The Web continues to attract attention. It is a center
centerpiece for two applications listed in the AICPA’s Top Technologies (www.toptentechs.com/applications/):
Web-based applications (number 1) and Web-enabled applications (number 4). It is
also on the periphery on many other items in those lists and it has an
overwhelming amount of content. According to the Online Computer Library Center
(OCLC; http://wcp.oclc.org/) there were 4.7
million unique web sites on the Internet when it conducted its research of the
Web’s 1999 characteristics. The results for 2001 indicate that there are now
around 8.4 million unique web sites. Thus, there has been a net gain of around
3.7 million pages and a net growth of about 220% since web-based tax resources
were discussed in this column last. Certainly there is some new content that tax
professionals will find useful somewhere in that additional volume.
The purpose of this month’s column is to
update previous articles on searching the web and on web-based resources for tax
professionals. The discussion includes what is now being referred to as the
“deep Web”- a portion comprising specialized and searchable databases.
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AICPA Top Ten Technologies
(www.toptentechs.com/list.html)
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The Online Computer
Library Center (http://wcp.oclc.org/)
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BrightPlanet (www.brightplanet.com/deepcontent/index.asp)
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The University at Albany Libraries (http://library.albany.edu/internet/deepweb.html)
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PriceWaterhouseCoopers EDGAR database- (http://edgarscan.pwcglobal.com/servlets/edgarscan)
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AICPA’s online publications (www.aicpa.org/pubs/default.htm)
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Switchboard.com (www.switchboard.com)
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Illinois CPA Society (www.futurecpa.org/futurecpa/jobs_careers/jobbank.htm)
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The Search Engine Watch (http://searchenginewatch.com/links/)
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San Diego State University (http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/searching/specialized.html)
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The Invisible Web (www.invisible-web.net/)
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About web directory (http://websearch.about.com/cs/helpandtutorials/)
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Library of Congress (http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/internet/training.html)
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The CyberLibrarian (www.thelearningsite.net/cyberlibrarian/searching/ismain.html)
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The Virtual Chase (www.virtualchase.com/quality/default.html)
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BuckInvestor.com (www.buckinvestor.com/)
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YoungBiz.com (http://youngbiz.com/)
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Investing for Kids (http://tqd.advanced.org/3096/)
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iVillage.com (www.ivillagemoneylife.com/)
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The Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement (www.wiser.heinz.org/)
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Robert Clofine (www.estateattorney.com/)
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Dennis Toman (www.estateplanninglinks.com/)
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State statutes and legislation (www.prairienet.org/~scruffy/f.htm)
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The Thomas web site (http://thomas.loc.gov/)
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FedStats (www.fedstats.gov/toolkit.html)
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Social Security Administration (www.ssa.gov/)
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Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (www.dol.gov/dol/pwba/)
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Streamlined Sales Tax Project (http://208.237.129.206/sline/statestatus.pdf)
