GENERAL
The Kellogg-Recanati International Executive MBA Handbook
From financial analysis to organizational design, these outlines of various course topics serve up a useful digest of B-school fundamentals.
Merriam-Webster
The wired cousin to the collegiate dictionary you grew up with. The best feature: Allows you to search for a word even if you aren't sure how to spell it-and isn't that usually why you're looking it up in the first place?
Bonus: Register to get "Word of the Day" e-mail.
Thesaurus.com
Looking for another way to say "value-added"? Thesaurus.com will come up with several. If you're at a complete loss, try searching through the site's lists of headwords and categories.
Bonus: Word searches and crossword puzzles to help you procrastinate.
Encarta
Microsoft's foray into the education market. In addition to an extensive encyclopedia, the site includes an atlas, dictionary, and how-to info.
FINANCE
InvestorWords
Never again confuse a long squeeze with a long straddle. This site defines over 5,000 investment-related terms.
TermFinance
Defines financial words and phrases in English, French, German, and Italian. Search by word (in any language) or browse through a list of terms. Click on a term in English, then click on the little flags at the top to get a translation.
Bonus: Learn to say "naked position" in three different languages.
Multex Investor
An exhaustive resource for financial news, research, and quotes.
Bonus: Real-time stock quotes, free newsletters.
Securities and Exchange Commission
Find 10Qs and 10Ks for any public company through the SEC's EDGAR database.
Bonus: Get the dirt on stock option plans and executive compensation.
STATISTICS
Hyperstat
It's not the prettiest site design-wise, but it's got tons of helpful statistics information and links, complete with a glossary, analysis tools, demos, and exercises.
Bonus: Perhaps the world's largest collection of statistics jokes. No, we're not kidding. Q. How many statisticians does it take to change a lightbulb? A. One-plus or minus three.
ECONOMICS
World Bank
Economic news, statistics, and resources on almost any country in the world. Includes maps, comparison tables, and tips on working with data.
Bonus: Memorize odd facts about obscure countries, then recite them at parties.
Economicsearch
An extensive site for economists and econ students, full of links to data, analysis, textbooks, lectures, and more.
Bonus: Search for an econ job in the site's Job Center.
MARKETING
U.S. Census Bureau
A wide variety of demographic information on the United States population.
Bonus: Use FedStats to quickly reference anything from the decline in honey production to the number of lambs born each year to homeownership data.
ClickZ
A great site featuring articles and other resources on everything you'd ever want to know about Internet marketing.
Bonus: Sign up to subscribe to up to 20 different e-mail newsletters and articles, including Brand Marketing, E-mail Marketing Case Studies, and eMarketing Strategy.
MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGY
strategy+business
Content from Booz·Allen & Hamilton on corporate culture, innovation, management, and case studies geared toward Fortune 1000 execs. The site also features interviews, book reviews and message board forums.
Strategic Advantage
This strategy-planning site contains case studies, weekly strategy tips, and industry benchmarking information.
Bonus: Take the "What's Your Strategy Quotient?" quiz.
