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Internet Research Sources

Biographical Sources

DOCTORS AND DENTISTS

American Medical Association Physician Locator – www.ama-assn.org
This site allows you to search by physician name, location, or specialty. Will give you in return education information and current
employment.

WebDental – www.webdental.com
Database of practicing dentists. Over 170,000 indexed at last check!

The Dental Directory - http://catalog.com/cgibin/var/dale/index.html
Started in June 1995, this directory includes links to dentists on the web as well as over 1,000 dental companies worldwide. Selection is limited, but growing.

State Medical Board Directories
Search the following state medical board directories by name and title. Allows you to search for MDs, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, and Osteopathic doctors.

LAWYERS AND JUDGES

Martindale Hubbell – www.martindale.com
A superb source for finding basic biographical and professional information on lawyers aross the country. Has the capacity to search by lawyer name, firm name, and location/specialty.

West Legal Directory – www.lawoffice.com
Another excellent directory of lawyers. Does not appear to be quite as extensive as Martindale Hubbell, but will sometimes find a lawyer here not found anywhere else.

AttorneyFind – www.attorneyfind.com
More limited searching by practice area and state.

California Attorneys – www.calsb.org
Database of CA attorneys maintained by the State Bar of California. Information available includes: name, address, telephone number,
date of admission to Bar, and undergraduate and law schools attended.

State and Local Legal Associations-http://www.findlaw.com/06associations/state.html
This site provides links to state and local bar associations nationwide.

Canadian Lawyers – www.canlaw.com
Search capabilities for several online directories of Canadian lawyers.

National Law Journal Online – www.lawnewsnetwork.com
Includes access to the National Law Journal Top 250 Law Firms, with profiles on each firm listed.

The Legal Register – www.legalregister.com
Includes the 1997 Directory of practicing attorneys in Washington, DC, the 1997 Suburban Maryland Law Firm Directory, the 1997 Patent
Attorneys Directory, and the 1997 Northern Virginia Attorney Register

The Federal Judges Biographical Database - http://air.fjc.gov/history/judges_frm.html
Contains the service record and biographical information for all judges who have served on the U.S. District Courts, U.S. Circuit Courts,
U.S. Courts of Appeals, and the Supreme Court since 1789


PHARMACISTS

American Pharmaceutical Association – www.aphanet.org
The National Professional Society of Pharmacists.

American Society of Health System Pharmacists – www.ashp.com
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) is the 30,000-member professional association that represents pharmacists who practice in hospitals and other components of health care systems.

National Association of Boards of Pharmacy – www.nabp.net
Professional association that represents the pharmacy boards in all 50 states. Provides links to state pharmacy boards.

Maryland Board of Pharmacy - www.dhmh.state.md.us/pharmacyboard/


NURSING

American Nurses Association – www.ana.org

Maryland Board of Nursing – http://dhmh1d.dhmh.state.md.us/mbn/

National Council of Boards of Nursing - www.ncsbn.org/files/boards/boardswebsites.asp
Provides links to State Boards of Nursing.

American Association of Critical Care Nurses – www.accn.org

Association of Operating Room Nurses - www.aorn.org

Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses - www.awhonn.org

California Nurses Association - www.califnurses.org

Emergency Nurses Association - www.ena.org 

National League of Nursing - www.nln.org

National Association of Orthopedic Nurses - http://naon.inurse.com/

SEIU Nurse Alliance - www.seiu.org/nursealliance


SOCIAL WORK

New Jersey State Board of Social Work Examiners - www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/social/socdir.htm
A listing of all New Jersey Social Workers.

The NASW Register of Clinical Social Workers - www.naswdc.org/CLINREG/CLINREG.HTM
Find a Clinical Social Worker On-Line.

Find-a-Therapist - www.find-a-therapist.com/indexaa.htm
International database of over 6,000 mental health professionals including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, and pastoral counselors.

World Wide Web Resources for Social Workers - http://webdb.nyu.edu/sociallinks/menu.cgi?cid=366
Provides links to social worker professional organizations.

American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work - www.abecsw.org/info.html
Directory is available for use free-of-charge so that you may find holders of the Board Certified Diplomate in Clinical Social Work (BCD) credential.


POLITICIANS

The Political Graveyard - www.potifos.com/tpg/index.html
This site, dedicated to compiling statistics on dead politicians, is an excellent place to determine whether or not a prospect's deceased relative was ever a politician, judge, or diplomat. You can search by name, office and state held, date born or died, state and county of birth or death, ethnicity, religious persuasion ... the list goes on. You can even pull up politicians by cause of death!

US Congressmen Financial Disclosure Documents - www.opensecrets.org/pfds/index.htm
Personal financial disclosure documents are available online for all members of the House and Senate. A great source for finding sources
of income, asset ownership, liabilities, and all positions held outside of government for politicians.

U.S. Congressmen Biographical Data - http://thomas.loc.gov/
This site provides links to profiles on all current members of Congress. Includes biographical and professional information, links to home
pages, committee memberships, voting records, and contact information.

U.S. Ambassadors (1778-present) - www.state.gov/www/about_state/biography/bio_ambassadors_index.html
Includes a list of all individuals who have served as U.S. Ambassador to a foreign country since 1778, as well as biographical profiles on all current ambassadors and chiefs of mission. Arranged by country.

U.S. Senators Index - www.senate.gov/learning/learn_history.html
This site indexes over 1,700 former members of the U.S. Senate, including birth and death dates, dates of service, party and state.


GENEALOGY

Social Security Death Index - www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/main.htm
This site allows you to search for a deceased individual, and will provide you with social security number, birth date, death date, and last place of residence, when available. Includes all individuals who have died since 1960 and on whom claims were filed.

Mormon Church - Ancestor Search – www.familysearch.org
Access to the Mormon Church's extensive database of family history information!

Ellis Island Records – www.ellisislandrecords.org
Immigration records from Ellis Island.

Ancestral Findings - www.ancestralfindings.com
This site will provide two free searches per day of a wide range of historical records, including birth and marriage indexes, census indexes,
land indexes, military indexes, and state records.

US GenWeb Archives - www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/
Information found here varies by state and county, but can include cemetery records, census indexes, family histories, military rolls, obituaries, and other public records.

Any Birthday.com – www.anybirthday.com
Enter an individual's first and last name and zip code (optional), and the subject's birthdate is returned. The zip codes are not always up-to-date on this source, but the birthdays appear to be accurate.


EVERYBODY ELSE

Public Record Searches - www.pac-info.com/
This site, provided by Pacific Information Resources, is an excellent compendium of public record information on the web. It includes license databases for a number of different occupations, old marriage, death, and land records, court records, and aircraft ownership, for starters. 2376 free searchable public, databases.

Landings – www.landings.com
Search a number of aviation-related databases for pilots and airplane owners.

NASD Public Disclosure for Brokers - www.nasdr.com/2000.htm
This site allows you to obtain information about NASD member brokers, including current and previous employment, address, and approved registrations. May be a little slow!

US Patents Database - www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html
Search the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office database for patents issued from 1976 to the present.



ASSET INFORMATION

How to Find Assets ...and Other Financial Information on the Web

STOCKHOLDINGS

EDGAR - www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/srch-edgar
Search the EDGAR database for any companies for which your prospect is an insider. You'll find stockholding information in the proxies (DEF 14A), 13D, 3, and 4 filings, among others.

EDGAR Online People Search - http://people.edgar-online.com/people/
This search service allows you to find proxy information on EDGAR using an individual's name. Hits are returned with the name you searched for highlighted.

10K Wizard – www.tenkwizard.com
This site allows you to search all SEC filings by keywords - i.e. your prospects name - and will retrieve all hits with the search terms highlighted.

Insider Trader – www.insidertrader.com
This is an excellent source of insider trading information. You can search by ticker, company name, or insider name for information on a couple of years' worth of insider trades.


REAL ESTATE

Northwestern's Tax Assessor Database - http://pubweb.nwu.edu/~cap440/assess.html
An excellent source for locating phone numbers of property assessor offices
around the country and for determining assessment to market value ratios. Plus will give links for online property search.

Yahoo Real Estate Sales – http://realestate.yahoo.com/realestate/homevalues
This site retrieves the sales history for a particular address. While it does not tell you the
owner's name, it does give you the last sales price and date of sale. Values are currently available for 21 states and the District of Columbia.

Ditech - Free Appraisals – www.ditech.com/home/
This site requires registration, but offers free property appraisals, by address only. Provided by Ditech, a discount mortgage lender.



SALARY GUIDES

Jobsmart Salary Guides - www.jobsmart.org/tools/salary/sal-surv.htm
Very extensive collection of salary surveys by industry.

WageWeb - www.wageweb.com/
Over 150 positions with compensation data. Their categories, however, are a little more limited. They include Human Resources, Administrative positions, Finance, Information Management, Engineering, Healthcare, Sales/Marketing, and Manufacturing.

Federal Government Salaries - www.access.gpo.gov/plumbook/toc.html
This site lists federal government departments, positions within each, name of individual currently holding that position, and pay grade. You can then check the salary range for that pay grade to get an estimate of your prospect's salary.

National Law Journal Salary Survey - www.nlj.com/1999/get_paid0614/ 
Provides breakdown of lawyer salaries by industry, by position within the firm, and by private vs. public attorneys. Also includes average salaries for judges, law professors and deans, and recent law school graduates.

Infirmation.com - http://www.infirmation.com/shared/insider/payscale.tcl
Another excellent site for finding salary information for law firms across the country.

2000-2001 Occupational Outlook Handbook - http://stats.bls.gov/ocohome.htm
This handbook is published every two years by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Searchable by occupation.

Physician Salary Surveys - http://www.physicianssearch.com/physician/salary.html
Information provided by Modern Healthcare Magazine.

Physician Compensation Survey - http://www.physicianssearch.com/physician/salary2.html
Provided by Physician Search - includes a little more information than the Modern Healthcare survey.

National Business Employment Weekly Salary Tables - http://public.wsj.com/careers/resources/documents/cwc-salariesindex.htm
Provided by the Wall Street Journal, this site provides a number of useful salary tables broken out by segment and industry. 

Military Pay - http://www.dfas.mil/money/milpay/
This site, provided by the Defense Finance & Accounting Service, includes information on current
military pay rates and benefits.


The Salary Calculator - http://www2.homefair.com/calc/salcalc.html
This calculator will let you compare the cost of living between your home town and hundreds of other cities.

WEALTHY ZIP CODES

100 Top Zip Codes by Wealth - http://www.usc.edu/dept/source/zipcode/index.htm
USC's collection of wealthy zip code ranges takes into account average household incomes and average home property values. Divided by state, this site also provides links to other relevant real estate web sites.

Worth's 1998 Richest Towns – www.worth.com
Based primarily on real estate values, these rankings include median home prices for each community. Full length profiles for selected towns are also included.



Finding Addresses, Emails, and Telephone Numbers Online

General Directories
Infospace - www.infospace.com
Switchboard - www.switchboard.com
Who/Where – www.whowhere.com
555-1212 – www.555-1212.com
Anywho – www.anwho.com
World Pages – www.worldpages.com

Reverse Look-ups ...

Infospace Reverse - by address, telephone number, email, or area code - http://pic2.infospace.com/_1_42289725_info/reverse.htm
555-1212 Reverse Lookup - allows reverse look-up by phone number or address - http://www.infospace.com/info.go555/redir_incoming.htm?pgtarg=reve

Other Directories ...

Area Code Lookup (Returns area codes for chosen city) - http://www.555-1212.com/area_codes.cfm
Zip Code Look-up (for particular address - provided by the US Postal Service) - http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/
Zip Code Lookup By County (All zips for particular county) - http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
City to County Look-up (service provided by MIT) - http://www.mit.edu:8001/geo
Zip Find (Returns all zip codes for a particular city) - http://link-usa.com/zipcode/
Area Code Splits (Use this site to keep abreast of area code changes nationwide) - http://frodo.bruderhof.com/areacode/



CORPORATE INFORMATION 

CORPORATE DIRECTORIES

Hoovers – www.hoovers.com
An EXCELLENT source for information on public companies in the U.S. In addition to general summaries of the company's activities, this site is a superb source for finding additional links, including SEC documents, home pages, stock quotes, and recent news articles!

MarketGuide – www.marketguide.com
Provides free company reports, quotes, price charts, news, and rankings on over 10,000 equities trading on NYSE, Nasdaq, Amex, and the
OTC Bulletin Board.

Small Business Administration Database - http://pro-net.sba.gov/pro-net/search.html
Maintained by the federal government's Small Business Administration, this site allows you to search its database of small businesses in multiple ways, including by state, zip, or metro area; by ownership data (i.e. woman or minority or veteran-owned); business type, and size. Results include company names and contact information, name of owner, annual revenues, and status of owner (i.e. black, Asian,
Hispanic, etc.) We find this site particularly useful for finding minority-owned businesses.

D&B Companies Online - www.companiesonline.com/
Detailed information for over 100,000 public and private companies. You can search by name, location, ticker, or industry.

Thomas Register of American Manufacturers - http://www4.thomasregister.com/index.cgi?balancing
Profiles on over 155,000 American and Canadian manufacturers. Also lets you search for over 124,000 brand names.


State Incorporation Databases
The following list includes official state incorporation databases found on the Internet:
Alabama - http://www.sos.state.al.us/sosinfo/inquiry.cfm
Alaska - http://www.dced.state.ak.us/bsc/CorpStart.cfm
Arizona – http://www.cc.state.az.us/corp/filings/index.htm
Arkansas - http://www.sosweb.state.ar.us/corps/
California - http://204.147.113.12/list.html
Florida - http://ccfcorp.dos.state.fl.us/index.html
Georgia - http://www.sos.state.ga.us/corporations/corpsearch.htm
Iowas - http://www.sos.state.ia.us/corpweb/
Kansas - http://www.ink.org/public/corps/
Kentucky - http://www.sos.state.ky.us/corporate/entityname.asp
Louisiana - http://www.sec.state.la.us/crpinq.htm
Maine - http://www.state.me.us/sos/corpinfo.htm
Maryland - http://www.mdbusiness.state.md.us/
Missouri - http://168.166.2.55/missouribusinesses/
New Mexico - http://www.nmprc.state.nm.us/ftq.htm
North Carolina - http://www.secretary.state.nc.us/corporations/
Nevada - http://sos.state.nv.us/default.asp
New York - http://wdb.dos.state.ny.us/corp_public/corp_wdb.corp_search_inputs.show
Tennessee - http://www.state.tn.us/ecd/hightech.htm
Texas - http://open.cpa.state.tx.us/
Vermont - http://170.222.200.66/seek/CORPSEEK.HTM
Washington - http://www.secstate.wa.gov/corps/search.htm
Wyoming - http://soswy.state.wy.us/corps1.htm

Pharmaceutical Online – www.pharmaceuticalonline.com
Includes searchable databases of engineering firms and of pharmaceutical suppliers.

BioSpace – www.biospace.com
Excellent source for information on the biotechnology industry. Also includes company profiles and ability to search the entire site by keyword.

Drug Information Database – www.infodrug.com
Allows you to search for over 8,000 drugs. Information returned includes generic name of drug, companies currently manufacturing the drug, common uses, and dosage information.

The Daily Deal – www.thedeal.com
A great site for information on mergers and acquisitions.

Venture Capital Resource Library - http://www.vfinance.com/
Includes directories of venture capital firms and investment banks, with links to their home pages.

IPO Central – www.ipocentral.com
Search for public offerings by company name, industry, underwriter, state or metro area, or browse through the alphabetical or chronological indexes. Returns a description of the company, contact information, top officers, annual financial data, and exchange where it will be traded; also provides links to relevant SEC documents.


Regional Corporate Databases - http://www.corporateinformation.com/usstates.html
This site, arranged by state, includes links to numerous state and local business directories.

CORPORATE NEWS

Forbes – www.forbes.com
Fortune – www.fortune.com
Business Week – www.businessweek.com
New York Times – www.nytimes.com
Washington Post – www.washingtonpost.com
Wall Street Research Net - www.wsrn.com/
Worth Online – www.worth.com
Inc. Online – www.inc.com
Money – www.money.com
Red Herring – www.herring.com
American City Business Journals – www.bizjournals.com
PR Newswire – www.prnewswire.com



FINDING FOUNDATIONS AND GRANTS 


Foundation Center – www.fdncenter.org
This is an excellent site for information on all aspects of foundation research. Includes links to public and private foundations on the web. Also houses the Philanthropy News Digest, which lists recent grants and has a searchable archives. The site also provides guides to writing and submitting grant proposals. Try the Center's new Foundation Finder to locate a particular foundation.

Guidestar – www.guidestar.org
Search over 600,000 nonprofit organizations by keyword and state, revenue range, or activity field. Also includes recent philanthropy news stories and other nonprofit internet links. Now has images of 990s!

Urban Institute - http://nccs.urban.org/990/scan_body.html
Another source for IRS 990s for Foundations!


Top 10 Givers - http://www.taftgroup.com/taft/topnews.html
The Foundation Giving Watch and Corporate Giving Watch lists of the top 10 givers in nine different categories are now available online..


Community of Science - http://www.cos.com/
The Community of Science database of funding opportunities allows you to search for specific grants by discipline, to browse by topic index, or to find faculty matches by institution. Detailed information on the grants is provided. Also provides access to the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture grants databases. An excellent source for finding science and medical-related funding!


Regional Nonprofit Databases
Maryland - http://www.sos.state.md.us/sos/charity/html/search.html


European Foundation Center – www.fundersonline.org
Among other things, includes links to all member foundations with pages on the web!


Chronicle of Philanthropy – philanthropy.com
Excellent source for recent philanthropy news, conferences and workshops, and philanthropy links.


Foundation News & Commentary - http://www.cof.org/foundationnews/
Another great source for recent information on foundations and grants.


Grantscape's Archive Search - www.grantscape.com/
The best feature of this site is its keyword search capability for the archives of a number of philanthropy-related newsletterspublished by Grantscape. Newsletters include: Corporate Philanthropy Report, Foundation and Corporate Grants Alert, Federal Grants and Contracts Weekly, Health Grants and Contracts Weekly, and Education Grants Alert.


REFERENCE SOURCES

State Government Links - http://www.piperinfo.com/state/index.cfm
If you are looking for the official home page of a particular state, county, or city, this site will take you to it.

Newspaper Links - http://www.newspaperlinks.com/
A great source of links to newspapers around the country.

World Atlas.com – www.worldatlas.com
An excellent site for interactive maps, histories, and statistics for countries around the world!

MapQuest – www.mapquest.com
This interactive atlas provides detailed maps and directions to any destination.

Philanthropy-Related Mailing Lists - http://www.riarlington.com/orgs.html
Check this site to find electronic listserves related to development.

College and University Home Pages - http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/cdemello/univ.html
The easy source for finding college and university home pages on the Internet.

Sailor – www.sailorlib.md.us
Maryland’s public information network.