LibGuides: Business: Internet Resources

Internet Resources

When conducting research, Internet resources are very useful. However, it is important to critically evaluate websites and the information found there. Consult the USM Library’s Evaluating Web Resources guide for evaluation criteria.The following is a selected list of websites that you may find useful. To access the site links, click on the tabs below. The "Credible Websites" tab contains links to websites that contain credible information for research. The "Business Associations" tab contains links to associations and organizations that are relevant to people in the Biology profession, and the RSS, Podcasts, Videos tab contains links to other useful forms of media related to Business research.

Credible Internet Resources

The Motley Fool
Founded in 1993 in Alexandria, VA., by brothers David and Tom Gardner, The Motley Fool is a multimedia financial-services company dedicated to building the world's greatest investment community. The company's name was taken from Shakespeare, whose wise fools both instructed and amused, and could speak the truth to the king -- without getting their heads lopped off.
Hoover's
Hoover’s Inc., a subsidiary of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, offers proprietary business information through our online platform and integrated workflow solutions. Whether you are looking for leads, companies, or industries, our data on more than 85 million corporations, 100 million people, and 1,000 industries fuels powerful data cleansing, analysis, list building, and corporate linkage capabilities that accelerate your sales and marketing cycles.
International Finance Corporation
"We work with the private sector in developing countries to help create opportunity for all. IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector in developing countries. We utilize and leverage our products and services—as well as products and services of other institutions in the World Bank Group—to provide development solutions customized to meet clients’ needs. We apply our financial resources, technical expertise, global experience, and innovative thinking to help our partners overcome financial, operational, and political challenges."
360 Degrees of Financial Literacy
Answer some questions to create a free plan personalized to your financial needs, or just browse the freely available resources on topics such as: credit and debt, home ownership, investor education, etc.
USA.Gov
USA.gov is your online guide to government information and services. Find information on topics such as: government agencies and elected officials;
health; housing and community; jobs and unemployment; money and shopping; travel and immigration, etc.
CIA World Fact Book
The World Factbook, produced for US policymakers and coordinated throughout the US Intelligence Community, marshals facts on every country, dependency, and geographic entity in the world.The Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
World Economic Outlook
This database allows students to find and compare economic outlook by country, subject and year based on the International Monetary Fund October, 2015 report.
National Bureau of Economic Research
A private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals. Key focus areas include: developing new statistical measurements, estimating quantitative models of economic behavior, and analyzing the effects of public policies.
U.S. Small Business Administration
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 as an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation. Offers loans, loan guarantees, contracts, counseling sessions and other forms of assistance to small businesses.
Doing Business
Gathers and analyzes comprehensive quantitative data to compare business regulation environments across economies and over time; offers measurable benchmarks for reform; and serves as a resource for academics, journalists, private sector researchers and others interested in the business climate of each economy. In addition, Doing Business offers detailed subnational reports, which exhaustively cover business regulation and reform in different cities and regions within a nation. These reports provide data on the ease of doing business, rank each location, and recommend reforms to improve performance in each of the indicator areas.
Small Business (USA.gov)
Learn the steps to start a small business, get financing help from the government, and more.

Phi Beta Lamda
Professional Business Association
American Accounting Association
"The American Accounting Association promotes worldwide excellence in accounting education, research and practice. Founded in 1916 as the American Association of University Instructors in Accounting, its present name was adopted in 1936. The Association is a voluntary organization of persons interested in accounting education and research."
American Economic Association
"Celebrating 125 Years of Encouraging Economic Research"
American Finance Association
AFA's Purpose: "to provide for the mutual association of persons with an interest in finance, to improve public understanding of financial problems, and to provide for the exchange of financial ideas through the distribution of a periodical and other media; to encourage the study of finance in colleges and universities; to conduct such other activities as may be appropriate for a non-profit, professional society in the field of finance."
American Management Association

Stanford Business Podcasts
NPR Podcasts Directory
Podcast Directory
Search for podcasts related to business.
Films on Demand
CNN Business Videos