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• INTRODUCTION
• RESOURCES
• SEARCH ENGINES
  

Introduction

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These resources are included to:

• assist in tracing specific companies in order to do research on them
• give general information on taxation matters and exports
• give other general information on commercial transactions

Resources

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• Annual Report Service
• Better Business Bureau
• Canadian Business Directory
• Canada Business Service Centres - Fed. Gov.resource.
• Canadian Marketing Association
• Corporations Database - Canada.
• Cross Border Tax and Transactions
• Dun & Bradstreet
• Edgar Database - SEC forms / filings for U.S. companies.
• Hoovers On-line - Look up basic information on companies.
• Journal of Commerce
• MacRAE'S BLUE BOOK - Yellow Pages Industrial Directory.
• NAICS Association - Beginning in 1997, the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) was replaced by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). This six digit code is a major revision that not only provides for newer industries, but also reorganizes the categories on a production/process-oriented basis. This new, uniform, industry-wide classification system has been designed as the index for statistical reporting of all economic activities of the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
• SEDAR - Filing with SEDAR started January 1, 1997, and is now mandatory for most reporting issuers in Canada.
• Small Business Finance Centre - Canadian Government Grants and Loans
• U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission

Search Engines

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• Colossus - Search Engine Colossus offers you links to search engines from 217 countries around the world! Conduct extensive web searches. Search the web using your choice of language.
• Credo reference
• Digital Librarian - Maintained by Margaret Vail Anderson, a librarian in Cortland, New York.
• Google
• iTools
• Ixquick
• Looksmart - Find Articles
• Magportal.com
• Northern Light
• Pandia
• Vivisimo