American Factfinder
The U.S. Census Bureau’s exhaustive collection of census information.
Fact sheets provide demographic profiles by region and zip code. Data
sets can be created to answer specific questions.
America’s Career InfoNet
Sponsored by the Bureau of Labor Statistics this site provides access
to 3 key federal career services: America's Career InfoNet, America's
Job Bank and America's Service
Locator. Use it to find information about job growth, salaries,
required training and to build a self assessment of your ideal job.
Provides links to Connecticut data on wages.
Bizlink
The Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County’s comprehensive
arrangement of annotated links arranged by business subject.
BizStats
Provides industry benchmarking and other sources of statistical information
relevant to small business
Business & Company Resource Center 
Company profiles, industry rankings, products, brands, and stock prices.
Business Owners' Toolkit
Created by CCH Tax and Accounting, a commercial company, this site includes
articles written by their staff, links to online business forms and
detailed how-to’s about a wide variety of business issues.
Business Plans Handbook
11 of Gale’s 13 volume set is available online for free.
CEO Express
Simply arranged, comprehensive directory of online business resources.
Includes financial, news, calculators and more.
Connecticut Technology Council Directory
Online directory of technology companies in CT indexed by name and industry.
Guidestar’s Directory of Nonprofit
Corporations
National database of over 850,000 non-profit organizations. Search by
geographic area, type of organization or key word. Form 990 provides
annual report info including directors, financial reports and a list
of who they provided funding to.
Hoover's Online
Company and industry information.
Internet
Public Library Business Resources
This extensive list categorizes business resources under many subheadings.
Investor Words
This claims to be the “biggest, best investing glossary on the web.”
Job Hunter’s Bible
This web site is created by Richard Bolles, author of the popular What
Color is Your Parachute books. The site contains a good collection
of links to online career tests, job search sites, articles and how
to’s.
Kauffman eVenturing
Created by the Kauffman Foundation, Foundation of Entrepreneurship.
The site "provides original articles, written by entrepreneurs
for entrepreneurs, and aggregates 'the best of the best' content on
the Web related to starting and running high-impact companies.” Includes
articles arranged by topic, a blog and a glossary.
Occupational Outlook Handbook Online
An online version of the Occupational Outlook Handbook published by
the U.S. Department of Labor. An easy & direct way to find profiles
of jobs and industries.
Online Business
Filing
Links to State commercial business filings available via the Law Library
Research Exchange.
PowerSearch
Very large collection of articles from magazines, newspapers,
academic journals and trade publications. Soon PowerSearch will also
incorporate content from digital collections, including Connecticut
History Online, CT Treasures, and the State Library's digital collections,
all within a single search.
Resource Guides
New York Public Library’s Science, Industry & Business Library (SIBL)
has a wonderful collection of resource guides, online classes and tutorials.
Also visit the New York Small Business Resource Center section for how-to
videos and podcasts.
The Riley Guide
Margaret Riley Dikel’s web site containing links to online job banks
arranged by industry, information on networking, salary negotiation
and other job searching tips.
State of CT Business Licensing and
Information Center (CT-CLIC)
The Business Checklist in the Start or Purchase a Business section is
an easy way to navigate the process of starting a business in Connecticut.
Use the Resources, CERC Programfinder feature to access the Factsheet,
“Registering & Licensing a Business in Connecticut.”
Stock
Answers: Finding Historical Stock Prices
Extremely useful & detailed article from the Illinois Suburban Library
System website. Includes print and online resources.
Stock
Naked: Uncovering a Company’s History
Very detailed article from the Illinois Suburban Library System website
about how to research companies and their stock information. Detailed
list of resources.
Yahoo Finance
Extensive collection of finance articles, analysis, stock quotes, mutual
fund ratings and more. Historical stock quotes go back to 1970’s (and
some earlier).