Business Sites

See also Management Sites on the LRC home page.

Business Search Engines

Business.gov: The official business link to the U.S. Government (small business guides, state and local business information, federal forms, grants, loans, tips, other resources for businesses)
Business.com: The business search engine and business directory for business information (click on a topic or search topics and companies by keyword; scroll down to find how-to guides)
The Scannery (select companies; then under function, select search) (searches companies, governments, stock markets, political parties and ideas from numerous countries)

Business Online Journals and Newspapers:

Small Business Startup:

ASBA: Arizona Small Business Association. ASBA's mission is to provide "access to resources and benefits that aid in the development, growth and success of [Arizona] businesses."
Business Assistance, Arizona Department of Commerce has information about starting or expanding a business in Arizona, including state programs, incentives, and grants.
IRS Small Business and Self-Employed One-Stop Resource
The Maricopa Community Colleges Small Business Development Center (provides information and free workshops as a community service)
New Mexico Small Business Development Center
New Mexico Small Business Guide
African American Business Link (extensive directory of businesses owned by African Americans; business and general news; offers services to the African American community; calendar of events, and etc.)
U.S. Small Business Administration (select starting your business, financing your business, etc.; site has extensive information about managing small businesses)
Work.com: How-to Guides for Your Business (more than150 guides to business topics)
Findlaw for Small Business has articles on accounting, business operations, business law, financing, forms and contracts, preparing for an audit, debt, and bankruptcy, etc.

Marketing:

Ad*Access (ads through the decades--from 1911 to 1955)
Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850 to 1920 (ads and publications)
AdFlip: The World's Largest Archive of Print Ads (click on a decade or a category to browse ads for free; payment required to search for ads)
Marketing (articles on marketing tips, careers, strategies, branding, etc.)

Finance and Accounting and Taxes:

Internal Revenue Service
TaxSites.com (Tax, Accounting, and Payroll Sites Directory)
The Tax Prophet: Tax & Trust Scams (extensive links to scams, frauds, recent convictions, tax enforcement news, IRS list of tax scams, etc.)
CNNMoney.com
Stocks Quest: A Global Stock Market Game will teach you all about stocks and investments.
Yahoo! Finance
The World Bank (financial info by topic, region, and country)

Researching Companies:

Company Profiles, BizJournals (type a company in the search companies box; obtain a company profile)
Arizona Corporation Commission Corporations Division's Public Access System (searches Arizona businesses, trademarks, trade names)
Company Information Guide (The Virtual Chase) (guide to general information, law, public records, news, executive officers, and cases pertaining to companies)
EDGAR Company Search (searches corporate annual and other reports sent to the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission; includes reports from 1994 onward; searches only companies that must file with the SEC)
Hoover's Companies A-Z (has overview of company, its stock, leaders, etc.)
New Mexico Public Regulation Commission, Corporations Bureau (click on Look up a Corporation)

Business and Technology:

Cnet.com (information and reviews of computer software and hardware, downloads, news, tips)
Webopedia (online computer and technology dictionary and search engine)

Web Design Sites:

Writing HTML: A Tutorial for Creating Web Pages (from the Maricopa Center for Learning & Instruction)

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