Ad Age - Information about advertisers and advertising, including their Data
Center, which includes statistics about advertisers, media companies, advertising agencies, and salaries in advertising. Requires free
registration.
Better Business Bureau - Check complaints on businesses and charities, file a complaint, and obtain information regarding identity theft and privacy.
ClicZ network: solutions for marketers
- Summaries of market research reports and polls about the Internet
from well-known market research firms such as Forrester, Nielsen,
or Gartner Group
Logistics
World, a commercial site which offers an SIC search
and convert function.
Price
Waterhouse Coopers: Countries Online - Current information about
business practices, economic conditions, demographics, and regulations
in countries in both the developed and developing world.
SCORE
(Service Corps of Retired Executives) - SCORE is a nonprofit association
dedicated to entrepreneur education and the formation, growth and
success of small business nationwide. Local chapters provide free
counseling for entrepreneurs and low-cost workshops in their communities.
State
of Illinois Business Center - Illinois' single statewide office
that provides individuals with comprehensive information on state
business permits and licenses, business startup assistance, regulatory
guidance, demographic and census data.
U.S.
Small Business Administration - Offers online versions of many
SBA publications on starting, financing and expanding a small business,
patents, and contact information.
Subscription Sites
These Premium Search Databases are available to St. Charles Public Library card-holders only. Choose the particular database you want, then enter your St. Charles Library card number, which is the barcode number on the back of the card and PIN number. Do not use any spaces or dashes. From within the Library, the databases are available at the ELR computers. Databases include the following:
Business and Company Resource Center - Brings together
in a single database company profiles, brand
information, rankings, investment reports, company
histories, chronologies and periodical articles from
1980 through today.
Gale Virtual Reference Library - Includes the Encyclopedia of Small Business and more.
Thomas Register on the Internet - Searchable version of the venerable multivolume directory.