Public Records
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Florida Public Records Handbook byCall Number: UCF Main Library Reference - 2nd Floor -- KF462.6.A25A73 1999"A guide to Florida Public Records Law and useful public information resources"
locate print copies (2nd edition) in Florida libraries
locate print copies (1st edition) in Florida libraries
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MyFloridaLicense (Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation)Verify a license: Alcohol, Beverages & Tobacco -- Architecture & Interior Design -- Asbestos Contractors & Consultants -- Athlete Agents -- Auctioneers -- Barbers -- Boxing, Kickboxing & Mixed Martial Arts -- Building Code Administrators & Inspectors -- CTMH Other Entities -- Certified Public Accounting -- Community Association Managers & Firms -- Condominiums, Cooperatives, Timeshares & ulti-Site Timeshares -- Construction Industry -- Cosmetology -- Drugs, Devices & Cosmetics -- Electrical Contractors -- Elevator Safety -- Employee Leasing Companies -- Engineers -- Farm Labor -- Geologists -- Harbor Pilots -- Home Inspectors -- Homeowners' Associations -- Hotels & Restaurants -- Labor Organizations -- Land Sales -- Landscape Architecture -- Mobile Homes -- Mold-Related Services -- Pari-Mutuel Wagering / Slots -- Real Estate -- Real Estate Appraising -- Talent Agencies -- Veterinary Medicine -- Yachts & Ships
Clerks of the Court Records
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Official Records (MyFloridaCounty)Search thousands of official records across many Florida counties, all in one place.
NOTE: Retrieval of the actual records through this service requires a payment. Once you've identified the records see if the individual county's website provides access.
Public Library databases
Reference USA is available through some public libraries
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Orange County Library System (OCLS) databasesIf you live in the public library service area and have obtained a public library card you have access to some databases not available through the UCF Libraries' subscriptions.
Tasini Decision
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N.Y. Times Co. v. Tasini, 533 U.S. 483Call Number: UCF Main Library Reference - 2nd Floor -- KF.A2, -- 150 L.Ed.2d 500"Print and electronic publishers infringed freelance authors' copyrights by placing authors' articles in electronic databases that allowed reproducing and distributing articles standing alone and not as part of the printed collective work."
A Librarian's Plea to Journalists
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"A Librarian's Plea to Journalists: Give Us a Clue!."by Donald Altschiller (2002), Columbia Journalism Review 40, no. 6: 70.