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Periodicals
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Risk Management, Crisis Management
Small Business
Taxation
U.S. Govt:  Services & Agencies

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Directories to Economics Links
Economic Statistics
Supply and Demand
Economic systems:  Capitalism, Communism, Socialism
Economics News & Articles

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Entrepreneurship - Business Management

Business Database

Business & Company Resource Center
Use your LIRN password.  Access business articles or industry and company information.
In research, for best results, open the "advanced search" and use the drop down menu, for options for your benefit.  - InfoTrac Gale Database in LIRN

Business Glossary

Washington Post .Com - Glossary of Business Terms
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/longterm/glossary/glossary.htm

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Business Case Studies Resources

Caseplace.org - Cases
http://www.caseplace.org/  

Caseplace.org - Cases - Special Library Association - Links to fee (not free) resources for case studies
http://www.sla.org/pubs/serial/io/1998/dec98/keleher.html  

Business Ethics Cases - Web Miner.Com
http://www.web-miner.com/busethics.htm#cases

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Periodicals

Search and Find Business Articles in Academic Journals
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   Enter your LIRN password.

Major Business Periodicals On-line

http://online.barrons.com/public/main  Barrons.Com

http://www.businessweek.com/  Business Week.Com

http://www.economist.com/index.html  Economist.Com

http://www.entrepreneur.com/  Entrepreneur.Com

http://www.forbes.com/  Forbes.Com

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/  Fortune - CNN Money.Com

http://www.inc.com/  Inc.Com

http://online.wsj.com/public/us  Wall St. Journal On-line Free Version

Executive Library.Com
http://www.executivelibrary.com/index.asp#magazines
Look in center column, for on-line business periodicals.

Trade Magazines
LIRN ProQuest ABI/INFORM  Open, and connect to third link, "Trade & Industry"

http://www.gebbieinc.com/magurl.htm  Gebbie Trade Magazine directory

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Directories of Companies

Business & Company Resource Center - InfoTrac LIRN Database - Use "Advanced search"
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BCRC?locID=lirn_main
http://www.virtualchase.com/topics/company_information_index.shtml  Virtual Chase

Hoovers On-line Free Version
http://www.hoovers.com/free/

List of some Official Web Sites of Corporate Entities of the World
http://123world.com/corporate/index.html

Learnwebskills.com - Business research tutorial presents a step-by-step process for finding free company and industry information on the Internet
http://www.learnwebskills.com/company/

Annual Company Reports
Annual reports

Company research guides – Each includes references to fee resources
http://iws.ohiolink.edu/companies/  Ohiolink.edu
http://www.csupomona.edu/~library/tutorials/company_research.html  Calif. State Univ. Pomona

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Management

Management Articles - Knowledge Base - themanager.org
http://www.themanager.org/Knowledgebase/Management/Index.htm

Management -- Crisis Management

CMI - Crisis Management International - Articles
http://www.cmiatl.com/news_articles.html

Management Help.Org - Carter McNamara - "Risk management" when a crisis has already occurred
http://www.managementhelp.org/risk_mng/risk_mng.htm

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Marketing

Market Research Portal - Overview of the Field
http://www.marketresearchworld.net/

Articles on Marketing - Knowledge Base - themanager.org
http://www.themanager.org/Knowledgebase/Marketing/Index.htm

Marketing Plans, by Industry - BPlans.Com - Some free, some require payment
http://www.bplans.com/sp/marketingplans.cfm

Industry

Industry Portals - Industry Research Desk - Polson Enterprises
http://www.virtualpet.com/industry/mfg/mfg.htm   Industry Research Desk

Thomas Register Online - Thomasnet.com - Search companies, products, and services
http://www.thomasnet.com/index.html

Search for Industry Trade Shows - tsnn.com
http://www.tsnn.com/

Gebbie Trade Magazine directory
http://www.gebbieinc.com/magurl.htm

ProQuest ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry Resources
LIRN ProQuest ABI/INFORM  Open, and connect to "Trade & Industry." It's the third hyperlink.

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Business Plans

Business Plan Basics
http://www.myownbusiness.org/s2/

Business Plans: Bplans.Com - How to Write a Business Plan
http://www.bplans.com/dp/

Real Business Plan Samples
http://www.bplans.com/samples/mbus.cfm
http://www.bplans.com/sp/index.cfm

Detailed Outline for a Business Plan - BusinessTown.Com and Adams Streetwise Complete Business Plan Software
http://www.businesstown.com/planning/creating-outline.asp

Tutorial to Starting a Business Plan and Attracting Finance - U.S. Small Business Administration
http://www.sba.gov/smallbusinessplanner/plan/writeabusinessplan/index.html

Create a Mini-Business Plan - Wall St. Journal - WSJ.Com (Free Registration Required)
http://wsj.miniplan.com/

Business Plans & Entrepreneurship Internet Links - Goizueta Business Library - Emory University, Atlanta, GA
http://business.library.emory.edu/info/entrepreneurship/businessplans.html

Entrepreneurship - Start-Up - Small Business

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Business Plans

Entrepreneurship.Com - Online Magazine
http://www.entrepreneur.com

Inc. Com
http://www.inc.com  Homepage
Start up section  - Articles, by topic
Capital finance section  - Articles, by topic

.WSJ.Com - Startup Journal - Wall St. Journal - Center for Entrepreneurs
http://www.startupjournal.com/

Shattering the Seven (7) Myths of Student Entrepreneurship
Shattering the 7 Myths of Student Entrepreneurship  Article - Young Money .Com

http://www.youngmoney.com/entrepreneur  Homepage

Entrepreneurs' Business Plans with some Samples - Links from Goizueta Business Library, Emory University
http://business.library.emory.edu/info/entrepreneurship/businessplans.html  Business plans

Starting a Business without Losing Your Shirt- BusinessTown.Com - Business Topics, "All Business, No Bull"
http://www.businesstown.com/

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Financing, Raising Capital, Collecting Debts: Articles - MoreBusiness.Com
http://www.morebusiness.com/running_your_business/financing/

Small Business Information Center
http://sbdcnet.utsa.edu/  Business plans, e-commerce, finance, industry research, marketing, women and minorities - Requires free login

Small Business Owner's Tool Kit:  Contracts and more
http://www.toolkit.cch.com/tools/tools.asp
Ready-to-use business tools and templates to help you get the job done faster and easier.  Find model business documents, sample letters, contracts, forms, financial spreadsheet templates, and more

Business Resources for Minorities - My Own Business.Org
http://www.myownbusiness.org/resources.html

National Business Incubator Association - Learn How to Grow a New Business
http://www.nbia.org/resource_center/learn.php

Los Angeles County Office of Small Business - Business Registrations and Potential Opportunities, Local - State and Federal
http://www.laosb.org/

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Personal Finance & Investment

Investorprotection.org - Dedicated to Non-Commercial Education
http://www.investorprotection.org/

Investments-guide.com offers advice on different types of investments
http://www.investments-guide.com/

Investorguide.com - Company research, stocks and mutual funds, A-Z, bonds, venture capital, currency, options, futures, commodities
http://www.investorguide.com/links-dir.cgi

Investment Resources for the Independent Investor (Resources for investors to do their own stock research) - Aol.com
http://members.aol.com/indinvstr/index.html

Motley Fool Resources List and Web Site
www.fool.com
Motley Fool Resources List

Bloomberg.Com - Business, Finance and Stock News
http://www.bloomberg.com/

Calculators for Investors - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
http://www.sec.gov/investor/tools.shtml

Search EDGAR Database - Look for Company and Securities Filings, Mutual Funds and Prospectuses - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/webusers.htm

Links to Stock Exchanges, National & International
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/busi/stocks.shtml

Additional Finance & Investment Web Sites - Yahoo.com
http://dir.yahoo.com/business_and_economy/finance_and_investment/web_directories/

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Annual Reports - Financial Reports

Prars.Com
http://www.prars.com

Annual Reports.Com
http://www.annualreports.com/

Barrons Online - Some Annual Reports
http://barronsonline.ar.wilink.com/asp/BAR5_search_ENG.asp

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Income Tax and Taxation

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Tax Forms
http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/  IRS forms and publications
http://www.ftb.ca.gov/forms/  Ca. Franchise Tax Board forms

http://members.aol.com/bmethven/taxforms.htm  bmethven.com - aol.com

Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Title 26 of the United States Code (26 U.S.C.)
http://www.irs.gov/taxpros/article/0,,id=98137,00.html  IRS web page
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode26/usc_sup_01_26.html  law.cornell.edu

Taxes for Businesses - IRS web page
Small Business & Self-Employed One-Stop Resource
Employment Taxes & Withholding

Tax law resource links – New York State Society of CPAs
http://www.nysscpa.org/useful_links/federal_taxation.html

Prentice Hall’s Federal Taxation
http://www.prenhall.com/phtax/

How Income Taxes Work – Basics
http://money.howstuffworks.com/income-tax.htm

U.S. Govt. Services & Agencies

U.S.  Business Advisor - "The Official Business Link to the U.S. Government"
http://www.business.gov/
This web site provides resources on small business development, financial assistance, taxes, regulations, laws, compliance, and trade.

The Better Business Bureau
http://www.bbb.org/

Small Business Administration
http://www.sba.gov/  Home page
Starting your business and financing

Federal Trade Commission
http://www.ftc.gov/  Home page
Anti-Trust (Bureau of Competition)
Consumer Protection

U.S. Customs Service
http://www.customs.ustreas.gov

OSHA  (U.S. Dept. of Labor)
http://www.osha.gov/  Home page

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Business Law

You may also see some additional law hyperlinks or the law menu.  You will be taken to another web page.

Basic Legal Citations
http://www.asl.edu/library/pubs/lrg_alwcit.pdf or press here  Appalachian School of Law Library; Grundy, Virginia - With links to tutorials
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_citation  Wikipedia.Org

Small Business Law - FindLaw.Com
http://smallbiz.findlaw.com/#Small business

Legal Forms and Checklists for Small Businesses and Corporations -- Bmethven
http://members.aol.com/bmethven/forms.htm
Bmethven links to several free general legal form web sites

Law Guru.Com - Includes Business Legal Forms
http://forms.lawguru.com/xcart/customer/home.php
Fees required - Law Guru forms store has brief explanations of purpose of the form

Legal Forms, by Topic - 'Lectric Law Library
http://lectlaw.com/usforms/
Premium business and other legal forms by topic, reasonable fees, with no previews of forms

Also, see U.S. Government Forms.  You will be taken to another web page.

Business Law Web Site
Methven Law Homepage  www.methvenlaw.com
Tax forms
Federal legislation and court cases
State of California legislation & court cases

Other States’ laws & cases:
Cyber-business capital formation,
E-Commerce,
Trademark & Copyright

Legal forms and checklists for small businesses and corporations

Commercial Law Links:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Commercial_law  Wex - Legal Information Institute - Cornell.edu - Commercial fields, Universal Commercial Code
http://www.megalaw.com/top/commercial.php  megalaw.com - Universal Commercial Code, state commercial codes, sales law, consumer law
http://www.laweye.de/  International business law - Law Eye

Universal Commercial Code
http://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/ucc.table.html  Articles 1-9
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uniform/ucc.html  Links to state statutes that correspond to articles of the Universal Commercial Code

Contracts
http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Contracts
Wex - Cornell.edu contract law page

http://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/2/  Universal Commercial Code Art. 2, Contracts
http://www.alllaw.com/legal%5Ftopic%5Findex/contracts/
Alllaw.com – Links to contract law resources

http://contracts.corporate.findlaw.com/industries/energy/index.html  Contract samples, by industry and by category - Findlaw.com

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U.S. Labor Code
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/29/

California Labor Code
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/calawquery?codesection=lab&codebody=&hits=20

Employment Law Guide, U.S.
http://www.dol.gov/compliance/guide/index.htm
U.S. Dept. of Labor.  Compliance advice on major labor and employment laws

http://www.business.gov/topics/business_laws/employment_laws/  Employment Laws and Guidance - www.business.gov
http://www.nolo.com/resource.cfm (Employment law)
Nolo.com - Employer's rights and responsibilities

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Patents, Trademarks, Copyright, and Intellectual Property - Selected Resources
http://www.uspto.gov/  Homepage of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office  Site index http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/cprtindx.htm
Copyright crash course - University of Texas, Austin - Georgia Harper

http://www.benedict.com/
"Internet's first and premiere copyright registration and information resource" - The Copyright Website

http://www.nolo.com/resource (Patents, copyright and art)  Nolo.com resources
http://www.ggmark.com/  All About Copyright - Gregory H. Guillot
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/  Copyright and Fair Use Center - Stanford University Libraries

Additional Resources on Intellectual Property Resources Worldwide
http://www.hg.org/intell.html  Hieros Gamos

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Cyber Law
http://www.phillipsnizer.com/internetlib2.htm
Internet Library of Internet case law: - Comprehensive and up-to-date collection of court decision summaries shaping Internet law - Specific and extensive list, by topic.

http://www.mit.edu/activities/safe/labeling/summary.html
Links to information and sites on PGP (pretty good privacy)

International Business Law
http://www.laweye.de/  Law Eye

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You may want to see additional legal resources  (You will be taken to another web page.)

Electronic Commerce

Also, see Cyber Law

Internet Business - Technology Portal - Brint.com  Homepage
Scroll past the ads!  Web site has vast resources!  Look below.
Electronic Commerce, E-Business
Virtual Organizations
Intellectual Property on Internet

Doing Business on the Internet: Links & Resources
http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/ecommerce/inet-business.html

Top Ten Internet World Statistics, and More - Usage and Population Statistics for Nations of the World
http://www.internetworldstats.com/top10.htm
Site map

International Business

Comprehensive International Business Site - Country business climate reports, markets
http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/busresmain.asp?ResourceCategoryID=4

Portals of the world – Library of Congress – Research a country and market before entry
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html

Country Commercial Guides:   Business Climates of World's Nations
Enter.  (You will be taken to another LAC Library web page.)

Tradeport - Export and import tutorials, market research, country profiles, trade statistics, trade terms, and more
http://www.tradeport.org/   country profiles

Know This? .com – Trade tutorials and article topics:  Marketing, advertising, selling, promotion, research and e-commerce
http://www.knowthis.com/

SICE - Foreign Trade Information System - Trade agreements, trade data, country information, multilingual trade terms, and trade issues and topics
http://www.sice.oas.org/

Trade Data
Exports, Jobs, & Foreign Investment for Each State of the U.S. - Export.gov    
http://ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/state_reports/    Foreign trade highlights - Data reports

TradeStats Express - National trade data, State export data
http://tse.export.gov/

Trade Profiles, by Country - U.S. & Foreign Investment - wto.org
http://stat.wto.org/CountryProfile/WSDBCountryPFHome.aspx?Language=E

NAFTA Topics & Explanations, for U.S. Canada and Mexico
http://www.nafta-customs.org/engfram.html

Laws, legislation and government of other nations – Law Library of Congress – Very complete
http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/nations.html

WTO Website (World Trade Organization) Mega Site
http://www.wto.org/english/info_e/site_e.htm

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Business Customs

Business Customs in Latin America And The U.S.
http://www.worldbiz.com/reportsamerica.html
"The Americas" Business Reports provide first-hand information on North and South American business practices, business culture, business protocol, customs, etiquette, business entertainment, business manners, and cross-cultural communications.

Business Customs & Culture Around the World, Presented by Country
http://www.worldbiz.com/briefings.html
Welcome to Worldwide Business Briefings! Here you will find a series of country-specific reports, A-Z, on international business practices, cross-cultural communication, negotiating, international etiquette, and much more!

Worldwide Business Briefings on International Management, Fee Site
http://www.worldbiz.com/management.html
Learn how to cope with complex international management issues, international hiring & promoting, managing time worldwide, the concept of face, using interpreters, giving effective presentations abroad, dealing with international bribery and more. Superior articles, but fee is required.

Additional Links On World Business Culture and Etiquette
http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/busresmain.asp?ResourceCategoryID=17 ;

Business Ethics

Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
http://www.web-miner.com/nusethics.htm
Business ethics articles compiled by Sharon Stoerger, MLS and MBA

Business and society issues - DMOZ Open Directory Project
http://dmoz.org/Society/Issues/Business/

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Economics

Directories to Information or Web Sites on Economics

Biz Education - Economic Topics
http://www.bized.co.uk/learn/economics/notes/index.htm  Open, and use left menu on page.

Economics - Find Basics, Articles, Statistics, and Information on Microeconomics - themanager.org
http://www.themanager.org/Knowledgebase/Economics/Index.htm

Helsinki Web Economics - Web Sites
http://www.helsinki.fi/WebEc/

Economic Statistics

Dr. T’s EconLinks
http://econlinks.com/economy.php
Economic indicators   State of the economy   Economics data

National Economic Accounts - U.S. Dept. of Commerce.  Bureau of Economic Analysis.
http://www.bea.gov

U.S. Economy at a Glance, Last 12 Months
http://www.bls.gov/data/home.htm
State and metropolitan area

Economic Indicators
http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html

Current Economic Data and Links, U.S.
http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~johnsh/econ/econ_EDL.htm

International Statistics Links
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stecfor.html
http://www.helsinki.fi/WebEc/webecc8d.html

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Supply and Demand

Articles
http://www.accountancy.com.pk/articles_students.asp?id=72  Accountancy.com
http://www.investopedia.com/university/economics/economics3.asp  Investopedia.com

Economic Systems:  Capitalism, Communism, Socialism

Capitalism (Market Economic System), Communism, and Socialism
http://www.socialstudieshelp.com/Economic_Systems.htm  Socialstudies.htm

Capitalism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definitions_of_capitalism  Definitions of capitalism - Wikipedia.org
http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Capitalism  Article and discussion of capitalism

Communism
http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Communism  Article on communism - Reference.com

Socialism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism  Socialism article and links

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Economic News & Articles

The Economist
http://www.economist.com/index.html

The Brookings Institute - Articles by great thinkers
http://www.brook.edu/

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Revised May 14, 2008