Northern Lights
Northern Light's is a fairly new Internet search engine that I particularly like. Not only are the searches powerful, the key differentiator about this site is that it actually organizes the information in to logical and usable folders for you. So instead of giving you 2,000,000 responses to your inquiry, it gives you 5 or 6 folders that house those documents to help narrow your search. The folders are not pre-set. they are created specifically according to your search request. You can also refine your search even further by doing a Power Search, a Business Search, an Investext Search, News Search or a Stock Quote Search.

American City Business Journals
This is the place to find business news from cities throughout the States. Click on cities from Albany to Wichita to link directly to 35 weekly Business Journals covering each.

PR Newswire
PR Newswire provides electronic distribution of full-text news to the business community and the general public.

Hoovers Online
This enormous database provides profiles of major U.S. companies, international corporations, and emerging, growth-oriented firms. The profiles trace the history of each company, review recent developments, describe current products and major competitors, and offer financial data from the company's SEC filings and annual reports.

Business Wire
This site calls itself "the global leader in news distribution," and it's definitely not a site to be ignored. You can get up-to-the-hour information and even look up news on geographical regions, tradeshows, or topics from health to banking. There's also corporate and industry specific information.

Chamber of Commerce
Local business information usually comes from a chamber of commerce. At the Chamber of Commerce International Directory, you can search by state and city for a particular chamber of commerce website. Some hyperlinks contain extensive information while others just include a phone number.

Reuters
When it comes to "the business of information," it's hard to beat Reuters, which draws on information from 5,000 subscribers and 2,000 journalists. This site is top-notch and its only drawback is that it's almost overwhelmingly jammed full with financial information.

American Society of Association Executives (NFP)
The American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) offers this website as a resource to its members and businessperson seeking information on professional associations.

Corporate Financial Network
The Corporate Financial Network is a homepage dominated by links to other financial sites on the Web. Click on the CorpFiNet 500 and scan a list of links in financial categories including Brokerage Firms, Investment Banks, and Venture Capital. The site also offers a set of Finance and Technology Headlines from leading business news services covering Wall Street.

Ethical Business
Click on Ethical Business Directory to find a thorough set of hyperlinks to ethics- and environment-related destinations on the Net, divided into those in Europe, in the States, and in the rest of the world.

World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization (WTO) site offers a variety of resources for practitioners of international trade, whether a small business or a multinational corporation.

Fambiz.com
This mid-sized but focused resource for family business executives and owners includes articles such as one titled "Which comes first, the family or the business?" . in addition to an online library of 300 relevant articles and a directory of family business websites.

Accounting Web
Insightful information and resources for any business professional, especially those ing the Accounting and Finance fields.