1 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, September 2007, Fermo, Italy Sabina Cisek, PhD Associate Professor Institute of Information and Library Science Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

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: –Kompass: –The United Nations – List of international family of economic and social classifications:

3 Products/services information sources (II) Product-dedicated vortals, for example –Polish Products Online auction websites, e-shops, advertising services, etc., for example –Google Product Search Consumer protection and products/services quality websites –EConsumer.gov –Europa – Food Safety Commodities exchanges

4 Commodities exchanges websites (I) Good entry in Wikipedia on commodities exchange and commodities market – – Finding commodities exchanges: –INO Global Exchange Links –Stock and Commodity Exchanges busi/stocks.shtml 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 –European Energy Exchange –Sofia Commodity Exchange Assignment: Do you know what „ask, bid, futures, spot market” are? If not – check it with InvestorWords.com or other source