The Core Business Web: A Guide to Key Information Resources

by White; Gary W

• ISBN13: 9780789020949
• ISBN10: 0789020947
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-09-03
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The best Business Web sites at your fingertips--24/7! The Core Business Web: A Guide to Key Information Resources is an essential resource that saves you from spending hours searching through thousands of Web sites for the business information you need. A distinguished panel of authors, all active in business librarianship, explores Web sites in their subject areas, selecting the very best from 25 functional areas of business. Each site was chosen based on the timeliness, relevance and reliability of its content, the site's ease of navigation and use, and the authority of the site's author or publisher. The rapid growth of the Internet has resulted in an ever-increasing number of Web sites offering potentially useful business information. The Core Business Web identifies, evaluates, and summarizes the most significant sites, including gateways or portals, directories, and meta-sites, to organize online resources into easy-to-follow links that allow you to access information quickly. Sites are categorized and listed for 25 areas of business, including: banking--commercial banking, regulators, trade associations, international links business law--statutes, regulations, decisions, antitrust, corporations, international transactions, labor and employment, tax and taxation, uniform commercial code career information and salary surveys--labor statistics, job hunters, career planning e-commerce--e-business news, statistics, how-to” sites, technology sites, business-to-business sites finance and investments--market analysis and commentary, market news, stock screeners, brokers hospitality and tourism--lodging and gaming, restaurant and foodservice small business and entrepreneurship--startup information, counseling, funding and venture capital, and sites for women and minority-owned businesses, and much more! The Core Business Web is an invaluable resource for saving valuable time that's intended for information professionals but can be used by anyone seeking business information online.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(2)
Gary W. White
Core Accounting Web Resources	3	(12)
David A. Flynn
Best of the Web in Banking	15	(10)
James A. Galbraith
Business Ethics on the World Wide Web	25	(10)
Joseph A. LaRose
Best of Law for Business	35	(20)
Kevin R. Harwell
Business Research Platforms: Selected Academic Business Library Web Sites	55	(8)
Glenn S. McGuigan
A Brief Primer for Business Statistics Web Sites	63	(8)
Steven Greechie
Career Information and Salary Surveys	71	(10)
Matthew J. Wayman
Company Information on the Web	81	(14)
Stacey Marien
Consumer Information on the Web	95	(8)
Ken Johnson
A Guide to the Best Demography Web Sources	103	(14)
Peter Linbengen
Best of the Web in Economics	117	(16)
Kristi Jensen
Best of the Web: E-Commerce	133	(20)
Stephanie Jakle Movahedi-Lankarani
Finance and Investments	153	(14)
Hal P. Kirkwood, Jr.
The Best of the Web: Hospitality and Tourism Web Sites	167	(14)
Diane Zabel
Web Sites for Human Resource Development and Organizational Behavior	181	(6)
Kaiping Zhang
Best of the Industry Information on the Web	187	(18)
Jen Venable
Insurance	205	(8)
Joseph Straw
Knowledge Management on the Web	213	(10)
Meg Tulloch
Brent Mai
Labor and Collective Bargaining Web Sites	223	(14)
James E. Nalen
Best Management Web Sites	237	(8)
Bill Kinyon
Marketing and Advertising	245	(8)
Blake Carver
Operations Management/Operations Research Web Sites	253	(12)
Emily Misner
Leslie J. Reynolds
Real Estate	265	(6)
Joseph Straw
Small Business and Entrepreneurship	271	(10)
Glenda S. Neely
Taxation	281	(10)
Deborah L. Harrington
Index	291