Research Clinic
supporting open source investigation
 
 

UK Government related sites
Gov.uk
The British government website directory
They Work For You
Political research. Investigate your MP!
Companies House
Incl. the Disqualified Director list. And the bankruptcy search.
FOIA Requests
See who is requesting what under the Freedom of Information Act. See which datasets you can order.
Land registry
Search property and ownership details in the UK.
Intellectual property office
Search registered designs. See also, UK trademarks worldwide patent search.
Search local archives
Find local historical information.
Planning permission decisions
Search by local authority.
Find a local MP
Search by post code. See also "write to them".
UK National Archives
British government documents and webpages.
British & Irish Legal Search
Search UK & Irish cases and laws. See Trustonline for CCJ's
British charities
Search the UK Charity Commissioner's register
UK National Statistics
See also, the Office of National Statistics, the Royal Statistical Society and international Statistics Societies
 
International government related sites
Complete Planet
Find searchable databases across the world.
CIA World Factbook
Quick facts and profiles of countries around the world. See also, Nationsonline
Wango
Finds NGO's based all over the world
International Statistics Societies
Europa.eu
The official website of the European Union
The United Nations
See also, this handy directory of UN organisation sites
The World Bank's data site WHO
The world Health Organisation.
US government related sites
US.gov
The US government web portal
Bureau of Labor statistics
The US Securities and Exchange commission The US Census Bureau
- loads of quick stats on different states.
Search Systems
Free directory of open source databases in the US. TLO offer an amazing, but paid, service.
Peoplesmart 
&
peoplefindinfo
for US database people searching
   


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