Web Sites of Interest to
Church Office Support
The following is a list of Web sites that may be of special interest to administrative assistants:
- 1-800-Flowers —An online florist
About Work —A Web site with information on job hunting and career advancement
- Absolutely Free Clipart. A large collection of free clip art images representing many different categories.
- Airlines of the World. Links to most major airlines anywhere in the world.
- AirSafe.com Extensive information on airline safety on all major airlines and regions of the world. Excellent site.
- Alabama
- Alamo.
- Alaska
- Amazon.com—An online bookstore that is searchable by title, author, or topic
- America West Airlines.
- American Airlines.
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Ask An Expert —Specialized answers to questions ranging from business and in
- AT&T Directories. Use the AT&T online directory to find phone numbers, addresses, maps and directions for businesses and people in the U.S.
- AT&T Toll Free 800 Directory Thousands of business listings. Very useful.
- Atlantic Fish. This site has a mix of well done color and black and white gif files. The files are low resolution and work well on web sites.
- Avis. dustry to science and health
- Barnes & Noble —An online bookstore that is searchable by title, author, or topic. There are also free online courses available from this Web site.
Bartleby.com Outstanding site fill of books, reference materials, encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus plus more.
- Better Business Bureau —A list of Better Bu
- Bloomberg Currency Calculator. Convert dollars to almost any currency.
- Budget
- BusinessTown —A Web site dedicated to business resources that includes sample letters and forms, travel information, accounting and finance, and office procedures
- Calculate Domestic Mail Postage Rates. United States Postal Service.
- Calculate International Mail Postage Rates. United States Postal Service. Use this link is you are mailing envelopes, packages, post cards, aerogrammes from the United States to a foreign country.
- Calculation of the Ecclesiastical Calendar Calculates Easter and other dates for any year.
- California
- Cambridge Dictionaries Online Cambridge publishes a range of monolingual and bilingual dictionaries for learners of English.
- Career City —A listing of job postings
Career Mosaic —A listing of thousands of job postings, resume listings, and employer information
City Search —A listing of entertainment, restaurants, hotels, and shopping for various U.S. cities
- City State / US Postal Service ZIP Code Associations
- CNN —An online news resource
- Colorado
Columbia Encyclopedia Containing nearly 51,000 entries (marshalling six and one-half million words on a vast range of topics), and with more than 80,000 hypertext cross-references, the current Sixth Edition is among the most complete and up-to-date encyclopedi� ever produced.
- Commentaries on the Revised Common Lectionary Comments on lectionary passages by Chris Haslam. A very good site.
- Connecticut
- Continental Airlines.
CoolClips.com. A small, but nice collection of color images that can be used in church publications. Some images are for Catholic churches.
- Crosswalk.com Cards Send Christian Greeting Cards via e-mail
- D.C.
- Delaware
- Delta Airlines.
- DHL Worldwide Shipping. DHL specializes in worldwide shipping. A good shipping resource when sending packages to missionaries.
- Daily Reflections Provides daily reflections resource for corporate gifts
- Dictionary —An online dictionary and thesaurus
- EDGAR Online —A repository of corporate filings by public companies to the Securities and Exchange Commission
- E-Mail Search Program Search for e-mail addresses from a site originating in the United Kingdom.
- Encarta — —An online encyclopedia
Encyberpedia This site provites a topical index of encyclopedias available over the Internet. Some links are better than others.
- Encyclopedia.com/ . A free encyclopedia which provides users with more than 57,000 frequently updated articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia, Seventh Edition. Each article is enhanced with links to newspaper and magazine articles as well as pictures and maps - all provided by eLibrary.
- Enterprise
- E-Trade —An online stock trading resource
- Expedia.com. Online reservations and information for airlines, hotels, cars, etc.
- Federal Express —An express shipping service for overnight letters, packages, and freight
- FedEx Tracking. Use this link to track shipments from Federal Express.
- Fodor’s Restaurant Index —A listing of restaurant reviews for various cities around the world
Florida
Fodors Information and travel tips. Very good.
- Foreign Language Translation —A list of common phrases in various foreign languages
- Free Catholic Graphics. A nice collection of both color and black and white images that any church can use. Available as gif files.
- Free Christian Images. This site has over 200 color images. The images are high quality, and will work well if you print in color or plan to use them on the web, but may be a bit too high tech for use in black and white newsletters or bulletins.
- Free Roman Catholic Bulletin Graphics. While designed for Roman Catholics, this site has many images of interest to any church. One unique aspect of this site is the clipart images are organized according to the lectionary readings.
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Hertz.
- Hoaxes —myths-Information on Internet hoaxes
- Hypertext Encyclopedia of Early Church History Outstanding resource of documents and articles.
- Idaho
- Idea Cafè —A collection of resources available for small businesses
- Illinois
- Indiana
- InfoPlease.com Includes a good set of informational resources including an almanac, atlas, dictionary, and encyclopdia.
- Insurance —A Web site with information on various types of insurance products
Internal Revenue Code Downloadable files in text format.
- Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Includes search engine.
- Iowa
- IRS Forms and Publications.
- IRS Home Page The IRS home page provides access to tax information and how to communicate directly with the IRS.
- Kansas
- Kentucky
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- Learn2.com —An extensive resource of online courses on many different subjects
- Lectionary Texts for Reference and Reflection Three year cycle of texts in the Revised Common Lectionary and more.
- Legal Issues —A directory of legal resources, law firm listings, and legal news
Louisiana
- MapQuest Provides detailed maps and mileage for trips.
- MapQuest. Obtain maps and directions.
- Maps On Us Provides detailed maps and mileage for trips (including back roads).
- Maps.com. Obtain maps and directions.
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Medical Encyclopedia Provided by the National Institute of Health. The adam Health Illustrated Encyclopedia includes over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. It also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations.
- Merriam-Webster Dictionary Includes search engine.
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Monster —A listing of job postings
Montana
- National Fraud Information Center Nebraska -Information on common scams
- Net Lingo: The Internet Dictionary An excellent resource with information on the rapidly expanding world of Internet language.
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- New York Times —An online newspaper
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Northwest Airlines.
- Office Depot —An online office supply store
- Office Max —An online office supply store
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Organizer —A service that helps you remember important dates, such as anniversaries, birthdays, and meetings
Pennsylvania
- People Search —A search engine that finds telephone numbers, addresses, and e-mail address of people nationwide
- Priceline.com —A resource for purchasing air travel, hotels, and car rentals at reduced prices
Real Estate —A listing of mortgage rates across the country
- Real-time Flight Tracking Keep track of any flight.
- Rec.Travel Library An extensive collection of information on travel destinations around the world.
- Revised Common Lectionary Readings Excellent site maintained by Vanderbilt Divinty School with additional links.
- Rhode Island
- Search the US Code This site provides search capabilities for the Internal Revenue Code.
- Small Business Administration —A listing of resources available for starting, financing, and running a small business
- Small Office —A collection of resources available for small businesses
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Southwest Airlines.
- Staples —An online office supply store
- SwitchBoard.com. Find a person (White Pages) or a business (Yellow Pages). Also includes maps and directions.
- Telephone Directories on the Web. Over 400 links to Yellow Pages, White Pages, Business Directories, Email Addresses and Fax Listings from over 170 countries all around the world.
- Tennessee
- Texas
- The American Management Association Resources and training information for administrative assistants and their mana
- The Area Decoder The Area Decoder provides you with current telephone area code information related to area, city, and country codes. Simply type in the name of a city, state, and/or country, or a city, area, or country phone codegers.
- The BigBook A searchable directory of over 16 million businesses.
- The Center for Liturgy A liturgical resource web site that follows the lectionary from Saint Louis University.
- The Lectionary Page This site was created to support all those who need access to the lesson texts of the Episcopal (ECUSA) Lectionary.
- The Postal Store. Order stamps and other supplies directly from the Post Office.
- TheTrip.com. Online reservations and information for airlines, hotels, cars, etc.
- Thrifty
- TimeandDate.com. Create a calendar for any time period. Includes a listing of holidays.
- Timo's Christian Clipart Site. This site has a broad range of clipart categories with both color and black and white images. The files are available to download as gif files, but the site also contains a utility to
- convert the files to other formats such as jpg files.
- topical index with direct links to all of the dictionaries included in its searchable database.
- Track Express Mail. United States Postal Service
- Translating Dictionaries Translate words from a wide range of languages.
- Travel —An online travel agency for booking airline flights, hotels, and car rentals
- Travelocity —An extensive travel guide for booking air travel, hotels, and car rentals anywhere in the world
- U.S. Census Bureau —A Web site with statistical listings for individuals and businesses
- U.S. Gazetteer This gazetteer is used to identify places to view with the Tiger Map Server and obtain census data from the 1990 Census Lookup server. From the US Census Bureau. Obtain data about cities and view maps. You can search for places, counties or MCDs by entering the name and state abbreviation (optional), or 5-digit zip code.
- U.S. Federal Government —A resource listing U.S. Federal Government publications, agencies, tax information, and jobs
United Airlines.
- United Parcel Service —A shipping service for packages
- UPS Rates. Use this site to obtain both domestic and international shipping rates using UPS.
- UPS Store. Use this site to order shipping supplies from UPS.
- UPS Tracking. Use this link to track packages from UPS.
- USAirways.
- USA Today —An online newspaper
- Wall Street Journal —An online newspaper
- Weather.com —An online weather report for anywhere in the world
- Web MD —A Web site with an extensive library of health-related information
Women’s Issues —A listing of information for women
- World Travel Guide This is the Internet's version of the best selling World Travel Guide which has long been recognised by travel professionals worldwide as one of the best destination guides. Covers over 200 countries.
- Yahoo! Metros — A city guide with links to resources for various U.S. cities
- Yahoo People Search Search for phone numbers and e-mail addresses.
- Yahoo People Search. Provides a telephone and e-mail search.
- YourDictionary.com One of the best sites. Multiple languages, thesaurus, plus more.
- YourDictionary.com One of the best sites. Multiple languages, thesaurus, plus more.
- Zip Codes —Locate zip codes by typing in an address and a city
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