Obtaining the sources or data that you need in order to get your investigation going is not that difficult. I’m sure you’re aware that the Internet is an ocean of information that anybody with a computer or a mobile phone could dive into. You don’t have to go very deep in order to get the details that you want. However, there’s a chance that you might get overwhelmed by the waves of Web sites and eventually drown in them. Before you embark on your voyage of being a private eye, you must know how and where to swim first.

I could provide you with a kilometer-long list of databases that you could rummage through for information, but some of them are so complicated that you might just end up browsing www.nba.com in frustration.Don’t complicate things. This is what I’ve been telling since day one. Being a private eye is not totally just a walk in the park, but it’s not a walk in the plank either. You could make your background check easy or difficult. It all depends on you.So what’s the easiest way or accessible source of personal information that you could wade through? I’ll give you three.

1. Telephone Directory – Long before the advent of Google, the source that most people resort to when looking for a person is the yellow pages. Quite surprisingly, it still is today. Many state telephone directories are already available online. Check them out.

2. Yearbooks – If you know where the person you’re looking for has studied, then try checking his batch’s yearbook. More often than not, it contains an address book of all those who graduated that year.

3. Friends – If you can’t find the actual or e-mail address of the person you’re looking for, then maybe you could try contacting his or her friends. I’m sure one of them has an idea as to their friend’s whereabouts.

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