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Scraping the Web for hidden treasures

• Brad Heath USA Today
• Daniel Lathrop

Public records – from documents to databases – are often the backbone of investigations, and increasingly, they're on the Web. How do you get your hands on so many records? By "scraping," automatically pulling the data you want off the Web. This panel will give an overview of what's possible and some of the tools you can use.

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