1.Browse Newspapers and Magazines to Identify Stakeholders and Issues
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Recommended Databases
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Site Specific News Search
You can search any news website using Google's search engine. For example, the web address for the Globe and Mail newspaper is .theglobeandmail.com. If I want to search the Globe and Mail's site to learn about salmon farming in BC , I type the following into the Google search box: salmon farming British Columbia site:.theglobeandmail.com. See the image below:
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2. More on Site Specific Searching
A. Site specific domain searches: Get different stakeholder views by searching various domains. Why bother? Because you can find out what governments, non-profit organisations, corporations, and educational institutions are saying about the same subject. Here's a review of domains you may want to search:
.org - anyone can get a .org domain, but it is still true that many non-profits often end in .org
.gc.ca - want to find out what the Canadian government is saying on a topic? .gc.ca stands for government of canada. Canada
.gov - the US government has this one sewed up
.edu - generally, you will be finding information from universities in the U.S.
.ubc.ca - Canadian university sites usually use their short from =.ca
.com - Get the perspective of companies who are involved
Enter your search term in the Google Search Box. Then filter your results by indicating which domain you want to search. Here's what your search string would look like for a search on salmon farming of domains ending in .org:
"salmon farming" site:.org
B. Specific Website Searches: Let's say you want to know what sports fisherman think about salmon farming. You are going to need the URL of a sports fishing organisation. Here are the steps.
Google sports fishing in BC . You will find the URL for Sports Fishing BC is sportfishingbc.com.
Create a search string for "salmon farming" that is focused on the sports fishing site:
"salmon farming" site:.sportfishingbc.com
The Google bots will search the Sport Fishing BC site to find any information they have on the topic of salmon farming.
.gc.ca - want to find out what the Canadian government is saying on a topic? .gc.ca stands for government of canada. Canada
.gov - the US government has this one sewed up
.edu - generally, you will be finding information from universities in the U.S.
.ubc.ca - Canadian university sites usually use their short from =.ca
.com - Get the perspective of companies who are involved
Enter your search term in the Google Search Box. Then filter your results by indicating which domain you want to search. Here's what your search string would look like for a search on salmon farming of domains ending in .org:
"salmon farming" site:.org
B. Specific Website Searches: Let's say you want to know what sports fisherman think about salmon farming. You are going to need the URL of a sports fishing organisation. Here are the steps.
Google sports fishing in BC . You will find the URL for Sports Fishing BC is sportfishingbc.com.
Create a search string for "salmon farming" that is focused on the sports fishing site:
"salmon farming" site:.sportfishingbc.com
The Google bots will search the Sport Fishing BC site to find any information they have on the topic of salmon farming.