Accounting Sites
http://users.aol.com/auditnet/karl.htm
The All Inclusive World Wide Web: AuditNet Resource List is the most inclusive audit resource area I have found on the Net. This site has links to every thing and every source an auditor may need. If you are in an auditing practice, put this on your Hot Site List.Two especially good sites for accountants:
http://www.k2e.com
K2 Enterprises, Inc. is an organization of many of the CPA's that are speakers at the annual AICPA Microcomputer Conference.http://www.kentis.com/index.html
Kent Information Services, Inc., an organization that publishes the CPA's Internet Reference Guide and related CPE classes for CPA's learning to use the Internet.http://anet.scu.edu.au/anet
Home Page of ANet of the International Accounting Network. A great site for accountants involved in international accounting issues.http://www.accounting.org
Computerized Accounting site has excellent references and links to many automated accounting sources on the Web.http://www.computercpa.com
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The Accountant's Home Page contains an extensive list of links to other sites for accountants.
http://www.fedworld.gov
FedWorld Home Page is a great starting point for any search of available Federal information. There are links here to many, if not all, other Federal sites on the Web.http://stats.bls.gov
Bureau of Labor Statistics has down-loadable detailed statistics that every valuation accountant should have access to for comparisons with company statistics.http://www.business.gov
US Business Advisor is the site for business advice.http://www.sec.gov
SEC with access to SEC Corporate filing database, Edgar.http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod
Internal Revenue Servicehttp://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/lchp.html
The Library of Congresshttp://thomas.loc.gov
Thomas - US Congress on the Internetgopher://hamilton1.house.gov
Full US Code (Gopher server)http://www.whitehouse.gov
The White House -- A must see to believe site.http://www.piperinfo.com/state/states.html
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State Governments on the Internet
gopher://refmac.kent.edu:70/1D-1%3A2577%3ABusiness
This is the gopher site with many Federal documents available. I have used this site to get Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program requirements. The site is usually not busy.gopher://gopher.tc.umn.edu:70/11
University of Min. Home Gopher server (the mother of all Gophers).gopher://cwis.usc.edu:70/11/Other_Gophers_and_Information_Resources/Gophers_by_Subject/Gopher_Jewels
Gopher Jewelsgopher://gopher.unr.edu:70/11/veronica
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Veronica search menu items in most of Gopher Space
http://www.hp.com/home.html
Hewlett-Packard, Inc.http://www.ibm.com
One of the many IBM sites.http://www.gw2k.com
Gateway2000http://www.micronpc.com
Micron Electronics, Inc., PC Divisionhttp://www.tmc.bsis.com/links.html
Links to many hardware and software providers.http://www.microsoft.com
Microsoft, Inc.http://www.novell.com
Novell, Inc.http://www.lotus.com
Lotus Development Corporationhttp://www.netscape.com
NetScape; other companies make Internet browsers, but this is the one I use. I visit this site regularly to see what is new and to download new versions of their browsers.http://www.qualcomm.com
QualComm is the home of Eudora e-mail software.http://www.shareware.com
Shareware is a search site by c|net inc. You can find software available by type of browser being used and operating platform. This site should be one of your bookmarks for finding new tools as they become available for your browser. You can subscribe to an e-mail notification of changes by operating platform.http://www.surfwatch.com/index.html
SurfWatch, worried about pornography on the Net being seen by your kids? Get anti-pornography software by SurfWatch to restrict access.http://www.windows95.com
Windows95 site has many tools, demo, shareware, etc. specifically designed for use with Windows95. This site is NOT at Microsoft. I have found everything from HTML editors to animated cursors. This is a must for Windows95 users.http://www.ora.com
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O'Reilly publishes many microcomputer related books and software. Included in O'Reilly's software is WebSite. This is an excellent product for maintaining a Web site on a PC. The WebSite URL has links to FAQ, security issues and general support of the product.
http://www.yahoo.com
Yahoo is one of the most discussed search tools for the World Wide Web. Many Web users have changed their startup URL to this site. Keep its URL in your Hot Search Engine Site list.http://www.altavista.com
A very complete search engine for the web.http://www.excite.com
Excite is an increasingly popular search engine that yields excellent results.http://www.searchallinone.com/
All-In-One Search Page has links to many search engines. I have found this site useful when Yahoo is not adequate. Some of the better search tools on this site are also listed below due to the uniqueness of the search capabilities. This should be on your Hot Search Engine Site list.http://cuiwww.unige.ch/meta-index.html
Meta-index search page.http://www.infoseek.com
InfoSeek Search Page has the ability to search documents by key words and phrases. I have also found this site useful to search by company and individual names.http://webcrawler.com
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WebCrawler, the last of the search engines to be individually listed, has the ability to search Web pages for search selections. This should be on your Hot Search Engine Site list.
http://www.leepfrog.com/E-Law/CDLB/CDLB.html
Technology Law Columnhttp://www.well.com/user/lawtech
Law Office Technology -- A must for firms with law firm clients.http://www.ljx.com
Law Journal Extrahttp://www.strath.ac.uk/Departments/Law
Euro Law Sitehttp://www.ladas.com
Ladas & Parryhttp://www.law.cornell.edu/index.html
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Cornell Law Library is the only law library I use. Others exist. I am not a lawyer but when I want to review a legal case, I have used this site.
http://www.enews.com
Electronic News Stand is a site that has links to over 2,000 electronic versions of magazines. A good site to add to your Hot List.http://www.boardwatch.com
BoardWatch Magazine started long ago to address the needs of Bulletin Board Operators. It now is the best technical advisor on BBS, Web sites, and other matters of concern to the technology consultant. The entire magazine is available on-line with links to all referenced manufacturers and suppliers. The site is often busy but is worth the wait.http://www.zdnet.com
ZDNet is the umbrella site for all of the Ziff Davis computer publications, including PC Magazine, PC Week, Mac Week and Computer Shopper. Some magazines also have their own URLs and can be accessed directly - a real time saver for specific subject searches.http://www.winmag.com/win95
Windows magazine Windows 95 site that's filled with articles, tips, reviews and software. An alternative to ZiffNet.http://techweb.cmp.com
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TechWeb is the home of many (16 at last count) technology related magazines. Many articles are available on-line. You can subscribe to an e-mail notification of technology highlights in the current issues of the publisher's magazines.
http://www.cdc.gov
The Center for Disease Controlhttp://www.nejm.org
The New England Journal of Medicinehttp://www.medaccess.com
MedAccess, a site with particulars on over 6,000 hospitals and 600,000 physicians.http://www.jhustd.org/pub/jhustd/medlinks.htm
Johns Hopkins University Medical Links Pagehttp://www.bmj.com/bmj/abcmc/abcmc.htm
ABC of Medical Computinghttp://www.medscape.com
MedScape Sitehttp://www.who.ch
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World Health Organization
http://update.wsj.com
Wall Street Journal Onlinehttp://www.quote.com
QuoteCom Home Pagehttp://www.newspage.com
News Page Home Pagehttp://www.ypn.com/money
YPN Money Pagehttp://nytsyn.com
New York Timeshttp://www.npr.org
National Public Radiohttp://www.discovery.com
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Discovery Channel
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/what.html
The current time from the US Naval Observatory atomic clock.http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/NASA_homepage.html
NASA is a great starting point for mission info and many other space related links.http://www.seds.org/hst
Hubble Space Telescope photos and mission info.http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo
Galileo spacecraft photos from Jet Propulsion Labratories.http://sailors.steamboat.k12.co.us
Steamboat Schools web site contains general info, curriculum info, school-specific info, and school-year calendars.http://www.intel.com/intel/educate/pcdads/index.htm
The popular PC Dads site - by two Intel employees.http://www.fedex.com/track_it.html
Online real-time package tracking from FedEx.http://www.ups.com/tracking/tracking.html
Online real-time package tracking from UPS.http://www.amazon.com
Amazon.com - a huge online bookstore.http://mistral.enst.fr/~pioch/louvre/paintings
Louvre -- A museum with links to many other on-line museums.http://wellsfargo.com
Wells Fargo, financial services are available on the Net. This site is a good place to get started.http://www.dnb.com
Dun & Bradstreet, yes, even D&B is on the Net. You can use all of their services, if you are a dues paying member.http://www.ioma.com
The Institute of Management & Administration. How often are accountants in need of specialized management and administration assistance? This is the site for those issues. The site is loaded with information and links to other management sites.http://att.net
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AT&T's Network with many interesting items including the 1-800 directory.
http://iccweb.com
Internet Career Connectionhttp://www.occ.com
Online Career Centerhttp://www.careerpath.com
Career Pathhttp://www.ajb.dni.us
America's Job Bankhttp://www.dice.com
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Data Processing Independent Consultant Exchange
Many sites exist for developers of Web documents. The sites below are particularly interesting and helpful. Many developers also have sites where they advertise for engagements for site development. Refer to the Search Engines for links to other similar sites.
http://www.internic.net
This is the Home Page Of InterNic.http://info.isoc.org
The Internet Societyhttp://www.pointcom.com
PointCom evaluates sites and awards special recognition to sites with outstanding content and design.http://www.w3.org
The World Wide Web Initiate: The Project. Everything from the theory to the tools to use can be found here. The site is updated regularly as new tools are available for Web developers. I have found hypertext markup language discussions and tools.http://www.stars.com
Stars is one of the sites every developer should visit. This is one of the best sites to get links to developer tools, free graphics, and other essential items for the Web Development process. The site uses Frames, has Java advice, and images that can be downloaded and used.http://www.bhs.com
Beverly Hills Software, is this for the rich and famous? No, this is the URL for the Windows NT world. This site is the most complete source for NT support, FAQ, security, etc. for NT users.http://www.webcompare.com
WEB Compare is the site if you are trying to decide which Web site software to use in your office. Visit this site and see the comparison by independent reviewers.http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimer.html
A Beginner's Guide To HTML. This is a great site for the bookmark when you need a reference for HTML coding but are not near your library.http://www.submit-it.com
Submit-It has the ability to register new Internet sites for many of the search engines. Use this site to register the Web pages that you want people to find when using the search engines discussed above.http://thelist.com
The List of Internet providers and their ratings as a provider.http://www.owi.com/netvalue
NetValue: The Web Strategy Forumhttp://www.netmind.com
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Do you need to know when a Web page has changed? NetMind is the site for you. This site has software available to review a check sum of the text on a Web page and report, by e-mail, when the check sum has changed.
http://sunsite.nus.sg/asiasvc.html
Southeast Asia
http://www.worldbank.org
World Bank
http://www2.echo.lu/legal/en/labhome.html
EuroInfo Policyhttp://microstate.com
Microstates -- Small Countrieshttp://mbendi.co.za/index.htm
The African Wayhttp://www.icg.org/intelweb
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An On-Line Briefing
This "Hot Site List" is certainly not intended to be all inclusive. Many accounting sites exist for accountants. The sites include a list tailored to the specific needs of accountants and their business clients, and provide a useful starting point for more comprehensive searches of both accounting and non-accounting topics. Visit each to gain a better understanding of which sites will be better resources in your practice.
Originally compiled by Jeff Lieman, Ellin & Tucker, Chartered,
for the AICPA Micro96
Conference.
Web page created, updated and expanded by Bob Matteo, Steamboat Springs,
Colorado, May 1997.
