CyberScribe

SEARCH & REFERENCE

Web Search

• PowerReporting - Resources for journalists from Bill Dedman.
• The J Files - Jeff Smith's list at Va. Commonwealth U.
• Journalism.Net - Canadian-oriented site
• IRE - Investigative Reporters & Editors
• Investigative & CARR resources
• Internet Newsroom - Help with digital reporting
• National Press Club - With resource page
• SharpWriter.Com - desktop of tools and references.
• PowerReporting - The Resource Shelf from Gary Price.
• Pew Center for the People & the Press
• Poynter Institute - Check Jim Romenesko's MediaNews
• MediaWeek
• Bedtime Story - Links for writers, publishers, agents.
• Writers Market
• Writers Online Workshops

CONGRESS:

• Thomas - Bill status, Congressional Record ..........Bills by Short Title ..........Library of Congress
• House of Representatives
  • Committees
  • Floor proceedings
  • Press Gallery
  • Clerk
• Senate
  • Committees
  • Hearing Schedule
  • Press Gallery
• Congressional Member Info ..........Vote Smart ..........Congressional Bios (1774- )
• U.S. Code and Public Law numbers
• Government Printing Office (GPO) - Fed Register, Congressional Record, committee reports
• General Accounting Office (GAO)..........Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
• Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports: ShaysorGreen
• FedNet -- Schedules & coverage of Congress and agencies
• C-Span

EXECUTIVE BRANCH:

• FedWorld || Government Sites || Google's UncleSam || Govt Info Sources || WashPost Fedguide

• About.com (US Gov info)
• FOIA Letter -- Agency FOIA Contacts
• Agency Inspectors General web sites

• White House
  • Presidential history
  • Press Office
  • Legislative position statements (SAPs)
  • OMB
  • U.S. Trade Rep

• Cabinet Departments Agriculture || Commerce || Defense || Education || Energy || HHS || Housing Interior || Justice || Labor || State || Transportation || Treasury || Veterans

• Independent Agencies CIA || EPA || FCC || FTC || FEC || FEMA || GSA || NASA || NRC || NTSB || SEC || Archives || Census Bureau || Patent Office || Postal Service || Science Foundation Social Security || Smithsonian || Trade Rep

THE PRESS

• Catalogs: OnlineNewspapers || AJR Newslink || NewsAide || News Center || Reading Room || TV News Archive

• Satire: The Onion || Satire Wire || National Lampoon || Ironic Times ||
• Searching: HotWired Newsbot || Newshunt || Northern Lights || News Trawler
• News MegaSites: QuickBrowse || 1st Headlines || Headline Spot || Yahoo News

AGRICULTURE:

• Department of Agriculture
• American Farm Bureau
• AgriNet - Starting point for agriculture resources, from Texas A & M.
• Farmland Information Library
• Not Just Cows - From State University of New York.

DEFENSE:

• Defense Department ........ Army || Navy || Air Force || Marines || Coast Guard
• Defense Statistics
• Balkans: BosniaLINK || KFOR/Kosovo || Mario's Cyberspace Station
• NATO
• Federation of American Scientists
• Naval and Maritime Page
• Military Network - Links to military sites.
• Military City Online
• Military.Com
• Jane1s

• Defense System Daily
• Top 200 Defense Contractors
• Military Women - Msg board and archives, issues.
• Center For Defense Information - Military research and analysis.
• Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
• Base Realignment and Closure Home Page
• Heritage Foundation
• Humanitarian Demining Website
• Military Terms -- Dictionary
• Intelligence:
  Central Intelligence Agency || World of Spies and Intelligence || Federation of American Scientists || The Center for International Policy

ECONOMICS & FINANCE:

• Department of the Treasury
  • Internal Revenue Service
  • Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
  • United States Customs Service
• Office of Managment and Budget
• Securities and Exchange Commission
• Export-Import Bank
• Office of Foreign Assets Control
• Bureau of Export Administration
• House Budget Committee
• House Banking Committee
• Budget Simulator - Simple simulation from UC-Berkeley
• CIVIX - Budget simulator from (IBERT) database.
• Worldwide economics links - University of Bristol.
• Tracking US Trade - Latest data on western hemisphere trade.
• The Boycott News....Boycotts - Who is boycotting whom.

EDUCATION:

• Department of Education
• Educational Internet Resources - Education links by Education Dept. consultant.
• Links To Education Resources - From University of Missouri College of Education.
• College And University Home Pages

FOREIGN POLICY:

• Department of State
• United Nations
• Electronic Embassy - Links to foreign embassies, foreign affairs sites.
• Council on Foreign Relations
• Foreign Governments - Links to official homepages of foreign governments.
• Mario's Cyberspace Station - Good links to world troublespots
• Foreign Affairs Online - Metasite by an international law professor
• Global Beat - Resources for global journalists
• E-Conflict World Encyclopedia
• IMF Country Reports - Economic and other info.
• Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
• The Hoover Institution (Stanford)
• The Brookings Institute
• American Foreign Policy Council
• The Henry L. Stimson Center
• George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies
• RAND National Security Research Center
• Center for International Security and Strategic Studies, (Mississippi State Univ.)
• The Cargo Letter: Interpool Trade & Transportation

• Latin America - UT-LANIC menu of world-wide information services on Latin America
• Organization of American States
• Cuba Homepage
• Canadian Department of National Defense

• Russophilia

• Africa Guide
• Africa South of the Sahara

• Signposts to Asia & the Pacific
• Asian Studies -- Country background
• Asian Source --Govt., politics, business, background
• The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
• China News and Information

HISTORY:

• History Net
• HyperHistory Online
• WebChron world history
• Revolutionary War Homepage || American Revolution: On-Line
• History Research Links
• Genealogy Online
• Ancestry.com

LAW:

• Lawyer Directories: Martindale-Hubbell || Westlaw
• Supreme Court decisions: Cornell || FindLaw || USSC Plus
• U.S. Code || Code Of Federal Regulations
• Internet Law Library
• Law News Network
• Jurist: The Law Professors1 Network
• Lawlinks - Legal resource site for both attorneys and consumers.
• VirtualChase - Research site for legal professionals. Hints on finding people.
• Criminal Law Links
• Netcourt - Supplies daily transcripts of current trials online.
• American Paitriot Network - Patriots, Libertarians, Conspirists, and some scholars.
• Website Watchdog - Stanford Law School class-action securities fraud lawsuit.

POLITICS:

• On Politics --- (Washington Post, CQ, MSNBC)
• All Politics --- (CNN, Time)
• Politics.Com
• Jefferson Project
• Web, White & Blue
• Project Vote Smart
• Jefferson Project
• Center for Responsive Politics -- Follow the money
• International Politics
• The Polling Report

• Democrats:
  • Democratic National Committee
  • Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
  • Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
  • Electronic Policy Network
  • Huffines Political Page
  • Committee for Effective Congress
• Republicans:
  • Bush/Cheney Transition site
  • RNC
  • National Republican Senatorial Committee
  • National Republican Congressional Committee
  • Right Side of Web
  • Town Hall
• Green Party
  • Ralph Nader

RELIGION:

• Religion on the Web
• Christian Coalition
• Christian Broadcasting Network -- Pat Robertson
• Family Research Council -- Gary Bauer
• Christian Daily News
• American Religion Data Archive

• Anti-Defamation League
• American Jewish Conference

• American Muslim Council
• Council on American Islamic Relations

SCIENCE:

• The Why Files - Science behind the news from the National Institute for Science Education.
• Key Sites - Science sites, reviewed and updated by New Scientist magazine.
• Federation of American Scientists
• The Discovery Channel || Unisci News || MIT Technoplogy Review || Scientific American || Discover Magazine || New Scientist

TELECOMMUNICATIONS:

• Federal Communications Commission -
• UC Berkeley Links
• Telecommunications Act - Many links to Telecom sites.
• National Information Infrastructure Virtual Library
• Highway 1
• Telecommunications Policy Research Conference
• Benton Foundation
• Cable Connect - Cable TV links.
• Edupage - Daily summary of computer/internet news.

TRANSPORTATION:

• Department of Transportation
• Aviation:
  • Federal Aviation Administration
  • Landings: Aviation Hub - airlines, airports, equipment, gov., weather.
  • Airlines & Airports Hot Links - Airports and airlines, industry sites.
  • Astradyne Aviation Supersite - Airport information, Commercial Airlines, Military.
  • FAA Information - Federal Aviation Administration site maintained by NASA.
  • The Leading Edge Aviation Hotlist
  • Thirty Thousand Feet - aviation related links.
  • Aviation Access
  • AVweb
  • Aviation Now
• All Things Automotive - Auto-related information in one file.
• AMTRACK -

Maps: U Texas || Maps In the News || Maps On Us || Map Quest || United Nations Collection || U Texas

Stocks: Personal Finance Center || Stock Quotes || Invest-O-Rama || Stocks & Investing || Companies Online

Families: Washington Families || Parents Soup || Parents Place || Disney || FunBrain || Consumer Resources || House Net || Garden Helper

Dogs: Pets.Com || Canine Companions || FindFido || Healthy Pet || Goldens || Shepherds || Shelties || Animal Handilinks

Dinosaurs: PaleoNet || DinoFest || Dinosauria || Discovering Dinosaurs

For Women: Femina || Electra || Cybergrrl Webstation

Sports: The Sporting News Network || SoccerOnLine -

Travel: Travel links || TravelBug || KasBah (Destination Info) || Fielding's DangerFinderİ (Treacherous Places)