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William Madison Randall Library

Business - Selected Internet Resources



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Beth Kaylor
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Websites

There are many excellent Internet sites that cover business, finance, marketing, and more. The sites listed below are provided to help you get started in your search for information.

SIC Codes to NAICS conversion tables
SIC Search Online [http://www.osha.gov/oshstats/sicser.html](find an SIC Code)  print manual Ready Ref. HF1042 .A55

Annual Reports

U.S.  Report Gallery  |  The Public Register's Annual Report Service  |   Fortune 500 Companies list of companies plus links to Web page and some annual reports | EDGAR Database Security and Exchange Commission filings | Barron's Annual Reports | IRN Investor Relations Information Network |
Foreign  Carol World Asia, Europe and U.S. | Yuka Shoken Hokokusho Japan's SEC | SEDAR Canada's EDGAR

Stocks

U.S. NYSE | NASDAQ | AMEX | BigCharts current and historical stock prices |  FinancialWeb focuses on content from the North American and Latin American markets | Yahoo! Finance Ticker Symbol Lookup
Foreign Tokyo Stock Exchange

Historic Stock Quotes
Big Charts

Economic Data Sources

Bureau of Labor Statistics covers the economy, labor markets, consumer prices, international market statistics and more.
Bureau of the Census includes

County Business Patterns
Current Industrial Reports
Economic Census
Economic Indicators
Quarterly Financial Report

Economic Statistics Briefing Room access to current Federal economic indicators provided by the White House

Business and Economics Megasites

The Dismal Scientist Reports leading economic indicators and analysis of U.S. economy
CEO Express News, business magazines, market quotes, business research and much more.
Google Web Directory: Business
RFE Resources for Economists on the Internet  
WebEC
This is an effort to categorize free information in economics on the WWW. You may browse WebEc contents or you can use it's search function.
Yahoo! Economics

Internet Public Library Business & Economics Resources
Wall Street Resource Net news, market data, annual reports and more.

Banking

World Bank Public Information  | IMF International Monetary Fund
Federal Reserve Bank | Federal Reserve Bank Richmond (covers DC, Md., North Carolina, S. C., Va. and W. Va.)
Ohio State University's Virtual Finance Library Guide to sites for information about finance, banking, and investing.

Accounting

Internet Public Library Accounting Resources
Accountants World.com
AuditNet

International Business and Data Sources

The U. S. State Department publishes several guides that provide information about international trade such as: 
Background Notes
 

The Library of Congress publishes Country Studies/Area Handbooks. These include a general profile of the country and 
an in-depth chapter on the economy of that country. 

U.S. Dept. of Commerce International Trade Administration publishes:

VIBES: Virtual International Business and Economic Sources
from UNC Charlotte provides over 1,600 links to Internet 
sources of international business and economic information that are in English and available free of charge.

Other

U.S. Small Business Administration info on starting business and links to other business resources
Bplans.com business plans

The websites above are suggestions to aid in your research. They are not intended to be a specific endorsement of content, other than that the Randall Library believes it to be a useful research resource. They are not a comprehensive list of resources for this topic and should not be the reseracher's only resource. The Randall Library is not responsible for the validity or relevance of content on the websites above, nor does it purposefully mean to mislead the researcher towards a specific topic, philosophy, or concept.

Last Update: November 6. 2007