Research links of the week

Reference:

Butterflies and Moths of North America.

Tools:

Web Searching with Advanced Commands, great tutorial from Genie Tyburski at The Virtual Chase.

verify email address: this tells you if an address is valid.

Zuula lets you run a search and compare results among several major search engines. Also has a news and blogs search page, as well as images and jobs.

Online Etymology Dictionary

Journalism:

Journalism Daily links to the top 15 news stories about journalism each day.

Public Records:

Noza Search: searchable database of charitable gifts.

Expert Witness Research from The Virtual Chase, links to several searchable databases in areas of law, medicine, etc.

Union Reports.gov, database of reports filed by unions, union officers and employees, employers, and labor relations consultants, including financial reports. Download and print reports back to 2000, order earlier ones.

Government/Politics:

Fundrace 2008 from Huffington Post and Eyebeam, search campaign donations by name, address, ZIP code, etc.