Business Intelligence
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Business Intelligence
Business Intelligence Online Resources An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation By Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Executive Director – Virtual Private Library [email protected] This Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation is dedicated to the latest and most competent resources for business intelligence available over the Internet. With the constant addition of new and pertinent information coming online every second it is very easy to go into information overload. The true key then is to be able to find the important business intelligence resources and sites both in the visible and invisible world wide web. Each of the following selected business intelligence resources and sites have been described along with their current URL address to help you accomplish your business intelligence research goals! My complete link compilation of business intelligence resources is available online and is constantly updated at the following URL: http://www.BIResources.info/ These resources are designed to aid you in your quest for knowledge discovery for business intelligence resources on the Internet. Suggestions and additional competent resources and sites are also welcomed and will be considered for inclusion in future updates. 1 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. 1Jump® - Company Research & Business Information Tool http://www.1jump.com/ With over 1,000,000 individually-selected companies worldwide, up to 29 types of business information on each company, 29 proprietary ways to pinpoint this information, and over a dozen Vertical Directories -- 1Jump is a powerful professional resource. 10k Wizard SEC Filings http://www.tenkwizard.com/ 10K Wizard developed a proprietary software to search through the myriad of information available to the public via the SEC's EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval) system. The results? Real-time access and the unique ability to perform keyword searches on up-to-the-minute SEC filings. Hailed as one of the web's best financial sites by the likes of Money Magazine, Fortune Magazine and Business Week, www.10Kwizard.com serves as the flagship site of their company and a shining example of their unique technology. Academic Resources 2005 http://AcademicResources.BlogSpot.com/ A comprehensive Internet MiniGuide covering resources for articles, abstracts, documents, papers, reports, and literature. It is edited by the author of this annotated white paper and includes separate sections on Research Sources, Reference Sources, Search Engine Sources, and Directory and Database Sources. Accoona - Super Target Your Search http://www.accoona.com/ Accoona Artificial Intelligence now takes the Search Experience to the next level by merging information from both the Web and the Accoona Business Database in real time. For the first time on an Internet Search Platform, Accoona presents business website content and its relevant business data in a complementary format. Accurint http://www.accurint.com/ Accurint® is a LexisNexis® service that brings data to life. Accurint provides information products that allow organizations to quickly and easily extract valuable knowledge from huge amounts of data. These innovative products are made possible by integrating powerful technology, tens of billions of data records on individuals and businesses, and proprietary data-linking methods. Alexa Web Search http://www.Alexa.com/ Alexa could not exist without the participation of the Alexa Toolbar community. Each member of the community, in addition to getting a useful tool, is giving back. Simply by using the toolbar each member contributes valuable information about the web, how it is 2 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. used, what is important and what is not. This information is returned to the community as Related Links, Traffic Rankings and more. Annual Report Gallery http://www.reportgallery.com/ This free service allows users to review an annual report in an easy and convenient manner. Boasting the most complete and up-to-date listings of annual reports on the internet, AnnualReports.com provides instant access to annual reports in their actual format in one single location. For business intelligence, corporate annual reports are one of the most important research tool available. Annual Reports enable researchers to stay up to date on a company's yearly outlook. Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) eCirc Application http://abcas3.accessabc.com/ecirc/index.html eCirc is a quick, concise online source for ABC top-line circulation (based on the latest released FAS-FAX report) information. eCirc lets you sort and search summarized circulation data by Publication Title, State/Province, U.S. SRDS or Canadian CARD classifications. Beige Book http://www.federalreserve.gov/FOMC/BeigeBook/2005/ Each Federal Reserve Bank gathers anecdotal information on current economic conditions in its District through reports from Bank and Branch directors and interviews with key business contacts, economists, market experts, and other sources. The Beige Book, published eight times per year, summarizes this information by District and sector. An overall summary of the twelve district reports is prepared by a designated Federal Reserve Bank on a rotating basis. Better Management - Business Intelligence http://snurl.com/2t7m Business intelligence (BI) uses knowledge management, data warehouse, data mining and business analysis to identify, track and improve key processes and data, as well as identify and monitor trends in corporate, competitor and market performance. BizInfo Finder http://www.BizInfoFinder.com/ CloserLook™ can find what Google and other crawlers and Meta search engines do not find about your customers and competitors! his specialized engine can aggregate information from a multitude of searchable databases on the Web with one click of the mouse. Over 75% of the information on the Web is hidden in databases that are not accessible through traditional search engines. Learn more about the invisible web. 3 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. BizMiner http://www.bizminer.com/ The company pioneers online delivery of detailed industry analysis to small and large businesses and entrepreneurs through its local and national Marketing Plan Research Profiles, Financial Analysis Profiles, Area Sector Profiles, Target Market Area Scorecards Profiles, Franchise Profiles and Business Risk Index series. BizMiner’s proprietary research methodology tracks and analyzes the experience of over 18 million US business facilities, condensing millions of data points into the unique measures found in our profile series. BlogPulse - Automated Trend Discovery for Weblogs http://www.BlogPulse.com/ BlogPulse is an automated trend discovery system for blogs. Blogs, a term that is short for weblogs, represent the fastest-growing medium of personal publishing and the newest method of individual expression and opinion on the Internet. BlogPulse applies machinelearning and natural-language processing techniques to discover trends in the highly dynamic world of blogs. BlogPulse is brought to you by Intelliseek. BNET - Business White Papers, Webcasts and Case Studies http://bnet.com/ BNET offers an extensive collection of both classic and current business white papers, case studies, webcasts and other interactive content created and categorized for decision makers at the Fortune 500 and the world’s most successful small and medium-sized organizations. Bots, Blogs and News Aggregators http://www.BotsBlogs.com/ A comprehensive site covering the resources for bots, blogs and news aggregators on the Internet including white papers and a video presentation. These areas are considered by some to be the future methods of information retrieval and information dissemination on the world wide web. Brint.com Business Technology Knowledge Portal http://www.brint.com/ Developing leading edge thinking and practice on contemporary business, information, technology and knowledge management issues to facilitate organizational and individual performance, success, and fulfillment. Business Filings Databases -- Updated http://www.llrx.com/columns/roundup29.htm All 50 states make some level of corporate and business filings available online. In a few instances only limited information (such as name availability) is retrievable. The majority of the states, however, use their Web presence to disseminate a range of public business 4 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. records -- and most of them offer access at no charge. This update reflects changes that have been made in the previously listed databases. Business Information on the Internet http://www.rba.co.uk/sources/index.htm These links will take you to a selection of key business information sites on the Internet and this resource has been created by Karen Blakeman. Details of changes to the listings are announced in Karen Blakeman's blog. BusinessIntelligence.com – The Resource For Business Intelligence http://www.BusinessIntelligence.com/ This site is part of the IT Network 365 that offers articles, news, media, research, papers, extracts, events, books, and exhibition business intelligence resources Business Intelligence Network http://www.b-eye-network.com/ The Business Intelligence Network™ delivers industry-based content hosted by domain experts and industry leaders. The Business Intelligence Network includes horizontal technology coverage from the most respected thought leaders in Business Intelligence, Business Performance Management, Data Warehousing and Data Quality. The Business Intelligence Network serves these communities with unparalleled industry coverage and resources. Business Intelligence: White Papers, Webcasts and Product Information http://www.bitpipe.com/data/rlist?t=987097376_65326874 A site offering white papers, webcasts and product information concerning all aspects of business intelligence. Business Research Links http://business-research.info/business-research-links.htm A nice collection of business research links sponsored by the Partnering Executives Association and The Corporate Partnering Institute. Included are: Key Online Investigative Resources, Business Portals, Analysts Reports and Financial Market Info, Business magazines and Newspapers, International Trade, Business Databases, and General Reference. Business Resources http://BusinessResource.BlogSpot.com/ A comprehensive Internet MiniGuide covering all aspects of business resources available on the global Internet. The author of this annotated white paper is the editor/author of this Internet MiniGuide. 5 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Business Sources On the Net http://www.bl.uk/collections/business/bislinks.html These sites have been identified as containing information of value to business researchers. Selection of the sites has been based on usability and relevance. The listing is selective, not extensive - sites have also been chosen to complement the hard copy and electronic information held in The British Library's science, technology and business collections. Business Wire http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/index.jsp Business Wire is the leading source for full-text breaking news releases, multimedia and regulatory filings for companies and groups throughout the world. CAROL Company Annual Reports Online http://www.carol.co.uk/ CAROL is an on-line service offering direct links to the financial pages of listed companies in Europe and the USA. CAROL provides direct access to companies’ balance sheets, profit & loss statements, financial highlights etc. CEO Express http://www.ceoexpress.com/default.asp CEOExpress.com is designed to be the executive’s interface to the Internet. The site’s peer editor recognizes that executives have precious little time to obtain all the information they require to conduct business. At the same time, much of the information that executives need is available on the Internet. CEOExpress takes all that information, and by employing expert human editors and "mind ergonomics," pares it down to the 20% that is most critical and useful. That information is delivered to the user’s desktop in a clear, easy-to-use format. ChoicePoint Online http://www.choicepointonline.com/ Using ChoicePoint Online's search capabilities, you can easily search more than 14 billion records on individuals and businesses. Whether you're locating a claimant or witness, identifying or verifying assets, investigating fraud, or in need of a public record searched at a courthouse, ChoicePoint Online can deliver the comprehensive information you need. Company Information Guide - Company Research on the Web http://www.virtualchase.com/coinfo/index.htm A comprehensive guide created by the Genie Tyburski of the Virtual Chase offering resources and sites for conducting research on both public and private companies on the Internet. 6 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Company Research Pathfinder from Rutgers University Libraries http://snurl.com/2th9 This Research Guide provides assistance in doing research in a variety of business and management topics, with descriptions of databases and hundreds of reference books in the collections of the Rutgers University Libraries. Links to more than 3,000 selected business and management-related Internet resources are included. Competia Express - Competitive Intelligence Resources http://snipurl.com/cbp9 They have compiled lists of sites that they have found to be of the most value in your industry. These lists are far from exhaustive, but they should give you a superb head start. Competitive Intelligence Resources http://CompetitiveIntelligenceResources.BlogSpot.com/ A comprehensive Internet MiniGuide link compilation of significant competitive intelligence resources and sites on the Internet authored and edited by the author of the annotated white paper. CorpTech http://www.corptech.com/ CorpTech provides the business information and profiles over 95,000+ private and public companies and their business units, as well as units of foreign companies, government labs, and non-profits. They cover a broad range of industries from pharmaceutical, medical, biotech to software companies for business leads and company research. Current Awareness Monitors, Alerts and Information Traps for 2008 http://www.eCurrentAwareness.com/ A report listing the current awareness resources available on the Internet that will allow one to stay current in their profession, business and or special interest. With information overload the buzz it is now more important that ever before to create automated current awareness resources and this report list the very best available now on the Internet. This business intelligence report is authored by the author of this annotated white paper. DataMonitor Business Intelligence http://www.datamonitor.com/ Datamonitor plc is a premium business information company specializing in industry analysis. We help our clients, 5000 of the world's leading companies, to address complex strategic issues. Through our proprietary databases and wealth of expertise, we provide clients with unbiased expert analysis and in-depth forecasts for seven industry sectors: Automotive, Consumer Markets, Energy, Financial Services, Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare, Technology, Transport and Logistics. 7 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Deep Web Research 2008 http://zillman.blogspot.com/2007/12/llrx-november-2007-issue-deep-web.html An article outlining the various resources available for finding information in the deep and invisible World Wide Web authored by the author of this annotated white paper. eco5.com - Financial and Economic Research Center http://www.eco5.com/ Eco5.com is a free professional research platform for the financial and economic world. The concept of eco5.com bases on "adding value by selection". This is put into practice by carefully selecting free research resources and making these directly accessible via a simple menu structure, enabling our users to save research time and energy. Edgar Scan http://edgarscan.pwcglobal.com/ EdgarScan is an interface to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (SEC EDGAR) Filings. EdgarScan pulls filings from the SEC's servers and parses them automatically to find key financial tables and normalize financials to a common format that is comparable across companies. Using hyperlinks we can go directly to specific sections of the filing, including the financial statements, footnotes, extracted financial data and computed ratios. EIN Finder http://www.freeerisa.com/Extras/EINFinder.asp?mode=SEARCH freeERISA.com EIN Finder - Users are now limited to three free searches. Simply type in the name of the company in the box. You can limit your search by state or zip code, if you wish. Use the pull down menu to choose the specific state you wish to search, or type up to 5 digits of the zip code you wish to search. Executive Profiles Search Engine http://www.ziggs.com/ The Ziggs Index of professional profiles was created to serve both the searcher and the professional being searched. Ziggs was developed to allow you to find accurate, up-todate profiles on the professionals you seek, rather than outdated results on the wrong people. The Ziggs Index is the fastest-growing Index of online professional profiles. With more than 2,420,227 profiles, across nearly 44,293 companies, Ziggs continues to grow at an average of 10,000 new profiles every day. 8 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Forbes People Tracker http://www.forbes.com/cms/template/peopletracker/index.jhtml Track over 120,000 executives and members of the Forbes rich and celebrity lists. Customize free email alerts: receive updates on an individual's title or compensation change, options exercised, or breaking news. Research public companies and executives with our in-depth, up-to-date people and company tear sheets. Get the latest news on people and companies in your tracker, including stories from Forbes.com and Forbes magazines. FreshPatents http://www.freshpatents.com/ The latest published US patent applications each week BEFORE the USPTO decision to grant/deny. Freely available innovative services like keyword monitoring, RSS feeds and browse by location. Learn about new ideas. New applications are published Monday. Dates listed are for the previous Thursday's official USPTO publication date. Goliath: Company Profiles, News, Business Reference Information, Lead Generation, Business Contacts http://goliath.ecnext.com/ Goliath connects you to a wealth of business information, including business and industry news and detailed profiles of public and private companies worldwide. Goliath's content is logically organized and linked to maximize your search experience -- targeted search modules help you research competitors, create lead lists, find partners and suppliers, or research your industry. Harvard Business School Baker Library Business Research Guides http://www.library.hbs.edu/guides/ Baker Library produces guides to help in the use of resources at Baker and beyond for business and career research. The list includes guides to general business topics, information on specific industries and specific course support projects that may be helpful in other contexts. Hometown Locator http://gazetteer.hometownlocator.com/index.cfm Community Profiles for 42,500 US cities, towns and ZIP code with census, demographic and income data, parks, schools, libraries, hospitals, airports, environmental conditions, local newspapers, media outlets, employment, maps, coordinates and aerial photos. Hoovers™ Online http://www.hoovers.com/ Hoover's, Inc., delivers comprehensive company, industry, and market intelligence that drives business growth. Our database of 12 million companies, with in-depth coverage of 9 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. 40,000 of the world's top business enterprises, is at the core of our business tools and services that customers find vital to their business operations. Hoover's editorial staff of some 80 editors and researchers brings vital business information and knowledge to its coverage, updating the site daily to bring our visitors and subscribers the most up-to-date business information in the industry. How To Conduct A Background Check by Genie Tyburski, Web Manager, The Virtual Chase http://www.virtualchase.com/articles/background_checks.html Originally published in Law Office Computing (October/November 2004) under the title, "Background Checks Online." Revised to reflect resources and strategies current as of the date appearing at the end of the page. How to Learn About an Industry Or a Specific Company http://www.virtualpet.com/industry/howto/search.htm This site is a major portal for those researching companies and industries. An organized procedure to learn about an industry OR a specific company is provided. Following the entire process will allow you to gain an in-depth understanding of the industry or firm, far beyond that gained by focusing purely on financial data. Specific parts of the process can be used to rapidly investigate certain aspects of the industry or company. Intelligent Enterprise Magazine http://www.intelligententerprise.com/info_centers/bi/ The Business Intelligence channel of Intelligent Enterprose Magazine covering new articles, analysis, business intelligence, events, resources and white papers. Internet Intelligence Index™ - Fuld & Company http://www.fuld.com/i3/index.html The Internet Intelligence IndexTM is designed to help you gather information from a wide variety of public services, in support of your competitive intelligence efforts. It contains links to over 600 intelligence-related Internet sites, covering everything from macroeconomic data to individual patent and stock quote information. Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) http://www.ire.org/ Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) located at the Missouri School of Journalism provides educational services to reporters, editors and others interested in investigative journalism and works to maintain high professional standards. Investigator's Toolbox - Online Resources for Researchers http://www.virtuallibrarian.com/it/ A very comprehensive site offering resources in the following areas for the researcher: books, companies, credit agencies, education, databases, identifying Numbers, mailing lists, map sources, medications, miscellaneous, 10 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. news sources, offenders, patents and IP, phones and email, professionals, states, vital statistics, and weather data. ITtoolbox Business Intelligence http://businessintelligence.ittoolbox.com/ The ITtoolbox offers business intelligence resources in the following content type categories: blogs, code exchange, faqs, groups, jobs, news, peer publishing, pr, research, and white papers. KnowledgeStorm http://www.KnowledgeStorm.com/ KnowledgeStorm is the Internet's most highly trafficked business technology search site. KnowledgeStorm shortens and streamlines the IT buy cycle by providing software, service, reseller and hardware information on thousands of IT solutions, alongside white papers, webinars and case studies. KnowX.com - Public Records http://www.knowx.com/ A comprehensive public records background check for business and individuals offering a standard, professional and credentialed sections. This is a fee based service. LexisNexis AlaCarte http://www.lexisnexis.com/alacarteinfo/ Designed especially for independent professionals and small- to medium-sized businesses, LexisNexis AlaCarte!TM provides users just the information they need through free searches on more than 20,000 sources containing over 3.8 billion documents. It’s free to search the database and view titles and headlines—you only pay for the documents you retrieve. Better yet, there are no subscription or registration fees and the average cost per document is only three dollars. Lycos Discussion Search http://discussion.lycos.com/ Type in your hobby, idea, burning issue or any other interest. They show you forums, bulletin boards, and groups where people are discussing your topic of interest right now. Market Intelligence Resources 2008 http://www.MarketIntelligenceResources.com/ This 110 page Professional Internet MiniGuide brings you the latest links and sources for market intelligence. WikiPedia defines Market Intelligence as: "Market Intelligence (MI) – information relevant to a company’s markets, gathered and analyzed specifically for the purpose of accurate and confident decision making in determining market opportunity, market penetration strategy, and new market development metrics." The Market Intelligence Resources 2008 Professional Internet MiniGuide has all its links and sources 11 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. listed alphabetically and broken down into categories that address the many facets of market intelligence for today's business owner and/or entrepreneur. Mergers and Acquisitions Business Research http://www.masourceexpress.com/ibba/index.asp Mergers and Acquisitions Business Research offers the resources necessary for business intelligence required using their extensive listings of M&A research resources offering through independent sites on the Internet. The author of this annotated white paper is proud that they have used a number of his Subject Tracers as well as the Virtual Private Library in their resource collection. Money Science Financial Intelligence Network http://www.moneyscience.org/ An open-access resource for academics and practitioners working in finance and economics, physics, applied mathematics and computing. MoneyScience aims to provide the web's most comprehensive aggregation in the field of quantitative finance. Moreover - News Categories with Daily Mailings/Alerts http://w.moreover.com/categories/category_list_daily_email.html List of pre-built categories available in a daily mailing list. Business: general :: Business: media :: Companies :: Entertainment :: Finance :: Industry :: Internet :: Lifestyle :: Regional :: Science :: Society :: Sports :: Technology :: Top stories :: US regional. In addition to the pre-built categories below, Moreover has hundreds of additional topicspecific categories and 10,000+ customizable company specific categories. Moreover – News Categories with RSS Newsfeeds http://w.moreover.com/site/products/ind/rss_feeds.html This page contains a complete list of the free, advertising supported RSS news feeds available from Moreover Technologies. Namedroppers®- Domain Name Search Engine http://www.namedroppers.com/ Namedroppers.com® offers the capability to perform searches for domain names using multiple keywords. It enables you to find every registered domain name in the .com, .net, .org, and .edu zones, that contains all of the search terms you enter, anywhere within the domain name itself. Their database contains over 32 Million Domain Names and is updated nightly to reflect the most recent changes to the Domain Names registered. NASD BrokerCheck: Check the Background of Your Investment Professional http://www.nasdbrokercheck.com/ NASD BrokerCheck should be your first resource tool to learn about the professional background, registration/license statuses and conduct of NASD registered firms and their registered brokers. NASD BrokerCheck was designed to be simple and efficient in its delivery of information. NASD makes information on securities professionals and firms 12 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. available online and, in most cases, detailed report information is returned to you by email within minutes of your request. National Association of Legal Investigators – Investigator Links http://www.nali.com/investigativelinks.html The National Association of Legal Investigators (NALI) was formed in 1967 with its primary focus to conduct investigations related to litigation. The investigator links are an excellent investigative resource of sources and sites on the Internet. NewsIsFree http://www.newsisfree.com/ NewsIsFree is a web site designed to let you access thousands of news sources with a powerful and flexible portal for browsing, indexing and publishing news headlines. NewsIsFree currently features 20679 news channels, ranging from high profile news sources, to very specific topic sites, to weblogs. Sources are gathered either from their syndication feed or by analysing the actual web pages. Sources are updated as often as every fifteen minutes, although actual update rate depends on how often each source changes. Each source is updated at least once a day. NewsNow http://www.newsnow.co.uk/ Automatically searching 19931 news sources every 5 minutes as of this authoring. Today NewsNow monitors breaking news in 15+ languages from thousands of the Internet's most important online publications, including international, national and regional titles, newswires, magazines, press releases and exclusively online news sources. Their corporate services include online press cuttings, market intelligence, competitor tracking and web site and intranet content. Northern Light's Market Intelligence Centers http://www.centerformarketintelligence.com/ Market Intelligence Centers provide an overview of selected industries and business trends, with a detailed picture of market segments, issues, breaking news, companies, and government regulatory actions. Please note that Northern Light's Market Intelligence Centers are available free of charge only to enterprise and individual subscribers to their Business Research Engine. OneSource Online Business Information http://www.onesource.com/ OneSource integrates business content from over 2,500 leading sources worldwide, optimizing it to meet the unique needs of sales, financial services, and professional services teams. OneSource is a division of infoUSA . 13 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Pretrieve Search - Free Public Record Search Engine http://www.pretrieve.com/ Pretrieve is a search engine that is specifically geared towards finding public records relevant to a person, business, or address. Their search database knows about thousands of public records sources, and can match your search information to the relevant sources for you. Productscan Online http://www.productscan.com/ Productscan Online helps transform information into intelligence. Over 20 searchable data fields per report help you track launches by brand and product name • manufacturer • product category • health claim • flavor • ingredient and more. Mixing and matching these characteristics creates infinite search possibilities. Over 200,000 detail-rich reports on over half a million new packaged goods skus launched worldwide from 1980 to today. Profusion Search Engine http://www.profusion.com/ Profusion is the original intelligent meta-search engine on the Web was founded in 1995 at the University of Kansas. Intelliseek has constantly updated and improved Profusion through the years making it an excellent resource for business intelligence. It was featured in my BotSpot Bot of the Week in 1997 and I have watched it improve over the years. PSFK Collaborative Trend Spotting Site http://www.psfk.com/ PSFK is a community of trend spotters, futurists, forward-thinking-individuals and cool hunters in Fashion, Design, Advertising, IT, Government, Art, You-Name-It around the world. Sightings of trends are fed to a group of main site editors who then may or may not publish them on the site. Public Records Online Directory http://www.netronline.com/public_records.htm The Public Records Online Directory is a Portal to official state web sites, and those Tax Assessors' and Recorders' offices that have developed web sites for the retrieval of available public records over the internet. Resources on the Internet for Business Journalists http://jclass.umd.edu/cars/Special/SABEW2004.htm An excellent resource of business investigative sites in a link compilation format. These are designed for the business journalist but also offer a great foundation for business intelligence. 14 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. RocketInfo http://www.rocketdesktop.com/index.html Rocketinfo Desktop is search software for finding and sharing current news, RSS & Atom newsfeeds, weblog content, books, market research and company information. Search Systems Free Public Records Directory http://www.searchsystems.net/ One of the largest directory of links to free public record databases on the Internet. Find business information, corporate filings, property records, unclaimed property, professional licenses, offenders, inmates, criminal and civil court filings, and much more. As of this authoring there are over 27,480 free searchable public record databases. SmartDig™ - Business For Sale Search Engine http://www.smartdig.com/ SmartDig™ is an aggregator of businesses for sale on the Internet and a source for finding the right business - locally and around the world. SmartDig™ indexes business for sale listings from business brokers, business owners, business for sale forums, as well as corporate and community sites. State Business Filings Dastabases http://www.llrx.com/columns/roundup29.htm All 50 states make some level of corporate and business filings available online. In a few instances only limited information (such as name availability) is retrievable. The majority of the states, however, use their Web presence to disseminate a range of public business records -- and most of them offer access at no charge. The B-Eye Bridge http://businessintelligence.blogspot.com/ Your on-line source for Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing trends, articles, and related content. The Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Glossary http://www.sdgcomputing.com/glossary.htm A glossary of business intelligence and data warehousing words that are related to and associated with the field of business intelligence and data mining and data warehousing. The Center for Business Intelligence http://www.cbinet.com/ Founded in 1994 in Boston, CBI Research, Inc. is dedicated to developing market-driven, unbiased conferences in pharmaceuticals\biotech, risk and insurance and managed care markets. CBI Research, Inc. offers conferences and summits that serve senior executives and government officials by providing a unique platform for highly focused content and presentation. 15 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. TheDeal http://www.thedeal.com/ The Deal is a diversified media company dedicated to providing must-read financial news, commentary, data and services to corporate and financial dealmakers, their advisers and investors worldwide. They serve the global deal community by providing timely, accurate and useful information. They cut through the clutter by combining a sophisticated editorial voice with essential need-to-know insights characteristic of industry trade publications. The Internet for Competitive Intelligence by By Amelia Kassel http://www.freepint.com/issues/010499.htm?issue=35#feature An article from Free Pint by Amelia Kassel that discusses the use of the Internet as a vehicle to find information and resources for business intelligence with a number of examples. Top Internet Sites for Business Research http://www.washingtonresearchers.com/public/InternetGuide/InternetGuide.html Washington Researchers has compiled a list of web sites that they have found to be particularly helpful; they range from search engines and online databases to directories and sources for background and contact information on industries. Some of these sites are free; others require you to pay fees to obtain data. URLinfo http://www.faganfinder.com/urlinfo/ http://www.URLinfo.info/ URLinfo is a tool for handling web pages: finding information about it, translating it, finding related pages, etc. and available from FagenFinder. The second URL offers corrected URL addresses when you discover an error message when attempting to arrive at a page and is in Alpha. Wall Street Executive Library http://www.executivelibrary.com/ A public directory that listed only the most relevant and useful business sites. The Web's Best Business Sites with over 1450 content rich resources for an informed, intelligent perspective. The author of this annotated white paper has a number of his Subject Tracers™ listed in this library. Web Intelligence Consortium http://wi-consortium.org/ Web Intelligence (WI) has been recognized as a new direction for scientific research and development to explore the fundamental roles as well as practical impacts of Artificial Intelligence (AI) (e.g., knowledge representation, planning, knowledge discovery and data mining, intelligent agents, and social network intelligence) and advanced 16 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Information Technology (IT) (e.g., wireless networks, ubiquitous devices, social networks, wisdom Web, and data/knowledge grids) on the next generation of Webempowered products, systems, services, and activities. Web Mining - Business Intelligence http://snipurl.com/6ogb Web Mining tools analyze web logs for useful customer-related information that can help personalize web sites according to user behavior. Web mining tools are also used to search the web for key words, phrases, or other content. Comprehensive Business Intelligence Link Compilation: 192.com - The Largest UK Directory Enquiry Service http://www.192.com/ 1Jump® - Company Research & Business Information Tool http://www.1jump.com/ 10k Wizard SEC Filings http://www.tenkwizard.com/ 2007 Statistical Abstract of the United States http://www.census.gov/statab/www/ 360View4U - Business and Finance Search Engine http://www.360view4u.co.uk/ AboutUs - Information About Websites and Community Related Topics http://www.aboutus.org/ Academic and Scholar Search Engines and Sources http://zillman.blogspot.com/2004/12/academic-and-scholar-search-engines.html Accoona - Super Target Your Search http://www.accoona.com/ Accurint http://www.accurint.com/ 17 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Alacra Store - The Premium Business Information Source http://www.alacrastore.com/ Alacra Wiki - Guide To Business Information Companies, Publishers and Databases http://www.alacrawiki.com/ ALA RUSA BRASS Professional Tools http://www.ala.org/BRASSTemplate.cfm?Section=brassprotools Alexa Web Search http://www.Alexa.com/ AllTheWeb http://www.alltheweb.com/ AltaVista http://www.altavista.com/ AltLaw - Free Legal Search Engine http://www.altlaw.org/ Alt Search Engines - Tracking All the Alternative Search Engines http://www.altsearchengines.com/ Annual Report Gallery http://www.reportgallery.com/ Archive-It - Internet Archive's Subscription Service http://www.archive-it.org/ Articles, Abstracts, Documents, Papers, Reports, and Literature Resources http://AcademicResources.BlogSpot.com/ Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) eCirc Application http://abcas3.accessabc.com/ecirc/index.html Beige Book 2008 - Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District http://www.federalreserve.gov/fomc/beigebook/2008/ Best of the Best Business Web Sites http://snipurl.com/kfa8 18 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Better Management - Business Intelligence http://snurl.com/2t7m BI Documenter http://www.bidocumenter.com/ Big Boards - Directory of Forums and Message Boards http://directory.big-boards.com/ BinSearch -- Binary Usenet Ssearch Engine http://www.binsearch.info/ BI Pathfinder http://www.BIPathfinder.com/ Biz4mation http://www.biz4mation.com/ BizInfo Finder http://www.BizInfoFinder.com/ Biz Info Library (BIL) http://www.bizinfolibrary.org/ Biz Journals http://www.bizjournals.com/ BizMiner http://www.bizminer.com/ Biz Ref Desk Blog by Terese M. Terry, Business Librarian, Lippincott Library, Wharton School of Business http://bizrefdesk.blogspot.com/ BizStats - Useful Business Statistics Online http://www.bizstats.com/ BlogPulse - Automated Trend Discovery for Weblogs http://www.BlogPulse.com/ Bloomberg http://www.bloomberg.com/ 19 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. BNET - Business White Papers, Webcasts and Case Studies http://bnet.com/ BoardTracker - Forum Discussion Search http://www.boardtracker.com/ Bots, Blogs and News Aggregators http://www.BotsBlogs.com/ Brint.com Business Technology Knowledge Portal http://www.brint.com/ Broadlook Technologies - Business Intelligence http://www.broadlook.com/ BUBL LINK / 5:15: Countries and Continents http://bubl.ac.uk/link/world/index.html Business Anti-Corruption Portal http://www.business-anti-corruption.com/ Business Filings Databases -- Updated http://www.llrx.com/columns/roundup29.htm Business History Books http://www.businesshistorybooks.com/ Business Information on the Internet http://www.rba.co.uk/sources/index.htm Business Information Searcher http://www.dataresources.co.uk/bissample.htm Business Intelligence Center http://www.library.georgetown.edu/bic/ Business Intelligence - Find White Papers http://www.findwhitepapers.com/enterprise-applications/business-intelligence2/ Business Intelligence Information Center - Intelligent Enterprise Magazine http://www.intelligententerprise.com/info_centers/bi/ 20 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. 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Business Intelligence Knowledge Base http://businessintelligence.ittoolbox.com/ Business Intelligence Lowdown http://www.businessintelligencelowdown.com/ Business Intelligence: Maximizing the Value of Information http://www.cognos.com/standardizationzd/ Business Intelligence Network http://www.b-eye-network.com/ Business Intelligence Portal http://www.dmreview.com/portals/portal.cfm?topicId=230064 Business Intelligence: White Papers, Webcasts and Product Information http://www.bitpipe.com/data/rlist?t=987097376_65326874 Business Journalism http://www.businessjournalism.org/ Business People Search http://www.zoominfo.com/ Business Reference on the Net http://marylaine.com/busref2.html Business Reference Resources http://www.sls.lib.il.us/reference/workshop/business/index.html Business Research Intelligence http://arrif.blogspot.com/ Business Research Links http://business-research.info/business-research-links.htm BusinessResearch - Business Research Search - One Stop Source http://business.exploritnow.com/ Business Research Search Engine http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=002776323165742539942%3Asy6ljfnnvtg 21 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. 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Business Resources http://www.lib.usm.edu/~instruct/guides/busgd.html Business Resources http://BusinessResource.BlogSpot.com/ Business Sources On the Net http://www.bl.uk/collections/business/bislinks.html Business Wire http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/index.jsp BuzzLogic http://www.BuzzLogic.com/ BuzzShout http://www.buzzshout.com/ BuzzTracker News Headlines http://www.buzztracker.com/ Cambrian House - Home of CrowdSourcing http://www.cambrianhouse.com/ CAROL Company Annual Reports Online http://www.carol.co.uk/ Center for Business Planning http://www.businessplans.org/ Center for Media Research http://www.mediapost.com/research/index.cfm?loc=1 CEO Express http://www.ceoexpress.com/default.asp cg-research.com - Business Research Reports http://www.cg-research.com/ China Vitae http://www.chinavitae.com/ 22 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. 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ChoicePoint Online http://www.choicepointonline.com/ Cipher's Archived Competitive Intelligence Articles Library http://www.cipher-sys.com/competitive_intelligence_library.htm CI Resource Index http://www.bidigital.com/ci/ Clarkston Consulting - Business Intelligence for the Consumer Products and Life Sciences Industries http://www.clarkstonconsulting.com/ CloserLook - BizInfoFinder http://www.closerlooksearch.com/indsearch/productlist.asp CNN Money - Company Research http://money.cnn.com/news/crc CNN Money - Industry Watch http://cnnmoney.yellowbrix.com/pages/cnnmoney/Headlines.nsp coComment - Your Window Into Conversations On the Web http://www.cocomments.com/ Commentful - Blog Comment Monitoring http://commentful.com/ co.mments - Track Your Conversations http://co.mments.com/ Company Information Guide - Company Research on the Web http://www.virtualchase.com/coinfo/index.htm Company Research Pathfinder from Rutgers University Libraries http://snurl.com/2th9 Compete.com - Track Your Competition and Then Eat Their Lunch http://www.compete.com/ Competitive Intelligence - A Selective Resource Guide By Donna Cavallini and Sabrina I. Pacifici http://www.llrx.com/features/ciguide.htm 23 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Competitive Intelligence Magazine http://www.scip.org/news/cimagazine.asp Competitive Intelligence Portal http://competitive-intelligence.mirum.net/ Competitive Intelligence Resource Guide http://www.burkhardtresearch.com/guide/books.html Competitive Intelligence Resources Internet MiniGuide by Marcus P. Zillman http://CompetitiveIntelligenceResources.BlogSpot.com/ Corante - Technology and Science News and Business Intelligence http://www.corante.com/ Corporate Information http://www.corporateinformation.com/ CorpTech http://www.corptech.com/ Country Background Notes from the Department of State http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/ Current Awareness Discovery Tools on the Internet http://zillman.blogspot.com/2004/09/current-awareness-discovery-tools-on.html Current Awareness Monitors, Alerts and Information Traps for 2008 http://www.ecurrentawareness.com/ Cybion - Online Business Intelligence http://www.cybion.com/ D&B Small Business Solutions http://smallbusiness.dnb.com/ Data Mining Resources http://www.DataMiningResources.info/ DataMonitor Business Intelligence http://www.datamonitor.com/ 24 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. 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Dealipedia - Business Deal Wiki http://www.dealipedia.com/ Deep Web Research 2008 http://zillman.blogspot.com/2007/12/llrx-november-2007-issue-deep-web.html Demographics Prediction http://adlab.microsoft.com/DPUI/DPUI.aspx DiceLaRed http://www.dicelared.com/ DocStoc - Find and Share Professional Documents http://www.docstoc.com/ Doing Business Database - Benchmarking Business Regulations http://www.doingbusiness.org/ Dotcut - Sophisticated Online News and Press Cuttings http://www.dotcut.com/ eBizSearch http://gunther.smeal.psu.edu/ eBusinessForm Global Business Intelligence for the Digital Age http://www.ebusinessforum.com/ ECNext Knowledge Center http://www.ecnext.com/ eco5.com - Financial and Economic Research Center http://www.eco5.com/ eCommerce Resources http://www.eCommerceResources.info/ Economic Indicators from the Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research (FRASER) http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/publications/ei Economic Statistics Briefing Room http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html 25 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. 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EconoPundit http://www.EconoPundit.com/ EDGAR Full Text Search Beta http://searchwww.sec.gov/EDGARFSClient/jsp/EDGAR_MainAccess.jsp Edgar Online http://www.edgar-online.com/ Edgar Scan http://edgarscan.pwcglobal.com/ eHealthcareBot Search Engine http://www.ehealthcarebot.com/ EIN Finder http://www.freeerisa.com/Extras/EINFinder.asp?mode=SEARCH EIN News - World News Media Monitoring http://www.einnews.com/ eMarketingBot Search Engine http://www.eMarketingBot.com/ Emerging Markets Review http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/15660141 EMPOWER - Business Background Search http://www.closerlooksearch.com/empower/businessbackgroundcheck.aspx Encyclopedias for Business Reference http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/ Entopia - Solutions for Business Information Discovery http://www.entopia.com/ Entrepreneurial Resources http://www.EntrepreneurialResources.info/ Environmental Capital - Daily Analysis of the Business of the Environment by The Wall Street Journal http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/ 26 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. 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Equilibrium Solutions http://www.equilibriumsolutions.net/ Espicom Business Intelligence http://www.espicom.com/ Eventful - World's Largest Collection of Events http://www.eventful.com/ Executive Profiles Search Engine http://www.ziggs.com/ FACSNET Reporting Tools - How To Read the Future in Financial Reports http://www.facsnet.org/tools/biz_econ/covering_biz/lev.php3 FACTbroker - Business Intelligence Framework http://www.factbroker.com/ Factiva http://www.factiva.com/ Fagan Finder http://www.faganfinder.com/ FAME - Database of UK and Ireland Companies http://www.bvdep.com/en/fame.html Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer http://www.federallabs.org/ Financial Sources http://www.FinancialSources.info/ Finding Industry Business Information http://snipurl.com/k9bq Finding People Resources http://www.FindingPeople.info/ Financial Times http://news.ft.com/home/us 27 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. 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First Research http://www.firstresearch.com/ Forbes 500 http://snurl.com/2t0l Forbes People Tracker http://www.forbes.com/cms/template/peopletracker/index.jhtml Foreview http://www.foreview.com/ Fortune Company Profiles http://www.fortune.com/companies Free Patent Online - Patent Analytics and Patent Searching http://www.freepatentsonline.com/ Free Public Record Sites http://www.brbpub.com/pubrecsites.asp FreshPatents http://www.freshpatents.com/ FX Links - Foreign Exchange Link Directory http://www.fxlinks.com/ Giga Omni Media - Emerging Technology News, Analysis and Opinions http://gigaom.com/ getAbstract Business Book Summaries - Thousands of Business Book Summaries Online http://www.getAbstract.com/ GetHuman Project - Advocacy Website and Database for High Quality Customer Service for Consumers http://www.gethuman.com/ Global E-Government Survey 2008 http://www.unpan.org/egovkb/global_reports/08report.htm Global Voices Online http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/ 28 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. 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Global Securities Information http://www.gsionline.com/ Golexa Search Tool - Complete Page Analysis http://www.golexa.com/ http://www.golexa.net/ Goliath: Company Profiles, News, Business Reference Information, Lead Generation, Business Contacts http://goliath.ecnext.com/ Google™ - Googling http://www.google.com/ Google Directory - Business Intelligence http://snurl.com/2sv3 Google Finance http://finance.google.com/ Google News http://news.google.com/ Google News and Web Alerts http://www.google.com/webalerts/ governmentattic.org - Rummaging in the Government's Attic http://www.governmentattic.org/ GovernmentDocs.org - Community Government Document Review System http://www.GovernmentDocs.org/ GovExec http://www.govexec.com/ Guide to Industry Research http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/BERA/issue9/issue9_main.html Hard To Find 800 Numbers http://www.hardtofind800numbers.com/ Harvard Business School Baker Library Business Research Guides http://www.library.hbs.edu/guides/ 29 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. 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Harvesting Business Intelligence for Institutional Investors http://monitor110.com/ Hometown Locator http://gazetteer.hometownlocator.com/index.cfm Hoovers Connect - Business Networking Tool https://hooversconnect.visiblepath.com/ Hoovers™ Online http://www.hoovers.com/ How To Conduct A Background Check by Genie Tyburski, Web Manager, The Virtual Chase http://www.virtualchase.com/articles/background_checks.html How to Learn About an Industry Or a Specific Company http://www.virtualpet.com/industry/howto/search.htm IDEAS - Internet Documents in Economics Access Service http://ideas.repec.org/ Idea Trade Network (ITN) http://www.newideatrade.com/ IdentityWorks - Leadership Through Identity http://www.identityworks.com/ Image Seeker http://corbis.ltutech.com/ InfoAviator - Your Comprehensive Directory for Searching Free Court Records http://www.infoaviator.com/ Intellectual Property Databases - Searchable & Updated http://www.llrx.com/columns/roundup26.htm Intelligence Center http://www.intelligence-center.com/ Intelligent Enterprise Magazine http://www.intelligententerprise.com/info_centers/bi/ 30 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. 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International Business Resources Portal http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/ibrd.asp International Business Tutor http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/cm/business/tutors/ibustutor.htm International Journal of Business Intelligence and Data Mining (IJBIDM) http://www.inderscience.com/ijbidm International Trade Resources http://InternationalTradeResources.BlogSpot.com/ Internet Experts http://www.InternetExperts.info/ Internet Intelligence - Analysing Web-Sites For Competitive Intelligence By Arthur Weiss and Steve England http://www.freepint.com/issues/220600.htm?issue=65#tips Internet Intelligence Index™ - Fuld & Company http://www.fuld.com/i3/index.html Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) http://www.ire.org/ Investigator's Toolbox - Online Resources for Researchers http://www.virtuallibrarian.com/it/ Investors Business Daily http://www.investors.com/ IRIN - Annual Report Resource Center http://www.irin.com/ ISI Emerging Markets http://www.securities.com/ ITtoolbox Business Intelligence http://businessintelligence.ittoolbox.com/ Juicee News http://www.juiceenewsdaily.com/index.html 31 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. 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Judicial Watch - Promoting Integrity, Transparency and Accountability in Government, Politics and the Law http://www.judicialwatch.org/ Kellysearch - B2B Product Search Engine http://www.kellysearch.com/ KillerStartUps - Reviewing the Latest Start Ups On the Internet http://www.killerstartups.com/ KnowledgeStorm http://www.KnowledgeStorm.com/ KnowX.com - Public Records http://www.knowx.com/ Legal Resources http://LegalResources.BlogSpot.com/ LexisNexis AlaCarte http://www.lexisnexis.com/alacarteinfo/ Liber8 - An Economic Information Portal http://liber8.stlouisfed.org/ LinkSViewer - Visual Network Analysis Research Engine http://linksviewer.com/home/ LucidDB - Open Source RDBMS for Business Intelligence http://www.luciddb.org/ Lycos Discussion Search http://discussion.lycos.com/ Lycos WhoWhere http://www.whowhere.lycos.com/ Manta - Business Information and Research http://www.manta.com/ Map of the Market http://www.smartmoney.com/marketmap/ 32 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. 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MapStats - Mapping Tool http://www.fedstats.gov/qf/ Market Intelligence Resources 2008 http://www.MarketIntelligenceResources.com/ MeansBusiness - 20,000 Ideas From Today's Top Business Experts http://www.meansbusiness.com/ Megite - What's Happening Right Now Social News Aggregrator http://www.megite.com/ MelissaData Free Address Lookups and Verifications http://www.melissadata.com/lookups/ Mergers and Acquisitions http://www.corporateaffiliations.com/dca/Executable/cn_mergers.asp Mergers and Acquisitions Super Searchers http://www.infotoday.com/supersearchers/ssma.htm Mint Portal - Business Intelligence and Business Information http://www.mintbusinessinfo.com/version-2007417/portal.serv?product=mintportal Moody's http://www.moodys.com/cust/default.asp Moreover - News Categories with Daily Mailings/Alerts http://w.moreover.com/categories/category_list_daily_email.html Moreover – News Categories with RSS Newsfeeds http://w.moreover.com/site/products/ind/rss_feeds.html MSN Money http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/research/profile.asp Namedroppers®- Domain Name Search Engine http://www.namedroppers.com/ NASD BrokerCheck: Check the Background of Your Investment Professional http://www.nasdbrokercheck.com/ 33 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. 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National Association of Legal Investigators – Investigator Links http://www.nali.com/investigativelinks.html National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) http://www.nber.org/ New Media Intelligence - Web Monitoring http://www.newmediaintelligence.com/ NewsIsFree http://www.newsisfree.com/ NewsNow http://www.newsnow.co.uk/ NewsTin - Multilingual News Search http://www.newstin.com/ Northern Light Business Research Engine http://www.northernlight.com/library.html Northern Light's Market Intelligence Centers http://www.centerformarketintelligence.com/ NTIS Search Engine Provides Archive Access Back to 1964 http://www.ntis.gov/search/index.aspx Numeria - The Clearest View of a Firm's Value http://www.numeria.com/ Ohloh - Open Source Network http://www.ohloh.net/ Omgili - Find Out What People Are Saying http://www.omgili.com/ Onalytica - Transforming Online Buzz Into Knowledge http://www.onalytica.com/ OneSource Online Business Information http://www.onesource.com/ 34 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. 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OneStep Industry News http://www.eevl.ac.uk/onestepnews/ Online Research Tools http://www.OnlineResearchTools.info/ Oodle - Search Engine for Local Classifieds http://www.oodle.com/ OpenBusiness - Sharing Business Models http://openbusiness.cc/ OpenCongress http://www.opencongress.org/ OpinMind Blogger Opinion Search Engine http://www.opinmind.com/ Opportunity Alert for Digital Media Partnership Opportunities http://www.opportunityalert.ca/ PartnerUp - Find Business Partners, Commercial Real Estate, and Business Resources http://www.PartnerUp.com/ Pentaho BI Project - Open Source Business Intelligence http://www.pentaho.org/ Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology Industries BI and CI Resources from Carnegie Mellon University http://snurl.com/2t7c Pipl - Deep Web People Finder http://www.pipl.com/ PopUrls - Popular URLs to the Latest Web Buzz http://www.PopUrls.com/ Power 150 - Top Media and Marketing Blogs http://adage.com/power150/ Pretrieve Search - Free Public Record Search Engine http://www.pretrieve.com/ 35 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. 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Productscan Online http://www.productscan.com/ PSFK Collaborative Trend Spotting Site http://www.psfk.com/ Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) http://www.pacer.uscourts.gov/ Public Records Online Directory http://www.netronline.com/public_records.htm PublishersMarketplace - Track Deals, Sales, Reviews, Agents, Editors, News http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/ QL2 Software - Unstructured Data Management and Web Mining Software http://www.webql.com/ RapidMiner - Open Source Data Mining Tool http://rapid-i.com/content/blogcategory/10/69/ RGE Monitor - Monitoring Global Economic and Geostrategic Issues http://www.rgemonitor.com/ reddit.com - What's New and Popular Online http://www.reddit.com/ Release 1.0 http://www.edventure.com/ Research Resources http://www.ResearchResources.info/ Resources for Industry Analysis http://www.lib.duke.edu/reference/subjects/business/industry.htm Resources for International Business from Rutgers University Libraries http://snurl.com/2tie Resources on the Internet for Business Journalists http://jclass.umd.edu/cars/Special/SABEW2004.htm 36 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. 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RocketInfo http://www.rocketdesktop.com/index.html RSSMicro - Dedicated RSS Feed Search Engine and Directory http://www.rssmicro.com/ ScoopGO! - Create Search Engines That Search Feeds You Use http://www.ScoopGO.com/ searchCrystal - Search Visualization Tool http://www.searchcrystal.com/ Search the EDGAR Database http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/webusers.htm Search SEC Providing Retrospective Searching of S.E.C Filings http://www.search-sec.com/ Search Systems Free Public Records Directory http://www.searchsystems.net/ SEC Info http://www.secinfo.com/ SEC Online Publications http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs.shtml Siebel Systems - CRM Software Solutions - Customer Relationship Management on Demand http://www.siebel.com/crm/customer-relationship-management.shtm Silobreaker - Online Search Service for News and Current Events http://www.silobreaker.com/ SkyMinder - Fee Based Credit Reports and Business Information on Worldwide Private and Public Companies http://www.skyminder.com/ SlideShare - World's Largest Community for Sharing Presentations and Slideshows http://www.slideshare.net/ South Asia Analysis Group http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/ 37 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. 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SpagoBI - Unified Open Source Platform for Business Intelligence http://www.spagoworld.org/ecm/faces/public/guest/home/solutions/spagobi Spotplex - What People Read Most Today http://www.Spotplex.com/ Squeezed Books - Business Knowledge - Extracted, Compressed, Discussed http://www.squeezedbooks.com/ State Business Filings Dastabases http://www.llrx.com/columns/roundup29.htm Tailrank - Tracking the Hottest News in the Blogosphere http://www.tailrank.com/ Talk Digger - Find, Follow , Join Discussiuon Evolving On the Internet http://www.talkdigger.com/ TechDirt - Business Intelligence http://www.techdirt.com/ci Technical Reports and Working Papers in Business and Economics http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/techreps/techrepshome.php Teoma http://www.teoma.com/ The B-Eye Bridge http://businessintelligence.blogspot.com/ The Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Glossary http://www.sdgcomputing.com/glossary.htm The Center for Business Intelligence http://www.cbinet.com/ The Company Corporation Incorporation Services http://www.corporate.com/ The Confidential Resource - Sources and Methods for the Investigator http://www.confidentialresource.com/ 38 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. 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TheDeal http://www.thedeal.com/ The Government Domain: Tracking Federal Dollars http://www.llrx.com/columns/govdomain26.htm The Internet for Competitive Intelligence by By Amelia Kassel http://www.freepint.com/issues/010499.htm?issue=35#feature The Most Useful Sites for Reporters http://depthreporting.com/websites.htm The Wall Street Journal Briefing - Vital Intelligence on China http://briefing.wsj.com/ THEWEBLIST.net - What People Are Clicking On Today http://www.theweblist.net/ Think Tools http://www.thinktools.com/ Thomas Register http://www.thomasregister.com/ TIME: Inside Business http://www.time.com/time/insidebiz Top Internet Sites for Business Research http://www.washingtonresearchers.com/public/InternetGuide/InternetGuide.html Truemors - Breaking Rumors and News http://truemors.com/ Umbria - Mining the Blogpsphere and Public Forums http://www.umbrialistens.com/ Understanding Consumers through Online Competitive Intelligence By Patrice Curtis http://www.freepint.com/issues/100205.htm#tips URateStuff - Consumer Based Product Reviews http://www.uratestuff.com/ 39 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. URLinfo http://www.faganfinder.com/urlinfo/ U.S. Government RSS Library http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Reference_Shelf/Libraries/RSS_Library.shtml Vault - Career Information http://www.vault.com/ WAND - World Access Network Directory http://www.wand.com/ Wall Street Executive Library http://www.executivelibrary.com/ Wall Street Horizon - Earnings Calendar http://www.wallstreethorizon.com/ Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/ Web Intelligence Consortium http://wi-consortium.org/ Web Mining - Business Intelligence http://snipurl.com/6ogb Web Ranking Tool http://www.microsoft-watch.org/cgi-bin/ranking.htm White Papers by Marcus P. Zillman http://www.WhitePapers.us/ WikiInvest - Research About Companies and Investment Concepts http://www.wikinvest.com/ wURLdBook Research - Personal Internet Intelligence http://www.wurldbook.com/ XING - Unique People Discovery and Search http://www.xing.com/ 40 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. XML Spy http://www.xmlspy.com/ Yahoo! Competitive Intelligence http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=competitive+intelligence Yahoo! Finance http://finance.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Finance News http://biz.yahoo.com/ne.html Yaplet - Chat Room on Every Site http://www.yaplet.com/ Yellowfin - Making Business Intelligence Easy http://www.yellowfin.com.au/ ZapData http://www.zapdata.com/ Subject Tracer™ Information Blogs Subject Tracer™ Information Blogs created and developed by the Virtual Private Library™ combine the best of the latest tools on the Internet. Using bots, blogs and news aggregators the Subject Tracer™ Information blogs generate RSS feeds with the latest resources to create a current information resource flow through niched subject tracers. I am proud to be the creator of the Internet’s first Subject Tracer™ Information Blogs: Virtual Private Library™ http://www.VirtualPrivateLibrary.com/ Agriculture Resources http://www.AgricultureResources.info/ Artificial Intelligence Resources http://www.AIResources.info/ Astronomy Resources http://www.AstronomyResources.info/ 41 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Auction Resources http://www.AuctionResources.info/ Biological Informatics http://www.BiologicalInformatics.info/ Biotechnology Resources http://www.BiotechnologyResources.info/ Bot Research http://www.BotResearch.info/ Business Intelligence Resources http://www.BIResources.info/ ChatterBots http://www.ChatterBots.info/ Data Mining Resources http://www.DataMiningResources.info/ Deep Web Research http://www.DeepWebResearch.info/ Directory Resources http://www.DirectoryResources.info/ eCommerce Resources http://eCommerceResources.info/ Elder Resources http://www.ElderResources.info/ Employment Resources http://www.EmploymentResources.info/ Entrepreneurial Resources http://www.EntrepreneurialResources.info/ Financial Sources http://www.FinancialSources.info/ 42 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Finding People http://www.FindingPeople.info/ Games Resources http://www.GamesResources.info/ Genealogy Resources http://www.GenealogyResources.info/ Grant Resources http://www.GrantResources.info/ Grid Resources http://www.GridResources.info/ Healthcare Resources http://www.HealthcareResources.info/ Information Futures Markets http://www.InformationFutureMarkets.com/ Information Quality Resources http://www.InformationQualityResources.info/ Internet Alerts http://www.InternetAlerts.info/ Internet Demographics http://www.InternetDemographics.info/ Internet Experts http://www.InternetExperts.info/ Internet Hoaxes http://www.InternetHoaxes.info/ Journalism Resources http://www.JournalismResources.info/ Knowledge Discovery http://www.KnowledgeDiscovery.info/ 43 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Military Resources http://www.MilitaryResources.info/ Outsourcing/Offshoring Information and Resources http://www.OutsourcingOffshore.us/ Privacy Resources http://www.PrivacyResources.info/ Reference Resources http://www.ReferenceResources.info/ Research Resources http://www.ResearchResources.info/ RestStress™ http://www.RestStress.com/ Script Resources http://www.WcriptResources.info/ ShoppingBots http://www.ShoppingBots.info/ Social Informatics http://www.SocialInformatics.info/ Statistics Resources http://www.StatisticsResources.info/ Student Research http://www.StudentResearch.info/ Theology Resources http://www.TheologyResources.info/ Tutorial Resources http://www.TutorialResources.info/ World Wide Web Reference http://www.WWWReference.info/ 44 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author Information: Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Executive Director of the Virtual Private Library is an international Internet expert, author, keynote speaker and corporate consultant in the area of information retrieval, knowledge discovery, knowledge harvesting, artificial intelligence and bots/intelligent agents. He has created numerous world wide web sites including 47 Subject Tracer™ Information Portals and Blogs; written a number of internet miniguides, white papers, manuals and books; hosted over 160 weekly Internet television shows, writes a weekly and monthly column on Current Awareness on the Internet; writes a monthly newsletter Awareness Watch and delivers keynote presentations throughout the international marketplace. He also actively delivers one and two day workshops for key industry sectors displaying how the Internet can be used as a tool to maintain current awareness and professional competencies. Additional websites by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A.: Marcus P. Zillman's Blog http://www.zillman.us/ Marcus P. Zillman Abbreviated Bio http://www.zillman.info/ White Papers by Marcus P. Zillman http://www.WhitePapers.us/ Internet MiniGuides™ http://www.InternetMiniguide.com/ 45 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Awareness Watch™ Newsletter http://www.AwarenessWatch.com/ Marcus P. Zillman's Columns http://www.ZillmanColumns.com Current Awareness Monitors, Alerts and Information Traps for 2008 http://www.eCurrentAwareness.com/ Internet Sources™ Manual http://www.InternetSources.info/ Links By Marcus™ http://www.LinksByMarcus.com/ Workshops By Marcus™ http://www.WorkshopsByMarcus.com/ SourceSeries Internet Research Workshops http://www.SourceSeries.com/ Watch Marcus™ http://www.WatchMarcus.com/ listen to marcus™ http://www.ListenToMarcus.com Research White Papers, Articles, Lectures and Speeches by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A.: Academic and Scholar Search Engines and Sources http://zillman.blogspot.com/2004/12/academic-and-scholar-search-engines.html Bots, Blogs and News Aggregators http://www.BotsBlogs.com/ Business Intelligence Online Resources http://zillman.blogspot.com/2005/04/business-intelligence-online-resources.html Current Awareness Discovery Tools on the Internet http://zillman.blogspot.com/2004/09/current-awareness-discovery-tools-on.html 46 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Deep Web Research 2008 Article - LLRX http://zillman.blogspot.com/2007/12/llrx-november-2007-issue-deep-web.html Healthcare Bots and Subject Directories http://zillman.blogspot.com/2005/05/healthcare-bots-and-subject.html Knowledge Discovery Resources 2008 http://www.KDResources.info/ Lectures and Speeches by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. http://snipurl.com/57jp Online Research Browsers http://zillman.blogspot.com/2004/10/online-research-browsers-internet.html Online Research Tools http://zillman.blogspot.com/2004/09/online-research-tools.html Online Social Networking http://zillman.blogspot.com/2004/09/online-social-networking-internet.html Searching the Internet http://www.SearchingTheInternet.info/ Using the Internet As a Dynamic Resource Tool for Knowledge Discovery http://zillman.blogspot.com/2004/09/using-internet-as-dynamic-resource.html Web Data Extractors http://zillman.blogspot.com/2004/09/web-data-extractors.html White Papers By Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. http://www.WhitePapers.us/ Internet Tutor by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. http://www.InternetTutor.info/ Visit this site to learn about the availability of Marcus P. Zillman to tutor you or your associate one on one in the privacy of your residence or office on the latest happenings of the Internet including Internet basics to advanced Internet searching using bots and creating your own personal blog 47 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Internet Speaking by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. http://www.InternetSpeaker.net Visit this site to learn about Marcus P. Zillman’s speaking engagements for your organization meetings and events. View and listen to his previous presentations as well as his weekly television shows Internet Consulting by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. http://InternetConsultant.BlogSpot.com/ Visit this site to obtain information about obtaining the consultation services of Marcus P. Zillman for your company including eCommerce audits, utilization of bots, blogs and news aggregators or the creation of your own personal virtual private library powered by Subject Tracer™ Information bots! Internet Sources™ Manual http://www.InternetSources.info Marcus P. Zillman’s latest 378 page manual Internet Sources™ is now available for purchase online and for immediate download. This book makes a great reference resource for the “newbie” to the Internet as well as the seasoned veteran “Internaut”. Current Awareness Monitors, Alerts and Information Traps for 2008 http://www.ecurrentAwareness.com/ Marcus P. Zillman’s latest report Current Awareness Monitors, Alerts and Information Traps for 2008 is now available for purchase online and for immediate download. This report is a comprehensive listing of the latest resources, sources and sites for current awareness on the Internet. This is a must read for anyone who must stay current in their profession and/or business activity as the list of URLs will keep you at the leading edge of your career. Market Intelligence Resources 2008 http://www.MarketIntelligenceResources.com/ Marcus P. Zillman’s just released professional Internet MiniGuide is titled Market Intelligence Resources 2008 and is now available for purchase online and immediate download. This 110 page digital minguide represents a comprehensive listing of the latest resources, sources and sites to discover the latest Market Intelligence sources available on the Internet with many of them freely available! Designed specifically for today’s entrepreneur, professional and/or investor. 48 [Updated: March 19, 2008] Business Intelligence Online Resources – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation http://www.WhitePapers.us/ [email protected] © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A.