http://www.4sos.org/wssupport/group_support/Meet_with_Official.htm
A checklist of how to work with elected officials.
http://www.4sos.org/wssupport/group_support/worksheet.htm
A worksheet to fill in the names of elected leaders.
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/
Find your local, state, and nation leaders.
http://www.opensecrets.org
Political contributions by zip code. Find out who gave what to whom.
http://cspan.politicalmoneyline.com/index1.html
Find out who in your community donated moeny to a political cause.
www.epodunk.com
This offers a great deal of information about a city. Our class used this mainly to find businesses and cemeteries of their cities.
www.city-data.com
Our class used this website the most due to the fact that it has the greatest amount of general information about any city. This site also covers crime rate, school count, and the public library size and usage of a town.
www.census.gov
This is the website of the United States Census Bureau. Here, students can find a great amount of demographics about his or her town. To access general demographics, click on American Fact Finder.
fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/ccdb
The University of Virginia conducted a national research of cities and has compiled all of them on to this site. A lot of information concerning economic characteristics of cities can be found here.
http://verticals.yahoo.com/cities/profile.html
Constructed by Yahoo, their website offers a comparison chart of most cities across the nation. Things presented here range from property tax to unemployment rate. A great tool for those that plan to move somewhere but wish to know the town without actually taking the trip there.
www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/prepared.cities/stories/city.comparison
Here is a research done by CNN about just how ready major cities are for the next terrorist attack. This site can also determine just how sophisticated a city’s public safety system is.
www.losangelesalmanac.com/topics/Cities/ci99a.htm#Crime%20&%20Justice
If you live in the Los Angeles County, then this website will be much help. It contains very detailed information regarding cities.
http://cgi.money.cnn.com/tools/bestplaces/bplive.jsp
Another site built by CNN, it compares different major cities of the country. This is a great site in which one can find the best city to live in.
These links are regarding specific categories:
www.real-estate-tech.com/usa.htm
Detailed information concerning real estate characteristics are presented here. This website also contains much about labor in the city.
www.world-gazetteer.com/d/d_us_ca.htm
If you live in California, come here to find the exact position of your town in Longitude and Latitude.
www.caag.state.ca.us/megan/stats.htm
Information about the whereabouts of sex offenders in your town. This one is built by the state attorney generals.
www.newslink.org
List of newspapers in any city in the nation. Very useful for people that want to publish an article in their area.
www.usnpl.com
This is a site with all the newspapers in the United States. These are listed by states and could be easily used by opinion writers of all ages.
http://directory.google.com/Top/Refrence/Almanacs/Regional
Here, Google listed all major almanacs of the country that could be viewed to gain additional information about one’s city. Google is a search engine that can be used to find resources by typing in the name of what you are seeking. It also offers help finding photos of people, items for sale, and can be used to check on your identity. We used this engine a lot in our research.
http://houseandhome.msn.com/pickaplace/comparecities.aspx
Can be used to compare any two cities in the United States. Things that can be used to further distinguish the cities include demographics, cost of living indexes, number of schools, health, economy, as well as crime.
www.homefair.com/homefair/calc/citysnap.html
Gives you a FREE side-by-side comparison of two cities' cost of living, climate,demographics, and other vital information from a database that is kept current with quarterly updates.
www.citysearch.com
Similar to a search engine, this website can be used to find restaurants, hotels, the climate, as well as the events that will be taking place in the community. For restaurants, you are able to see them listed either by cuisine, price, or ambience.
http://www.4sos.org/wssupport/group_support/elect_ofc_toc.html
A checklist of how to work with elected officials.
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/
Find your local, state, and nation leaders.