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NET. Links from around the world compiled by our News Research staff for use by reporters and editors of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
People finders
| Weather & environment
| Regional info
| News & current events
| Sports
| National & international interests
| Business
| Arts, entertainment & recreation
| Children & families
| Education
| Medicine & health
| Science, energy & technology
| Reference tools
| Crime, law & courts
| Government & politics
| Internet stuff
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| How Stuff Works | Understanding the mysteries of science. |
| Scientific American | Back issues, feature articles and more |
| Discover | Science news, current and recent issues, and archives back to 1992. |
| Science | Published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science; includes full-text articles, archives, and links to daily news updates |
| NASA | The space agency's site for news, educational programs and information sources. |
| Astronomy | Extensive listing of lots of sources for all aspects of astronomy. |
| Solar System | A multimedia tour of the Solar System |
| Biotechnology | Good starting point for sources of information about all aspects of biotechnology research in various fields. |
| Energy Information Agency (DOE) | All the stats you could ever ask for on energy use, including oil imports, gasoline prices, and energy info for other countries. |
| Environmental Health and Safety Online | Very comprehensive web site for guidance in this complex area. |
| EcoNet | The latest news in ecology and the environment. |
| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Lots of information about oceans, the atmosphere, climate, and other environmental areas. Pretty cool. |
| Energy Efficiency and Renewable Resources | From the Department of Energy, links to information about what's going on to make energy go farther and last longer. |
| Renewable Energy Policy Project | Scientific, educational, social, economic and policy issues from an organization promoting renewable energy. |
| NetVet | Information and links to other resources about animals and veterinary medicine. |
| Endangered Species | News, lists, laws, information on endangered species. |
| U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service | Primary federal agency for the conservation and protection of fish and wildlife and their habitats; includes information on endangered species. |
| Chemistry | Extensive listing of lots of sources for chemistry Here's a periodic table in case you forgot yours... |
| Physics | Physics (and astronomy) online news, reference, experts. Not just for Albert Einstein. |
| Math Tables | Basic reference tables for all aspects of mathematics |
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| WWWebster | A dictionary and thesaurus courtesy of Merriam-Webster. |
| Acronym Dictionary | Find out what "ASAP" means ASAP, with search tool; or, find out what the correct acronym is for something you can't quite remember the exact name for. |
| Bartlett's Quotations | The 1919 edition. |
| The Quotations Page | Not exactly a "quote engine," but pretty cool. |
| Biography 1 | 25,000 entries from the Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia, courtesy of the A&E cable network. |
| Biography 2 | You only get about one sentence of info, but it's fast and can be searched by keyword and date as well. Try velcro in the keyword field. |
| U.S. Gazetteer | Find that burg! |
| Zip Code Lookup | Type in an address to get a Zip Code, or type in a Zip, to see what city it's used for. Postal abbreviations too. |
| How Far Is It? | Type in the names of two cities, and get the distance between them as the crow flies. If you want, the site will also generate a map of the route. |
| Direct Search | An incredible collection of databases on the web. Conventional search engines such as Yahoo! will not find the kind of info covered here. Must surf material. |
| Convert It | Use the conversion tables to find just about any equivalent. Or, choose area, length, temperature, or volume. |
| Currency Converter | How many yen to the dollar this week? Or, if you want, how many francs to the peso? |
| Percentage calculator | Put in 2 values, & get the % difference between them. |
| Cost of Living Calculator | Calculates the value of a dollar amount for any year from 1913 to present. |
| Relocation calculators | Many to choose from. Compare & contrast! |
| Information Please Almanac | Practically an encyclopedia, well worth a visit. |
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| Bureau of Justice Statistics | Official statistics on crimes, victims, judicial systems, law enforcement, prisons, etc. |
| FBI | Crime statistics, most wanted, and more. Some parts require the free Acrobat reader plug-in. |
| Death Penalty Information Center | Lists: executions by state and by year, states with death penalty, methods of execution, sizes of death rows. |
| GBI | The Georgia Bureau of Investigation. |
| Georgia Dept of Corrections | Statistics and charts on Georgia's prison population. |
| Criminal Justice Links | Links maintained by a professor of criminology at FSU. |
| Legal News | Daily roundup of national legal news. |
| Find a lawyer | Use Martindale-Hubbell or West's Legal Directory to locate a lawyer by name, location, or many other criteria. |
| State Bar of Georgia | Searchable directory of Georgia's lawyers; handbook of rules, regulations and opinions. |
| Guide to Legal Resources on the Net | Don't know where to start? This site's for you. |
| Nolo | Putting the law into plain English is this organization's goal. |
| Federal Court Opinions | Access federal circuit court of appeals opinions or link directly to U.S. Supreme Court opinions, or U.S. Eleventh Circuit decisions (the federal court of appeals circuit for Georgia). |
| State Court Locator | Links to every state court in the U.S. with a website. |
| Georgia Supreme Court | Appellate court opinions, Justices' bios, history, and court rules. |
| Cobb Superior Court | Some current Cobb County public records: court calendars, grantor/grantee index, civil/criminal indices, lien index. |
| Fulton Superior Court | Includes civil online docket information. |
| U.S. Code On-line | Access the complete U.S. Code by section or by full-text search. |
| Georgia General Assembly | Full text of laws passed or being considered by the state legislature. The Official Code of Georgia Unannotated is searchable. |
| City and County Codes | Searchable full text municipal/county codes: Alpharetta, Atlanta, Avondale Estates, Chamblee, Cherokee Co., Clayton Co., Cobb Co., DeKalb Co., Decatur, Duluth, Fayetteville, Fulton Co., Gwinnett Co., Hall Co., Henry Co., Jonesboro, Kennesaw, Marietta, Norcross, Peachtree City, Powder Springs, Riverdale, Smyrna, Snellville, Spalding Co., Stone Mountain. |
| Georgia Constitution | Current and past versions with amendments.. |
| Tapping Officials' Secrets | Guide to Georgia laws on open records and meetings. Produced by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. |
| Georgia First Amendment Foundation | Links to lots of first amendment web sites; sample Georgia Open Records form. |
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