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A list of specialized search sites for finding specific things.

AbbreviationZ.com "Launched on 2001, AbbreviationZ.com is the largest human-edited acronyms and abbreviations directory on the internet with more than 350,000 entries classified by over 120 different categories and sub-categories. The new innovative meta-search feature allows users, who are searching for acronyms and abbreviations definitions on the local AbbreviationZ.com directory, to locate additional meanings on the internet by using a meta-search engine, which is based on proprietary natural-language-processing algorithms, that lookup and parse multiple search-engines simultaneously."

Acronym

Acronym "an index of over 450,000 acronyms and abbreviations." (RB)

Anyone

Apartment

ATM (from VISA)

Attorneys

CDL Online Practice Questions(SR)

Coats of Arms from Ireland and Around the World "Over 2000 FREE coats of arms from Ireland and around the world in GIF format." (LII)

Company Information

Computer Magazine Article

Definition

Definition good for popular culture definitions

Discussion Forum

Domain Name

Driving Directions

Environmental Information on Region 5 (Great Lakes, etc)

Environmental info on Superfund Sites

Form of Address (LII)

House

How to do Stuff

How to do almost anything

ISP (Internet Service Provider)

Job

Lawyer

Personal Injury Lawyer

Law Firm

Legislator's Voting Records

Lighthouse (RB)

Lost Titles, Forgotten Rhymes: How to Find a Novel, Short Story, or Poem Without Knowing its Title or Author "What if you wanted to locate Robert Burton's masterful 17th century opus, The Anatomy of Melancholy? But wait: You can't remember his name or the name of the book. That's where you should know to click on over to this delightful and helpful reference guide created by Peter Armenti, Digital Reference Specialist at the Library of Congress. The intent of this guide is to "help readers identify a literary work when they know only its plot or subject, or other textual information such as a character's name, a line of poetry, or a unique word or phrase". The guide is divided into three separate sections: "Finding Novels", "Finding Short Stories", and "Finding Poems". Each section offers a host of resources that include general search engines, online book databases, library catalogs, listservs, message boards, and physical print resources available in many public libraries. This guide is rounded out by a selection of related resources, including a primer on how to find poems in the Library of Congress." (SR)

Lyrics A to Z Lyrics Universe

Lyric Wiki searchable by artist, album, and song.

Lyrics Playground songs from around the world. (LIB)

Mailing List

Medical Information

Music find a song when all you know is the song's tune. (LIB)

Newsgroup

Person "The Virtual Chase: People Finder Guide. "This guide will help you find online sources of public records as well as other Web-based people finding tools. When searching public records such as court filings, [or] property records ... understand that you will often find details in the supporting paper documentation, which is not available online." Includes annotated links to site for public records and for telephone directory listings. From a law firm with offices in several U.S. cities." (LII)

People PIPL: "a new search engine for people. It is unique in that it isn’t an address or email search, but instead searches for the person throughout the Net." (WILT)

Public Records

Finding and Using Public Records "March 2006 overview of sources for public records, "'records maintained by government agencies that are open without restriction to public inspection either by statute or by tradition.' ... Public records are most frequently used to find information about businesses, such as financial condition, or about people, such as background checks." Includes annotated links to starting points for locating public records. From the Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS) of the American Library Association (ALA)." (LII)

Public Records "One of the most comprehensive sites for many different types of public records searches, from personal to corporate. It comprises nearly 35,000 databases, including those indexing OSHA claims, foreclosures, corporate reports, and several other business records. Databases are clearly labeled "Free" or "Pay" to avoid wasted time searching records one doesn't wish to pay for. One drawback to this website is the fact that unregistered users have a brief wait (approximately 20 to 30 seconds) for each database to load, during which ads are shown."(LG)

Public RecordsPretrieve: "This resource serves as a gateway to services on hundreds of websites that provide public records free of charge. Searches can be conducted by personal name, business name, address, or telephone number. For businesses, it provides financial, legal, trade-related, and research records, many as scanned images of originals. The user can view property records and even satellite imagery of both business and residential properties." from ALA

Public Records Finder"Both business and personal public records are indexed in this comprehensive database. Nationwide searching is available, broken down by categories including business records, corporate tax forms, legal research resources, and professional licensing information." from ALA

Free Public Records Directory "Collection of links to U.S. federal and state "real and personal property records, recorded documents, jail and inmate records, sex offender records, wanted persons records, and many more free public records." Links are organized by state and county and are searchable by ZIP code or city. Also includes links to news about public records. From a company that provides witness location and skip tracing services.(LII)

National Contact Center: Locating Individuals "This site lists federal agencies and private organizations that "assist individuals in locating persons of unknown whereabouts." Provides guidance for finding active, reserve, and retired military personnel, and private individuals (including U.S. citizens living or visiting abroad). From the Federal Citizen Information Center, a service of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)." (LII)

Quotes

Title from Shakespeare Type in the name of a Shakespeare play and find all the other works that have been based on it with their author and the full quotation from which a title was derived.

Musipedia "Inspired by, but not affiliated with Wikipedia, we are building a searchable, editable, and expandable collection of tunes, melodies, and musical themes."

National Sex Offender Registry "As of July 3, 2006, all 50 states are participating in the National Sex Offender Public Registry Web site, which provides real-time access to public sex offender data nationwide with a single Internet search. This site, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice, allows parents and concerned citizens to search existing public state and territory sex offender registries beyond their own states." (RT)

Easy School Search "A freely browsable database of over 130,000 US public and private elementary and secondary schools with grades kindergarten through twelve. The data provided includes characteristics such as school size, school level, geographic region, community type, program emphasis, and, where available, other data such as religious orientation and association membership." (LIB)

Sound

Stock Filings

Tartan Finder two thousand Scottish Tartans, searchable by clan or tartan name, or by color codes. (LII)

Tartans Of Scotland "complete Register of all Publicly Known Tartans online, which includes details and images of over 2800 tartans." (LII)

(many of these sites were featured in "Find it on the Web", PC Magazine, December 1, 1998)

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Created: 5/1/99