Ross Summer Business Academy: Helpful web research links

An excellent resource for all of the various citation formats, including APA and MLA, and an automatic citation generator, too! General Writing Resources also include sections on various formats - including academic writing and admissions applications.

Templates and examples from SBA.gov

From Inc.com

UM's Sweetland Center for Writing provides these guides with tips on thesis statement formation, argument and analysis.

Sweetland's guide to plagiarism helps you to understand proper use and how to cite use of other people's work or data.

Suggestions and resource links from SBA.gov

The US Census offers the Business Builder tool to help small businesses analyze locations and industries.

From the Institute: "download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images—right now, without asking. With new platforms and tools, you have easier access to more than 3 million 2D and 3D digital items from our collections—with many more to come. This includes images and data from across the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo."

From OER Commons: Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that you may freely use and reuse at no cost, and without needing to ask permission. Unlike copyrighted resources, OER have been authored or created by an individual or organization that chooses to retain few, if any, ownership rights.

Access to Bureau of Labor Statistics business demographics, by industry code or name.