Reference Shelf 3.22.05

If you are working on a piece related to the school shootings in Minnesota, the Journalist’s Toolbox has a whole page related to references on school violence.
If you’re working on a piece that involves numbers that you have to double-check, try WebMath.
A quick and dirty way to get access to birth, death, arrest and otherrecords, some free, some paid at KnowX.
If you’re in Florida and hoping to get some arrest records, meanwhile, try the handy Offender Information Search.
What does the world think of what’s going on here in the States? Check out Watching America.

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