Research Sources

 

  • The Curiae Project, curiae.law.yale.edu. Here you can search selected Supreme Court records and briefs. The site selects cases to include based on rankings developed from citation data in historical and constitutional texts. Located at the Yale Lillian Goldman Law Library, the project was developed in cooperation with the Library of Congress, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the Supreme Court Historical Society.
  • Sunlight Foundation, Research U.S. Elected Representatives SunlightFoundation.com. Learn about the elected representatives in the U.S. Government. Find out what they do. 
    • FactCheck we are a nonpartisan, nonprofit, "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics.
    • PolitiFact is a project of the St. Petersburg Times and Congressional Quarterly to help you find the truth in the presidential campaign.
  • FindSounds, www.findsounds.com. Search the Web for sound effects and musical instrument samples. Follow the link, "types of sounds you can find," to amuse yourself for many idle hours.
  • Cemetery Records Online, www.interment.net. This free site lists more than 3.8 million records from some 7,800 cemeteries throughout the world. It's fully searchable by surname or you can browse through the records for specific cemeteries.  
  • Search Systems, www.searchsystems.net. Claiming links to nearly 20,000 free sources of public records information on the Web, this is a useful resource for finding official records and publicly available information. Not all listed sites are free, but those that are not are clearly marked.  
  • Rootsweb Social Security Death Index, ssdi.rootsweb.com. Searched the phone and e-mail directories, but still no luck? Maybe you should check here, a database of more than 70 million deaths compiled from Social Security Administration records.  
  • Zip Code Statistics, www.bestplaces.net/zip-code/. GeneralPeopleEconomyHousing,  HealthCrime, ClimateEducationTransportationCost of LivingReligion,  Voting, People, Economy, Housing, Health, Crime, Climate, Education, Transportation, Cost of Living, Religion
  • The National Center for Health Statistics, of the Centers for Disease Control.
  • American Council on Science and Health: A consumer education consortium of 350 physicians, scientists, and policy advisers with expertise in food, nutrition, chemicals, etc.
  • Competitive Enterprise Institute: A nonprofit think tank dedicated to advancing the principles of free enterprise and limited government. Areas of expertise include air pollution, biotechnology, food, chemical and environmental risk, etc.
  • Cato Institute : Seeks to broaden the parameters of public policy debate to allow consideration of limited government, individual liberty, free markets and peace. Expertise air, water, and land issues as well as risk analysis and assessment.
  • Quackwatch.com: A member of Consumer Federation of America, is a nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies
  • Statistical Assessment Service: STATS examines the way that scientific, qualitative, and social research are presented by the media and works with journalists to help them convey this material accurately and effectively.

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