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Business people trust Reuters. In the business of information, Reuters is credible. For over a century, Reuters has had a reputation for speed, integrity, impartiality and continuous technological innovation. The Reuters Web site, http://www.reuters.com, is a benchmark by which other sites can be judged.

When using sources for business information, look for:

1.Quality. A good business information source performs well. Its purpose, instructions and answers are clear and focused. Information is accurate and timely. In the past, people could read The New York Times business section only in the morning. Now, The New York Times on the Web, http://www.nyt.com, updates the news whenever it happens. Look for reputable hosts, names you recognize. If in doubt, double-check the information with at least one other documented source. CAUTION: The Internet is famous for providing timely information. At the same time, it is also notorious for offering misleading or incorrect information!

2.Speed. A good business information source is ready for quick use. It is easy to use. It works with a sense of urgency.

3.Change. A good business information source always changes before you see a need for change.

Business information on the Web appears in many formats:

Article databases (from many different publications)

Individual business media sites

Directories (listing companies, products, etc.)

Government documents (giving statistics, government regulations, company regulatory filings, etc.)

Company Web sites (offering company filtered information)

Annual report clearinghouses

Non-profit association Web sites (representing or serving industries)

Tutorials

Academic Web sites (often with specific subject concentration)

For-profit, promotional Web sites (often with useful, free content)

Some sites may be partially "pay-to-view."

STARTING POINTS

A Union County College Libraries: Databases: ABI Inform for Business; Infotrack (Click on link to Health Reference Center)

http://www.ucc.edu/libraries

These commercial databases are not actually on the Web, but can be accessed via the Web. Students and faculty may access them off campus (with a username & password), as well as on campus.

A ProQuest Controlled Vocabulary of Subject Terms.

http://www.umi.com/hp/Support/Vocab/

Use Controlled Subject Terms for precise searching of subject fields in ProQuest databases such as ABI/INFORM and Periodical Abstracts.

Yahoo! Business and Economy

http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/

Yahoo's quote data are provided by Reuters Limited.

Business Web: The Source for Business Knowledge

http://www.businesswebsource.com/

A CEO Express

http://www.ceoexpress.com

A Entrepreneur International Online. (monthly periodical)

http://www.entrepreneurmag.com/international.hts

Small Biz Planet

http://www.smallbizplanet.com/index.html

Quality small business articles.

A Positive (Business) Press

http://positivepress.org/frames/business.html

Good News Every Day

BUSINESS NEWS

CNNfn: The Financial Network

http://cnnfn.cnn.com/

Bloomberg

http://www.bloomberg.com

Business News

AJR (American Journalism Review) News Link: Business Newspapers

http://ajr.newslink.org/busin.html

Crain's New York Business

http://www.crainsny.com/

Business News New Jersey Online

http://www.bnjol.com/

This is a good site if you want to learn about New Jersey stocks or mutual funds. From the column at the left, click on "Invest NJ." Click either "Top Stocks" or "Mutual Funds."

BizJournals.com

http://www.bizjournals.com

Covers 41 regional business journals with full-text articles.

BUSINESS HISTORY& IDEAS

Businesshistory.net

http://www.businesshistory.net/

300 Years of Business History.

The Basics of Business History

http://www.thestreet.com/basics/countdown/748433.html

100 Events That Shaped a Century.

Business Cycle Expansions and Contractions

http://www.nber.org/cycles.html

Fast Company

http://www.fastcompany.com

"A Spy in the House of Work" . . . a handbook, resource and mentor . . . gutsy articles about the new breed of business leaders . . . who they are, how they work, what they do, how they do it, what they know, what they can teach . . .

Management Review

http://www.amanet.org/75greatest.htm

From Institute of Management Accountants, The 75 Greatest Management Decisions Ever Made.

Ideas at Work

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/ideasatwork/managersites.html

Web Sites for Managers Archive.

"Ideas in the News."

http://www.meansbusiness.com/service/#feature

This week's ten best business ideas from original thinkers in leading journals, magazines, newspapers, and web sites.

http://www.corpgov.net/library/booksonline.html

Corporate governance related books available online

http://www.builder.com/Business/Ecommerce20/

Ten key questions about e-commerce.

BUSINESS LAW

Cornell's Legal Information Institute.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/topical.html

Most business law topics are covered here. For instance, if interested in the sports industry, legal sources and recent legal decisions regarding that industry are reported.

BUSINESS PLANS

The Planning Resource Center: Business Plans.

http://www.bplans.com

Articles for Start-ups.

What's specifically different about a business plan for start-ups?

http://www.bplans.com/startups/articles.htm

Writing an Effective Business Plan.

http://www.us.deloitte.com/growth/guidebooks/default.htm

Deloitte and Touche Growth Company Services, 2nd Edition 1999. (Send e-mail for your own copy.)

The Business Plan Road Map to Success Workbook (online)

http://www.sbaonline.sba.online.gov/

From the Small Business Administration.

1st SPOT Business Plans

http://1st-spot.net/topic_bizplan.html

The Artemis Project

http://www.asi.org/adb/03/business-plan-outline.html

Private Enterprise on the Moon: Standard Business Outline.

INVESTMENTS

Edustock.

http://library.thinkquest.org/3088/

An educational web page designed to teach what the stock market is, and how it can work for you. It includes tutorials on the stock market and how to pick good stocks.

NYSE: You and the Investment World

http://www.nyse.com/public/educat/uinvestw/toc.htm

Seven chapters with work-sheets . . . clear explanations about the New York Stock Exchange, how a stock is bought and sold, how to read a stock table and annual reports, why stock prices go up and down, etc.

10K Wizard

http://www.10kwizard.com

10K Wizard allows users to search all filings by words, phrases and names.

Goetzmann, Prof. William N. An Introduction to Investment Theory.

http://www.econofinance.com/concepts.html

This hypertext book introduces the foundations of investment decision

Making.

Brain, Marshall. "How Stocks and the Stock Market Work."How Stuff Works. HowStuffWorks.com, Inc., 1999.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/stock.htm

Morningstar

http://www.morningstar.net/nd/ndNSAPI.nd/General/Learn

Many "how to" articles about mutual funds, as well as how to use the SEC Web site.

MSN Investor: Fund Directory

http://investor.msn.com/partsub/funds/directory.asp

This site lets you see funds within "families" of funds. You can then review the investment objectives of the funds.

MSN Investor: Stock Research Wizard

http://investor.msn.com/research/wizards

Learn about the five key questions to consider when purchasing a stock or mutual fund. Then, proceed to obtain information about your company in answer to those questions.

Investorama

http://www.investorama.com/reserch.html

Once you enter a company's name or ticker symbol you are offered many web sites with news, quotes, financial statements, industry reports, etc. At the upper left corner of the first page, the stock exchange where the security is traded is given along with the company's ticker symbol. With this Research a Stock site, you rarely need to enter the company name or symbol again. That's already done! Choose a category (company background, company news, etc.) and click on a linked site. The company you are researching will be immediately covered. Take a quick look at some of the following helpful sites directly linked:

CompanyLink Report

Companies Online

Hoover's Capsule

Morningstar Quick Take Report

Motley Fool

FreeEDGAR Summary & Filings

DailyStocks Industry Comparison

Kreusch, Mike, CFA, MS. "Bonds are easy, and they explain everything else." Investors Alley. January 26, 2000.

http://www.investorsalley.com/specials/cfasweep/

Quicken.com

http://www.quicken.com

TheStreet.com

http://www.thestreet.com

The Motley Fool

http://www.fool.com

FINANCE

TeachMeFinance.com.

http://www.teachmefinance.com/

Teaches you basic finance concepts.

FinanCenter. Interactive Financial Calculators.

http://www.financenterinc.com/products/calclist.html

Each calculator includes a step-by-step explanation of results.

GOVERNMENT REGULATORS

Securities & Exchange Commission

http://www.sec.gov

DOJ Antitrust Division Web site

http://www.usdoj.gov/atr

Federal Trade Commission Web site

http://www.ftc.gov

Department of Commerce

http://www.doc.gov

Department of Labor

http://www.dol.gov

COMPANY INFORMATION

America's Most Admired Companies

http://www.pathfinder.com/fortune/mostadmired/index.html

Use this list to find well recognized companies from throughout the country. If you want a larger pool of company names from which to choose, click on "Fortune 500" in the left side bar.

Hoover's Online

http://www.hoovers.com

Search for free "capsules" of information about both public and private companies. Supplies company overview, links to company's URL, press releases and articles.

Dreyfus Brokerage Services, Inc. Historical Pricing

http://www.tradepbs.com

Stock prices are maintained by this system for one year.

Investorama

http://www.investorama.com/reserach.html

Industry Information

NAICS Association

http://www.naics.com/search.htm

On-line NAICS / SIC Searching from the NAICS Association.

Industry Reports

http://www.bschool.ukans.edu/intbuslib/industry.htm

A variety of sources of industry information including industry profiles, and SIC & NAICS.