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THE FLAVORS OF GOOGLE

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META SEARCH ENGINES

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BUSINESS DIRECTORIES

Alibaba.com
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Business.com
dexknows.com (yellow pages business directory)
Dun and Bradstreet
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FDIC Institution Directory (Database)
Google Product Search
InfoSpace
IQS Industrial Manufacturers Directory
Kellysearch
Kompass.com
Minnesota Mailing Lists
Reference for Business
Reference USA*
Small Business Solutions
SnapNames.com
Telephone Directory - Worldwide
ThomasNet.com
Zycon
More Business

STATISTICS: CENSUS

1997 Economic Census Data
2000 Census (Minnesota)
2002 Economic Census Reports
American Fact Finder
Building Permits
Census and Demographic Data
Census Product Update
Census Transportation Planning Package
CensusScope
County Business Patterns
Current Population Survey
Historical Census Browser
Income Statistics
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series
Minnesota Demographic Profiles
New Residential Construction
Population Profile of the U.S. 2000
Quarterly Financial Report
Service Annual Survey 2001
U.S. Census Bureau : Age Data
U.S. Census Bureau : Building Permits
U.S. Census Bureau : Manufacturing and Mineral Industries
U.S. Census Bureau : Population Estimates Program
U.S. Census Bureau : Retail & Wholesale Trade
U.S. Census Bureau : State & County QuickFacts
U.S. Census Data 2000 (All U.S.)
U.S. Census Data 2000 (MN)
U.S. Census Gazetteer
Zip Code Statistics

INTERNATIONAL

Country A-Z Links
Commodity Trade Statistics
Country Commercial Guides*
Flags of the World
Foreign Per Diem Rates
Foreign Trade Statistics
Global Edge - International Business Portal
Global Market Information Database (GMID)**
Industry Analysis By Country*
Industry Sector Data
International Data Base
International Trade Statistics
Minnesota Trade Office - Market Research
Minnesota Trade Office - Web Sites
NationMaster
TradeStats Express
United Nations Cyberschoolbus
The World Factbook
More International Links

DULUTH

Craigslist Duluth
Duluth Area Biography Index
Duluth Area Obituary Index
Duluth Industry Presence
Duluth Leading Employers
Duluth Map
Duluth MN Freecycle
Duluth-MN-USA.com
Duluth Expanding Companies
Duluth Retail Sales Index
Duluth Transit Authority (Bus)
Duluth/USA Unemployment Comparison
NOAA Forecast - Duluth
OodleDuluth

KEY REGIONAL LINKS

Arrowhead Links
Northland Connection - Arrowhead Region

MINNESOTA TOURISM

Info for Minnesota Tourism Businesses & Organizations
  Customer Survey Report
  The Economic Impact of Expenditures By Travelers On
Ironrange.org
Minnesota’s Northeast Region and The Profile of Travelers
  Minnesota Tourism Research
  2004 Minnesota Sales Tax Statistics
  Summer 2005 Minnesota Traveler Profile
  Winter 2005-2006 Traveler Profile
  Winter 2005-2006 Lodging Revenues
Sales Tax Statistics for Leisure and Hospitality Industry
Top 10 Attractions in MN, 2005 (Prelim.)
Top Minnesota Attractions (Prelim. List)
Tourism- United States
Tourism Center - U of MN

ZIP CODES

Community Information by Zip Code- Oviatt Library
Melissa Data Zip Code Map
Zip Code Boundary Map
Zip Code Statistics- U.S. Census Bureau

IMAGES

American Memory - Lib. of Congress
ARTstor*
Ask.com Images
Digital Content Library
Google Image Search
Images on the Web
Minnesota Reflections
MSN Search Images
Visual Resources Database
Yahoo! Image Search

FILM

FindSounds
FilmStew.com
GettyImages Archive Films
Google Video
The Greatest Films
International Historic Films
The Internet Movie Database
The Mike Wallace Interview
Milestone Films
Movie Review Query Engine
Movie-STAR
Reel Classics
YouTube

COMICS

Blondie
Cartoon Bank
Dilbert
Doonesbury
Trogdor
Washington Post Comics

KEY DATABASES

Academic OneFile*
Academic Search Premier*
Accounting Literature*
American Factfinder
B&CRS Company Profiles*
BizStats
Britannica Online*
Business & Company Resource Center*
Business News*
Business Reference Suite*
Business Source Premier*
Company Histories *
Congressional Research Service Reports
Countries and Their Cultures*
Country Commercial Guides*
Country Profiles*
Current Industrial Reports (CIR)
Datamonitor Industry Profiles*
EconLit*
E-Journal Locator
Emerald*
FEDSTATS
Find Articles
Freedonia Focus Market Reports*
Gallup Brain*
globalEDGE - International Business Portal
Global Market Information Database (GMID)*
Google Scholar
GPO Access
GPO Access Search
Historical Statistics of the United States*
Hoover's
Index to Minnesota Business Periodicals
Industry Analysis By Country*
Industry and Market News*
Industry Overviews*
Ingenta*
Investment Reports *
ITPro (Books 24/7)*
JSTOR*
Law Reviews*
Legal News*
Lexis-Nexis*
LexisNexis Statistical*
Masterfile Premier*
MediaMark Reporter Online*
MERGENT Online*
Mergent/Moody's Manual Collection*
Minnesota Magazine Index
Minnesota Northstar
Mintel Reports*
Morningstar Library Edition*
NationMaster
NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research
NetAdvantage*
NewsStand*
Open WorldCat
Oxford English Dictionary*
Population Index on the Web
Rankings & Market Share *
Reference Universe*
Reference USA*
Research Insight*
RIA Checkpoint*
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research*
Science-Direct*
SEC Filings*
SEC Form Descriptions
SEC Info
SourceOECD*
SMEAL Search
Stat-USA*
Swot Analyses*
TableBase*
Telephone Directory Worldwide
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory*
ValuationResources.com
Wall Street Journal*
Web of Knowledge*
Wikipedia
Wiley Journals*
WorldCat*
World Cultures Today*
World Public Opinion
More Databases

READY REFERENCES

Abbreviations
Business Glossary
Business Biographies from Kipnotes
Business History Books from Kipnotes
Business History of Industries from Kipnotes
Business Plans Handbook
Chambers Online Reference
Consumer Price Index Calculations
Convert Plus
Diciontary.com
EH.net: How Much is That? - Historical Money Data
Encyclopedia Britannica Online*
Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society
Encyclopedia of Small Business
The European Library
Exchange Rates
Financial Calculators
Global Gazetteer
Harris Interactive
Health Map
HyperDictionary
How Products Are Made
Inflation Calculator
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary
National Atlas
National Atlas - Printable
NetMBA Business Knowledge Center
Oanda - The Currency Site
OneLook Dictionary Search
Oxford Reference Online*
Public STINET - Scientific & Technical Info
Salary Surveys
Trend Watching
Universal Currency Converter
U.S. Depository Ready Reference Collection
What is a Dollar Worth?
Wikipedia- The Free Encyclopedia
Woopido! Business Quotations
World Almanac*
World Atlas of Maps, Flags and Geography Facts
World Gazetteer

BUSINESS LIBRARIAN TOOLS

Barbara's Libraries Page
Best Information on the Net
Business 2.0: Guide to Business Links
Business Biographies
Business Plans
Company Histories
Convert PDF to DOC - Downloads
Encyclopedia of Small Business
Encyclopedia of Business
Encyclopedia of American Industries
Encylcopedia of Management
Fulltext Librarian Toolkit
Invisible Web and More
Leading American Businesses
Lexis-Nexis*
Lexis-Nexis Additions and Deletions
Libdex
Librarians' Index to the Internet
Librarians' Resource Centre
Library Juice
Library Marketing Treasures
Library of Congress - Business
LibrarySpot.com
Library Stuff
Link Checker - Firefox Extension
OAIster
Price's List of Lists
Search Engine Comparison
Search Engines and Phone Books
The Spire Project
Virtual Acquisition Shelf & News Desk
The XML Toolkit

STATISTICS: MINNESOTA

2000 Census - Minnesota
Atlas of Minnesota, Online Edition
Center for Small Towns - County Information
County Business Patterns
Duluth Retail Sales Index
Economagic - Minnesota
Economic Report of the Governor
Hispanic/Latino Population in Minnesota: 2000
Minnesota Business Expansion Reports
Minnesota Community Profiles
Minnesota County Profiles
Minnesota Demographic Center
Minnesota Demographic Profiles
Minnesota Export Statistics
Minnesota Industry Reports and Fact Sheets
Minnesota Properties and Community Profiles
Minnesota Population Notes
Minnesota Statistical Data
QCEW Data Tool
State and County QuickFacts - Minnesota
State of Housing 2003: Duluth & St. Louis County
Summer 2005 Minnesota Traveler Profile
Traffic Volume Maps
U.S. Census Data 2000 - MN

STATISTICS: NON-CENSUS

2002 National Industry-Specific
Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
BizStats
Business, Economics & Labor: US Govt. Docs
Consumer Expenditure Survey
Consumer Price Index
DataPlace
Economic Report of the President
Export Statistics Express
ForeignTrade Statistics
Index of Economic Freedom
Industry Links
Industry, Trade, and the Economy
International Data Base
LexisNexis*
LexisNexis Statistical*
LexisNexis World Almanac*
MelissaData: Free Online Lookups
NationMaster
OffStats (International)
Pew Internet & American Life Project
State and County QuickFacts
Statistics
TerraFly
Working in the 21st Century
More Statistics

TRADE SHOWS

EventsEye
Expo Database
TSNN

MUSIC

Naxos Music Database*

NEWS

1st Headlines
1st Headlines - Business
ABC
American Public Media
AP Newswire
English Aljazeera
BBC News
Budgeteer News
Business Journal
BusinessNorth.com
Business Week Online
CBS
Center for Constitutional Rights
Center for Public Integrity
Christian Science Monitor
CNN
CNN Money
Daily Kos - State of the Nation
Drudge Report
Free Duluth News Tribune
Duluth News Tribune 1995-
Economist
Financial Times
Fox News
Google News Archive Search
Google News Search
KBJR
KDLH
Minnesota Daily
Minnesota Public Radio
MSNBC - News
National Public Radio
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Newspaper Links
Newswise
New York Times (Recent)
Pacifica Foundation
Public Radio International
Reuters
Free St. Paul Pioneer Press
St. Paul Pioneer Press 1988-
Spiegel Online International
Star Tribune
Superior Daily Telegram
TPMmuckraker
UMD Statesman
UPI
USA Today
Wall Street Journal
Washington Post
WDIO
WDSE
World News
Yahoo! Finance
More News

BOOKS

UMD Library Catalog
AddALL
Amazon.com
Barnes & Noble
BiblioFind
Book Information
Books in Print
ChoiceReviews.online
Digital Books Index
ebrary
LibWeb
Middle East ebrary
Northern Lights Books & Gifts
Online Books Page
Online Books Page - New
Open Library
Open WorldCat
Oxford Scholarship Online
WorldCat
More Books

MISCELLANEOUS

Bidz
Big Mac Index
Bizstats
Blinkx TV
Bloglines
Classic TV Themes
Consumer World
ConvertIt
Craigslist Cities
Create PDF Online
Daily Snopes
Ebay
Emergence Of Advertising In America: 1850 - 1920
ePier
FootnoteTV
Free Business Forms
Greenwich Mean Time
Half.com
Honda Ad1
Honda Ad2
Hotmail.com
The Internet Archive
LiveDeal
MN Dept. of Public Safety - Driver and Vehicle Services
MolecularExpressions.com
MySimon.com
NE MN Radio and TV
NNDB
Open CRS- Congressional Reports
PageWise
Population Index
PriceGrabber.com
Seminars, Classes, Corporate Training and Conferences
S&P 500 Profit Index
SmealSearch
SnipURL
Sound Effects
Soundsnap
SpeedTrap.org
Take Back Your Time Day
TenbyTen.org
Terraserver
TinyURL
TV Cream Themes
USDA ERS Search
U.S. POPClock
U.S. World POPClock
ValueBasedManagement.net
WebBRD - Bankruptcy
More Miscellaneous

MISCELLANEOUS - JV

Alaska SeaLife Center
Albertus Magnus College
Bachcroft Mailing Return Address Labels
Bohemica.com
BirthDatabase.com
Christmascity
Democratic Underground
Film Talks
Fhqwhgads1
Fhqwhgads2
Ghost Town - Kidd of Speed
Holy Rosary School
International Tracing Service Inventory Search
Mad Woodpecker
Marshall School
Ms. Dewey
Notre Dame High School
Obesity Network
RoadOde
Search Documentaries
TCF Bank
TV.com
TV Party
Yahoo News (Oddly Enough)

UMD

UMD Bagley Nature Area
UMD BBER (Bureau of Business and Economic Research)
UMD Calendars and Events
UMD CED Hompage
UMD Course Catalog
UMD Currents
UMD Department Directory
UMD Food Services
UMD Human Resources
UMD Library Cam
UMD LSBE Hompage
UMD Master Plan
UMD Phone Directory
UMD Photo Library
UMDStudents.com

UM-TC

UM-TC Business Library
UM-TC Business Reference
UM-TC Government Publications
U of MN Benefits
U of MN Budget Information
U of MN Civil Services
U of MN Payroll

WATTS

AlanWatts.com
Alan Watts - The Middle Way
Alan Watts - Natal Horoscope
AlanWatts.net
Alan Watts on Zen
Alan Watts Podcast
Alan Watts Theatre
Conversation with Myself
Drawing of Alan Watts
The Mystic Rider - Alan Watts
Podcast.net — Alan Watts
Zen - The Best of Alan Watts

WEATHER

BBC Weather 
ForecastCenter.com
Intellicast Weather
Minnesota Cities Local Forecasts
Minnesota Forecasts
National Weather Service
NOAA Current WX Conditions
NOAA Maps
NOAA Weather Radio
RAP Real-Time Weather Data
Real-Time U.S. Composite Satellite Images
Space Weather
Weather.com
Weather Matrix
Weather Underground
World Climate 

Designed and Compiled
By Jim Vileta
Business Librarian
Room 272 Library
(218) 726-6157

jvileta@d.umn.edu
Ask Jim

Pages maintained/edited by
Shawn Walwick,
Topher McCulloch,
and Joe Mladek