GENERAL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL RESEARCH

Business Research in Information & Technology   Provides a searchable comprehensive knowledge map of management and technology issues.

LexisNexis Authoritative legal, news, public records and business information; including tax and regulatory publications in online, print or CD-ROM formats.

US Census Factfinder Good source for population, geographic, housing and economic data.

UN Statistics Unrestricted free access is provided to selected global datasets, such as the Millennium Indicators Database, which presents 48 social and economic indicators and a related series by country and year since 1985, and the Social Indicators data set.

Earthtrends Free access to a wide range of databases on the environment, natural resources, climate change and related subjects.

Business Monitor Online Provides information primarily for international businesses.

Harvard Center for International Development Harvard University?s primary center for cross-disciplinary research on sustainable international development.

International Council for Small Business The ICSB actively stimulates research in new areas of inquiry through conferences, education/teaching exchanges, small business consulting/advising and global networking. ICSB has more than 2,000 members in over 60 countries.

Kauffman Foundation's Entrepreneurship site  A premiere online collection of articles, guides, and audio presentations on starting and growing small businesses and supporting entrepreneurship.

Global Social Venture Competition  The partners for this competition are the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, Columbia University Business School, the London Business School, Indian School of Business, Yale School of Management, and Thammasat University, Thailand. The competition is also supported by several Outreach Partners that include the University of Geneva (Switzerland), ESSEC Business School (France), Catholic University of Milan (Italy), and a consortium of business schools in Korea (Social Venture Competition Korea). Each year, entrant teams from around the world compete for over $45,000 in cash and travel prizes, while gaining valuable professional feedback on their ventures. This is an annual business competition for high and moderate growth companies and non-profits building enterprises that support environmental and other social goals.  The site offers example businesses and tools on topics such as calculating social return on investment (SROI). EFN has supported this competition since 2004 with mentors and judges.

COMPANY AND INDUSTRY RESEARCH

Dun & Bradstreet Provides in-depth information about specific companies. Data for sales leads, direct mail advertising, telemarketing, qualifying prospects, making credit decisions, locating suppliers, and research.

Reference USA Can be used for sales leads, direct mail advertising, telemarketing and qualifying prospects.

EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system)  This U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) database of corporate information provides the latest SEC filings including annual reports and other corporate filings.

Hoovers Online Provides short company profiles, including executives and primary competitors.

Manufacturing.Net Information and services for manufacturing professionals, including a comprehensive product supplier database; industry-specific news and research; economic reports; editorial content from well-known trade publications; marketplaces for books, and industry standards.

IPO Monitor Provides information about recent IPO?s.

MindBranch Provides market research across multiple industries and publishers.

NASDAQ Offers current stock quotes from NASDAQ.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY RESEARCH

Gartner Group Provides independent research and analysis of significant IT industry developments and trends. Abstracts of reports are free.

EQUITY RESEARCH

FactSet Research Systems Offers instant access to financial information and analytics. Combines more than 200 databases from industry leading suppliers into a single information system covering the financial industry.

Thomson Reuters A source for industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare and media markets, powered by the world’s most trusted news organization.