• NAICS - North American Indistry Classification System
  NAICS was developed jointly by the U.S., Canada, and Mexico to provide new comparability in statistics about business activity across North America.
• NAICS/SIC Conversion Search
  The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) has replaced the U.S. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. NAICS will reshape the way we view our changing economy.
• 2002 Economic Census - Industry Series Reports
  The Economic Census profiles the US economy every 5 years, from the national to the local level. Data reports for states, metropolitan areas, counties, and cities are published state by state and sector by sector. Look for your industry to get national and local statistics, like business counts and sales.
• OSHA - Occupational Saftey and Health Adminsitration
  US Department if Labor, Occupational Saftey and Health Adminsitration website. Provides information about compliance, laws and regulations, enforcement, cooperative and state programs, safety and health topics, statistics, and more.

• Industry Specific Business Guides
  Industry specific reports focusing on industries where small businesses account for most of the activity. The reports are designed to help with business planning, for start-up or expansion, and to be a reality check for current businesses. These reports were prepared with Missouri businesses in mind; however, some trends, issues, opportunities, and challenges may apply to businesses elsewhere as well.
• American Business Information
• The Federal Marketplace
• Government Contractor Resource Center
• StatUSA (US Department of Commerce)
• Thomas Register
• US Census

• Small Business Administration (SBA)
  Small business loans and other resources.
• Active Capital (formerly ACE-Net)
  ACE-Net has become Active Capital to express more accurately its proactive role in helping small businesses connect with private capital. Empowered by protective rulings from the SEC and State regulators and a network of not-for-profit support organizations, Active Capital is the only low-cost Internet-based option to register securities for sale, up to $5 million/year.
• Venture Capital Resource
  Library Resources for those seeking or offering capital.
• America's Busines Funding Directory
• Bank Rate Monitor
• Angel Capital Electronic Network
• Capital Network, Inc.
• Financing Sources Databank
• CardTrak
• ConsumerInfo.com
• Credit Information Index
• FinanCenter
• Quicken Financial Network
• Money Magazine
• Key Business Resource Center
• Small Business Adminstration - Financing page
• Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR)
• USDA Rural Development
• grants.gov
• The Foundation Center

• Thomas Global Register
  Thomas Global is the most complete, up-to-date directory of global industrial suppliers and product information. Browse through our detailed list of industrial products and services to access companies within these and many other categories.
• World Bank and International Finance Corporation’s Doing Business database
  This database provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 175 world economies. The indicators are comparable and indicate the regulatory costs of business and can be used to analyze specific regulations that enhance or contrain investment, productivity, and growth.
• The BISNIS Bulletin
  The BISNIS Bulletin bimonthly newsletter addresses the interests of U.S. companies and organizations involved in Eurasia. It provides up-to-date articles on Eurasian market developments, business practices, the regulatory environment, financing, U.S. government programs and other resources, and upcoming trade events and conferences. The BISNIS Bulletin is a free publication..
• U.S. Customs and Border Protection Service (portal)
  • Import information
  • Export information
  • NAFTA information
• TradePort
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• Asia First Page (Business directory)
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• UT-LANIC - Latin American Studies
  (Latin America Network Information Center) Data organized by country and subject.
• Hong Kong Trade Development Council
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• globalEDGE -- International Business Resources
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Library resources are generally only available to Shippensburg Univeristy studenst and employees from off-campus. Within the library, these resources are generally available.

• Business Journals
• Business Databases and Guides
• Reference Books:
  • Title: Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources.
    Call Number: HD31 .E595 1992x
    Location: Reference Collection, Main Level
  • Title: Pratt's guide to venture capital sources.
    Call Number: HG65 .G83
    Location: Reference Collection, Main Level
  • Title: Small business : an information sourcebook
    Call Number: HD62.7.Z99 R92 1987x
    Location: Reference Collection, Main Level
  • Title: Standard & Poor’s Industry Surveys.
    Call Number: HC106.6 .S74
    Location: Reference Collection, Main Level
  • Title: U.S. industry & trade outlook.
    Call Number: C 61.48:
    Location: Government Documents -- Lower Level

• Black Enterprise
• SBA's On line Women's Business Center
• Seton Hill University’s "E-Magnify" Women's Business Center
• National Association of the self-employed (NASE)
• National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
• American Association of Home-based Businesses
• National Minority Business Council
• SOHO America (Small Office, Home Office)
• National Association of Female Executives

• SCORE - Counselors to America's Small Business®
  Get online counseling at SCORE.org. SCORE “Counselors to America’s Small Business” is a nonprofit association dedicated to entrepreneur education and the formation, growth and success of small businesses nationwide. The SCORE Web site has hundreds of pages of small business-related content and allows visitors to ask a business question of a SCORE online counselor 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

• Business Plans Index (Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Business Dept.)
  This index lists types of small businesses and a corresponding sample business plan, profile or book about the business with sources provided after each entry. If the plan or profile is online, a link is provided. Print sources indexed are limited to books in the Business Department of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. You may wish to contact the HBRL to see if they own (or can borrow on your behalf) any of these titles. The Bibliography also includes the url’s for web sites indexed.
• Center for Business Planning
  Extensive sample archive from the sponsor of the MOOT CORP -- competition.
• SBDCNet
  SBDCNET serves as a resource providing timely, relevant research, web-based information, and training to SBDC counselors and their small business clients.
• Business Plan Pro
  Business plan software and free sample plans

• United States Code
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• Code of Federal Regulation (CFR)
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