Links for Consultants and Management
General Business Research

(and Chicago specific information)

Search Engine Tools

www.google.com We find ourselves using Google more and more because of it's speed in delivering revelant results. Now we have our own on-board Google

www.yahoo.com This is Google's main competition and it will often come up with results when Google doesn't.

www.msn.com Microsoft finally made it into the search market with it's own search engine. Formerly, it used the same search engine as Yahoo. msn.com is #3 in the search engine race.

www.teoma.com Teoma is is now Ask.com We think it's an excellent engine that could give Google, Yahoo and MSN some competition. Try it, you may like it -- a lot.

www.altavista.com This classic still has value. It could once again become the prime choice for finding many needles in many haystacks?

www.dogpile.com An excellent search engine consolidator, (meta search engine), Don't let the funny name put you off. Dogpile will return results from multiple search engines. A good tool to learn which search engines work best for your type of work.

Netscape Net Search Your choice of search engines all in one place., Excite, Lycos, LookSmart, HotBot , Ask Jeeves, Google and Netscape Search.

www.northernlight.com Business oriented searching a speciality. We used to use it a lot more than we do in 2002 because after it was bought by devine, inc. almost all articles now require payment. We consider it quite "pricey" for the majority of content. However, Northernlight might just be the only source for some information.

Maps

http://www.mapquest.com/ -Mapquest Explore the world with the #1 mapping site, Mapquest.

http://maps.google.com/ -Google maps is one of the newest map sites, and one of the most interesting because it provides satellite view in addition to the normal map view. It can blend the two views.

Chicago Newspapers

Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune Internet Edition

Chicago Reader Arts & Entertainment sites, classified ads and more from The Reader.

Chicago SunTimes Chicago SunTimes Online Edition

Books

Amazon.Com Earth's biggest bookstore

Barnes & Noble The World's Largest Bookstore.

Borders Purchase books online.

Book Wire Book reviews with bite.

Find a School for You or Family Member

Graduate Schools Search - Graduate Programs Graduate Schools Search dot com offers the capability to perform a graduate school search for top graduate schools and graduate programs at grad schools near you.

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Internet Movie Database Search for movies and more.

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Resources for Consultants

C2M - Consulting To Management magazine also has an excellent website
worth visiting - www.c2m.com

The Institute of Management Consultants, IMC USA is the premier association for US management consultants. Visit www.imcusa.org for additional information.

CMC Global Network.The Network is a program of the College of Certified Management Consultants of the Institute of Management Consultants USA, Inc. (IMC USA). Find out about certification.

Websiterevamp.org Specializes in websites for consultants, associations and business institutions.
Website design, redesign and Internet marketing strategies.

Weather

The Weather Channel The Weather Channel home page.

Weather Net The Internet's premier source of weather information.

Business News Resources

Business Week Business Week, the world's best-selling business magazine invites you to explore Business Week Online.

CNN fn Cable News Network's Financial Network.

DowJones Business Directory Your guide to high-quality business websites.

Edgar Online The source for today's SEC information.

Wall Street Journal The interactive edition of the Wall Street Journal.

Directories/Resource Centers

Grammar Lady Grammar reference center.

http://www.555-1212.com Fast area code lookup for the United States and Canada.

http://www.Encyclopedia.com The Internet's premier free encyclopedia.

WhoWhere Yellow page search, Public records search. The way to find people on the web.

Macmillan Computer Publishing Que Books, WWW Yellow Pages, Resource Centers and more.

Bigfoot Want to find somebody? Well, you're in the right place.

www.bigbook.com is now also known as www.superpages.com a Verizon owned enterprise. A whole new kind of Yellow Pages.

Travel

Easy Sabre easySABRE on the Net offers access to airline, car rental and hotel information. Free membership.

Microsoft Expedia.Com Start your travel here.

Excite Travel by City.Net Book tickets online *Airline Tickets *Hotel Reservations *Car Rentals

www.Travelzoo.com tells you about current sales and specials from hundreds of travel companies

Travelocity The original Internet source of discount airline tickets.

Dining in Chicago

Online Maitre d' Restaurant Guide "Chicago's Restaurant Guide" has reviews of eating establishments. Also has search facilities.

Metromix Local guide to Chicago restaurants. Has search facilities. Also a great online listing with reviews of dance and music venues complete with a search feature by area, music type and dance type.