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Updated: 6/26/2002

direct search
Compiled by:
Gary Price, MLIS
gary@freepint.com
 

direct search is a growing compilation of links to the search interfaces of resources that contain data not easily or entirely searchable/accessible from general search tools like Alta Vista, Google, or Hotbot. Although these "general" tools are essential for the retrieval of Internet based data, searchers often fail to realize that a massive amount of information is not easily or entirely searchable/accessible via these search tools.  Material "hidden" from the general search tools is said to reside on the Invisible Web.

Learn more about the Invisible Web.

It's Here!!! A New Book: The Invisible Web
by Chris Sherman and Gary Price

Comments and suggestions are welcome. 

direct search SearchCenter
This interface provides search access to ALL direct search pages
as well as the following web reference compilations:
Fast Facts
Price's List of Lists
Speech and Transcript Center
NewsCenter
Streaming Media: News & Public Affairs Resources
Web Accessible Congressional Research Service Reports

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direct search Updates

Are you looking for databases from various U.S. States and Cities?
Visit direct search--States and Cities

direct search--Campaign Finance
Campaign Finance Databases from many states. 
Links to State Election Offices.

NEW REFERENCE COMPILATION
Fast Facts: Almanacs/Factbooks/Handbooks
& Related Reference Resources

direct search Categories

Archives & Library Catalogs SEPARATE PAGE Bibliographies/Bibliographic Aids  SEPARATE PAGE
Books (full-text) Business/Economics
Government (U.S. and International) Government (U.S. State & City) SEPARATE PAGE
Humanities SEPARATE PAGE Legal
News Sources & Serials SEPARATE PAGE Ready Reference
Recent Additions to the Collection Science SEPARATE PAGE
Social Sciences  additional Subject Specific Resources

Direct to Advanced Search Interfaces

Alta Vista Google Groups (Deja) Google Google/Open Directory Fast Inktomi (MSN) Northern Light Softcrawler Yahoo

 Internet Resource Compilations

Speech & Transcript Center List of Lists
(business/industry rankings & other useful lists) 		 Streaming Media: News &
Public Affairs Resources 		NewsCenter
(one-click access to many news resources) 		Congressional Research
Service Reports


 

Additions to direct search



New 3/20/01
Background Affiliation Status Information (National Futures Association, U.S.)
"BASIC contains Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) registration and NFA membership information and futures-related regulatory and non-regulatory actions contributed by NFA, the CFTC and the U.S. futures exchanges."

New 3/20/01
European Union Press Release Database
 

Export Data by State (U.S. Department of Commerce)

National Child Care Information Center Database(NCCIC)
"This database provides information on child care in U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico."
Reading Pathfinder Database
"...goal is to make easily accessible the best available information on how to help children become competent readers by about third grade."
Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services Database(CLAS)
"This web site presents a dynamic and evolving database of materials describing culturally and linguistically appropriate practices for early childhood/early intervention services." 

Voice of America Pronunciation Guide
Search and listen to the proper pronunications of newsmaker names.

FIRST (Facts on International Relations and Security Trends)
"Facts on International Relations and Security Trends (FIRST) is a free-of-charge service for politicians, journalists, researchers and the interested public. FIRST is a joint project of the International Relations and Security Network (ISN) and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)."

Campus Crime Statistics (U.S. Dept. of Education/Office of Post Secondary Ed.)
"The OPE Campus Security Statistics Website is your direct link to reported criminal offenses for over 6000 colleges and universities in the United States. If you are thinking of attending college in a large urban city, a small liberal arts college, a specialized college, or a community college you can find their security statistics here." 

RECON (Regional [U.S.] Economic Conditions)
From the FDIC. "Regional Economic Conditions (RECON) was originally designed to assist the FDIC in the examination process by providing economic information at the state, MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area), and county levels. It is helpful in the analysis of risks facing financial institutions."

MNI Database (Manufacturers News Inc.)
Select "Standard Search". Locate and identify manufacturers. Free to search and acceess basic record.  Additional data is fee-based." Select from 390,000+ manufacturers and 1,000,000+ key executives by: Industry type and size; location: state, region, zip code; Keywords: company name, company by description, executives by title, area code."

INFOTERRA
"INFOTERRA, the Global Environmental Information Exchange Network has been designed by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) to stimulate and support the exchange of environmental information  between partners. The system is operated at the national level by national focal points. As of March 2000, 178 countries participated in INFOTERRA and information sources registered in INFOTERRA numbered about 8,000." 

NatureServe
From the Association for Biodiversity Information. "...online source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals, and ecological communities of the United States and Canada. "

U.S. Bureau of Land Mangement-Land and Mineral Records (LR 2000)
"This website was designed for those who work in the oil and gas industry, title companies, utilities, state and local governments, etc. that require access to BLM land and mineral records."
Federal Land Patent Databases
"...live database access to Federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States. Image access is provided to more than two million Federal land title records for Eastern Public Land States, issued between 1820 and 1908."
Alaska Land Information System 
Registration Required.

Campaign 2000 Debate Video Search (CNN)
Campaign 2000 Video Search (ABC News)
Keyword search campaign video, view video via streaming media
Public Statements Search (Vote-Smart)

HUD E-Maps
"Need to know if the Environmental Protection Agency is monitoring a site near a home you want to buy?  Or what federal resources can be marshaled to redevelop an abandoned factory or to protect a wetland in your town?  Or want to know if there are any environmental hazards that your child walks by on the way to school?

State and County Quick Facts
From the U.S. Census. "State and County QuickFacts provides frequently requested Census Bureau
information at the national, state and county level.  See Also MapStats.

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World Bank--Economics of Tobacco Control--Country Database
Locate statistical data on tobacco/smoking issues for numerous coutries. This database is part of a World Bank report on the topic.

IW 1000 (Industry Week)
"...report on the world's 1,000 largest publicly held manufacturing companies based on revenue."
see also:
Best Managed Companies  (Industry Week)
Best Plants (Industry Week)

Consumer Product Safety Commission 
Product Recalls  (1977- ) ||| Product Recalls (by company)  (1977- )

(United Kingdom)  National Research Register
"The National Research Register (NRR) is a register of ongoing and recently completed research projects funded by, or of interest to, the United Kingdom's National Health Service."

(United Kingdom) Land Registry - Residential Property Price Report
"The Residential Property Price Report provides a detailed and authoritative insight into what is actually happening to average prices and sales volumes in the residential property market for England and Wales. The report is intended to complement information available from other sources. Any comparison with other data should have regard to the differences in volume, timeliness and coverage of contributing transactions."

(United Kingdom) 192.Com
Several U.K. people and business directory databases.
Recently added, a database of 45 million entries based on the 2000 election roll.  NOTE: Limited FREE access.

Business Credit USA
Basic info for over 12 million businesses. Content provided by infoUsa. 

GrayLit Network
"...taps into the search engines of distributed gray literature collections, enabling the user to find information without first having to know the sponsoring agency."
Federal R&D Project Summaries
"Descriptions, awards, and summaries of federally funded research."

Free Lunch
"...COMPLETELY FREE access to over 1,000,000 economic and financial data series."

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Political Organization Section 527 Search
"A new law requires section 527 political organizations to file with the IRS an initial notice of their existence, periodic reports on their contributors and expenditures, and an annual return, and requires the organization and the IRS to disclose these documents to the public."

American Art Directory
"...up-to-date contact information, addresses and activities for over 7500 musuems, libraries, organizations and schools from around the world."

eComp
"...access free and current executive compensation data on more than 32,000 executives at more than 9,000 U.S. public companies. Visitors can search the eComp database by company name, ticker symbol, state, and sector or industry classifications and instantly view salary, bonus, option grants, option exercises and much, much more at no cost. "

World Information Technology Association Directory
Software Centers Directory
Search or browse via a variety of criteria

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Smithsonian Institution Collection Image Database
"...contains images of objects from across the Smithsonian--museums, archives, and libraries...more than 15,000 images."

maporama.com
Interactive maps and driving directions for 10 European countries and the United States.

Marquis Who's Who In American Art
"...profiles 11,724 contributors to the visual arts in the United States, Canada, and Mexico."

National Tourism Database
"...comprehensive inventory of Extension resource materials related to tourism education and to make this information conveniently available. Currently the database contains over 250 Extension resource materials including bulletins, reserach reports, videos, and training programs. Nearly 100 documents are on-line in full text. "

Technology Opportunities Funding Awards (National Telecommunications and Information Admin.)
"...database of funded projects since 1994,"

Hotel-Motel Master List (USA)
From the United States Fire Administration. Search for Hotels-Motels) in the U.S. that meet the fire and safety requirments of the Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Act of 1990.

FPDS (Federal Procurement Data System)
"The FPDS contains procurement contract transactions reported by approximately 65 US Government, Executive Branch, departments, bureaus, agencies, and commissions. The largest exception to the requirement to report is the US Postal Service." 
Additional statistics and lists are also available.

xrefer.com
Ready reference search tool with material from several well known publishers.  "... contains encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, books of quotations and a growing range of subject-specific titles." 

EQUASIS
Free registration required. Safety information on shipping vessels. "...a data system collecting existing safety-related information on ships from both public and private sources..."  Additional background in article from Wired.Com.

Salary.Com Interactive Salary Wizard
Detailed salary data for numerous occupations and metroplitan areas.
Dept. of Labor Wage Query System (National Compensation Survey)
New Java based resource. Users without Java capabilities should use the Selective Access tool.

(U.S.) Audit Bureau of Circulations eCirc
"...sort and search general circulation figures based upon a variety of criteria including publication name and SRDS or CARD classification ... "

(U.K.) Audit Bureau of Circulation
Free registration required.

United States Government Periodical Search
A  project from Washburn University. This "in development" "full-text" search tool provides access to a growing number of U.S. Government periodicals. 

(United Kingdom)  MP Search
Locate members of parliament by name, post code, constituency, or  party 

New York City Department of Health Restaurant Inspection Information
Searchable database. Additional info available.
"...establishments include restaurants, retail bakeries, and "take outs." These inspections are unannounced, and are conducted by Public Health Sanitarians..."
Boston Health Inspection Restaurant Search

Language of the Food Industry Searchable Glossary
From the Food Marketing Institute
Briefs as Filed By Solicitor General Office (United States Dept of Justice)
Japan GILS (Government Information Locator System)
Abandoned Mine Line Inventory (requires free download) (Office of Surface Mining)
State Bar of California Member Record Database
EURYBASE
Education system profiles of  EU member nations
Forest Inventory and Analysis Data Base Retrieval System
||| Timber Product Output Database System
From the USDA Forest Service

Country Indicators for Foreign Policy
Free registration required. "...on-going effort to identify and assemble statistical information conveying the key features of the economic, political, social and cultural environments of countries around the world."

New Zealand Digital Library Databases
This impressive collection of material provides access to numerous databases, many with full-text. Highlights include:
Women's History: Primary Documents, World Environment Library,  Virtual Disaster Library, Medical & Health Library, Food and Nutrition Library

Foreign Study Database - IIE Passport
For U.S. Students from the Institute of International Education. Over 5,000 programs listed.

CCR (Central Contractor Registry) (United States Department of Defense)
Orgnizations that registered to do business with the United States Depatment of Defense.

FAA Real-Time Databases
Airport Status
Advisories Database (2 week archive) (includes Canadian advisories)
Airport Arrival Demand Chart

Additions from the Geospatial and Statisitical Data Center - Univ. of Virginia
State Personal Income Data
"...economic data for states for 1958-1997. Statistics in the data base include: personal income and earning variables, full and part employment variables,  transfer payments variables, and farm income and expenses variables."
Regional Economic Forecasts
"...holds demographic and income information for each state and the District of Columbia."
Domestic Data Investigator
"...create both graphical and statistical snapshots of a wide variety of Economic and Demographic information."
National Park Service Guide (U.S.)
Select parks and recreation areas via numerous criteria

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Canadian Resources

New (2/26/01)
Index to Federal Royal Commissions
"This index provides author and keyword access to materials associated with more than 200 federal Royal Commissions that have taken place since Confederation. There are approximately 6800 items in the index that includes commission reports, briefs, submissions, evidence, working papers and other documents."

Foreign Representatives in Canada
Consular Addresses
Diplomatic Missions' Addresses
Canadian Vessel Registration Database
Civil Aviation Databases
Transportation Statistical Data (Transport Canada)
Disease Surveillance Online
From the Laboratory Centre for Disease Control.  Consists of  3 interactive statistical databases. Cancer Surveillance Online,  Cardiovascular Surveillance Online, and  Notifiable Diseases Online.
ONTERM
"Ontario government's bilingual terminology Web site..." "Contains over 12,000 entries in two databases, OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT NAMES and GENERIC NAMES, which can be searched simultaneously."
National Capital Area Library Directory
Automobile Fuel Consumption Guide
CA Number Database
"...provides the name and postal address of each Canadian textile business who has been assigned a CA Identification Number"
CANBASE 
"CANBASE is the national bibliographic database of Canadian substance abuse publications."
Canadian Based Multimedia Company Directory
Canadian Bird Trends Database
"...information on Canadian bird species including: population trends, range distribution, and national conservation designations."
Canadian National Earthquake Database
Canadian Women Inventors Database
Contracts Canada
"...site contains information on contracts awarded by PWGSC on behalf of other federal government departments and agencies since April 1, 1997."
Directory of Federal Real Property
"the core real property system of the federal government common real property data for 22,254 owned and leased properties of 84 custodian organizations." 
Energuide Database
Energy efficiency data for products sold in Canada. Info is accurate as of January, 2000.
Metropolitan Water Use Database
National Historic Sites of Canada
Search by keyword or geographic location.
National Pollutant Release Inventory
"...simple, interactive way to search the NPRI database for 1997 and previous years."
Office of Learning Technologies/Human Resources Development Canada Literature Database
35,000 references; links to 500 fulltext online documents 
Shipwreck Information Database
"It contains information about ships that were registered in Canadian ports or sailed in Canadian waters. "
(Canada) Riding Information Database
(Canada) Canadian ISBN Publishers' Directory
(Canada) The Great Canadian Guide
Searchable database of museums, galleries, and other attractions.
(Canada) Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies
(Canada) Financial Services Canada-Web Direcory
(Canada) ArchiviaNet
"...automated research tool that allows you to access a vast amount of information from various databases and automated systems created by the National Archives of Canada."
(Canada) Vehicle Recall Database (Transport Canada)

Australian Resources 

Local Government Research Database
"The major objective of the project is to harness, and enhance, the resources of the Internet and existing databases in order to make available information on research relating to Local Government, including research projects and findings (completed and in progress), research expertise, and research funding sources."

Australian Business Register (Limited Access)
"The Australian Business Register (ABR) Online is a publicly available, online database that contains some of the information that is provided by businesses when they register for an Australian Business Number (ABN)."

Atlas of South Australia
"The Atlas of South Australia is an initiative of the South Australian Government to provide a common access point to maps and geographic information about South Australia in an interactive atlas format. "

Interactive Geology Maps (Australian Geological Survey)
National Gallery of Art, Sydney Australia  ||| National Gallery (Australasian Prints Collection)
Search the Gallery Collection. Some records also contain images.
National Library of Australia--Oral History Collection Directory
" Based on the printed publication of the same name (published in 1997) the database allows you to search within tens of thousands of hours of oral recordings.
Australian Injury Prevention Database
"...database of injury-related health promotion programs implemented throughout Australia since 1988."
(Australia) Aerospace Data Base
"...identify Australian capabilities in the Australian Aerospace industry and to promote its ongoing development."
Economic and Trade Statistics Card  (.pdf)
"...overview of Australia's trade and also detailing  major economic indicators for Australia and our major trading partners."
Australian Literature Database
"A Collection of 18th, 19th and early 20th Century Australian Texts"
INFOQUICK
"...a comprehensive index to articles about Australia and Australians, published in the Sydney Morning Herald and associated publications: Sun Herald, Eastern Herald, Northern Herald and Good Weekend  from 1988 onwards."

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Books (Full-Text)
Online Books Catalog ||| New Additions ||| Browse via Subject [LC] Classification
National Academy Press
The NAP allows for  browsing, keywords searching, and the reading of many publications (full-text) online.

Business/Economics
see also Government (U.S. and Foreign), Government (U.S. State & City)

Averages/Volume Reports
Dow Jones Industrial/Transportation/Utility) Average (1896-Present)
NASDAQ Monthly Share Volume Reports
NASDAQ Monthly Market Activity
NASDAQ Monthly Short Interest Report
NASDAQ Day One Report
AMEX Monthly Data

Company Information and Directories
see also Investment--Company Info

Basic Company Directory Info
Companies Online
Based on D&B Data

Advertising Age International World Brands
"...database of 400 advertisers, and the agencies and 22 agency networks that handle the accounts."
American Hospital Directory
Note: link mid-page for limited free data
American Assoc. of Advertising Agencies Member Directory
Architecture Firms Search (AIA) ||| Find an Architect (AIA)
Biotechnology Companies Phone Book/Web Directory
ComPile
"The searchable directory includes the world leading advertising, public relations, direct marketing, interactive, design, sales promotion, yellow pages, recruitment and media buying agencies. Information that can be found on agencies includes in-depth profiles, work samples and case histories."
Info-Tech/Computer Company Profiles (Red Herring)
Search Interface on right side of page.
Japan Company Information
Kompass (free registration)
Limited Data
Pipe9 Business Directory.
"...interactive Business Profiles on more than 11 million US businesses." Both private and public basic company info available. Search or browse via various criteria including SIC number.
Silicon Valley Companies Database
From the San Jose Mercury News. "...includes financial and company background for the 150 largest publicly traded Silicon Valley companies."

Who's Who (Profiles)
Internet Economy Who's Who
From The Industry Standard.

Banking/Credit Cards
Central Banks on the WWW
Insured Banks
Banks insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Credit Union Directory and Data (NCUA)
    Corporate Credit Union Data
    More Credit Union Data
Bank Rate Monitor
"..consumer bank rates and personal finance information."
CardWeb
Rate.Net
..."tracks over 11,000 institutions in 175 markets."

Benchmarking Tools
EdgarScan "Benchmarking Assistant" (java applet)
From the Technology Centre at Price Waterhouse. Compare and graph basic financial info (from EDGAR documents). Assists in locating peer companies.

Corporate Filings
see also Worldwide Filing Guidelines
see also SEC Filing Guidelines

10K Search Wizard
Allows full-text/boolean searching of SEC/EDGAR filings
EDGAR (SEC) Filings
Today's EDGAR Filings
Search EDGAR via EDGAR-ONLINE
This interface allows for searching via geographic location
Search EDGAR Filings via EDGARSCAN (Beta)
Search for individuals mentioned in proxy statements (DEF 14A)

SEDAR (Canadian Public Company Filings)
Japan Company Record (Japan Public Companies)

Currency Converters
Currency Converter
   Historical Currency Tables
EURO Conversion Rates

Economic Reports/Stats
see also Bureau of Economic Analysis
see also Business/Reference
see also Dismal Scientist
see also Economic Dictionary of Basic Stats
see also Economic Statistics Briefing Room
see also Economics Working Paper Archive

Compilation of Regional, State, Metro (U.S.) Rankings using 130 different criteria (The Dismal Scientist)
from more rankings check the List of Lists

Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Facts (BEARFACTS)
"...consists of computer-generated narratives for States and counties.The narratives describe an area's personal income using current estimates, growth rates, and a breakdown of the sources of personal income."
County Business Patterns
Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Economic Report of the President
U.S. Budget Resources and Databases
Economic Indicators (monthly reports) ||| Browse Economic Indicators
NBER Macro History Databases
Economagic Economic Time Series Resources ||| Free Lunch Economic Data
An excellent compilation of Fed Economic Time Series. Data from various sources.
Handbook of International Economic Statistics - 1998
Penn World Tables
World Bank "Country at a Glance" Profiles

Government Contracting
Commerce Business Daily

Industry Reports
Current Industrial Reports (U.S. Census)

Imports/Exports
American Export Register

Information
The Burwell World Directory of Information Brokers
Over 1000 searchable entries of information brokers from around the world.

Insurance
A.M. Best Insurance Ratings Online
"...database of nearly 6,000 life/health, property/casualty, and international insurance company's Best's Ratings."

International Business/Trade
see also Trade Promotion Organizations
see also Chambers of Commerce (U.S.)
see also World Chamber Search
see also Additional U.S. Trade Info and Stats
see also U.S. Commodity Trade Data (by month)
see also Area Studies
see also1999 Country Reports on Economic Policy  and Trade Practices (U.S.)

Competive Indicators Database
Foreign Trade Highlights
OAS Foreign Trade Info Systems (SICE)
State Exports to Regions and Countries
U.S. Imports/Exports 1990-1997
U.S. Trade Compliance Database

Country Commercial Guides
Country Data (NTDB via Tradeport)
Country Reports on Economic and Trade Practices
U.S. Trade Compliance Database
From U.S. Department of Commerce. Search or browse by treaty name, country, or issue.
(Exports) Searchable Schedule B
U.S. International Trade Commission Interactive Tariff and Trade DataWeb
    USITC Docket Imaging System
Several interactive, customizable databases

Investment Related
justquotes.com & Investorama
These are both excellent one-stop public company research tools. What makes them so valuable? Each tool CONFIGURES the desired company name/ticker  into a wide variety of resources for quick access. Take special note of the many industry comparison resources listed in Investorama.

Stock Quotes, Index Averages, Minute by Minute News Headlines ||| Commodity Exchanges
Real Time Quotes (registration required)
European Quotes ||| Canadian Quotes and Charts
||| Australian/N.Z. Quotes ||| Asian Quotes

Intraday Stock Filter ||| Historical Price Filter
Major Index Intraday  ||| Industry Indexes Intraday

American Depository Receipts
ADR.Com (American Despository Receipts)
Several searchable databases of info on non-U.S. companies that trade on U.S. markets

U.S. Company Info
see also Company Directories

Basic Company Financials and Ratios ||| (select QuikSource Report)
Ticker Lookup ||| CUSIP Lookup
Hoover's Company Reports (U.S.)
MarketGuide Company Reports (U.S.)
Wright Investor Services Company Reports (U.S. and Worldwide)

Company Comparison Tool
Company News (Abstracts) (via Transium)
Company News (search) (via Newsalert)
IPO Search
IPO Underwriter Database
Search/browse database of underwriters.
Public Company Directory (U.S. Companies)
Search for Company News/Browse Industry News
Stock Screen by Industry (Zacks)

Foreign Company Info
(Canada) Carlson Online
Basic Canadian company data free. Additional data (fee-based) also available.
Canadian Business Map
From Strategis. "...provides quick and seamless access to international, national, provincial, territorial and municipal business information."

European Company Info (Registration Required)
Hoover's Company Reports (U.K. and Europe)
World'Vest Foreign Company Info (Only Quik View Free)
U.K Public Company Info (Hemmington Scott)
    Companies House additional filing info (non-searchable)
U.K. Public Co. Profiles
CAROL (Corporate Annual Reports Online)
A collection of reports from U.K., Asian, and European Companies
Tokyo Stock Exchange Data
Market Info, searchable dbase of listed stocks

Economic Calendar|||Earnings Calendar
Reuters Commodities and Energy Service
Market Information System - USDA
Customized Stock Charts

InsiderScores.Com ||| InsiderScores/CBS Marketwatch  (search by name)
Insider Trader
(several search options available via these tools)
S&P Insurance Ratings ||| Duff & Phelps Ratings

Historical Quotes (back to 1968)
Historical Quotes and Charts (back 10-12 years)
Historical Quotes (back 1 year)
Historical Quotes and Charts (back to 1987)
Additional info about obtaining stock quotes prior to the dates listed.

StockScreener (Hoover's)
Locate publicly traded companies via various financial figure
Lipper Analytical Mutual Find Screener
Morningstar Mutual Fund/Stock Profiles (Select Quick Take Report)
Fund Selector ||| Stock Selector
Fund Compare ||| Stock Compare
Fund Quickrank ||| Stock Quickrank

Canadian Mutual Fund Screener/Profiles
Mutual Fund Companies Toll-Free Telephone Numbers

Nelson's Investment Manager Database
"The Nelson Investment Manager Database collects performance data from over 1,700 investment managers on over 6,000 investment styles and strategies.The World's Best Money Managers is a published service which screens,categorizes and ranks this performance data in a series of 200 ranking reports."

Lists
List of Lists
Compilation of business "Top ..." lists

Lobbyists
Registered Federal Lobbyists Database
    Additional Lobbying Databases and Resources
NEW Lobbyist Registrations (U.S. Senate)

Market Research
Blue Book (Market Research Association)
Green Book
International Directory of Market Research Companies and Services
Quirks Market Research Sourcebook
WorldOpinion
Searchable directory of over 8500 firms and organizations

Non-Profits
see also State Non-Profit Profiles
see also Non-Profit Fact Sheets (stat info from NCCS)

Idealist
Links to over 16,000 non-profits
Non-Profit Organizations (Guidestar)
600,000 Non-Profits Drawn from IRS Documentation
Internal Revenue Service-Exempt Organization Database
Find out if your organization is exempt from federal taxation and how much of your contributions to them are tax deductible.
(United Kingdom) Register of Charities
Organizations registered in the U.K.

Corporate Grantmakers on the Internet (Foundation Center)
"...annotated links to corporate grantmakers by subject or geographic keyword."
Grantmaking Public Charities on the Internet (Foundation Center)
Community Foundations on the Internet (Foundation Center)
Private Foundations on the Internet (Foundation Center)
Foundation Finder (Foundation Center)

Product Directories
Product News Network
Free Registration Required
Info on 50K industrial products

Thomas Register
Free Registration Required

Thomas Register Regional Directories (U.S.)
Free Registration Required

Thomas Register (Europe)
Free Registration Required

Railroads
State-Specific Railroad Data (1997)

Real Estate
see also State/City Resources

Fannie Mae Owned Properties Database
FDIC Owned Real Estate ||| additional FDIC Sale Info
Freddie Mac Property For Sale
HUD Homes for Sale

Home Sale Price Database
New searchable resource. Search via various criteria. Data is not sourced.
Related: Home Price Check (Dow Jones)
Search for Home Sales by Location/Sale Price
Property Assessment Databases
REIT Database
Search for Real Estate Investment Trusts information via the National Association of REIT.

Reference
see also additional calculators
Consumer Price Index Historical Calculator (1913- )
(Canada) Inflation Calculator
Uses monthly CPI figures
How Much Is That? (1720- )
Sahr's Inflation Conversion Factors (1800-2010)
PPI Calculators Equipment ||| Materials ||| Services

ASAE Convention Center and Visitors Bureau Directory
From the American Society of Association Executives
ConventionBureaus.Com
Directory of Major U.S. Shopping Malls

SIC Code Search
SIC Codes Comparability Tables to NAICS
(Canada) NAICS Canada Manual

(World) Chambers of Commerce Directory
(World) Chambers of Commerce Registry
U.S. Chambers
Canadian Chambers

World Stock Exchanges Directory

Salary Surveys
Competitive Salary Calculator
CEO Compensation Database (Forbes)-1998
Salary Tables (WSJ)
General Salary Survey Directory ||| Directory of Salary Surveys
WageWeb
"...over 150 benchmark positions with compensation data."

Shipping
Sailing Schedules
"An interactive database of export sailing information for over 250 container shipcarriers and NVOs, including pier, warehouse and voyage information, all updated daily."
Ship Cards (Journal of Commerce)
"...comprehensive database of shipping schedules. "
Approved Vessel Database (U.S. Coast Guard)
"This database is organized by Captain of the Port (COTP) zones and will display all vessels that are approved to enter a specific zone."
USCG Vessel Database by Vessel Name |||  by Vessel Number
The U.S. Coast Guard Database of vessels over 5 tons. Learn vessel characteristics, documentation and ownership
information.

Small Business
Small Business (U.S.) Loan Data
SBA loan information via interactive database.
State Small Business Profiles

Stock Brokers/NASD Member Firms
NASD Public Disclosure Database
"...provides an effective mechanism for investors to obtain information about NASD® member firms and their associated persons."

Tax Rates
State Tax Structures

Textiles
NatStat
"An information service of the Natural Fibers Information Center (NFIC), NatStat is a computerized database of marketing and economic statistics on the natural fibers, oilseeds, textile, apparel, and related industries."

Venture Capital
Venture Capital Firms  (vFinance.Com)
additional info fee-based via vFinance.Com
Venture Capital Investment Monitor (vFinance.Com)

PriceWaterhouseCoopers Money Tree Survey ||| Searchable Access to MTS (via San Jose Mercury-News)
Florida Venture Capital Report (Orlando Sentinel)
Midwest Venture Capital Database (Chicago Tribune)
New England Venture Capital Database (thru 1998) (Boston Globe)

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Government
see also Economic Reports
see also History
see also Federal Web Locator
see also Think Tanks/Policy Organizations
see also Government Organizations by Abbreviation
State and City Resources Can Be Found Here

United States
Meta
Free-Text Search of U.S. Government Sites (Govbot)
Electronically Available U.S. Government Documents ||| New Electronic Title List (GPO)
PURL Search

Agriculture
see also Individual State Pages
see also Agriculture Bibliographic Materials
see also CropSearch ||| CropIndex
   Databases of new crop Information
see also Marine and Sea Landings and Statistics

Agriculture Statistics-1999
Ag Stats '97 ||| Ag Stats '97 ||| '95-96 ||| Ag Stats '95

Agriculture Research Service (ARS) Databases
AGROS
"...collection of data descriptions of USDA funded research, including soil, crop and plant, forest, rangeland,  animal sciences, and other natural  resource research areas, as well as economics, population, and food safety."
CRIS
"...ongoing and recently completed research projects in agriculture, food and nutrition, and forestry."
Census of Agriculture (1982, 1987,1992)
Economic Research Service
Expert Directory @ USDA
TEKTRAN
"TEKTRAN summaries on the Internet are "snapshots in time" -- selected pre-publication notices -- of recent research results from the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S.Department of Agriculture."
USDA Research
USDA Economics and Statistics System
USDA Attaché Reports
USDA FAS U.S. Export/Import Statistics
"U.S. Export/Import Statistics for Bulk, Intermediate, and Consumer Oriented (BICO) Foods and Beverages"
USDA Farmers Market Directory

ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms)
AEXIS (Arson and Explosives National Repository)
Various stats from ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms)

Census
American FactFinder (U.S. Census)
"...a new data access and dissemination system that provides useful facts and information about your community, your economy, and your society. The system will find and retrieve the information you need from some of the Census Bureau's largest data sets."
Statistical Abstract of the U.S.  1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995  (.pdf)||| Selected HTML Tables
Current Population Estimates
Post-1990 Population Estimates for U.S. Counties & Higher Level Geographies
"...accesses the most recent county level population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau with detail by age (5-year cohorts through 85+), race, hispanic origin (for total and white race only) and sex."

1990 U.S. Census
Prepare customized table
1990 U.S. Census Basic Table Generator
"This application permits access to the Missouri State Census Data Center's "Basic Tables" profile  reports for the most commonly requested geographic summary units for the entire country."

1990 Census of Population and Housing
Annual Survey of Manufacturers
Building Permits Data (Monthly)
Census of Population and Housing-1990
Census Tract Street Locator
County and City Databook  |||  County Business Patterns
Consolidated Federal Funds Report 1996-1997
Demographic Data Viewer (Interactive Mapping of 1990 U.S. Census)
Earnings by Occupation/Education-1990
Economic Census - 1992
FERRET (Federal Electronic Research and Review Extraction Tool)

Historical, Social, Demographic Data-U.S Census 1790-1970
IPUMS (Integrated Public Use Microdata Series)
MABLE/GEOCORR Geographic Correspondence Engine
"This application allows you to access the MABLE geographic database and to generate custom "correlation lists" as reports and/or files."
National Income Products Accounts
Occupation by Race and Sex/Hispanic Origin (Detailed) ||| also Equal Opportunity File-1990 Census
Population Estimates 1990-1997
Regional Economic Information System
School Databook Profiles 1989-1990
Uniform Crime Reports 1990-1999 ||| Newer UCR Material via FBI
USA Counties-1998 ||| Also Available via U.S. Census Site
Zip Code Business Profiles

International Country Rank
International Population Pyramids
International Statistical Database
International Trade Statistics

U.S. Congress
see also Searchable Database: Capitol Questions
    Procedure Questions and Terms
U.S. Congressional Biographical Directory
Search for members past and present
Congressional Directory/District Zip Code Locator (Roll Call)
Congressional Pictoral Directory (106th)
Congressional Directory (Official)
Congressional Telephone Directory
Personal Financial Disclosure Reports
Search for reports from U.S. Congress members, presidential candidates, and others.

Bills Summary and Status
106th Congress
105th Congress
104th Congress
Previous Congresses (93rd-104th)
History of Bills

Committee Reports
106th Congress
105th Congress
104th Congress
1998 Green Book
U.S.Congress House Committee on Ways and Means

Congressional Record
Most Recent Issues
106th Congress
105th Congress
104th Congress
103rd Congress
102nd Congress
101st Congress

Congressional Record Index
106th (First Session) 1999
105th (Second Session) 1998
105th (First Session) 1997
104th (Second Session) 1996
104th (First Session) 1995
103rd (Second Session) 1994
Note: Access to Congressional Record Index 1983-1996
            is available via GPO Access

Financial Disclosure
1995 & 1996 Incumbent Personal Financial Disclosure Reports

Journals
House Journal (1991-1994)

Public Laws
106th, 105th, 104th  Public Laws
    Public Laws (93rd-104th)
Browse Public Laws
106th ||| 105th ||| 104th

Reports
Senate, House & Executive Reports
Senate, House and Treaty Documents

Text of Bills
105th Congress
104th Congress
103rd Congress
102nd Congress
101st Congress

Testimony/Transcripts
U.S. Congress Hearings
    additional House Committee Hearings

Travel
U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Travel Reports

Votes
U.S. Congress (104th & 105th Congress) Roll Call Vote Records
U.S. House of Representatives Roll Call Votes (Clerk's Office) (101st 2nd - )
Roll Call Votes (101st(2)-103
Search for recent Roll Call Votes

Commerce
see Business/Economics

Defense
see also Defense Almanac
see also Technical Reports Database (STINET)
see also DTIC Thesaurus
see also DOD Dictionary
see also Military Acronyms
Defense GILS
The DefenseLINK registry can help you identify publicly available Department of Defense (DoD) information sources.
DefenseLINK Search
Search Recent U.S. Military Photos, Press Releases, & Publications

Directives
DoD Directives
Navy Directives

Installations
Miltary Installation Search (U.S. Only)
Air Force
Army
Cost Guard
Marine Corp
Navy
Guide to Military Installations in the U.S. (MilitaryCity.Com)
Dept. of Defense Worldwide List of Military Installations

Air Force Airman Database
Air Force Leaders Database
Biographical Information
Army Training and Doctrine Digital Library
Full-text for many documents
Center for Army Lessons Learned Database
"The Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL) exists to collect and analyze data from a variety of current and historical sources, including Army operations and training events, and produce information serving as lessons for military commanders, staff, and students."
DoD Biomedical Research Database
Department of Defense Single Stock Point for Military Specifications, Standards and Related Publications (DODSSP)
Comprised of several databases

DoD Index of Specifications & Standards (DODISS)
"...unclassified Federal and Military specifications, standards, and related standardizationdocuments, and those non-government standards adopted for DoD use. "
ASSIST Online ||| additional military specification info
"The official source of DoD Specifications and Standards"

Department of Defense Future Years Defense Program Historical Database
"...budgetary data come from the Department of Defense's Future Years Defense Program Historical Database, and includes most but not all of the programs pertaining either wholly or partly to nuclear weapons (most programs concerning intelligence-related activities are notably missing). These data cover the period 1962-95"
Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service/Public Surplus Sales
General/Flag Office Worldwide Roster
GulfLINK (Recently Declassified Documents)
"...recently declassified military and intelligence documents concerning Gulf War Illnesses..." Material can also be browsed.
POW/MIA Database
Quality Management Best Practices Database
Satellite Catalog (US Space Command)
From the U.S. Space Command.  Searchable catalog of satellites and other man-made objects in space. "...about 8,000 + man-made objects, softball-size and larger, orbiting Earth."
Scientific and Technical Information Network
"Public STINET gives you access to over 10 years of unclassified, unlimited citations onlydirectory..."
U.S. Navy Directory
"...contains military personnel, active duty and reserve, and civilians."
(U.S Navy) Naval Vessel Register
"Official Inventory of U.S. Naval Ships and Service Craft"

Directories/Indexes/Catalogs
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
*Full-Text Electronic Documents Online*
Monthly Catalog of Government Documents
Sales Product Catalog (formerly PRF)
U.S. Government Manual

DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency)
DEA/TRAC
Free Registration. Various charts, graphs, maps, etc.

Economics
see Economic Reports

(Dept. of) Education
see Education

Energy
see also Key World Energy Stats (International Energy Assoc.)
see also Energy Information Agency
see also Energy Files
see also U.S. Department of Energy PrePrint Network

Alternative Fuels Data Center
Annual Energy Review Data Query System
CEDR (Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource)
Coal Information Databases
The location, quantity, and physical and chemical characteristics of U.S. coal and coal-related deposits havebeen entered into databases developed by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Country Analysis Briefs
"Overview of the energy situation for all countries that are members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), non-OPEC countries in the politically volatile Persian Gulf region, major non-OPEC oil exporters, and other countries or regions that are of current interest to energy analysts and policy makers."
DOE Information Bridge
"...a component of EnergyFiles, provides free, convenient, and quick access to full-text DOE research and development reports in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and other topics."
DOE Technical Information Network
Energy Information Agency Data Query System
Environmental Compliance Violations Database ||| see additional compliance information
Explosives Classification Tracking System
International Agreements Database
Monthly Energy Review
PADS (Procurement and Assistance Data System)
R&D Accomplishments Database
Research Involving Human Subjects Database
World Energy Database

EPA
see EPA (Science)

Executive
See Also Browse White House Documents
Executive Orders (2/16/62-  )
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
Search All White House Materials
Search ONLY White House Press Briefings
Codification of Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders

FAA(Federal Aviation Administration)
see also NTSB
see also Public Use Airports List
see also Private Use Airports List
see also Additional Search Tools
see also Transportation

A&P Mechanics
Airport Data (Office of System Capacity) ||| additional airport database
(FAA) Airworthiness Directives
Recent Manufacturer Airworthiness Directives (.pdf)(Rolling 30 days)
APO Data System
Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS)
Certified Pilots (U.S)
Cross System Search
Current Incident Reports (last 10 days)
Near Mid-Air Collision Database
Notices to Airmen (Military) (via DOD NOTAM Division)
Quarterly Enforcement Report-FAA
"...a quarterly compilation of enforcement actions against regulated aviation entities that are closed with a civil penalty or issuance of a certificate suspension or revocation."
Registered U.S. Aircraft By "N" Number
Registered U.S. Aircraft By Registrants Name
Registered U.S. Aircraft By Serial Number
Reserved "N" Numbers Database
Service Difficulty Reports
International Safety Recommendations

Canadian Civil Aircraft Register By "C" Number
Canadian Registered  By Serial Number
U.K. Registered Aircraft

FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
FBI/TRAC
Free Registration. Various charts, graphs, maps, etc.

FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
ARMIS
Electronic Documents Management System
FCC General Menu
Search for Filed Comments

FCC AM Database
FCC FM Database
FCC TV Database
FCC Amateur Radio Call Sign Database
Part 68 Registrations
 

FDA (Food and Drug Administration)
see also Medicine/Health
Children & Tobacco Compliance Checker
From the FDA.
Food & Drug Admin Site Search
Note Limiting Options

FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
see also Additional Fire Statistic Info
Firefighter Fatality Database
Fire Loss Profiles (National Fire Data Center)
"...generate national and state fire loss reports based on NFIRS data."
National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Database

FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
RIMS (Record and Information Management System)

Federal Reserve
see also Federal Reserve in Print
see also Banking
FRED-Federal Reserve Economic Data

Domestic Bank Search (NIC-Federal Reserve Board)
Domestic Bank Search (by location) (NIC-FRB)
Foreign Branch (of U.S. Banks) Search (NIC-FRB)
U.S. Branch/Agency of Foreign Banks (NIC/FRB)
Search for Large Bank Holding Companies (NIC-FRB)
Search for Small Bank Holding Companies (NIC-FRB)
Search for Federal Reserve Member Banks (NIC-FRB)
Search for Institution Acquisition History (NIC-FRB)
What Happened to an Institution? (NIC-FRB)
Bank Performance Reports (Summary Ratios) (NIC-FRB)
BHC Performace Reports (NIC-FRB)

FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
FDIC/OTS Summary of Deposits
"...detailed information on over 82,000 branches of FDIC-insured institutions."

FFIEC (Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council)
FFIEC (Federal Financial Institution Examination Network) Geocoding System
"The FFIEC Geocoding System allows you to retrieve MSA, State, County, and Census Tract/BNA codes for street addresses that you enter. It is primarily intended to assist financial institutions covered by the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) and Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) to meet their reporting obligation. However, the system also may be useful if you are interested in demographic (mainly population and income) information. "
Community Reinvestment Act Databse
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Database
Several databases of searchable information
FFIEC Interagency CRA Rating Search
"...latest CRA ratings of financial institutions regulated by the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and/or the Office of Thrift Supervision."

FTC (Federal Trade Commission)
FTC Actions

GAO (General Accounting Office)
GAO Reports

GSA (General Services Administration)
Anthology of Commercial Terms and Conditions
Public Building Service--New Construction Projects
Public Building Service--Repairs & Alterations
Parties Excluded from Federal Procurement and Nonprocurement Programs (GSA)

Historic Federal Buildings Program Database||| GSA's Fine Arts Collection Database
"Locate properties under GSA's jurisdiction"

HCFA (Health Care Finance Administration)
Health Care Finance Administration (U.S.) Nursing Home Database
"...information on every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home in the country."

HHS (Health and Human Services)
Defaulted Health Education Assistance Loans (HEALS)
List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE) (Office of Inspector General)
"...individuals and entities that are excluded from participation in Medicare, Medicaid, and other Federal health care programs."

HUD (Housing & Urban Development)
see HUD Bibliographic Database
see Real Estate
The State of Cities Data System
"The SOCDS provides data for individual Metropolitan Areas, Central Cities, and Suburbs."
Empowerment Zone Locator

INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service)
INS/TRAC
Free Registration. Various charts, graphs, maps, etc.

Employer Sanctions Database (Center for Immigration Studies)
Businesses that have been fined by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Data back to 1987. Current data obtained via FOIA request Sept. 1997
Note: This database was not produced by the INS.

Interior
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation DataWeb
"DataWeb is an electronic presentation of the Bureau of Reclamation´s Project Data Book." Learn about project power plants and dams/reservoirs. Interactive maps are also available.

IRS  (Internal Revenue Service)
IRS/TRAC
Free Registration. Various charts, graphs, maps, etc.

Justice
Bureau of Justice Statistics -- Crime & Justice Electronic Data Abstracts

Laws, Rules, and Regulations
see Legal

Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics Most Requested Series
Economy at A Glance
BLS Data Page
Career Guide To Industries (2000-2001)
Directives and Memorandums/Employment Training Service

FreeErisa.Com
"...primary source for the latest available pension and benefit information for U.S. employers. Using freeERISA.com, you can locate, view and download facsimiles of employers most recent form 5500, as filed with the United States Department of Labor. "
Employment Outlook 1996-2006
Foreign Labor Statistics (Most Requested Series)
More Foreign Labor Statistics (Office)
National Industry-Employment Matrix
Occupational Outlook Handbook (2000-2001)

Medicare
Medicare Compare
Medicare Managed Care Plans comparison database

MPSB (Merit System Directives Board)
MPSB Decisions (1994-)

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
see also Science
see also NASA Documents Online Directory
Benchmarking Project Summaries
NASA  History Web ||| Additional NASA History Info
NASA Financial And Contractual Status (FACS) On-Line Query System
"All contracts, grants, space act agreements or cooperative agreements and any purchase order with a value greater than $25k awarded or modified during a fiscal year are transferred from the individual NASA centers to the FACS system on a monthly basis."
Life Science Data Archives
Public Affairs Document Search
Realtime Tracking (NASA)
"Realtime orbital positioning data for Station, Shuttle and Russian vehicles."
NASA Tech Tracs
 "...information on technologies developed by NASA field centers available for partnerships or licensing."

National Credit Union Administration
see Banking

NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
see also 1998 Highway Statistics
see also 1997 Highway Statistics
additional Highway Stats
Consumer Complaints Database
Defect Investigations Database
Fatality Analysis Reporting System
Product Recalls Database
Car Safety Rankings
Service Bulletins Database

NIH (National Institute of Health)
see also Health
Contracts awarded @ the National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
Standards Activities of Organizations in the United States
"National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication 806, summarizes work areas and contact information for more than 700 U.S.-based organizations involved in standardization."
NIST Index to Technology Activities
Advanced Technology Program
    ATP Funded Projects Database

NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
see also Meteorology/Climatology
AWOIS (Automated Wrecks and Obstructions Information System)
"The file contains information on approximately 10,000 submerged wrecks and obstructions in the coastal waters of the United States. Information includes latitude and longitude of each feature along with some brief historic and descriptive details."

NPR (National Partnership for Reinventing Government)
National Performance Review Recommendations Database

NPS (National Park Service)
U.S. National Park Statistics Database
see also Additional NPS Stats

NSF (National Science Foundation)
Academic Institutional Profiles ||| additional info
Search by SICE or Browse
National Science Foundation Documents
STAT (NSF Scientist & Engineer Statistics)
WebCASPAR
"...provides easy access to a large body of statistical data resources dealing with science and engineering (S&E) at U.S. academic institutions."

NTIS (National Technical Information Service)
Technical Reports Database
Material Back to 1990
Materials Added in Last 90 Days (Order Now)
NTIS Published Searches

NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board)
see also FAA
NTSB Aviation Accident/Incident Database
    Aviation Accident Synopses(browse)
    Aviation Accident Stats
    NTSB Recommendations to FAA

OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
Accident Investigation Search
Frequently Cited Standards
Industry Profile for Specific Standard
Inspections by SIC
OSHA Directives
OSHA Regulations
Review Commission Decisions
Specific Establishment Search
Specific Inspection Search

Small Business Administration
SBA 8A Approved Contractors
Minority Enterprise Development Approved Contractors

Social Security
Social Security Death Index
Social Security Number Lookup
Look-Up when and where a card was issued

State
Diplomatic Lists
Key Officers at Foreign Service Posts
Foreign Consular Offices in the U.S.
U.S. Embassies Online
More U.S. Embassies Worldwide

Public Diplomacy Query (PDQ)
"...open electronic archive of the U.S. Information Agency. The PDQ database comprises a wide array of official texts, statements, publications, reports, and other documents on U.S. foreign policy, international issues, and USIA overseas programs. Among the categories of USIA materials available here are the daily Washington File, Electronic Journals, Article Alert, and Books and Documents Lists, as well as Dispatch magazine and other policy documents from the Department of State."
USIA Washington File Archive

Transportation
see also FAA
see also NHTSA
see also DOT 1998 Transportation Statistics
see also World Transportation Directory (1997)
see also National Transportation Databases ('93-95)

DMS Web
Search the DOT Docket Management System. Additional Info
Directory of Transportation Data Sources
Federal Railroad Administration Accident/Incident and Inspections Database
Additional FRA Resources
"...test site allows you to dynamically search the accident/incident and inspection files..."
On-Time (Airline) Statistics Database
The On-Time Statistics consists of data for non-stop scheduled-service passenger flights between points within the United States (including territories)by the ten largest U.S. air carriers, i.e., those with atleast one percent of total domestic scheduled-servicepassenger revenues.
STAT-State Transportation Analysis Tables
STAT is a database common to all modes of transportation served by the US Department ofTransportation, and is intended to allow a user to create custom data tables from USDOT published data.
Transborder Database

USCG Port State Information eXchange
"contains vessel specific  information derived from the United States Coast Guard's Marine Safety Information  System (MSIS). The information contained in PSIX represents a snapshot of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) data compiled within the MSIS database."
USCG Detained Vessel List
This United States Coast Guard resource can be organized by date or country."

Treasury
Community Reinvestment Act Performance Evaluations
    Full-Text via browse
Comptroller of the Currency Weekly Bulletin Search
"The Weekly Bulletin is a record of the actions taken by the Office of  the Comptroller of the Currency upon all applications involvingnational banks, nationwide, for new banks, branches, mergers,conversions, changes in bank control, fiduciary powers, domestic  operating subsidiaries, relocations of head offices and branches, andinformation on changes in corporate titles."

    Office of Thrift Supervision
     New Applications
     Applications In Process/Completed
     Holding Company Database

USAID
1996 USAID Yellow Book
"USAID's Contracts and Grants and Cooperative Agreements with Universities, Firms and Non-Profit Institutions Active During the Period October 1, 1995 - September 30, 1996"

USGS
Earthquake Data
U.S. Coal Quality Databases
U.S. Coal Resource Databases

Minerals
Mineral Commodity Summaries
Metal Industry Indicators
Mineral Industry Surveys
Mineral Yearbook

Water
Real-Time Water Data
Historical Water Data

USIA
see State Dept.

Veterans Administration
VA Facilities Search
(Veterans Benifit Administration) Web Automated Reference Materials System (WARMS)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Additional Searchable Databases via GPO Access, Thomas, and Fedworld FTP Site
Additional Collection of Reference Tools via U.S. Government Documents Ready Reference Collection

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International Government/IGO's/NGO's
see also Area Studies
see also Central Banks on the WWW
see also International Trade
see also Think Tanks/Policy Organizations
see also World Bank/International Monetary Fund

Briefing Book on International Organizations in Geneva
Constitution Finder
Foreign Government Directories
Foreign Government Statistical Organizations
Foreign Embassies of Washington D.C.
International Governmental Organizations
International Statistical Organizations
Ministries of Foreign Affairs

Australia
see also New Australian Resources

Australian Government Index of Publications (AGIP)
Australian Government Online Directory (GOLD)
(Australia) Current Issues Briefs ||| Research Note |||  Additional Reports
Reports from the Parliamentary Library Research Service
(Australia/New South Wales) Parliamentary Library-Library Research Service Reports

(Australia) Commonwealth Consolidated Legislation Database
"...contains consolidated copies of all Commonwealth of Australia Acts with the exception of Appropriation and Supply Acts.
(Australia) Parliament-Hansard

Enviroment Australia
Australian Environment Resources Database
"...over 350 web pages providing information about Australian government environment programs and services. "
(Australia) Enviromaps
"Intergrated Environmental Mapping" from Environment Australia
Australian Coastal Atlas
(Australia) HERA (Heritage Australia Information System)
"A bibliographic database about significant places in our natural and cultural environment"
(Australia) Register of the National Estate Place Finder
additional Environment Australia dbase resources

Canada
see also New Canadian Resources
see also Provincial Governments

Electronic Documents Collection (via National Library of Canada)
"The NLC electronic collection incorporates formally published Canadian online books and journals. These publications are being acquired, catalogued, and permanently stored at the NLC. Public access is provided on the Internet through the World Wide Web. "

Bill Tracker
(Canada) T-Facts Info System (Transport Canada)
"...electronic library of transportation related dossiers containing export/import related information, statistics & forecasts, data maps and GIS illustrations, presentations, research reports, and other information pertaining to all modes of transport."
(Canada) National Occupational Classification Code
Locate various data by occupation title
(Canada) National Labour Market Information System (NLMISYS)
"...general and detailed information on local labour markets across Canada."
(Canada) Elections Canada--Contributions and Expenses Database
"... searchable database on contributions and expenses reported by candidates and registered political parties."
(Canada) Federal Corporations Data Search
(Canada) Registered Lobbyist Data Search ||| Recent Registrations
(Canada)Trade Data Online (Industry Canada)
Customs-Based International Trade Statistics. Interactive trade databases. Canadian and U.S. data.
Statistic Lookup
Statistical Profile of Canadian Communities
"...contains information from the 1996 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada on May 14, 1996. A statistical profile is presented for all Canadian communities (cities, towns, villages, Indian Reserves and Settlements, etc.) highlighting information on education, income and work, families and dwellings, as well as general population information."
Industry Statistics
(Canada) Foreign Representatives in Canada
see also Canadian Representatives Abroad
Hansard
House of Commons 36th ||| 35th
Senate 36th ||| 35th

Europe/EU
Electronic Directory of the European Institutions
European Union/Monetary Union Banking Databases
From the ECB.  List of Monetary Financial Institutions (MFIs) in the European Union and institutions subject to the Eurosystem's minimum reserve system.
European Union Market Access Sectoral and Trade Barriers Database
SCADplus
"An invaluable source of information, containing up-to-date documentary references: - legislation and Community publications; - articles from periodicals from all over the world; - positions of the two sides of industry."

IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency)
Major IAEA Databases
Seven databases from the International Atomic Energy Agency

ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization)
Treaties in Force

ILO (International Labour Organization)
ILOLEX
"...database on International Labour Standards."

Japan
Various Statistics

OECD
see also OECD in Figures
Frequently Requested Statistics

South and Central America
DSB Economic and Social Database
(INTAL) External Trade Database
Statistical data for 26 countries from the Inter-American Development Bank

United Kingdom
see also UK in Figures
see also Britain in Figures (monthly update)
see also Tagish - Essential Directory of  Local Government Web Sites

U.K. Government Index
Metasearch of all U.K. Government Web Sites

U.K. Parliament Documents Search
Browse Recent House of Commons Debates (Hansard)
House of Lords Debates
Additional Parliament Materials
Disqualified Directors Register

UNESCO
UNESCO Register of Development Activities

United Nations
see also  UN Permant Mission Homepages
see also  List of U.N. Member Nations
see also  Glossary of UN Abbreviations

Demining Database
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) Databases
RefWorld (Refugeee Databases)
Social Indicators Database
UN/ECE Timber Database
Forest and Forest Industries Country Fact Sheets
United Nations Press Briefings
Full-text to 3/8/1996
United Nations Press Releases
Full-text to 8/13/1995
United Nations Security Council Resolutions
Full-text to 1994
UN-I-Que
(searchable reference file from UN Library)
Unions
United Nations Meta Search Tool

World Bank
World Development Sources
"...contains images and text of over 6,000 World Bank Reports, the majority of which were produced during the last six years."

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Humanities (Separate Page)
see direct search -- Humanities

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Legal
see also Laws, Rules, Regulations (U.S. Government)
see also U.S. State and City Resources
see also DIANA-Human Rights Database
see also Global Legal Information Network
see also LawCrawler
see also FBI Uniform Crime Reports
see also Directory of State Courts
see also State Bar Associations
see also History

Antarctica
Marines Treaty Database

Australia
see also Australia-Patents
Australasian Legal Information Institute
Scaleplus Database
"the legal information retrieval system owned by the Australian Attorney General's Department."

Canada
see also Canada-Patents
Access to Justice Network
Federal Court of Canada
Court Decisions
1993-
Statutes and Regulations
Laws of Canada
Supreme Court of Canada
Court Documents

Corporate
Who Represents Corporate America (1999)
Who Represents Corporate America (1997)
Directory of Major Corporate In-House and Outside Legal Counsel

Courts of Appeals
U.S. Courts of Appeal Rulings

Dictionary
Oran's Law Dictionary (abridged)

Directories
D.C. Bar Association Member Database
Martindale Lawyer Locator
Patent Attorneys and Agents Registered to Practice before the PTO
Searchable, also Browse by State
West Legal Directory

EPA
EPA Docket Search

European Union
Eur-Lex

Export Regulations
Export Administration Regulations ||| Browse

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
FAA Regulations

FDIC
FDIC Laws, Regulations and Related Acts

Federal Judiciary
U.S. Federal Courts Lookups (Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts)
Search for a District by County Name ||| Search for all Counties in a District ||| Search for Details by County Code

Bankruptcy Court Info (Pacer) and WWW Dbases
Court Directory
Judges of the United States Courts
"...contains the service record and biographical information for all judges who have served on the U.S. District Courts, U.S. Circuit Courts, U.S. Courts of Appeals, and the Supreme Court since 1789."

Federal Register/Code of Fed. Regulations
Todays Federal Register ||| Public Inspection List
Browse 1998 FR Issues
Search Back Issue of the FR
LSA (List of CFR Sections Affected)

Code of Federal Regulations (search entire set)
Browse CFR  |||  Locate Sections by Citation

International Law
Private International Law Database

International Trade
UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG)

Housing
National Fair Housing Advocate Case Database

Human Rights
AAAS Directory of Human Rights Resources on the Internet

Migration
CIS Migration Legislation Database  ||| Additional Migration Organizations

Military
Uniform Code of Military Justice

National Labor Relations Board
NLRB Decisions

National Mediation Board
NMB Decisions

Patents and Trademarks
Intellectual Property
see also National Patent Offices on the Internet

Delphion (Formerly IBM Patent Server)
U.S. Patents Database
1971-present, updated weekly
European patents - applications (EP-A)
1979-present,  updated weekly
European patents - issued (EP-B)
1980-present,  updated weekly
Patent Abstracts of Japan (JP)
10/1976-present,  updated monthly
WIPO PCT publications (WO)
1990-present,  updated weekly
NPADOC Family and Legal Status
1968-present,  updated weekly

Australia
IP Australia Patent/Trademark Databases

Canada
Canadian Patent Database
Canandian Trademarks

European Community
Community Trade Mark Consultation Service
"CTM-ONLINE is a new service intended to provide on-line access to Community trade mark data."

Hungary
Trademark Database

Japan
Industrial Property Digital Library
Addtional Info about IPDL
"The Industrial Property Digital Library of the Japanese Patent Office is a searchable database of patent information held by the JPO, accessible free of charge to users via the Internet."

Netherlands
Patent Register

New Zealand
IPONZ (Intellectual Propert Network of New Zealand)

United Kingdom
The Patent Office-esp@cenet
"...provides current awareness" searching facilities across a limited time published GB patent applications only. They are focused on meeting the needs of users wishing to be informed of the latest developments disclosed in published GB patent applications."
Additonal Patent Office Databases

United States
see also Patent Class Definitions
see also Official Gazette Notices 1995-2000, 1964-1998

Copyright and Fair Use
Copyright and Fair Use Directory
Searching Online U.S. Copyright Office Records

Patent and Trademark
USPTO (Patents) (Full-Text to 1976)
U.S. Patents Database (Community of Science)
1971-

Search AIDS Related Patents ||| AIDS Related Patents (Browse)
USPTO Trademark Databases
**Note coverage and limitations**
Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) (USPTO)
"TESS allows the public to search and retrieve, for free via an Internet browser, the 2.6 million plus pending, registered, abandoned, cancelled or expired trademark records found in PTO X-Search system. PTO & X-Search is the same database and search system used by PTO examining attorneys for examination of trademark applications. "
African American Inventor Database
From the Detroit Public Library. "...information from several published sources on notable African-American inventors and their patents. Inventor name, title of invention, patent number and patent issue date are included in each record."

WIPO
WIPO PCT Database

Municipal Codes
Municipal Codes Online
Collections of searchable databases from locations throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Parliamentary Law
Parline (Parliament Information)

Rules
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Federal Rules of Evidence

Statistics
Federal Justice Statistics Database
From the Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center.  Data available from 1994-1998.

Treaties
European Union Treaties
Treaties in Force (USA)
Treaties in Force (Arms) (Full-Text) (USA)
Senate, House, and Treaty Documents

United Kingdom
British and Irish Legal Information Institute
"...contains around 400 megabytes of legal materials and over 75,000 searchable documents with about 2 million hypertext links."

U.S. Code
U.S. Code

U.S. Constitution
1996 Annotated U.S. Constitution

U.S. Federal District Court
Civil Trials Statistical Database

U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court Opinions ||| U.S Supreme Court
U.S. State Supreme Court Opinions

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Ready Reference
Acronyms/Abbreviations
Acronym and Abbreviation Finder
Acronym Finder
"...emphasis on Department of Defense (DoD), Air Force, Army, and Navy acronyms."
Babel Computer Related Acronyms
Environmental Acronyms
Hanford Acronyms
Military Acronyms
Ocean Related Acronyms (Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission)
Telecom Acronym Reference
Searchable database of over 2000 acronyms
see also Transportation Acronym Guide  (USDOT) & Transportation Expressions

AIDS
see also Health
AIDS Memorial Quilt ||| Canadian AIDS Memorial Quilt
Search by name, panel number. View images of specific quilt panels.

Airports
see Travel

Almanac
Information Please

Associations/International Organizations
Scholarly Societies
Gateway to Associations (U.S) ||| AssociationCentral.Com
Canadian Associations ||| Associations Canada Directory
International Organizations
Scholarly Societies Project ||| New Search Engine

Automobile
Costs
see also Fuel Economy Guide
Regional [U.S.] Gasoline Costs of Driving
"...the  gasoline part of the cost of driving in various parts of the country using EIA's current weekly prices...application uses EPA's Fuel Economy Guide to set the MPG, but you can change it to compare your estimate of your car's mpg to the average of everyone else who takes the test."

Values
Kelly Blue Book
Trade-In Values
Used Car Pricing (Retail)
New Car Pricing
Edmunds
Used Car Pricing
New Car Pricing
Dealer Incentives and Rebates

Award Winners (Return to Fast Facts)
Academy Award Database ||| Sci-Tech Awards Database
Caldecott Medal Winners
Clio Awards (free registration)
duPont/Columbia Awards
Emmy Awards Database
Nobel Laureates
Newberry Medal Winners
Peabody Award Winners
Pulitzer Prize Winners
Tony Awards Database
Various U.S. Theatre Awards

Biography
Biography People Finder
Biography Search (InfoPlease)
South Korea Who's Who
"...provides over 140,000 contemporary people's detailed and analyzed information."
Compiled by the newspaper JoongAng Ilbo.
World Biographical Index (K.G. Sauer)
"..based on the 4th edition of the World Biographical Index containing over 2 million short biographical entries for eminent individuals who lived in North and South America, Western and Central Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania. This edition is also a compiled index to many biographical archives."

Bookstores
Independent Bookstores (U.S.)

British Commonwealth
Commonwealth War Graves Commission - War Graves Register (Debt of Honour Register)
"...provides personal and service details and places of commemoration for the 1.7 million members of the Commonwealth forces who died in the First or Second World Wars."

Broadcasting
Public Broadcasting Directory

Calendars
Calendar Converter
National Holiday Calendar
United Nations (Days, Decades, and Years)
"Included are the International Days, Decades and Years proclaimed and observed (when in force) by the United Nations and its Specialized Agencies. "
Year at a Glance Calendar

Consumer Issues
Automobile Fuel Economy Databases
From the EPA and Dept. of Energy. Search by several criteria.
Better Business Bureau (Business and Charity Reports)
Link to national database as well as several local office databases
ReviewBooth
Locates/Organizes/Makes Searchable computer hardware/software reviews from a variety of publications.

Converters/Calculators/Conjugators
see alsoMartindale's Calculator Center
see also SmartCalc (various investment related tools)

Chi Square Calculator
Time and Distance Calculator (air travel)
Relocation Calculator
Convert salaries between two locations
Student Cost of Living Summaries
Info for over 4500 locations
Competitive Salary Calculator
Information illustrates estimated career maximum earnings potential for any of over 5,000 positions
Engineering/Scienctific Unit Converter
Securties and Exchange Commission Mutual Fund Cost Calculator
Download version also available
T-Test Calculator
Temperature Conversions
Verb Conjugator (Web Conjugue)
Weather Calculator
Word Frequency Indexer

Computers
Indiana University Knowledge Base
A large amount of searchable computer info in many areas
Lotus Customer Support Search
Microsoft Knowledge Base
Registration Required

Dictionaries/Encyclopedias/Thesauri
see also Beard's Online Dictionaries
see also Web Thesaurus Compendium

American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (3rd. ed)
Unabridged Version
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary 2000

Cambridge International Dictionary of English
Cambridge Dictionary of American English
Cambridge Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs
Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms

FCC Telecommunications Glossary (.pdf file)
||| Communication Terms Glossary
Glossary of Telecommunication Terms (U.S. Federal Standard 1037C)
Free Online Dictionary of Computing
ITU Telecommunications Terminology

Dictionary of Science and Technology (Academic Press)
English-Spanish-German Dictionary
French-English Dictionary
Jane's Defense Glossary
Roget's Thesaurus (1911 ed.)  ||| Roget's II Thesaurus (1996/3rd ed.)
Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary
Washington Post Business Glossary

Compton's Encyclopedia
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encarta Encyclopedia (Concise Edition)
Funk and Wagnalls (Free Registration)
PC Webopedia
Techweb Technology Encyclopedia
Satellite Encyclopedia

Discussion Groups
Liszt
The Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-Conferences (14th Revision)

Drugs
see Pharmaceuticals/Drugs

E-Mail
MESA
Searches several e-mail directories simultaneously
Reverse e-mail search
WhoWhere e-Mail search (ability to search/limit via various criteria)
Yahoo e-mail search (ability to search/limit via various criteria)

Employment
Academic Position Network
    Times Higher Education Supplement Job Search
    (U.K.) NISS Job Vacancies Database
America's Job Bank
Career Path
Economics (primarily in academia)
Federal Jobs (usajobs.gov) ||| Federal Job Search (U.S.)
FlipDog
Job Search (Canada)
Librarian's Job Search

Events/Conferences
see also Scholarly Societies Conference Directory

Agriculture Conferences
Economic Conferences
Disability-Related Conference Database
Distance Education Related Conferences
ERIC Calendar of Education-Related Conferences
Information Technology Conferences
"The Internet Conference Calendar brings you up-to-date information oncademic conferences and symposia, workshops, expositions, seminarsand training courses."
Medical Conferences and Meetings
Meetings and Conferences Database (Community of Science)
Pollstar Concert Database
Database of several thousand upcoming concerts worldwide. Interface to the database in upper left corner of page.
Scholarly Societies Conference Directory
Seminar and Conference Directory
Technical Conferences (High-Tech)
Trade Shows

Experts
Canadian Expertise Database
"...individual researchers at universities, colleges and federal and provincial government laboratories..." Over 14k listings.
Community of Science Experts
Commonwealth Knowledge Network Expert Database
"...links researchers in Commonwealth countries with one another, as well as with the entire global research community."
Directory of Experts in Agriculture
George Washington University Media Directory
Facsnet Experts Database
National Press Club-Directory of News Sources
National Research Council (NRC) - Canada
USDA FAS Experts
The subject directory provides a list of topics related to international agriculture and trade and the experts, inside and of FAS, who can provide information on them.

Flags
World Flag Database

Food/Wine
Oxford Companion To Wine
"Wine.com's online version of The Oxford Companion to Wine contains every entry in the recently published second edition, and the definitions are unabridged."

Funding/Grants
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Database of Grants and Allocations
1996 & 1997 Awards
Department of Education Grant Award Database
"The Grant Award Actions Database contains ED's 1997 grant awards made with 1997 funds. This is a consolidated database. If a grant received several awards during the year, these has been combined into one comprehensive record to simplify the presentation of funding information. Some formula/block awards, such as the Impact Aid awards, are not included. The database will be updated periodically."
FEDIX
"...one-stop source of current federal funding information that benefits educators and researchers."
Searchable by subject or audience.
Funders Online
European Funding Information. "Foundations (grantmaking, operational, community) and corporate funders based or active in Europe with a web presence.  A Japanese foundation, for example, can be registered with Funders Online if it has European programmes or interests."
Funding Opportunities Database (Community of Science)
" most comprehensive source of funding information available on the Web, with more than 16,000 awards from around the world."
Graduate and Postdoctoral Awards Database (Simon Fraser)
Grants in Graduate Funding (NYU)
GrantsNet
"Funding opportunities for training opportunities in the biological and medical sciences."
IRIS Funding Opportunities
NEH Recent Awards
NIH Funded Research
see also NIH Grants 1992-1996
NSF Funded Research Grants(full-text search)
see also NSF Grants by Program. Institution, or State
see also NSF Deadline Dates (upcoming deadlines, by division)
see also Browse Recent NSF Grant Abstracts
NSF Grant Abstracts
1989-Present
Notice of Funding Availability (USDA)
"Notices of Funding Availability (NOFAs) are announcements that appear in the Federal Register, printed each business day by the United States government, inviting applications for Federal grant programs."
Small Business Innovative Research (U.S. Govt.)

Geography/Gazetteers/Maps
see also Area Studies

Australian Gazetteer ||| Australia Place Name Search
Canadian Gazetteer
GEONET Names Server
"The GEOnet Names Server (GNS) provides access to the National Imagery and Mapping Agency's (NIMA) database of Foreign geographic feature names. Approximately 12,000 of the databases 3.3 million features are updated monthly with names information approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (US BGN)."
New Zealand Place Names Database
Nordic Place Names Database (free registration)
United Kingdom Gazetteer Database

U.S. Gazetteer ||| Geographic Names Information Server (USGS)
    More detailed info than Gazetteer
additional Place Name Resources
FIPS 55-DC3 Index (1998)
Codes for Named Populated Places, Primary County Divisions, and Other Locational Entities of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Outlying Areas
U.S. Government standard, fully searchable and sortable. Additional Info

Distance Between Two Cities Database
Thesaurus of Geographic Names (Getty Information Institute)
USGS Digital Line Graph Data Map
USGS Antarctica Geographic Names Database
GEO-Data Explorer (Beta)
from the USGS.  "...a Java-based interface designed to allow access to spatial databases over the internet."
National Atlas of the U.S. (USGS)
(Canada) National Atlas of Canada
Various Interactive Thematic Maps
Tiger Mapping Service (United States)
Worldwide Airport Path Finder
Experimental Flight Planning Resource

Atlapedia
"Atlapedia Online contains full color physical and political maps as well as keyfacts and statistics on countries of the world."
Axion Geographic Search Engine
Expedia Maps
Interactive Atlas
MapTech Mapserver
TopoZone
Created with the assistance of the USGS. "...the Web's first interactive topo map of the entire United States." "...every USGS 1:100,000, 1:25,000, and 1:24,000 scale map for the entire United States; Alaska (1:63,360) and Puerto Rico (1:20,000) will be coming soon."

Interactive Mapping Tool (Global)
(Australia) Where iS Street Atlas

Interactive Driving Directions (U.S.)
(Canada) Interactive Driving Directions
Canadian Maps
U.S. Maps (via various criteria)

International Maps
(United Kingdom) Royal Automobile Club Route Planner
Driving directions, maps, and traffic information
Interactive Mapping Tool (U.K.) ||| Interactive U.K. Map

New from Mapquest
Search for Maps via:
Zip Code  (U.S.)
Telephone Area Code/Prefix (U.S.)
Great Britain Postal Codes
Major Airport Maps

Internet
Internic Whois Lookup  (.com, .org, .edu, .net domains)
Whois Lookup (.gov, us.fed)
Country Code Info
"The List"(ISP Locator) |||  The Directory of ISP's and BBS's
NameStake/BannerStake
Network Tools (ping, traceroute, etc)

Museums
Art Museum Calendar (Excalendar)
"The official calendar of the world's leading art museums."
Musee Directory of Museums
Museum Research Board Museum Locator
(U.K.) Museum Finder

Nutrition
Fast Food Nutritional Database
Nutrient Database (USDA)

Periodic Table
Periodic Table of Elements

Publishing
see also additional Bestseller Lists
Publisher's Weekly Bestseller Lists
"Search Publishers Weekly hardcover lists from 1991 to date."

Quotations
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (1901/9th ed.)
Simpsons Contemporary Quotations (1988 ed.)

Religion
King James Bible
Includes Concordance

Scholarships/Financial Aid
EXPAN Scholarship Search
from the CollegeBoard
Fannie Mae Scholarship Service
"...Internet access to CASHE® (CollegeAid Sources for Higher Education)..."
Aid Sources for Higher Education
Fastweb Scholarship Search
Registration Required before beginning search
Journalism Awards and Fellowships
Mach25 Scholarship Search ||| Registration Required before beginning search
SRN Express (Scholarship Resource Network)
Title IV School Code Search

Telephone
see also Telephone Directories on the WWW
see also Additional Area Code Info (including recent area code changes)

Area/Calling  Codes
see also additional Area Code Lookup Tools
U.S. Area Code Update Database
U.S. Area Code Lookup Database
Area Codes by City, State, Zip Code
Phone Number Location Search
International Calling Codes

White Pages-Individual
Ancestry.Com (U.S.)
AnyWho (U.S)
Switchboard (U.S.)
Infospace (U.S.)
People Finder (U.S.)
Partial Telephone Number Search (U.S.)

Phone Net UK (British Telecom) ||| Infospace (U.K)
Infospace (Canada)
Canada 411
Telestra (Australia)
White Pages (France)

Reverse Telephone & Address Search
Reverse Telephone and Address Search (InfoSpace)
Reverse Telephone (AnyWho)
Reverse Telephone (ABI)
(Canada) Reverse Telephone and Address Search (InfoSpace)

White Pages-Businesses
AnyWho (U.S.)
Switchboard-Business(U.S.)
American Directory Assistance (U.S.)
Infospace (U.S.)
    Businesses Near an Address
Canada 411

Toll-Free Directories
Anywho Toll-Free Directory
Internet 800/888 Directory
Canada Toll-Free Directory
University Phone Directories

Government  Directories
(U.S.) Federal Phone Directories
Links to web directories for various agencies and offices
411 for Government and Industry (Carroll Pub) ||| Recent Changes in Carroll Directories

(Canada) Government Electronic Directory Services (GEDS)
"...provides an integrated directory of all federal public servants."

Schools
Worldwide University Directory
Community College Web

Time Zones
Date and Time Gateway
U.S. Naval Observatory Master Clock

Translation
AltaVista Translation
InterTran Translation

Eurodicautom
Eurodicautom is the multilingual terminological database of the [European] Commission's Translation Service. The database contains technical terms, abbreviations, acronyms and phraseology.
ILOTERM
"... tool for linguists, provides English, French, Spanish and German equivalents of terms in the social and labour fields. "
 

Travel
see alsoInteractive Maps

Air
Airline City Coding Directory
Airline (800) Telephone Numbers
Airline Web Site Database ||| OAG Airline Web Site Directory
Airport Web Site Database ||| Airport Info (technical data)
Airliner Image Database

Flight Tracking #1 (Real-Time) ||| Flight Tracking #2 (Real-Time)

Arrival/Departure Info (Real-Time)
(Arizona) Phoenix-Sky Harbor
(Colorado) Denver Intl.
(Florida) Miami Intl.
(Georgia) Atlanta-Hartsfield Intl.
(Maryland) BWI Intl.
(Oregon) Portland Intl.
(Massachusetts) Boston-Logan Intl.
(Pennsylvania) Philadelphia Int.
(Tennessee) Nashville Intl.

(Canada) Montreal (Mirabel) ||| Montreal (Dorval)
(Canada) Vancouver Intl.
(Australia) Melbourne Intl.
(China) Hong Kong-Chek Lap Kok
(Germany) Frankfurt
(Japan) Tokyo-Narita
(Netherlands) Amsterdam
(United Kingdom) London (Heathrow) ||| London (Gatwick) ||| London (Stansted)

Additional Airports via FlightArrivals.Com

Bus
Greyhound (Farefinder) ||| Greyhound Canada

Cruise
CDC Vessel Sanitation Database
Summary of Sanitation Inspections of International Cruise Ships

Rail Timetables/Status Check
Amtrak ||| Railink (U.K) ||| VIA Rail (Canada) ||| European Railroads
(National-U.S.) Amtrak Arrival Information

Hotels Worldwide Directory ||| Hotel Guide
Subway Navigator
Rand McNally Road Construction Database

Recreation
Recreation.Gov
Search for [U.S. Federal] recreation sites by State, by agency, or by recreational activity.
U.S. National Park Service Address Book
    More U.S. National Park Locators
    State Park Directory

Tourism/Travel Warnings & Advice
Tourism Offices Worldwide ||| Official Travel Info (for over 900 cities)
Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheets-U.S. State Department
Background Notes-U.S. State Departement
Travel Information and Advisory Reports-Deparment of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Canada)
Travel Advice Notices-Foreign & Commonwealth Office (United Kingdom)
Consular Travel Advice (Australia Dept. of Foreign Affairs)
CDC Yellow Book 99-00 ||| CDC-Blue Sheet Summary of Health Information for International Travel

Vital Records
Where to Write for Vital Records

Weather
see also Meteorology
Locate Current Conditions/Forecast by Name or Zip Code
WeatherPost
"Temperature and precipitation data for 2,000 cities worldwide..."
World Climate
"What the weather is normally like for tens of thousands of places worldwide."

Zip/Postal Codes
see also Postage Service Finder (worldwide postal service locator)
Australia Post Codes
Canadian Postal Codes
    Canada Post Calculators
    Canada Post Outlets
France Postal Codes
U.K. Post Code Search
    U.K. Post Code Lookup
    U.K. Post Code Lookup (Royal Mail)
U.S. Zip +4 Lookup
    U.S. Post Office Locator
    Reverse Zip Code Lookup ||| by State/County
    Zip Code city/state associations
    "what cities and ZIP Codes are associated with each other"
    Zip Codes within Specific Radius
    Zip Codes by Area Code
    Additional Zip Lookups
U.S. Postal Service Rate Calculators
U.S. Postal Service Inspection Service Office Locator
U.S GeoCode Data
Verify U.S. addresses, obtain census tract info, learn exact latitude/longitude coordinates

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Science (Separate Page as of 2/16/01)
see direct search - Science

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Serials/Newspaper/Media
Search & Directories
see direct search-selected News Sources & Serials
see NewsCenter

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Social Sciences
see also Social Statistics Briefing Room (U.S. Govt Stats)

DARE-Directory in Social Sciences
"11,000 worldwide references to social science research and training institutions, specialists, documentation and information services, and social science periodicals; references to peace, human rights and international law training and research institutions."

Archaeology
Canadian Archaeological Radiocarbon Database
National Archeological Database
"...a computerized communications network for the archeological and historic preservation community..."

Area Studies
Armed Forces of the World

Asia Profiles
Asian countries only. Create customized comparisons between various statistical data. Data from CIA World Factbook and World Bank sources.
(Asian Development  Bank) Developing Member Countries Statistical Data
Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
CIA World Factbook-2000
Country At A Glance (United Nations)
Country Background Notes (U.S. State Dept)
Country Energy Briefs (U.S. EIA)
Country Health Profiles (Pan American Health Organization)
Country Overviews (Canada-Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade)
Directory of Economic, Commodity and Development Organizations (IMF)
Fielding's Dangerous Places
Home Office Country Assessments (U.K.)
International Data Base (U.S. Census)
International Red Cross (Operations by Country)
Library of Congress Country Studies
Social Security Programs Throughout the World
SESRTCIC (Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries)
Basic Statistics and Country Profiles
Trends in Europe and North America (United Nations)
UNESCO Statistical Database #1
UNESCO Statistical Database #2
Worldwide education statistics
War, Peace and Security Guide ||| World Conflict (ethnic) Guides
World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems
Worldwide Directory of Population Institutions (UN Population Information Network)
Your Nation
Create customized comparisons/lists between various country statistical data. Data from CIA World Factbook.

Arms Control
Nonproliferation and Arms Control Directory
Arms Transfer Database
Trade in and licensed production of major conventional weapons, 1997.

Demographics
see also Public Opinion Research Centers
Basic Demographic Info
12 searchable databases
(United Kingdom) UpMyStreet.Com
Basic U.K. demographic info, by Postal Code

Education
see also Conferences
Common Core of Data National School Locator
"...a prototype search tool for locating public elementary and secondary schools based on criteria whose values you enter."
Dept. of Ed. Cross-Site Database Search
Education at a Glance ||| 1999 Digest of Ed. Statistics ||| NCES Tables and Figures Search
Search for indicators and tables in five major NCES publications
Education Resource Organization Directory
"...intended to help you identify and contact organizations that provide information and assistance on a broad range of education-related topics."

ERIC (1967- )
Searchble database of education related material
    ERIC Search Wizard
     "...build a search query using the ERIC Thesaurus."
ERIC Digests
ERIC Clearinghouses
ERIC/AE Test Locator ||| ERIC/AE Full-Text Library
Directory of ERIC Resource Collections
"...lists 1,029 organizations that provide individuals with access to the ERIC database and related resources."
Gateway to Education Materials (GEM)
Search or browse over 5000 lesson plans and other educational materials.

Guide to U.S. Department of Education Programs and Resources
IPEDS Peer Analysis Data System
"The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Peer Analysis System is a tool designed to enable a user to easily compare a postsecondary  institution of the user’s choice to a group of peer institutions, also selected by the user."
MOLIS (Minority Online Information Service)
"...source for information on minority institutions and minority targeted opportunities." Several searchable databases available.
National Center for Education Statistics Publication Search
National Public School Locator
"...currently carries address and phone information as of school year 1996-97 and student and teacher data as of school year 1996-97, as reported to NCES."
Public School District Finance Peer Search
"...search will allow you to compare the finances of a school district with its peers (those districts which share similar characteristics to the one you choose).
OECD Education Database
The OECD Education Database provides internationally comparable data on key aspects of the education systems.

Directories
College Search (College Board)
IPEDS College Opportunities On-Line
A tool using  IPEDS data to assist in college selection.
Peterson's.Com Undergradate Search
Peterson's.Com Graduate Search
Shaw Guides to Educational Programs
"...publisher of comprehensive worldwide directories to educational travel and creative career programs..."
Study Abroad Database (OSAD)

Development
ELDIS
"Gateway to Information Sources on Development and the Environment."

Gender Studies
GenderStats (World Bank)
"A database of gender statistics"

History
see also Today in History (Library of Congress)
see also Today in History (History Channel)
Historical Text Archive
EuroDocs-Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe

Ad*Access Search
"...presents images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955." Collection can also be browsed.
American Memory Project
Avalon Project ||| Browse the Collection
[Primary]"...digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government."

Making of America Digital Library"
"Making of America (MOA) is a digital library of primary sourcesin American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction."
Browse the Library

Century of Lawmaking Collection (1774-1873)
"...linked set of published congressional records of the United States of America from the Continental Congress through the Forty-second Congress. The collection currently offers the records of the Continental Congress, the Constitutional Convention and ratification debates, and the first two federal congresses, 1774-1793. It includes the Journals of the Continental Congress (1774-1789), the Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, and the Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution (1787-1788); the Journals of the House of Representatives (1789-1793) and the Senate (1789-1793), including the Senate Executive Journal (1789-1805); the debates of Congress as published in the Annals of Congress (1789-1838); and the Journal of William Maclay (1789-1791), Senator from Pennsylvania in the first Congress."

Doucmenting the American South
"...a collection of sources on Southern history, literature and culture from the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th century. "

Presidents of the United States
U.S. Historical Documents
More U.S. Historical Documents (chronological order)

U.S. Census Data 1790 - 1860
Transcripts of U.S. Presidential Debates
World War II Poster Database
"The Government Publications Department at Northwestern University Library has a comprehensive collection of over 300 posters issued by U.S. Federal agencies from the onset of war through 1945. "

Language
Ethnologue Database

Libraries
ARL (Association of Research Libraries) Statistics
Public Library Peer Comparison Tool

Museum Studies
Smithsonian Institution Chronology Catalog

Politics
see also Public Opinion Research Centers
see also Think Tanks
see also Election Results

FEC Filings (Public Disclosure)
A tremendous collection of searchable finance databases. WOW!

Center For Responsive Politics (CRP)
Numerous serchable databases
Election Filing Info By State (CRP)

Additional Campaign Finance Resources

Public Opinion Poll Question Database
Public Opinion Poll Results Database (Washington Post)
Searchable database of Washington Post National Poll questions and results back to Jan. 1998

Psychology
Psychcrawler

Sociology
Alcohol Industry and Policy Database
Sociology Journal Minder

Sports
see also SportQuest
Baseball Stats Web
Several searchable/interactive databases
Baseball Player Register
Current and Past Player Stats via Total Baseball
NCAA Statistics
Customizable statistics for nine sports
Olympic Medal Winners Database
"Olympic medal winners from 1896 to the present."
Tennis Player Database
"The ITF database offers over twenty years of records for all male and female players who have played in a major event since 1st January 1997."

Think Tanks/Policy Organizations
Think Tanks (U.S.) ||| Think Tanks (Canada) ||| Think Tanks (World)
Various U.S. Public Policy Organizations

Transportation
Transportation Resource Directory

Urban Studies
Best Practices of Cities Database (U.S. Council of Mayors)
Best Practices Database (Together Foundation and the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (UNCHS)
"...contains proven solutions to common urban problems facing the world's cities today."
John Gunther Blue Ribbon Practices (HUD)
"...the most notable and innovative practices in community development." Addtional HUD Best Practice Info

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Subject Specific Resources
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see also WWW Virtual Library
see also Pinakes: A Subject Launchpad

Agriculture
AgriSurf
AgDB
"...a database directory of quality agriculture-related databases, datasets, and information systems. It describes and links to more than 1,100 information resources." ||| see also AgNic
Art History
Gateway to Art History
Bio Sciences
HMS Beagle
Chemistry
ChemGuide
Full-Text searching on over 1 mil chemistry related pages.
Economics
EconData
Regional [U.S.] economic data
conSearch
Specialized search tool devoted to economic and related sites.
Energy
Energysearch
Engineering
Endinburgh Engineering V.L.
Geography
Odden's Bookmarks
Health Sciences
Citeline
History
World History Compass
International Relations
ISN LASE Search
International Trade
FITA Web Resources
Music--Classical
DW3
Political Science
War, Peace and Security Guide
PoliticalInformation.Com
Social Science
Data on the Net (UCSD)
Statistics
OffStats
Statistical Resources on the Web
Utilities
Utility Connection