News Sources,
E-mail and Other People Finders

Blogs |Chat | Experts and other News Sources | E-mail Addresses | Government Officials | Listservs | Usenet Groups

Oklahoma
State E-Mail Lookup
Find e-mail addresses of state officials.
OSU Online Campus Directory
Searchable campus directory for OSU; replaces paper one.

National

Blogs
What is a blog?
Detailed explanation of weblogs from Dave Winer at Harvard University; good linked bibliography at the end.
Technoarti
Search for blogs by keyword or URL; find out the hottest blogs by topic in the past 12 hours.
Bloglines
Search for blogs or use a directory; you also can set up your own blog from Bloglines.com.
Blogdigger
Search for blogs by name or URL; use URL to get all posts to that link to the blog from Blogdigger.com.
Bloogz
Search for blogs worldwide by blogs or their URLs.
Blogstreet
Get information about who is running the blog, find related blogs and get a visual representation of the blog neighborhood from Blogstreet.com.
Globe of Blogs
Search for blogs worldwide.
Eatonweb
Another blog search engine.
Instapundit
Political views and insights from Glenn Reynolds, a law professor at the University of Tennessee.
Political Campaign Blogs
Links to political campaign blogs from Blogdigger.com.
Blogger.com
Get ideas from students' blogs from Blogger.com.

Chat
Alta Vista
Use Alta Vista directory to find links to chat groups by subject and much more.
Web Crawler
Web Crawler links to chat rooms by subject and Excite's online chat.
Excite
Conducts live chat on scheduled and open subjects.
Chat Litz
Search for chat groups via hubs and networks or review a directory of chat channels, along with the 100 most popular ones.

Experts and other News Sources
National Press Club sources directory
National Press Club's directory of sources by topic.
AMA Physician Directory
American Medical Associations search database of physicians by specialty.
ABA Network Lawyer Locator
Search the Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator database of more than 900,000 listings of lawyers and law firms. By Martindale-Hubbell and the American Bar Association.
FindLaw lawyer search
Click on Legal Professionals and search for lawyers at one one the Internet's top legal sites.
American Universities Locator
Many universities have experts directories or go to the desired department; here is one of the best lists of university home pages.
Yearbook of Experts, Authorities and Spokespersons
Searchable directory of sources for a wide variety of topic areas.
IRE Directory of Investigative Journalists
Contact fellow investigative journalists by region or specialty to find out about experts.
Idealist
Searchable list of nonprofit groups.
National Charities Information Bureau
Reference guide to 400 charities and NCIB'S Standards in Philanthropy.
Guide Star
Searchable list of charities and nonprofit groups; gives address, phone number, fax, Web sites, and financial information.
Associations on the Net
Directory of associations on the Internet.
Profnet
PR Newswire site with news releases and experts for working journalists; must register.
International Directory of Finance and Economics Professionals
Searchable directory of finance and economics professionals worldwide.
Economists on the Web
Searchable directory of economists on the Web.
Online Directory of Expert Witnesses
Witnesses with technical, scientific and medical expertise pay to be included in this searchable directory.
 
Noble Experts Directory
Searchable experts directory.
AllExperts Directory
Directory of experts in a wide variety of fields, including sports and music.
ExpertFind.com
Directory of member experts in various fields, including e-mail addresses.
Expert Pages
Member experts in various fields, mainly as expert witnesses.

E-mail Addresses
Meta E-Mail Finder
Searches several e-mail finders worldwide, including Yahoo! and Big Foot via the University of Hannover.
Ultimate E-Mail Directory
Select from several e-mail directories at one site.
Switchboard's E-mail Finder
E-mail find from perhaps the top white pages on the Web.
Yahoo! E-mail Finder
Find e-mail addresses and phone numbers via Yahoo!.
Addresses.com
Searches for e-mail and other information. Charges for some information.

Government Officials
WhoWhere government officials
Search for local, county, state and national government officials by various categories.
County/City Search
Search for counties if you know the city, or search for cities if you know the state via the National Association of Counties.
Info Space's government officials
Find federal, state and local officials.
U.S. Government Information Exchange
List of federal phone directories and links to government sites.
FedWorld
Search U.S. government sites and databases.
Government Find
Find state and government Web sites anywhere in the world by agency via World Pages.
U.S. House of Representatives
Search for various information about U.S. representatives.
U.S. Senate
Search for various information about U.S. senators.

Listservs
How to Subscribe to Listservs
Table with commands to subscribe to listservs via Barbara Croll Fought's page at Syracuse University.
Journalism Lists
Links to journalism listservs by topic via Barbara Croll Fought's page at Syracuse University.
Journalism E-Newsletters
Links to journalism e-newsletters by topic via Barbara Croll Fought's page at Syracuse University.
Alerts
Links to alert and listservs by topic from Bill Dedman at PowerReporting.com.
CataList
Search publicly accessible mailing lists or view them by category worldwide.
Topica Directory
Search or use a directory to find e-mail lists worldwide.
Tile.net
Search for Internet discussion groups.
Yahoo! Lists by Subject
Yahoo! lists of mailing lists.
listTool.com
Use directory of e-mail discussion lists or search for them.
Basic Manual on Listservs
Listserv's basic manual os using Internet mailing lists, or listservs.
The Net: User Guidelines and Netiquette
Arlene Rinaldi's guidelines for net use, including discussion groups.
Smiley Dictionary
Net Lingo's list of e-mail symbols to indicate emotion.

Usenet
Google Groups
Search the postings on Usenet groups; includes the archives of Deja News.
Hotbot Usenet
Search content of groups or find a group using a directory; also has Power Search for advanced users.
Usenet Group FAQs
Usenet categories and Frequently Asked Questions about each group from the Internet FAQ Consortium.
Reference.com
Search for Usenet postings and directory of Usenet groups.
Usenet Liszt.
Search for name of Usenet groups or use a directory.
Alta Vista Usenet
Find links to Usenet groups and bulletin boards by subject and much more.

Oklahoma Web Resources

This page was created by Assistant Professor Stan Ketterer on Sept. 6, 1998, and updated on Sept. 10, 2003.