Last Update: 2/98
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AOL NETFIND
http://www.aol.com/netfind/business.html
This is AOL's answer to finding people. You can search for businesses, email addresses and people. You can also search newsgroups by person's name or subject material.
TRACK'EM! (AND TRACK'EM FOR FREE!)
http://www.toolcity.net/~richreen/trackem.html
A good collection of some of the better locating missing persons free searches on the internet.
DIGICRIME
http://www.digicrime.com/
If you have a good sense of humor, you'll like this site. If you suffer from tunnel vision and can not see the value behind the kind of--well--lack of a better word--serious joke approach to this site--then stay away--you'll liekly be offended. When I first looked at it, I found it very alarming and started to go away considering it was a sicko hacker's page. Although it's a joke, the serious side of it is that the services it jokeingly offers are offered by high tec criminals. This is really a kind of "alarming" security site that shows you just how valnerable things really are. It has pages off the main menu for services (not really but it makes you think) for things like Internet eavesdropping, stealing competitor's secrets, stock price minipulation, hot computers at wholesale prices, wealth redistribution services, password generation services, install a virus service and stuff like that. Take a look, understand they really don't offer these services but understand that for a fee some criminals do. This is really a page on digital crime that is occuring which we should all know about and as time moves forward, you'll more than likely be called upon to investigate one.
THE JOHN COOK INSURANCE FRAUD REPORT
http://home.earthlink.net/~fraudreport/
The John Cook Insurance Fraud Report is likely the nation's top publication for insurance fraud professionals.
DOGPILE: NEW MULTI-SEARCH ENGINE
INSURANCE CLAIMS INVESTIGATION BOOK LINKS
http://www.pimall.com/nais/insbooks.html
A huge selection of books and manuals dealing with insurance claims.
CNN CUSTOM NEWS
http://customnews.cnn.com/
Wouldn't it be terrific if CNN built a web site just for you? They have! Sign up for free at CNN Custom News and fill out your profile for all the news that you're interested in. Using database technology from Oracle, the site will display just the information that's relevant to your interests every time you visit.
ABC NEWS
http://www.abcnews.com/
This is a very good place for news with the latest news running at the top of the page.
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.
PI TRENDS NEWS
http://www.pimall.com/nais/trends.html
A page dedicated to the latest trends and specializations in private investigation.
ADVANCED MATILDA SEARCH ENGINE
FREE BOOKS FOR INVESTIGATORS ON THE WEB!
A huge section of free online books related to investigation
HIGH TECHNOLOGY CRIME INVESTIGATION ASSOCIATION
CONSUMER FRAUD ALERT
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.
SELECTION OF INTERNET SEARCH TOOLS
http://www.mtm.kuleuven.ac.be/Services/search.html
Search engines, people directories and white pages, subject directories, software searching tools, scientific information search, newsgroup and mailing list search, background information search, subject catagory searches, geographical searching and much more. Very, very good and extensive.
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.
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 <as long as you know the URL address> 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.
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.
http://www.elibrary.com/id/2525/
Search by key word through thousands of electronic newspapers, journals and magazines, newswires. Massive, very good, highly recommended!
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.
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.
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.
REPORTER'S INTERNET SURVIVAL GUIDE
http://www.qns.com/~casey/
Connecting Journalists With Cyberspace- a kind of central research clearing house.
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/
Here is a golden find for accident investigators. Tons and tons of information on highway safety and accidents! Has several databases to determine recalls, known defects investigations, consumer complaints, safety standards and much more.
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.
http://www.nara.gov/nara/frc/mprhelp.html
Huge link list to sites dealing with all branches of the military.
http://www.yahoo.com/search/people/email.html
This is a very good site that lets you conduct FREE surname searches, gives you a national criss-cross directory, lets you search for people's email address and search for thier home page.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
SOCIAL SECURITY DEALTH CLAIMS INDEX.
http://www.ancestry.com/ssdi/main.htm
Another master death claims index you can search for free.
SEARCHING FOR PEOPLE
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.
SHERLOCK HOLMS CONSULTING DETECTIVE
http://www.intermediacy.com/sherlock/
With a nice little Sherlock Holms twist, this site has very good info on new ways of searching out stuff on the internet. You'll like it.
ENTREPRENEUR MAGAZINE SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCES
http://www.entrepreneurmag.com
This is a huge, helpful and very cool site with tons of business resources in it. Highly recommened.
THE EXPERT WITNESS AND LITIGATION CONSULTANT PAGES
http://expertpages.com/index.htm
Nationwide directory of expert witnesses that can be searched by subject and state. Very good.
THE ONLINE DIRECTORY OF EXPERT WITNESSES
http://www.claims.com/scripts/$webdbc.exe/claims/bank96/select/&/claims.com/Guests/orglist.htx?
An extensive directory of all kinds of expert witnesses searchable by subject. Very good.
NATIONAL CHECK FRAUD CENTER
http://www.angelfire.com/pages1/ncfc/index.html
Everything dealing with check fraud.
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.
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.
ALL-IN-ONE SEARCH PAGE
http://www.albany.net/allinone/
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.
FLORIDA DEPT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT: SEXUAL PREDATORS DATABASE
http://www.fdle.state.fl.us
Sexual predator's list with name, photo and last known address. Also maintains missing children database and database of Florida's most wanted
SMALL DATABASE OF CRIMINALS
http://www.publicenemy.com/
Maintains small database of known criminals
MYSTRY DETECTIVE PAGES
http://www.gnofn.org/~gishbabu/
Information on mystery /detective subjects with some good links.
DOMAIN NAME SEARCH
http://ibc.wustl.edu/domain_form.html
Want to know if a domain name is registered? Here is where to look.
INVESTIGATIONS.COM
http://www.teleport.com/~pagrue/
Nice Pi resources.
THE LEGAL PAD
COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION SEARCH
gopher://marvel.loc.gov:70/11/copyright/research
Seasrch for registered copyrights.
GLOBAL SECURITY COMPLEX
http://www.guns-training.com/
One of the USA's BEST schools and traning for everything dealing with guns and firearms.
INTERNATIONAL INTELLIGENCE NETWORK
CYCORP: THE PREMIER AUSTIN TEXAS CYBER MALL
http://www.cycorp.com
Very interesting mall where Ralph Thomas keeps his Thomas Turquoise Trading Company and other interesting general shopping stores. CyCorp is also a very good internet consulting service.
FREE COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS REPORT
http://www.netvalue.com/netvalue/form.htm
NetValue would like to help you learn what your competitors are doing on the Internet. Just give usa list of ten key words or phrases that identify your products or services. We will use our expertise to search the World Wide Web and identify up to ten different Web sites (locations) similar to the product or service profile you have given us. Our report to you will include a brief overview of our findings, the relevant Web addresses we found, and a description of what it would take (cost and process) for your organization to develop a Web presence. We will also suggest ways you might differentiate your organization from others already on the Web.
COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE LINKS
http://www.bdt.com/icemfg/techs/t0.htm
Huge link list on competitive intelligence topics and techniques
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.
PEOPLE FINDER'S SEARCH ENGINE
http://www.databaseamerica.com/engine/gpfind.htm
Maintained by Database America, This is a telephone, address, name and address database that appears to be much better than Switchboard. However, you caon only search by name or telephone number. Can not search by address.
INFO SPACE
http://www.infospace.com
This is a new site that just went up featuring several useful databases. Find people searches telephone directories in USA, Canada and other countries. There is also a yellow pages search, e mail finder, local "my Town" city directory database, Toll free number database, fax number database, and government telephone number directory. One of the best we have seen yet.
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)
REVERSE SPEECH
http://www.reversespeech.com
Reverse Speech is a new investigative frontier that is developing as a forensic and audio investigative decpetion/detection application. Check out this web page and see what it's all about.
NEW WEB PAGE DESIGN SERVICE
http://www.pimall.com/nais/web.design.html
You Will just love this page!
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!
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.
YET ANOTHER SSN VALIDATION DATABASE
http://www.informus.com/ssnlkup.html
Isn't it nice we don't have to PAY for these anymore!
NEW NCI FREE DEMO SEARCHES ON THE INTERNET
http://www.pimall.com/nais/nci.com
Test drive the NCI network yourself for free and find out why it's the top interactive online information service for background checks, assets searches and locates.
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.
AUDIO VIDEO FORENSICS
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/perle
This is the home page of Norman Perle, perhaps the nation's top expert in audio and video forensic applications.
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.
OREGON LICENSE PLATE CHECKS
http://www.spiritone.com/cgi-bin/plates
Try this web site for free Oregon License plate checks.
SSN VALIDATION DATABASE
http://www.informus.com/ssnlkup.html
Tells you what year and what state an SSN number was issued in.
STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS
http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/standards.html
11,000 listings of standrds from American National Standards Institute, Institute of Electrical, and The International Organization for Standardization.
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.
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.
ZENO'S FORENSIC PAGES
http://www.image.nrips.go.jp/~zeno/forensic.html
Very good and extensive pages and links to everything of a forensic nature on the net.
PRRN
THE PUBLIC RECORD RETRIEVER NETWORK
http://www.goodnet.com/~prrl/prrn/main.html
An association of people and organizations that retrieve public records.
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.
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.
THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU WEB SERVER
http://www.bbb.org/council/main/index.html
It's finally up and running.
ELECTRONIC LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO
http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/
Very Good general research tool
METAL INDEX FOR LEGAL RESEARCH
http://www.gsu.edu/~lawadmn/lawform.html
Great tool for finding that legal stuff on the web.
RESEARCH-IT
http://www.iTools.com/research-it/research-it.html
All-in-one research site.
THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PRIVACY ACT
http://www.livelinks.com/sumeria/politics/foia.html
Very good research tool on these subjects with full texts.
SOFTWARE FOR MAKING ANIMATED GIFS
http://www.reiworld.com/royalef/toolbox.htm#programs
Want to make your own animated logo, icon or other GIF? Here is the place to get the free software to do it.
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