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I. GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTORIES & PUBLIC RECORDS
Assessor/Appraisal Web
Sites
[Listed by state]
www.iaao.org/hub1.htm
Census
Information
[Massive site of Census Bureau]
http://www.census.gov/
Center for Investigative
Reporting
Nonprofit group for promoting investigative
journalism
http://www.muckraker.org/
Congressional
Email Directory
[Email addresses of U.S. Senators
and Representatives]
www.webslingerz.com/jhoffman/congress-email.html
Directory of State
Constitutions and State Codes
www.law.cornell.edu/statutes.html
Embasies
Worldwide
[Directory and search engine of the world's embasies and
consultates]
www.escapeartist.com/embassy1/embassy1.htm
Federal Consumer
Information Center
[Consumer-oriented
information]
http://www.info.gov/
Federal Judiciary
Homepage
[Links to all federal court websites
nationwide]
http://www.uscourts.gov/links.html
Foreign Government
Links
http://www.pimall.com/nais/l-foreigngov.html
Government Information
Exchange
[A federal information portal]
http://www.info.gov/
Government
Databases
[Links to major U.S. and International government
databases]
www.internets.com/sgovt.htm
Governmentwide
Information Systems Division
[Database of all federal
procurements over $10,000 since 1979]
http://policyworks.gov/org/main/mv/mvs.htm
Governments on the
WWW
[Links to government sites worldwide]
www.gksoft.com/govt/en
GPO Pathway
Services
[Government sites listed by topic]
www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/locators/topics/index.html
Mayors at a Glance
Database
http://www.usmayors.org/uscm/search/database_search_form.html
National Association of
State Information Resource Executives
[Clearinghouse to state
government information on the Internet]
www.nasire.org/statesearch
State and Local
Government on the Net Directory
[A guide to government-sponsored
Internet sites]
www.piperinfo.com/state/index.cfm
State Facts and
Information
[Economic, demographic and current political info for all
states; also provides current news for each state]
http://www.stateline.org/stateindex.cfm
U.S. Counties Census
Information
[U.S. demographic and economic information by county] govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/usaco-stateis.html
U.S. Government
Documents
[Searchable database includes Commerce Business Daily,
Budget of the U.S. Government, Congressional Record Index, Federal
Register, and Unified Agenda, among others]
http://gpo.sailor.lib.md.us/bin/GPOAccess.cgi
Zip+4 Code
Lookup
http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/lookup_zip+4.html
II. INDUSTRIAL/FINANCIAL DIRECTORIES
101 Industrial Register
of American Manufacturers
[Searchable database of American
manufacturers]
http://101industrial.com/index.htm
Aircraft Owners and
Pilots Association
[World's largest aviation
association]
http://www.aopa.org/
Bank and Bank Officer
Enforcement Actions
http://www.occ.treas.gov/enforce/enf_search.htm
Bankruptcy
Courts
[Links, addresses, and telephone numbers]
http://www.bankruptcydata.com/courts/courts.htm
Banks of the
World
http://www.gwdg.de/~ifbg/bank_2.html
Bizweb
[Business web guide to
almost 50,000 companies in over 200 categories]
http://www.bizweb.com/
Broker
Search
[Search for securities brokers and brokerage
firms]
http://pdpi.nasdr.com/pdpi/disclaimer_frame.htm
Business Credit
Reports
[Full credit reports on any business]
http://www.businesscreditusa.com/index.asp?bhcd2=994178581
Commodities Futures
Traders
[Search by NFA ID number, individual name, or firm
name]
http://www.nfa.futures.org/basic/search.asp
Companies
Online
[Database of over 60,000 companies]
http://www.companiesonline.com/
Corporate
Information
[An extremely wide range of corporate/financial research
tools]
http://www.corporateinformation.com/
County
Information
[County officials, courthouse addresses, and economic and
demographic data]
http://www.naco.org/counties/counties/index.cfm
CPA
Directory
[Online database of certified public
accountants]
http://www.cpadirectory.com/
Credit Union
Land
[Searchable database of credit unions
worldwide]
http://www.culand.com/index.shtml
Graydon
America
[Business credit reports worldwide]
http://www.graydonamerica.com/AmericaPublicHTMLPages/Index.htm
Homes for
Sale
http://www.realtor.com/FindReal/default.asp
HUD and VA
Foreclosures
http://www.ushud.com/cgi-bin/pages.pl?advancedsearch&shell=shell
Industrial
Register
[Searchable database of U.S. and international
industry]
http://101industrial.com/index.htm
Infomart
Online
[Canadian business profiles]
http://www.infomart.ca/blueshee/dblist.htm
Insurance Company
Ratings
[A.M. Best's database of nearly 6,000 insurance
companies]
http://www3.ambest.com/ratings/Advanced.asp
IPO
Express
[IPO headlines, news, filings, and pricings]
http://edgar-online.lycos.com/lycos/business/ipoexpress
Mortgage Brokers Database
[Find a mortgage broker by zip code
or state]
http://www.namb.org/database/index.asp
NASD Enforcement
Actions
http://www.nasdr.com/2700b.htm
National Customs Brokers
and Forwarders
(Searchable database of licensed customs brokers and freight
forwarders)
http://www.ncbfaa.org/scripts/search.asp
Pension Search
Directory
http://search.pbgc.gov/
Property Foreclosure
Sales
http://foreclosurefreesearch.com/
Property Home
Values
http://homeradar.com/
Small Business
Resources
[One of the best small-business resource
sites]
http://www.entrepreneurmag.com/
Swiss Bank
Directory
http://www.swconsult.ch/cgi-bin/banklist.pl
Tax
Assessors
[Phone numbers and websites]
http://pubweb.nwu.edu/~cap440/assess.html
Tax Professionals
Worldwide
http://www.taxprofessionals.com/
III. LEGAL/PRIVATE-INVESTIGATIVE DIRECTORIES
Accident
Reconstructionists
[A searchable database of traffic
accident reconstruction experts]
http://www.tarsearch.com/
Art Loss
Register
[World's largest private database of stolen and missing
works of art]
http://www.artloss.com/
Aristotle
International
[Voter registration records, political contributor
lists]
http://www.aristotle.com/
Autopsy
Database
[Human autopsy reports which have been computer-translated
into concept-unique-identifiers]
http://www.med.jhu.edu/pathology/iad.html
Blue Sheet,
The
[Profiles hundreds of thousands of jury verdicts; searchable
database]
http://www.bluesheet.com/
Business Espionage
Controls & Countermeasures Association
[Association of investigators
specializing in corporate espionage]
http://www.gocertify.com/vendors/BusinessEspionageControls.shtml
Charity Reports
Index
[BBB reports on charities]
http://www.give.org/reports/index.asp
Child Support
Guidelines
http://www.supportguidelines.com/
Citation
Handbook
http://wwwsecure.law.cornell.edu/citation/citation.table.html
Codes of
Ordinances
[Over 14,000 municipalities]
http://www.amlegal.com/
Combined DNA Index
System (CODIS)
[FBI database of DNA samples from convicted violent
offenders]
http://www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/codis/index1.htm
Court
Reporters
[Contact info for U.S. and international court-reporting
companies]
http://members.verbatimreporters.com/psl/pslsearch.cfm
Court Rules, Forms and
Dockets
[Browse or search by keyword]
http://www.llrx.com/courtrules
CT Corp
Commercial company
providing UCC services and statutory representation and
authentication services
http://www.cch-lis.com/
Death Investigations
Handbook
[Sales info for the best-known manual on how to conduct a
death investigation; written by Louis N. Eliopulos]
http://www.police-firetraining.com/death_investigators_handbook.htm
Detection
Dogs
[Global Training Academy's webbsite; the company trains dogs
for drug, explosives, and arson detection]
http://www.globalcorp.com/trainingacademy/welcome.htm
Drug
Detection
[Listing of companies providing drug screening
services]
http://www.cato.com/biotech/bio-genomics.html
Earth Science
Information Center
[Aerial photos of entire
U.S.]
http://mapping.usgs.gov/esic/esic.html
Expert
Witnesses
[Alphabetical listing of experts who have testified in civil
jury trials across the U.S.]
http://www.juryverdicts.com/experts/index.html
Federal Bureau of
Prisons
[Allows inmate searches dating back to 1982]
http://www.bop.gov/
Federal Judiciary
Homepage
[Links to all federal court websites
nationwide]
http://www.uscourts.gov/links.html
Federal
Regulations
[Code of Federal Regulations]
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html
Fedlaw Legal
Resources
[Federal laws and regulations, federal judiciary,
legislative branch, arbitration and mediation, general research and
reference]
http://fedlaw.gsa.gov/
Find a Person/Find a
Business
[Search for businesses/professionals by
general category]
http://www.smartpages.com/whitepages
Government Document
Delivery
[Offers document delivery and related services for
government organizations]
http://www.govdocs.com/
Insured Aircraft Title
Service
[Aircraft ownership searches]
http://www.theaviationhub.com/servicepages/743.html
International Process
Servers
http://www.ipsaonline.com/
International Society of
Air Safety Investigators
Air accident investigations in 35
countries
http://www.isasi.org/
International Property
Digital Library
[Intellectual property data collections hosted by the World
Intellectual Property Organization]
http://pctgazette.wipo.int/
IRS Tax Forms and
Publications
[Download current-year forms and publications]
http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/plain/forms_pubs/index.html
'Lectric Law
Library
http://www.lectlaw.com/ref.html
Legal
Briefs
[Search thousands of legal briefs written by attorneys of
record]
http://www.briefreporter.com/
Legal-Related
Associations
[Listing of associations related to the practice of
law]
http://www.pimall.com/nais/links-legal-ass.html
Maritime Information
System, The
[Foreign trade database]
http://www.sicex.com/ingles/pgnsismar.shtml
Most
Wanted
by U.S. Customs
http://www.customs.ustreas.gov/top/mostwant.htm
by the Secret
Service
http://www.treas.gov/usss/index.htm?wanted.htm&1
by the U.S.
Government
http://www.ibb.gov/fugitives
National Criminal
Justice Reference Service
[Lists publications and links on
corrections, courts, crime, drugs, international crime, and juvenile
justice]
http://www.ncjrs.org/
Occupational
Licensing
[Occupational licensing requirements by state, occupation,
and agency]
http://www.acinet.org/acinet/lois_start.htm
OSHA Accident Investigations
http://www.osha.gov/cgi-bin/inv/inv1
Patent
Collections
[U.S., Europe, Japan]
http://www.delphion.com/
Patent Grants and
Applications
[Full text and full-page image databases from the U.S.
Patent and Trademarks Office]
http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html
Patent
Search
http://gb.espacenet.com/espacenet/gb/en/e_net.htm?search4
Pilot
Search
[FAA-licensed pilots]
http://www.landings.com/_landings/pages/search_namd_full.html
Police
Find
[Megasite covering law-enforcement and background check info
on
the Web]
http://www.policefind.com/police-crime-general.html
Professional Process
Servers
http://www.napps.com/mapps.htm
Quickform
Contracts
[Automated directory of documents for computer industry,
Internet commerce, and general business transactions]
http://www.quickforms.net/
SEC Edgar
Filings
[Text Search]
http://www.10kwizard.com/
SEC - Latest
IPO's
http://www.10Kwizard.com/latest.php?type=2
State Bar Association
Links
http://www.pimall.com/nais/statebar.html
Supreme Court
Opinions
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct
Supreme Court
Orders
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/php/orderinquiry.php3
Telephone Company
Search
[Determine city, state, and telco corresponding to a
telephone number]
https://www.legallocate.com/npa.htm
Telephone Directories on
the Web
[Worldwide]
http://www.teldir.com/eng/
Trademarks
Search
http://tess.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=tess&state=pp71or.1.1
U.S. Code
http://uscode.house.gov/usc.htm
National Driver
Register
Dangerous drivers; restricted access to
database
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/perform/driver
IV. SPECIAL-INTEREST DIRECTORIES
Adoption Records
Database
[Assists adoptees and their families in searching for each
other]
http://www.skylace.net/adoption
Airline
Crashes
[Searchable database of commercial airline
accidents]
http://www.crashdatabase.com/
Alternative Press
Index
[Subject index and title index to articles appearing in over
250 alternative and radical publications worldwide]
http://www.altpress.org/
Alumni Net
[Worldwide database of
alumni]
http://www.alumni.net/
American War
Library
[Attempts to identity every service person who has served in
the U.S. armed forces since the Revolutional War. Over 27
million listings.]
http://members.aol.com/veterans
Architects
Nationwide
http://www.aia.org/consumer
Career
InfoNet
[Career information, assessment and guidance for virtually
all careers]
http://www.acinet.org/acinet/default.htm
Car Lemon
Reports
[Search for vehicle history public records by vehicle ID
number]
http://www.carfax.com/cfm/general_check.cfm?partner=car_i
City
Guides
[Entertainment, dining, weather, shopping)
http://www.smartpages.com/cityguides
English Land
Registry
[Real property ownership searches and property prices in
England and Wales]
http://www.landreg.gov.uk/
Fed Ex
Tracking
[Federal Express tracking site]
http://www.fedex.com/us/tracking
Find a
Grave
[Almost 3,000,000 names in about 30,000
cemeteries]
http://www.findagrave.com/
Find a Psychologist
http://www.nationalregister.com/
Geographic
Nameserver
[Enter a city name and get back its county,
latitude/longitude, elevation, population, and postal
code]
http://www.mit.edu:8001/geo
High School
Database
http://www.learnanytime.com/highschool
International Dialing
Codes
[Country codes, IDD prefixes, and NDD
prefixes]
http://www.kropla.com/dialcode.htm
Internet Radio Station
Directory
[Online radio stations worldwide]
http://www.radiotower.com/
Investigative
Abstracts
[Print and broadcast investigative stories]
http://www.ire.org/resourcecenter
Jewelers Board of
Trade
[Database of background info on jewelery dealers in U.S.,
Canada, and Caribbean]
http://www.jewelersboard.com/
Journal Article
Database
[Search for articles in almost 25,000
journals]
http://jake.med.yale.edu/
Library Searchable
Databases
[Search libraries' holdings worldwide]
http://www.booklook.com/NE05000.htm
Missing
Children
Website of the National Center for Missing and Exploited
Children
http://www.missingkids.com/
Namebase
Searchable database of
names that have appeared in investigative journalism
books
http://www.pir.org/
Newsletter
Access
[Directory of over 5,000 newsletters]
http://www.newsletteraccess.com/
National Lobbyist
Directory
http://www.lobbyistdirectory.com/
National Public School
Locator
http://nces.ed.gov/ccdweb/school/school.asp
Nonprofit
Organizations
[Over 700,000 nonprofits]
http://www.guidestar.org/search/index.adp
Notable Women
Ancestors
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nwa
Nursing Home
Ratings
[Database of nursing homes and nursing-home
ratings]
http://carescout.com/
Online Texts
Collection
[From Internet Public Library. 17,000 texts in many
subject areas]
http://www.ipl.org/reading/books
Online
Translation
[Translate text and websites; six language
capability]
http://www.dictionary.com/translate
National Technical
Information Service (NTIS)
[Computerized database of over a
million technical reports]
http://www.ntis.gov/
People
Tracker
[Enables you to "track" any of over 120,000 executives and
members of the Forbes celebrity lists]
http://www.forbes.com/cms/template/peopletracker/index.jhtmll
Physician
Select
[Professional information on 725,000 U.S.
physicians]
http://www.ama-assn.org/aps/amahg.htm
Politicians of the
World
[Address directory]
http://www.trytel.com/~aberdeen
Post Office and Zip Code
Locator
[Locate post offices, find zip codes, change addresses,
track/confirm mailings]
http://www.mapsonus.com/db/USPS
Radio Station
Locator
[Search for radio stations worldwide by city, call letters,
or zip code]
http://www.radio-locator.com/
Reporter
Resources
[Hundreds of online resources for journalists and
writers]
http://www.alabamapress.org/NF/omf/alapress/Resources/resources.html
Salary
Database
http://swz.salary.com/salarywizard/layoutscripts/swzl_newsearch.asp
Summer Camps
Worldwide
http://www.campsearch.com/camp/camp_searchform.cfm
Telephone Area
Codes
http://www.areacode-info.com/
Top News
Headlines
[Searchable database of news headlines in U.S.
media]
http://www.1stheadlines.com/index.htm
Unclaimed
Property
http://www.missingmoney.com/
USPS Package
Tracking
http://www.ups.com/tracking/tracking.html
U.S. Surname
Distribution
[Enter a surname into the form and get back a map of the
U.S. showing the distribution of people with that
surname.]
http://www.hamrick.com/names/index.html
Virtual Reference
Desk
[A
wide range of reference and public records resources]
http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/reference/index.html
Weather
Forecasts
http://www.weather.com/common/home/localweather.html
Weather
Worldwide
[Average temperatures for almost 7,000 cities]
http://weatherbase.com/
World Wide News
Search
[Headlines, summaries, and links to Internet news sites
throughout the world]
http://www.pandia.com/news
World Wide Web Profile
Registry Search
[Database of profiles of people on the Web]
http://www.wizard.com/cgi-bin/wwpr.search.pl
Zip Code
Directory
http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/lookup_ctystzip.html