RESEARCH IN GENERAL

Internet Research Articles    By Genie Tyburski, Web Manager, The Virtual Chase® . Law Firm of  Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP

50 States and Capitals    By 50 states.com

60 Sites in 60 Minutes    By Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP as presented by Jenny Kanji and Genie Tyburski at the 2006 annual meeting of the Special Libraries Association on 14 June, 2006.

100+ Criminal Justice Links    Click on "Helpful Links." By Caseassist.

Access to Archival Databases (AAD)    "... global free-text searching across all series and files, in addition to our standard fielded search, and easier and faster ways to find the series and files you want!" By the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.

AddAll    Searches for hard to find books.

*** Allenelfman.com  ***   Numerous Links! A very impressive site.

American Fact Finder    U.S. Census Bureau

American Press Institute (API)    Numerous Links!

Aimt.info    Numerous Links!

Answers.com

AOL City Guide    Information on Cities. Can search by zip code or city & state.

Apartment Reviews  "Searching for the right apartment to rent? Find out what others are saying about it."

The Art of Public Records Research   By the Virtual Chase®. Law firm of  Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP

Ask Jeeves

*** Bates Information Services Tip of the Month ***    By Mary Ellen Bates, a researcher and consultant on using the internet to get information. She gives herself the AKA title of "Information Broker" on her web site.

Best Legal Web Sites    Includes more than legal sites! By New York Lawyer.

Black Book Online    Crime Time Publishing

BookFinder.com    Use to find hard to find books!

BRB's Free Resource Center    BRB Publications, Inc

Calculator.com    Numerous calculators.

CensusScope: Your Portal to Census 2000 Data    By the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN) at the University of Michigan.

CEO Express    "Connecting Busy Executives to Information That Matters"    By CEOExpress Company

ChildStats.com

City Directories:    Polk City Directories  By infoUSA.com, Inc.

City Directories:    Polk Cross+Search

 City Directories:    Reverse Direcotries  By infoUSA.com, Inc.

ClaimsPages.com    Lots of links!

Conversion Maestro

Consumer Price Indexes    U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Conversion, Online    "Convert just about anything to anything else. Over 5,000 units, and 50,000 conversions." By OnlineConversion.com.

County & State Quick Facts    U.S. Census Bureau

Craigslist    Huge classified ads lists. Very Popular. Has specific pages for many cities, including Atlanta, GA.

Crimelynx    Legal Research Links; Forensic & Expert Links; Investigation Links; Crime Policy Links

Criminal Records    By the Law Firm of  Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP

Cybertimes Navigator    Great info for starting research! Numerous Links by Topics. By the New York Times.

Database of Sources    By Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP

Database Terms    A project of the Hartman Center Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, and the Department of Web Services Duke University

Deep Web Research Resources and Sites

Digital Universe  "The Digital Universe is a network of interlinked web portals intended to become — over time — the largest reliable public information resource in history." A nonprofit endeavor which PC Magazine referred to as the "PBS of the Web."

Delinquent Tax Payers    Links for States that Publish Such Data: CA, CO, CT, DC, GA, IL, LA, MD, MN, OH, RI, SC, TX & WA

Democratic Media.Org

Directory of America's Hospitals    US News. Search by Name, State and/or City!

Docusearch.com    Free Searches. Also has $$$ Fee Based Searches $$$!

Dot Library of Word Wide Web (WWW) Resources     U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)

Educator's Reference Desk    Reference Materials & Lesson Plans!

   "Clear Instructions on How To Do (just about) Everything"

** "Evaluating the Quality of Information on the Internet" **    By the Virtual Chase®. Law firm of  Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP

Fact Finder    U.S. Census Bureau

Fact Monster    By Information Please®

FedStats    "The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies"

Find Articles.com    Search for Published Articles

Finding Data on the Internet    Robert Niles.com

Firearms ID.com    By Jeffrey Scott Doyle

Flags of the World

Free Links.com    Numerous Links!

Free Public Records    By Background Network, Inc (Crimcheck.com)

Free Public Records Online    For Entire World! By Free Site.com

Free Public Records Directory    "...over 18550 Free Searchable Public Record Databases!"

Georgia Archives    Secretary of State: 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260,  678-364-3700. Some records are online!

Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States    By The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

Guide to the Religions of the World    By the BBC

Guns:    Georgia Records Online

Guns:    Georgia Web Sites of Interest    By Search Systems

Guns:    Guinness World Records

Guns:    Gun Locator

Guns:    Links to Manufacturers of Guns & Accessories

Guns:    Manufacturer and Importer Links

Guns:    Manufacturer Links by Lipsey's Inc.

Help for Researchers    Use Genealogy to Find People

HomeTown Locator gazetteer: Census Data

How to Conduct a Background Check, Part 1    By the Virtual Chase®. Law firm of  Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP

How to Conduct a Background Check, Part 2    By the Virtual Chase®. Law firm of  Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP

How to do legal research    Southern Illinois University School of Law Library

"How To Conduct a Background Check, Part 1"    By Genie Tyburski, Web Manager, The Virtual Chase® . Law Firm of  Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP

"How To Conduct a Background Check, Part 2"    By Genie Tyburski, Web Manager, The Virtual Chase® . Law Firm of  Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP

"How to Do It with Research!"    The Virtual Chase® . Law Firm of  Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP

Info Please Almanac: Biography"    ... 30,000+ Biographies" of famous people.

Internet Sleuth    Lots of Good Links!

iTools    Offers the following tools: Search, Language, Research, Financial, Map, Internet

Infotrieve ArticleFinder  "Access the most powerful database of scientific, technical, medical, and other scholarly content. Search through 26 million citations and 8.5 million abstracts from over 54,000 journals."

Internet Archive    Surf more than 10 billion pages

Internet As A Dynamic Resource Tool    By Marcus P. Zillman,  Virtual Private Library.

Internet Public Library    School of Information, University of Michigan

Internet Public Library PL Expert Guides (Pathfinders)    School of Information, University of Michigan

Internet Public Library Ask A Question Form    School of Information, University of Michigan

Investigative Guide to Internet Research     Lots of Stuff!

Investigators Guide to Sources of Information    GAO/OSI-97-2. In PDF Format!

Investigators Guide to Sources of Information    GAO/OSI-97-2. In HTML Format!

Investigative Resources Available on the Web

Investigation Tips    Public Record Finder.com

Investigation Tips.com

Investigative Links    Investigative Research, LLC

JournalismNet"    Your Investigative Guide to Internet Research"

Law Enforcement Investigations    United States Army Field Manual FM-19-20.

Library of Congress Research Tools

Librarians" Index to the InternetLLRX.com    "LLRX.com is a unique, free Web journal dedicated to providing legal and library professionals with the most up-to-date information on a wide range of Internet research and technology-related issues, applications, resources and tools, since 1996." From LLRX.com's web site.

LLRX.com    ResearchRoundup

*** Los Alamos National Laboratory ***    Extensive Links to Numerous Subjects!

Martindale's The Reference Desk

Mega Search Link

Melissa Data Lookups    Free Lookups!

*** Merlin Information Systems Industry Links ***    Numerous Links!

Military Police Law and Order Operations    United States Army Field Manual FM-19-10.

Mortgage Professor    "FIND A MORTGAGE LOAN PROVIDER" By "Jack M. Guttentag is Professor of Finance Emeritus at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and founder of GHR Systems, Inc., a mortgage technology company."

NASD Broker Check"    Check the Background of Your Investment Professional."

National Archives & Records Administration (NARA)    U.S. Government Archives

Southeastern Region    Atlanta: 5780 Jonesboro Rd., Morrow, GA (near the entrance to Clayton College & State University.

National Directory of Expert Witnesses    Online Directory

National Investigative Database Searches    Both Free and Fee Based Searches

NationMaster    "... a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations."

NLECT Law Enforcement Links

Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2004-05 Edition     "... find career information by occupation on this site." U.S. Department of Labor.

*** Onsight Resources Worldwide Public Records  ***

Operation Sting.com    Free Searches on Numerous Topics!

Periodic Table    Chemistry - Visual Elements Periodic Table

Peter7Share's Bookmarks    Numerous Links

Places Directory    By the National Georgraphic

Police Reports.com    $$$  Fee Based  $$$. Links to Police Departments to get accident& incident reports.

Portico     Numerous Links to Data

Power Reporting    Thousands of free research tools for journalists

Price Comparison Sites:    MySimon.com

Price Comparison Sites:    NexTag.com

Price Comparison Sites:    PriceGrabber.com  PC World Magazine's Best Bet January 2004!

Price Comparison Sites:    Shopping.com

Private Investigation Links    By Suzanne Bucciarelli.

Refdesk.com    Excellent!

Reference Center and General Government

References  & Resources

Registry of U.S. Government Publication Digitization Projects   "Serves as a locator tool for publicly accessible collections of digitized U.S. Government publications; ..."  "A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office."

Religion:    Adherents.com   "Adherents.com is a growing collection of over 43,870 adherent statistics and religious geography citations: references to published membership/adherent statistics and congregation statistics for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns, etc. The religions of the world are enumerated here."

Religion:    Religion Link.org    "ReligionLink is a resource to help print and broadcast journalists when they encounter religion in stories about government, politics, education, social services, science and other areas of public life."

Religion:    Religions of the World    A Guide to the Religions of the World: Buddhism; Christianity; Hinduism; Islam; & Sikhism. By the BBC World Service

ResearchRoundup  By Law Library Resource Xchange, LLC (LLRX.com).

Reporters Desktop

Researching Companies Online    A Tutorial

*** Resource Guides Database  ***   By the Law Firm of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP ,  "The Virtual Chase"

Address Finder - Web Service Sample, Reverse Geocoding    Plug in Coordinates and Get an Address!

Resources    By LPT Security Consulting

ROAD: Resource of Outdoor Advertising Descriptions

Sam Spade.org

Satellites    Has links on reports on on low-earct-orbit satellites.

Search 101

Search Over 60,000 Law Firm Publications     LawKT.com

Search Engines & Investigation Links    Law Offices of Kim Kruglick

Searching the Internet    Recommended Sites and Search Techniques. State University of New York.

*** Search Systems.net ***    Lots of links to free public records!

Sears Archives    "... Sears has opened the doors to its vast archival collection and invited the public to peek inside. More than 100 years of stories, product and brand histories, photographs, catalog images are now available online."

Shoe print & Tire Track Examination Resources     By C.A.S.T. - Footwear & Tire Track Impression Evidence Examination resource & contact Website.

** Spies On Line    Numerous Sources. Especially check the links under "Investigative Sources"

Sixteen Unique And Little Known Tips For Pulling Hidden Information From The Net By Ralph D. Thomas    A leading expert on Private Investigations and Publisher of Numerous Books

State Archives Listing by States

State Government Tax Collections     Data on individual States. By .S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Statistical Resources On the Web    University of Michigan

Stolen Jewelry Web Site     By the Jewelers' Security Alliance

Super Snoops    Numerous Links

Tool Kit for the Expert Web Searcher    American Library Association

Tracers Info.com    Lots of Good Links!

Tracerz.com

"Tracking Down Violators"   By TCPALaw.com  Lots of Good Links!

Traffic Land.com    "Traffic Cameras Nationwide"

Tutorgig.com    Hugh Listing of Tutorial Sites on Many Subjects

UCLA    University of California Los Angles' Has a Hugh Collection of Information

U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Almanac

U.S. Place Names Lookup    Melissa Data

OVC HELP for Victim Service Providers Web forum    "Welcome to the OVC HELP for Victim Service Providers Web forum—a place where victim service providers and allied professionals can connect to peers, share ideas about best practices, and help change lives."  By The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)

Virtual Gumshoe.com    Lots of Links!

Virtual Library

Virtual Librarian's Investigator's Toolbox

YBLost.com     " ... the Directory of Directories." Be sure to use the map an click on a state - lots of links!

Way Back Machine    Enables you to review old web pages. Especially useful when a site is no longer "up."

Website Related to Research Material State by State

Web Tools 2005     By Gary Price. "... presents software utilities and Web-based resources useful in conducting or managing research." On the The Virtual Chase® website.

***  World Cat  ***  "Search for an item in libraries near you"

World Factbook 2005 by the CIA

Worldwide Place Names Lookup     Melissa Data