Friday, September 02, 2005

Appendix P: Have I Missed Anything?

Updates to the material in Naked in Cyberspace can be found at http://nic3.blogspot.com. If there are sources that I've missed, errors made, or anything that you think should be covered that you did not find in Naked in Cyberspace, please send your comments and updates to calane@cox.net.

Friday, August 19, 2005

Appendix N: Other Database Vendors

There are hundreds of online database vendors. The following list represents only a small sampling of these vendors. It is my intention to include the major vendors who offer a broad base of databases, as well as the vendors whose databases I have found to be most helpful researching information on individuals (in addition to those listed in Appendices L and M).

ABC voor Handel en Industrie C.V
(pg 543)

AccuWeather, Inc.
(pg 543)

American Chemical Society (ACS)
(pg 543)

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
(pg 543)

BASELINE, INC.
(pg 544)

Bell & Howell Information and Learning
(pg 544)

Bureau van Dijk, SA (BvD)/Electronic Publishing
(pg 544)

Burrelle’s Information Services
(pg 544)

Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA)
(pg 544)

Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN)
(pg 544)

The Canadian Press
(pg 544)

CDA/Investnet
(pg 544)

ChemWeb, Inc.
(pg 544)

Chollian
(pg 544)

Claritas Data Services
(pg 545)

Congressional Quarterly
(pg 545)

DataStar
(pg 545)

Det Kongelige Bibliotek
(pg 545)

Dialog
(pg 545)

DIMDI (Deutsches Institut fuer Medizinische Dokumentation und Information)
(pg 545)

Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
(pg 545)

DRI-WEFA
(pg 545)

Dun & Bradstreet Canada
(pg 545)

Dun & Bradstreet Business Credit Services
(pg 545)

Dun & Bradstreet France S.A.
(pg 545)

EBSCOhost and EBSCO Publishing
(pg 545)

European Information Network Services
(pg 545)

Factiva
(pg 546)

Federal News Service
(pg 546)

FIZ Technik (Fachinformationszentrum Technik e.V.)
(pg 546)

Gale Group
(pg 546)

GE Information Services (GEIS)
(pg 546)

GENIOS Wirschaftsdatenbanken
(pg 546)

Gesellschaft fur Betriebswirtschaftliche Information mbH (GBI)
site 1
(pg 546)
or
site 2
(pg 546)

Global Access/Primark Corporation
(pg 546)

H.W. Wilson Company/WilsonWeb
(pg 546)

Haver Analytics
(pg 546)

HITEL
(pg 546)

Infomart Dialog
(pg 546)

Information for Public Affairs, Inc. (IPA)/StateNet
(pg 547)

INFOTRADE N.V.
(pg 547)

Jane’s Information Group
(pg 547)

K.G. Saur Verlag GmbH & Co
(pg 547)

Ministerio de Educacion, Deporte Cultura y (ESPANA)
(pg 547)

National Adoption Center (NAC)
(pg 547)

NewsBank, Inc.
(pg 547)

NewsEdge Corporation
(pg 548)

OCLC- EPIC- Firstsearch Catalog- Firstsearch Electronic Collections Online
(pg 548)

Organization of American States, General Secretariat
(pg 548)

Ovid Technologies, Inc.
(pg 548)

Profound Inc./The Dialog Corporation
(pg 548)

Questel Orbit
(pg 548)

Research Bank Webor Thomson Financial Services, Inc.
(pg 548)

Reuters Information Services, Inc.
(pg 548)

SilverPlatter Information, Inc.
(pg 548)

Simmons Market Research Bureau, Inc. (SMRB)
(pg 548)

The Sports Network
(pg 548)

Standard & Poor’s Compustat
(pg 548)

STN International
(pg 548; 8/31/02)

Telerate Systems Inc.
(pg 549)

Thomson Financial Investment Banking and Capital Markets Group
(pg 549)

U.S. Federal Election Commission
(pg 549)

Unitel
(pg 549)

University of Oslo Library
(pg 549)

The WEFA Group
(pg 549)

Friday, August 12, 2005

Appendix M: Public Records Producers and Vendors

Although there are many other companies that offer online public records, tenant and employee screening, and related services, the following list is an attempt to identify only those companies that are producers of proprietary databases of this type.

Accufax
(pg 539)

Accu-Source, Inc.
(pg 539)

Acxiom Corporation
(pg 539)

Agency Records/Rapid Information Services
(pg 539)

American Insurance Services Group
(pg 539)

Ameridex Information Systems
(pg 539)

AmeriFindor DCS Information Systemsor Dallas Computer Services Inc.
(pg 539)

Aristotle Industries
(pg 539)

Atlantic Magellan Corporation
(pg 539; no longer maintains a website as of 8/31/02)

AutoTrackXP
(pg 539)

Avert, Inc.
(pg 540)

Background Information Services, Inc.
(pg 540)

Carfax, Inc.
(pg 540)

ChoicePoint Online
(pg 540)

Commercial Information Systems, Inc.
(pg 540)

Confi-chek
(pg 540)

CT Corporation System
(pg 540)

DAC Services
(pg 540)

DBT Online Inc.or Database Technologies, Inc.
(pg 540)

DataQuick Information Systems, Inc.
(pg 540)

Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.
(pg 540)

Environmental Data Resources Inc.
(pg 540)

Experian
(pg 540)

Explore Information Services
(pg 540)

Fidelifacts Metropolitan Inc.
(pg 540)

General Information Services (GIS)
(pg 540)

Hogan Information Services
(pg 540)

Hollingsworth Information Services, Inc.
(pg 541)

The Info*Center Inc.
(pg 541)

Information America (IA)
(pg 541)

Informus Corporation
(pg 541)

Insurance Information Exchange
(pg 541)

LexisNexis
(pg 541)

Lloyd’s Maritime Information Services
(pg 541)

Merlin Information Services
(pg 541)

MIB Group, Inc.
(pg 541)

Motznik Computer Services Inc.
(pg 541)

National Credit Information (NCI) Network
(pg 541)

New Mexico Technet Inc.
(pg 541)

Nexis
(pg 541)

Ohio Professional Electronic Network (OPEN)
(pg 541)

PACER Service Center
(pg 541)

Plat System Services Inc.
(pg 541)

Property Data Center Inc.
(pg 541)

Public Data Corporation
(pg 541)

Rental Research Servicesor Employment Research Services
(pg 541)

The Screening Network
(pg 542)

Search Network Ltd.
(pg 542)

Statens Vegvesen (SVV)
(pg 542)

Superior Information Services, LLC
(pg 542)

TransUnion Employment Screening Services, Inc.
(pg 542)

Verifacts, Inc.
(pg 542)

West Group/WESTLAW
(pg 542)

Friday, August 05, 2005

Appendix L: Major Bulletin Board Vendors

America Online, Inc.
(pg 537)

CompuServe Information Services
(pg 537)

Delphi Internet Services Corporation
(pg 537)

GE Information Services (GEIS)

The InternetThe Internet: Owned by no one, Internet service is provided by thousands of Internet Service Providers (ISPs). For a list of ISPs, see The List
(pg 537)

Prodigy Services Company
(pg 537)

Friday, July 29, 2005

Appendix K: Adoption Registries

International

Please note that the registries found were assumed to be international if registrants from various countries were found within them, more than one country was allowed on their registration form, and there was no statement otherwise limiting them.

Adoptee/Birth Parent Free Search Registry
(pg 525)

Adoptees and Birth Family RegistryAdoptee Birthfamily ConnectionsAngry Grandmas Registry (pg 525)

Adoption Reunion Registries
(pg 525)

AdoptionRegistry.comAdoption.com
(pg 525)

Adoptions Records Database
(pg 525)

Adoption Search & Find Registry
(pg 525)

Adoption Searches and Reunion Registry
(pg 525)

Adoption Triad Outreach International Adoption Reunion Registry
(pg 525)

Arvin Publications Free Adoption Registry
(pg 525)

The Birthmother Tree
(pg 525)

BirthQuest Online International Searchable Database
(pg 525)

Black Market Adoptee’s Registry (U.S. and Canada)
(pg 525)

Closing the Gap Registry (U.S. and Canada)
(pg 525)

Eyes Wide Open Registry
(pg 526)

FindMe
(pg 526)

Free International Adoption Registry
(pg 526)

G Spot United States Adoption Registry
(pg 526)

Gina’s Adoption Registry
(pg 526)

International Soundex Reunion Registry (I.S.R.R.)
(pg 526)

Kayhhs’ Radical Opinions Registries
(pg 526)

Kindred Pursuits, The CANADopt Registry (Canada and U.S.)
(pg 526)

Lisa’s Adoption Search Pages
(pg 526)

Lost and Missing Relatives
(pg 526)

Lost n Found Adoption Registry
(pg 526)

Lynches Adoption Reunion Registry
(pg 526)

Metro Reunion Registry
(pg 526)

PBN Adoption Post
(pg 526)

Relatively Seeking
(pg 526)

Relinquished Registry
(pg 526)

ReunionRegistry
(pg 526)

Searching for Siblings Registry
(pg 526)

The Seekers of the Lost International Free Adoption and Missing Persons Registry
(pg 526)

World Wide Registry
(pg 526)

www.Reunion.com Adoption Registry
(pg 526; no longer active as of 9/1/02)


Australia

Australia Adoption Registry
(pg 526)

Origins Tasmania’s Registry
for Australian Black Market Adoptees
(pg 526)


Canada

British Columbia’s Adoption Reunion Registry
(pg 526)

The Ideal Maternity Home/Home of the Butterbox Babies
(pg 526)

Canada Adoption Registry
(pg 526)

Canadian Adoptees Registry Inc.
(pg 527)

Family Ties Adoption Search Canada Database
(pg 527)


Germany

Germany Adoption Registry
(pg 527)


Greece

S.E.A.S.Y.P. Greek Reunion Registry
(pg 527)


Ireland

Ireland Adoption Registry
(pg 527)

Irish Adoption Contact Register
(pg 527)

For Northern Ireland, please refer to “United Kingdom.”


Korea

topseeknow.com
(pg 527)


New Zealand

New Zealand Adoption Registry
(pg 527)


Philippines

Philippines Adoption Registry
(pg 527)


South Africa

Adoption Reunions South Africa
(pg 527)


South Korea

South Korea Adoption Registry
(pg 527)


United Kingdom

Please note that adoptees in the U.K. are entitled to access their original birth certificates and may have access to certain other records.

England

England Adoption Registry
(pg 527)


United States

Please note that the registries found were assumed to be U.S. national if various U.S. addresses were found within them, there was no statement otherwise limiting or extending them, and only U.S. states were allowed within their online registration form.

Adoptees and Birthparents for Open Records Nationwide (A.B.O.R.N.)
(pg 527)

AdoptionRegistry.Net
(pg 528)

Family Ties Adoption Search Database
(pg 528)

Helping Angels/Missing/Lost Family/Friends
(pg 528)

Search Registry Page for All Whose Life Has Been Affected by an Adoption Facilitiated by Catholic Charities
(pg 528)

Twins & Triplets Search Registry
(pg 528)

United States Adoption Registry
(pg 528)


Alabama

Please note that Alabama is an open records state, allowing adult adoptees unrestricted access to original adoption information.

Alabama Adoptees Searching
(pg 528)

Alabama Birthlink Online Reunion Registry
(pg 528)

Office of AdoptionAlabama Department of Human Resources (pg 528)


Alaska

Please note that Alaska is an open records state, allowing adult adoptees unrestricted access to original adoption information.

Alaska Adoptees Searching
(pg 528)

Bureau of Vital Statistics
(pg 528)


Arizona

Arizona Adoptees Searching
(pg 528)

Arizona Adoption Reunion Registry
(pg 528; site closed as of 9/1/02)


Arkansas

Arkansas Adoptees Searching
(pg 528)

Arkansas Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry
(pg 528)

Arkansas Reunion Registry
(pg 528)

Crystal Ladies Adoption Registry (for Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas)
(pg 528)


California

California Adoptees Searching
(pg 528)

California Adoption Search & Reunion
(pg 528)

California Mutual Consent Registry
(pg 528)

Consent Program, California Department of Social Services, Adoptions Branch (pg 529; 9/1/02)


Colorado

Adoptees in Search (Denver, CO)
(pg 529)

Colorado Adoptees Searching
(pg 529)

Colorado Mutual Consent Registry
(pg 529)

Colorado Voluntary Adoption Registry
(pg 529)


Connecticut

Connecticut Adoptees Searching
(pg 529)

Department of Children and Families
(pg 529)


Delaware

Delaware Adoptees Searching
(pg 529)

Delaware Adoption Reunion Registry
(pg 529)


District of Columbia

District of Columbia Adoptees Searching
(pg 529)


Florida

Children of Hope (FL)
(pg 529)

The Cole Baby Registry (Miami, FL)
(pg 529)

Common Bond Free Search Registry (FL)
(pg 529)

Finding in Florida
(pg 529)

Florida Adoptees Searching
(pg 529)

Florida Adoption Reunion Registry (FARR)
(pg 529)

Florida Online Family Finders (F.O.F.F.)
(pg 529)


Georgia

Georgia Adoptees Searching
(pg 529)

Georgia Adoption Reunion Registry
site 1
(pg 529)
or
site 2
(pg 529)

N. Georgia Reunion Registry
(pg 529)

Silent Legacy/Hicks Clinic Birth Registry (McCaysville, GA)
(pg 530)


Hawaii

Hawaii Adoptees Searching
(pg 530)


Idaho

Grain of Life Registry (ID)
(pg 530)

Idaho Adoptees Searching
(pg 530)

Idaho Voluntary Adoption Registry
(pg 530)


Illinois

Illinois Adoptees Searching
(pg 530)

Illinois Adoption Registry
(pg 530)


Indiana

Indiana Adoptees Searching
(pg 530)

Indiana Adoption History Registry
(pg 530)

Indiana Searching
(pg 530)


Iowa

Iowa Adoptees Searching
(pg 530)

Iowa Reunion Registry
(pg 530)

IOWASEARCH
(pg 530)


Kansas

Please note that Kansas is an open records state, allowing adult adoptees unrestricted access to original adoption information.

Kansas Adoptees Searching
(pg 530)

Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE)
(pg 530)


Kentucky

Kentucky Adoptees Searching
(pg 530)

Kentucky Adoption Reunion Registry
(pg 530; 9/1/02)

Kentucky’s Adoption Search Services
(pg 530; 11/10/03)

Ole Kentucky Home Registry
(pg 531)


Louisiana

Louisiana Adoptees Searching
(pg 531)

Louisiana Adoption Database
(pg 531)

Louisiana Adoption RegistryLouisiana Voluntary Registry (pg 531)

Sellers Baptist Children’s Home & Adoption Center (New Orleans, LA)
(pg 531)


Maine

Adoption Reunion Registry
(pg 531)

Maine Adoptees Searching
(pg 531)

The Maine Registry
(pg 531)

Tammy’s Adoption Search Page & Registry for Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island & Vermont
(pg 531)


Maryland

Maryland Adoptees Searching
(pg 531)

Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry
(pg 531)


Massachusetts

Massachusetts Adoptees Searching
(pg 531)

The Massachusetts Registry
(pg 531)


Michigan

Michigan Adoptees Searching
(pg 531)

Michigan Central Adoption Registry
(pg 531; 9/1/02)

Michigan Listings
(pg 531)

The Michigan Mutual Consent Registry
(pg 531; site no longer working as of 9/1/02)

MoonMist’s Michigan Registry
(pg 531)


Minnesota

Minnesota Adoptees Searching
(pg 532)

Minnesota Department of Health (MDH)
(pg 532)

Minnesota Fathers’ Adoption Registry
(pg 532)

Minnesota Registry
(pg 532)


Mississippi

Centralized Adoption Records File
(pg 532)

Mississippi Adoptees Searching
(pg 532)

Mississippi Reunion Registry
(pg 532)


Missouri

Adoption Information Registry
(pg 532)

Crystal Ladies Adoption Registry (for Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas)
(pg 532)

Missouri Adoptees Searching
(pg 532)


Montana

Montana Adoptees Searching
(pg 532)

Montana Reunion Registry
(pg 532)


Nebraska

Biological Father Registry
(pg 532)

Nebraska Adoptees Searching
(pg 532)

Nebraska Reunion Registry
(pg 532)


Nevada

Nevada Adoptees Searching
(pg 532)

Nevada State Adoption Registry
(pg 532)


New Hampshire

New Hampshire Adoptees Searching
(pg 532)

Tammy’s Adoption Search Page & Registry for Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island & Vermont
(pg 532)


New Jersey

DYFS Adoption Registry
(pg 533)

New Jersey Adoptees Searching
(pg 533)


New Mexico

New Mexico Adoptees Searching
(pg 533)

New Mexico Adoption Registry
(pg 533)


New York

Adoption and Medical Information Registry
(pg 533)

New York Adoptees Searching
(pg 533)

New York Adoption Database
(pg 533)

Our Lady of Victory Infant Home (aka Father Baker’s) (Lackawanna, NY)
(pg 533)

The Springer Connection (Springer Private Hospital, Union, NY)
(pg 533)


North Carolina

North Carolina Adoptees Searching
(pg 533)


North Dakota

The Dakotas Registry
(pg 533)

North Dakota Adoptees Searching
(pg 533)


Ohio

Ohio Adoptees Searching
(pg 533)

Ohio Adoption Registry
(pg 533)

Ohio Reunion Registry
(pg 533; 11/4/02)


Oklahoma

Crystal Ladies Adoption Registry (for Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas)
(pg 533)

Oklahoma Adoptees Searching
(pg 533)

Oklahoma DHS Adoption Reunion RegistryMutual Consent Voluntary Registry (pg 533)

Oklahoma_Registry
(pg 533)


Oregon

Please note that Oregon is an open records state, allowing adult adoptees unrestricted access to original adoption information.

Oregon Adoptees Searching
(pg 534)

Voluntary Adoption Registry
(pg 534)


Pennsylvania

Adoption Medical History Registry
(pg 534)

Pennsylvania Adoptees Searching
(pg 534)


Rhode Island

Rhode Island Adoptees Searching
(pg 534)

Rhode Island Family Court Adoption Registry
(pg 534)

Tammy’s Adoption Search Page & Registry for Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island & Vermont
(pg 534)


South Carolina

South Carolina Adoptees Searching
(pg 534)


South Dakota

The Dakotas Registry
(pg 534)

South Dakota Adoptees Searching
(pg 534)


Tennessee

Adoption Advanced Notice Registry
(pg 534)

Tennessee Adoptees Searching
(pg 534)

Tennessee Adoption Registry
(pg 534)

Tennessee Mama’s Adoption Registry
(pg 534)

Tennessee Reunion Registry
(pg 534)


Texas

Central Adoption Registry
(pg 534)

Crystal Ladies Adoption Registry (for Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas)
(pg 534)

Edna Gladney Reunion Registry (Edna Gladney Agency)
(pg 534)

Homestead Reunion Registry (Homestead Maternity Home & Adoption Agency)
(pg 534)

Hope Cottage Reunion Registry
(pg 535)

Lena Pope Reunion Registry (Lena Pope Maternity Home)
(pg 535)

Rest Cottage Registry (Rest Cottage Maternity Home & Adoption Agency)
(pg 535)

Texas Adoptees Searching
(pg 535)

Texas Adoption Search Registry
(pg 535)

Texas Reunion Registry
(pg 535)

Volunteers of America Reunion Registry
(pg 535)


Utah

Adoption Reunion Registry
(pg 535)

Utah Adoptees Searching
(pg 535)


Vermont

Tammy’s Adoption Search Page & Registry for Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, & Vermont
(pg 535)

Vermont Adoptees Searching
(pg 535)

Vermont Adoption Registry/Finding Your Roots
(pg 535)


Virginia

Child Protective Services Central Registry
(pg 535)

Virginia Adoptees Searching
(pg 535)

Virginia Adoption Registry
(pg 535)


Washington

Washington Adoptees Searching
(pg 535)


West Virginia

Mutual Consent Registry
(pg 535)

West Virginia Adoptees Searching
(pg 535)


Wisconsin

Adoption Records Search Program
(pg 535)

ICARE Wisconsin Adoptee/Birth Family Registry
(pg 535)

Wisconsin Adoptees Searching
(pg 535)


Wyoming

Putative Father Registry
(pg 536)

Wyoming Adoptees Searching
(pg 536)

Wyoming Confidential Intermediaries Program
site 1
(pg 536)
or
site 2
(pg 536)

Wyoming Registry
(pg 536)


Viet Nam

Adopted Vietnamese International (AVI)
(pg 536)

Vietnamese Adoptee Network, Inc.
(pg 536; site no longer working as of 9/1/02)

Friday, July 15, 2005

Appendix I: Quotations, Speech, and Transcript Databases

3500 Good Quotes for Speakers
LexisNexis
(pg 515)

African-American History and Culture
Facts on File, Inc.
(pg 515)

American Banker News Service
DialogWeb
(pg 515)

American Journey: Civil Rights in America
Gale Group/PSM Online
(pg 515)

American Journey: The African-American Experience
Gale Group/PSM Online
(pg 516)

American Journey: The Hispanic-American Experience
Gale Group/PSM Online
(pg 516)

American Journey: Westward Expansion
Gale Group/PSM Online
(pg 516)

American Journey: Women in America
Gale Group/PSM Online
(pg 516)

American Memory
U.S. Library of Congress
(pg 516)

Associated Press-Campaign News
LexisNexis
(pg 516)

Business & Management Practices (BaMP)
DialogWeb, Gale Group, LexisNexis and as part of Gale Group’s Business Reference Suite
(pg 516)

Canada NewsWire (CNW)
DialogWeb
(pg 516)

Canadian Business & Current Affairs (CBCA) or CBCA Fulltext Business
Micromedia Ltd.
(pg 516)

Congressional Record
LexisNexis and U.S. Government Printing Office (CPO)/Office of Electronic Dissemination Services (SDE)
(pg 517)

Consumer InSite
Intelligence Data, Inc.
(pg 517)

Dansk Nationallitteraert Arkiv (DNA) or Danish National Archive of Literature
Det Kongelige Bibliotek (KB)
(pg 517)

The Executive Speaker
LexisNexis
(pg 517)

Federal News Service
DialogWeb
(pg 517)

Journalisten-Pool-Datenbank or Up-to-Date Economic News for Journalists
GENIOS
(pg 518)

Landmark Documents in American History
Facts on File, Inc.
(pg 518)

Multicultural Australia and Immigration Studies (MAIS)
Former Database Name: Multicultural Australia Information System
Informit Online
(pg 518)

NBC Professional
LexisNexis
(pg 519)

The New York Times (NYT)
DataStarWeb, DialogWeb and LexisNexis
(pg 519)

Project Vote Smart Database
Center for National Independence in Politics/Project Vote Smart
(pg 519)

REUTERS Markets 3000
Reuters Group PLC/Reuters Web
(pg 519)

The Summary of World Broadcasts (SWB)
BBC and DataStarWeb
(pg 519)

United Kingdom Law Journal Library
LexisNexis
(pg 519)

Friday, July 08, 2005

Appendix H: Databases That Include Photographs

The AMICO Library
Research Libraries Group, Inc. (RLG)/Eureka
(pg 510)

DISCovering Multicultural America
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 511)

History Resource Center: U.S.
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 511)

Den Nationale Billedbase
Det Kongelige Bibliotek (KB)
(pg 511)

Scribner Writers Series?Comprehensive Edition
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 512)

Scribner Writers Series?Selected Authors Edition
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 512)

Sun Herald
Internet, West Group/Westlaw
(pg 512)

Texas Almanac
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 512)

Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated
WilsonWeb
(pg 513)

Wilson Current Biography Illustrated
WilsonWeb
(pg 513)

Wilson Junior Authors & Illustrators
WilsonWeb
(pg 513)

Friday, July 01, 2005

Appendix G: Magazine, Newsletter, Newspaper, and Periodical Directory Databases

Academic ASAP
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 495)

Academic Index
DataStarWeb, DialogWeb and InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 495)

Actualite Quebec or CD Actualite Quebec
CEDROM-SNI Inc.
(pg 495)

Aerzte-Zeitung Datenbank
DataStarWeb
(pg 495)

ANSA or Italian General News Service; Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata
DataStarWeb
(pg 495)

Arizona Republic/Phoenix Gazette/Arizona Business Gazette
DataStarWeb and DialogWeb and Phoenix Newspapers, Inc. Library, LI-18
(pg 496)

Asia Intelligence Wire (AIW)
DialogWeb
(pg 496)

Asia-Pacific Business Journals
DataStarWeband DialogWeb
(pg 496)

Asia-Pacific News
DialogWeb
(pg 496)

ASIA-PACIFIC
DialogWeb
(pg 496)

Associated Press Newswires
West Group/Westlaw
(pg 496)

Associated Press Newswires’Plus
West Group/Westlaw
(pg 496)

BBC International Reports
BBC and LexisNexis
(pg 496)

BizEkon News/Soviet Economic Press Report
LexisNexis and West Group/Westlaw
(pg 497)

BridgeNews
Bridge Information Systems, Inc./Knight Ridder Financial Information Group
(pg 497)

Business & Industry (B&I)
ChemWeb, Inc., DataStarWeb, DialogWeb, and LexisNexis
(pg 497)

Business Dateline
DialogWeb and LexisNexis
(pg 497)

Canadian Newspapers
DialogWeb
(pg 498)

CBCA Fulltext Business
DialogWeb
(pg 498)

CNN News Transcripts
Cable News Network (CNN) and LexisNexis
(pg 498)

CPI.Q
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 498)

Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press
LexisNexis
(pg 498)

Daily Digest of the Russian Press
LexisNexis and West Group/Westlaw
(pg 498)

Dialog Headlines
DialogWeb
(pg 498)

DIALOGSelect
DialogWeb
(pg 499)

Early Edition/U.S.
DialogWeb
(pg 499)

EIU on the Internet
The Economist Group/The Economist Intelligence Unit, Ltd. (EIU)
(pg 499)

EIU Online
DataStarWeb, DialogWeb, The Economist Group/The Economist Intelligence Unit, Ltd. (EIU) and LexisNexis
(pg 499)

EIU TradeWire
The Economist Group/The Economist Intelligence Unit, Ltd. (EIU)
(pg 499)

Ethnic NewsWatch
LexisNexis
(pg 499)

Euromoney Publications PLC
DataStarWeb
(pg 499)

Federal News Service
DialogWeb
(pg 500)

Financial Times Business Reports: Eastern Europe
DataStarWeb and LexisNexis
(pg 500)

The Frontrunner
Congressional Quarterly Inc. (CQ), LexisNexis and West Group/Westlaw
(pg 500)

G-Search Database
G-Search Ltd.
(pg 500)

General BusinessFile ASAP
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 500)

General BusinessFile ASAP International
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 500)

General Periodicals ASAP Abridged
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 500)

General Periodicals Index (GPI)
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 500)

General Reference Center
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 500)

General Reference Center Gold
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 500)

General Reference Center Select
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 500)

INFO-LATINOAMERICA
National Information Services Corporation (NISC) BiblioLine
(pg 501)

Information on Serial Feature Articles
JoongAng Ilbo New Media Inc.
(pg 501)

InfoTrac Custom Newspapers
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 501)

InfoTrac OneFile
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 501)

JoongAng Ilbo
JoongAng Ilbo New Media Inc.
(pg 501)

Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News (KRTBN)
DialogWeb and Infomart Online
(pg 501)

Kookje Shinmun
Kookje Shinmun Co., Ltd.
(pg 501)

LexisNexis Academic Universe
LexisNexis
(pg 501)

Magazine Index
DataStarWeb, DialogWeb and InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 502)

The McGraw-Hill Companies Publications Online
DialogWeband LexisNexis
(pg 502)

Mideast/Africa Library
LexisNexis
(pg 502)

Miller Freeman Industry and Product News
DataStarWeb
(pg 502)

Multimedia Database
G-Search Ltd.
(pg 502)

New Zealand Newspapers
West Group/Westlaw
(pg 502)

Newsearch
DialogWeb
(pg 502)

NewsEdge Insight
NewsEdge Corporation
(pg 502)

NewsEdge Live
NewsEdge Corporation
(pg 502)

NewsfileBBC
(pg 503)

Newsletter Database
DataStarWeb, DialogWeb and InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 503)

NewsLibrary
MediaStream, Inc.
(pg 503)

Newspaper & Periodical Abstracts
DialogWeb
(pg 503)

Newspaper Abstracts
DialogWeb
(pg 503)

Newspaper Abstracts Daily
DialogWeb
(pg 503)

Newswire ASAP
DialogWeb
(pg 503)

Periodical Abstracts PlusText
DialogWeb
(pg 504)

Presscom
Nexus Information Service
(pg 504; 9/1/02)

PressLink Online
NewsCom-PressLink
(pg 504)

PROMT or Predicasts Overview of Markets and Technology
DataStarWeb, DialogWeb and InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 504)

ProQuest Newsstand
DialogWeb
(pg 504)

Regional News Library
LexisNexis
(pg 505)

Rubber and Plastics News
LexisNexis
(pg 505)

South American Business Information (SABI)
DialogWeb
(pg 505)

Standard & Poor’s Daily News
DialogWeb and LexisNexis
(pg 506)

The Summary of World Broadcasts (SWB)
BBC and DataStarWeb
(pg 506)

SuperTOM+
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 506)

Tire Business
Crain Communications, Inc.
(pg 506)

Top News Library
LexisNexis
(pg 506)

Transcripts: News Events and Congressional Hearings
Congressional Quarterly Inc. (CQ)
(pg 506)

Transport Europe
EIS and LexisNexis
(pg 506)

TV & Radio Transcripts Daily
DialogWeb and LexisNexis
(pg 506)

U.K. Business Browser
OneSource Information Services
(pg 507)

U.S. Business Browser
OneSource Information Services
(pg 507)

U.S. Business Reporter
DialogWeb
(pg 507)

U.S. Press
Congressional Quarterly Inc. (CQ)
(pg 507)

Wilson Reader’s Guide Full Text Mega Edition
DialogWeb
(pg 507)

World Library
LexisNexis
(pg 507)

World Reporter
DataStarWeb and DialogWeb
(pg 507)

Friday, June 17, 2005

Appendix E: Other Directory Databases Containing Employee Information

ABC Belge pour le Commerce et l’Industrie
ABC pour le Commerce et l’Industrie C.V.
(pg 487)

ABC Germany or ABC der Deutschen Wirschaft; German Buyers’ and Sellers’ Guide; Info Bonds
FIZ Technik
(pg 487)

ABC Luxembourgeois pour le Commerce et l’Industrie
ABC pour le Commerce et l’Industrie C.V.
(pg 487)

ABCDienstverleners or Dutch Directory of Business Services; ABC Services
DataStarWeb and LexisNexis
(pg 488)

American Library Directory (ALD)
DialogWeb and LexisNexis
(pg 488)

Dun & Bradstreet Germany
DataStarWeb
(pg 488)

Dun & Bradstreet (Israel) Ltd.
DataStarWeb and Dun & Bradstreet (Irsrael) Ltd.
(pg 488)

Dun & Bradstreet Italy
(pg 488)

ESSOR
Questel-Orbit
(pg 489)

Foundation Directory
DialogWeb
(pg 489)

Health Devices Sourcebook
DialogWeb
(pg 489)

Holland Exports
ABC voor Handel en Industrie C.V.
(pg 489)

Kompass Central/Eastern Europe
DialogWeb
(pg 489)

KOMPASS Israel
DialogWeb
(pg 489)

Kompass Middle East/Africa/Mediterranean
DialogWeb
(pg 489)

Kompass U.K.
DialogWeb
(pg 490)

Kompass USA
DialogWeb
(pg 490)

Kompass Western Europe
DialogWeb
(pg 490)

Lexis State Corporation Information Library (INCORP)
LexisNexis
(pg 490)

Research Centers and Services Directories (RCSD)
DialogWeb and InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 490)

Thomas Register Online
DialogWeb and Inforonics, Inc.
(pg 491)

Friday, June 10, 2005

Appendix D: Professional and Staff Directory Databasese

Congressional Staff DirectoryCongressional Quarterly, Inc.
CQ Press
(pg 484)

D&B Dun's Electronic Business Directory (EYP)
DialogWeb
(pg 484)

Hoppenstedt Austria
DataStarWeb and GBI
(pg 485)

ICC British Directors Database
DataStarWeb
(pg 485)

Jane?s International ABC Aerospace Directory
Jane's Information Group
(pg 485)

Kvinder pa linien or Women on Line
Skyrr og Elias
(pg 485)

The Leadership Library
Leadership Directories, Inc.
(pg 485)

Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory Online
Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator
(pg 485)

StateNetState Net
(pg 486)

Friday, June 03, 2005

Appendix C: Business Credit and Company Financial Databases Including Personal Information

AMADEUS: Analyse MAjor Databases from EUropean Sources
Bureau van Dijk, SA (BvD)- Electronic Publishing
(pg 469)

Asian Company Profiles
DataStarWeb and DialogWeb
(pg 469)

BANKSCOPE
Bureau van Dijk, SA (BvD)- Electronic Publishing
(pg 469)

BIS or Banking Information Source
DialogWeb
(pg 470)

BISNES Plus
DataStarWeb
(pg 470)

Business Who's Who of Australia (BWWA)
(pg 470)

CanCorp Plus Canadian Financial Database
DataStarWeb and DialogWeb
(pg 470)

Cards Database
DataStarWeb and DialogWeb
(pg 470)

COMLINE Japanese Corporate Directory
DataStarWeb
(pg 470)

Compact D
Primark Corporation-Primark Financial Information Division-Disclosure Inc.
(pg 470)

Company Data Direct/InternationalMergent FIS, Inc.
(pg 471)

Company Data Direct/U.S.
Mergent FIS, Inc.
(pg 471)

Company Intelligence
DataStarWeb and DialogWeb
(pg 471)

Company ProFile
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 471)

Comparative Profiler
Integra Information, Inc.
(pg 471)

COSMOS 1
DialogWeb
(pg 471)

Creditreform-Datenbank-Dienst (CREFO) or Creditreform-Company Profiles
DataStarWeb
(pg 472)

D&B Dun's Financial Records Plus (DFR Plus)
DialogWeb
(pg 472)

D&B Dun's Market Identifiers (DMI)
DataStarWeb
(pg 472)

D&B European Dun's Market Identifiers (EDMI)
DialogWeb
(pg 472)

D&B European Financial Records
DataStarWeb and DialogWeb
(pg 472)

D&B Global Corporate Linkages
DialogWeb
(pg 472)

Danish Companies: Full Financial Data
DataStarWeb
(pg 472)

Disclosure SEC Database
DataStarWeb
(pg 473)

Dun & Bradstreet Nordic Financial Records (DNFR)
DataStarWeb
(pg 473)

Dun & Bradstreet Soliditet Business & Credit Information
Dun & Bradstreet Sverige AB
(pg 473)

EDGAR Plus
Global Access
(pg 473)

ESEI (Erhvervs- og Selskabsstyrelsen Eksterne Informationssystem)
Erhvervs- og Selskabsstyrelsen (EOGS)- Danish Commerce and Companies Agency (DCCA)
(pg 473)

ESPICOM Pharmaceutical & Medical Company Profiles
DialogWeb
(pg 473)

European Business Browser
OneSource Information Services
(pg 474)

FIB Database or Firmen-Info-Bank
AZ Bertelsmann Direct GmbH
(pg 474)

Financial Analysis Made Easy (FAME)
Bureau van Dijk, SA (BvD) Electronic Publishing and DataStarWeb
(pg 474)

FIRMENINFORMATIONEN-Numeric (FINN) or FINF-Numeric; Company Information (COIN); Creditreform-Bilanzdatenbank
DataStarWeb
(pg 474)

FIS Company Archives
Mergent FIS, Inc.
(pg 474)

German Macro and Financial Data
Haver Analytics
(pg 474)

Global Access
Primark Corporation?Primark Financial Information Division?Disclosure Inc.
(pg 474)

Global Business Browser
OneSource Information Services
(pg 474)

Hoover's Online
Limited information available through Hoover's
(pg 475)

Hoppenstedt Austria
DataStarWeb and GBI
(pg 475)

Hoppenstedt Benelux
DataStarWeb and Questel
(pg 475)

Hoppenstedt Bilanzdatenbank Versicherungen (HOBV) or Hoppenstedt Balance Sheets of Insurance Companies
Primark Corporation-Primark Financial Information Division?Datastream International Ltd.
(pg 475)

Hoppenstedt Germany or Hoppenstedt German Companies
Verlag Hoppenstedt GmbH
(pg 475)

ICC British Company Annual Reports
DataStarWeb and DialogWeb
(pg 476)

ICC British Company Financial Reports
DataStarWeb and DialogWeb
(pg 476)

INFOCHECK
DataStarWeb
(pg 476)

Intelliscope
Intelligence Data, Inc.
(pg 476)

International Dun's Market Identifiers (IDMI)
DialogWeb
(pg 476)

Investext
DataStarWeb and DialogWeb
(pg 476)

ISIS: InSurance Information and Statistics
Bureau van Dijk, SA (BvD)- Electronic Publishing
(pg 476)

Italian Company Financial Profiles
DataStarWeb
(pg 476)

Jane?s World Defense Industry
Jane's Information Group
(pg 476)

JordanWatch: British Companies
DataStarWeb
(pg 477)

Key British Enterprises Financial Performance
DataStarWeb
(pg 477)

Kreditschutzverband: Austrian Companies (KSVA)
DataStarWeb
(pg 477)

Luxemburgs ABC for Trade and Industry or Luxembourgs ABC voor Handel en Industrie
DataStarWeb
(pg 477)

Market & Business Development
DataStarWeb
(pg 477)

Market Guide
DialogWeb
(pg 478)

Media General Plus
DialogWeb
(pg 478)

Pharmaceutical Company Profiles
DataStarWeb and DialogWeb
(pg 478)

Pratt's Stats
NVST Business Valuation Resources
(pg 478)

The S&W Database or French Company Balance Sheets
DataStarWeb
(pg 479)

SCRL Bilans Plus
Questel
(pg 479)

SCRL French Companies Financial Profiles
DataStarWeb
(pg 479)

SEC Online
DialogWeb
(pg 479)

Standard & Poor's Corporate Descriptions plus NEWS
DialogWeb
(pg 479)

Standard & Poor's MarketScope
Standard & Poor's
(pg 479)

Supplier Evaluation
DialogWeb
(pg 479)

Teikoku Japanese Companies
DataStarWeb and DialogWeb
(pg 479)

Transdata WebReports
TransData Corporation, Ltd.
(pg 480)

TRW Business Credit Profiles
DialogWeb
(pg 480)

U.K. Business Browser
OneSource Information Services
(pg 480)

U.S. Business Browser
OneSource Information Services
(pg 480)

Worldscope Emerging Markets Database
DialogWeb
(pg 481)

Friday, May 27, 2005

Friday, May 20, 2005

Appendix A: Databases That Include Biographies

Almanac of American Politics
National Journal Group Inc. and State Net
(pg 457)

Australian Architecture Database (ARCH)
Informit Online
(pg 458)

AUSTROM or Australian Social Science Law and Education Databases
Informit Online
(pg 458)

Biography Master Index (BMI)
DialogWeb and InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 458)

Biography Resource Center (BioRC)
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 458)

Bowker Biographical Directory
DialogWeb
(pg 458)

Contemporary Authors
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 458)

Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB)
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 459)

DISCovering Authors Modules
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 459)

DISCovering Biography
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 459)

DISCovering Collection
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 459)

George Eastman House Interactive Catalog
George Eastman House International Museum of Photography
(pg 459)

Literature Resource Center (LRC)
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 460)

Major Authors Online
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 460)

MAPERS
Munzinger-Archiv GmbH
(pg 460)

MAPOP
Munzinger-Archiv GmbH
(pg 460)

Marquis Who's Who in American Regional Publications
DialogWeb
(pg 460)

Marquis Who's Who Topical Library
DialogWeb
(pg 460)

MASPORT
Munzinger-Archiv GmbH
(pg 460)

Scribner Writers Series
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 460)

Standard and Poor's Register-Biographical
CompuServe Information Service?Knowledge Index and DialogWeb
(pg 460)

The Top 100 People (Biographies)
Indigo Publications
(pg 461)

The Washington Post Biographical Stories
Washington Post
(pg 461)

Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated
WilsonWeb
(pg 461)

Wilson Biography Index Plus
WilsonWeb
(pg 461)

The World's Best Poetry
Lit Finder, Inc.
(pg 462)

Friday, April 22, 2005

Organizations: Organizations Involved in Privacy Rights, Computer Privacy, or Freedom of Information

American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (BFFE)
(pg 447)

American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS International)
(pg 447)

American Society of Access Professionals (ASAP)
(pg 447)

American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE)
(pg 447)

Associated Press Broadcast Services (APB)
(pg 448)

Associated Press Managing Editors (APME)
(pg 448)

Association for Federal Information Resources Management (AFFIRM)
(pg 448)

Australian Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
(pg 448)

Canadian Society for Industrial Security Inc. (CSIS)Societe Canadienne de la Surete Industrielle (SCSI)
(pg 448)

Catholic Press Association (CPA) of the United States and Canada
(pg 448)

The Children?s Legal Centre (CLC)
(pg 448)

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
(pg 448)

Computer Security Institute (CSI)
(pg 448)

Freedom of Information Center (FOI)
(pg 448)

Freedom of Information Clearinghouse (FOIC)
(pg 448)

IEEE Computer Society (CS)
(pg 448)

Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)
(pg 448)

Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)
(pg 448)

International Association for Computer Systems Security (IACSS)
(pg 448)

Internet Society
(pg 448)

Investigative Reporters and Editors
(pg 449)

Journalism Education Association
(pg 449)

LibertyTree Network (LTN)
(pg 449)

Media Access Project (MAP)
(pg 449)

The Media Institute
(pg 449)

Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)
(pg 449)

National Association of Attorneys General
(pg 449)

National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA)
(pg 449)

National Freedom of Information Coalition
(pg 449)

National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting
(pg 449)

National Press Photographers Association (NPPA)
(pg 449)

Office of Information and Privacy
(pg 449)

Ohio Center for Privacy and the First Amendment
(pg 449)

Privacy International
(pg 449)

Privacy International
(pg 450)

Public Citizen
(pg 450)

Quill and Scroll Society
(pg 450)

Radio-Television News Directors Association
(pg 450)

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP)
(pg 450)

Security on Campus Inc.
(pg 450)

Society of Professional Journalists/Sigma Delta Chi Foundation (SDX)
(pg 450)

Special Interest Group on Management Information Systems (SIGMIS)
(pg 450)

Student Press Law Center (SPLC)
(pg 450)

Friday, April 15, 2005

Organizations: Investigative Journalism and Private Investigative Organizations

Canada

Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ)
(pg 444)


United Kingdom

Association of British Investigators (ABI)
(pg 444)

Institute of Professional Investigators
(pg 444)

World Association of Detectives, Inc. (WAD)
(pg 444)


United States

Association of Christian Investigators
(pg 444)

Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR)
(pg 444)

Council of International Investigators (CII)
(pg 444)

Find the Children
(pg 444)

Fund for Investigative Journalism (FIJ)
(pg 444)

Global Investigators Network
(pg 444)

Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), Inc.
(pg 444)

ION (Investigators Online Network)
(pg 444)

National Association of Investigative Specialists (NAIS)
(pg 444)

National Association of Traffic Accident Reconstructionists and Investigators (NATARI)
(pg 445)

National Council of Investigation and Security Services
(pg 445)

Society of Professional Investigators
(pg 445)

World Association of Detectives (WAD), Inc.
(pg 445)


Arizona

Arizona Association of Licensed Private Investigators, Inc.
(pg 445)


California

Certified Investigative Professionals, Inc.
(pg 445)


Colorado

Professional Private Investigators Association of Colorado
(pg 445)


Connecticut

Connecticut Association of Licensed Private Investigators (CALPI)
(pg 445)


Florida

Florida Association of Licensed Investigators
(pg 445)

Northwest Florida Association of Private Investigators
(pg 445)

South Florida Investigators Association
(pg 445)


Illinois

Associated Detectives of Illinois, Inc.
(pg 445)


Indiana

Indiana Association of Professional Investigators, Inc.
(pg 445)

Indiana Society of Professional Investigators
(pg 445; not found online as of 9/3/02)


Iowa

Iowa Association of Private Investigators
(pg 445)


Kansas

Kansas Association of Private Investigators
(pg 445)


Louisiana

Louisiana Private Investigators Association, Inc.
(pg 446)



Maine

Maine Licensed Private Investigators Association
(pg 446)


Massachusetts

Licensed Privated Detectives Association of Massachusetts
(pg 446)


Michigan

Michigan Council of Private Investigators
(pg 446)


Minnesota

Minnesota Association of Private Investigators
(pg 446)


Mississippi

Mississippi Professional Investigators Association
(pg 446; not found online as of 9/3/02)


New Hampshire

New Hampshire League of Investigators, Inc.
(pg 446)


New Jersey

New Jersey Licensed Private Investigators Association
site 1
(pg 446)
site 2
(pg 446)
site 3
(pg 446)


New York

Associated Licensed Detectives of New York State
(pg 446)


North Carolina

North Carolina Association of Private Investigators (NCAPI)
(pg 446)


Ohio

Ohio Association of Security and Investigation Services (OASIS)
(pg 446)


Oklahoma

Oklahoma Private Investigators Association
(pg 446)


Oregon

Oregon Association of Licensed Investigators, Inc.
(pg 446)


Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Association of Licensed Investigators (PALI)
(pg 446)


Rhode Island

Licensed Private Detectives Association of Rhode Island
(pg 447)


South Carolina

South Carolina Association of Legal Investigators
(pg 447)


Texas

North Texas Private Investigators Association
(pg 447)

Texas Association of Licensed Investigators, Inc.
(pg 447)


Utah

Private Investigators Association of Utah (PIAU)
(pg 447)


Virginia

Private Investigators Association of Virginia (PIAVA)
(pg 447)


Washington

Pacific Northwest Association of Investigators, Inc. (PNAI)
(pg 447)

Washington Association of Legal Investigators
(pg 447)


Wisconsin

Professional Association of Wisconsin Licensed Investigators (PAWLI)
(pg 447)