Writing for Business

Selected Links

Business writing ranges from formal memos and proposals, to casual email messages, to catchy Web pages and presentations. In general, business communication deals with establishing and maintaining guidelines for policies and practices, with facilitating project work and with delivering convincing arguments about a product or proposal.

To help you with business writing and projects, we've collected some of the most useful links. Be sure, however, to investigate resources on your own by performing keyword searches or browsing through some Internet subject directories. Some of the best general subject directories are:

Additionally, you'll find that a good way to begin more focused research is to browse and search through some of the directories that catalog indexes to articles or that are organized around academic topics. Some of the best specialized sites are:

The Internet Librarian's Index	The Internet Public Library	WebGems	The WWW Virtual Library	Infomine
The BUBL Index	AlphaSearch	Scout	Uncover	Eblast

General Resources for Business

Nyenrode Business Information Services: A comprehensive site leading to publications, library information and Internet resources.
The Scout Report for Business and Economics: A site that receives regular updates and features annotated links to business resources chosen by librarians.


Library Resources: Don't forget to check your school library or its Web page. Explore your library's Indexes and Abstracts resources; InfoTrac is a good place to start. For business resources, look for The Business Periodicals Index and check with your reference librarian about other specific indexes available to you.

Resources for Business Communication

InkSpot's Resources for Business and Technology Writers: A page with links to a forum, general resources, publications and more information for business writers.
Good Documents: A Web pages with information and models for successful business document creation.

Purdue's Professional Writing Handouts: Well-written handouts with information about creating business letters, memos, abstracts and other kinds of professional communication.
Business Communication Resources: A site with teaching and learning information and selected links to additional resources.

Resources for Accounting

The American Accounting Association: Find links to publications and educational information at this professional organization's page.
The Accountant's Home Page: A lengthy collection of links to publications, bulletin boards, Web sites and other resources.

Accounting.Net: News, research information, interviews and other resources can be found at this site.
American Institute of Certified Public Accountant's Publications Page: A nice collection of links to readings including major journals and materials on ethics, auditing standards and more.

Resources for Investment

Ohio State's Virtual Finance Library: part of the WWW Virtual Library, this site makes a good starting point for investment study.
The Financial Data Center: An online database that can be queried for Web resources related to a number of investment categories.

Big Charts: A Web site for creating online stock charts.
Baron's Online: The online version of the well known investment newspaper.

Resources for Management

The Academy of Management Online: This professional organization's site contains links to publications, Web resources and information geared toward students.
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences: This page contains educational resources, Web links, publications and more.

Institute of Industrial Relations: Sponsored by Berkeley University, this site contains links to working papers, library and information resources, publications and more.
Bureau of Labor Statistics: A government site geared toward distributing publications, surveys and other useful documents.

Resources for Marketing

The American Marketing Association: This organizational page contains links to codes of ethics, publications and other resources.
The Direct Marketing Association: Contains links to news and other useful information; the services pages feature publications, statistics, reports and more.

Global Marketing Management System: An extensive bibliography of international marketing resources.
Louisiana State's US and International Marketing Resources: An extensive online bibliography of marketing-related resources.