Belated research links update

I took a short-notice trip out of town so haven't added any research links for a couple of weeks. Here's a few I collected while I was gone (and a photo, from Mom's table):


The links:

Reference:

Adams Family Papers: An Electronic Archive, digital images of the letters between John and Abigail Adams, from Mass. Historical Society.

Find local food from Foodroutes.org.

Children's book collection from Library of Congress, digitized images (including page turner format) of historic children's books.

Outbreak Alert Database from Center for Science in the PUblic Interest.

Governments, Politics:

FFATA Portal - bringing transparency to government spending. Search by agency, company, company location, etc.

Earmark Watch from Sunlight Foundation.

State Highway Safety Laws, including state regulations on cell phone use while driving, drug, drunk and helmet laws, Segway laws and more, from Governors Highway Safety Assn.

Candidate Calculator, from VAJoe, choose your issues and find out which candidate matches your concerns best. Mine? Mike Gravel (!)

Tools:

Who speaks for a website? good analysis at Online Journalism Review of how to cite comments and guest bloggers.

News:

Papers Past, digitized New Zealand newspapers from 1840-1915.

Medworm lets you search over 4000 medical RSS feeds or browse by category or subject.

Public records:

Nevada offender search from Dept. of Corrections, new address.

Ship Locations: Live tracker from sailwx.info.

An email asked me to link to FindCountyRecords.com, links to information on getting records by state and county. I checked Miami-Dade county, however, and there are no links to the online records, just contact info for county clerks, assessors, etc.