General Resources

Search Engines and Services Professional Organizations For Working Journalists Government Online Reference		Books, Lists, Magazines & Publishers News and Current Events Numbers and Statistics Computer Information Common Plug-ins/Software
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Search Engines and Services
AltaVista Ask Jeeves Excite Google Google Analytics Google Earth Google Images Google Groups Google Maps		Google Trends HotBot Lycos Mapquest MetaCrawler (results compiler) White Pages Yahoo! Yellow Pages (Chicago) Yellow Pages (National)

Professional Writers’ Organizations
American Independent Writers American Medical Writers Assn. American Soc. Journalists & Authors The Authors Registry Chicago Headline Club Chicago Women in Publishing Freelancers Union Independent Writers of So. Calif.		International Association of Business Communicators Midwest Writers Association National Writers Union Public Relations Society of America Society of Professional Journalists Society for Technical Communication Writers Guild of America
Working Journalists’s Resources
About.com Tips for Writers CEO Express Copy Editor Freelance Success Newswise ProfNet The Public Register's Annual Report Service		PR Newswire Criminal Justice Journalists (Reporters’ Network) Writers Guidelines Database Writers Market Writers Write: The Internet Writing Journal Writing-World.com
Government
Central Intelligence Agency The White House U.S. House of Representatives		U.S. Senate Official Sites of Foreign Governments City of Chicago
Online Reference
A Web of Online Dictionaries Oxford Reference Online Grammar Lady Online Library of Congress Names, Places, Quotes & More		Merriam-Webster Online Reference Desk (fact source) Wikipedia Your Dictionary (resources in 300 languages)
Books, Lists, Magazines & Publishers
The Ezine Directory Authorlink Find a Book Publisher		Online Journalism Review E-Journal Locator Yahoo! Magazine Directory
Sources for News and Current Events
ABC News CBS News Chicago Reader Chicago Reporter Chicago Sun-Times Chicago Tribune Christian Science Monitor City News (classified ads from all over) CNN Crain's Chicago Business Daily Herald		Huffington Post L.A. Times MS-NBC New York Times PBS Slate Southtown Star Wall Street Journal Washington Post WGN-TV WTTW
Numbers and Statistics
Dismal Scientist Finding Data on the Internet Fortune 500 Companies		Online Conversion (convert measurements) Primer on Statistics U.S. Census since 1790
Computer Information and Supplies
CNet: The Computer Network ZDNet CompUSA		Global Computer Supply PCWorld Magazine
Common Plug-Ins and Software
Adobe Acrobat Reader RealAudio		Shockwave WinZip