The following is a list of web sites that may be useful for your business research. The Center for Business Research cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information in these web sites. As with all information, whether print or online, users are advised to carefully evaluate these sources. Updated: September 9, 2008.

General Accounting Advertising & Marketing Associations Company Demographics

Economics Employment & Career Finance/Stocks Government Information Industry Insurance

International Legal Magazines & Newspapers Non-Business Small Business Statistics

Stock Exchanges Tax Tutorials Virtual Business Libraries

• Bloomberg
• Business Researcher's Interests (provides links to other business web sites)
• CEOExpress
• Conference Board
• Public Record Databases
• SuperPages.com

• American Accounting Association
• American Accounting Association - Student SuperLinks
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• CPA Directory
• CPA Journal Home Page
• Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
• Internal Revenue Service
• New York State Public Accountancy
• New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (Includes Career Opportunities)
• SmartPros - Accounting
• Tax and Accounting Sites Directory
• The Uniform CPA Examination
• WebCPA

See also DEMOGRAPHICS

• Ad*access (American & Canadian print advertisements)
• Ad Age Data Center
• Adflip (Archive of classic print ads, 1911-1955)
• Advertising Age
• Adweek
• American Marketing Association
• DMA Interactive
• Dmnews.com (Direct Marketing Network)
• GreenBook
• Standard Rate and Data Service (SRDS) (password required)

• Associations on the Net

• Annual Reports
  • Annual Report Resource Center
  • Annual Reports Library
• SEC Filings
  • Edgar Online
  • 10K Wizard
• Lists & Rankings
  • Forbes Lists
  • Gary Price's List of Lists
• CEOExpress
• CorporateInformation
• Europages (European business directory)
• Hoover's Online
• Kompass
• NYS Department of State (Corporations & Licensing Databases)
• Public Record Databases
• Researching Companies Online
• SuperPages.com (Yellow pages for over 16 million businesses)
• ThomasNet

See also GOVERNMENT INFORMATION, STATISTICS

• CensusScope
• ClickZ Stats
• School District Demographics
• Social Statistics Briefing Room - Demography

• Bureau of Economic Analysis
• Business Cycle Indicators (Conference Board)
• Economagic (Times series data)
• Economic Census
• Economic Education Web
• Economic History Services
• Economic Indicators
• Economic Report of the President
• Economic Statistics Briefing Room
• Foreign Direct Investment in the U.S. (Bureau of Economic Analysis)
• Resources for Economists
• World Economic Outlook (IMF)

• Employment and Career Information: C.W. Post Library Reference Department Virtual Library

See also STOCK EXCHANGES

• Annual Reports
  • Annual Report Resource Center
  • Annual Reports Library
• SEC Filings
  • Edgar Online
  • 10K Wizard
• American Finance Association
• Bankrate
• Bank of America
• BigCharts (Historical quotes from 1985)
• Bonds Online
• CBS MarketWatch
• CNNmoney
• Daily Stocks
• Global Markets
• Holt Stock Reports
• Investment Adviser Public Disclosure
• Investor Information (SEC)
• IPO Central
• Lycos Finance
• Mining Company--Mutual Funds Guide
• Motley Fool ("foolish" investing strategies)
• MSN MoneyCentral
• NumaWeb
• Oanda 164 Currency Converter
• Ohio State's Virtual Finance Library
• Quicken.com
• PC Quote
• Silicon Investor (Historical quotes from 1968)
• SmartMoney
• Sources of Stock Quotes
• Standard & Poor's
• StockMaster
• TheStreet.com
• Websites for Discerning Finance Students
• Yahoo! Finance (Historical quotes from 1970)
• Zacks Investment Research

• Bureau of Economic Analysis
• Business.Gov (the official link to the U.S. Government)
• CensusScope
• Electronic Library for Government Information
• Federal Reserve
• FirstGov
• Government Commerce Business Daily
• Supreme Court of the United States
• U.S. Census Bureau
• U.S. Commercial Service
• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

• Lists & Rankings
  • Forbes Lists
  • Gary Price's List of Lists
• Annual Survey of Manufactures
• Automotive
  • Automotive News Data Center Market Data Book (password required)
• Beverages
  • American Beverage Association
  • Beer Institute
  • Beverage Digest
  • BeverageWorld
• Real Estate
  • Yale Robbins, Inc. (Real estate industry publisher)
• Blue Book of Building and Construction
• Computer Almanac
• County Business Patterns
• Current Industrial Reports - U.S. Census Bureau
• Economic Census
• IQS Manufacturers Directory (Industrial Quick Search)
• Industry Research Desk (Industry portals)
• NAICS (North American Industry Classification System)
• Penton Business Magazines and Media
• SIC Codes (Standard Industrial Classification System)
• SIC Codes (SIC lookup)

• A.M. Best Company: The Insurance Information Source

• General
  • GlobalEDGE (MSU-CIBER)
  • VIBES -- Virtual International Business and Economic Sources
  • U.S. Commercial Service
  • World Economic Outlook (IMF)
• Central Bank Data
  • Central Banks
  • Central Bank Websites
• Company
  • Kompass
• Country Information
  • Background Notes
  • Country Studies
  • Export.gov
  • Foreign Trade Statistics
  • Portals of the World (Library of Congress)
  • World Factbook
  • Asia: Asian Development Bank
  • Canada: Statistics Canada
  • Europe: Europa , The European Directory
  • Japan: Bank of Japan
  • Latin American Network Information Center: LANIC
  • Mexico: Mexico Channel
  • Singapore: International Enterprise Singapore
• Economic Forecasts
  • OECD Economic Outlook
  • World Economic Outlook (IMF)
• Organizations
  • Assoc. of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
  • Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
  • International Monetary Fund (IMF)
  • International Trade Administration (ITA)
  • Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
  • Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
  • The World Bank
  • World Trade Organization (WTO)
• Tax
  • Worldwide Corporate Tax Guide 2005

• AllBusiness (legal information and forms)
• FindLaw - Commercial Law
• Legal Information Institute (commercial law)
• Reference Department Virtual Library - Legal
• SmartPros - Legal
• State Corporate and Business Forms & Filing Information

• Barrons
• BBC News
• Black Enterprise
• Business Week
• Business Wire
• CIO
• Crain's New York Business
• Far Eastern Economic Review
• Financial Times
• Forbes
• Fortune Magazine
• Hispanic Business Magazine
• Inc. Magazine
• Investors.com by Investor's Business Daily
• Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine
• Money Magazine
• Nation's Restaurant News
• Newsday
• Newsday's Business
• New York Times
• Search Jake (Lists journals available through online databases)
• Wall Street Journal
• Washington Post
• Ziff-Davis Publishing (Technology Magazines)

• Small Business Linking Sites
  • Small Business Information
• General
  • American Express Small Business Exchange
  • Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship
  • Bplans.com - The Business Planning Resource
  • BuyerZone.com
  • CCH Business Owner's Toolkit
  • Entrepreneur Magazine
  • Entrepreneur's Reference Guide to Small Business Information
  • eVenturing (was: Entreworld)
  • Inc.com
  • Long Island Association Small Business Council
  • MoreBusiness.com
  • National Association for the Self Employed
  • National Business Incubation Association
  • Small Business Advancement National Center
  • New York State Small Business Development Center (SBDC) (only accessible with Microsoft Internet Explorer)
  • StartUpJournal.com (Wall Street Journal)
  • Yahoo's Small Business Information
  • U.S. Small Business Administration
  • United States Chamber of Commerce
• Venture Capital
  • National Venture Capital Association
  • vFinance.com
• Women/Minority-Owned Businesses
  • Suffolk County Women's Business Enterprise Coalition
  • United States Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)

See also ECONOMICS

• Fedstats
• Foreign Trade Statistics
• National Institution of Statistical Sciences (NISS)
• OECD Statistics
• OFFSTATS
• Social Statistics
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
• University of Florida - Department of Statistics
• World Economic Outlook (WEO) Reports

• American Stock Exchange
• Chicago Board Options Exchange
• Chicago Mercantile Exchange
• Global Exchanges
• Intercontinental Exchange
• Minneapolis Grain Exchange
• NASDAQ
• New York Mercantile Exchange
• New York Stock Exchange

• Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
• IRS Forms and Publications
• New York City Department of Finance (City Tax Forms)
• NYS Department of Taxation & Finance
• State and Local Tax (All States)
• Tax and Accounting Sites Directory
• Worldwide Corporate Tax Guide 2005

• Business Researcher's Interests
• Researching Companies Online

• Columbia University's Business Library
• Harvard Business School - Baker Library
• Library of Congress - Business Reference Services
• New York Public Library - Science, Industry and Business
• Ohio State University Site for Finance and Investments
• University of Pennsylvania Business Library
• Virtual Library Sources from Berkeley

• Reference Department Virtual Library