Web Sites for Journalists

Businesses

• http://www.internet-prospector.org/secstate.html
  This Web site contains links to state corporation databases.  These can be good for finding out about incorporated companies and sometimes the officers of a corporation.
• http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/srch-edgar
  Search the EDGAR archives at the Securities and Exchange Commission for SEC filings.

Education

• http://www.clas.ufl.edu/CLAS/american-universities.html
  This page contains a list of American Universities and links to their Web pages.  It also has links to similar pages for community colleges, Canadian and international universities. 

Government

• http://www.state.XX.us
  This is the template for locating the Web site of a state government.  Simply insert the two letter abbreviation of the state.  For example, the state government Web site for Georgia is at http://www.state.ga.us. 
• http://www.census.gov
  This is the Web site for the Census Bureau.  It is a good source for statistics.  
• http://thomas.loc.gov
  This page, maintained by the Library Congress, is about US legislative information. 
• http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/db2.html
  This is of searchable legislative government databases maintained by the US Government Printing Office.  Some of the links include the Federal Register, Congressional Record and Supreme Court decisions (1937-1975).

Newspapers

• http://metalab.unc.edu/slanews/internet/archives.html
  This is a list of newspaper archives on the Web, arranged by state.  It is maintained by volunteers from the News Division of the Special Libraries Association.
• http://emedia1.mediainfo.com/emedia/
  This is a directory of online news organizations maintained by E&P.  Some of the searches available include by media type (newspapers, magazines, radio stations, etc.), by city or state, and by publication frequency.

Search Engines

• http://www.yahoo.com
  This site is a collection of Web sites arranged by subject.  This Yahoo index is searchable.
• http://www.hotbot.com
  This Internet search engine provides point and click features for building an advanced search.
• http://www.sciway.net
  This is a great source for locating South Carolina related Web sites.  SCIway stands for South Carolina Information Highway. This site is arranged by subject.

Sources and Experts

• http://metalab.unc.edu/slanews/internet/experts.html
  This page contains Web sites useful for locating sources and experts.  It is maintained by St. Petersburg Times news researcher Kitty Bennett and lives on the Web site for the News Division of the Special Libraries Association.
• http://www.profnet.com/reporters.html
  This is a good site for finding sources or experts.  You can search the experts database or submit a query looking for a particular expert. It is best to use the submitting feature at least a day in advance of your need to speak to an expert.
• http://lawyers.martindale.com/marhub
  This is searchable lawyer directory maintained by Martindale-Hubbell.  You can search by name, law school, location, practice and by type (corporate, government or faculty).

Telephone Directories

• http://www.555-1212.com
  This is a telephone directory. You can search for business or residential phone numbers by name or address.  For businesses, you can search by category. You can also do reverse lookup by phone number or address. This directory requires you to enter a state as part of your search by name.
• http://www.anywho.com
  This is a telephone directory.  You can search for business or residential phone numbers by name or address.  It has a reverse lookup by phone number. For businesses you can search by category. This directory does not require you to enter a state as part of your search by name. 

SNPA Presentation

• http://www.afn.org/~riverat/Presentations/sac/index.html
  This page is the presentation to a journalism class at San Antonio College on September 11, 2000..

Prepared by Carolyn Edds, news researcher, San Antonio Express-News, for a presentation to a journalism class at San Antonio College on September 11, 2000.