Contact UsJOMC 484: Infographics
Social Networking
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LinkedIn
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Twitter Search ("Chapel Hill")
Search for a topic or organization, then check out who they're following or who's following them. For instance, knowing who Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is following and who is following them may lead you to parents or others interested in the Chapel Hill / Carrboro school system.
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snitch.nameAllows simultaneous searching in sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, LinkedIn, and Pipl. Enter a first and last name and then select from various social networking, professional, and academic sites.
More Info
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ReferenceUSA Business, Residential, Healthcare & TechUSAProvides basic business information for over 14 million companies. Search by state or media type. Does not include editorial staff info.
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Encyclopedia of Associations: National Organizations of the U.S. (2010)Detailed information concerning nonprofit national membership organizations. Lists more than 23,000 organizations in trade, business, and commercial; governmental, public administration, and military; educational; athletic and sports, and many more.
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Encyclopedia of Associations: Regional, State and Local (2010)Detailed information concerning nonprofit regional membership organizations. Lists over 100,000 organizations as described above.
Finding Sources
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UNC News Experts SearchSearch for an expert at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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ProfNet ConnectNearly 50,000 experts, media and professional communicators. Profiles are searchable by keyword and geographic location. Free account required to search.
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Pivot ProfilesContact information for thousands of scholars. Search by topic. Limit to UNC (or not). Information may be dated, but easier to use than Google.
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Society of Professional Journalists’ Rainbow SourcebookFind qualified experts contributed by fellow journalists. Search by news topic.
Press Releases in Science & Medicine
Check out EurekAlert! Medicine/Health ... Earth Science ... Policy / Ethics and more topics.
Press releases about newly-published research. From the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science); browse their Twitter feed.
Use the contact information at the bottom of each press release to identify / contact the original source.
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