Resources

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EDUCATIONAL AFFILATION

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ONLINE LINKS

INTERNET STATISTICS

  1. TheStandard.com

  2. InternetStats.com

  3. Business20.com

  4. IDC

  5. DataQuest

CREATING AN EFFECTIVE BUSINESS PLAN

  1. American Express Small Business

  2. The Small Business Association

  3. IPOCentral.com

  4. INC.com

  5. Palo Alto Software, Inc.

  6. MoreBusiness.com

  7. The Entrepreneur's Mind

  8. BPlans.com

LEGAL STRUCTURES

  1. Corporate.com

  2. Business Law Information

SIC CODE LISTS

  1. Census Information

ECONOMIC FORECASTS

  1. Dismal Scientist: Economic Analysis and Data for the world

GENERAL SEARCH ENGINES

  1. About.com List

  2. Metacrawler - Combines various search engines

  3. SavySearch (same as CNET Search.com)

  4. Dogpile - All results, no mess.

  5. Google

  6. GO.COM

  7. EuroSeek.com - European search engines.

8. Ask Jeeves

9. Yahoo! - The most used engine.

10. HotBot - Used by technical people.

11. Alta Vista - Super fast queries.

12. Lycos

13. Excite - Large young adult audience

14. Northern Light

BUSINESS-SPECIFIC SEARCH ENGINES

  1. CEO Express

  2. FindArticles.com - free search service for leading business, entertainment, and internet publications available online.

  3. Wall Street Research Net

INDUSTRY TRADE GROUPS AND ASSOCIATIONS

  1. Yahoo! list of trade associations

NEWS ARTICLES ON INDUSTRIES OR COMPANIES

  1. National Directory of magazines

  2. Yahoo! - Finance articles

  3. NewsPaperLinks

  4. Time magazine

  5. NewDirectory.com

COMPANY PROFILES AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION

  1. CompaniesOnline.com

  2. Dun and Bradstreet

  3. Experian

  4. Infoseek Company Profiles

  5. Annual Reports Library - Collection of over 1.45 million reports from a variety of institutions.

  6. Edgar Online

  7. Hoover's Online - The Business Network

TRADE SHOWS / EXPOS

  1. Trade Show Central - Resource for business events worldwide

  2. AllBusiness.com | Find a tradeshow

INDUSTRY RESEARCH

  1. Polson Enterprises Web Site - For researching specific companies, industries, and manufacturing processes.

  2. Thomas Regsiter

  3. Marketsearch - Guide to 20,000 published market research studies.

  4. Individual.com

  5. Marketsearch - Guide to 20,000 published market research studies.

  6. Fuld & Company, Inc. - international competitive intelligence firm.

  7. Hoover's Online - The business network

GOVERNMENTAL REPORTS AND RESOURCES

  1. County and City Data Book - latest official statistics for counties and cities with 25,000 or more inhabitants.

  2. American Demographics Magazine - demographic marketing strategies, tools, and data.

  3. United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

  4. FedWorld Information Network - comprehensive central access point for locating and acquiring government information.

  5. Canadian Statistics - Economic statistics for canada provided on a daily basis.

  6. Right-to-Know Network (RTK NET) - access to databases, text files, and conferences on the environment, housing, and sustainable development.

  7. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

  8. Better Business Bureau (BBB)

  9. U.S. House of Representatives

10. Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)

11. Occupational Safety and Health Administration

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSES

  1. Carol World - Annual Report site.

  2. Canadian Statistics - Economic statistics for canada provided on a daily basis.

  3. A Business Researcher's Interests - WWW Resource for Information processes, information systems and information technologies relevant to contemporary business issues.

  4. NewsCentral- The Largest Newspaper Index on the Web.