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?

[SunkenCiv]

Usually, through links to links to links, generally FR user names. In some cases, even from discontinued accounts (such a search works if one knows how).

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Interesting.

I like utilizing the "new prototype" for the members list at my state locale.

It's always cool to know where my fellow FReople are from.

:)

GJP(BKNY)

[SunkenCiv]

hey, i like that site.

[txhurl]

Namebase.org is a wicked tool.

[nutmeg]

bttt

[Eagle9]

One web page comprised entirely of links to ... "The following is a massive collection of the literature and documents which were most relevant to the colonists' lives in America. If it isn't here, it probably is not available online anywhere."

The American Colonist's Library
A TREASURY OF PRIMARY DOCUMENTS
Primary Source Documents Pertaining to Early American History
An invaluable collection of historical works which contributed to the formation of American politics, culture, and ideals.

[nunya bidness]

How is she doing? I met her at Klamath but haven't seen her around lately.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Bump for later contribution.

[SunkenCiv]

Heh...

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

OK, I do a lot of music-related research (i.e. copyright, etc.).
My favorite and/or most-used links:

Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music at Johns Hopkins University

ASCAP's ACE Search - Song Titles, Composers, Publishers

BMI'S Repertoire Search

SESAC'S Repertory Search

SPEBSQSA Old Songs Library has one of the greatest sheet music libraries in the country.

[dervish]

Thanks for the ping. Great thread.


I like Think Tanks and watchdogs:



General Conservative Think Tanks

http://www.cato.org/ Conservative/Libertarian think tank

http://www.heritage.org/ Conservative think tank

http://www.newamericancentury.org/index.html Neoconservative think Tank, Kristol, Kagan

http://www.aei.org/scholars/filter.all/scholar_byname.asp Neoconservative Think Tank, Gingrich, Kirkpatrick, Ledeen

http://www.defenddemocracy.org/ Forbes, Gingrich, Kemp, Kirkpatrick, Woolsey, Krauthammer, Zell Miller

“Finding the most effective ways to defeat terrorism—and the totalitarian ideologies used to incite and justify terrorism”

http://www.hudson.org/ Conservative Think Tank, Bayefsky, Bork, Innis

http://www.claremont.org/ William Bennett, Eugene Volokh

“The mission of the Claremont Institute is to restore the principles of the American Founding to their rightful, preeminent authority in our national life.”

http://www.nationalcenter.org/NCPPRHist.html Project 21 Black Conservatives

http://www.manhattan-institute.org/ NY and US Think tank, Peggy Noonan, Tamar Jacoby

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Military Defense Think Tanks and Fact Compilers

http://www.janes.com/ Military/Defense Worldwide

http://www.defensenews.com/

http://www.sipri.org/ Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Europe based Think tank on Military/WMD/Defense Worldwide

http://www.globalsecurity.org/ Facts on Military, Intelligence WMD, Homeland Security Worldwide

http://www.internationalaffairs.com/Analysis/Topic_Areas/International/Espionage_and_Intelligence/espionage_and_intelligence.html

“InternationalAffairs.com has links to a wide variety of resources ranging from news wires and newspapers to economic think-tanks to strategic studies institutes to the official web pages of governments and international institutions like the World Bank, OECD, and the United Nations. “

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Legal

http://volokh.com/ Legal Libertarian

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International Fredom and Democracy Think Tanks

http://www.freedomhouse.org/ Promotes Democracy
Worldwide, Country Rankings and analysis on Freedom scale

http://www.iri.org/ Think Tank Promoting Democracy Worldwide

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Watchdogs

http://www.thefire.org/ Academic bias

http://www.discoverthenetwork.org/ Leftist political connections including funding

http://fdncenter.org/research/trends_analysis/ US Foundation watchdog

http://www.militantislammonitor.org/ Militant Islam Monitor

http://www.ngo-monitor.org/index.html NGO watchdog emphasis on Middle East and Israel

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Media Watchdog

http://www.mrc.org/ US media watchdog for leftist bias

http://www.timeswatch.org/ NY Times watchdog

http://www.monitor.bbc.co.uk/ BBC watchdog

http://honestreporting.com/ Anti-Israel Media Watchdog

http://www.memri.org/ Arab/Persian Media Translation Service, Israeli

http://pmw.org.il/ Palestinian Media Watch

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http://europa.eu.int/index_en.htm EU Website

http://www.eurunion.org/legislat/defense/mhhumrtswebs.htm EU in US

http://www.eursoc.com/ for a Democratic Europe

http://www.arena.uio.no/ Norwegian anti-EU think tank


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Arab-Muslim-Middle East


http://www.intelligence.org.il/eng/main.htm Dr. Reuven Erlich, Israeli

http://www.meforum.org/ Daniel Pipes, Think Tank on Arab and Muslim Isssues

http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/index.jsp?section=today Gaffney, Think Tank on Arab and Muslim Isssues

http://www.benadorassociates.com Writers on the Middle East, Hanson, Ledeen, Taheri, Ajami, Phares, Prager, Sharansky

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Israel and Jewish

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/index.html
Encyclopedia of all things Jewish and Israeli including history, military, religious

http://www.masada2000.org/index.html Facts and Maps on Israel

http://www.jcpa.org/ Israel Think Tank, Dore Gold

http://www.azure.org.il/ Israel Think Tank, Shalem Center

[OneLoyalAmerican]

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[ovrtaxt]

Researcher ping! What’s your favorite site?

I like The August Review myself. Dollar Daze is also good.

[DollyCali]

BUMPITY BUMP Wow Bump.

. what a great thread & jam packed with lots of links that will be very helpful along the way. Thanks so much

ovrtaxt- thanks for ping.

& PING for others who I know do research along the way. You might find this one of the best reference threads around.

[DollyCali]

Hi there friend. Was just talking about you last week. Our friend NorthCoastConservative has moved from NE Ohio to Pa “on the farm” (sound familiar?).

Of course he will remain a Brown’s fan!!!!

Surely hope you & yours are doing well on your farm

protecting us still?

[MEG33]

Thanks, Dolly!

[Kaslin]

the problem with this link is that you can't access any of the sites http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/access-newspapers.htm

A better link is this one

http://www.refdesk.com/paper.html

[OneLoyalAmerican]

Greetings DollyCali:

And our offer for you to visit still stands. Our web site: sunnybfarm.webs.com

Cheers,
OLA

[F-117A]

Thanks for the ping!

[hedgetrimmer]

Helpful stuff! Thanks!