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!
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
*** 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
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!
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
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
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 Web Sites of Interest By Search Systems
Links to Manufacturers of Guns & Accessories
Manufacturer and Importer Links
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
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
Math:
Mathway pre-algebra, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and calculus homework problems
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."
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:
PriceGrabber.com PC World Magazine's Best Bet January 2004!
Private Investigation Links By Suzanne Bucciarelli.
Public.Resource.org “Making Government Information More Accessible”
Refdesk.com Excellent!
Reference Center and General Government
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 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."
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).
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
Satellites Has links on reports on on low-earct-orbit satellites.
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!
"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 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