LibGuides: Business Resources: Online Resources

Online Resources

American Accounting Association
"The American Accounting Association is the largest community of accountants in academia...."
American Association of University Women - Work Smart & Start Smart: Salary Negotiation
"Learn how to research your target salary, highlight your accomplishments and find the right words — and the confidence — to negotiate for better benefits and pay. Sign up for a facilitator-guided virtual workshop or use our Work Smart Online e-learning tool, which takes less than two hours to complete and can be done at your own pace — both are free!"
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American Association of University Women. (n.d.). Work Smart & Start Smart: Salary Negotiation. AAUW. Retrieved October 21, 2022, from https://www.aauw.org/resources/programs/salary/
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
The association for CPA's with career guidance, self study resources, and more.
AVCOG Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments
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Established in 1962, the Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments is a regional planning agency serving the Western Maine communities of Androscoggin, Franklin, and Oxford Counties. AVCOG is a not for profit, 501(c)(3) agency, exclusively owned and operated by member communities, who join on a voluntary basis.
BEOnline: Business Reference Services
Business internet resources selected by library of congress researchers
Bloomberg Technology
Center for Workforce Research and Information
Wage, employment, census, unemployment, and employment outlook information for Maine
The CIA World Fact Book
Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
Clickz
Includes business tips, statistics and trends from different sectors of internet marking. Includes news, analytics, marketing, social media and more.
Corporate Watch
A small, independent, nonprofit research organization based in the United Kingdom, which examines the social and environmental impact of large corporations, especially multinationals
E-Commerce Times
E-Stats
This resource from the Census Bureau provides e-commerce data on revenue, shipments, and sales as well as research papers and reports.
FASB Accounting Standards Codification
GAAP - comprehensive GAAP information
InfoWorld
Insider Intelligence
Aggregates and provides summaries of data from thousands of sources including Advertising Age, Harris Poll, Red Hat and more. This searchable site is a good source of online marketing and advertising statistics.
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Formerly: EMarketer
ipl2: Internet Public Library Business and Economics Resources
Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce
Maine Employment Outlook to 2028
from Maine.gov
Maine SBDC (Small Business Development Centers)
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Maine Small Business Development Centers (Maine SBDC) provide comprehensive business management assistance, training and information to the small business community through a statewide network of professional, certified business counselors
NAICS: North American Industry Classification System
Includes the official 2007 U.S. NAICS Manual.
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The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is the standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy.
SBA.gov U.S. Small Business Administration
Search Engine Land's guide to SEO's
Simple Studies Free Introduction to Accounting Lessons
TED talks
Over 3,300 free talks. TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to spreading ideas from the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers.
Ten Steps to Accounting Research
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Filings and reports through Edgar
United States Department of Labor
US Bureau of Labor Statistics - Occupational Outlook Handbook
Occupational outlook handbook. Washington, DC: Bureau of Labor Statistics. Provides career information, earnings, expected job prospects; biennial.

Is China The New Idol for Emerging Economies?
Ted Talk by Dambisa Moyo

Open Educational Resources (OER) are free online materials that anyone can access anytime.

Boundless Business
OER business course formerly from Lumen Learning - works with BUS 100
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Archived Version - can not download & no longer updated.
Boundless Finance
OER business course formerly from Lumen Learning - works with BUS 260
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Archived Version - can not download & no longer updated.
Boundless Management
OER business course formerly from Lumen Learning - works with BUS 101 & BUS 218
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Archived Version - can not download & no longer updated.
Boundless Marketing
OER business course formerly from Lumen Learning - works with BUS 215
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Archived Version - can not download & no longer updated.
Business Commons
"The Digital Commons Network provides free access to full-text scholarly articles and other research from hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide. Curated by university librarians and their supporting institutions, this dynamic research tool includes peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work."
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Business Commons. About the Digital Commons Network.Digital Commons Network, http://network.bepress.com/about/business/, Accessed 09 June 2020.
Sports Management Commons
"The Digital Commons Network provides free access to full-text scholarly articles and other research from hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide. Curated by university librarians and their supporting institutions, this dynamic research tool includes peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work."
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Sports Management Commons. About the Digital Commons Network.Digital Commons Network, http://network.bepress.com/about/business/sports-management/, Accessed 09 June 2020.