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by DanBC 4489 days ago
I'm experimenting with paying someone to do a bit of research for me.

To give some idea I've asked for a list of URLs to documents covering best current practice for suicide prevention in Gloucestershire and Herefordshire; to include national level NHS and NICE guidance, DoH guidance, anything from Gloucestershire and Herefordshire, and anything recognised as excellent from anywhere else in the country. If possible I also want a list of protocols used in schools, care homes, etc.

It's probably something you could risk on MTurk. Perhaps Bountify.com could expand to this kind of simple websearching.

Obvious drawbacks include delay between starting the search and getting the results, and cost, and having to trust some random person to not miss stuff.

I don't know if there's anything similar to "clippings services" either where you'd provide them with list of types of stories you'd want, and they'd read all the newspapers and clip any relevant stories and post them to you.