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Resources: Helpful Web Sites
We at Scroggin & Company, P.C. have completed a list of helpful links we frequently refer many of our customers to. Select any of the following categories for a list of related links:
Insurance and Financial Services
- Publications:
- National Underwriter: www.nuco.com
- FPA: www.financial-planning.com
- Wall Street Journal: www.wsj.com
- Forbes: www.forbes.com
- Fortune: www.fortune.com
- Kiplinger: www.kiplinger.com
- Bottomline: www.boardroom.com
- Worth Magazine: www.worth.com
- Money Magazine: www.pathfinder.com/money
- Entrepreneur: www.entrepreneurmag.com
- General Information & Education:
- MSN: www.moneycentral.msn.com
- College for Financial Planning: www.fp.edu
- KPMG Financial Services: www.kpmginsiders.com
- Bloomberg: www.bloomberg.com
- AICPA: www.aicpa.org
- Motley Fool: www.motleyfool.com
- Investorama: www.investorama.com
- Specific Companies, Individuals & Funds:
- Hoovers: www.hoovers.com
- SEC Corporate Filings: www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm
- Mutual Fund Info: www.micropal.com
- CompanySleuth: www.companysleuth.com
- Dow Jones: www.djnr.com
- Morningstar: www.morningstar.com
- S&P: www.stockinfo.standardpoor.com
- KnowX: www.knowx.com
- Dun & Bradstreet: www.dnb.com - Information on over 50 million business
- Corporate Financials. www.cfonews.com - Information on publically traded companies
- Market Information:
- BigCharts: www.bigcharts.com - Measures historic performance of a stock
- Treasury Debt: www.publicdebt.treas.gov - Market prices of federal debt instruments
- Constant Stock Review: www.quote.com - Will e-mail you if a stock is impacted
- Nathan & Lewis: www.nlfs.com - Excellent informational site
- Schwab: www.schwab.com - Schwab’s on-line service
- Quicken: www.quicken.com/investments - Quicken’s on-line investment service
- The Street: www.thestreet.com - Financial reporting
- Compare Bank Rates: www.bankrate.com
- Make Financial Decisions: www.financenter.com
Content & Website Aggregators
(Websites which allow you to draw information from multiple sites or provide links to multiple other locations):Business Information Sources:
- BizMove: www.bizmove.com - A “small-business knowledge base”.
- BizPlus: www.bizplus.com - One of the best sources for Internet small business information
- EntreWorld: www.entreworld.org - Information on starting and running a small business.
- Mircosoft: www.microsoft.com/smallbiz - Microsoft’s source for small business information.
- SBA: www.sba.gov/library - Small Business Administration information.
Finance and Investing:
- E*Trade: www.etrade.com - On-Line trading
- MSN Money Central: www.moneycentral.msn.com - Microsoft’s money management.
- Quicken: www.quicken.com - Offers a broad range of money management tools.
- The Street: www.thestreet.com - The Wall Street Journal’s financial information site.
- Yahoo! Finance: www.quote.yahoo.com - Yahoo’s financial information site.
- IRAs: www.rothira.com
Business Services:
- Contact/Schedulers - www.contact.com
- Web Based Faxing (without a fax machine): www.efax.com
- Buy Stamps on the Net: www.stamps.com
- Multiple Business Services on the Web: www.zkey.com
- Accounting. www.netledger.com - provides web-based accounting and bill paying.
Paying Bills Online:
- Paypal: www.paypal.com
- Ecount: www.ecount.com
- Western Union: www.moneyzap.com
- D. Payme: www.payme.com
Charitable Gifting
- Chronicle of Philanthropy: www.philanthropy.com
- The National Committee on Planned Giving: www.ncpg.org
- Information on Charities:
- Volunteer Work: www.volunteermatch.com
Finding People and Businesses:
- AnyWho: www.anywho.com - Look up the phone number or address or someone; back search a phone number or address; even get a map to someone’s house!
- Bigbook: www.bigbook.com - Comprehensive list of 16 million businesses and the services they provide.
- Big Yellow: www.bigyellow.com - On-line phone book.
- Switchboard: www.switchboard.com - Contains 106 million residences and 11 million business listings.
- WhoWhere: www.whowhere.com - Easy to conduct local searches.
- Worldpages: www.worldpages.com - Contains information on addresses, e-mail addresses and links to other directories.
- Genealogy: www.rootsweb.com - find your family history.
Reference Sources - Government:
- All: www.firstgov.gov - the federal government’s central website.
- CIA: www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook - the CIA’s fact book on the world.
- IRS: www.irs.gov - The IRS’s web site with tax forms and tax information. An excellent source.
- Library of Congress: www.loc.gov - More information than you could possibly want.
- Census Bureau: www.census.gov - Detailed demographic information.
- FedWorld: www.fedworld.gov - A wealth of sources on government sites and information.
- Public Records: www.pac-info.com - Search public records.
- Political Funding: www.opensecrets.org - Find the contributors to local politicians.
Reference Sources - General
- Internet Library:
- Net Library: www.netlibrary.com - Finding books in the Web and downloading copies
- Britannica: www.britannica.com - Britannica’s on-line service
- Publications: www.elibrary.com - Do research across a broad spectrum of publications
- Encarta: www.encarta.msn.com - Microsoft’s encyclopedia
- How to on the Net: www.learn2.com
- Rules: www.everyrule.com - Copies of the rules to govern just about anything
- Dictionary:
Reference Sources - Law
- Attorney Locator and Rating Services:
- All attorneys: www.martindale.com
- Estate Planning Attorneys:
- General Law:
- Findlaw: www.findlaw.com - An excellent source for state and federal cases, statutes and other materials.
- CCH: www.cch.com - Commerce Clearing House’s web site.
- Lawyers Weekly: www.lawyersweekly.com - A weekly publication on current legal issues; links to other sites.
- Lexis/Nexis: www.lexis-nexis.com - A fee based retrieval system for materials not generally available on the Net.
- Tax Law:
- ABA: www.abanet.org/tax
- Accounting Firms:
- Deloitte & Touche: www.dtonline.com/tnv
- Ernst & Young: www.taxcast.com
- Pricewaterhouse: www.taxes.com
- KPMG: www.us.kpmg.com
- All States Taxes: www.taxsites.com
- AICPA: www.aicpa.org
- National Tax Association: www.ntanet.org
- Tax Foundation: www.taxfoundation.org
- Tax History: www.uic.edu/index.html
- Tax Analysts: www.tax.com - Detailed information on tax issues
- Tax Lists: Providing for links to tax related web sites
- Estate Planning Links:
- Tax Code: www.fourmilab.ch/ustax
- Legislation & Other Information: www.taxplanet.com
- Senior Law: www.seniorlaw.com
- Tax Treaties: www.irs.gov/ind_info/treaties
- Tax Court: www.taxcourt.gov
- Treasury Regulations: www.irs.gov/prod_regs
- IRS Rulings: www.irs.gov/prod/bus_info/bullett
- Tax Forms:
- Federal Rates: www.pmstax.com/afr
- Federal Tax Tables: www.irs.gov/prod/ind_info/tax_tables
- Tax Return Preparation Online:
- Valuation:
- www.bluebook.com - For certain tangible assets
- www.evpsys.com - For securities
- www.publicdebt.treas.gov/sav/sav.htm - For Treasury Bonds
- www.kbb.com - For estimatingvalue of used cars.
- Employment Issues:
- www.eeoc.gov - The EEOC’s website offers a section for small business owners.
- www.myworktools.com
- www.biztrain.com
- www.employer-employee.com
- www.non.com -Legal tips and forms
- www.sbinformation.about.com
- Divorce:
- www.divorcesource.com
- www.flyingsolo.com
- www.divorceonline.com
- www.smartmoney.com/divorce/
- www.divorcemag.com
- Divorce Orders and PBGC (pub 1005) available at www.pbgc.gov
- www.divorcelinks.com
Helping the Elderly
- www.aoa.gov - Federal government’s Agency on Aging
- www.eldercare.gov - Website of the Agency on Aging
- www.medicare.gov - National website for Medicare
- www.cms.gov - The government’s center for both Medicare and Medicaid advice
- www.socialsecurity.gov - the Social Security website
- www.aarp.org - American Association of Retired Persons website
- www.caremanager.org - Helpful website on care giver resources
- www.nia.nih.gov - Providing information on gerontology
Demographic Information
- www.census.gov - the government’s cite for census data
- www.frey-demographer.org - providing free copies of reports on US demographics and their impact.
- www.ustrust.com - provides numerous studies on the demographics of the affluent.
- www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/gsas/swri/ - reports on expected future transfers of wealth.
- www.censuscd.com - offering products using census data
News Sources
- ABC News: www.abcnews.com - Up to date news information
- CNN: www.cnn.com - CNN’s up to date news reporting, including links to background info
- NBC: www.msnbc.com - NBC News’ web site provides excellent interactive information
- New York Times: www.nytimes.com - Excellent source for detailed reporting. There is no cost and no paper to dispose of.
- NewsHub: www.newshub.com - Pulls news from multiple sources every 15 minutes
- Associated Press: www.wire.ap.org - Direct access to information and pictures coming from AP
- Dialog Web: www.dialogweb.com - Access publications for a fee
- Total News: www.totalnews.com - Locate local news organizations
- Sports: www.espn.com
- Track Down Old News Articles: www.daypop.com
- General News Information: www.journalistexpress.com
Search Engines
- Altavista: www.av.com - One of the most through search engines available
- Excite: www.excite.com - Broad based search engine
- Google: www.google.stanford.edu.com - An excellent source for academic information
- HotBot: www.hotbot.com - Allows for more narrowed searches
- Metacrawler: www.metacrawler.com - Runs your request against a number of other engines
- Northern Light: www.northernlight.com - Detailed information from 4500 sources
- Yahoo: www.yahoo.com - One of the best known search engines
- AllWeb. www.alltheweb.com - Detailed search engine
- Fast Search: www.fastsearch.com
Download Software
- Dave Central: www.davecentral.com - An excellent source for finding programs that can be downloaded on the Internet
- Download.Com: www.download.com - Large collection of free and nominal cost software
- Software Library: www.hotfiles.zdnet.com - One of the largest software libraries on the Net
- Tucows: www.tucows.com - Software library with capsule reviews and ratings
- Zdnet: www.zdnet.com - Free software downloads
Travel & Entertainment
Access travel & entertainment information on the Net & book on-line:
- Travel Web Sites - Go to www.pcworld.com and pull the article “Travel Web Sites” from the July 2000 edition of the magazine.
- Airlines On-Line: (comprehensive list: www.geocities.com/thavery2000/):
- AirTran: www.airtran.com
- American Airlines: www.aa.com
- Continental: www.flycontinental.com
- Delta: www.delta-air.com
- Midwest: www.midwestexpress.com
- Northwest: www.northwestairlines.com
- Southwest: www.iflyswa.com
- TWA: www.twa.com
- United: www.ual.com
- US Airways: www.usair.com
- Seats: www.seatguru.com Seat and Plane Configurations for most Airplanes
- BizTravel: www.biztravel.com - Detailed information on travel sites, monitors your frequent traveler programs.
- Microsoft: www.expedia.msn.com - Microsoft’s travel site
- Preview Travel: www.previewtravel.com - Find cheap fares, vacation packages, travel information
- Travel City: www.travelocity.com - Sabre’s reservation system, finds lower fares than airline sites
- Weather: www.weather.com
- Maps, Etc: Obtain detailed maps to your destination, weather information, travel information
- Trip Planning: www.theultimates.com/trip/
- Automobile Rentals:
- Alamo: www.goalamo.com
- Avis: www.avis.com
- Budget: www.budgetrentacar.com
- Dollar: www.dollarcar.com
- Enterprise: www.pickenterprise.com
- Hertz: www.hertz.com
- National: www.nationalcar.com
- Thrifty: www.thrift.com
- Lodging:
- Dining and Entertainment:
- www.zagat.com - Top places to eat in major American cities
- www.citysearch.com - Locate local restaurants, events, etc.
- Locate entertainment in any city:
- Make a Reservation:
- Travel Guides
- Travel and Moving Resource
- Speed Traps: www.speedtrap.com tells you where speed traps maybe found on your trip
- Flights: will tell when any flight will land & its current location
- Moving: www.makethemove.com - Designed to make moving easier
- Time & Date: www.timeanddate.com provides the time and date anywhere in the world.
- Currency Conversion: www.oanda.com
- City Codes for Airlines: www.airportcitycodes.com
Build / Owning Your Own Web Site
- Domain Name - Places to buy your web site domain name (such as yourname.com):
- Web Site Design & Programming Tips:
- Professional Web Site Designers:
- Einstein Web Design (our site designer & hosting service) - www.einsteinwebdesign.com
- Large Ecommerce Stores & Database Design - http://globiwebsolutions.com
- Marketing
- eBoz - www.eboz.com
- Google AdWord - http://www.google.com/intl/en/ads/
Shipping Sources
- Compare Rates: www.iship.com - to compare rates of shipping companies
- (US Mail) United States Postal Services: www.usps.com
- Airborne: www.airborne.com
- Federal Express: www.fedex.com
- UPS: www.ups.com
On-line Auctions:
- Action Universe: www.auctionuniverse.com - Offers a wide assortment of on-line auction items.
- EBAY: www.ebay.com - Offers the world's widest variety of auction items (over 2 million at any time).
- On Sale: www.onsale.com - Large variety of items on auction.
- BidFind: www.bidfind.com - Search over 170 auction sites for products to bid on.
- LyCos Auction Service: www.lycos.com/auctions - Indicate an item you want at Lycos will let you know if the item becomes available.
On-line Shopping:
- Autos:
- www.carpoint.com
- www.carsdirect.com
- www.autoweb.com
- New Auto Pricing - www.edmund.com
- Used Auto Pricing - www.kbb.com
- Books:
- www.amazon.com -Probably the best source for buying books, both new and used!
- www.bookfinder.com - Locate out of print books.
- Compare Prices:
- www.bottomdollar.com -Search for office products at the lowest price.
- www.comparenet.com - Find and compare products, with buyer’s tips and locations to purchase.
- www.cnet.com
- www.pricegrabber.com
- www.amazing-bargains.com
- www.evenbetter.com
- www.mysimon.com
- Computers:
- Chumbo: www.chumbo.com - An online source for software at discount prices.
- J. NECX: www.necx.com - An excellent source for purchasing computer/technology items on-line.
- K. Computers.Com: www.computers.com - Provides on-line referrals on new computer products, prices and a list of on-line sources to obtain the product.
- Dell: www.dell.com
- IBM: www.ibm.com
- Microsoft: www.microsoft.com
- CDW: www.cdw.com
- Apple / Macintosh - www.apple.com
- Office Supplies
- Bottom Dollar: www.bottomdollar.com - Search for office products on-line at the lowest price.
- Office Depot: www.officedepot.com
- Office Max: www.officemax.com
- Staples: www.staples.com
- On-Line Office Supplies: www.onlineofficesupplies.com
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