Using the Internet as an Investigative Research Tool™ – Module 2

Course Overview

Building
upon the skills gained during Module 1, this second module will
introduce students to the principles of open source research and the
intelligence analysis process. As well as guidelines for the critical
analysis of Internet-sourced information, and the analysis and
dissemination of research results, students will examine the structure
of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and how search engines can (and
sometimes cannot) index individual documents. Web site scanning and
downloading utilities will be demonstrated, in addition to a number of
translation tools, and the Internet Archive. IP addresses and WHOIS
lookups will also be introduced.