TOOLS: The salary calculator, when you’re contemplating a different location. www.homefair.com Salary comparisons abroad? See the currency conversion site www.xe.net/ucc/full.shtml Cross-discipline salary information by geography? www.salary.com Megasearch for words? Try www.onelook.com.Or www.yourdictionary.com. References galore?  www.libraryspot.com The New York Public Library’s research libraries’ online catalog? http://catnyp.nypl.org/. News online? www.newspapers.com

GETTING THERE: Directions? www.mapquest.com For traffic information for New York City and 82 other major cities: www.smartraveler.com For maps and schedules of metro area NYC trains and buses: www.mta.nyc.ny.us And for New Jersey: www.njtransit.com

TRADES: www.holmesreport.com www.ragan.com http://www.odwyerpr.com www.prweek.com www.prnewsonline.com

ORGANIZATIONS: International Association of Business Communicators: www.iabc.com And in NYC: www.nyiabc.com National Investor Relations Institute: www.niri.org National Black Public Relations Society: www.nbprs.org Opening doors to minorities: www.lagrantfoundation.org And: www.multicultural.prsa.org The Association for Women in Communications: www.womcom.org Texas Public Relations Association:  www.tpra.com Institute for Public Relations: www.instituteforpr.com Public Relations Society of America: www.prsa.org Public Relations Student Society of America: www.prssa.org

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