Key starting points
Alacrawiki www.alacrawiki.com
A guide to business information companies, publishers and databases. The
Alacra Industry Spotlights in particular are extremely useful in providing
reviews and commentary on industry specific web sites. The Types of Content
section lists resources under headings such as mergers and acquisitions,
news, people and corporate governance. There is also information on content
aggregators, databases and the best business information blogs. Anyone
can contribute and edit the pages apart from the Industry Spotlights,
which are locked. If you want to keep up with what's new at Alacra, they also have a blog
and news feed.
Biz/ed www.bized.co.uk
Described as a tool "for students and educators in business studies, economics, accounting, leisure, sport & recreation and travel & tourism." There
are links to some free papers, written by established experts, on a whole
range of business activities.
Biznar biznar.com
Real time federated search of selected business web sites, some of them "hidden web" or "deep web". Click on the Advanced Search link to see a list of the sources. Business Essentials on the Web bl-business-essentials.wikispaces.com
Set up by the British Library's Business and IP Centre this wiki aims to provide business information aimed at entrepreneurs and SMEs. Topics covered currently include business planning, grants and finance, marketing and PR as well as industry specific pages. An excellent starting point for relevant information on setting up and running a business, and highly recommended for SMEs and startups. FITA - Federation of International Trade
Associations www.fita.org
Founded in 1984, FITA "fosters international trade by strengthening
the role of local, regional, and national associations throughout the
United States, Mexico and Canada that have an international mission." In addition to services for members, there is a very useful collection
of Web resources for International trade. There are over 4000 annotated
links. Categories include country or region, legal resources, language
and translation, International market research and business directories.
The business directories are subdivided into industry specific, global
and country directories.
Intute - Business and management www.intute.ac.uk/business/
"Each resource has been evaluated and categorised by subject specialists based at UK universities. We aim to match resources to the business curriculum and the needs of researchers". Although the target audience are students, staff and researchers in higher and further education, this collection of resources is of value to anyone who uses business information. Intute is no longer being updated.
SCOTBIS (Scottish Business Information Service) www.scotbis.com
This is a national information service for Scottish businesses based on the business resources at the National Library of Scotland. SCOTBIS provides users with a free enquiry service and also offers fee-based research and other charged services. Further information is available on their web site. The Web Resources section lists useful sites and key starting points for business including market research, statistics, company information and starting a business. The What's New section lists the latest resources added to the listings and databases. RSS feeds available.
Legal starting points
AboutCookies - a guide to controlling
cookies on your computer www.aboutcookies.org
AboutCookies.org is a service provided by Masons and provides up-to-date
information on the law surrounding cookies as well as how to manage cookies
with most of the popular browsers. The free service encourages Web site
owners to direct their visitors to www.aboutcookies.org to find out more
about managing cookies.
British Employment Law www.emplaw.co.uk
An on-line A-Z guide to British employment law on the Internet from
DiscLaw Publishing. There is an annual subscription for the professional
area, which is regularly updated, but you can purchase a 3 day or 30 day
pass.
InfoLaw www.infolaw.co.uk
Legal Portal to UK legal resources.
LAWLINKS - Legal
Information on the Internet www.kent.ac.uk/lawlinks/
An annotated list of Web sites maintained at the University of Kent.
Out-law.com - legal news and business
advice www.out-law.com
A free service set up by UK law firm Masons. Provides guides, articles
and news stories relating to everything from the drawing up of on-line
contracts and agreements to issues of taxation and defamation. Out-Law
explains IT, e-commerce, privacy, software, tax, employment and other
issues that businesses need to know about and is updated daily.
Scottish Law Online www.scottishlaw.org.uk
A listing of legal sites and sources of information in the Scotland,
the UK and world-wide. Includes links to an A-Z of the Law of Scotland,
Scottish Law Firm Directory, European sites, Scots Law Student Zone and
an option to Search the Legal Web.
Solicitors and Legal Resources in the UK and Ireland, maintained by Delia Venables www.venables.co.uk
Links to a wide range of legal resources, compiled by Delia Venables
Priced services
Alacra www.alacra.com
Alacra has a database of more than 45,000 Web sites, selected and indexed
by business information professionals and includes abstracts for each
site. The service also offers the option of subscribing to premium databases
such as ICC, Business and Industry, MarkIntel, DataMonitor and Investext.
Access to this site is by annual subscription. Alacra also has
a pay-per-view site at http://www.alacrastore.com/.
Bureau van Dijk www.bvdinfo.com
The full BvDEP collection of priced services covers information on companies around the globe. BvDEP's products include ORBIS, AMADEUS, FAME, BANKSCOPE and MINT.They also produce the mergers and acquisitions database ZEPHYR and the M&A Portal.There is a free company search function on their MINT portal - www.mintbusinessinfo.com
Dialog and Datastar www.dialog.com
Now part of Proquest Dialog and Datastar provide access to hundreds
of business, scientific, technical and medical subscription databases
via.
Annual subscription
Factiva www.factiva.com
Provides news and company information. The news service is available
on a pay-as-you-go basis as well as by annual subscription. There is an
annual subscription of US$ 69 for the pay as you go option and documents are charged at US$2.95 each.
LexisNexis www.lexisnexis.com
Subscription service offering access to regional and national newspapers,
trade journals and magazines, company information, market research, government
documents, legislation and legal journals. Annual subscription.
Skyminder www.skyminder.com
Skyminder pulls together information from a variety of business sources
from across the world to offer company credit and financial information, industry and market research. There is a creidt card pay-as-you-go
option or you can set up a deposit account from which the cost of your documents is deducted.
Discussion lists
BUSLIB-L
BUSLIB-L is an electronic forum that addresses all issues relating to
the collection, storage, and dissemination of Business Information within
a library setting regardless of format. To join the list, go to http://list1.ucc.nau.edu/archives/buslib-l.html where there are also searchable archives.
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