Court Reporting   Professional Resources Illinois Department of Professional Regulation, Shorthand Reporters (http://www.dpr.state.il.us/WHO/shtrep.asp) Shorthand Reporters Act, rules, forms, and other information. Verbatim Reporters Center (http://www.verbatimreporters.com/) From the National Court Reporters Association Illinois Court Reporters Association (http://www.ilcra.org) Online newsletter, events calendar, member directory, classified, ILCRA Code of Ethics, and more. The Court Reporting Store (http://www.thecourtreportingstore.com/) A general site for court reporters. According to the site's description of itself, "This site was created for Court Reporters and Attorneys interested in, or looking for Court Reporting, Court Reporters, Court Reporting Firms, Court Reporting Schools, Court Reporting Supplies, Court Reporting Repairs, Court Reporting Employment, Books, Scopists, Items for Sale, Investigators, Court Reporting Associations, Videographers and Meetings and Seminars."  Court Reporters Reference Books & CDs(http://www.crrbooks.com) “Welcome to the largest library of reference, instructional books, CATapult CDs, and written knowledge test CDs, for…court reporters, captioners, CART providers, students, & instructors.” Court Reporting Help(http://www.courtreportinghelp.com/) “Find court reporting help at Court Reporting Help dot com”. Stenospeed.com (http://www.stenospeed.com) Web site “conceived and designed by Ms. Linda Fisher, freelance, real-time court reporter, for typist, stenographers, and transcriptionist.” Complete with sound library and text to “practice typing, brush up on shorthand, or [to] build skills [needed] to pass employment and certification tests”.    Directories People  Comprehensive AnyWho.com (http://www.anywho.com) AT&T's phone directory of people and businesses. Search for phone numbers or use reverse phone directory to find names. Bigfoot (http://www.bigfoot.com/) Search for phone numbers or e-mail addresses. Illinois License LookUp, from the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation Search for information about professionals licensed by the IDPR. Search by name or license number. Results include licensee's name, license number, license status, city & state, disciplinary record, original license date, and license expiration date. Medical American Medical Association Physician Select (www.ama-assn.org/aps/amahg.htm) Searchable directory of virtually every licensed doctor in the U.S. and its possessions. Search by name or specialty.  National Association of Social Workers Clinical Register (http://www.socialworkers.org/register/default.asp) 1999 Directory of social workers. Search by name, specialty, practice type, client group, or geography. Health Pages (http://www.thehealthpages.com/) Directory of doctors, dentists, hospitals, and managed care companies. Government Illinois State Employee Directory (http://www.state.il.us/PhoneBook/) From the Department of Central Management Services   Companies Companies Online (http://www.companiesonline.com) An online database of U.S. companies.  Provides company contact information, web address(es), and DUNS number.  Searchable by company name, ticker   symbol, city, and industry Hoover's Online (http://www.hoovers.com) Find U.S. and foreign company information using a company name, ticker symbol, keyword, or person's last name.  Includes stock information; company address, phone, fax and website; names of company officials (CEO, president, etc.); company profile; sales data; and industry information.  Places Geographic Names Information System (http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis) Information about almost 2 million physical and cultural geographic features in the United States and Antarctica. Identifies the federally recognized name. From U.S. Geological Survey. GEONet Names Server (http://164.214.2.59/gns/html/index.html) Database of official spellings for 3.5 million foreign geographic feature names. Names are worldwide, but exclude the U.S. and Antarctica. From the U.S. military's National Imagery and Mapping Agency. U.S. Defense Department Installations (http://www.defenselink.mil/faq/pis/sites.html) Links to lists of U.S. military installations by military branch. Includes link to list of Navy ships. Military Installations List (FY 1996) (http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/installations) Another way to access military installation information. Searchable by geography (state, territory, or country). MapQuest (http://www.mapquest.com/)  Get maps, driving directions and travel information. U.S. Postal Service Zip Code Lookup (http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/lookup_zip+4.html) Verify street and city names and zip codes.      Firearms Firearms tutorial from the University of Utah (http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/GUNS/GUNINTRO.html) "This tutorial is designed to give you a working knowledge of the types of firearms, the types of ammunition used, the nature of injuries that can be produced in the body, and the investigative techniques employed by the forensic pathologist in assessing firearms injuries." Glossary of handgun and handgun safety terminology (http://www.mcw.edu/fic/glossary2.html) From the Medical College of Wisconsin's Firearm Injury Center. Medical terms Center Watch Clinical Trials Listing Service (http://www.centerwatch.com/main.htm) Lists industry- and government-sponsored clinical trials. Includes lists of newly approved drug therapies. Medical Glossary (http://www.umm.edu/glossary/) From the University of Maryland Medicine MT Desk (http://mtdesk.com/mt.shtml) Comprehensive, well organized lists of medical terminology for medical transcriptionists. Includes "medical and surgical terms, medical dictionary, A-Z index of new terminology, word lists, sample operative reports, links to the best medical information on the web by topic, public forums, free classified ads, and live chat."  WebMD (http://my.webmd.com/) Extensive medical resource. Lists and describes prescription and non-prescription drugs, organized by tradename and generic names. Includes information about diseases and other conditions.  On-line Medical Dictionary (http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/omd/) Search over 65,000 medical terms relating to biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, medicine, molecular biology, physics, plant biology, radiobiology, science and technology. British, not American, spellings. PDR (http://pdrel.thomsonhc.com) Medical information from the publishers of PDR. Registration required. Free information from PDR Family Guides. Some resources require fee. Toxicology Search Page (http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/ToxSearch.cfm) Links to several sophisticated toxicology and chemical databases. Military DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms (http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict/index.html) Browse or search for definition and usage of military terms. Includes access to acronyms and NATO terms. Slang IPRC: Dictionary of Street Drug Slang Terms (http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/slang/home.html) Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade (http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/streetterms) Rap Dictionary (http://www.rapdict.org/) The Alternative English Dictionary (http://www.notam.uio.no/~hcholm/altlang/ht/English.html) Alphabetical list of English slang.  Technology TechEncyclopedia (http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/) More than 13,000 computer terms defined. BABEL (http://www.cis.columbia.edu/glossary.html) A glossary of computer oriented abbreviations and acronyms  Law Reference Courts  Federal (http://www.uscourts.gov) Illinois Courts Official Site (http://www.state.il.us/court) Circuit Court of Cook County (http://www.cookcountycourt.org/) Includes directory of court facilities, judges, government agencies and other resources. Provides unofficial copies of court rules and orders. Fourth Judicial Circuit (http://www.effingham.net/4thcircuit/ ) Seventh Judicial Circuit (http://www.co.sangamon.il.us/Court.default.htm ) Eleventh Judicial Circuit (http://www.mclean.gov/)  Thirteenth Judicial Circuit (http://www.lasallecounty.com/judge/index.html)  Sixteenth Judicial Circuit (http://www.co.kane.il.us/judicial/index.htm) Eighteenth Judicial Circuit (http://www.dupageco.org/circuitcourt/index.html )  Nineteenth Judicial Circuit (http://www.19thcircuitcourt.state.il.us/)  Cases  Federal (http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDCTS) Illinois (http://www.state.il.us/court) Statutes  U.S. Code (http://uscode.house.gov/usc.htm) Searchable Illinois Compiled Statutes (http://www.legis.state.il.us/ilcs/chapterlist.html)    Supplies ProCAT (http://procat.com/) Court reporting products and services, including software, electronic stenotype, and hardware. RPM (Reporters Paper & Mfg. Co.) (http://www.rpmco.com/) Court reporting and legal supplies. Stenograph Online (http://www.stenograph.com/) Supplies for court reporters. Includes tech support.  Introduction to the Internet Connecting to the Internet Shopping for an online provider (http://www.smartcomputing.com) Smart Computing (April 2000). Tips for selecting an Internet Service Provider, including criteria and ratings. The List (http://www.thelist.com/) Locate and compare ISPs based on area code. Internet tutorial Bare Bones 101: A Basic tutorial on searching the Web (http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/bones.html) 20 lessons for finding information on the Internet.

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