Links
General Search Engines
- Google
- Ask Jeeves
- Alta Vista
NC Corporate Filings
http://www.secretary.state.nc.us/corporations/
Look up exact names of corporations and how to spell them. It also has information about registered agents, and you can view articles of incorporation of companies, names of the directors, and names of the incorporators.
NC Medical Board
http://www.ncmedboard.org/find.htm
Look up physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician’s assistants that are licensed or have been licensed in North Carolina. You do not need to know the correct spelling of the target name; wild card entries (*) are permitted. You can also look up a practitioner by area of practice or location.
NC Department of Correction
http://www.doc.state.nc.us/
Look up the spelling of inmates’ names. Pictures are included as well as location of the inmate.
NC General Assembly (General Statutes)
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
An invaluable link to learn the correct citations of statutes so that you can determine whether the letters are lower case or upper case, in parentheses or not. It’s also handy when an attorney or judge is quoting an actual statute. Look on the right hand side of the General Assembly home page for the statute search. You can also search the language of bills passed in the current or past sessions of the General Assembly and there is a directory of all House and Senate members.
North Carolina Industrial Commission
Provides correct spellings of names of commissioners and deputy commissioners and has their e-mail addresses, which you will need when you are sending electronic copies of depositions you have taken in IC cases. (See the FAQ page for more information about this.) Acronyms
Helps you find out exactly what that acronym stands for.
Library of Congress
http://catalog.loc.gov/
The possibilities are endless.
National Library of Medicine
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/
Merriam-Webster Unabridged ($29.95/year)
http://www.merriam-websterunabridged.com
Get access to the latest editions of Merriam-Webster Unabridged, Collegiate, Thesaurus, and Medical Dictionaries. Very handy to keep open while you’re proofreading for instant word look-up.
Merriam -Webster (Free)
http://www.webster.com
Basic dictionary and thesaurus--and you can’t beat the price!
One Look Dictionaries
http://www.onelook.com
Check 993 dictionaries with just one search. Use wildcards (*) and question marks to find practically any word or phrase. (For example, searching rep*r will find words and phrases that begin with rep and end with r--reporter, for example, plus 96 other entries.
White/Yellow Pages
ZIP Code and mailing/postage
http://www.usps.gov
Save time and money (no more postage meter rental!) by purchasing postage and creating postage labels on line.
Legal Citations
PRIVATE Law Schools "Law Schools"
http://www.law.cornell.edu/
College and University sites for faculty/administrative lists
Go to home page of university or college. There will usually be a listing of departments. Go to the correct department and look for a directory. Many universities and colleges have them on line. When experts mention the names of other experts and they don’t know how to spell them (which is usually the case), you can search for them this way. If the person you’re looking for is a well-known scientific researcher, trying Googling several different phonetic spellings of his/her name. It may take a few minutes, but you will often be successful in finding what you’re looking for.
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