Researchers: What are your favorite research sites?

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

[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