Check a company's business registration on the National Association of Secretaries of State web page.

Search for a lawsuit that has been filed against a specific company at BRB Publications.

Find out how much top executives are paid at public companies.

Check to see if a company receives federal contracts at the CBDNet web site.

Check workplace safety inspection records at the US Dept. of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration web site. Click here for detailed instructions for using this site.

Check out federal lawsuits against your target at the PACER web site. Registration to use this site is required, but it is free. However, it does cost eight cents per search and eight cents a page to print out records. Go to registration page.

Check food and drug safety inspection records at the Federal Drug Administration web site.

Check company benefits at the freeERISA web site. Requires free registration and password.

Check on unfair labor practices at the US National Labor Relations Board web site.

Check on the tax forms for nonprofits at the Foundation Center web site, The National Database of Nonprofit Organizations.

Check environmental polluters at the Scorecard web site, an Environmental Defense web site.

Check the state debarred contractor lists and federally debarred contractor lists.

For broad information searches, go to google or dogpile.

Write open record requests/freedom of information letters at the Student Press Law Center web site.

Locating courthouse research resources.

Check campaign donation records at the Opensecrets.org web site, The web site of the Center for Responsive Politics and the Follow the Money web site, the National Institute on Money in State Politics web site.

Check wage survey information for Davis-Bacon and Related Acts at the US Dept. of Labor Webpage on Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Division.

Language translation at the Babel Fish Translation page on Altavista or the SDL International web site's Translation Page.

Profiles of Canadian companies at the Corporateinformation.com web site provided by Wright Investor's Service.