Industry Specific Sites
Agribusiness
- Outlook Reports discuss production, exports,
etc. of many agricultural products.
www.ers.usda.gov/publications/outlook - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture provides statistics, news, and reports.
www.usda.gov - U.S. Food Marketing System provides a detailed
overview of the structure and performance of the food industry.
www.ers.usda.gov/publications/aer811 - OECD
Agricultural Outlook 2006-2015 provides projections and historical statistics for agriculture markets in many countries.
OECD has other useful publications as well.
www.oecd.org/document/23/0,2340,en_2649_37401_37426007_1_1_1_37401,00.html - PA Market Reports are brief overviews of agriculture
markets in PA. Also check the statistics section of this website.
www.agriculture.state.pa.us - International User's
Guide to Pennsylvania Agriculture introduces PA agricultural products.
www.agriculture.state.pa.us/agriculture/cwp/view.asp?a=3&q=127851 - Export Guide guides
PA companies that want to export their agricultural product.
www.agriculture.state.pa.us/agriculture/cwp/view.asp?a=3&q=127851 - Foreign Agricultural Service has export information and news on
agricultural issues worldwide.
www.fas.usda.gov - AGRICOLA is a database of citations to agricultural articles,
reports, and other documents from the USDA.
agricola.usda.gov - Food Institute provides a weekly email update on agricultural
and food topics, with a searchable archive. $
www.foodinstitute.com - Agricultural Associations is a list of hundreds
of agriculture-related associations.
agrinet.tamu.edu/groups/default.htm - PSU Cooperative Extension has information on agricultural
topics and their services.
www.extension.psu.edu - Agribiz is a well-organized meta site of agriculture information.
www.agribiz.com - Virtual Library: Agriculture is a comprehensive meta-site,
although the sections are of variable quality.
vlib.org/agriculture.html - National Agricultural Statistics Service has tons of data on
agriculture.
www.nass.usda.gov - Economic Research Service produces analysis of agriculture
statistics and data.
www.ers.usda.gov - Thomas Food and Beverage Marketplace is a comprehensive
directory of food and beverage companies in the U.S. $
www.greyhouse.com/food.htm - PA Agriculture Statistics Service is a great starting point for
PA agricultural statistics.
www.nass.usda.gov/pa - Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN collects and publishes
information on worldwide food and agriculture.
www.fao.org
Travel & Tourism
- PA Tourism Information has a
number of reports and statistics on PA tourism.
media.experiencepa.com/statistics.aspx?dsftns=31813 - 2006 Lodging Industry Profile provides an
overview of the state of the lodging industry.
www.ahla.com/products_info_center_lip.asp - National Restaurant Association has lots of research
reports and articles. Some free tidbits. $
http://www.restaurant.org/research - International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions has some
information on the amusement park business.
www.iaapa.org - International Association for the Leisure & Entertainment has news
on the amusement industry.
www.ialei.org - Travel Industry Association of America produces an Economic Review and an
Outlook on travel. $
www.tia.org - Office of Travel & Tourism Industries (ITA) provides
statistics on international travel.
www.tinet.ita.doc.gov - Leisure, Recreation & Tourism Abstracts provides abstracts
of articles and reports on leisure industries. $
www.leisuretourism.com - PA Tourism Promotion Agencies
lists the tourism marketing agencies in PA.
sites.state.pa.us/tpalistjune2003.htm?dsftns=32024 - PA Tourism and Lodging Association has some reports and
directories. They will lend print items from their library. $
www.patourism.org - Travel & Tourism Research Association has some articles from people
who specialize in travel research.
http://www.ttra.com - Travel Topics and
Travel, Google Directory are two directories
that have links to travel topics, not tourism research.
lii.org and directory.google.com/Top/Recreation/Travel
Homeland Security
- Department of Homeland Security has news and other information, including
business guides on working with DHS.
www.dhs.gov - PA Office of Homeland Security has news and
general information.
www.homelandsecurity.state.pa.us - Federal Business Opportunities lists federal procurement
opportunities over $25,000 including those from DHS.
www.fedbizopps.gov - Pennsylvania Bulletin publishes PA procurement opportunities.
www.pabulletin.com - Technical Support Working Group conducts the national interagency
R&D program for combating terrorism.
www.tswg.gov - HS Information Center lists government publications on
various HS topics that can be ordered directly from NTIS.
www.ntis.gov/hs/index.asp - Homeland Security Weekly is a free weekly newsletter
on HS topics.
www.homelandsecurityweekly.com - Homeland Security Institute provides information and news on
homeland security issues.
www.homelandsecurity.org - Homeland Security Briefing is a daily briefing
on the legal aspects of HS. $
www.bna.com/products/corplaw/hsdm.htm - Homeland Protection Professional covers domestic preparedness issues.
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www.hppmag.com - Government Security covers technology solutions in
defense of the homeland.
govtsecurity.securitysolutions.com - Security Distributing and Marketing focuses on the industrial and home
security industries. $
www.sdmmag.com