Company/Organization/Resource

Website

411 Stocks

http://www.411stocks.com/

ABC News    

www.abcnews.go.com

ABI World 

http://www.abiworld.org/

America Online

www.aol.com

American Statistical Association   

www.amstat.org

Ad*Access

http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/

Advertising Age 

http://www.adage.com/

Advertising Research Foundation

http://www.arfsite.org/

Advertising World (University of Texas)

http://advertising.utexas.edu/world/

American Academy of Advertising 

http://advertising.utexas.edu/aaa/

American Advertising Federation  

http://www.aaf.org/

American Arbitration Association

http://www.adr.org/

American Association of Individual Investors

http://www.aaii.com/

American Bankers Association 

http://www.aba.com/default.htm

American Benefits Council

www.americanbenefitscouncil.org

American Demographics 

http://www.inside.com/default.asp?entity=AmericanDemo

American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research  

http://www.aei.org/

American Finance Association

 http://www.afajof.org/

America’s Health Insurance Plans

 www.ahip.org/

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants 

http://www.aicpa.org/

American League for Financial Institutions 

http://www.alfi.org/

American Management Association 

http://www.amanet.org/

American Marketing Association 

http://www.MarketingPower.com/

American Public Health Association 

http://www.apha.org/

American Society for Public Administration 

http://www.aspanet.org/

American Society for Training and Development

http://www.astd.org/

American Stock Exchange 

http://www.amex.com/

American Taxation Association  

http://www.atasection.org/

Americans for Tax Reform 

http://www.atr.org/

AMEX Glossary

http://www.amex.com/reference/glossary.stm

Annual Report Gallery, A-Z link 

http://www.reportgallery.com/

Annual Reports Online

http://www.zpub.com/sf/arl/arl_www.html

Association of Consumer Research

http://www.acr_news.org/

AuditNet.org

http://www.auditnet.org/karlhome.htm

Background Notes on Countries of the World 

http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes/

Bank Administration Institute

http://www.bai.org/

Bank Marketing Association 

http://www.aba.com/MarketingNetwork/default.htm

Barkley's Comprehensive Financial Glossary

http://www.oasismanagement.com/glossary/index.html

Bloomberg.com 

http://www.bloomberg.com/

Burke Marketing Research  

www.burke.com/bmr/experience.htm

Business Advisor 

http://www.business.gov/busadv/index.cfm

Business Culture and Etiquette - Executive Planet Business Culture and Etiquette Guide to over 40 countries

http://www.executiveplanet.com

CBS News  

www.cbsnews.com

CCH Internet Tax Research Network 

http://tax.cch.com/ipnetwork

Centers for Disease Control

www.cdc.gov

Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards 

http://www.cfp_board.org/

Chicago Mercantile Exchange 

http://www.cme.com/

Christ Church Nashville Tennessee

http://www.christchurchnashville.org/intro.htm

Citizens for a Sound Economy 

http://www.cse.org/n_index.php

CNNfn – the financial network 

http://www.cnnfn.com/

CompaniesOnline 

http://www.companiesonline.com/

Conference Board  

http://www.conference_board.org/

Consumer Connection 

http://www.aba.com/consumer+connection/default.htm

Corporate Information 

http://www.corporateinformation.com/

Council of State Governments 

http://www.statesnews.org/

Country Commercial Guides  

http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/business/

Dept. of Statistics at Carnegie Mellon University

www.stat.cmu.edu

Disney Corporation 

www.disney.com

Earthquake hazard areas: Online maps showing

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/hazmaps/

Ecommerce-guide.com 

http://ecommerce.internet.com

EDGAR Database of Corporate Information 

http://www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm

Employee Benefits Research Institute

http://www.ebri.org/

Entreworld: Resources for Entrepreneurs 

http://www.entreworld.org/

Excite  

www.excite.com

Fed in Print 

http://www.frbsf.org/publications/fedinprint/index.html

Federal Register 

http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html

Federation of Tax Administrators 

http://www.taxadmin.org/

FedStats 

http://www.fedstats.gov/

Financial Accounting Standards Board 

http://www.rutgers.edu/Accounting/raw/fasb

Financial Planning Association

http://www.fpanet.org/

FINWeb 

http://www.finweb.com/

Forbes 200 Best Small Companies in America

http://www.forbes.com/200best/

Fortune  

www.fortune.com

Fortune 500 

http://www.pathfinder.com/fortune/fortune500/

Free Management Library

http://www.mapnp.org/library

General Motors Corp., Chevrolet Division

www.chevrolet.com

Global Edge ( MSU-CIBER International Business Resources on the WWW) 

http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/ibrd.asp

Glossaries of Financial Terms (from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago) 

http://www.chicagofed.org/publications/glossary/index.cfm

Government Accounting Standards Board

http://raw.rutgers.edu/raw/gasb/welcome.htm

GPO Access

http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/

Green Box Resources 

http://www.indiana.edu/~libgpd/guides/green/home.html

Guide to Labor Oriented Internet Resources

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/IIRL/iirlnet.html

Hoover's Online 

http://www.hoovers.com/

Infoseek Corporation

www.infoseek.com

Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Companies in America 

http://www.inc.com/500/home.html

Independent Community Bankers Association of America

http://www.ibaa.org/

Industrial Relations Research Association 

http://www.irra.uiuc.edu/

Internal Revenue Code (Title 26 of U.S. Code)

http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong013.html 

International Accounting Standards Committee 

http://www.iasc.org.uk/

International City/County Management Association

http://www.icma.org/

International Directory of Finance and Economics Professionals –

 http://welch.som.yale.edu/dir/

International Economics –

http://www.mnsfld.edu/depts/lib/globecon.html

International Labour Organization

 http://www.ilo.org/

International Monetary Fund

http://www.imf.org/

Internet Public Library Business Associations

http://www.ipl.org/cgi_bin/ref/aon.out.pl?id=bus0000

Internet Resources for International Economics & Business

http://www.ship.edu/~business/

Investment Company Institute ("the mutual fund connection")

http://www.ici.org/

IRS Bulletin

http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/bus_info/bullet.html

IRS Tax Terms

http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/taxi/taxterms.html

Kipplingers Global Investor

http://www.global_investor.com/

Knowledge@Wharton

http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/

Labor Research Association

http://www.lra_ny.com/

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe. Lexis-Nexis, updated daily.

http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/

Mark Bernkopf's Central Banking Resource Center

http://www.patriot.net/users/bernkopf

Marketing Research Association

http://www.mra_net.org/

Marketing Virtual Library (Knowthis.com)

http://www.knowthis.com/

Money – Past, Present & Future

http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/money.html

Mortgage Bankers Association of America

http://www.mbaa.org/

MSU_CIBER International Business Resources on the WWW

http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/ibrd.asp

Mutual Fund Fact Book

http://www.ici.org/facts_figures/factbook_toc.html

Nasdaq Stock Exchange –

http://www.nasdaq.com

National Assembly of State Arts Agencies &

http://www.nasaa_arts.org/

National Association of Counties –

http://www.naco.org/

National Association of Credit Management –

http://www.nacm.org/

National Association of Purchasing Management &

http://www.icma.org/

National Association of Securities Dealers –

http://www.nasd.com/

National Association of State Information Resource Executives –

http://www.nasire.org/

National Association of Tax Practitioners –

http://www.natptax.com/

National Center for State Courts –

http://www.statesnews.org/

National Conference of State Legislatures –

http://www.ncsl.org/

National Governors’ Association –

http://www.nga.org/

National League of Cities –

http://www.nlc.org/

National Tax Association –

http://ntanet.org

National Taxpayers Union –

http://www.ntu.org/

New York Stock Exchange –

http://www.nyse.com/

New York Stock Exchange Glossary of Financial Terms –

http://www.nyse.com/

Occupational Employment Statistics. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, website –

 http://stats.bls.gov/oes/

OTC Bulletin Board &

http://www.otcbb.com/dynamic/

Other Markets Online (from NASDAQ)

http://dynamic.international.nasdaq.com/asp/globalmarkets.asp?lang-eng

Overseas Private Investment Corp.

http://www.opic.gov/

Pacific Exchange

http://www.pacificex.com/

Public Relations Society of America –

http://www.prsa.org/

Robert Morris Associates, the Association of Lending and Credit Risk Professionals –

http://www.rmahq.org/

Rutgers Accounting Web

http://accounting.rutgers.edu/raw/

Rutgers University Libraries: Research & Reference Gateway: Business

http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/busi/business.shtml

The University of Virginia's Mathematics Education program’s Web site explaining probability

http://teacherlink.org/content/math/interactive/probability/

The Insurance Information Institute's statistics on the odds of death in the United States by cause of injury

http://www.iii.org/factbook/chartindex/chart/ppartid.684480/

The Insurance Information Institute's online brochure "Am I Covered?"  Explores what kind and how much insurance consumers need.

 http://www.iii.org/media/publications/brochures/amicovered/ 

The Society of Actuaries

http://www.soa.org/ccm/content/

"Tornado alley":  A map of

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/stalley.gif

Kipplingers Global Investor

http://www.global_investor.com/

Knowledge@Wharton

http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/

 Labor Research Association

http://www.lra_ny.com/

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe. Lexis-Nexis, updated daily.

 http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/

Mark Bernkopf's Central Banking Resource Center

http://www.patriot.net/users/bernkopf

Marketing Research Association

http://www.mra_net.org/

Marketing Virtual Library (Knowthis.com)

http://www.knowthis.com/

Money – Past, Present & Future

http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/money.html

Mortgage Bankers Association of America

http://www.mbaa.org/

MSU_CIBER International Business Resources on the WWW

http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/ibrd.asp

Mutual Fund Fact Book

http://www.ici.org/facts_figures/factbook_toc.html

Nasdaq Stock Exchange

http://www.nasdaq.com

National Assembly of State Arts Agencies &

 http://www.nasaa_arts.org/

National Association of Counties

http://www.naco.org/

National Association of Credit Management

http://www.nacm.org/

National Association of Purchasing Management &

http://www.icma.org/

National Association of Securities Dealers

http://www.nasd.com/

National Association of State Information Resource Executives

http://www.nasire.org/

National Association of Tax Practitioners

http://www.natptax.com/

National Center for State Courts

http://www.statesnews.org/

National Conference of State Legislatures

http://www.ncsl.org/

National Governors’ Association

http://www.nga.org/

National League of Cities

http://www.nlc.org/

National Tax Association

http://ntanet.org

National Taxpayers Union

http://www.ntu.org/

New York Stock Exchange

http://www.nyse.com/

New York Stock Exchange Glossary of Financial Terms

http://www.nyse.com/

Occupational Employment Statistics. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, website

http://stats.bls.gov/oes/

OTC Bulletin Board &

http://www.otcbb.com/dynamic/

Other Markets Online (from NASDAQ)

http://dynamic.international.nasdaq.com/asp/globalmarkets.asp?lang-eng

Overseas Private Investment Corp

http://www.opic.gov/

Pacific Exchange

http://www.pacificex.com/

Public Relations Society of America

http://www.prsa.org/

Robert Morris Associates, the Association of Lending and Credit Risk Professionals

http://www.rmahq.org/

Rutgers Accounting Web

http://accounting.rutgers.edu/raw/

Rutgers University Libraries: Research & Reference Gateway: Business

http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/busi/business.shtml

Sales and Marketing Management

 http://www.salesandmarketing.com/

Scout Report

http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/

Six Sigma

http://www.sixsigmaonline.org

http://www.isixsigma.com/ 

http://www.finance.isixsigma.com/ 

Securities Industry Association &

http://www.sia.com/

STAT-USA/Internet

http://www.stat_usa.gov/

Math Help

http://math.about.com 

SuperPages.com, the Yellow Pages on the web

http://www.bigyellow.com/

Tax Analysts: Tax Information Worldwide Online

http://www.tax.org/default.htm

Tax and Accounting Sites Directory

http://www.taxsites.com/

Tax Executives Institute

http://www.tei.org/

Tax Foundation

 http://www.taxfoundation.org/

Taxpayer Information Publications

http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/forms_pubs/pubs/index.htm

Thomas Register of American Manufacturers

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

Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet

http://thomas.loc.gov/

USA Today

(http://www.usatoday.com)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

http://www.bls.gov/blshome.html

U.S. Bureau of the Census

http://www.census.gov/

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

http://www.uschamber.org/

U.S. Conference of Mayors

http://www.usmayors.org/uscm/

U.S. Congress House Banking and Financial Services Committee

http://www.house.gov/banking/

U.S. Congress Joint Committee on Taxation

http://www.house.gov/jct/

U.S. Congress Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

http://www.senate.gov/~banking/

U.S. Customs Service

http://www.customs.ustreas.gov/

U.S. Department of Commerce

http://www.doc.gov/

U.S. Department of Commerce. Office of Trade & Economic Analysis

http://www.ita.doc.gov/tradestats/

U.S. Department of Labor

http://www.dol.gov/

U.S. Department of State. Bureau of Consular Affairs

http://travel.state.gov/

U.S. Department of the Treasury (includes the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency)

 http://www.ustreas.gov/

U.S. Employment and Training Administration

http://www.doleta.gov/

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

http://www.eeoc.gov/

U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

http://www.fdic.gov/

U.S. Federal Reserve System

http://www.federalreserve.gov/

U.S. Internal Revenue Service

http://www.irs.gov/; http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/

U.S. International Information Program.

http://usinfo.state.gov/homepage.htm

U.S. International Trade Administration

http://www.ita.doc.gov/

U.S. International Trade Commission

http://www.usitc.gov/

U.S. Justice Department. Tax Division

http://www.usdoj.gov/tax/

U.S. Multi-State Tax Commission

http://www.mtc.gov/

U.S. National Credit Union Administration

http://www.ncua.gov/

U.S. National Labor Relations Board

http://www.nlrb.gov/

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

http://www.sec.gov/

U.S. Small Business Administration

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

 –  –

 – U.S. Tax Court – http://www.ustaxcourt.gov/

U.S. Tax Forms – http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/forms_pubs/index.html

U.S. Trade Representative – http://www.ustr.gov/

U.S. Treasury OTS Glossary of Thrift Terms – http://www.ots.treas.gov/glossary.html

University of Michigan Documents Center – http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/index.html

Value Line Investment Survey. Value Line, weekly. http://www.valueline.com/

Virtual International Business and Economics Sources (VIBES) – http://libweb.uncc.edu/ref_bus/vibehome.htm

Wall Street Journal Index. Dow Jones, monthly. http://public.wsj.com/home.html.

Washington Post Business Glossary – http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/specials/glossary/index.html

WorkIndex – http://workindex.com/

World Fact Book – http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

World Trade Organization – http://www.wto.org/

World Trade Organization – http://www.wto.org/ABI/Inform. Proquest Information and Learning, updated daily.

American Association of Public Relations Firms (1998). Retrieved August 28, 2006

    from http://www.plexusconsulting.com/Success_Stories/AAPRF.htm.

Methodology (2006).  Retrieved August 28, 2006 from

     http://www.eriss.com/Methodologytech.cfm

These websites are good for general information about statistics, data, and links to other websites:

U.S. Department of Commerce Economics And Statistics Administration: http://www.esa.doc.gov

Statistics.com for statistics data resources: http://www.statistics.com/

Statistics on the Web: http://my.execpc.com/~helberg/statistics.html

These government web sites are excellent sources of historical data and economic projections.

See the Congressional Budget Office for current budget and economic projections: http://www.cbo.gov/

U.S. Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov/

Economic Indicators is published by the U.S. Congress: http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/eibrowse/broecind.html

Bureau of Labor Statistics is a good source of historical data related to unemployment and inflation (CPI and PPI): http://stats.bls.gov/

US. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis is an excellent source of historic economic and industry specific data: http://www.bea.doc.gov/

U.S. Department of Commerce Economics And Statistics Administration: http://www.esa.doc.gov

STAT USA, Department of Commerce: http://www.stat-usa.gov/

U.S. Department of Commerce, Trade and Economic Analysis: http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/

Office of Management and Budget includes budget and the statistical tables of the Economic Report of the President: http://w3.access.gpo.gov/usbudget/index.html

Economic Statistics Briefing Room: http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, including research, historical data, and the Monetary Policy Report to the Congress: http://www.federalreserve.gov/

At the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis you can also easily find economic research and FRED II, a database of economic and financial statistics historical data. The address is http://research.stlouisfed.org/

These websites are good for general information using Excel for statistics:

http://www.bioss.sari.ac.uk/smart/unix/mbasexc/slides/frames.htm

• Introduction to basic statistics in Excel site.

 

American Statistical Association. http://www.amstat.org 

General information about statistics, data, and links to other websites:
U.S. Department of Commerce Economics And Statistics Administration: http://www.esa.doc.gov 

Statistics.com for statistics data resources: http://www.statistics.com/ 

Statistics on the Web: http://my.execpc.com/~helberg/statistics.html 

Historical data and economic projections.

See the Congressional Budget Office for current budget and economic projections: http://www.cbo.gov/ 

U.S. Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov/ 

Economic Indicators is published by the U.S. Congress: http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/eibrowse/broecind.html 

storical data and economic projections.

Bureau of Labor Statistics is a good source of historical data related to unemployment and inflation (CPI and PPI): http://stats.bls.gov/ 

US. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis is an excellent source of historic economic and industry specific data: http://www.bea.doc.gov/ 

U.S. Department of Commerce Economics And Statistics Administration: http://www.esa.doc.gov 

STAT USA, Department of Commerce: http://www.stat-usa.gov/ 

U.S. Department of Commerce, Trade and Economic Analysis: http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/ 

Office of Management and Budget includes budget and the statistical tables of the Economic Report of the President: http://w3.access.gpo.gov/usbudget/index.html 

Economic Statistics Briefing Room: http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, including research, historical data, and the Monetary Policy Report to the Congress: http://www.federalreserve.gov/ 

At the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis you can also easily find economic research and FRED II, a database of economic and financial statistics historical data. The address is http://research.stlouisfed.org/ 

 

American Statistical Association. http://www.amstat.org

 

These websites are good for general information about statistics, data, and links to other websites:

U.S. Department of Commerce Economics And Statistics Administration: http://www.esa.doc.gov

 

Statistics.com for statistics data resources: http://www.statistics.com/

 

Statistics on the Web: http://my.execpc.com/~helberg/statistics.html

 

 

These government web sites are excellent sources of historical data and economic projections.

 

See the Congressional Budget Office for current budget and economic projections: http://www.cbo.gov/

 

U.S. Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov/

 

Economic Indicators is published by the U.S. Congress: http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/eibrowse/broecind.html

 

Bureau of Labor Statistics is a good source of historical data related to unemployment and inflation (CPI and PPI): http://stats.bls.gov/

 

US. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis is an excellent source of historic economic and industry specific data: http://www.bea.doc.gov/

 

U.S. Department of Commerce Economics And Statistics Administration: http://www.esa.doc.gov

 

STAT USA, Department of Commerce: http://www.stat-usa.gov/

 

U.S. Department of Commerce, Trade and Economic Analysis: http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/

 

Office of Management and Budget includes budget and the statistical tables of the Economic Report of the President: http://w3.access.gpo.gov/usbudget/index.html

 

Economic Statistics Briefing Room: http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html

 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, including research, historical data, and the Monetary Policy Report to the Congress: http://www.federalreserve.gov/

 

At the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis you can also easily find economic research and FRED II, a database of economic and financial statistics historical data. The address is http://research.stlouisfed.org/

 

 

Really good on pivot tables and their use.

http://www.personal.rdg.ac.uk/~snsgrubb/excel/

Pick  or download the pdf file to the right of that. Also check out Good Tables for Excel Users

Using Excel for Statistics - Tips and Warnings

Pick “Excel” – then “Data Analysis” (have to register to use this site but has good content).

http://www.mathtools.net/

http://www.highbeam.com/library/index.asp   This is a good site for research. Highbeam is a website search engine designed for research. You can search many different sources for information. They allow you to search free websites, subscription sites and proprietary databases. They tout themselves as helping you locate the answers and helping you organize and deliver better research.

 By Theresa Kennedy (UoP 2005)