LINKS TO OTHER RESOURCES
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FINDING PEOPLE
(or Info about People)
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The Ultimates
Performs parallel searches of other telephone (both "white pages" and "yellow pages") and email directory services, including;
Plus reverse searches by phone # or address and map links. (See below for descriptions of each of these directories.) Brags of 25 net services in a single search. A personal favorite.
AnyWho A simple, fast way to search over 100 million directory listings. More up-to-date than some. Reverse directory too.
Bigfoot So-so white pages, yellow pages, web pages and e-mail searches.
InfoUSA/ListBazaar Listings for millions of households and businesses
Info Space Search telephone directories in USA, Canada and other countries. Also yellow pages search, E-mail finder, corporate directory, Toll free number database, fax number database, and government telephone number directory. An excellent, wide-ranging site.
LYCOS People Finder Search a massive telephone database
Switchboard A simple, quick way to find almost anyone, anywhere who has a listed phone number.
WhoWhere Find E-mail addresses and phone numbers from among 90 million U.S. listings. Also, toll-free numbers, yellow pages and corporate web site locator
WorldPages Links to 112 million U.S. and Canadian white and yellow pages listings, but most valuable for its links to over 200 directories worldwide.
YAHOO People Search Conduct surname searches via a national criss-cross directory. Locate E-mail addresses, home pages and phone numbers.
Reverse Directory: InfoUSA Both a people finder and a reverse directory: If you know the phone number, this database will return the subscriber's name and address
Reverse Directory: InfoSpace This directory offers reverse lookup by phone number, fax number, U.S. street address and e-mail address! Also available in Canada.
DM411 A direct marketing website that permits free searches by consumer name, business name, street address, phone number, zip code, or SIC Code (numbers assigned to each industry, e.g., the legal services industry has an SIC Code of 811100).
Birthday Database Millions of birthdays online in a free searchable database.  Search by name, limit by zip code.
Social Security Death Index
(And other "Ancestral Records")		 Find information about persons whose death triggered a Social Security benefit (e.g., social security number, dates of birth and death and place of residence). One of many genealogical searches available, including census, marriage, birth, church, military, court, land, probate, INS, directory, newspaper, periodical and compiled records – many free.
"Searching for People" page Links to resources for finding people
Missing Persons Resource Center Articles and book descriptions on professional methods for skip tracing.
Webgator Excellent list of online investigative resources
Public Data A long-overdue resource! This inexpensive database contains records of licensed drivers, sex offenders, voters, vehicle license tags, criminal records and voter rolls. Search license records by name, or DL# and learn name, address, weight, birth date, sex, expiration date, status, class and restrictions. Although principally a Texas resource, it also offers DMV and/or DL information for Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Mississippi, Minnesota, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming.
Information for Business A reliable resource with reasonable prices and toll-free telephone support. This well-run outfit offers just about any type of data you could want and an impressive turnaround time for basic reports. The helpful people give this service an edge.  Highly recommended.
Dataland This attractive and well-organized site offers the full range of skip-trace and asset identification data.  Be warned that some of the data they are offering for sale is currently available online without charge (e.g., Social Security death records, surname searches, OSHA reports, FAA records, etc.).
InformUs Driving records nationwide, Workers' comp. claim searches in 40 States, criminal recordnationwide, previous employment verifications in 72 hours, national credit and address information.

FREE to check validity and state/time of issuance for any S.S.#.

KnowX A reasonably priced (and often free at off-peak times) search engine for millions of public records, including real property ownership, bankruptcies, assets, UCC filings and many more.
Locate Fast Claims to have a billion records online. $1.75 per credit header search (name, SS#, address, phone).
LocateMe Search selected public records (principally voter and DMV records) of all 50 states for $39.00 per search.
National Association of Investigative Specialists A fascinating conglomeration of investigative resources, spy equipment, skip trace resources, P.I. publications, etc.
Craig Ball’s Search Central Use all major search engines via one simple interface. Not selling anything!
SEARCH ENGINES
Dogpile This inelegantly-named site permits simultaneous searches of every part of the Internet using all major search engines
Alta Vista Key word searches
Yahoo Topical search engine. Very user friendly.
Google A very fast, often relevant search engine that is less likely than some to be misled by metatags and other techniques used to draw users to sites. A personal Favorite!
Beaucoup Extraordinarily comprehensive links to hundreds search engines and reference sources. Perhaps the ultimate in one-stop searching.
Inference Find This site calls out in parallel all the best search engines, merges the results, removes redundancies and clusters the hits into neat understandable groupings. A find indeed!
Savvy Search Another parallel search engine that allows you to check 17 major search resources in one fell swoop.
Deja.com Search through E_mail in USENET newsgroups and mailing lists for specific subjects. You can sift through more than 40,000 discussion forums, plus newsgroups and mailing lists.
CORPORATE & FINANCIAL STUFF
CEOExpress CEOExpress is comprehensive, quick and easy. A great resource!
Tax Exempt Organizations Search the IRS' directory of tax exempt organizations by name, city and state.
Hoover's Corporate Information Profiles of corporations (some free, some fee-based) and relevant links. An excellent first stop for corporate information.
SEC EDGAR Archives Online corporate filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Report Gallery Many links to corporate annual reports and web sites
A. M. Best Address, phone number and rating for insurance companies
Insurance Company Locator Names, addresses and phone numbers for about a trillion insurance carriers
Insure.com Ostensibly unbiased consumer information about auto, home and life insurance, including insurance company ratings from Standard & Poor's. Includes insurance links by state and a library of carrier lawsuits.
LEGAL STUFF
Handy Terrific Links for Attorneys The name says it all.  This is the one page mega-list that covers the waterfront.   A great start page for busy lawyers and executives.
Attorney's Toolbox An interesting and useful hodge-podge of sites assembled by a California attorney
Political Contributions Search Federal Election Commission records of political contributions.
Martindale-Hubbell The online version of the ubiquitous lawyer's decorative books. MH lets you find just about any lawyer in America.
West's Legal Directory Offers basic information on over 800,000 lawyers. Yikes!
TRANSPORTATION & VEHICLES
Aviation Databases An extensive collection of searchable databases of aircraft ownership, registration, pilot licensure, etc.
Coast Guard Vessel Database Search the United States Coast Guard's database of vessels (crafts >5tons) by vessel name.   To search by vessel I.D. number, click here.
Commercial Interstate Carriers Search the Department of Transportation's SAFER database.  Searchable by firm name, DOT Number and Motor Carrier number. If you catch the D.O.T. number stenciled on the cab of a tractor trailer, you can use this database to get the truck's owner, insurance carrier, and crashes in the last two years.
FAA Aviation Safety Database Information on FAA safety notices issued.
Airworthiness Alerts Contains malfunction and defect reports on aircraft and parts.
NTSB Accident Briefs A searchable database of National Transportation Safety Board aircraft accident briefs
NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Regulations, standards, recalls and a host of other automotive safety information.
NHTSA Recalls Information on recalled vehicles, organized by year and model.
US Dept. of Transportation Handsome site links to government agencies with oversight function for trains, planes, automobiles and boats. Search a massive library and regulatory database. A great resource.
Accident Reconstruction Resources Extensive list of Internet links, addresses and phone numbers of accident reconstruction resources, including reconstruction software packages
Kelly Blue Book How much is that car worth? FREE online access to the massive market value database (both wholesale and retail values available)
(Other) REGULATORY & WATCH DOG STUFF
Chemical Health & Safety Data Toxicity and Safety data on chemicals of every stripe. Sponsored by the National Institute of Environmental Health Services
ATSDR The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry offers Data on toxic and hazardous substances
Standards and Specs Comprehensive links to standards for just about anything you can imagine.
U.S. Dept. of Labor's Occupational Safety & Health Admin. Complete OSHA standards online, plus links to other safety and health sites.
Material Safety Data Sheets Alphabetical compilation of Material Safety Data Sheets for virtually any compound.
Consumer Product Safety Commission The US Consumer Product Safety Comm. shares recall info. and publications. This site is especially good for toy safety advisories.
Construction Criteria Base An online construction industry library replete with over 10,000 documents detailing codes, standards, specification and documentation of every stripe pertaining to the construction industry and its many related suppliers and trades. Registered guest are afforded limited free access.
The Consumer Law Page Defective Product Resource Page This useful compilation of resources (primarily geared to promote California's The Alexander Law Firm), offers a host of information about defective products and lists many links to other resources.
TRADEMARKS, PATENTS & COPYRIGHTS
Intellectual Property Resources "One stop shopping" for online patent and trademark resources
IBM Patent Server Includes full text of over 2 million U.S. Patent & Trademark Office patent descriptions from 1971 to present, and graphics from 1987 to present. Search for patents by number or by words in the inventor, title, abstract, assignee, agent, and claims fields. Each patent links to all others in that classification.  Also contains data on foreign patents.
MEDICAL STUFF
Craig's Managed Care Links A concise list of links of use to persons litigating managed care liability cases.
American Medical Association Offers online member database
PubMed The Nat'l Library of Medicine gives FREE access to the 9 million+ citations in MedLine.
Medscape Medscape offers free access to Medline, Toxline and Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary, as well as tens of thousands of full-text articles covering a range of medical specialties. An excellent, fast-growing and easy-to-use resource. Think of it as "Yahoo M.D."
Merck Manual The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, now in its 17th edition, is the best all-around medical reference source out there. Thank you Merck & Co.
New England Journal of Medicine Non-subscribers have access to abstracts of online articles back to 1990.
The Visible Human They froze some folks solid, scanned the heck out of them, sliced them up thinner than pastrami and photographed it all. An amazing, massive database of anatomical information and stunning pictures.
BANKING & ACCOUNTING
American Bankers Association One of American banking's most influential lobbying organization. Banking links, products, services and professional education.
List of Bank Internet Sites This site claims to link to over 95% of all online bank sites.
American Banker Online Headlines, financial data and a free two week trial subscription.
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas The official home page of the Dallas Fed, "the Banker's Bank." Offers publications, economic data and links to other Fed resources.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation This comprehensive site offers much of use to commercial bankers, including downloadable FFIEC forms, full-text searching of FDIC rules and regulations and detailed financial data on individual banks (making it easier to keep an eye on the competition).
National Information Center The Fed's National Information Center of Banking Information. Offers data on bank organizational structures and finances.
Currency Exchange Rates Daily unofficial average cross rates for major international currencies. Slick, but easy to use.
Banking Law Online Why waste money on high-priced lawyers? Free online access to the text of Federal and state bank regulations and federal appellate decisions. Read it and you'll quickly realize why you hire the lawyers.
Bank Rate Monitor Geared to consumers of banking services, offers mortgage, home equity loan, savings, credit card and checking account rates. Also tracks ATM fees and online banking fees for >2,500 institutions, surveyed weekly in 117 mkts. and 50 states.
Credit Unions The National Credit Union Administration is an independent federal agency that supervises and insures 6,814 federal credit unions and insures 4,181 state-chartered credit unions.
AccountingNet Billing itself as "the complete online resource for accounting professionals," this energetic site includes an online research facility and a thriving forum for accounting professionals (recent topic: "Are accountants stuffy or is it me?"),
American Institute of CPAs Conference information, a wealth of online publication and industry news and a comprehensive links page save this otherwise dry-as-dust site.
AuditNet Resource List An excellent overview of online accounting resources. If it's in English, on the 'Net somewhere and concerns accounting, it's probably listed here.
IRS Tax Forms and Publications If forced to say something nice about the Service, I'd mention its website. All the major reporting forms and publications are online here, in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) "file ready" format.
IRS Tax Regulations Although not the easiest site to navigate, the regulations are all here.
MAPS, DIRECTIONS & TRAVEL
Expedia Maps Microsoft modestly calls this site "the best resource for online maps." It's not. I guess if the map is wrong, Bill Gates buys the town and moves it.
MapQuest Free atlas, personalized maps of any location and driving directions
Big Book Enter any address and instantly get a map of the specified location
Map-Related WebSites Comprehensive list of online map resources. This is a map lover's paradise!
MapBlast Another good site that gives you a map if you give it an address, or even an intersection.
TerraServer Online free satellite imagery of virtually every place in the U.S. and many populated locations throughout the world.
Concierge.com The online realm of Conde Nast Traveler magazine. A lovely photo gallery, useful online forums and editor's choices make this site special.
Expedia Microsoft's online travel planner. It offers some fine features, including flight status information and 360 degree travel views.
Fodor's Travel Online An excellent site, especially useful for locating restaurants and hotels and for travel tips.
Frommer's This "Outspoken Encyclopedia of Travel" principally promotes the many books and resources in the Arthur Frommer series. Still, very useful.
Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door Public TV's goofy travel guru knows his stuff when it comes to enjoying Europe on the cheap. Pack light and check this site (especially the comments in the "graffiti" section) before you go.
Realtime Flight Tracking Up-to-the-minute data on planes in flight between major U.S. cities. Cool!
Travelocity Good all-round general database, and a good place to start to check flight connections, prices and availability.
Yahoo Travel Yahoo's portal to travel information is characteristically simple and includes reservation links. Although it boasts a few travel goodies, this site remains little more than a search engine, and only tangentially a content provider.
DELIVERY SERVICES
FEDEX Track Fedex packages by airbill number. Query: If you get something from the opposition,can you run sequential airbill numbers to see to whom else they are sending FedExpackages? Probably a real bad idea, ethically speaking.
UPS Track any UPS bar-coded shipment and find out where it is at this very moment.
MISCELLANEA
Automatic Translator You've got to love this!  Enter any text, or even the URL of a web page, and this free service automatically translates it to or from Spanish, French, German, Italian or Portuguese.  
Webcams One of many Webcam link pages. "Around the World in Eighty Clicks" links to realtime images of people and places all over the world.
Personalized News Reports Free personalized news reports
FACSNET Master directory of online resources used by news reporters (most are fee-based services)
(Special Thanks to G. Ball for permission to use his collection of links as a basis for our own.)