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 Institute of Information and Library Science Jagiellonian University , Krak o w, Poland [email_address] , [email_address]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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