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FASB's mission is to establish and improve standards of financial accounting and reporting. This site provides the text of FASB Statements, Concept Statements, Interpretations and Technical Bulletins
The PCAOB is a private, non-profit organization created by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to oversee the auditors of public companies. Standards and related rules are available on the site.
The American Accounting Association promotes worldwide excellence in accounting education, research and practice.
The IASB is committed to developing, in the public interest, a single set of high quality, understandable and enforceable global accounting standards.
IFAC is the global organization for the accountancy profession. IFAC publishes on the web site a range of technical standards and guidance, information papers, special reports, a quarterly newsletter, and an annual report.
The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA) is the largest state accounting organization in the nation.
GASB is a private, non-profit organization that establishes and improves standards of financial accounting and reporting for U.S. state and local governments.
IMA is an organization dedicated to empowering management accounting and finance professionals.
Extensive list of links to accounting information.
Collection of annual reports published on the Internet.
Database of filings submitted electronically by publicly traded domestic companies to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Order free annual reports, prospectuses or 10Ks on over 3600 companies
Database of filings submitted by publicly traded Canadian companies.
American Society for Training & Development.
FMAI's members include finance practitioners and academicians and students who are interested in the techniques and advances which define the field of finance.
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences.
SHRM provides education and information services to professional and student members throughout the world.
Business directory and search engine which includes a database of 64,000 companies.
While much of the premium content is for subscribers only, Hoover's Online provides links to corporate home pages, capsules of business activities and more.
Directory of over 165,000 manufacturing companies in the U.S. and Canada. This site also features a searchable database of brandnames and over 7,000 online supplier catalogs. The site requires registration.
CogMap is an organization chart wiki that lets you see, edit and create organization charts for companies online.
Provides basic information on a country's economy, infrastructure, geography and government.
From the US Energy Information Administration, these country capsules focus on economics, energy use and potential.
The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.
Commodity futures pricing and financial market information from TFC Commodity Charts.
This Security and Exchange Commission site provides information to help the general public invest wisely. It contains criteria for evaluating investment advisors, a variety of calculators for financial planning, information on filing complaints, and links to other investor education sites.
Free stock, commodity, mutual fund, money market fund and index quotes from CBS MarketWatch.
This site provides monthly downloadable data for treasury bills, notes, and other federal securities.
Provided by the Mutual Fund Education Alliance, this site contains a number of tools for evaluating, selecting and monitoring mutual funds.
Home page of the New York Stock Exchange.
A compilation of links to sites covering many types of investment vehicles,
This Webguide lists stock and commodity exchanges, including those dealing in futures, options, and derivatives, as well as sources for market and stock prices and reports.
Links to stock exchanges throughout the world, from Investopedia.
Customized display of stock and index data. Tables of historical data can be downloaded to a spreadsheet.
From the University of California, the Business and Economics INFOMINE provides well organized access to important subject related university level research and educational tools on the Internet.
Data at the two digit SIC code level for all counties, states, and national totals from 1977, data from 1998 forward uses the NAICS system.
The largest Reserve Bank in terms of assets and volume of activity.
Compilation of competitive intelligence resources, including industry-specific sites.
NAICS/SIC conversion tables.
Search the 1987 SIC manual by keyword.
Extensive collection of business, economic, social, and trade statistics. [Available in the University Library only. Staff at the Reference Desk will assist you in accessing the site.]
Access point for federal government information, services and transactions. The goal of this site is to make the relationship between business and government more productive.
Historical database of economic and financial data.
Sources of information on monetary history, contemporary developments, and the prospects for electronic money.
Information on how to research the value of old stock certificates, from GOLDSHEET.
This site, from the Enoch Pratt Free Library, describes the process of researching old stock certificates. Note that the print resources described at this site relate to the collection of Enoch Pratt.
Provides access to Business and Economic History, a selection of papers presented at the Business History Conference's annual meeting going back to 1975. This site also hosts H-Business, an electronic discussion group devoted to business history.
A "how to" guide for performing industry research, from Ithaca College.
Produced by the United States Census Bureau, this site provides data on the manufacture and shipments of selected industrial products.
The International Trade Administration's Trade Development site offers profiles of several major industries.
Access to the U.S. Commercial Service Market Research Library containing more than 100,000 industry and country-specific market reports, web sites, events, and trade directory listings. Site is free, but requires registration to access some content, such as the Country Commercial Guides.
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics, this site consists of profiles of 12 industry supersectors. Each profile contains a variety of facts about the industry supersector, and includes links to additional statistics.
This site contains a variety of articles about Human Resources topics, as well as a vendor directory and topical forums. Access is free, but registration is required for some content.
From the Drucker Institute at Claremont Graduate University, this site contains electronic archives of the papers of Peter F. Drucker.
M@n@gement publishes peer-reviewed articles that contribute to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of management, organization theory, and strategy. Access is free, but registration is required.
Comprehensive site devoted to marketing and advertising issues, which includes tutorials, articles, market research reports, forums, links to industry news and more. This site contains some excellent tutorials for learning how to do market research and how to evaluate market research reports.
Provides advertising and marketing industry data compiled by the Ad Age Research Department. Includes information on top national advertisers, global marketers, megabrands, major media companies, magazines and newspapers, including circulation, linage and ad revenue rankings and more.
Adbusters Media Foundation is an organization which provides an alternative perspective on consumerism and advertising.
An overview of the market research process, from Informa Services.
This is the U.S. Census tool useful for finding demographic information.
This site explains the fabrication process for a host of consumer and industrial goods. It also provides background information about the items, such as the inventor, raw materials used in the manufacturing process, product applications, by-products that are generated, and possible future developments. Each entry provides references for further research.
The Alliance reports on nationally soliciting charitable organizations that are the subject of donor inquiries. These reports include an evaluation of the subject charity in relation to the voluntary Better Business Bureau charity standards.
Provides a searchable directory of non-profit organizations. Basic information is free, although the site requires registration. This resource can be used to verify a nonprofit's legitimacy, learn whether a contribution will be tax deductible, view a nonprofit's recent Forms 990, or find out more about its mission, programs, and finances.
Database of nonprofit and community organizations in more than 150 countries, which can be searched by name, location, or mission.
The national clearinghouse of data on the nonprofit sector in the United States.
The European Patent Office's list of patent related links.
A not-for-profit organization for individuals having a professional, scientific or technical interest in patent information.
Includes a wealth of information about the United States patent system and offers a searchable database of granted patents.
An extensive collection of ethics resources, including case studies, links and articles, from Colorado State University.
From the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Currency converter and historical exchange rates for over 180 currencies.
Includes salary, relocation, and mortgage calculators.
Calculator for determining the value of a dollar over time.
Multi-lingual currency converter with up to date exchange rates for 164 currencies provided from leading market data contributors.
Includes compound interest, inflation and capital gains calculators.