RESOURCE CENTRAL: MORE RESEARCH TOOLS
Wikipedia is NOT a reliable source for researching. If you do use wiki you should search other sites to verify the information you found there before trusting what is posted under the specific topic.
TVW
http://www.tvw.org/
CSPAN
http://www.c-span.org
Search Tools
http://www.itools.com/search/
Language Tools
http://www.itools.com/lang/
Search engine options (enyclopedias, resource sites)
http://www.itools.com/research/
Library of Congress Tools
http://www.loc.gov/rr/tools.html
Generate Research lead-in reports on a topic to help figure out some keywords and areas/direction for yout topic (not all topic keywords will generate exxactly what you are looking for - try adding more keywords to get the result you need)
http://ultimate-research-assistant.com/
Visit THOMAS and find up-to-date information on who's really saying what on Capitol Hill.
THOMAS is a service of the U.S. Congress to make legislative information publicly available. It contains full text of legislation (both House and Senate bills searchable by keyword or by bill number) and full text of the Congressional Record. No spin, bias, or sound bytes here... Just the raw data from which you can draw your own conclusions.
http://thomas.loc.gov/
USA.gov is the U.S. government's official web portal, a guide to finding government info and websites on a wide variety of topics, including Benefits and Grants, Consumer Guides, Environment, Energy and Agriculture, Health and Nutrition, Money and Taxes, Public Safety and Law, Science and Technology, and Voting and Elections.
http://www.usa.gov/
VA Research
http://www.research.va.gov/programs/csp/links.cfm
Constitutional Rights Foundation
http://www.crf-usa.org/research-links/links.html
Publications, news, facts, searches, directories, Government & Issues, Think Tanks, How-To Guides and more
TheCapitol.Net
http://www.thecapitol.net/Research/
Understanding Washington D.C. and Congress
REASEARCH AMERICA - CONGRESS / HEALTH / FUNDING
http://www.researchamerica.org/washington
Track Federal Bills:
http://www.govtrack.us
U.S. Census Bureau – incredible resource on variety of statistics covering United States. The census does not just do population, they also collect statistics for many other government agencies including much of the data used to compile various economic reports like GDP. You can often go here to get a more detailed look at the statistics used by the various economic agencies.
http://www.census.gov/
Other state data centers:
http://www.census.gov/sdc/network.html
LEGISLATIVE & MEDIA RESOURCES
http://www.congress.org/
Find home values:
http://www.zillow.com/
TVW
http://www.tvw.org/
CSPAN
http://www.c-span.org
Search Tools
http://www.itools.com/search/
Language Tools
http://www.itools.com/lang/
Search engine options (enyclopedias, resource sites)
http://www.itools.com/research/
Library of Congress Tools
http://www.loc.gov/rr/tools.html
Generate Research lead-in reports on a topic to help figure out some keywords and areas/direction for yout topic (not all topic keywords will generate exxactly what you are looking for - try adding more keywords to get the result you need)
http://ultimate-research-assistant.com/
Visit THOMAS and find up-to-date information on who's really saying what on Capitol Hill.
THOMAS is a service of the U.S. Congress to make legislative information publicly available. It contains full text of legislation (both House and Senate bills searchable by keyword or by bill number) and full text of the Congressional Record. No spin, bias, or sound bytes here... Just the raw data from which you can draw your own conclusions.
http://thomas.loc.gov/
USA.gov is the U.S. government's official web portal, a guide to finding government info and websites on a wide variety of topics, including Benefits and Grants, Consumer Guides, Environment, Energy and Agriculture, Health and Nutrition, Money and Taxes, Public Safety and Law, Science and Technology, and Voting and Elections.
http://www.usa.gov/
VA Research
http://www.research.va.gov/programs/csp/links.cfm
Constitutional Rights Foundation
http://www.crf-usa.org/research-links/links.html
Publications, news, facts, searches, directories, Government & Issues, Think Tanks, How-To Guides and more
TheCapitol.Net
http://www.thecapitol.net/Research/
Understanding Washington D.C. and Congress
REASEARCH AMERICA - CONGRESS / HEALTH / FUNDING
http://www.researchamerica.org/washington
Track Federal Bills:
http://www.govtrack.us
U.S. Census Bureau – incredible resource on variety of statistics covering United States. The census does not just do population, they also collect statistics for many other government agencies including much of the data used to compile various economic reports like GDP. You can often go here to get a more detailed look at the statistics used by the various economic agencies.
http://www.census.gov/
Other state data centers:
http://www.census.gov/sdc/network.html
LEGISLATIVE & MEDIA RESOURCES
http://www.congress.org/
Find home values:
http://www.zillow.com/
CORPORATE INFORMATION
Detailed public company SEC reports:
http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html
Most important reports 10-K (annual report), 10-Q (quarterly report), S-1 (offering prospectus). Important statements: Business summary (what they do), financial statements (how they did), management's discussion and analysis (what happened to the business), risk disclosures (what investors should be concerned about), and legal actions.
Incorporation information – Secretary of State Office Washington Company Search:
http://www.sos.wa.gov/corps/corps_search.aspx
County Clerk – Can check fictitious names (dba) and if there is a business license for a company:
Company Web Site
(1) Company Description
(2) Press releases.
(3) Conference call replays on webcast! What CEOs are saying about their business to investors
(4) Call public relations person on bottom of press releases.
Here are some other important judicial links that can help in looking up opinions, legal procedures, and individual cases:
Federal Courts:
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/judicial.html
United States Supreme Court:
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/
United States District Court, Eastern District of Washington:
http://www.waed.uscourts.gov/
Washington State Courts:
http://www.courts.wa.gov/index.cfm
U.S. PACER Database:
http://www.pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/
The above is a GREAT comprehensive database for looking up ANY federal court case. Get the case number and the summary records here and then call up the court clerk for the particular judge presiding the case to get the documents referenced if they can be made public (complaints, filings, etc.).
LexisNexis – The mother of all research tools. Huge searchable database of every case, publication, article, etc. imaginable. Often used by law firms, law students, and journalists. It is not cheap either. For more details:
http://www.lexisnexis.com/ Lexis.com is targeted to lawyers, and Nexis.com is targeted to corporations.
FindLaw – For those who cannot afford Lexis or do not have time to go to the law library, this is a reasonable resource to look up selected case law precedents:
http://www.findlaw.com/
Go to http://lp.findlaw.com/ and register to look up cases.
You can also buy cheap boiler plate legal documents at this site (warning, not all incorporation documents are created equally!!)
Justia – another good site for looking up commonly cited precedents –
http://www.justia.com/
http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html
Most important reports 10-K (annual report), 10-Q (quarterly report), S-1 (offering prospectus). Important statements: Business summary (what they do), financial statements (how they did), management's discussion and analysis (what happened to the business), risk disclosures (what investors should be concerned about), and legal actions.
Incorporation information – Secretary of State Office Washington Company Search:
http://www.sos.wa.gov/corps/corps_search.aspx
County Clerk – Can check fictitious names (dba) and if there is a business license for a company:
Company Web Site
(1) Company Description
(2) Press releases.
(3) Conference call replays on webcast! What CEOs are saying about their business to investors
(4) Call public relations person on bottom of press releases.
Here are some other important judicial links that can help in looking up opinions, legal procedures, and individual cases:
Federal Courts:
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/judicial.html
United States Supreme Court:
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/
United States District Court, Eastern District of Washington:
http://www.waed.uscourts.gov/
Washington State Courts:
http://www.courts.wa.gov/index.cfm
U.S. PACER Database:
http://www.pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/
The above is a GREAT comprehensive database for looking up ANY federal court case. Get the case number and the summary records here and then call up the court clerk for the particular judge presiding the case to get the documents referenced if they can be made public (complaints, filings, etc.).
LexisNexis – The mother of all research tools. Huge searchable database of every case, publication, article, etc. imaginable. Often used by law firms, law students, and journalists. It is not cheap either. For more details:
http://www.lexisnexis.com/ Lexis.com is targeted to lawyers, and Nexis.com is targeted to corporations.
FindLaw – For those who cannot afford Lexis or do not have time to go to the law library, this is a reasonable resource to look up selected case law precedents:
http://www.findlaw.com/
Go to http://lp.findlaw.com/ and register to look up cases.
You can also buy cheap boiler plate legal documents at this site (warning, not all incorporation documents are created equally!!)
Justia – another good site for looking up commonly cited precedents –
http://www.justia.com/
Economic Activity and Statistics
A great place to get a sense of all the economic reports available and when they are released is the general economic calendar of events: Economic Calendars:
http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/economic-policy/monitoring_economies.shtml
Better Business Bureau, including customer complaints:
http://www.bbb.org/
Complaints, Rip Off Report:
http://www.ripoffreport.com/
Prewritten forms to get FBI file:
http://getmyfbifile.com/
Government grants (view pork first hand!):
http://www.grants.gov/
National Archives and Records Administration:
http://www.archives.gov/
U.S. Department of Agriculture – data on crop production, etc.:
http://www.usda.gov/
Free Public Records Search Directory – Great free, consolidated records search engine, by state and county:
http://publicrecords.onlinesearches.com/
Find County Records (similar to above):
http://www.findcountyrecords.com/
Free Public Records Finder:
http://www.freeprf.com/
THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION
http://www.heritage.org/
VARIOUS FACTSHEETS FOR RESEARCH
http://www.heritage.org/research/all-research.aspx?categories=factsheet
http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/economic-policy/monitoring_economies.shtml
Better Business Bureau, including customer complaints:
http://www.bbb.org/
Complaints, Rip Off Report:
http://www.ripoffreport.com/
Prewritten forms to get FBI file:
http://getmyfbifile.com/
Government grants (view pork first hand!):
http://www.grants.gov/
National Archives and Records Administration:
http://www.archives.gov/
U.S. Department of Agriculture – data on crop production, etc.:
http://www.usda.gov/
Free Public Records Search Directory – Great free, consolidated records search engine, by state and county:
http://publicrecords.onlinesearches.com/
Find County Records (similar to above):
http://www.findcountyrecords.com/
Free Public Records Finder:
http://www.freeprf.com/
THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION
http://www.heritage.org/
VARIOUS FACTSHEETS FOR RESEARCH
http://www.heritage.org/research/all-research.aspx?categories=factsheet
General Government Resources
If you are unsure of where to go, this is a good place to start:
United States Government Resources:
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/
Federal Register:
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/
Access Washington:
http://access.wa.gov/
Washington Legislature:
http://www.leg.wa.gov/pages/home.aspx
Track Congress:
http://www.govtrack.us/users/
Sign up for federal email alerts:
http://listserv.access.gpo.gov/
Washington Email Update Lists:
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/subscriptions/
Municipal Research and Services Center of WA (county data links):
http://www.mrsc.org/byndmrsc/counties.aspx
Tracking Lobbyist, PACS, and monies to Congress Critters
Candidates for office have to file detailed reports with federal or state agencies showing where their money comes from. The old adage being "follow the money" these are great resources to understand why officials might be voting a certain way. Candidates for federal office, and political action committees (PACs) registered with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC):
FEC Disclosure Data Search:
http://www.fec.gov/finance/disclosure/disclosure_data_search.shtml
Here you can search candidates, PACs, or individual contributors. You can go to a search box where you can type in a name and some details like state to narrow down the search. Click on the candidate name and you will be given a summary. Click on the hyperlinks for details. The contributors are linked to details for that particular contributor. The link on the far right with the number will give you the actual report the details are from.
For more details on federal election law:
Summary Publications:
http://www.fec.gov/finance/disclosure/disclosure_data_search.shtml
U.S.C. Title 2, Chapter 14 (Sec. 431-457):
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/usc.cgi?ACTION=BROWSE&TITLE=2USCC14&PDFS=YES
CFR Title 11 (2009):
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_09/11cfrv1_09.html
United States Government Resources:
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/
Federal Register:
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/
Access Washington:
http://access.wa.gov/
Washington Legislature:
http://www.leg.wa.gov/pages/home.aspx
Track Congress:
http://www.govtrack.us/users/
Sign up for federal email alerts:
http://listserv.access.gpo.gov/
Washington Email Update Lists:
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/subscriptions/
Municipal Research and Services Center of WA (county data links):
http://www.mrsc.org/byndmrsc/counties.aspx
Tracking Lobbyist, PACS, and monies to Congress Critters
Candidates for office have to file detailed reports with federal or state agencies showing where their money comes from. The old adage being "follow the money" these are great resources to understand why officials might be voting a certain way. Candidates for federal office, and political action committees (PACs) registered with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC):
FEC Disclosure Data Search:
http://www.fec.gov/finance/disclosure/disclosure_data_search.shtml
Here you can search candidates, PACs, or individual contributors. You can go to a search box where you can type in a name and some details like state to narrow down the search. Click on the candidate name and you will be given a summary. Click on the hyperlinks for details. The contributors are linked to details for that particular contributor. The link on the far right with the number will give you the actual report the details are from.
For more details on federal election law:
Summary Publications:
http://www.fec.gov/finance/disclosure/disclosure_data_search.shtml
U.S.C. Title 2, Chapter 14 (Sec. 431-457):
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/usc.cgi?ACTION=BROWSE&TITLE=2USCC14&PDFS=YES
CFR Title 11 (2009):
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_09/11cfrv1_09.html
Advanced Research
Some of the links that will be posted will ONLY be good for "starting points" to further investigate in order to find the truth.
Research Sites & Tools + Event Maps:
http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/spaceweather/
http://sd-www.jhuapl.edu/UPOS/FAC/latest/
http://www.lmsal.com/solarsoft/latest_events/
http://www2.nict.go.jp/y/y223/simulation/realtime/home.html
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/
(Click Global then zoom to area. Other links don't always show all recent incidents.)
http://solarimg.org/
http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/data.html
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/
http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SWN/index.html
http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/heli2.shtml
http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/
http://news.yahoo.com/science/space-astronomy - starting point to investigate
http://news.yahoo.com/science
http://www.weathermodification.com
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Tip: Screen Capture the urgent stuff right away (Shift + F10 or Print Screen - Paste to "paint" - Save) in case it "disappears" later
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Please note that USGS, NOAA, NASA and the EPA are all under DHS control and have been proven to delete/change information.
* It has been recently proven that USGS "deleted" earthquakes that took place in Jan/Feb 2011 in the Yellowstone, Mt St Helens and New Madrid areas. (A trend which continues.)
* There is a general grumbling from researchers that NASA and NOAA are also "removing" interesting data and possibly doctoring some of the public data on these sites. However, there is no concrete evidence of this, as of yet.
Also, big-media is controlled by the FCC (Executive Branch under DHS) and cannot be relied upon to give all or 100% accurate details on situations or issues (if they even bring up the important ones). They report what they are told but it can give you a place to start.
The truth is out there is be found but beware of disinformation - there is a LOT of it. Check and double check your facts before passing word along to others and include credible links for people to access and verify.
Research Sites & Tools + Event Maps:
http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/spaceweather/
http://sd-www.jhuapl.edu/UPOS/FAC/latest/
http://www.lmsal.com/solarsoft/latest_events/
http://www2.nict.go.jp/y/y223/simulation/realtime/home.html
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/
(Click Global then zoom to area. Other links don't always show all recent incidents.)
http://solarimg.org/
http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/data.html
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/
http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SWN/index.html
http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/heli2.shtml
http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/
http://news.yahoo.com/science/space-astronomy - starting point to investigate
http://news.yahoo.com/science
http://www.weathermodification.com
---
Tip: Screen Capture the urgent stuff right away (Shift + F10 or Print Screen - Paste to "paint" - Save) in case it "disappears" later
---
Please note that USGS, NOAA, NASA and the EPA are all under DHS control and have been proven to delete/change information.
* It has been recently proven that USGS "deleted" earthquakes that took place in Jan/Feb 2011 in the Yellowstone, Mt St Helens and New Madrid areas. (A trend which continues.)
* There is a general grumbling from researchers that NASA and NOAA are also "removing" interesting data and possibly doctoring some of the public data on these sites. However, there is no concrete evidence of this, as of yet.
Also, big-media is controlled by the FCC (Executive Branch under DHS) and cannot be relied upon to give all or 100% accurate details on situations or issues (if they even bring up the important ones). They report what they are told but it can give you a place to start.
The truth is out there is be found but beware of disinformation - there is a LOT of it. Check and double check your facts before passing word along to others and include credible links for people to access and verify.