Reference Sources
NAICS & SIC Codes
- SIC Code Manual is the federal government's old
coding system, still used in some sources.
www.osha.gov/oshstats/sicser.html - NAICS is the federal government's current coding system.
www.census.gov/naics
Web Directories and Guides
- Yahoo! Directory and the
Librarians' Index to the Internet are directories of Web resources.
dir.yahoo.com and lii.org - Google.com,
AlltheWeb and AltaVista are three of the top search engines.
www.google.com, www.alltheweb.com, and www.altavista.com - dmoz Open Directory Project is a business directory maintained
by volunteers.
www.dmoz.org/Business - Business.com is a comprehensive directory of business sites on the
Web.
www.business.com - CEO Express links to key web sites for busy business people.
www.ceoexpress.com - GlobalEdge is a guide with links to international
business sources on the Internet.
globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/ibrd.asp - SBDCnet is the web site of the SBDC Information Clearinghouse.
sbdcnet.org - Search.com and
Metacrawler are two meta engines that search multiple search engines simultaneously.
www.search.com and www.metacrawler.com - Blog Search searches blogs.
blogsearch.google.com
Phone, Publications, Experts and Directories
- Zip Code Directory is available
from the U.S. Postal Service.
www.framed.usps.com/ncsc/lookups/lookup_zip+4.html - AnyWho Toll-Free Directory is a searchable directory of
toll-free numbers.
www.anywho.com/tf.html - YellowPages.com has the yellow pages and white pages for the
entire U.S.
www.yellowpages.com - Bartleby.com has an almanac, encyclopedia, dictionary, and
other reference sources for quick facts.
www.bartleby.com/reference - PubList.com is a directory of magazines, newsletters and newspapers.
www.publist.com - Mediafinder is a directory of magazines, newsletters, catalogs
and mailing lists.
www.mediafinder.com - Experts.com,
ProfNet Global and theYearbook.com are directories of experts.
www.experts.com, www.profnet.com, and www.expertclick.com - Library of Congress has their catalog plus legislative and copyright
information.
www.loc.gov - University of Pennsylvania's Library offers their library
catalog and good links.
www.library.upenn.edu - U. of Michigan Documents Center is a meta site with links
to worldwide government documents.
www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs