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Sabina Cisek, PhD Associate Professor Institute of Information and Library Science

Business Information Module 2: Seeking for business information – Web-based information resources Part D : Product and service information International Summer School on Information Literacy, funded by CEI, 10-14 September 2007, Fermo, Italy. Sabina Cisek, PhD Associate Professor

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Sabina Cisek, PhD Associate Professor Institute of Information and Library Science

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  1. Business InformationModule 2: Seeking for business information – Web-based information resourcesPart D: Product and service informationInternational Summer School on Information Literacy, funded by CEI, 10-14 September 2007, Fermo, Italy Sabina Cisek, PhD Associate Professor Institute of Information and Library Science Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland isabina@inib.uj.edu.pl, sabina.cisek@gmail.com

  2. Products/services information sources (I) • Many company information sources (databases, directories, classifications) are useful also for products/services information, for example: • Central & Eastern European Directory On-Line: http://www.ceebd.co.uk/ceebd/industdi.htm • Kompass: http://www.kompass.com/ • The United Nations – List of international family of economic and social classifications: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/cr/family1.asp

  3. Products/services information sources (II) • Product-dedicated vortals, for example • Polish Products http://www.polishproducts.pl/ • Online auction websites, e-shops, advertising services, etc., for example • Google Product Search http://www.google.com/products • Consumer protection and products/services quality websites • EConsumer.gov http://www.econsumer.gov/english/ • Europa – Food Safety http://ec.europa.eu/food/index_en.htm • Commodities exchanges

  4. Commodities exchanges websites (I) • Good entry in Wikipedia on commodities exchange and commodities market • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodities_exchange • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodity_markets • Finding commodities exchanges: • INO Global Exchange Links http://www.ino.com/resources/exchanges/ • Stock and Commodity Exchanges http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/busi/stocks.shtml • Note: these sources are also useful for Financial information – Stock exchanges

  5. Commodities exchanges websites (II) • Examples of commodities exchanges: • Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange http://butb.by/Eng/ • European Energy Exchange http://www.eex.com/en • Sofia Commodity Exchange http://www.sce-bg.com/ • Assignment: Do you know what „ask, bid, futures, spot market” are? If not – check it with InvestorWords.com http://www.investorwords.com/ or other source

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