Business Research Guide:

• Academic Search Premier (Ebsco)   Provides full text for nearly 4,600 publications, including nearly 3,500 (scholarly) peer-reviewed journals.
• Accounting Terminology Guide   Glossary of accounting terms prepared by the New York State Society of CPA's.
• American FactFinder   Population, housing, economic and geographic data.
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants   Site for Accounting standards and more
• Associations Unlimited   Information on associations and professional societies.
• BestPlaces   Data about people and places, along with rating information.
• Bureau of Labor Statistics   The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics.
• Business Databases (EBSCO)   Business Source Premier, Business Wire News & Regional Business News databases.
• Business Owners Tool Kit   Total know-how for small business
• Business Planning   Help with creating your business plan
• Census Bureau American Factfinder   Source for population, housing, economic and geographic data. Includes popular tables and maps for the US., states, counties, cities, towns, and American Indian reservations.
• Economists' Voice   Short, focused policy articles directed towards professional economists, policy makers, students, and anyone curious about the economy today.
• EDGAR Database   from the Securities and Exchange Commission
• EMarketer   Includes market research and trend analysis on Internet, e-business, online marketing, media and emerging technologies; aggregates and analyzes information from over 3,000 sources, and brings it together in analyst reports, daily research articles and a database of e-business and online marketing statistics.
• Emerald Management Xtra journals   130 management journals, covering areas as diverse as accounting, food, libraries and supply chains.
• Factiva   A global news & business information service that combines Dow Jones Interactive & Reuters Business Briefing. It includes business newswires, The Wall Street Journal, and hundreds of foreign language news sources.
• Forbes   Company and financial information
• Gartner Research   Market research, consulting and measurement in the field of information technology.
• Global Market Information Database (GMID)   Business intelligence (statistics, market reports, company profiles & information sources) on 205 countries, consumers & industries.
• Global Road Warrior   A country by country guide specifically designed for those engaged in international trade & business travel. It includes points of interest, climate, electrical and Internet information, etc.
• Hoover's Online   Includes company overview, history, products/operations on more than 18,500 public and private U.S. companies and international companies. Covers major industry trends, industry links, and IPO information.
• IBISWorld   IBISWorld provides independent, consistent, comprehensive, accurate and up to date research on over 700 industries and a host of other business factors.
• Idaho Labor Market Information   electronic version of GDS HD5725.I23A3
• Idaho Statistics   Statistics on the people, environment, economy and public sector in Idaho.
• Inc.com   An index to articles on topics such as human resources, finance and capital, marketing, starting a business, and writing a business plan.
• Industry Information Resources   Links to Industry information
• Leisure and Tourism (CABI)   Covers all aspects of leisure, hospitality, recreation, sport, tourism and the cultural industries.
• Lexis Nexis Academic Universe   News, business, legal, medical, and reference information.
• Mediamark University Internet Reporter   MRI+ is a library of business/trade magazine planning data resources providing an information link between the planner and publisher.
• Million Dollar Database Series U.S. (Dun & Bradstreet)   Comprehensive information about public & private U.S. companies. Company profiles include executive biographies and proprietary 8-digit SIC codes. Offers unlimited searching, viewing and printing of detailed, location-specific company profiles with contact information. A Corporate Family Linkage option lets you leverage existing relationships with customers and suppliers by linking corporate headquarters locations with their branches, divisions and subsidiaries.
• MINT Global   MINT Global presents business information in four separate databases: 1) The Companies database contains information on 18.3 million companies throughout the world. 2) The News database contains articles from the Financial Times newspaper & other newswires. 3) The Market Research database contains industry profiles from Datamonitor. 4) The Original Documents database contains original scanned reports from a variety of different sources.
• Mintel Market Research Reports   US market reports (each user must create an individual account with Mintel).
• National Foundation for Credit Counceling   Need help with Credit
• National Retail Federation   The National Retail Federation is the world's largest retail trade association.
• NetAdvantage   A comprehensive source of business and investment information, offering on-line access to popular Standard & Poor’s research products.
• North American Industry Classification System  
• Occupational Outlook Handbook   Career information from Department of Labor.(Doc L 2.3/4-4:)
• OmniFile (Wilson)   1994-Present Topics: business, education, science, humanities, social sciences, general
• ProQuest Direct (UMI)   Index to 4,000+ periodicals, many full-text. This link searches multiple databases, including Research Library, ABI/Inform, Dissertations & Theses, & ProQuest Newspapers.
• RIA Checkpoint Tax Library   Tax and accounting research tool. (For class access, contact Todd Blanchard).
• SIRS   Full-text articles on arts, humanities, government & general research.
• Small Business Administration (U.S. gov)   Function is to aid, counsel, assist and protect, insofar as is possible, the interests of small business concerns.
• StartUpNation   Covers topics about starting a business, from choosing a business model to marketing a product.
• Survey of Current Business   BEA's monthly journal is available in PDF format for the years 1994 to present.
• The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Ed. Online   Trial access through May 17, 2008. Extensive and authoritative economics reference resource. Contains over 1,850 articles by more than 1,500 of the world's leading economists.
• Thomas Register   The most comprehensive online resource for finding companies and products manufactured in North America where you can place orders online, view and download millions of computer Aided Design (CAD) drawings, view thousands of online company catalogs and websites.
• U.S. Census Bureau 2002 NAICS Codes and Titles  
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce  
• U.S. Copyright Office  
• United States Patent and Trademark Office   Search patents and trademarks
• University of Idaho Patent and Trademark Office   The Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program (PTDLP) is administered by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
• USA.gov   Searches government sites (Firstgov)
• Value Line Research Center - Small & Mid-Cap Edition   Full-page reports & analyst commentaries plus Timeliness(tm) & Safety(tm) ranks on the ~1,700 stocks covered by The Value Line Investment Survey Standard Edition, plus reports on ~1,800 additional small & mid-cap stocks.
• World Development Indicators (WDI)   Includes more than 800 indicators for 152 countries and regional income groups, with basic indicators for an additional 62 countries. Includes data from the current social indicators of development, world debt tables, and trends in developing economies.