Researchers: What are your favorite research sites?

Bump in the night | December 7, 2001 | Bump in the night

[Bump in the night]

Okay fellow FReeper Researchers! I love doing research here on FreeRepublic. But I am always in search of new Research sites. So… Here are some of the sites I use when I am researching. What are your favorite research sites?

Black Book Online: Bankruptcies, reverse look-ups, phone directories, real estate, businesses, death records, criminal records, sex offenders, state records, federal records, non-profits, aviation, vessels.

Global Environmental Policy Research Tools: General information on using the internet for environmental research (including other collections of web resources), International governmental collaboration (treaties, international organizations, ...), Nongovernmental organizations, Information on National Governments (sorted by region), Institutes working on global environmental policy.

FedWorld.gov: Too much here to even describe! Find government reports, government sites, and government agencies.

Census Bureau:2000 Census, people, business, geography.

Investigate Your Doctor: Find out if your doctor is Board Certified. Learn about your doctors education and training.

MegaLaw: Federal law, state law, local court rulings, legal forms.

National Archives and Records Administration: Read the official text of Federal laws, regulations, notices and Presidential documents, veterans' service records, Freedom of Information Act, and much more.

Tax Assessor Database: Property records searches.

Reverse Lookup: Reverse phone numbers, street addresses, and emails.

Search Systems: Public records locator for states, U.S. territories, Canada (nationwide), Canada (by Province), Worldwide, outer space.

Search the Constitution: Self explanatory.

Skipease: White pages, Yellow pages, Reverse lookups, US Govt. Directories, Inmate/Prison locators, SS# info, Bankruptcy, Owner of Domain names, Medical profession, Campaign Contributions, Deceased person, US Corporation info, etc.

OnlineNewspapers.com: Search thousands of newspapers online from all over the world.

U.S. Tax Code On-line: Self explanatory.

Webgator Investigative Resources on the Web: Bar Assoc, Cemeteries/Obituaries, Companies Corporations, Courts/Court records, Dept of Corrections, Fed Nat Govt Records, Gangs, Inmates, Maps, Medical Directories/databases, Military.

Federal Election Commission: Self explanatory.

FindArticles.com Find articles by subject or name.

Okay. That’s what I have! What sites do you use?

[Bump in the night]

What are your favorite sites?

[Bump in the night]

Ping!

[Bump in the night]

FYI

[Drew68]

Bumped and bookmarked.

[JulieRNR21]

Thanks for these great links.....BUMP

[Cleburne]

I doubt it's what you seek, but I greatly enjoy topozone.com. Topographical maps for the entire nation! Free! Their catalog of searchable names includes very obscure communities that haven't been actually featured on the maps themselves for years. I am a rather strange person and greatly enjoy looking at maps. Have several hundred USGS maps in my collection (actually on loan), and maps hanging on the wall. I know...

[cascademountaineer]

Dont know if this is useful, but Findlaw is another law site that comes in handy for my research occasionally. Its a good resource on legislative resources as well.

[LibWhacker]

Here's one. :-)

[Bump in the night]

FYI

[Bump in the night]

What the....!!!??? roflmao... cute. Very cute!

[DoctorMichael]

Bump in the night, indeed.

Bumped for future personal reference.

[Bump in the night]

That's a good one! And here's the link:
Topozone.com Thanks!

[Michael Barnes]

Redbooks

HP IT Resource Center

HardOCP

Sun Answer Books

By far the best research site on the net

[Bump in the night]

Re: Reply #10 DOH! LOL

[Luke FReeman]

Here's one for ya!

If you can't find it here, don't bother!

RefDesk.com is created by Matt Drudge's father!

You could call it the "Daddy of reference links"!

[Bump in the night]

He,he,he! That is DEFINATELY the best research site on the net! :P

[Michael Barnes]

By far the best disgruntled site on the net

barf alert, many vile, venomous folks at the above listed link

[Bump in the night]

RefDesk.com is created by Matt Drudge's father!

WooHoo! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I've heard about this one, but didn't know what it was called! Thanks!!!!!

[x]

Fedworld.gov sounds kind of ominous.

The Library of Congress at loc.gov has lots of good stuff for research and general learning.

Findlaw.com looks better than megalaw.com.

Constitution.org has a good site for finding historical legal documents, as does Project Avalon (http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm). The Founders' Constitution (http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/tocs/toc.html) is also a good site for constitutional history.

Yourdictionary.com is a great site for languages. M-w.com is the site for Merriam Webster Dictionaries. Wordreference.com lets you link to dictionaries with a right click.

About.com is a good way to find out about things -- not necessarily when you want a quick answer, but when you want to find out more about a topic.

[ElkGroveDan]

For conservatives this one is a must: National Center for Policy Analysis http://ncpa.org/

Loads of useful facts and figures there. Dig around. It was indispensable to me when I worked in the State Capitol.

[riley1992]

JournalistExpress

Scroll down to Research and Resources.

[Bump in the night]

Ping!

[sigSEGV]

Can't forget AnyBirthday.com

[ladyinred]

I love these threads, get some great sites this way. Thanks so much!

[anniegetyourgun]

Well, it all starts with http://www.weather.com/

[Bump in the night]

Here's one I missed:

The Federal Web Locator: Find anything and everything in the Federal Legislative Branch, Federal Judicial Branch, Federal Executive Branch, Federal Independent Establishments and Government Corporations, Federal Government Consortium and Quasi-Official Agencies, Federal Boards, Commissions, and Committees. GREAT site!

[Lucky]

Thanks, I love maps too.

[an amused spectator]

Thanks for the bump, and thanks for the links. But how do you know that I'm a researcher? ;-)

[Bump in the night]

Re: Anybirthday.com WOW! I've never seen that one! I'm in it! AAAHHHH! :P

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

I've bookmarked this for use, Thanks!

[Bump in the night]

But how do you know that I'm a researcher?

I researched you. He,he,he!

[LarryLied]

Political Money Line is a site which should be checked daily. It keeps track of donations to political parties and new lobbyist registrations. Most of this never makes the news wires and some should be front page news. THIS, for instance, has been picked up nowhere else.

[Bump in the night]

Political Money Line is a site which should be checked daily.

Oooohhhh. Good one!

[bloodmeridian]

Wonderful tools. Thanks for the post, Bump.

[Bump in the night]

Here's a site for finding gun laws: GunLaws.com

[Orion78]

California State Controller's Office
Central Intelligence Agency
Department of Defense (DOD)
Firstgov.com
Google Search Engine

[Bump in the night]

Thomas - Legislative information on the internet: Bill summaries and status in Congress,Committee Reports, Bill Text, Roll Call Votes, and more.

[Bump in the night]

Freedom Documents: The Mayflower Compact, The Declaration of Independence, The Federalist Papers, The Constitution of the United States of America, The Bill of Rights, The Gettysburg Address.

[martin_fierro]

Knowx.com -- not free, but pretty good for court history lookups.

[PA Engineer]

LOL - A keeper!

[Samwise]

Here's another one you might like. We found our house on the aerial photo.

www.terraserver.microsoft.com

[LarryLied]

Dispute their disclaimer, I doubt the cattle are over the age of 18.

Btw...you still tracking Linda Daschle?

[PA Engineer]

Dispute their disclaimer, I doubt the cattle are over the age of 18.

I like them young since they tend to sour with age.

Been busy with other things, but plan to get back on it after the holidays.

[lizma]

So serious. I feel bad. Bookmark it for later. Lot a work to do.
I do most of my research at http;//www.allrecipes.com
I reeeeeeallly love to cook.