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Researchers: What are your favorite research sites?
Bump in the night | December 7, 2001 | Bump in the night

Posted on 12/07/2001 6:37:18 PM PST by 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?


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To: 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.
41 posted on 12/07/2001 7:30:40 PM PST by Bump in the night
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To: 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.
43 posted on 12/07/2001 7:33:44 PM PST by Bump in the night
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To: Bump in the night
Knowx.com -- not free, but pretty good for court history lookups.
44 posted on 12/07/2001 7:33:52 PM PST by martin_fierro
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To: LarryLied
LOL - A keeper!
46 posted on 12/07/2001 7:40:50 PM PST by PA Engineer
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To: Cleburne
Here's another one you might like. We found our house on the aerial photo.

www.terraserver.microsoft.com

47 posted on 12/07/2001 7:44:25 PM PST by Samwise
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To: PA Engineer
Dispute their disclaimer, I doubt the cattle are over the age of 18.

Btw...you still tracking Linda Daschle?

48 posted on 12/07/2001 7:49:42 PM PST by LarryLied
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To: LarryLied
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.
49 posted on 12/07/2001 7:55:25 PM PST by PA Engineer
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To: Bump in the night
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.
50 posted on 12/07/2001 8:03:45 PM PST by lizma
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To: Bump in the night
Lot of sites on this old thread: Can't Find It? The update to information for freepers


And you've done such a good job here, I think I'll replace my old bookmark of it with this thread.

51 posted on 12/07/2001 8:07:13 PM PST by mrsmith
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To: Bump in the night
My favorites are all over the place. Most are listed - here are a few others.

http://www.cosmiverse.com

http://www.nanodot.org

http://internet-prospector.org/

http://www.darksky.org

http://searchenginez.com/

52 posted on 12/07/2001 8:07:59 PM PST by SmartBlonde
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To: Bump in the night
HPAmericaTM

For reference, look under "R", just click it. For any specific subject, look for the category in the index, click and go. There is not much you'd be looking for you can't find here.

Hank

53 posted on 12/07/2001 8:13:02 PM PST by Hank Kerchief
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To: Hank Kerchief
bump
54 posted on 12/07/2001 8:25:17 PM PST by Tribune7
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To: Bump in the night
RefDesk.com is a great site for launching all different kinds of searches. Check it out.
55 posted on 12/07/2001 8:29:21 PM PST by Kermit
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To: lizma
Where has allrecipes been all my life? What a great site! Thank you for mentioning it.
56 posted on 12/07/2001 8:40:36 PM PST by WillaJohns
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To: Bump in the night
bump for later read
57 posted on 12/07/2001 8:41:20 PM PST by IRtorqued
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To: Bump in the night
I like Lexis-Nexis but my stolen password doesn't work any more.
58 posted on 12/07/2001 8:58:34 PM PST by nunya bidness
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To: nunya bidness
What IS Lexis-Nexis? I keep hearing about it... but have no clue what it is.
59 posted on 12/07/2001 9:19:45 PM PST by Bump in the night
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To: SmartBlonde
You gave the reference: http://www.cosmiverse.com... I thought it said, "comiverse". rofl! I thought, "Comiverse!? What the....!" :)
60 posted on 12/07/2001 9:22:38 PM PST by Bump in the night
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