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Dictionaries

• Business Dictionary
  
• Business glossary.
• Dictionary.com
  
• Includes links to a thesaurus, language translator, and encyclopedia.
• Investor Words.
  
• Financial glossary.
• Merriam-Webster Dictionary
• One Look
  
• dictionary search.

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Electronic Library for Minnesota

Search ELM for magazine, newspaper, and journal articles, eBooks, and information from reference sources—available to all Minnesota residents

• ELM Business Databases
• Consumer information
• E-books and Books
• Newspapers
• Primary sources

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Ready References

• Business Research Launch Pad
• Created by a professor of business at the University of Minnesota, Duluth's Labovitz School, this is an exhaustive list of resources for business research.
  

• BNET
  
• “The go-to place for management.” Selecting the “business library’ tab accesses articles and white papers on a number of business subjects.
• Congressional Service Research Reports
  
• National Council for Science and the Environment. The Congressional Research Service (CRS), part of the Library of Congress, prepares its reports for the U.S. Congress.
• GPO Access Online.
  
• U.S. Government Printing Office disseminating official information from all three branches of the Federal Government.
• Hoover’s.
  
• Business reference information.
• Index to Minnesota Business Periodicals.
• Labovitz School Business Essentials
• Listing of links in LSBE
  
• Minnesota Northstar
  
• Minnesota State Government online.
• NationMaster
  
• A massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD.
• National Bureau of Economic Research
  
• The National Bureau of Economic Research is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of how the economy works.
• Population Index on the Web
  
• Population Index is a reference tool to the world's population literature. It presents an annotated bibliography of recently published books, journal articles, working papers, and other materials on population topics.
• Reference for Business.
  
• Articles, biographies, and business plans
• SEC Filings and Forms
  
• EDGAR, the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system, performs automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
• Valuation Resources.
  
• Industry Information Resources is a free resource guide to industry resources and data for over 400 industries.
• Wikipedia

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Statistics

• BizStats
  
• Free business statistics and financial ratios.
• Current Industrial Reports
  
• Manufacturing, Mining, and Construction statistics, from the US Census Bureau.
• FEDSTATS 
  
• Statistics from more than 100 federal agencies.
• Financial Calculators  
  
• 300 financial calculators.
• Housing and Transportation Affordability Index
• The Housing + Transportation Affordability Index, developed by CNT and its collaborative partners, the Center for Transit Oriented Development (CTOD), is an innovative tool that measures the true affordability of housing.

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