• Business.gov (Gateway to Federal business resources) http://www.business.gov
  
• Calculators
  • Bank Rate Monitor http://www.bankrate.com
    
  • Calculators http://mortgages.interest.com/content/calculators/index.asp
    
  • Currency Converter http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic
    
  • What is a dollar worth? http://minneapolisfed.org/Research/data/us/calc/
    
  • Inflation Calculator http://www.westegg.com/inflation/
    
  • Salary calculator http://www.homefair.com/homefair/calc/salcalc.html
    
  • Online Conversion http://www.onlineconversion.com/
• Chamber of Commerce
  • Catawba County Chamber Online http://catawba.wliinc3.com/index.asp
    
  • Chamber of Commerce.com (find any city) http://www.chamberofcommerce.com/
• Directories
  • Websters Online : Online Business Directory http://www.webdir.net/sic06.asp
    
  • Thomas Register Online http://www.thomasregister.com/
    
  • Hoovers Online from NC Live (in library access; access from home requires a password available by calling or visiting the library) Can also access some parts on the free web at http://www.hoovers.com
    
  • UNC Charlotte Library's Directory of US Corporate, Industrial, and Economic Information http://library.uncc.edu/display/?dept=reference&format=open&page=776
• Economic Development
  • Catawba County Economic Development Corporation http://www.catawbaedc.org/biz/
    
  • Catawba County GIS (Geographic Information Systems)  http://www.gis.catawba.nc.us
    
  • Catawba County Planning and Community Development http://www.catawbacountync.gov/depts/planning/
    
  • Economic Development Information System, NC http://cmedis.commerce.state.nc.us
    
  • Future Forward http://204.211.224.65/
    
  • Western Piedmont Council of Governments http://www.wpcog.dst.nc.us/
• Personal Finance
  • Big Charts http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/avatar.asp
    
  • The Motley Fool http://www.fool.com/index.htm?ref=topnav
    
  • Yahoo! Finance http://finance.yahoo.com/?u
    
  • Morningstar http://www.morningstar.com/
    
  • Quicken http://www.quicken.com
• Small Business
  • Bplans.com http://www.bplans.com/
    
  • Business Owner's Toolkit http://www.toolkit.cch.com/tools/tools.asp
    
  • Community Information by Zip Code http://library.csun.edu/Find_Resources/Government_Publications/zipstats.html
    
  • Grow Your own Biz: Starting a Business in Catawba Valley, NC http://www.growyourownbiz.com/
    
  • U.S. Small Business Administration http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/