Useful Business And Economics Web Sites

123 Jump - http://123jump.com/

• Description: Database searchable by corporation name for stock and fund ticker symbols from global stock exchanges. Generates stock charts on demand and can also provide historical price quotes.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Staff]

Beige Book - http://www.federalreserve.gov/FOMC/BeigeBook/2006/

• Description: A report published by the Federal Reserve Board eight times each year, the Beige Book reports on economic trends in each of the twelve Federal Reserve districts. A link at the foot of the page leads to other monetary policy tools and documents.
• Appropriate to course or program: Economics
• [Reviewed by: Staff]

Bplans.com - http://www.bplans.com/

• Description: Sample business and marketing plans.
• Appropriate to course or program: BA066, BA223
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

Bureau of Economic Analysis - http://www.bea.gov/

• Description: Economic information about the United States. Contains data on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the form of news releases and the latest issue of the Bureau's publication, Survey of Current Business.
• Appropriate to course or program: EC202
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

Econ Data & Links - http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~johnsh/econ/econ_EDL.htm

• Description: List of recent economic data for the US economy, state of California, other countries.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Mar. 1998, p. ]

EDGAR, the electronic data gathering, analysis and retrieval system - http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml

• Description: Electronic filings by corporations to the US Securites and Exchange Commission. The actual annual report to shareholders (except in the case of investment companies) need not be submitted on EDGAR, although some companies do so voluntarily. The annual report on Form 10-K or 10-KSB, however, which contains much of the same information, is required to be filed on EDGAR.
• Appropriate to course or program: BA101
• [Reviewed by: College & Research Libraries News, Jan. 1997]

Hoover's online - http://www.hoovers.com/free/

• Description: Online version of directory of business information. Click on Companies & Industries. Type a company name in the search space, or use the Build Company List function below. Some portions of the database are for members only, but there is much free information in capsule form. Links to over 500 employers that offer recruiting pages on the web.
• Appropriate to course or program: BA101, FE220
• [Reviewed by: Library Journal, Sept. 15, 1996]

Knowledge At Wharton - http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/

• Description: Wharton School of Business site with articles based on Wharton research; contains information on subjects including business ethics, leadership, and health economics, among others. Requires free registration.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Dec. 1999]

Liber8 - http://liber8.stlouisfed.org/

• Description: An "economic information portal for librarians and students." Includes links to international, national, and regional resources and the International Economic Statistics Database."
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Dec. 2006]

Patents: Foreign Patents via Espacenet - http://ep.espacenet.com/

• Description: European patent applications and issued patents in their original language, Japanese patent first pages in English (1976-present), patents issued by the World Intellectual Property Organization, in their original language (1990-present).
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

Patents: U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Patent Databases - http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html

• Description: Free access to patent database which is complete back to 1976.Searchable by Boolean keywords or by patent number. The full text of the patent is available in HTML. Images may be viewed by clicking on a button, but require a browser plugin which can interpret a TIFF G4 image. Pre-1976 patents are searchable by patent number and viewable only as a TIFF file.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

Researching Companies Online - http://www.learnwebskills.com/company/index.html

• Description: An outstanding tutorial that will teach the user how to find information about companies by using the World Wide Web. All sources covered are free of charge.
• Appropriate to course or program: BA066, BA101, BA214, FE220
• [Reviewed by: Staff per LIBREF-L, Oct. 1998]

Starting Your Business (U.S. Small Business Administration) - http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/starting_business/index.html

• Description: Packed with helpful information about small business, this site includes a business plan tutorial. La Agencia Federal para el Desarrollo de la Pequeña Empresa Incluye "Cómo Iniciar su Negocio" y "El Plan de Negocios."
• Appropriate to course or program: BA066
• [Reviewed by: Staff, 1997]

Thomas register of American manufacturers - http://www.thomasnet.com/

• Description: Online version of directory of business information. You can look up a particular kind of manufactured goods, e.g., Zoo Equipment, and find out who manufactures it. Some manufacturer's catalogs can be viewed here. Free, but you must register to use it the first time.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Journal, Sept. 15, 1996]

Trademarks: U.S. Trademark Information Page - http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm

• Description: Free access to U.S. trademark information, from the Patents and Trademarks Office. Click "Search Trademarks" to use the Trademark Electronic Search System. The basic search will let you search for words or phrases in trademarks. Clicking on "Boolean" will let you search all the fields in the database and combine terms.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Reference Staff, Dec. 1998, Nov. 2000]