General:
- Google: The best general research tool out there.
- State Library of Louisiana: databases (EBRP): Great group reference resources, especially Newsbank Library card required to access the database page.
- LSU Research Links: Miscellaneous research links provided by LSU
- Zoom Info: Extensive person and business search
Addresses:
- Directory Assistance Plus: The most user friendly site for finding addresses.
- PIPL: Deep search engine which pulls several old and new addresses automatically.
- Simply Zip Codes: The headquarters for free zip code searches.
Asset Information:
- Zillow: Great site to get an idea of the value of someone’s home.
- Louisiana Secretary of State: Best site for linking people to their businesses and for information on those businesses.
- Yahoo! Finance: This is a good resource to get the names of top executives, their compensation, and stock transactions.
- Tax Assessment: Tax assessors by state
- Executive Pay Watch: Find CEO’s compensations
Obituaries:
- Social Security Death Index: The most complete listing of death notices around
- Legacy Obituaries: Access to some full obituaries.
Foundation Information:
- Foundation Center: Free 990 information on U.S. Foundations.
- Guidestar: Free access to foundation and non-profit news with sign-up.
Additional Links:
- APRA (Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement) research links
- Northwestern University research links
- All Folks: A helpful resource for linking prospects to their family members.
- Louisiana: positive occurrences
- David Lamb’s Prospect Research Page
- Major Private Gifts to Higher Education Since 1967
- Charity Channel: Connects people in the Nonprofit World
- Phil Bradley: - All useful search engines broken down into categories
- Louisiana Secretary of State: Find any business in Louisiana