Top Internet Sites for Journalists


Agriculture Environment Patent, Copyright & Trademark Transportation
Arts & Entertainment Law & Criminal Justice Photography & Graphics U.S. Government & Politics
Biography Language & Literature Science & Technology Weather
Business, Economics, & Finance Maps September 11  
Census & Demographics Medicine & Health Sports & Recreation  
Education Military & Defense Statistics  

Agriculture

Agriculture Network Information Center
http://www.agnic.org/

National Agricultural Library
http://www.nal.usda.gov/

United States Department of Agriculture
http://www.usda.gov/

USDA Economic and Statistics System
http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/usda.html

USDA's Current Research Information System
http://cris.csrees.usda.gov/

WWW Virtual Library: Agriculture
http://cipm.ncsu.edu/agVL/

Arts & Entertainment

Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
http://www.ampas.org/

Internet Movie Database
http://www.imdb.com/

Television News Archive
http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu

Biography

Biographical Dictionary
http://www.s9.com/biography/

Biography.com
http://www.biography.com/

Dead People Server
http://www.dpsinfo.com/dps/

Lives: The Biography Resource
http://www.amillionlives.com/

Social Security Death Index
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/main.htm

Business, Economics & Finance

Bankrate.com
http://www.bankrate.com/

Better Business Bureau
http://www.bbb.org/

Bureau of Economic Analysis
http://www.bea.doc.gov/

Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/

Business.com Search Engine
http://www.business.com

Business Filings Databases
http://www.llrx.com/columns/roundup24.htm

County Business Patterns
http://www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/view/cbpview.html

Economic Statistics Briefing Room
http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html

Federal Reserve
http://www.federalreserve.gov/

Hoover's Online
http://www.hoovers.com/

Internal Revenue Service
http://www.irs.gov/

OANDA Currency Converter
http://www.oanda.com/

Quote.com
http://finance.lycos.com/finance.asp

SEC Edgar
http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml

State & Local Tax Sites
http://www.taxsites.com/state.html

Wall Street Research Net
http://www.wsrn.com/

World Chamber of Commerce Directory
http://www.chamberofcommerce.com/

Yahoo Finance
http://finance.yahoo.com/

Census & Demographics

American FactFinder
http://factfinder.census.gov/

AmeriState
http://www.ameristat.org/

State of the Cities Data Systems
http://socds.huduser.org/

U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/

Education

Digest of Education Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2001/digest/

ERIC: Educational Resources Information Center
http://www.eric.ed.gov/

National Center for Education Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov/

National Education Association
http://www.nea.org/

National Public School and School District Locators
http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/search/

U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/

Environment

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/atsdrhome.html

Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/

Materials Safety Data Sheets on the Internet
http://www.ilpi.com/msds/

National Park Service
http://www.nps.gov/

Right to Know Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets
http://www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/rtkweb/rtkhsfs.htm

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
http://www.fws.gov/

History

AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History
http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/docs/amdocs_index.html

American Memory (Library of Congress)
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/

Famous Trials
http://www.umkc.edu/famoustrials/

National Archives & Records Administration
http://www.nara.gov/

Women and Social Movements in the United States 1775-2000
http://womhist.binghamton.edu

Law & Criminal Justice

Attorney directory from Martindale
http://www.martindale.com/

Bureau of Justice Statistics
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/

Code of Federal Regulations
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/

Federal Bureau of Investigation
http://www.fbi.gov/

Federal Bureau of Prisons
http://www.bop.gov/

FindLaw
http://www.findlaw.com/

Legal Information Institute
http://www.law.cornell.edu/

National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD/

National Criminal Justice Reference Service
http://www.ncjrs.org/

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/

Supreme Court Opinions
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/

THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov/

Uniform Crime Reports
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm

U.S. Code
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/

West Legal Directory
http://directory.findlaw.com

Language & Literature

Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts
http://www.infomotions.com/alex/

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
http://www.bartleby.com/100/

Great American Speeches
http://www.pbs.org/greatspeeches/

The On-Line Books Page
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/

Project Bartleby
http://www.bartleby.com/

Maps

Atlapedia Online
http://www.atlapedia.com/

Library of Congress American Memory Map Collections: 1500-2002
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html

Mapquest
http://www.mapquest.com

MapTech MapServer
http://mapserver.maptech.com/

Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps

U.S. Census Bureau's Mapping and Cartographic Resources
http://tiger.census.gov/

Medicine & Health

Administrators in Medicine DocFinder
http://www.docboard.org/

American Medical Association
http://www.ama-assn.org/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/

Hardin MD (From the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences at the University of Iowa)
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/

Healthfinder
http://www.healthfinder.gov/

Healthopedia.com
http://www.healthopedia.com/

Merck Manual of Medical Information
http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual_home/

National Cancer Institute
http://www.cancer.gov/cancer_information

National Library of Medicine Health Information
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hinfo.html

Occupational Safety and Health Administration
http://www.osha.gov/

PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi

RxList Drug Information
http://www.rxlist.com/

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.os.dhhs.gov/

Military & Defense

Defend America
http://www.defendamerica.mil/

DefenseLINK
http://www.defenselink.mil

Department of Homeland Security
http://www.whitehouse.gov/homeland/

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/

Jane's Information Group
http://www.janes.com

Journalist's Toolbox: Military
http://www.journaliststoolbox.com/newswriting/military.html

Pentagon
http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/pentagon/

SearchMil.com
http://www.searchmil.com/

U.S. Air Force
http://www.af.mil

U.S. Army
http://www.army.mil/

U.S. Coast Guard
http://www.uscg.mil/

U.S. Marine Corps
http://www.usmc.mil/

U.S. Navy
http://www.navy.mil

Patent, Copyright & Trademark

Trademark Electronic Business Center
http://www.uspto.gov/web/menu/tmebc/

U.S. Copyright Office
http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/

U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
http://www.uspto.gov/main/patents.htm

U.S. State Trademark Resources
http://statetm.tripod.com/

Photography & Graphics

Corbis: Stock Photography and Pictures
http://www.corbis.com/

Fotosearch Stock Photography
http://www.fotosearch.com/

Getty Images
http://www.gettyimages.com/

Google Image Search
http://www.google.com/imghp

NOAA Photo Library
http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/

Portrait Gallery
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/photodraw/portraits/

TimePix (Time Inc.)
http://www.thepicturecollection.com/

Science & Technology

Calculators Online
http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/HSG/RefCalculators3.html

Material Safety Data Sheets Search
http://msds.pdc.cornell.edu/msdssrch.asp

NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/

National Science Foundation
http://www.nsf.gov/

U.S. Geological Survey
http://www.usgs.gov/

Sports & Recreation

CNN SI
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/

ESPN
http://www.espn.com/

GORP: Great Outdoor Recreation Pages
http://gorp.com/

Major League Baseball
http://mlb.mlb.com/

Major League Soccer
http://www.mlsnet.com/

National Basketball Association
http://www.nba.com/

National Collegiate Athletic Association
http://www.ncaa.com/

National Football League
http://www.nfl.com/

National Hockey League
http://www.nhl.com/

NASCAR
http://www.nascar.com

Professional Golfers' Association
http://www.pga.com/

United States Tennis Association
http://www.usta.com/

Women's NBA
http://www.wnba.com/

Statistics

Bureau of Justice Statistics
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/welcome.html

Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/

CIA World Factbook
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

County and City Data Books (University of Virginia)
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/ccdb/

Economic Statistics Briefing Room
http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html

Federal Reserve Selected Interest Rates
http://www.federalreserve.gov/Releases/H15/Current/

FedStats
http://www.fedstats.gov/

National Center for Education Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/majorpub.asp

National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/

PollingReport.com
http://pollingreport.com/

State & Metropolitan Area Data Book
http://www.census.gov/statab/www/smadb.html

Statistical Abstract of the United States
http://www.census.gov/statab/www/

U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/

Transportation

Airliners.Net
http://www.airliners.net

Bureau of Transportation Statistics
http://www.bts.gov/

Federal Aviation Administration
http://www.faa.gov/

Federal Transit Administration
http://www.fta.dot.gov/

FlyteComm Real Time Flight Tracking
http://www.flytecomm.com/cgi-bin/trackflight/

Landings.com
http://www.landings.com/

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/

National Transportation Safety Board
http://www.ntsb.gov/

U.S. Department of Transportation
http://www.dot.gov/

U.S. Government & Politics

Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, 1774-Present
http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp

Central Intelligence Agency
http://www.cia.gov/

Democratic National Committee
http://www.democrats.org/

FEMA: Federal Emergency Management Agency
http://www.fema.gov/

Federal and State Election Resources
http://www.llrx.com/columns/roundup25.htm

Federal, State, and Commercial Bill Tracking Resources
http://www.llrx.com/columns/roundup23.htm

Federal Web Locator
http://www.infoctr.edu/fwl/

FedWorld
http://www.fedworld.gov/

FirstGov
http://www.firstgov.gov/

GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/

Green Party
http://www.gpus.org/

Libertarian Party
http://www.lp.org/lp/

OpenSecrets.org
http://www.opensecrets.org/

Project Vote Smart
http://www.vote-smart.org/

Reform Party
http://www.reformparty.org/

Republican National Committee
http://www.rnc.org/

Stateline
http://www.stateline.org/

StateSearch
http://www.nascio.org/statesearch/

Thomas
http://thomas.loc.gov/

University of Michigan Documents Center
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/

U.S. Code
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/

U.S. Government Manual
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/nara001.html

U.S. House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov/

U.S. Senate
http://www.senate.gov/

White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/

Weather

Accu Weather
http://www.accuweather.com/

National Hurricane Center
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
http://www.noaa.gov/

National Weather Service
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/

U.S. Naval Observatory Astonomical Applications Department
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/

Weather Channel
http://www.weather.com/


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Partially updated: 08/19/08
Alice Pepper
newsdivisionweb@yahoo.com