for journalists, focusing on daily and deadline reporting.

Power Reporting campus seminars
For faculty and students. Power Reporting workshops are hands-on, practical training for journalists, focusing on daily and deadline reporting.

Power Reporting newsroom seminars
For reporters and editors. Power Reporting workshops are hands-on, practical training for journalists, focusing on daily and deadline reporting.

Power Reporting sample data files
Arts grants, coaches' salaries, drug searches -- and other sample files, for spreadsheets and databases. From Power Reporting.

Web treasure hunt and newsroom literacy test
Who can surf the Web? All of us. But are we literate? And what defines literacy? While every newsroom has people who are advanced researchers, many of us are struggling somewhere beyond Yahoo. Any test of literacy is subjective. But these 10 questions are the kind that come up in newsrooms every day.