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We have been book marking selected web sites for more than ten years. Many of them were discovered as a result of research that was performed on behalf of clients. Some of the sites listed here were chosen because they have been found to be particularly helpful to the business community in general. Others represent a unique product or service. Most are not specific to particular industries. People on “both sides of the desk”-buyer or seller, service provider or manufacturer, private, public, and non-profit sector organizations-will find them helpful.
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· ChocoNet http://www.choconet1.com/
Custom chocolate business cards, chocolate CDs, and other customized chocolate
promotional gifts.
· Life-Size Standups http://www.elifesize.com/
Life size free-standing images of famous (and custom) people or things.
· Area Code Finder http://www.mmiworld.com/codelist.htm
Listing of area codes in numeric sequence
· NANPA http://www.nanpa.com/
North American Numbering Plan Administration site. Click on map to find an area code. More
information than you ever wanted about area codes
· BBB Home Page http://www.bbb.org/
Check out a potential customer’s or supplier’s reputation.
· BBB Online http://www.bbbonline.org/consumer/service.asp
Concise listing of BBB services.
· Radio Locator http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/home
Find any radio station in the world or broadcasting on the Internet.
· Black Box Corp. http://www.blackbox.com/
Want to hook your camcorder to your PC? This company specialized in unusual items for
those of us who use computers
· Tech Savvy http://www.techsavvy.com/
Identify suppliers, look up military specs, find parts.
· Baldrige Award http://www.quality.nist.gov/
Explains criteria and application process.
· ISO http://www.exit109.com/~leebee/
Helps organizations understand and implement the ISO 9000 and ISO 9001 standards
· Historical (year to
Year % changes) http://www.mrsc.org/finance/cpiu.htm
Useful for negotiating contracts
· General Information http://www.mrsc.org/finance/cpipage.htm
Explanation of the CPI. Contains links to the various versions of the index.
· Trade Show Directory http://www.tsnn.com/
US and worldwide listing of trade shows-dates, locations, industries
· The Thomas Register http://www.thomasregister.com/
Industrial directory
· Hoovers On Line http://www.hooversonline.com/
Industrial directory
· Directory of Printed
Media http://www.mediafinder.com/
Comprehensive listing of US and Canadian printed media
· Portals To The World http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
Links to information on every country in the world.
· Worldwide Business
Directories http://www.nypl.org/research/sibl/directories/namerica.htm
List of all kinds of directories that are available at the NY public library, and possibly at your
local library.
· US Patent and http://www.uspto.gov
Trademark Office A wealth of information concerning patents, trademarks, and searches.
· US Post Office http://www.usps.gov/
Calculate rates, track shipments, read regulations, find zip codes.
· Fed World http://www.fedworld.gov/
Explore the Federal Government through this site.
· Congress on the
Internet http://thomas.loc.gov/
Lists the members of the House and Senate, congressional committees, and legislation
· Tell Me http://www.1-800-555-tell.com/
Free wake up calls, Voice mail, Directions via your telephone or cell phone.
· Uniform Commercial
Code http://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/ucc.table.html
Rules and guidelines covering commercial transactions between buyers and sellers
· Find Law http://www.findlaw.com/
Read the Uniform Commercial Code, Locate lawyers.
· HR.COM http://www.headhunter.net/JobPoster/ERC/Legal.htm
General Information about employment law.
· Martindale-Hubble http://www.martindale.com/xp/Martindale/home.xml
Directory of organizations providing dispute resolution services other than courts. Also offers
legal information
· Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov
Home page. Lists links to various services and information.
· NY Public Library http://www.nypl.org/index.html
Home page. Lists links to various services and information
· New York City
Address Finder http://home.con2.com/easysurf/newyork.htm
Enter an address and find the nearest cross street. Lots of other information too.
· Subway Navigator http://www.subwaynavigator.com/subway_site/eng/accueil/fset_subway.htm
Covers NY and other major subway systems throughout the world.
· Foders http://www.fodors.com/
Restaurants, hotels, air fairs - US and international
· All NY http://www.allny.com/
New York for A to Z
Business News NJ http://www.njbiz.com/
Comprehensive coverage of NJ business
· Crains NY Business http://www.crainsny.com/
Comprehensive coverage of NY business
· Fast Company http://www.fastcompany.com/homepage/
Management “ideas that matter, tools that work”.
· The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/
· Wall Street Journal http://public.wsj.com/home.html
· American Institute of
Philanthropy http://www.charitywatch.org/index.html
Charity watchdog service whose purpose is to help donors make informed giving decisions.
· Guide Star http://www.guidestar.org/
Database of more than 850,000 IRS-recognized nonprofit organizations. Lists
resources for donors and for non-profit organizations.
· Idealist--Action
Without Borders http://www.idealist.org/
Comprehensive site covering non-profits in 153 countries. Lists jobs, volunteer opportunities,
tools and resources for non-profits.
· Internet nonprofit
Center http://www.nonprofits.org/
Lists tools, resources, and news for and about non-profit organizations
· Support Center For
Non-Profit Management http://www.supportctr.org/
Mission Is to strengthen the non-profit sector by providing training, consulting, information.
Be sure to visit their “links” page.
· Foundation Center http://fdncenter.org/
Information on finding funders, writing proposals, researching the non-profit sector, resources
for grant makers. Direct link to the Philanthropy News Digest.
· The NonProfit Times http://www.nptimes.com/
A business publication for the non-profit sector
· Do-It Corporation http://www.do-it.com/do-it/
Products that make it possible to hang many types of items. Useful in offices as well as
warehouses and retail stores.
Electrofuel http://www.electrofuel.com/
Lightweight notebook batteries that last either 12 or 16 hours on one charge. (Click on Power
Pad Family).
· PC World http://www.pcworld.com/
Product reviews, tips, general technical advice
· Small Biz Tech Talk http://www.smallbiztechtalk.com
Learn how to save money on your computer support costs --- what your highly paid computer consultant doesn’t want you to know! Subscribe to a free bi-weekly “Tips” e-zine and get information like how to type one word into your browser’s address bar and convert to a URL without typing all the extra stuff.
· Whatis? http://whatis.techtarget.com/
Dictionary of IT-related words (DRAM, SDRAM, etc)
PERSONAL COMPUTERS-TECHNICAL SUPPORT
· ExpertCity http://www.expertcity.com/
Live help via for $10.00 per incident. Their proprietary software is unique.
· Ask Dr. Tech http://www.askdrtech.com/default.asp
Live help for $129 per year
· ConsumerSearch http://www.consumersearch.com/www/
Unbiased ratings of products for both business and personal use
· Ask An Expert http://www.askanexpert.com/
Looks like site for kids, but has “grown up” information.
· Books on line http://www.bartleby.com/reference/
Dictionary, Roget’s Thesaurus, Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, etc.
· Calculators On Line http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/HSG/RefCalculators.html
Almost 15,000 calculators and converters, on every subject you can imagine.
· MegaConverter http://www.megaconverter.com/Mega2/
Dozens of converters, related to business and personal interests: Convert fractions to
decimals, check time in different zones, translate foreign language web sites to English.
· Universal Currency
Converter http://www.xe.net/ucc/
Foreign exchange rate calculations on the Internet, using live, up-to-the-minute data.
· International finance http://www.oanda.com/
Real time and historical currency rates
· Dictionary of Science
and Technology http://www.harcourt.com/dictionary/
Defines word and terms related to over 130 scientific and technological fields.
· Dictionary of terms-
Telecommunications http://www.telecomcareers.net/Resources/Dictionary/diction_b.htm
Definitions of telecommunications terms and acronyms
· Internet Public Library http://www.ipl.org/ref/index.text.html
Links to millions of on-line documents in thousands of subject areas.
· National Institute of
Standards http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/230/235/appxc/appxc.htm
Tables of units of measure. Bottom of page has a link back to home page.
· Zagat Survey http://www.zagat.com/
Find restaurants and read their ratings. Covers the US and several other countries
· Easy Searcher http://www.easysearcher.com/index.html#top
Access to 300 search engines, organized by category such as “www engines”, “Business
engines”, etc.
· Fossic http://www.fossick.com/
Tired of getting the message “no results” from the “common” search engines? This one looks
“inside” documents to find content that other engines can’t locate.
· IX Quick http://www.ixquick.com/
Searches 14 other engines simultaneously.
· Librarians’ Index
to the Internet http://lii.org/
The Librarians' Index to the Internet (LII) is a searchable, annotated subject directory of
more than 8,600 Internet resources selected and evaluated by professional librarians.
NOTE: Managers of individual departments in large corporations will find many of these sites useful.
· All Business.Com http://www.allbusiness.com/index.jsp
· Entrepreneur Magazine http://www.entrepreneur.com/
· Insurance Noodle https://www.insurancenoodle.com/index.asp?REF=allbus&HTTPS=1
Site is devoted to business insurance. Contains a glossary of business insurance terms.
· Microsoft bCentral http://www.bcentral.com/default.asp
· Office Magazine http://www.office.com/
· SBA http://www.sba.gov/
US Small Business Administration-Information on everything from financing to help with
selling to the government.
· SCORE http://www.score.org/
Service Corps of Retired Executives. Free counseling, in person and by email.
· Professional Services
Group http://www.wnjpin.net/psg/psgmorr/Joblist.htm
Government funded No Fee source of executives, from middle management to CEO.
· Job Circle http://www.jobcircle.com/index.html
This site specialized in IT jobs in the New York metro area.
· Journalism http://www.journalismjobs.com/
Source of candidates and job openings in print and electronic media, nationwide.
· Telecommunications http://www.telecomcareers.net/
Site claims to contain the resumes of 50,000 telecom executives.
· Any Who http://www.anywho.com/
Reverse lookup, toll free numbers, international lookups
· Canada 411 http://canada411.sympatico.ca/
Nationwide directory of Canadian businesses and people
· Power Search http://www.yellow.com/
US & Worldwide lookups
· Super Pages http://www.superpages.com/
Lets you search nation wide instead of just by state
TIMETABLES-NY & Phila Metro Areas
NJ Transit http://www.njtransit.com/sh_sitemap.shtm
Public transportation to NY and Philadelphia from NJ, including Newark Airport.
· Manufacturing
Marketplace http://www.manufacturing.net/
Links to several dozen trade journal sites, plus subscription information.
· American Society
of Travel Agents http://www.astanet.com/travel/security.asp
Information for domestic and international travelers
· Best Fares http://www.bestfares.com/
Low airline fares and other travel bargains
· Europe for Visitors http://goeurope.miningco.com/library/weekly/bl-980409b.htm
Everything you could ever want to know about luggage and packing.
· Federal Highway
Administration http://www.panynj.gov/ta/taframe.HTM
National information on road closures, traffic jams, and weather.
· Foders http://www.fodors.com/
Restaurants, hotels, air fairs - US and international
· MetroCommute http://www.metrocommute.com/
Traffic reports and mass transit information for metro areas throughout the US.
· Museum Spot http://www.museumspot.com/
Want to have a conference at the American Rattlesnake Museum in Albuquerque? OK, so
you prefer something tamer. How about the Smithsonian in DC? Need a
quick break?
Visit a virtual
museum such as the Museum of Hoaxes,
or discover the International Museum of Toilets. Find out about all
of them on this site.
· Port Authority-NY/NJ http://www.panynj.gov/tocframe.HTM
Information on Kennedy, LaGuardia, Newark airports, Port Elizabeth and all other Port
Authority facilities.
· Subway Navigator http://www.subwaynavigator.com/subway_site/eng/accueil/fset_subway.htm
Covers subway systems throughout the world.
· USA City Link http://www.usacitylink.com/default.html
Links to information on nearly every city and town in the US.
· Clip Art http://www.free-graphics.com/
30,000 images, plus links to other sites. Remember-Always review “copyright” information
before downloading anything for use on a commercial site.
·
Realm Graphics
http://www.click.toplinks.com/clickframe.htm
Buttons, banner, icons, symbols. Most items are free, but there are
some restrictions.
Just to be sure, click on “Copyright” before downloading items from this site.
· The Weather Channel http://www.weather.com/
· Look Smart http://www.looksmart.com/eus1/eus317836/eus317913/eus53742/eus65185/r?l&&hl=2&ss=1&key=zip
US and international zip codes, postal abbreviations, etc.
· US Postal Service http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/welcome1.htm
Zip code and address finder
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