Marketing Productivity

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Britannica (http://www.britannica.com/)
Full text and free access to over 125,000 sites and 70 journals, the complete Encyclopedia Britannica is available, along with daily news, markets, sports and weather. The site has an advanced search function that allows searches by words or phrases.
One-Look Dictionaries (http://www.onelook.com)
No-frills dictionary has indexed 4,861,428 words from 833 dictionaries. Definitions are available in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
Investor Words (http://www.investorwords.com/)
Large and user-friendly collection of finance and investment terms from InvestorGuide.com.

Ready Reference

Bartleby’s Quotations (http://www.bartleby.com/100/)
Over 11,000 quotations searchable by key word; based on the original Bartlett’s Quotations.
How Many? Measurement (http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/index.html)
A dictionary of units of measurement. All systems of weights and measures, both metric and non-metric, are included. Both the International System of Units and the English Customary Units systems are indexed.
How Stuff Works (http://www.howstuffworks.com/)
Multi-media explanations to hundreds of subjects including technology, biology, automotive engineering, travel, time, money and more. Updated daily, searchable by keyword and browseable by topic.

Maps and Atlases

ArcData Online (http://www.esri.com/data/online/index.html)
Contains a wide assortment of geographic information that users can access to create map images and download data. U.S., international and global data is included.
World Fact Book (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook)
CIA facts and reference maps for 268 countries. Information available for each country includes geography, people, government, economics, communication, transportation, military and transnational issues.

Phone Numbers/Zip Codes

AnyWho (

http://www.anywho.com/)
Phone number search tool from AT&T for searching on people or companies in the U.S. or Canada.
555-1212 (http://www.555-1212.com/)
Look-up by residential and business name; reverse look-up; and directories of area codes, local web sites, e-mail addresses, and international.
Area Code Finder (http://www.areadecoder.com/)
Provides current information related to area, city and country codes. US and international.

Company Information

Corporate Information (www.corporateinformation.com)
Great resource for company profiles and research reports for foreign, domestic public and private companies. Content is from Wright Investors Service with 350,000 profiles available for free.
Hoover’s (http://www.hoovers.com/)
Well-respected provider of basic company information for free, such as some company financials and top competitors, with more extensive reports available for a fee. Includes Non-U.S. Companies
Wall Street Research Net (http://www.wsrn.com/)
Links to news, stock quotes and SEC filings for U.S. public companies.

Specialized Directories

Internationalist (http://www.internationalist.com/business/)
Business information by country with extensive links to international business, financial information, legal resources, news and more.

Business Research

EuroPages (http://www.europages.com/)
European business directory of 500,000 companies from 30 European countries.
InvestorAccess (http://www.investoraccess.com/)
Designed for finance professionals, this site uncovers the websites of companies that use the global financial markets. Good way to unearth public companies worldwide.
International Business Resources on the WWW (http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/ibrd.asp)
From Michigan State University Center for International Business Education and Research. Extensive, well-maintained list of links for international research.
World Chamber Network (http://www.worldchambers.com/)
The International Chambers of Commerce provides a wealth of information on trade and global e-commerce.

Country Research

Country Watch (http://www.countrywatch.com/)
A comprehensive political, economic, cultural, business and environmental profile on 191 countries. Includes country-specific newswire.
Embassies of the World (http://www.embassyworld.com/)
A directory of the world’s embassies and consulates arranged in alphabetical order. Additional categories for US embassies worldwide, U.N. Permanent Missions and special search tools such as the International Telephone Directory, the International Voltage Directory and Visa Requirements Worldwide.
Heiros Gamos Business Guides (http://www.hg.org/guides.html)
Detailed outline of laws and governments by country compiled by one of the largest legal Web sites.

Demographics

International Database (http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html)
The International Data Base (IDB) is a computerized data bank containing statistical tables of demographic, and socio-economic data for 227 countries and areas of the world for selected years, 1950 to the present. Includes demographic data projected to 2050. The IDB provides quick access to specialized information, with emphasis on demographic measures, for individual countries or selected groups of countries.

Economic

Dismal Scientist (http://www.dismal.com/)
Daily, real-time analysis of major economic events around the globe. Offers comprehensive and timely economic analysis and tools designed to keep readers fully informed on the state of the world economy. Created in 1997 and part of the Economy.com network.
EconDataNet (http://www.econdata.net/)
More than 400 links to socioeconomic data sources, arranged by subject and provider for finding regional economic data.

Equity Markets

US Markets (cnnfn.cnn.com/markets/us_markets.html)
Find out how the U.S. markets are doing and check up on the S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and other standard U.S. indices from CNN.
IPO.com (http://www.ipo.com)
Find news and events on the latest IPOs. Also provides recent IPO filings and prices.

Currency Markets

Commodities & Futures Quotes (http://tfc-charts.w2d.com/menu.html)
Daily charts are updated every market day; weekly charts at the end of each week; monthly charts are updated at the end of each month.
Bloomberg Currency Rates (http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/currency.html)
Provides the latest quotes on currency exchanges from countries around the world.

Private Equity

Venture Capital Directory (http://www.vfinance.com/ventcap.htm)
Data for VC and LBO professionals including newsletters, research reports, directories and conferences.
Alternative Investor (http://www.assetnews.com/)
Newsletters, directories, research reports and conferences for the private equity industry.