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3.  ONLINE INVESTIGATIVE TOOLS

3a.  Free services

     A & E Biography

     American Universities

     American Veterans Confirmation Service

     Americom's Area Code DeCoder

     Ancestry.Com:  The No. 1 Source for Family History

     Biographies Online

     Deadline Online

     Especially for Adoptees    

     Find A Grave

     Finding People and Firms

     Information Please

     Internet Movie Database

          Academy Awards

     Internet Public Libary

     Internet Registry of Experts

     iTools!

     MapQuest     

     National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting

     Oracle Reverse Phonebooks

     PeopleSearch

     Real Estate Information Providers Association

     Reference Desk    

    Vital Records Information

     Webgator

     Zipcode.com

3b.  Pay-for-information services

     Creditworthy   

     DataQuick  (real-estate appraisers)

     Discreet Research, Inc.

     Dun & Bradstreet

     Equifax

     Experian

     Forensic Document Services International

     Hoover's Online

IQ Data

Know-X

ProQuest

3c.  Search engines

     All the Web

     Alta Vista    

     Ask Jeeves

     Deja News

     Encyclopedia Search Engines

     Google

     Ixquick

     Northern Light

     Obituary Archive     

     Search Engine Watch

     Surfwax

     Translation Search Engines

     Yahoo

3d.  Legal resources

     American Bar Association

     Court TV

     Criminal Justice Degree

     Expert4Law

     FindLaw Library

     Internet Directory of Expert Witnesses

     Law.Com

     Martindale-Hubbell

     National District Attorneys Association

     West Legal Directory


4.  MEDIA
4a.  General references

     ABYZ News Links

     CJR Media Ownership

     News Library

     Newslink

     Refdesk:  Online Newspapers

4b.  Business news

     Bloomberg Online

     Business Week

     Business Wire

     CNNfn

     Daily Stocks

     Forbes

     Hoovers Online

     Insider Advantage

     Morningstar

     Motley Fool

     PR Newswire

     Raging Bull

     The Street

4c.  Selected online crime publications and news services

     American Mafia  (Rick Porrello)

     Casino Magazine

     Consortium News

     Court TV

     The Crime Library

     Crime Magazine:  An Encyclopedia of Crime

     Crime Times

     Gambling Magazine

     Jerry Capeci's Gangland

     Moldea.com

          Mobology Interactive

     Money Laundering Alert

     Offshore Business News & Research

     Salon

     The Smoking Gun

4d.  Journalism organizations and publications

     Alicia Patterson Foundation

     American Booksellers Association

     American Journalism Review

     American Society of Journalists and Authors

     American Society of Newspaper Editors

    Asian American Journalists Association

     Association of American Publishers

     Authors Guild

     Center for Investigative Reporting

     Center for Public Integrity

     Columbia Journalism Review

     Committee of Concerned Journalists

     Committee to Protect Journalists

     Consortium for Independent Journalism

     Daily Howler

     Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting

     Freedom Forum

     Frontline    

     International Center for Journalists

     International Consortium of Investigative Journalism

     Investigative Reporters and Editors

     Magazine Publishers of America

     Media Alliance (San Francisco)

     The Nation

     National Association of Black Journalists

     National Book Critics Circle

     National Press Club

     Nieman Foundation for Journalists     

     Online Journalism Review

     Overseas Press Club

     Pen American Center

     Pew Research Center

     The Poynter Institute        

     Project for Excellence in Journalism

     Pulitzer Prizes

     Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

     Society for Professional Journalists

     Talkers Magazine

     Village Voice    

     4e.  Mainstream

     ABC News

     Associated Press (National)

     CBS News

     Chicago Tribune

     CNN

     C-SPAN

     Los Angeles Times

     National Public Radio

     NBC News

     Newsday

     Newshour with Jim Lehrer

     Newsweek

     New York

     New York Times

     Reuters

     Time

     U.S. News & World Report

     Wall Street Journal  (subscription necessary)

     Washington Post
 
 

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