Research Resources
INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH
People Searches
http://person.langenberg.com/
White and yellow pages lookup. Site features a reverse directory, links to encyclopedia, dictionary, and an acronym finder. Langenberg also has professional directory lookups.
http://www.accurint.com
Accurint's AlumniFinder. Subscription is required. Very similar to KnowX and AutoTrack for searching demographic data. The database has the capability to search nationwide by name and age range. Single searches are 25 cents and comprehensive reports run $4.50 to around $6.50. There is no charge if you do not get a hit.
http://www.autotrackxp.com/
Choice Point's AutoTrack. Subscription is required. Database features lookups for addresses, driver's licenses, property deed transfers, corporate information and more. Single record lookups on AutoTrack are around $5. Full reports can run $15 to $17. Geographic coverage is very good and has the capability to search individual property holdings nationwide, as opposed to state-by-state.
http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi
Social Security Death Index. Free access to the following information for persons' whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration and who died after 1962: date of birth, date of death, state of social security number issuance, address of record, and address to which death benefit was sent.
Professionals
http://www.martindale.com/xp/Martindale/home.xml
Martindale Hubbell law directory. Free and allows searches by name, firm, corporate legal departments, government or faculty. Comprehensive listings, but not all lawyers and/or firms are necessarily listed.
http://directory.findlaw.com/
West Legal Directory. Allows searches by lawyer or by firm. West is similar to Martindale, but records are less comprehensive than Martindale Hubbell. Not all lawyers and/or firms are necessarily listed.
http://www.searchsystems.net/
SearchSystems links to 12,153 free searchable public records databases. Most states will allow a search for licensed professionals. Information available varies by state.
http://www.e-architect.com/
Online database for architects. The "looking for an architect link" allows searches by name or firm. Information provided consists of the names of architects, description of practice, address, etc.
http://www.ama-assn.org/
American Medical Association online database. Searches can be conducted by name or specialty. Information provided includes specialty, medical school, residency, etc.
http://www.nasdr.com/2000asp
National Association of Security Dealer (NASD) BrokerCheck online database. Provides free information about the professional background, registration/license, and conduct of NASD registered firms and their registered brokers. Searches for individuals require require broker's name and firm name or broker's name and firm's CRD number.
http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp
U.S. Congressional database - 1774 to present. Biographies are about a paragraph in length and provide date of birth, education and highlights of career.
http://www.state.ar.us
Generic site for state government. Substituting any state abbreviation in this URL will guide you to most state web sites. Drilling down from the "government" (or equivalent) link will take you to legislative and congressional biographies, in most cases. Results may vary by state.
Other Biographical Resources
http://www.hoovers.com/free
Hoover's Online business information database. While some information is free, a subscription is required for access to more comprehensive information such as selected biographical profiles of officers and directors of public companies. Profiles are taken from companies' proxy statements.
http://mddi.dnb.com/mddi
Dun & Bradstreet's Million Dollar Directory online. Subscription is required. Biographical information on principal executives varies but can include employment history and educational background. Companies must have annual sales of at least $1 million or twenty or more employees to be included.
http://www.iwave.com/
Prospect Research Online. Subscription is required. PRO's database specifically serves the nonprofit industry, providing information on foundations, corporations, and individuals. Individual research sections include officers and directors, executive alerts, attorney archive, hot prospects, sports figure archive, women in the spotlight archive, wealth and power archive, and top philanthropist archive. Subscription also provides access to 600,000 biographies taken from various Marquis Who's Who print titles.
http://www.tray.com/
Federal Election Commission's database. Among other things, this site provides a lookup of political contributions by donor name. By clicking on "View Image," user can access itemized receipts for political donations, where they exist. Receipts show employer name and title of donor.
Newspapers
http://www.newspaperlinks.com/home.cfm
This site links U.S. daily and weekly newspapers, Canadian, international, and college papers. Search capabilities and fees to access full text articles vary with each paper, but most are $5 or less per article. Years covered by archives vary with each paper.
http://www.newspapers.com
Similar to Newspaperlinks.com.
Libraries/Reference Librarian
http://www.marquiswhoswho.com/
Marquis Who's Who. Citations for over 1 million individuals, searchable on a variety of fields. Records usually include personal, professional/career information, honors/awards, etc.
http://www.galegroup.com/
Biography and Genealogy Master Index. Citations from more than 2,500 editions and volumes of approximately 1,500 current and historical biographical sources. Citations refer you to the appropriate publication.
Assets
Assessor Links
http://www.searchsystems.net/
See above. Click on appropriate state, then select "property" or similar descriptor, for access to assessor databases. Availability and results will vary by county and state. Most searches are free.
http://www.pulawski.net/
This site provides direct links to assessor databases by state.
Property Comparisons
http://realestate.yahoo.com
Searches return property sales in proximity of address provided by user. Coverage is spotty, however, and value of information is be limited without prior knowledge of the neighborhood.
http://www.domania.com/index.jsp
Same as Yahoo.
Salary Information
http://valuationresources.com/CompensationSurveys.htm
Links to a number of salary survey sites. Most are free, but some are fee-based.
http://www.salary.com
User can search by job category and geographic location, then narrow search by adding job title. Results give salary range and estimated bonuses and benefits.
http://jobstar.org/tools/salary/sal-surv.cfm
Provides access to general and profession-specific salary surveys. Information available may consist of a collection of discussion articles or charts with dollar amounts for specific entities.
http://www.ecomponline.com
Allows searches by public company name and returns salary information for highest paid officers.
Insiders
http://cbs.marketwatch.com/tools/quotes/insiders.asp?siteid=mktw
User can search for insiders by company or individual name. Searches on individual name list all companies for whom the individual is an insider, the amount of stock owned, and its value. A search by company will list all insiders for that company.
CORPORATE RESEARCH
http://www.hoovers.com
Hoover's online database provides comprehensive company, industry, and market intelligence. Many company capsules are free and link you to SEC filings. Advanced features are available by subscription. E-mail news alerts are also available for tracking companies, industries, and individuals.
http://www.sec.gov
Official site of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Provides free access to public company files. Hint: go to search company filines, then historical Edgar archives for quick and easy search.
http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/
Up to the minute stock prices. Historical stock prices are also available. Searchable by company name or stock symbol.
http://cbs.marketwatch.com/tools/quotes/insiders.asp?siteid=mktw
User can search for insiders by company or individual name. Searches on individual name list all companies for whom the individual is an insider, the amount of stock owned, and its value. Search by company lists all insiders for that company.
http://www.searchsystems.net/
Select "companies/corporations" to access and search secretary of state corporate filings. Most sites are free and allow searching by company name or agent/officer.
http://mddi.dnb.com/mddi
Dun & Bradstreet's Million Dollar Directory online. Accesses approximately 1,600,000 U.S. and Canadian public and private businesses. Information includes industry information, sales, number of employees, type of ownership, principal executives, and biographies. Subscription is required.
http://dnb.com/US/
Dun & Bradstreet Business Information Reports. Individual company reports are available by credit card or subscription. Free searches on company names.
http://www.forbes.com
Home pages for Forbes Magazine. Access to lists produced by Forbes such as Wealthiest Americans, 400 Biggest Companies, and Largest Private Companies.
FOUNDATION RESEARCH
http://fdncenter.org
The nation's leading repository of philanthropic information. The Foundation Finder accesses information on over 70,000 private and community foundations. Information includes contact information, web site, assets, total giving and a link to the most recent IRS filing. Information is also available on CD ROM through a subscription.
http://guidestar.org
Information available on approximately 850,000 IRS-recognized non-profits. Information includes contact information, web site, type of foundation, assets, total giving, and the most recent IRS filing. Must register.
http://www.philanthropy.com
Web site for the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Electronic access to this publication is available to subscribers. Grant listings from 1995 to present are searchable to separate subscription.
Foundation/Company Web Site
Searches within a company of foundation web site for giving programs can be conducted using the advanced search on Google.
http://www.chronicle.com
Web site for the Chronicle of Higher Education. Electronic access to this publication is available to subscribers. Grant listings from 1995 to present are searchable for subscribers.
http://www.bigdatabase.com
Provides profiles on 67,000 foundations, corporate donors, matching gift programs, in-kind donations, and government grant makers in the U.S. Profiles provide some biographical information on officers and trustees.
http://www.nccs.urban.org
The National Center for Charitable Statistics is the national clearinghouse of data on the nonprofit sector in the United States. NCCS is a program of the Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy (CNP) at the Urban Institute.
http://www.iwave.com
Provides information on individuals, foundations and corporations and is searchable by a variety of criteria. The company accepts requests for research on companies and foundations not listed.
Subscription is required.
ARKANSAS RESOURCES
Arkansas Companies
Acxiom Corporation http://www.acxiom.com/
ALLTEL Corporation http://www.alltel.com/
Arkansas Best Corporation http://www.arkbest.com/
Baldor Electric Company http://www.baldor.com/
Dillard's Inc. http://www.dillards.com/
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. http://www.jbhunt.com/index.html
Murphy Oil Corporation http://www.murphyoilcorp.com/
Stephens Inc. http://www.stephens.com/
Tyson Foods, Inc. http://www.tyson.com/
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. http://www.walmartstores.com/
Arkansas Foundations
Charles A. Frueauff Foundation http://www.frueaufffoundation.com/
The Walton Family Foundation, Inc. http://www.wffhome.com/
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Foundation http://www.walmartfoundation.org/
Winrock International http://www.winrock.org/
Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation http://www.wrfoundation.org/
Miscellaneous Arkansas Resources
Arkansas.gov http://www.arkansas.gov/
State of Arkansas web site which provides multiple links to search facilities for contact and biographical information on government officials. Includes a link to the Arkansas State Government Directory where one may search for a state entity, specific employee or board member for contact information. Website also includes following index of multiple directories and databases for licensed occupations: http://www.arkansas.gov/online_services_alpha.php
Arkansas Secretary of State http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/corps/search_all.php
Web site provided by the Secretary of State's Business/Commercial Services division which provides a search facility for incorporations, cooperatives, banks and insurance companies in Arkansas.
SearchSystems.net's Arkansas Page http://www.searchsystems.net/list.php?nid=16
Database of links for public records web sites for the state of Arkansas.
Arkansas Press Association http://www.arkansaspress.org/
Web site's directory links directly to dozens of daily and weekly Arkansas newspapers.
CountyService.net http://www.countyservice.net/
Provides links to some Arkansas county assessor websites - some which have searchable databases.
EWG Farm Subsidy Database http://www.ewg.org/farm/region.php?fips=05000
Environmental Working Group's web site link to database of Arkansas farmers and ranchers receiving government subsidies. Database is searchable by city, zip code, recipient name (first or last), or business name. Site includes list of top recipients in state for various crops and livestock.
Pulaski County Genealogy http://www.rootsweb.com/~arpulask/
Rootsweb.com web site which provides several links to historical and genealogical information for the county: i.e. census data, marriage and obituary data, Little Rock reunion information.
Arkansas Business' Who's Who http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/whoswho/
Arkansas Business site which provides links to the following lists which include profiles of businesses and political/business leaders honored by Arkansas Business Journal, Northwest Arkansas Business Journal and other Arkansas entities:
Arkansas Business 40 Under 40
Northwest Arkansas Business Journal 40 Under 40
Arkansas Business Business of the Year Profiles
Northwest Arkansas Business of the Year Profiles
Arkansas' CEO Profiles
Sam M. Walton College of Business Arkansas Business Hall of Fame
Anything Arkansas http://www.anythingarkansas.com/
Directory of links to Arkansas facts, history, business, and government web sites. Includes a link to Famous Arkansans web site.
ODDS AND ENDS
http://www.fosson.com/
Access to public records nationwide, plus reverse phone lookups, area and prefix city finder, social security death index, zip+4 city and name search, and federal inmate lookup.
www.zipinfo.com/search/zipcode.htm
Find a county name by entering the city and state, or zip code.
http://zipcodes.homestead.com/_zip_codes_finder_.html
Links to various zip codes searches. Includes a link to University of Southern California's Wealthy Zip Code web site (lists top 100 wealthiest zip codes from communities listed in Worth magazine).
http://www.usps.gov/
Find zip codes, calculate postage, track packages, buy stamps, and more.
http://www.cheaptickets.com/trs/cheaptickets/flighttracker/flight_tracker_home.xsl
Track a flight in progress graphically by entering an airline name and flight number.
