Locate/Skiptrace Resources:

Specialty Databases:

Nationwide Public Record Searches

1. EXCITE'S NEWSTRACKER
   http://excite.com
   
   A free Web clipping service that can search a database of more than 300 publications, and can track up to 20 specific news topics on a daily basis or browse broad news categories. Excite's clipping database includes publications ranging from Sports Illustrated to The New York Times.

2. ADVANCED MATILDA SEARCH ENGINE
   http://aaa.com.au/matilda/
   
   An international search engine that lets you filter out smut.

3. PITSCO'S ASK AN EXPERT
   http://www.askanexpert.com/askanexpert
   
   Search through several different catagories of experts and ask them your questions. Great pages!

4. HIGH TECHNOLOGY CRIME INVESTIGATION ASSOCIATION
   http://www.sna.com/htcia/
   
   Association dedicated to the investigation of high technology crime.

5. THE POLICE OFFICER'S INTERNET DIRECTORY
   http://www.officer.com/
   
   One of the best and most comperhensive sites on the net with links, resources and aids to law enforcement topics.

6. UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS
   http://www.lib.virginia.edu/socsci/crime/index.html
   
   This collection consists of four county-level data files. The first three provide arrests for Part I offenses (murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny, auto theft, and arson) and for Part II offenses (forgery, fraud, embezzlement, vandalism, weapons violations, sex offenses, drug and alcohol abuse violations, gambling, vagrancy, curfew violations, and runaways). The fourth file provides reported offenses (as opposed to arrests) for Part I crimes only. Two county population variables are included: one for total county population and the other for counties reporting six months or more of data.

7. NATIONAL COUNTER INTELLIGENCE CENTER
   http://www.nacic.gov
   
   A US government site with good newsletter type articles, resources and other links dealing with counter intelligence issues.

8. MCAFFEE ANTI-VIRUS ASSOCIATION
   http://www.mcafee.com/
   
   Deals with anti-virus topics and software.

9. CONSUMER FRAUD ALERT
   http://www.world-wide.com/homebiz/fraud.htm
   
   Contains information on various types of consumer fraud and other related resources and information.

10. THE CRIME FILES
    http://www.emeraldcity.com/crimefiles/crimefiles.htm
    
    Nice site with lots of information on crime and crimefighting.

11. FEDERAL AGENCY STATISTICS
    http://www.fedstats.gov/
    
    More than 70 agencies in the United States Federal Government produce statistics of interest to the public. The Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy maintains this site to provide easy access to the full range of statistics and information produced by these agencies for public use. Please use the feedback button to indicate how well this site meets your needs and any suggestions for improvement.

12. THE NEWSLETTER LIBRARY
    http://pub.savvy.com
    
    Gives you instant access to over 11,000 free newsletters. many of them are snail mailed. You fill out a form and request various subject catarogies you would like to obtain newsletters on. Once submitted, you are given a list of web site addresses that match the subject selections.

13. REFERENCE.COM!
    http://www.reference.com
    
    You are going to love this fine! This is a database that searches both newsgroups and mailing lists via keywords or key subjects. You'll get back a list of them and then get a list of actual postings from them that meet your keyword or subject input.

14. DID-IT DETECTIVE WEB SITE
    http://www.did-it.com
    
    The Did-It Detective web site gives you an easy and quick way to see if your web site or the web site of someone else has been submitted to and is indexed on the major search engines. By using the Did-It submission form, you can quickly tell if the submitted URL is listed at: AltaVista ,Excite HotBot, Infoseek, Lycos ,Magellan ,NetGuide ,OpenText,WebCrawler,Yahoo You just do one submittal and are emailed the results. Did-It also has other valuable services along these lines.

15. THE SEARCH CENTER
    http://www.humansearch.w1.com
    
    The Re:Search Center is the most comprehensive search engine resource site on the internet. Using our easy to follow graphical guide, you decide what you are looking for - whether it be web pages, pictures, sounds, news etc. - and you will be given a list of search engines and directories which support your query. Alternatively you can search our site to find the engine or directory that you are looking for. You may also find our extensive library of search related documents interesting.

16. ELECTRONIC LIBRARY
    http://www.elibrary.com/id/2525/
    
    Search by key word through thousands of electronic newspapers, journals and magazines, newswires. Massive, very good, highly recommended!

17. US CENUS BUREAU DEMOGRAPHIC INFO BY COUNTY AND STATE
    http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/usaco-stateis.html
    
    You'll be somewhat surpised at the raw data you can collect on the general population of any county in the USA at this site. You'll get a mape of the USA. Click on the state you wish info on and then select the county. You'll then be able to select from an extensive number of US Cenus reports such as personal income levels, education, retail trades, proverty, crime statistics, land area, population breakdowns,ancestry, business permit data, number of marriages, deaths and divorces, population breakdowns,education and many other catarogies.

18. INTERNET RESEARCH FOR WRITERS
    http://www.purefiction.com/pages/res1.htm
    
    Good site that gives you detailed aids on finding stuff on the net developed by a researcher/writer.

19. ACCUFIND
    http://nln.com/
    
    Another all-in-one search engine site that searches all the major search engines and gives you a selection of different catagories of searches. Frame based site.

20. REPORTER'S INTERNET SURVIVAL GUIDE
    http://www.qns.com/~casey/
    
    Connecting Journalists With Cyberspace- a kind of central research clearing house.

21. INTERNET REFERENCE RESSOURCES
    http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rulib/ref.html
    
    A huge list of general Internet reference resources sections by subjects. Directories, dictionaries, encyclopedias, phone books and email directories, maps, statisics, awards, biographys, books and publisher information, collega and graduate schools, consumer information, current events, and lots of other subjects.

22. NATIONAL ARCHIEVES MILITARY LINKS
    http://www.nara.gov/nara/frc/mprhelp.html
    
    Huge link list to sites dealing with all branches of the military.

23. LOOKUP USA
    http://www.abii.com
    
    You can look up 88 million households and 10 million businesses from this site and do a greast deal of other things.

24. I-NTERFACE FIND: THE NEW SEARCH ENGINE!
    http://m5.inference.com/ifind/
    
    Finally! An Internet search tool that calls out in parallel all the best search engines, merges the results, removes redundancies, clusters the hits into neat understandable groupings, and returns it all to you faster than you can say "nothing but net." Not only does this place check all the other search engines, it also categorizes the info for you. One of the best search engine tools I have found and it's fast and comperhensive.

25. DETECTIVES AGAINST DEABEAT DADS
    http://www.dad.av.org
    
    This is a non-profit site with aids and resources for those involved in the tracking of deadbeat dads and reslted issues. You'll find stuff like state agencies online, lists of state's most wanted deadbat dads, related newsgroups and other related items.

26. NETNAMES-DOMAIN NAME (URL)
    http://www.acrobat.com/
    
    Search engine that gives you the name and address of the owner of a domain name (URL) It also gives you the date of registration and the person who registered the site as well as the server it is located on. Nice little number!

27. SAVVY SEARCH
    http://guaraldi.cs.colostate.edu:2000/form?beta
    
    Another mutli-search page that gives you parallel searches all at once from major search engines.

28. SOCIAL SECURITY DEALTH CLAIMS INDEX.
    http://www.ancestry.com/ssdi/main.htm
    
    Another master death claims index you can search for free.

29. SEARCHING FOR PEOPLE-U TEXAS
    http://www.utexas.edu/search/email.html
    
    
    A very good links site maintained by the University Of Texas. Links to searchable directories, finger utilities, and FAQ sites.

30. NATIONAL CHECK FRAUD CENTER
    http://www.ckfraud.org/index.html
    
    Everything dealing with check fraud, forgery, & counterfeit checks and more.

31. ALPHA LIST OF FTP SITES
    http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/Interfaces/ftp/
    
    This is a HUGE list of FTP sites and would be of interest to anyone doing FTP searching.

32. MOTHER OF SEARH ENGINES LINK LIST
    http://www.beaucoup.com
    
    Over 500 search engines, directories and malls on the net listed by catagory. Great new search and submission site.

33. ALL-IN-ONE SEARCH PAGE
    http://www.searchallinone.com/
    
    This page is a compilation of various forms-based search tools found on the Internet. They have been combined here to form a consistent interface and convenient ALL-IN-ONE search point.

34. FINGER: HOW TO FIND OUT WHO'S ONLINE RIGHT NOW
    http://www.amherst.edu/~atstarr/computers/finger.html
    
    Site explains what finger is and gives you links to do it.

35. BIZ FINDER DATABASE
    http://www.databaseamerica.com/engine/gbfind.htm
    
    Maintained by Database America this is the business telephone book version of the nation. Lookup by company name. limited by geographical area or look up by telephone number. (If not working yet-will be up very soon)

36. SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX SEARCH
    http://www.infobases.com/ssdi/query01.htm
    
    Search by name, narrow by SSN number, state issued, DOB. Returns: Full name, DOB, Date Of Death, Zipcode where death occured, zipcode of beneficuary. Great Web search that's NOW free!

37. SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER VALIDATION DATABASE
    http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Task_Force/
    
    Will tell you if an SSN number is valid or has ever been issued.

38. YET ANOTHER SSN VALIDATION DATABASE
    http://www.informus.com/ssnlkup.html
    
    Isn't it nice we don't have to PAY for these anymore!

39. DIRECTORY OF DATABASE SERVICES
    http://www.facsnet.org/report_tools/CAR/cardirec.htm
    
    Set up an an information stop for investigative journalists, this site lists links to very useful investigative type databases many on the net.

40. COUNTY LOCATOR DATABASE
    http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/lookup_zip+4.html
    
    Input an address and city, state or address and zip code. You'll get a corrected address and county address is located in.

41. OREGON LICENSE PLATE CHECKS
    http://www.spiritone.com/cgi-bin/plates
    
    Try this web site for free Oregon License plate checks.

42. SSN VALIDATION DATABASE
    http://www.informus.com/ssnlkup.html
    
    Tells you what year and what state an SSN number was issued in.

43. EMBASSIES ON WASHINGTON DC
    http://www.embassy.org/embassies/eep-1100.html
    
    Database of all embassies in Washington DC and links to their web pages.

44. DOCTOR SEARCH DATABASE
    http://ama-assn.org/
    AMA Physician Select: Maintained by the AMA, this database contains detailed information on 650,000 doctors of all types. Very good.

45. THE PUBLIC RECORD RETRIEVER NETWORK-PRRN
    http://www.goodnet.com/~prrl/prrn/main.html
    
    An association of people and organizations that retrieve public records.

46. NORTH AMERICAN TELEPHONE AREA CODE AND TELEPHONE NUMBER SYSTEM
    http://www.bellcore.com/NANP/
    
    A system used by US telephone companies to assign telephone numbers and area codes. Has very good and current area code lookup and other useful information.

47. BEST GENEALOGY LINKS ON THE WEB
    http://home.earthlink.net/~middleton/topten.html
    
    Very good site with links to important databases and other helpful information.