Business and Consumer Education

Automobiles

• Auto Repair Reference Center
• Autotrader focuses on used cars with comparison and decision guides
• Cars.com includes black book prices on used cars, find a car and build a car features for new cars, and reviews and care information
• Edmund's Automobile Buyer's Guides includes new and used car prices
• Fuel Economy
• Hemming's Motor News
• Insurance Institute for Highway Safety includes reports on seatbelts, drunk driving, helmet laws, and other safety issues.
• Kelley Blue Book Used Car Guide includes blue book value for used cars and "Lemon Check" info for specific automobiles
• The Old Car Manual Project brochures and manuals for cars up to 1970.

Computers

• Computer Buying Guide from PCWorld

Business

• Small Business Resources at the Burlington Public Library
• Business Plan Template and more
• Burlington/West Burlington Chamber of Commerce
• Grant Writing Tips from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
• Great River Biz information for Burlington area entrepreneurs
• Online Women's Business Center
• Sample Business Plans
• SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business
• Small Business Administration Home Page
• ACADEMICINFO- is an online education resource center with extensive subject guides and distance learning information.

Companies

• EDGAR Database of Corporate Information SEC Filings
• SuperPages.com Information about more than 16 million American businesses
• Responsible Shopper
• Thomas Register of American Manufacturers

Consumer Information

• AirSafe.Com Airline Safety Information
• ARM indexes: The Prime Rate (includes history)
• Bank Rate Monitor Consumer rates on savings, mortgages, auto loans, home equity loans, credit cards, checking account, ATM, and online fees.
• Better Business Bureau
• Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Charity Navigator
• Consumer Information Center Government Pamphlets Online
• Consumer World
• Cosmetics Cop
• DOT Auto Safety Hotline
• Free Credit Reports for Iowans
• Household Products Database Health and Safety of Household Chemicals
• Iowa Attorney General's Office, Consumer Protection Division
• Iowa State University Extension-tips on money management, spending smart and eating right, stress management, and many other topics.
• Looks Too Good to Be True
• The Mint: it makes cents
• Mortgage Calculator
• Tox Town Toxic Chemicals and Environmental Health Risks
• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Copyright

• Copyright Clearance Center Online
• U.S. Copyright Office

Economics

• Consumer Price Indexes
• International Guide - produced by the Iowa Council for International Understanding to assist global visitors and immigrants looking to live, work and raise a family in Iowa.

Investments

• Currency Converter
• Holt's Stock Market Report currency exchange, t-bills, and other rates
• STA Trading Services Market calendars, quotes & reports
• FINRA - investing tips and scam alerts

Patents & Trademarks

• European Patent Office
• United States Patent and Trademark Office