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| Emerald Library | Business and Management (British) |
| First Search | Over 70 subject-oriented databases. |
| GPO Monthly Catalog | U.S. government publications. Select "GPO" from drop-down menu. |
| Hoover's Online (Pro Access) | Full-text. "In-depth coverage of 40,000 of the world's top business enterprises." Stock quotes, up-to-date business news. |
| Lexis-Nexis Academic | Worldwide newspapers, business & legal journals, court cases, annual reports. |
| National Trade Databank, International Trade Library, and Global Business Opportunity | Global business information and statistics. |
| ProQuest Direct | Business, social sciences, and humanities. |
| RAND California | California public policy and economic issues. |
| Tax Research Network | Federal and state source material. Analysis and explanations. |
| Wilson OmniFile Full Text Select | Articles in business, the humanities, general science, education, law, and the social sciences. |
Bureau of Economic Analysis
GDP and economic accounts data. "BEA's economic statistics, which provide a comprehensive, up-to-date picture of the U.S. economy, are key ingredients in critical decisions affecting monetary policy, tax and budget projections, and business investment plans. The cornerstone of BEA's statistics is the national income and product accounts (NIPA's), which feature the estimates of gross domestic product (GDP) and related measures."
California Statisitical Abstracts
A compilation of social, economic, and other data on California and its geographical subdivisions. The statistics are gathered from various federal, state, and local government agencies, as well as several private organizations.
Fedstats
"The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies."
Government Information Sharing Project
Initiated with funding from the U.S. Department of Education and administered at Oregon State University Libraries, the project provides web access to a variety of federal statistical information issued on CD-ROM and distributed through the Federal Depository Library Program.
County and City Data Book
"Data for all counties and cities with a population of 25,000 or more."
International Trade Administration
From the U.S. Department of Commerce: provides trade statistics, state export data, country and industry information.
State and Metropolitan Area Data Book
Comprehensive data for states and metropolitan areas
Statistical Abstract of the United States
"A collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States. Selected international data are also included."
Current industrial reports
From the U.S. Census Bureau.
GlobalEDGE
International business information. "Information, insights, and learning resources on global business activities."
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Information about specific occupations includes working conditions, job outlook, salary, and qualifications.
State and Local Government on the Net
Links for all 50 states, many counties, and a number of official city government web pages.
Trade Port
"Comprehensive trade information, trade leads, and company databases. It is an international trade/defense conversion initiative of
BAYTRADE, managed by the Bay Area Economic Forum, and LA TRADE,managed by the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce"
California State Tax Forms & Publications
Fun with Taxes
"Tax planning tips, responses to your tax-related questions... Tax Withholding Calculator, Tax Refund Calculator, IRA Calculator, Valuation Tables (calculate value of charitable donations)." (Searcher 4/03)
Fool.com Tax Center
" Motley Fool's David & Tom Gardner and their cohorts give you solid tax information in an irreverent yet factual fashion." (Searcher 4/03)
Free Tax Tools from Quicken.com
Nolo Law Centers Encyclopedia: Taxes and Audits
Articles on legal topics written in plain English. Select "Taxes and Audits" on the left side of the page.
State Taxes (State Forms and Instructions)
U.S. Federal Tax Forms on the Web
Uncle Fed's Tax Board
Forms, instructions, publications; news; IRS bulletins; tax court rules, more.
BigBook
Listings for over 16 million U.S. companies.
Telephone Directories
The Internet Public Library listing of "directories on the Web for locating telephone, fax numbers, street addresses and e-mail addresses for people and businesses."
Zarate's Political Collections
Links to government rulers worldwide, along with information about political parties and country leaders.
Ask Research
Provides "historical and real-time market data and charts for the professional investor".
Bankrate.com
Surveys approximately "4,000 financial institutions in 50 states" to provide "the most current objective, unbiased rates on banking products such as mortgages, new and used auto loans, credits cards, and more".
BigCharts
Current and historic quotes. Charting service also available.
CNNfn Markets
"CNNfn.com's extensive international and domestic financial markets coverage...Provides the most commonly followed domestic indexes...49 major exchanges in Asia, Australia, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas...values for international currencies...U.S. Treasury bonds, notes and bills...commodities...news articles from Knight-Ridder
Financial News".
Dow Jones Business Directory
List of financial web sites.
EDGAR:
Security and Exchange Commission Database
Includes company profiles and access to SEC filings.
Holt's Stock
Market Report
"This daily stock market newsletter...has the various indices' levels, new high versus new lows, most actives, option activity, yield curve and interest rate watch, precious metal trends, and possible takeover issues." Also includes daily prime rate and Treasury Bill rates.
Internet Public Library Investments Reference
Investment links with descriptions from the Internet Public Library.
InvestorGuide
Current and archival tax research materials in one convenient resource.
"Offers access to charts, stock quotes, stock analysis sites, and research resources. Contains a newsletter, a site search engine, and news items."
Morningstar.com
"Up-to-the-moment news and quotes, market commentary and analysis, investment ideas and insights, and portfolio summaries."
NASDAQ
"The Nasdaq Stock Market lists...more companies than any other stock market in the world."
National Association of Investors Corporation
"A non-profit, largely volunteer organization dedicated to investment education... offering many unique products, services and professional support to help you become an informed investor."
Netstock Direct
A comprehensive online source of information on direct investing and the channel for direct investors to access information and materials related to Direct Stock Plans (DSPs) and Dividend Reinvestment Plans (DRiPs).
New York Stock Exchange
"From here, you can begin a tour of the world's largest ($9.6 trillion-global market value) and best securities market, home to the greatest companies in the world."
Quicken.com Investments
"Contains daily news, stock market updates, investment advice, and answers to questions on investment topics." Links to online investment companies, news, and related sites."
Red Herring Investor Center
Provides price information and charts for stocks and mutual funds.
Silicon Investor.com
A very comprehensive site for investment information. Includes message boards, history, news, and more. Access to some parts of the site requires free registration.
Yahoo! Directories for Finance and Investment
Yahoo's listing of links to investment resources on the Internet
Yahoo! Finance
Convenient access to stock and business information including company profiles, foreign currency rates, business news, PR newswire, stock quotes and charts, and much more. An excellent resource.
BusinessWeek Online
Complete contents of the current issue, both domestic and international editions, plus BW Daily Briefing, BW Enterprise for small business, and more.
Federal Filings Online
This family of products draws extensively from underreported news and data in corporate filings made to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), federal agencies and the courts. The company is a leading provider of real-time, proprietary news, analysis and information services to investment professionals.
Forbes Digital Tool
The online version of Forbes Magazine has online enhancements which the print version lacks.
Investors Business Daily
Founded in 1984, Investors Business Daily is now Americas fastest growing newspaper boasting a daily readership of over 800,000. Designed to provide both concise and comprehensive coverage of business, financial, economic, and national news, Investors Business Daily is highly organized and tightly edited to help you make the most of your time. You must register to use the site, but there is no fee.
Microsoft Investor Network
MSNBC investing news site. "Investors are flocking to this particular site not because it's the best site on the web, but rather because it offers what everyone else says doesn't exist: a free lunch, that is, tour de force software and financial analysis, at no cost..." from Forbes.
Money
The online edition of Money magazine.
Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
"Independent opinion research group that studies attitudes toward the press, politics, and public policy issues."
Public Agenda Online: The Inside Source for Public Opinon and Policy Analysis
"nonpartisan... topics from abortion to social security... issues from multiple viewpoints" (Library Journal 4/15/03 p. 43)
RePEc (Research Papers in Economics)
"A collaborative [world-wide volunteer] effort to enhance the dissemination of research in economics...database of working papers, journal articles and software components."
FindLaw
Comprehensive directory and search page for legal resources.
Sweets
Building products and landscape architecture catalog files, plans and specs, industry news and project information.
ThomasRegister
Online resource for finding companies and products manufactured in North America," with links to companies' catalogs and websites.