• Private investigators can make use of internet resources.shot image by Hunta from Fotolia.com
  
  Private investigators can gain more headway on their investigation if they use Internet resources. In fact, a lot of the investigative work begins on the computer. The Internet contains volumes upon volumes of public information on individuals. You can find records on prior arrests, convictions and civil legal judgments. Information that can be includes telephone numbers, motor vehicle registrations and social networking site accounts. Online resources help investigators uncover important bits of information, giving clues to take the investigation to a newer level.
  
  

Criminal Searches beta

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  On Criminal Searches, a website that provides criminal histories on people, a private investigator will quickly obtain information about any person or location. Very similar to a background search, it's easy to get information on criminals by selecting the criminal history check or Neighborhood Watch options to see convicted criminals who reside in the surrounding area. All that is needed is a name and address. You can also look for a registered sex offender in or around any location by entering the same bits of information. They also have available a free criminal alert link you can sign up for. This alerts you of five different names of any criminal that matches the criteria you enter. Some names will gain more results than some.
  
  

Zaba Search

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  Zaba Search allows the private investigator to search for public information using the individual's basic information. Telephone numbers and address results will display just by entering a name, phone number or Social Security number. Here, you will have access to three times more information than issued in the White Pages. The site is free. However, background searches are considered premium services, which require payment. Not to be outdone, a good investigator can do a lot with just a name, address and phone number. Once the investigator gathered that information, they can take it to another resource and get additional information there.
  
  

Internet Achieve

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  A nonprofit organization, Internet Archive, collects digital material and archives it. You can find anything from digital images of books to home videos from decades ago. Also archived are websites, among other things. It doesn't contain criminal information, but rather a story of an individual's interests or what they spend their time doing on the Internet. It's comparable to a library, but it consists of things only in digital format. Private investigators find this resource useful because old and new information is archived here, leaving more information at the fingertips. Often they need to gather bits of information from one place to the next to find one piece of archived information on the Internet. This site is like a one-stop shopping experience for them. They just need to know for whom and what they are looking.