Internet sites with information you can use.

Guide to antitrust resources on the web’ has several ways to find information: search, organized topics, and detailed table of contents. American Antitrust Institute. http://www.antitrustinstitute.org/links.cfm

BIOME offers free access to a searchable catalogue of Internet sites and resources covering the health and life sciences. http://biome.ac.uk/

Copyright and fair use web site developed by Stanford University Libraries provides extensive information on primary materials, overview, key sites, guides, resources, and current issues and regulations. http://fairuse.stanford.edu/index.html

The Economist Intelligence Unit launched Market Indicators and Forecasts, an extensive database of industry statistics and future trends. The new web-based service on www.eiu.com allows executives to gauge international demand for their products in 60 leading world markets. Press release, July 21.

Export.gov is the portal to all export-related assistance and market information offered by the federal government trade leads, free export counseling, or help with the export process. Includes monthly newsletter, guide to market research. www.export.gov

A complete catalog of all Fortune Magazine lists is at http://www.fortune.com/fortune/alllists

From Language To Language site provides multilingual dictionary searches covering 18 languages. Also offers browser integrated dictionary. http://www.langtolang.com/

GlobalEDGE is a knowledge web-portal that serves as a gateway to specialized knowledge on countries, cross-border business transactions, and international business. Designed and developed by MSU-CIBER at Michigan State University as the ultimate research tool, globalEDGEcontains information on about 200 countries with over 2,000 online resources. http://globaledge.msu.edu/

‘Legal research in a nutshell links” provides links to websites discussed or mentioned in Morris L. Cohen & Kent C. Olson, Legal Research in a Nutshell, 8th ed. (Thomson West, 2003). University of Virginia School of Law. http://www.law.virginia.edu/lawweb/lawweb2.nsf/

The Journalist's Toolbox features more than 20,000 Web resources helpful to the media and anyone else doing research. Use the pulldown menu or search engine to locate information from a variety of beats and news industry-related topics. American Press Institute. http://www.journaliststoolbox.com/

A unique feature from the MSN Money portal provides a list of the major milestones and historic events for publicly traded companies. ‘Searching for corporate milestones.’ Gary Price, Aug.4, SearchEngineWatch, http://www.searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/2235371

Several free web sites can take a long URL and give you back a shorter URL without requiring registration. Here is an informal survey of the competitive landscape. ‘Web sites that shorten long URL’s.’ Eric Hammond.  http://notlong.com/links/

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