Birth/Death Records
[Birth/death records listed by state]
http://www.health.state.pa.us/HPA/obd.htm

Census Information
[Broad and deep demographic and economic data]
http://www.census.gov

Center for Investigative Reporting
[Investigative journalism ]
http://www.muckraker.org

CIA World Factbook
[Reference tool for background information on countries]
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Commerce Business Daily
[U.S. government bids, contracts and announcement awards]
http://cbdnet.gpo.gov

Commerce Department Libary
[USDC Library reference desk will check reference publications for background info on businesses]
202/482-5511

Congressional Email  Directory
[Email addresses of U.S. Senators and Representatives]
http://www.webslingerz.com/jhoffman/congress-email.html

Copyright Information - Search Copyright Filings
http://www.loc.gov/copyright/rb.html

County Government Information Portal
http://www.naco.org

Demographic/Economic Data
[Population, housing, economic and geographic data,
by city or zip code]
http://www.factfinder.census.gov

Directory of State Constitutions and State Codes
http://www.law.cornell.edu/statutes.html 

Documents Center
[University of Michigan's excellent document clearinghouse]
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/index.html

Embassies in Washington, DC
http://www.embassy.org/embassies

Embassies Worldwide
[Directory of the world's embasies and consultates]
http://www.escapeartist.com/embassy1/embassy1.htm

EPA Inspections and Permits
[Searchable by company name, geographic area, SIC code
and pollutant]
http://epa.gov/enviro

Export-Import Bank of U.S.
[Will provide credit data on foreign companies to whom it has extended credit]
http://www.exim.gov

Federal Judiciary Homepage
[Links to all federal court websites nationwide]
http://www.uscourts.gov/links.html

Foreign Agent Registrations
http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/fara/

Foreign Government Links
http://www.pimall.com/nais/l-foreigngov.html

Government Guide
[Comprehensive guide to government services nationwide]
http://www.governmentguide.com

Governments on the WWW
[Links to government sites worldwide]
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en

GPO Federal Resources
[Government sites listed by topic]
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/'topics/index.html

InterGov
[Web police agency which has established lines of communication
with law enforcement agencies worldwide]
http://www.intergov.com

Interpol
[International police organization]
http://www.interpol.int

National County Courthouses
[Address database]
http://www.genealogy.com/00000229.html

Passport Services and Information
[U.S. Dept. of State website]
http://travel.state.gov/passport/index.html

SSA's Death Records Master File
http://www.ancestry.com/ssdi/advanced.htm

State and Local Government on the Net Directory
[A guide to government-sponsored Internet sites]
http://www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm

State Appellate & Supreme Court Opinions & Decisions
http://www.brbpub.com/freeresources/pubrecsites.aspx

State Facts and Information
[Economic, demographic and current political info for all states; also
provides current news for each state]
http://www.stateline.org/

State Public Records
[State by state directory of public records online sources]
http://www.crimetime.com/bbostate.htm

U.S. Government Publications
http://www.gpo.gov

U.S. Government Telephone Listings
[Directory assistance]
http://www.dexonline.com

U.S. Patents
[Database of U.S. Patent Office filings]
http://www.uspto.gov/main/sitesearch.htm

U.S. Trademarks
[Search registered, pending and expired trademarks]
http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm

Who's Who in the Federal Government
[Bios going back to 1774]
http://exlibris.memphis.edu/resource/unclesam/whos.html

Zip+4 Code Lookup
http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/lookup_zip+4.html

ABA Routing Numbers
[Financial institution identifying numbers]
http://www.fedwiredirectory.frb.org/search.cfm

Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
[Aviation association]
http://www.aopa.org

Airline Certificate Information
[Searchable directory of airline certificates]
http://av-info.faa.gov/opcert.asp

Airport Profiles
[U.S. airport data and information]
http://www.airnav.com/airports

American Demographics/Marketing Tools
[Access to archives of American Demographics and Marketing Tools magazines]
http://amiga.adage.com/de/ad

Banking Rate Monitor
[Banking site with international info, newsletter, and calculators]
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/default.asp

Bankruptcy Courts
[Links, addresses, and telephone numbers]
https://www.bankruptcydata.com/courts/courts.htm

Broker Search
[Search for securities brokers and brokerage firms]
Search

Business Credit Reports
[Full credit reports on any business]
Search Credit Reports

Business Credit USA
[Quick and inexpensive business background info search]
http://www.businesscreditusa.com

Business Filings Databases
[Annotated links to business filings by state]
Business Filings

Business Background Reports  - Fee based
U.S.:
[Experian Snapshot Reports]
http://www.experian.com
[Dun & Bradstreet]
http://www.dnb.com
[Standard & Poor Online Registry]
http://www.standardandpoor.com
Foreign:
[U.S. Dept. of Commerce]
http://www.doc.gov 

Business Wire
[PR wire for business press releases]
http://www.businesswire.com

Charities Background Info
[Profiles of charitable organizations from the BBB]
http://www.give.org

Commodities Futures Traders
[Search by NFA ID number, individual name, or firm name]
Search Traders

Company Research
[Company and industry research tutorials]
http://iws.ohiolink.edu/companies

Corporate Information
[An extremely wide range of corporate/financial research tools]
http://www.corpwatch.org/

Corporate Profiles
[Links to over 350,000 corporate profiles]
http://corporateinformation.com

County Information & Public Records Sources
[County officials, courthouse addresses, and economic and demographic data]
http://www.naco.org

Courthouse Document Retrievers
[Searchable list of courthouse document retrievers by state]
http://www.romingerlegal.com/DocUSA.htm

CPA Directory
[Online database of certified public accountants]
http://www.cpadirectory.com

Doc Finder
[Physician licensing info]
http://www.docboard.org/docfinder.html

EINs of Tax-Exempt Organizations:
http://www.guidestar.com

FDIC Banks Database
[Financial info on banks in the U.S.]
http://www2.fdic.gov/idasp/

Financial Web
[Thorough business resource site]
http://www.leadfusion.com  

Free Public Records Site
[Free public records and reference material]
http://www.brbpub.com/pubrecsites.asp

Geographic Names Database
[Names of over 2 million places in the U.S.]
http://nsdi.usgs.gov

Green Book, The
[Directory of Market Research Firms]
http://www.greenbook.org

Homes for Sale
Find a Realtor

Home Values
[Searchable home sales prices]
Search for Homes

HUD and VA Foreclosures
Foreclosures

Insurance Company Ratings
[Searchable database of insurance companies]
http://www3.ambest.com/ratings/Advanced.asp

NASD Brokers
[Get background reports on NASD brokers]
http://pdpi.nasdr.com/pdpi/disclaimer_frame.htm

National Association for the Self-Employed
[Contains extensive resource list]
http://www.nase.com

National Charities Information Bureau
[Guide to 300 national charities]
http://www.give.org

National Crime Victim's Center
[Research on the effects of criminal victimization]
http://www.musc.edu/cvc

Nonprofit Clearinghouse
[Virtually all U.S. nonprofits profiled]
http://www.guidestar.org

Physician Board Certification
[Verify that a doctor is board ceertified; see also
"Doc Finder," above]
http://www.abms.org

Profile Canada
Information about Canada's largest 40,000 businesses
www.profilecanada.com

Professional Trade Associations
http://www.brbpub.com/prs/TradeAssn.asp

Property Foreclosure Sales
http://foreclosurefreesearch.com

Research Edge
[Marketing and business research - Fee based]
http://www.researchedge.com

Reverse Phone Director - Fee Based
[Trace unlisted and cell phone numbers]
http://www.reversemobile.com

Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals
[Association of competitive intelligence pros]
http://www.scip.org

State Occupational Licensing Boards
[Searchable listing of state occupational licensing boards]
http://www.brbpub.com/freeresources/pubrecsitesOccStates.aspx

Swiss Bank Directory
http://www.swconsult.ch/cgi-bin/banklist.pl

Thomas Register of American Manufacturers
[Search list of manufacturing companies]
http://www.thomasregister.com

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Resources
[Large collection of informational toolkits]
http://www.uschamber.com/chambers/directory/default.htm

411 Locate
[Search U.S. white and yellow pages, as well as email addresses]
http://www.411locate.com

Accident Reconstruction Resources
http://www.c-design.com/accrec.html 

Aircraft Theft Investigations
http://www.acpi.org

Adoption Resources
http://vitalrec.com/links3.html

American Law Sources Online
[Free online sources of law for the U.S., Canada, and Mexico]
http://www.lawsource.com/also/

Appraiser USA
[Find a real estate appraiser]
http://www.appraiserusa.com

Aristotle International
[Voter registration records, political contributor lists]
http://www.aristotle.com

Articles Search
[Search over 7,000 electronic publications]
http://www.factiva.com

Art Theft Postings 
Interpol Art Theft Postings

Asia Pacific Domain Owners
[Database of domain owners in the Asia Pacific region]
http://www.apnic.net/search/index.html

Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP)
[Source for finding professional researchers]
http://www.aiip.org

AT&T Toll Free Directory
[Searchable database of AT&T toll free numbers]
http://www.anywho.com/tf.html

Attorney Net
[Worldwide resource for locating an attorney]
http://www.attorneynet.com

Attorney Profiles
[Background/educational info on U.S. attorneys]
http://lawyers.martindale.com/marhub

Attorneys by State
[Searchable list of attorneys by state]
http://romingerlegal.com/attorney

Auto Reposession Associations
[Time Finance Adjusters]
http://www.tfaguide.net

Blue Sheet, The
[Profiles hundreds of thousands of jury verdicts; searchable database]
http://www.bluesheet.com

British Public Records Office
http://www.pro.gov.uk

Canadian Corporations
[Online info service specializing in Canadian businesses]
http://www.infomart.ca]

Canadian Directory Assistance
[Search Canadian directory assistance on the Internet]
http://canada411.sympatico.ca

Canadian Investigations
[Canadian Private Investigators Resource Centre]
http://www.cpirc.com

Can We Tape?
[A guide to taping phone calls in the 50 states and D.C.]
http://www.rcfp.org/taping/index.html

CataLaw - Metaindex of Law & Government
[Catalog of law resources online]
http://www.catalaw.com

Child Support Guidelines
http://www.supportguidelines.com

Citation Handbook
http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation

Class Action Lawsuits Database
http://securities.stanford.edu

Codes of Ordinances
[Over 14,000 municipalities]
http://www.amlegal.com

Collectors - Judgment and Debt
[Discussion forum message boards related to judgment and debt
collection; useful for skip tracing]
http://www.collectionindustry.com

Copernic
[Free search engine results organizer]
http://www.copernic.com

Corrections.com
[Corrections industry resources and info]
http://www.corrections.com

County Recorders Office Document Access
[Online database of almost a trillion recorders office documents]
http://www.datatree.com

Court Rules, Forms and Dockets
[Browse or search by keyword]
http://www.llrx.com/courtrules

Crime Lynx
[Criminal defense practitioner's guide thru the Internet]
http://www.crimelynx.com

Crime Spider
[Links to crime and law enforcement sites]
http://www.crimespider.com

Criminal Encyclopedia
[Short articles on crime-related topics]
http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/categories/crime.html

Criminal Records Access Described by State
Criminal Records by State

CT Corp
[UCC services and statutory representation - fee based]
http://www.cch-lis.com

Domain Name Lookup
[Enter the URL of a business, find out who owns it]
http://www.checkdomain.com

Drug Identification Service
[Pharmacists make tablet and capsule identifications
over the telephone]
http://www.drugid.net

Drug Testing in the Workplace
[State laws governing substance abuse testing in the workplace]
http://said.dol.gov/StateLawList.asp

E-Bay Search Page
[Search E-Bay bidders and sellers by email address]
Search E-Bay

Edgar Public Financial Records Database
[SEC's database of info on publicly traded companies]
http://www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm

EIN Identifier
[taxable organizations]
http://www.freeerisa.com
[tax-exempt organizations]
http://www.guidestar.com

Electronic Surveillance Laws by State
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/lis/CIP/surveillance.htm

Employment Verifications
[Start/termination date, total time at company, and job title; fee-based]
http://www.theworknumber.com

Executive Compensation Packages
[Search EDGAR Online People database]
http://www.edgar-online.com

European Domain Owners
[Database of European domain owners]
http://www.ripe.net/perl/whois

Expert Witnesses 
[Alphabetical listing of experts who have testified in civil jury trials across the U.S.]
http://www.juryverdicts.com/experts/index.html

Expert Witness & Consultant Directory
[Searchable list of expert witnesses and consultants]
http://www.romingerlegal.com/expert

European Patent Search
Search Patents

Evidence Photographers
http://www.epic-photo.org

Excluded Party List System
[Persons and businesses banned from doing business with the
federal government]
http://epls.arnet.gov

FAA License Holders
http://www.avweb.com

Federal Courts Finder
http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDCTS

Federal Judiciary Homepage
[Links to all federal court websites nationwide]
http://www.uscourts.gov/links.html

Federal Criminal Law
[Comprehensive legal research on federal law]
http://www.fedcrimlaw.com

Federal Prison Histories
[Current and former federal inmates; click Inmate Information link]
http://www.bop.gov

Federal Records Access
[How to access Federal Records]
http://www.epic.org/open_gov/rights.html

Federal Regulations
[Code of Federal Regulations]
Search the CFR

Find a Person/Find a Business
[Search for businesses/professionals by general category] 
http://www.smartpages.com/whitepages

Foreign Vital Records
http://vitalrec.com/links2.html 

Fraud Examiners
[Association of Certified Fraud Examiners]
http://www.acfe.org
http://www.state.gov

Genealogy Help
[Research help]
http://vitalrec.com/links4.html

Government Document Delivery
[Offers public records document delivery and related services for government organizations]
http://www.govdocs.com

Hatewatch
[Info about hate groups]
http://www.hatewatch.org

Hieros Gamos
[Global legal resources]
http://www.hg.org/index.html

Hoover's Online
Company capsules on over 15,000 companies
http://www.hoovers.com

How to Obtain a Certified Copy of a Report of Birth,
Death or Marriage Abroad
[U.S. State Department tutorial]
http://travel.state.gov/

InfoUSA.com
Search by business name, business category, person's
name, phone number]
http://www.infousa.com

Inmate Locator List
[Listing of offender locators by State]
http://www.pcpages.com/strngmn01

International Directory Assistance
dial:  00

International Society of Air Safety Investigators
Air accident investigations in 35 countries
http://www.isasi.org

International Property Digital Library
[Intellectual property data collections hosted by the
World Intellectual Property Organization]
http://www.wipo.int.ipdl

Internet Archives
[Wayback Machine]
http://www.archive.org

Internet Legal Resource Guide
[Index of more than 4000 legal webbsites worldwide]
http://www.ilrg.com

Internet Searches for Investigators
[Many free investigative searches]
http://crimetime.com

Investigator's Open Network
[Worldwide investigator referral service]
http://investigatorsanywhere.com]

I.P. World Map Project
[Find geographic location of IP addresses]
http://www.networldmap.com 

Kruglich's Investigative Search Engines
[Search tools for investigators]
http://www.kruglaw.com/search.html

'Lectric Law Library
http://www.lectlaw.com/ref.html 

Media Finder
[Database of print media in the U.S. and Canada]
http://www.mediafinder.com

Medical Literature
[National Library of Medicine's Medline database]
http://www.nlm.nih.gov

Meta-Index for US Legal Research
[Central clearinghouse for circuit court opinions]
http://gsulaw.gsu.edu/metaindex 

Military Search
Current military status of any individual from DOD [fee based]
http://www.militarysearch.org

Murder Victims
[Database of murder victims and murder statistics]
http://www.murdervictims.com

National Criminal Justice Reference Service
[Lists publications and links on corrections, courts, crime, drugs,
international crime, and juvenile justice]
http://www.ncjrs.org

National Fraud Information Center
[Portal to government agencies, professional associations and
other resources]
http://www.fraud.org/info/links.htm

Nationwide Telephone White Pages
[Nationwide white pages for business and residential phones;
also phone number reverse lookups]
http://www.anywho.com/wp.html

Navigating the Maze of Criminal Records
[Tutorial on criminal records access]
http://www.llrx.com/features/crime.htm

Nevada Gaming Control Excluded Person List
http://gaming.state.nv.us/loep_main.htm

News Searches
http://www.lexis-nexis.com
http://www.newslibrary.com
http://www.newspapers.com
http://www.onlinenewspapers.com

Occupational Licensing
[Occupational licensing requirements by state, occupation, and agency] http://www.acinet.org/acinet/LicensedOccupations

Online Airport Database
http://www.airstripamerica.com

PACER Service Center
[PACER  overview, registration info, and links to PACER websites and U.S. Party/Case Index]
http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov

Patent Collections
[U.S., Europe, Japan]
http://www.delphion.com

Patent Grants and Applications
[Full text and full-page image databases from the U.S. Patent and Trademarks Office]
Search Patents 

People Search for Low Income or Transient Persons.
[Click on "State Database Solutions" ]
http://www.teletrack.com

Pilot Search
[FAA-licensed pilots]
Search for Pilots

Police One.com
[Law enforcement news, resources, and info]
http://www.policeone.com

Police Reports - Fee
[Retrieves police reports nationwide]
http://www.rrsinfo.com

Political Contributors
[Contributors to political campaigns in the U.S.]
http://www.tray.com

Political Donations
[Political donation sources]
http://www.opensecrets.org and http://www.fecinfo.com

Private Investigators by State
[Searchable list of private investigators by state]
http://www.romingerlegal.com/PiUSA.htm

Process Servers
[National Association of Professional Process Servers]
http://www.napps.com

Process Servers by State
[Searchable directory of process servers by state]
http://www.romingerlegal.com/ProcUSA.htm

Professional Licenses
[Directory of boards of professional and occupational licensure.  Search by profession or jurisdiction.  Covers
both U.S. and Canada.]
http://www.clearhq.org/boards.htm

Questioned Document Examiners
[American Association of Questioned Document Examiners]
http://www.asqde.org

Quickform Contracts
[Automated directory of documents for computer industry, Internet commerce, and general business transactions]
http://www.quickforms.net

Rominger Legal.com
[Legal research resources and links]
http://www.romingerlegal.com

Safe Deposit Boxes
[Assistance in locating the safe deposit boxes of deceased persons]
http://www.americansafedeposit.com

SAFER Database
[Safety and Fitness Electronic Records; ownership and safety records
of trucks available through this DOT resource,
using DOT number stenciled on side of truck]
http://www.safersys.org

SEC Edgar Filings 
[Text Search]
http://www.10kwizard.com

Self-Help Law Center
[Do-it-yourself law]
http://www.nolo.com

Sex Offenders
[State by state directory of sex offender registries]
http://www.nsopr

Skip Tracing
[Directory of free people search resources]
http://www.skipease.com

Social Security Death Index
http://ssdi.rootsweb.com

Social Security Number Verification
[Determine if a SSN is valid and active or deceased]
http://www.usinfosearch.com/Free_ssn_search.htm

Stolen Boats
[Rewards offered]
http://www.boatman.com

Surname Searches
http://vitalrec.com/links5.html

Telephone Directories on the Web
[Worldwide]
http://www.infobel.com/teldir.asp?page=/eng/

Telephone Company Tracing
[Tool for determining if a phone number is a land or cell line]
http://www.fonefinder.net

Television News Archives
[Archives at Vanderbilt University; over 30,000 broadcasts]
http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu

Tenant Screening
[Tracks problem tenants]
http://www.residentscreening.com

Thesarus of Geographic Names
[Searchable thesarus of a million-plus names of places worldwide]
Search the Thesaurus 

Time Zone Converter
http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc

Toll Free Reverse Lookup
[Enter a toll free phone number to find out registrant.  Fee based]
http://www.tollfreephone.com

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)
[Huge collection of law enforcement related information that can be
localized to your region]
http://trac.syr.edu

UK & European Business Search Engine
[Ask Henry Search Engine]
http://www.askhenry.co.uk

Ultimate White Pages
[The white pages online]
http://www.theultimates.com/white

U.S. Code
http://uscode.house.gov

U.S. Court Forms
[Over 50,000 free forms]
http://www.uscourtforms.com

U.S. Courts
[Statewide court info, news and case searches]
http://www.uscourts.com

Usenet Archives
http://www.dejanews.com/home_ps.shtml

Vehicle Identification Numbers
[Decode VIN numbers into model year, manufacturer, and
model; for a fee, learn vehicle history info though not owner name]
http://www.carfax.com

Vicim Information and Notification System (VINE)
[Automated system keeps crime victims aware of the incarceration status of their attackers]
http://www.vineco.com

Voter Lists
Registered voter lists for registered investigators and government
officials [fee based]
http://www.e-Merges.com

World Law Direct
[Lawyer index; features free "Ask an Attorney"]
http://worldlawdirect.com

Zip Code Decoder
[Enter a zip code to learn city and state]
Decode a Zip Code number

Alternative Press Index
[Subject index and title index to articles appearing in alternative
and radical publications worldwide]
http://www.altpress.org

Alumni Net
[Worldwide database of alumni]
http://www.alumni.net

American Factfinder
[Community profile maps and geographic info from U.S. Census Bureau]
U.S. Census Bureau Maps & Facts

Anonymizer
[For anonymous web surfing]
http://www.anonymizer.com

Apartment Directories
[Links to apartment directories in major cities]
http://www.apartmentlinks.net

Architects Nationwide
http://www.aia.org/consumer

Auto History Report
[fee based]
http://www.autocheck.com/consumers/gatewayAction.do

Books - Out of Print
[Harvest Booksearch - no charge to search]
http://www.harvestbooks.com

Career InfoNet
[Career information, assessment and guidance for virtually all careers]
http://www.acinet.org/acinet/default.asp

Car Lemon Reports
[Vehicle history public records by vehicle ID number]
Search for a VIN

Child Abuse and Missing Children
http://www.missingkids.org

College and University Database
[Searchable database]
http://learnanytime.com/college

Currency Converter
[Converts one currency to another at current exchange rates]
http://www.xe.net/currency

Cybercrime
[USDOJ informational site]
http://www.cybercrime.gov

Cyndi's List of Genealogical Sites on the Internet
[genealogy info]
http://www.CyndisList.com

Disasters - Tracking of
 Federal Emergency Management Agency
 http://www.fema.gov
 Avalanches
 [Westside Avalanche Network]
 http://www.avalanche.org
 Earthquakes
 [National Geophysical Data Center]
 http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov
 Floods
 [Office of Hydrology]
 http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oh
 Forest Fires
 [Bureau of Fire & Aviation Management]
 http://www.fs.fed.us/fire
 Railroad Accidents
 [Federal Railroad Administration]
 http://www.fra.dot.gov

English Land Registry
[Real property ownership searches and property prices in
England and Wales]
http://www.landreg.gov.uk 

Fed Ex Tracking
[Federal Express tracking site]
http://www.fedex.com/us/tracking

Financial Calculators
[home rent vs. buy, compare loans, calculate mortgage payments, others]
http://finance.move.com/HomeFinance/Calculators/RentBuy.asp

Find a Grave
[Almost 18,000,000 grave records in about 30,000 cemeteries]
http://www.findagrave.com

Find a Mover
[Free quotes]
http://www.homefair.com/Moving_and_Planning/Quotes

Find a Psychologist 
http://www.nationalregister.com 

GI Search
[Military personnel search, all branches]
http://www.gisearch.com 

Geographic Nameserver
[Enter a city name and get back its county, latitude/longitude,
elevation, population, and postal code]
Search for Info on a City

Google Groups
[Archives most newsgroups]
http://www.groups.google.com

High School Database
[Virtually all high schools listed]
http://www.learnanytime.com/highschool

Hotels Searchable Directory
[Covers every state]
http://www.hotels.com

Infomine
[Scholarly and academic Internet resources]
http://infomine.ucr.edu

International Dialing Codes
[Country codes, IDD prefixes, and NDD prefixes]
http://www.kropla.com/dialcode.htm

International Salary Calculator
[Use to determine costs to relocate to another city]
http://www2.homefair.com/calc/salcalc.html

Internet Public Library:  Ready Reference Collection
[Categories include Almanacs, Census Data, Dictionaries, Geneaology,
Geography, Quotations and Telephone Numbers, among others]
http://ipl.si.umich.edu/ref/RR

Internet Radio Station Directory
[Searchable links to online radio stations worldwide]
http://www.radiotower.com

Investigative Abstracts
[Print and broadcast investigative stories]
http://www.ire.org/resourcecenter

Jewelers Board of Trade
[Searchable database of background info on jewelery dealers in U.S.,
Canada, and Caribbean]
http://www.jewelersboard.com 

Long Lost Family Bulletin Board
[Check to find out if a family member is looking for you]
http://www.yourfamily.com/lost_family.shtml

Missing Children
Website of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
http://www.missingkids.com

Newsletter Access
[Directory of over 5,000 newsletters]
http://www.newsletteraccess.com

National Public School Locator
http://nces.ed.gov/ccdweb/school/school.asp

News Archives
[Links to U.S. news and public records archives available on the Web]
UNC's News Archive

NHTSA Consumer Complaints Database
[Search for complaints on vehicles]
Find Vehicles with Problems

Notable Women Ancestors
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nwa

Nursing Home Ratings
[Database of nursing homes and nursing-home ratings]
http://carescout.com

Online Texts Collection
[From Internet Public Library.  17,000 texts in many subject areas]
http://www.ipl.org/reading/books

Online Translation
[Translate text and websites; six language capability]
http://www.dictionary.com/translate

Out of Print Books
http://www.harvestbooks.com

National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
[Computerized database of over a million technical reports]
http://www.ntis.gov

People Tracker
[Enables you to "track" any of over 120,000 executives and members of the Forbes celebrity lists. Registration required.]
Forbes People Tracker l

Pension Search Directory
[People who have earned pensions but can't be located by their former employers]
http://www.pbgc.gov/search/default.htm

Physician Select
[Professional information on 725,000 U.S. physicians]
http://www.ama-assn.org/aps/amahg.htm

Radio Station Locator
[Search for radio stations worldwide by city, call letters, or zip code]
http://www.radio-locator.com

Salary Database
Search for Salaries

Spammer Complaints Database
[Check out URLs for spamming complaints]
http://www.abuse.net/lookup.phtml

Telephone Area Codes
http://www.areacode-info.com

Translation:  Alta Vista Babelfish
[An online translation service -- free but accuracy dubious.]
http://babel.altavista.com

Travel Advisory Hotline
[877-CDC-INFO]
http://cdc.gov/travel/travel.html

Unclaimed Property
http://www.missingmoney.com

Used Car Prices
[Kelley Blue Book website]
http://www.kbb.com/index.html

U.S. Navy Ships Mailing Addresses
Find a Mailing Address

UPS Package Tracking
http://www.ups.com/tracking/tracking.html

U.S. Surname Distribution
[Enter a surname into the form and get back a map of the U.S.
showing the distribution of people with that surname.]
http://www.hamrick.com/names/index.html

Victim Assistance Online
[A resource for victim assistance specialists]
http://vaonline.org

Weather Forecasts
Get a Forecast

Weather Worldwide
[Average temperatures for almost 7,000 cities]
http://weatherbase.com

Web Search Guides
[Research tutorials on a wide range of topics]
http://www.websearchguides.com

Where to Write for Vital Records
[Birth, death, marriage, and divorce records]
http://www.vitalrec.com

World Wide News Search
[Headlines, summaries, and links to Internet news sites throughout the world]
http://www.pandia.com/news

Zip Code Directory
Look Up a Zip Code