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    Bloomberg
    Comprehensive business and finance site with up-to-the minute news and information.

    Brint.com
    A network for business and technology professionals with information on electronic commerce, knowledge management, intranets, virtual corporations and more.

    CEOExpress
    A guide to hundreds of business Web sites with links to business news, statistics, investment information, real estate, and much more.

    CNN/Money
    A source for business news and personal finance information from the editors at MONEY magazine and the CNN television network.

    Faulkner’s Advisory for Information Technologies Studies
    Specialized reports, technology tutorials, product reviews, and more covering many aspects of information technology.

    Faulkner’s Security Management Practices
    Specialized reports on many aspects of security: electronic, personnel, physical, and information technology.

    Librarians' Internet Index : Business
    Search the index or browse through this section with categories including advertising, affirmative action, and marketing.

Topics in Business
    Companies
    • CorporateInformation
      Corporate profiles for private and public companies in approximately 100 countries world-wide.
    • Fortune
      Link to listed companies or access other Fortune lists such as 100 Fastest Growing, Best for Minorities, Global 500, and more.
    • Hoover's
      Provides access to business information on more than 12 million U. S. and non-U. S. companies, industries, and the people who run them.
    • Kompass International
      This worldwide directory provides brief listings of over a million and a half manufacturing companies in over 70 countries.
    Investments/Personal Finance
    • A.M. Best Insurance Ratings
      Ratings for more than 6,000 property, life, casualty and health insurance companies from highly respected A.M. Best service.
    • Morningstar Investment Research Center
      Research on over 20,000 stocks and mutual funds.
      On-campus access | Off-campus access
    • Yahoo! Finance
      Find retrospective stock quotes and create customized tables which can be downloaded to spreadsheet format.
Government Resources
    North American Industry Classification System
    Search for NAICS (formerly SIC) codes by keyword, read about changes in 2002, and compare SIC codes with NAICS codes (adopted in 1997 in U.S. and Canada, 1998 in Mexico).

    New York State Department of Labor
    This department administers the unemployment insurance program, works with the private and public sector to create job opportunities, enforces the State labor laws, and provides data on the labor market.

    Small Business Administration
    This award-winning site provides information on starting and financing a small business as well as a wealth of SBA publications through the "Online Library."

    United States Department of Labor
    The U.S. Department of Labor is charged with preparing the American workplace for new and better jobs and administering and enforcing work-related federal statistics. Agencies within DOL include OSHA, whose mission is to protect the health of America's workers, and Bureau of Labor Statistics, whose Web site provides links to the Occupational Outlook Handbook.
Local Resources Professional Organizations
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Compiled by Nancy Frazier, Reference Librarian
Updated by Barbara Barone, Reference Librarian


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