Research

These links will take to you OSU's online research sites and many, many others.   The first link, Research It!, is amazing.  It contains a dictionary, a thesaurus, a translator, a language identifier, an acronym definer, some library tools, links to US and world maps, a US and Canada telephone directory, a currency converter, shipping and mailing tools, and stock market quotes.  I have also included many other research sites and a plethora of government sites.  Hopefully, you will find these helpful.

 

Research It! (Here is an amazing, all-encompassing research tool.  You can use its dictionary, thesaurus, translator, language identifier, acronym definer, library tools, links to US and world maps, US and Canadian telephone directory, currency converter, shipping and mailing tools, and stock market quotes)

 

OSU Valley Library (This link takes you directly to the OSU library.  From here you can begin to search for information )

 

OSU Valley Library Subject Research Guide (This page provides guidance in locating and using resources for the given subject.)

 

Word Fun (While not everyone agrees that words and language can be fun, this page is your entarnce to a wide range of information about and fun with words)

 

A Web of On-Line Grammars (This page maintains links with on-line grammars of as many languages as can be found on the Web. It includes all types of grammars: reference grammars, learning grammars, and historical grammars)

 

A Web of On-Line Dictionaries (This page contains links to more than 400 dictionaries of over 130 different languages)

 

Phrase Finder (This site operates like an online thesaurus--except that it deals with phrases)

 

World Wide Words (This site has many short articles concerning words, an online pronunciation guide, and a collection of some obscure, sesquipedalian or just plain weird words)

 

Common English Errors (This site contains a wonderful collection of errors commonly made in English along with links to other English-related issues)

 

CIBER'S International Business Resources on the WWW (sponsored by the Center for International Business Education and Research at Michigan State University, this site provides hundreds of links arranged in categories)

 

Emerging Markets Companion (this site connects to daily market snapshots, the latest headlines, analysts' commentary, and legal exchange homepages from over 50 emerging economies)

 

Emerging Markets Data Base (produced by the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank, this site has connections to daily feeds from over 30 markets)

 

International Business & Technology @ BRINT (you'll find world-level and country-level links to aspects of international business such as trade, import-export, marketing, and regulation)

 

Virtual International Business and Economic Sources (this is a well-organized metasite for international business resources)

 

National Library for the Environment (this on-line library is heavily used by students and educators, NGOs, journalists, and decision makers in the private and public sectors all over the U.S. and around the world)

 

Standard and Poor's

 

State of Oregon sites:

Oregon Government, Community, Commerce & Education

Secretary of State's Office

Oregon Economic Development Department

Department of Agriculture Statistics, News and Service Requests

Department of Administrative Services

Oregon Department of Revenue

Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services

Oregon Judicial Department

 

Federal Government Sites:

U.S. Business Advisor

Federal Trade Commission

Internal Revenue Service

Small Business Administration

Social Security Administration

 

Miscellaneous Sites:

Business Journals

Legal Information

Lawyer Locator

State Small Business Resources

Business Law

 

 

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