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- Associations
- Please do not submit sites for individual accountants or accounting firms. This category is strictly for accounting organizations. Please look at the sites in this category before submitting here.
- Business-to-Business - Contains links to sites which provide services for the accounting professional, to enable the accountant to better serve his cliental.
- CPE For CPAs
- Firms - Sites at this level are for accounting firms with a physical presence -- not only clients -- in many countries. Most accounting firms are listed in a sub-category for their appropriate specialty or in a regional country/state sub-category.
- General - This category contains sites pertaining to the accounting profession.
- News and Media
- Tax Negotiation and Representation - Tax negotiation services, other than law firms. Law firms can be found HERE .
- Business-to-Business - Contains links to sites which provide services for the accounting professional, to enable the accountant to better serve his cliental.
- Aerospace
- Companies which manufacture components, parts or subsystems of aircraft, rockets or space vehicles should be listed in this category.
- Associations
- Companies - This category is reserved for companies who supply products and services to the military and defense industries .
- Conferences and Events
- Directories
- General - The Aerospace and Defense category comprises industries and establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: Development, manufacture, and distribution of aircraft, missiles, military or space vehicles, equipment, parts and supplies. Development, manufacture, and distribution aerospace engines, propulsion units, and auxiliary equipment or parts. Development and production of aerospace and military product prototypes. Aircraft conversion (i.e., major modifications to systems). Complete aircraft or propulsion systems overhaul and rebuilding (i.e., periodic restoration of aircraft to original design specifications). Services that specifically support these industries (e.g., consulting, marketing, associations, etc.).
- Associations
- Agricultural Chemicals
- Here's where you'll find companies producing/selling various type of chemicals used in agriculture.
- Aquaculture - Welcome to our on-line directory of the aquaculture industry. Here you will find groups, organizations, companies, growers and other resources engaged in or supplying information, equipment or services to the industry. Your feedback is encouraged.
- Arable Farming - Listings of websites concerned with the business and commercial side of raising field crops.
- Associations
- Barns and Structures
- Biologicals
- Consultants - Listings of firms that offer international services and expertise in business, marketing and economy of agriculture and allied industries.
- Cooperatives - Agricultural businesses that follow a cooperative (i.e., worker-owned, farmer-owned, or consumer-owned) business model. Includes cooperative farms, farming supplies, and seed banks.
- Crop Dusters
- Directories - This category contains websites that provide listings of business related internet links and resources pertaining to agriculture and related industries.
- Employment - Employment resources related to Agriculture or Forestry industries.
- Farm Real Estate - Agricultural or wooded farm land for sale.
- Farm and Ranch Equipment - Dealers of farm and ranch equipment.
- Fencing
- Forestry Products and Equipment
- General - The Agriculture and Forestry sector comprises industries engaged in growing crops, raising animals, harvesting timber, and harvesting fish and other animals from a farm, ranch, or their natural habitats. The companies in this sector are often described as farms, ranches, dairies, greenhouses, nurseries, orchards, or hatcheries. This sector includes supporting industries such as equipment, supplies, consulting and administrative services, etc. Excluded from the Agriculture and Forestry sector are companies primarily engaged in agricultural research and in administering programs for regulating and conserving land, mineral, wildlife, and forest use. Sites devoted to agricultural and forestry research, the science and technology of plants and animals for human use and consumption are listed under Science/Agriculture/ Sites covering the scientific and technical aspects of agriculture's impact on the natural environment go under Science/Environment/Agriculture/ Sites covering the social aspects of agriculture's impact on the natural environment go under Society/Issues/Business/Agriculture/ Sites devoted to farming and agriculture as a recreational activities go under Home/Rural_Living/Hobby_Farms/ Sites covering gardening and horticulture as a recreational activity go under Home/Gardens (Source: This category description is based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), 1997) .
- Growers
- Horticulture - Horticulture Includes professional commercial sites Amateur gardening is in Home:Gardens Horticulture as a science is in Science:Agriculutre and may later be moved to Science:Agriculture and Forestry:Horticulture Horticulture is the culture of gardens, both as a science and as a practice. Derived from the Anglo-Saxon gyrdan , to enclose, the garden is a relatively small area cultivated intensively to produce fruit plants, vegetables, and ornamentals. The scope of horticulture is expanded greatly in the 21st century to include among crop plants all fleshy edible fruits, green leaves and stems eaten as vegetables, and all ornamental crops with the possible exception of turfgrasses under some conditions involving production in large extensive areas. Comparison with other areas of plant science (agronomy, field crops, forestry, and range management) Agronomy Agronomy (including Field Crops and Soils) is the science of field crop production. Derived from the Old English feld akin to the Dutch veld field crops are produced in large open areas and less intensively than in gardens. Derived from the medieval northern European usage, field crops include sources of food carbohydrates and cellulose for people and animals. They include the cereal grains (wheat, rye, etc.), pastures (both grasses and legumes), and certain root crops such as the potato which was not introduced into cultivation in Europe until after the discovery of the New World. While we refer here to agronomy as a science including soil science and crop science, "field crops" is the best term to refer to the plants studied in agronomy, because essentially anything harvested is a crop. Forestry and Range Management The third area of applied plant science, forestry and range management includes plants (and animals) which grow in large ecosystems not usually cropped on an annual basis, including uncleared or partially cleared areas with mixed resources of plants and animals. Multiple uses of such areas are common, including outdoor recreation. Fisheries is sometimes considered part of forestry. Food plants: Horticulture, or Agronomy, or Forestry and Range? Virtually all crops producing fleshy edible fruits belong in horticulture as either fruit crops or vegetables. They include the traditional temperate berries (tomato), pepoes (cucurbits), hesperidia (citrus), drupes (stone crops such as peach), pomes (apples), and a wide variety of tropical fruits. Even crops with dry fruits such as legumes (garden pea) belong in horticulture when they are harvested and consumed in the fresh undehisced immature stage, whereas otherwise the dry fruits (e.g., common bean) belong in field crops when they are harvested dry as "grains." All crops producing fleshy edible leaves and stems (e.g., vegetable greens such as spinach) also belong in horticulture, except plants producing primarily carbohydrate in large areas (e.g., sugar crops such as sugarbeet and sugarcane) are field crops. Forage plants eaten by animals (e.g., pastures, paddocks, silage, green hay, and green chop) are normally part of agronomy, except when they are produced in large ecosystems they are considered part of range management. Terrestrial non-food plants: Horticulture, Agronomy, or Forestry and Range? Cultivated plants which are not food for people or animals can be classified in either horticulture or agronomy or forestry, depending on the intensity of cultivation, the family of plant, and historical precedent. Ornamental plants are always in horticulture except when they are produced extensively in large areas (turfgrass seed and sod, and highway and conservation grasses) in which case they are normally considered in agronomy not horticulture. However, plants usually native plants which are grown in preserves are part of forestry. Forestry also includes trees cut for lumber and pulp wood (as well as outdoor recreation management and wildlife management). Plants producing industrial products such as non-edible oils, resins, non-edible fibers, latexes, and dyes are often in agronomy, with exceptions. The more extensively produced crops such as crambe and flax (linseed oil is used both as a drying oil in paint and as an edible oil in some developing areas) are in agronomy. The more intensively produced crops such as Jojoba are in horticulture. Plants used for conservation such as embankment stabilization, restoration of damaged habitats, and wildflowers used along highways could be classified in either agronomy, horticulture, or forestry, depending on the situation. The grasses would normally belong in agronomy, the amenity plants in horticulture, and plants used in extensive areas, especially in forests, would normally belong in forestry. Aquatic non-food plants If a plant is an Embryophyte including Spermatopsida (seed plants: flowering plants, conifers, etc.) as well as hornworts and ferns then it is classified in horticulture, agronomy, or forestry according to the intensity of its cultivation. If a plant is an algae (including seagrasses) then it may not normally be included in field crops, horticulture, or forestry. Instead, the tendency is to include it in Science:Biology:Ecology .
- Import and Export
- Industrial Hemp - Industrial Hemp is an annual plant that can be grown in almost any climate and can be used to produce over 25,000 products including: food, paper, clothing, plastics, building materials and fuel. It is currently grown in more than 25 countries including Canada, England, Germany, France, Russia and China but it is still prohibited in the United States. Please see the FAQ for more information about Industrial Hemp .
- Livestock - Industries which raise animals for meat, milk, eggs, and other products. Related: Where should I submit my website about animals? Or, where will I find the animal topic I am looking for?
- News and Media
- Software
- Trade Shows - This category contains sites related to agricultural and forestry trade shows, expositions, exhibits and field days. Many of the events listed here are held annually, so it is worth checking the site for forthcoming dates.
- Tree Farming
- Aquaculture - Welcome to our on-line directory of the aquaculture industry. Here you will find groups, organizations, companies, growers and other resources engaged in or supplying information, equipment or services to the industry. Your feedback is encouraged.
- Amusement
- For products and services sold TO the Amusement Industry. Information resources, equipment designers and manufacturers, industry organizations, relevant publications and support items and services.
- Associations - Contains sites for Arts and Entertainment professional and business organizations and associations.
- Beauty Pageants - Contains sites for specific beauty pageants and pageant organizations. Have also included a subdirectory for pageant products and consulting.
- Employment
- Fashion - This category lists sites from individuals, companies and organizations, offering products and services pertaining to apparel, accessories, footwear, hair and garment decorations, jewelery, and eyewear. The sites cover design, manufacturing, modeling, and presentation aspects of the industry.
- Gaming - This category is about the business of gaming or gambling, not about social issues or the pros and cons.
- General - The entertainment industry or "show business" as it is sometimes called, includes the motion picture, television, radio, music, theatre, and theme park industries. In addition, it includes the entertainment-related aspects of several other industries such as sports, fashion, publishing and gaming.
- Media Conglomerates - Media conglomerates are large, often international business entities consisting of many different entertainment companies. The activities of a single media conglomerate will typically span several different forms of media, for example broadcast, film, and internet.
- Media Production - This category lists companies that focus on producing, and processing, content for modes of mass communication and entertainment. Commonly accepted media in this category include audio, video, electronic, print, the internet and theatre.
- Music - The business aspects of making music, particularly sites that are aimed more at music professionals than the general public.
- Photography - This category is for sites about the professional/commercial photography industry.
- Sports - While many sports fans don't like to acknowledge it, "big time" sports is "big time" business. Agents, bond referendums for new stadiums, corporate sponsorships, collective bargaining agreements and other topics have nothing to do with the sport itself but everything to do with the "Business of Sports." This isn't limited to Professional Sports, either. Parents can pay someone to help their child get an athletic scholarship, there are services to help college coaches find and recruit high school athletes, and don't forget the big business that is the Olympic games. Here you will find sites from and about sports agents, recruiting services, labor disputes/collective bargaining, corporate sponsorship and anything else on the Business of Sports.
- Talent - General talent agencies.
- Tools and Equipment
- Associations - Contains sites for Arts and Entertainment professional and business organizations and associations.
- Auto Racing
- This category is for manufacturers specializing in parts and components for auto racing. This includes both professional and amateur racing.
- Employment
- General - Sites in this category deal with automobile manufacturing.
- Import and Export
- Kit Cars and Replicas - This category covers companies that manufacture kit-cars and replicas.
- Parts and Accessories - This category lists sites for automotive parts manufacturers. Parts refer to any part that is used in an automobile. The category covers both OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) and After Market replacement parts manufacturers. Automotive OE's buy parts from all over the world and frequently buy systems rather than parts. (e.g. they buy brake systems rather than separate brake parts) Some of these manufacturers are tier 1 (they sell directly to the automotive OE's) others are tier 2 (they sell to the tier 1 manufacturers)
- Related Services
- Retail
- Snow Clearing
- Software
- Wholesale and Distribution - Wholesale The Wholesale Trade sector comprises establisments engaged in wholesaling merchandise, generally without transformation, and rendering services incidental to the sale of merchandise. The wholesaling process is an intermediate step in the distribution of merchandise. Wholesalers are organised to sell or arrange the purchase of sale of (a) goods for resale (i.e. goods sold to other wholesalers or retailers), (b) capital or durable nonconsumer goods, and (c) raw and intermediate materials and supplies used in production. Wholesale/ contains sites of companies of whose primary focus is to purchase goods and merchandise from producers and manufacturers and to sell them to re-sellers in bulk. From 1997 NAICS Definitions, 42 Wholesale Trade ( U.S.Census Bureau ) Business/Wholesale_Trade Wholesale/ lists the sites of companies which concentrate to the definition (a) above. by pete1967 at 04-30-2000
- Employment
- Cancer Research
- This category should include companies that working on medications for the treatment or curing cancer, using cellular and subcellular materials .
- Consultants
- Contract Research Organizations
- Directories - Portals for company listings and industry news.
- Employment
- General - This category focuses to distinct, yet closely related industries: Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical manufacturing. Increasingly, companies focusing on biotechnology are also involved with pharmaceutical production, and vice versa. Biotechnology Industry: Companies engaged in the use of cellular and molecular processes for the purposes of drug discovery and production, research, and biologically engineered food production. Pharmaceutical Industry: Includes over-the-counter drug makers, vitamin and nutritionals companies, makers of drug delivery and diagnostic substances, and wholesale drug distributors. Biotechnology is the overall theme of this category, with all pharmaceutical sites collocated in the Pharmaceuticals subcategory. Sites focused on biotechnology research and study are listed under the related category: Science/Biology/Biotechnology/ Sites focused on pharmaceutical research and study, pharmacies, information on specific drugs and medications, and general pharmaceutical informationn are lised in Health/Pharmacy .
- Outsource
- Pharmaceuticals
- Technology Transfer
- Consultants
- Asset Management
- Auctions - The sites within this category include businesses that host or provide real-world auctions or that provide auctioneering services for either real-world or online auctions.
- AudioVisual
- Communications - Includes sites to companies, firms and individuals that offer services to improve human communication methods (visual, creative, verbal, written and interpersonal). Voice and data communication service providers should redirect their submission to Business: Telecommunications: Communications Providers .
- Consulting - Business consultants are individuals or firms with expertise in business procedures, practices and policy. Organizations of all types use consultants, and these consultants examine these organizations from a broad operational perspective applying a variety of skills to achieve a specific outcome, solution, or result. Through analysis and study, consultants provide problem resolution and prevention solutions related to business operations, infrastructure, and performance. Consultants have many roles, varying from a supportive one within an existing team, to providing temporary leadership over an identified problem area, to other independent activities conducted at the request of the organization. This category has been divided into three areas to reflect the many functions and roles within the business consulting profession. The top level is divided by some of the various specialty or focus areas typical to the business consulting industry (e.g., business formation, financial, management, manufacturing, outsourcing, etc.). The second level contains a variety of industry specific subcategories (e.g., construction, energy, engineering, science and industry, security, etc.). Within the lowest level is a list of closely related "See also" categories that may contain other types of consultants. Before you submit your site please take the time to look around the category to ensure that your site is appropriate to this category. Also, be sure to review the general guidelines for the Business categories. The editors reserve the right not to list your site, and to delete it after its addition. Multiple submissions may be considered when appropriate (for example, a site that contains valuable resources pertinent to multiple subcategories) but repeated submissions, especially to inappropriate categories, will not be tolerated. Please, submit only to those categories most appropriate to the content of your site.
- Corporate Relocation
- Customer Management - Customer Relationship Management (CRM) consists of the gathering of detailed information about a company's customer base, the history of their purchases, requests, general buying patterns, and feedback, both positive and negative.
- Design
- Event Planning and Production - Professionals, firms, providing any service or product that builds, maintains, supports or evaluates Event Planning. This includes conventions and trade shows as well as corporate and private special events.
- Government - Businesses whose focus is exclusively on government contracting, and websites offering Business-to-Government information.
- Office Services - If you walked into an office and observed a staff of people doing various functions, that is what this category is for. Various functions and services provided by humans in an office atmosphere now made available via the Internet.
- Outsourcing - This category is designed to help companies locate manufacturers, distributors, products, and general business services. Also lists companies that are interested in forming strategic partnerships.
- Public Speaking - This category is for the listing of professional speakers, training materials for them as well as their associations.
- Quality Control and Tracking
- Security - The Security Industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the protection of people, property, and information. Nearly every Legal or Law Enforcement entity is mirrored in the security industry, in many cases government agencies utilize civilan security professionals in a consulting or contract capacity. This category contains sites that offer security services, products, or other professional, scientific, or technical services to persons, government, and private industry. Please submit sites, with brief descriptions (please no key words, excessive capitalization, or superfluous language), to the appropriate subcategory. If your site cannot be classified under the existing structure, submit it to Business/Industries/Security.
- Signage - Manufacturers or Distributors of Sign Products. Sign Frames, Sign Stakes, Sign Posts, Brackets, Wood, Metal, or Plastic. Example: "Real Estate Sign Manufacturers". Description also applicable to manufacturer of several signs in the signage category to prevent placing in more than one category. (Not to be confused with sign printing or printers, or designers.)
- Supplies and Equipment - This category is for sites that offer supplies and equipment specifically for other businesses.
- Translation - Translation (noun) - the process of rewriting a text into another language. Translator (noun) - [1.] a person who translates. [2.] a person who performs any language practice related task (such as proofreading, editing, interpreting, copywriting, terminology, localisation, etc). Translation (category) - an Open Directory category for web sites of or about professional translators (see "translator"[2]) and agencies.
- Auctions - The sites within this category include businesses that host or provide real-world auctions or that provide auctioneering services for either real-world or online auctions.
- A
- Adhesives - Adhesive Manufacturers. Not for Adhesive distributors, outlets or sellers who do not manufacture adhesives.
- Africa
- Aromatic
- Asia
- Associations
- B
- Biochemical - Biochemical Manufacturers. Not for Biochemical distributors, outlets or sellers who do not manufacture Biochemicals.
- C
- Cosmetics
- Custom Blending - Companies that have as a primary business focus the blending of raw material products into custom formulations for a third party. For example, a company that offers custom blending of cleaning products to meet a specific need or custom blending of pure material to match a customer specification.
- D
- Directories - This category is for directories of chemical manufacturers, and is not a listing of individual chemical manufacturing firms. The category includes chemical manufacturing directories worldwide.
- E
- Europe
- Explosives - General information and suppliers of explosives . Not intended for general "how to make your own" sites.
- F
- Fuel Additives
- G
- H
- Herbicides
- I
- Import and Export
- Insecticides
- J
- K
- L
- M
- Middle East
- N
- News and Media
- O
- Oceania
- P
- Pigments
- Polymers
- Q
- R
- S
- Specialty Fats
- Suppliers - Chemical distributors, brokers and agents who market, sell and distribute chemical products. Chemical manufacturers should request listing under the alphabetical subcategories of Business > Chemicals</a>.
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Water Treatment - Web sites that have content relevant to water treatment chemicals(commercial, industrial, municipal) such as boilers, cooling towers, process, wastewater and of course drinking water.
- X
- Y
- Z
- Adhesives - Adhesive Manufacturers. Not for Adhesive distributors, outlets or sellers who do not manufacture adhesives.
- Associations
- This category is for Non Profit, educational and trade associations that inform, enable the support the development of the Construction and Maintenance Industries. Associations that deal specifically with business within a locality, should be found at that locality's regional business category. Associations that deal specifically with business within a country, should be found at that country's regional business category, for example: Regional/North_America/Canada/Business_and_Economy/Associations/
- Bidding
- Building Types
- Codes
- Commercial Contractors - Only web sites of multi-state or international operations will be listed here. For more regionally specific company websites, please see the appropriate category in Top/Regional/ . If you have only one office location, please submit to that Locality/Business_and_Economy/ in Regional
- Consulting - Consultants provide design services from concept development, through models and visulisations to final realisation and production oversight. Consultants are not linked with products or methods but respond to each project based upon the clients vision and budget.
- Design - This category is related to the business of design in the construction and maintenance industry. It is divided into subcategories related to specific disciplines. Please do not submit to the Design category, but rather to one of the subcategories below.
- Directories - This category is for construction and mintenance directories that serve a worldwide or international scope.For construction and maintenance directories that serve the a narrower scope, please see the subcategories.
- Do-It-Yourself
- Education and Training
- Employment
- Environmental - A resource and directory for the building design community to help make environmentally informed construction, maintenance, and design decisions about building materials and technologies, contractors and suppliers.
- Estimating - Information and resources for construction estimating.
- Exhibitions and Trade Shows
- Facilities Management
- Historic Preservation - The U.S. Secretary of the Interior defines historic preservation as "retention of all historic fabric through conservation, maintenance, and repair." This category also includes resources for the related practice of rehabilitation , which includes replacement of severely deteriorated elements of the structure. This category is for architects, planners, craftspeople, and materials manufacturers whose primary speciality is historic preservation and rehabilitation and who routinely serve a national, international, or broadly regional clientele.
- Maintenance - "Maintenance" The work of keeping something in proper condition; upkeep. Activity involved in maintaining something in good working order. Thank you. torono 10.04.2002
- Materials and Supplies - Materials, supplies for and by Construction and/or maintenance businesses: 1. Manufactured items 2. Services 3. Distributors 4. Suppliers Please submit your site to one of the more than two dozen categories of Materials and Supplies.
- News and Media
- Remodeling - Sources of materials, how-to guides and do-it-yourself information. NOT for remodeling Contractors.
- Residential Housing - This category will list companies that build (either on site or off site) residential homes, apartments and/or condominiums. It will not list commercial and industrial builders.
- Restoration
- Specifications - Construction specifications are detailed documents, describing materials, methods, and standards to be used in a project.
- Tools and Equipment - For manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, repairers and renters of tools and equipment used within the construction industry. It is not for sites specific to building materials or supplies, these should be submitted to the "Materials and Supplies" category .
- Trenchless Technology - This category has been established to organize web sites with information pertaining to trenchless technology so that directory users will have easy access to such information. Trenchless technology is a diversified industry primarily within the construction and engineering industries, but with considerable ties to academic institutions (including multiple academic centers dedicated to trenchless technology), and with its own professional societies, trade magazines, website portals, etc. The trenchless technology industry uses various technologies to limit the disturbance of surface structures during the new installation or the repair of existing underground structures. In addition to being less disruptive, trenchless technologies are often faster and more cost-effective than the traditional direct burial construction techniques. Trenchless technologies such as horizontal directional drilling (hdd), microtunneling, pipe jacking, etc. are routinely used for the new installation of utility piping for the sewer, water, gas, power, cable, and telecommunications industries. Trenchless technologies such as grouting, coating, pipelining, pipe bursting, etc. are routinely used for the repair or replacement of such existing underground utilities, often as part of a regular operations and maintenance program.
- Bidding
- Awards
- This category is for manufacturers and engravers of trophies, awards, and plaques. Sales agents for engraved premiums, incentives, and gifts please see: Promotional_Items/Business_Items category.
- Beauty
- Boating - This category is for sites relating to the fabrication of watercraft, watercraft parts and supplies, and onshore products that relate to watercraft, like trailers, boat lifts, and dock and marina products.
- Clothing - Manufacturing, wholesale, import/export and associated of clothing or goods related to it. Items include accessories, clothing fasteners, and finished garments for men, women, and children.
- Electronics - This category is only for companies that manufacture electronic merchandise for use by consumers. Typical types of products include home entertainment equipment, portable radios, and calculators. Sites that offer online sales should be listed in Shopping.
- Eyewear
- Firearms - For firearms manufacturers.
- Fireworks - Manufacturers, suppliers and distributors of consumer fireworks.
- General - The Consumer Goods and Services sector category includes industries and companies focused on manufacturing, distributing and marketing finished products that will be used by the general public. Also included here are links to categories covering personal service industries and companies that provide services to the consumer market (note: most of the consumer services categories exist elsewhere in the ODP, and are represented here by @links). Industries and companies focused on providing professional and administrative services primarily to other businesses are listed under Business/Business_Services . Producers and supplies of the materials, substances, components, machinery and other industrial technology used in manufacturing goods are listed under Business/Industrial Good and Services . However, producers and suppliers of materials, substances, components, machinery and other industrial technology used in the manufacture of specific consumer goods are listed under Consumer Goods and Services (e.g. a manufacture of fans for use in home appliances; or water heaters for consumer as well as commercial use).
- Gifts - This category is for gift and greeting card manufacturers only. Any sites with a retail focus belong in the Shopping hierarchy.
- Holidays - This category is for manufacturors and distributors of holiday items. This may include decorations, ornaments, and other products which are only used during a specific holiday.
- Home and Garden - The Consumer Goods and Services: Home and Garden sector category includes industries and companies focused on manufacturing, distributing and marketing finished products that will be used by the general public. Producers and suppliers of materials, substances, components, machinery and other industrial technology used in the manufacture of specific consumer goods are listed under Consumer Goods and Services (e.g. a manufacture of fans for use in home appliances; or water heaters for consumer as well as commercial use).
- Jewelry - This category lists websites that manufacture jewelry.
- Luggage and Bags - This category lists MANUFACTURERS of luggage, bags and fashion accessories only.
- Office Products - This Office Products sector category includes industries and companies focused on manufacturing, distributing, and marketing office products that will be used directly by the public or other businesses. It does not include sites which sell products online, or those for local supply stores or retailers.
- Pet Supplies - This category is for manufactures of products normally used to feed, house, train, or care for pets including mammals, fish, reptiles and birds.
- Sporting Goods - The Sporting Goods category includes companies focused on manufacturing, distributing and marketing finished products that will be used by the general public.
- Toys and Games
- Beauty
- Computer and Internet
- Web sites of computer and / or internet related companies making use of a cooperative model of business.
- Development Agencies - Organizations to assist co-op businesses, often particularly in the formation of new co-ops. They are often referred to as CDAs.
- Education and Training - Organizations that study co-operatives and co-operative values, or serve to educate people on co-operative principles.
- General - Cooperatives (also called co-ops) are a form of business ownership that is practiced all over the world. The most common types of cooperatives are worker-owned and consumer-owned. Most cooperatives adhere to seven principles: Voluntary and Open Membership Democratic Member Control Member Economic Participation Autonomy and Independance Education, Training and Information Co-operation among Co-operatives Concern for Community Co-ops include: Agricultural: farms, feed suppliers, and seed banks. Computer and Internet: ISPs, web hosting, and computer design collectives Energy: utility companies and power providers Financial: banks, credit unions , investors, insurers, and mortgage brokers Food Cooperatives: health-food stores and bulk food sharing programs Housing: housing cooperatives and intentional communities. Visual Arts: groups of artists, both living and working together.
- Development Agencies - Organizations to assist co-op businesses, often particularly in the formation of new co-ops. They are often referred to as CDAs.
- Associations
- Consultants and Training Companies - Businesses and individuals which specialize in educating or, at least, giving advice or suggestions about improving or changing customer service in various ways.
- General - The Customer Service category is a directory of resource sites containing information related to the broad field of customer service (including customer satisfaction, technical support, etc.). This category will contain a combination of informational sites broadly related to customer service theory and its practical application, of interest to customer service related professionals in all industries and occupations. It will also contain resource listings of practitioners (companies, governmental, academic) engaged in some aspect of customer service (consulting, facilitation, training, etc.). Check subdirectories for specific topics.
- Mystery Shopping - Mystery shopping is a service provided to businesses to give them feedback on the quality of their services, businesses, websites and/or personnel. Generally this is done by employing persons who visit the business, conduct transactions, and then provide a report on their experiences. Services should involve some kind of interpersonal contact, customarily in-person or by telephone. Web-only mystery shopping is a possibility as well. This category is NOT for sites which primarily sell a list of mystery shopping companies.
- News and Media
- Resources
- Software
- Consultants and Training Companies - Businesses and individuals which specialize in educating or, at least, giving advice or suggestions about improving or changing customer service in various ways.
- Associations
- Conferences - This category lists sites announcing Conferences and Seminars where the main focus is e-commerce, e-business and related areas. Both sites announcing single events and sites covering series of events are listed.
- Consultants - This category contains consulting companies that have a clearly identifiable focus on providing e-commerce consulting services. Companies that primarily focus on providing e-commerce technologies (software) should be categorized elsewhere.
- Customer Relationship Management
- Developers - This category is for e-commerce web site developers. Software developers are in: Computers/Internet/Commercial_Services/E-Commerce/Consultants/Software_Developers
- Education and Training - Links to college and university (.edu) web sites dealing with e-commerce / e-business education degree programs, research centers, and academic course web sites.
- Employment
- Marketplaces - E-commerce marketplaces facilitate interactions and transactions between buyers and sellers within a specific industry or industries.
- News and Media
- Standards and Protocols - All the technologies and standards, related to EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) and Business to Business.
- Strategy
- Technology Vendors
- Conferences - This category lists sites announcing Conferences and Seminars where the main focus is e-commerce, e-business and related areas. Both sites announcing single events and sites covering series of events are listed.
- Business Development
- Category for businesses which sole function is to improve, and/or educate other businesses for profit. The goal of the businesses in this category is to develope other businesses. For sites devoted to human resources, go to the Human_Resources/Education_and_Training category.
- Driving
- Education - Try to keep it to commercial sites relating to training those who educate.
- Finance
- Health and Safety
- Languages - This category is for businesses who are devoted to the training or education of foreign languages, and translation services.
- Manual Skills - This category is for businesses that are devoted to the training and development of a manual skills occupation.
- Media
- Technology - Listings for those looking for training and education in technology.
- Driving
- Associations
- This category lists organizations, industry trade groups, foundations, and standards setting bodies in the electronics and electrical industries. The primary function of an organization listed here should be to organize, provide information about, or promote a field in the electrical industry, or provide non-profit services to industry members.
- Batteries - Includes listings for manufacturers of primary and secondary (rechargeable) batteries and fuel cells, chargers, and accessories.
- Circuit Protection
- Components - This category includes listings for manufacturers of electronic, electro-mechanical, and opto-electrical components.
- Contract Manufacturers - This category is for companies whose primary focus is the production of electronics equipment and components on a contract basis, from prototype to production quantities. Some examples of sites accepted are OEM computer manufacturers, makers of custom LCDs, and companies that offer a combination of PCB assembly and chassis manufacturing. This category is not intended for companies which primarily offer standard or off-the-shelf product lines, or who only offer design services.
- Control Systems - Includes listings for manufacturers of control systems and components such as process control systems, industrial controls and appliance controls. These are sub-assemblies and not completed products.
- Directories
- Displays and Readout - Category for the manufacturers of displays used as a component part of a system.
- Electric Motors - Manufacturing of DC and/or AC motors. Includes companies that design, manufacture and sell motors and motor controls. Sub-categories also include distributors and repair facilities. If submitting a site for inclusion, be as specific as possible. If your site is applicable to more than one sub-category, submit to the appropriate sub-categories and not this main category. This main category is intended to be a place-holder for the sub-categories, or for the odd duck that doesn't fit any of the sub-categories.
- Electromechanical - This category will list manufacturers and distributors of devices and parts which are electrical / electronic and mechanical in nature.
- Employment - This category lists sites that offer job resources in the Electronics and Electrical industries. Sites include job search sites, staffing services, recruiters, and resumes of individuals seeking jobs.
- General - This Electronics and Electrical sector category includes industries and companies that manufacturer electronic and electrical components, equipment, and hardware, and manufacturers of materials, supplies, tools, components and equipment that are specific to the manufacture of electronics and electrical components. Sites for industries and companies that manufacture, distribute and sell finished electronics and electrical products (e.g. home appliances, radios, TVs, etc.) are not listed here.
- Hardware - This category includes listings for manufacturers of interconnections, packaging, and hardware.
- Heating and Cooling
- Import and Export
- Instrumentation - Instrumentation of industrial processes provides measurement and automation functionality.
- Keyboards and Keypads
- Manufacturers' Representatives - This category lists companies that are Manufacturers Representatives of one or more manufacturing companies.
- Manufacturing Services - This category lists companies that provide services used by manufacturing companies during the product manufacturing process. Services might include component preparation, coating application, heating or annealing services, laboratory materials testing, X-Ray inspection, or similar services.
- News and Media - For online and printed publications, including newsletters, industry magazines, and books.
- Optoelectronics - Optoelectronics is the joint application of optics and electronics. The optoelectronic industry produces technologies such as optical semiconductor technology, fiber optics, and laser-based optical storage technologies. Products of the industry include components such as optic fibers, and equipment such as optical scanners, disk drives, and digital cameras. Applications of optoelectronic technology can be found in telecommunications, computer and office equipment, and the home electronic industries. (Descpription derived from the Optoelectronics Industry Development Association's Web Site, http://www.oida.org/)
- Power Factor Correction - Power factor is the percentage of electricity that is being used to do useful work. It is expressed as a ratio. For example, a power factor of 0.72 would mean only 72% of your power was being used to do useful work. Perfect power factor is 1.0,(unity), meaning 100% of the power is being used for useful work. Power factor correction, then, is the method(s) used to fix the problems that cause power to be wasted. Energy is saved, and penalties levied by power companies are reduced or eliminated.
- Power Supplies - Includes listings for manufacturers of AC and DC power supplies, converters, inverters, batteries, and chargers.
- Production Equipment - This category contains companies that design or manufacture equipment used to construct electrical or electronic products. The companies listed here primarily design devices that are meant for factory or laboratory settings.
- Production Materials and Supplies
- Repair and Service - This category is for businesses specifically involved in the repair and service of electronics equipment and systems offering services nationally or internationally. Local or regional repair facilities should not be located here, but should insted be submitted to the appropriate Regional category of the directory. Manufacturers and distributors should not be listed here, but in an category appropriate to their primary business instead.
- Safety
- Standards and Codes - This category will list the URLs that describe Business operating standards and Codes as well as the companies that provide services to implement and/or maintain these standards and codes. Examples of standards are the ISO standards and an example of codes are Building, Construction and Fire codes.
- Subassemblies - This category includes listings for manufacturers of electronics equipment such as antennas, communications equipment, control systems, data acquisition equipment, instrumentation amplifers, power supplies, servo mechanism, and test and measurement equipment.
- Substation and Transmission
- Surge Protectors
- Test and Measurement - Pick an appropriate sub-category and then submit your English language site there. The structure is to have the title show the company name and have the description demonstrate why your site belongs in a particular sub-category of Test and Measurement (meaning, write a couple of sentences describing the appropriate product line or lines). No advertising hype. The first word of your title should be your company name, the first word of the description should be the main product line or product lines you list on your site. Don't think that a long flowery, full of advertising hype, non-professional description will get your site listed any faster, it won't. All this means is I have to waste my time editing your description to fit ODP criteria. The "Test and Measurement" category includes listings for manufacturers, and distributors of test and measuring instruments, who's main product line or service consists of such things as electrical calibrators, references, standards, and sources, insulation resistance testers and megohmmeters, function generators, analog and digital multimeters, signal generators, pulse generators, magnetic test equipment, electro-optical measurement products, time domain reflectometers, radio test sets, speaker testers and/or spectrum analyzers. This category contains web sites of companies that sell, rent, lease or manufacture test and measurement equipment that will measure or produce an electrical quantity or signal that can be used for testing electrical or electronics equipment. These products do not measure light, fat content, chemical composition, flow rate, amount of bubbles, weight or any other quantity other than electrical. Make sure you give a correct URL for your site. I will not try to find your site if you give an incorrect URL. "http://" is not a correct URL.
- Transformers and Inductors - Category for manufacturers of magnetic components, including ferrites, transformers, coils, chokes and inductors.
- Wholesale and Distribution - Distributors, vendors, wholesalers, brokers and representatives are companies that buy, sell, service, or install components used to manufacture electronic products. Companies listed here do not manufacture products. Distributors that primarily service a regional territory (for example, a single US state) should submit sites to the appropriate Regional category.
- Wiring and Accessories - Manufacturers and distributors of wire and cable for electrical both low and high power signal and power transmission, insulation and heat shrink materials, power cords, wire identification and labeling systems and tools, cable ties, and wire and cable harnesses.
- Batteries - Includes listings for manufacturers of primary and secondary (rechargeable) batteries and fuel cells, chargers, and accessories.
- Careers
- Sites in this category offer advice and resources for career enhancement, career selection and dealing with career choices.
- Freelance Specialist
- Job Search - The Job Search category provides listings of employment sites, job portals, and sites which provide Job Seekers with information which specifically relates to finding a job, as opposed to career related information or resumes. The Job Search category is broken down into: Entry Level and Internships, Industries, Interview Advice, Job Fairs, Seasonal, and World-wide. Closely linked are the Recruiters and Executive Search categories which list search firms that do not specialize in one type of job or one type of industry. For industry specific search firms look in the category for the specific industry. (e.g. Business: Industries: Information Technology: Employment: Recruiters)
- Recruitment and Staffing
- Resumes and Portfolios
- Freelance Specialist
- Consultants
- Consultants specializing in the energy field, especially for: Electricity Hydrogen Oil and Gas Renewables Solid Fuels Utilities Before submitting your site, please review the Guidelines for Submitting a Site .
- Directories
- Electricity - This category is for sites dealing in world class electrical generating companies and those companies that build them.
- Employment - Employment resources related to the energy sector. Some examples of the energy sector: power, oil, gas, petrochemical and mining.
- Environment - This category is for Safety items only. It is referenced for Environmental Issues so that these sites can be directed to the Science: Environment ODP category.
- General - The Energy_and_Environment sector covers distinct, but increasingly interdependent industries. This category includes the following: Industries engaged in the electric power generation industry. Industries engaged in oil and gas exploration, refining, storage, distribution, and marketing. Providers of electric, water, and gas services (e.g. utilities). Industries developing renewable and alternative energy sources. Industries providing environmental protection and safety equipment and services, such as pollution control products, waste management, recycling operations, and waste-to-energy products. This category also includes information resources covering these industries, such as associations, reference resources, news, etc.
- Hydrogen
- Management - This Energy Management sector category includes industries and companies who provide services and products specializing in energy mangement to other businesses. For this category, Energy Management is defined as: The steps taken to minimize energy wasted in the provision of a facility or service. An energy management program is the process of implementing energy management through: Policy setting Energy auditing Behavioural change through awareness campaigns Identifying and implementing technical and procedural solutions Planning for future facilities and services Review of current facilities and services
- Marketing
- News and Media - Professional newsletters and other periodicals for the audience of Engineers.
- Oil and Gas - This main category is for vertically integrated companies that do substantial business in a number of major subcategories. For example BPAmoco is a major player in exploration, refining, petrochemicals and marketing. Many national oil companies belong in this category.
- Organizations
- Renewable - Any energy source that is naturally replenishable , including wind, sun, geothermal, oceans and rivers, and biomass . This category is for manufacturers,suppliers,distributors and service providers of renewable energy products. The category is divided into a number of specific sub categories. Please take the time to submit your site to category which best fits your product or service.
- Services
- Solid Fuel
- Utilities - Utilities are direct distributors of energy to end use customers such as residential, industrial and commercial consumers of energy. Telecommunication providers should list their sites in the appropriate category in Telecommunications. Before submitting your site, please review the Guidelines for Submitting a Site .
- Waste Management - This category features sites concerned with the business of the waste management industry.
- Directories
- Associations
- Automobile Buying and Financing - This category has sites that offer automotive financial services, such as buying and financing.
- Banking Services
- Cash Discounters - Contains listings of companies offering to pay cash for trust deeds, business notes, real estate notes, insurance policies, lawsuits and prize winnings.
- College Financing - This category contains resources for locating and obtaining student loans and other post-secondary education financing.
- Commercial Lending
- Computer Financing - Financing services specifically for the purchase of computers. For computer vendors who offer systems for sale and may also offer financing, please see the category Computer: Hardware: Retailers.
- Cooperatives - Financial services that follow a cooperative business model. Financial services include banks, trust companies, lenders, insurers, and investment houses.
- Credit and Collection - Includes categories for collection agencies, credit reporting agencies, repossession companies and skiptracing firms.
- Employment
- Factoring - Factoring is the selling of your businesses invoices to get ready cash now versus waiting 30-60 days to get paid by your client. Most Factoring companies look at the credit worthiness of your customers versus your own. This makes Factoring an viable alternative to a line of credit from a bank for startup businesses, poor business and/or personal credit, unprofitable, etc.
- Field Service Companies
- Financial Consultants - Listings of firms and individuals offering financial advisory services to businesses and/or consumers.
- Financial Planning - Business: Financial Services: Financial Planning:
- Freelancer-Contractor Services
- General - Includes banking, loan and credit categories. Please review the related categories below if you cannot find what you are looking for here.
- Information Services - The category Business/Financial Services/Information Services is designed for companies specialising in the provision and manipulation of information relevant to the Financial Services industry. This includes the following categories of information : i) Current and historic price data for financial assets ii) Current and historic news feeds on financial matters iii) Forecast and historic company fundamental data (earnings, balance sheet, background) iv) Forecast and historic macroeconomic fundamental data (GDP, trade, inflation) v) Corporate debt and equity valuation analysis vi) Personal and corporate credit analysis and information vii) Financial services market research data If you have any comments or suggestions on the content and aims of this category, please e-mail the editor(s).
- Insurance - Includes categories for many types of insurance, and provider listings. Do not submit sites to this category! No sites will be listed on the top level.
- Investment Banks - Investment Banks advise and process financial transactions for businesses and investors. Through Sales and trading, Research, and Corporate Finance, Investment Banks are the matchmakers between companies that need capital and investors. Typical Investment Bank transactions are IPOs, M&A advisory, Debt and Equity Underwriting, Merchant Banking Services, brokerage operations, Research, and Asset Management.
- Investment Services - Investment Services that cater to Businesses including Asset and Investment Management, 401(K) and Pension Plan management, Capital Raising and Financing Services, and Financial Advisory Services.
- Leasing Services - Contains listings of companies providing lease financing services to to businesses, organizations, individuals and/or government-owned entities.
- Loans - This category contains listings of businesses that primarily offer loans to consumers.
- Marketing and Advertising
- Medical Billing
- Merchant Services - Credit card merchant services are provided to businesses by processors through registered ISO/MSP organizations and their registered sales agents who represent financial institutions that are members of one of the two bank card associations (VISA, USA or MasterCard International), or, travel and entertainment card companies such as American Express, Citicorp Diners Club, or, Carte Blanche. This category is for the primary processing companies that sponsor the ISO/MSP and their agents.
- Mortgages - Business: Financial Services: Mortgages: This category includes websites of mortgage companies providing mortgage financing nationwide (United States).
- News and Media
- Offshore Services
- Payroll Services
- Surety Bonds
- US Government Financial Sites - This category is for listings that are provided by the United States Government only. They should be in the .gov domain space.
- Venture Capital - Listed directly in this category are professional venture capital firms that raise fund(s) from investors and then identify, screen, select and invest directly in entrepreneurial business ventures that are typically in their early stages. Venture capital affiliates of corporations are also listed. The subcategory Entrepreneurial Resources and its subcategories list many other sites potentially useful to entrepreneurs, including other forms of access to capital, e.g. angel investors.
- World War II Dormant Accounts - There are many dormant bank accounts and insurance contracts dating from World War II or soon before. This category lists those official organisations (often a government or perhaps affiliated to a financial trade association) that facilitate the claiming of accounts by survivors or their heirs.
- Automobile Buying and Financing - This category has sites that offer automotive financial services, such as buying and financing.
- Associations
- Trade associations, guilds, federations providing food industry information. Society/Organizations/Professional is the category for trade unions and workers' affiliations.
- Baby Food
- Baked Goods
- Beverages - Here you will find sites for and about the beverage industry. Producers, bottlers, suppliers to the industry and business resource sites, for example.
- Brokers
- Condiments
- Confectionery
- Consultants - Consulting sites which are targeted toward food manufacturers and producers and other non-hospitality industry food-related businesses.
- Cooperatives - Sites of cooperatively grown food.
- Dairy Products
- Directories
- Employment - Listings in: Business/Industries/Food_and_Related_Products/Employment will provide useful information about employment in the Foods Industry.
- Energy Bars and Gels
- Food Processing
- Foodservice Equipment
- Frozen
- Fruit and Vegetables
- General - The Food and Related Products sector category includes industries and companies engaged in transforming livestock and agricultural products into products for intermediate or final consumption. Also included are manufacturers and distributors of food and beverage processing supplies and equipment, wholesalers, and services supporting industries in this sector, which include consulting, employment, marketing, associations, etc. Professional and industrial resources are also included. Sites dealing with Food and Beverages as a recreational interest (history, humor, facts, etc.) are listed under Recreation/Food/ Cooking and recipe sites are listed under Home/Cooking/ Food and beverage retailers are listed under Shopping/Food/ Scientific, research and technical sites covering food science are listed under Science/Technology/Food_Science/ Sites covering human nutrition and dietary aspectes of food are listed under Health/Nutrition / Industries engaged in growing crops and raising livestock are listed under Business/Agriculture_and_Forestry/
- Grain - This category covers grain, and some food products made mainly from grain (such as flour and breakfast cereals).
- Import and Export
- Marketing and Advertising
- Meat - Commercial firms providing products, services or distribution about, for or of meat.
- Mushrooms and Wild Foods
- News and Media
- Noodles
- Oils
- Organic Foods - Producers, processors and traders of certified organic food with a significant amount of organic products in their portfolio should be listed here. Health and wholefoods are not necessarily organic. Our editors cannot possibly be familiar with the all the regulations concerning organic production and certification in each country. It is advisable to check listed individuals and companies for their organic accreditation before any purchase.
- Retail
- Seafood
- Seasonings - Commercial firms providing products, services, distribution about, for or of seasonings.
- Snack Foods
- Specialty and Gourmet Foods
- Sweeteners
- Vegetarian
- Baby Food
- Animal Health
- Sites that for companies that supply the animal health industry with goods and services. The animal health industry includes professionals in the industy such as veterinarians, technicians,and nutritionists plus pet owners and livestock producers.
- Case Management - This category is meant as a resource for case managers, quality improvement professionals, and others working to manage and improve care across the continuum. Professional societies, information sites, conference sites, case management consultants, and care providers are listed here. Care providers are in the Care Providers subcategory. Professional resources and consultants are listed in the Resources and Consultants subcategory. Professional societies are listed in the main category.
- Computing - This category is for listing computer resources for health care facilities.
- Consultancy - Business: Industries: Healthcare: Consultancy: this area should contain those consultants that specialize in consulting to the different aspects of the health care industry. For computer related consultants, please submit in Computing.
- Directories - Business Directories Compilation of medical websites containing indexes or lists of companies and company related information. Users should be able to visit the listed directories and obtain information pertaining to multiple businesses and business related categories.
- Economics
- Employment
- Healthcare Management
- Legal
- Marketing and Advertising
- News and Media - Healthcare publications is for those electronic or print publications which relate to any field of healthcare and are professional, non commercial. While this category relates predominately to professionals, consumer related healthcare publications will be considered if informational and professional in scope.
- Nursing - Nursing: Business sites - This section is specifically for those businesses that serve the Nursing Industry. For Nurses or Nurse Practitioners, please see Health. The Open Directory project welcomes new sites and your suggestions Thank you
- Products and Services - Links for those businesses that sell products or services to the Professional Healthcare Industry. This means those businesses that serve the healthcare industry, not the healthcare industry itself. If your site is targeted for the public and not the healthcare industry please submit your site to the appropriate category in Health. If you are selling products to the public/consumer, please submit to the Shopping tree: Shopping/Health and Beauty.
- Case Management - This category is meant as a resource for case managers, quality improvement professionals, and others working to manage and improve care across the continuum. Professional societies, information sites, conference sites, case management consultants, and care providers are listed here. Care providers are in the Care Providers subcategory. Professional resources and consultants are listed in the Resources and Consultants subcategory. Professional societies are listed in the main category.
- Associations
- Bars and Nightclubs - Bars and Nightclubs are broadly defined as establishments offering drink, entertainment and incidental meals (where meals are the primary offering of an establishment, please submit to other appropriate categories). This category lists sites of companies or organizations offering support or supplies to the Bars and Nightclubs Industry.
- Consultants
- Design and Project Management
- Directories
- Education and Training
- Employment - Working in the hotel and restaurant business can be a dynamic experience that provides skills that are transportable worldwide. If you are considering a career in Hospitality or are looking for a break from your current career path, the sites in this category may prove helpful. Sites in Business/Industries/Hospitality_Industry/Employment will provide useful information about employment in the Hotel, Catering and Hospitality industries.
- Food Service
- General - The Hospitality sector category is broadly defined to include industries and establishments offering customers with lodging and/or food services. Also included are establishments offering supplies and equipment, and services that support these industries. Excluded from this sector are civic and social organizations, amusement and recreation parks, theaters, and other recreation or entertainment facilities and venues providing food and beverage services. Also excluded from this sector are establishments that offer event planning and and production services, which may include accommodation and food service activities. Examples of companies in this sector include conference, exhibit, and meeting planners. Sites offering event planning services are listed under Business/Business_Services/Event_Planning_and_Production/ Sites for individual lodging establishments (e.g. hotels, motels, B&Bs, etc.) and individual restaurants, bars and nightclubs are listed in the Regional branch. However, the Hospitality category does list sites for regional, national and international chains, corporations and holding companies.
- Restaurant Chains - This category hosts restaurant chains and franchises. It does not contain individual restaurants. Please look for individual restaurants in the specific regional category, or in ChefMoz. http://chefmoz.org
- Software
- Supplies and Equipment
- Support Services
- Travel
- Bars and Nightclubs - Bars and Nightclubs are broadly defined as establishments offering drink, entertainment and incidental meals (where meals are the primary offering of an establishment, please submit to other appropriate categories). This category lists sites of companies or organizations offering support or supplies to the Bars and Nightclubs Industry.
- Associations
- Compensation and Benefits - This subcategory contains information pertaining to employee compensation and benefits. This includes wages, medical insurance, leave plans, retirement plans, 401(k)plans, cafeteria plans and other related information.
- Education and Training - This category is for businesses that are devoted to the training or education of the human resources industry. Please also see Business/Human Resources/Training and Safety.
- Employee Relations - Information and consulting resources on how to maximize employee relations. For additional information on potential and current conflict issues - see the conflict resolution sub-category
- Employment - Career sites for the Human Resources field.
- Government Agencies - This subcategory contains links to international, federal, state and local governments that are useful to Human Resources professionals.
- Outplacement - This category is for companies that provide either an outplacement service, or outplacement resources to other companies. Companies providing job search, or career advice should be directed to an appropriate category of Business:Employment:JobSearch.
- Recruiting and Retention - This category is for companies that provide tools, consulting, or advice on recruitment and retention matters.
- Reference - This category contains employment law related information and reference information useful to the HR practitioner or student.
- Training and Safety - The Training and Safety section contains information relating to employee training and organizational safety issues that are related to the practice of Human Resources.
- Compensation and Benefits - This subcategory contains information pertaining to employee compensation and benefits. This includes wages, medical insurance, leave plans, retirement plans, 401(k)plans, cafeteria plans and other related information.
- Associations
- This category is for industrial manufacturing associations. An association in this category is an organized body of manufacturing company representatives who have an interest, activity, or purpose in common.
- Bearings
- Cable and Wire - This main section is mainly for full line distributors of wire and cable products and accessories.
- Calibration and Testing - Organizations providing independent testing, laboratory, calibration, and instrument repair services.
- Casting, Molding, Machining - This category covers sites related to producing a multiplicity of standard and custom parts and components for a diversity of end users, usually (although not always necessarily) on a subcontracted basis. It includes associated supply and support companies and runs the gamut of providing castings through to the application of various finishes to end products. In effect, the essential feature is the use of machinery, rather than the manufacture of the equipment itself. Thus a lathe user can belong here, whereas the lathe manufacturer will be found -- and should be directed to -- a more logical Machinery and Tools category. Note: Companies indexed in the main category should offer either multiple or somewhat unique manufacturing capabilities. Otherwise, sites are distributed among a number of subcategories, each indicating a particular type of machining activity. Additional note: Just as lathe manufacturers aren't indexed in this category, so companies that manufacture end products from start to finish themselves are, more than likely, better directed elsewhere. Obvious examples would be appliance manufacturers and car makers, who each have categories of their own and, at best, merely -- somewhere along the way -- use the services and parts provided by the firms whose sites are listed within this Casting, Molding, Machining category.
- Consultants - The Industrial Goods and Services Consultants category includes companies that provide operating advice and assistance to businesses and other organizations in areas of manufacturing operations improvement, production planning and control. Consulting services focused on specific industry sectors are listed in categories corresponding to those sectors (e.g. consultants focused on Automotive manufacturing operations).
- Directories
- Engineering - Engineering This category is a combination of informational sites and company listings for most major Engineering fields. (No companies are listed directly under Engineering, but are listed in their most appropriate subcategories of Engineering).
- Factory Automation - The manufactures of products used to automate Factories and continuos flow processes including the integrators of automated material handling systems.
- Fluid and Gas Control - Please try to add valves, hoses, and fittings sites for fluid handling equipment to the /Valves, Hoses, Fittings category and sites for fluid power (hydraulic and pneumatic) to the /Fluid Power Components category. Please submit your site to one of these subcategories, because it will be so placed in any cases.
- Industrial Supply - Listings for industrial supply companies. Most manufacturers belong in Business/Industries/Manufacturing.
- Machinery and Tools - This category serves as a collection point for a host of sites put together by individuals, companies, and organizations that make, sell, service, or are otherwise concerned with the machinery, equipment, tooling, accessories, and consumables used by a wide range of industrial manufacturers. The category breaks the sites into groups that relate to either a main type of equipment or a particular field of industrial operation. Many of these groups are further broken down into subcategories that each assemble sites that have something in common with one another. An important point about all the sites is their focus on the equipment used in manufacturing an end product or achieving an end result. This is quite different from concern about the raw material involved in the manufacturing process. Sites of that sort belong in the relevant Resources industry categories. Note: Although over 5000 sites are distributed among the numerous subcategories that make up this Machinery and Tools section of the Open Directory, a relatively small percentage of them are indexed in five "above the line" categories: Associations, Directories, Employment, Technical Services, and Used Machinery. The focus in each case is on a general or all encompassing application to users of machinery and tools rather than on a narrower relationship to a specific industry or manufacturing process. Additional note: Several dozen sites are indexed, too, below the list of subcategories on this page. They represent companies that feature a diversified or out-of-the-ordinary range of products or services and are therefore difficult -- if not impossible -- to include elsewhere. A few of them do, at first glance, appear to have a relationship to a given subcategory, but the diversification of their interests and activities suggests that they are more justifiably listed under this "catch-all" heading.
- Materials - Materials are the raw stuff used in manufacturing and industry. Some examples are steel, fibers, glass, and chemicals.
- News and Media - Online magazines, newsletters as well as websites from traditional journals with industry related content . Before submitting your site, please review the Guidelines for Submitting a Site .
- Optics - This category is for listing COMPANIES, so please submit company sites, not product sites. The title of your site should reflect your company name, nothing more. Note that this is for companies who sell or resell high technology, high precision, optical equipment, such as precision lenses, mirrors, detection or imaging equipment, and prisms. There is a subcategory for industrial lasers and laser products. Please put your laser company site there. Laser entertainment (such as light shows) does not belong in this category. It belongs in a business or entertainment category. Companies selling low-tech products which can be purchased at a local general store probably is not appropriate for this category. This would include small He-Ne lasers for use as laser pointers, 3-D glasses, and light bulbs. A business category would be best in that case.
- Packaging - Packaging companies Packaging equipment companies Packaging research firms Engineering pertaining to packaging
- Services - General manufacturing services.
- Bearings
- Associations
- Companies
- Consultants
- Employment - This category lists the sites that offer job resources for individuals in the Information Technology industry, including computer hardware, computer software, and internet-related jobs. Appropriate submissions would include sites listing available Information Technology jobs, or firms which specialize in IT job placement.
- General
- Imaging
- Companies
- Associations
- This category should contain General Business and Commerce Associations that deal with business between nations, to promote and facilitate international business.
- Barter - Web sites that facilitate international trade between businesses using the exchange of goods or services as payment. Sites that deal with barter between individuals or within a single country should be submitted to Alternative Monetary Systems .
- Consulting - This category is for the webpages of international consultancies.
- Directories - A directory is a guide or list of resources, not an individual business. Directories are compilation of websites containing comprehensive indexes or lists of general business resources, companies, and company related information. Users should be able to visit the listed directories and obtain information about business and commerce between nations.
- Events
- General - This category is for businesses and resources that deal with business and commerce between nations. Businesses and resources that deal specifically with business within a country, should be found at that country's regional business category, for example: Regional/North_America/Canada/Business_and_Economy/ Individual importers', exporters', manufacturers' and industry specific sites are found as a subcategory of the industry such as Business/{IndustryName}/
- Import and Export - This is the general category for all import and export related service companies, including agents, traders, distributors, consultants, web sites, trade portals and other intermediaries. All import/export service related sites from every world region are welcome to list in this category to promote products or services available or sought for international purchase.
- International Organization for Standardization - ISO - The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies from some 100 countries, one from each country. ISO is a non-governmental organization established in 1947. The mission of ISO is to promote the development of standardization and related activities in the world with a view to facilitating the international exchange of goods and services, and to developing cooperation in the spheres of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity. ISO's work results in international agreements which are published as International Standards. ISO is not an acronym for International Organization for Standardization, but a Greek word meaning equal. (remember isoceles triangles from school, meaning equal sided), and is valid in English, French and Russian, the three official languages of ISO.
- International Taxation - Informational sites, resources and consultants that deal with international taxation issues. Sites that pertain to individual countries should be listed under the appropriate business or regional category.
- Services - Web sites for organizations and companies that provide services which facilitate international trade and business. Services that are specific to a certain industry or region should be listed in their appropriate regional or industry category.
- Barter - Web sites that facilitate international trade between businesses using the exchange of goods or services as payment. Sites that deal with barter between individuals or within a single country should be submitted to Alternative Monetary Systems .
- Brokerages
- Brokerage firms that offer services to the public for trading stocks, bonds, and/or mutual funds as well as speculative instruments. Such firms usually charge a commission for carrying out the purchase, sale, trade or disposition of securities or other assets for which they are licensed.
- Chats and Forums - U.S. based online discussions, and investment "chats"
- Clearing Houses and Securities Depositories - In some financial markets there are Clearing Houses. These act as central counterparties, and thus reduce or eliminate settlement risk, and often allow netting of transactions.
- Commodities, Futures - Websites about commodities, futures, derivitives, and options on futures. Before submitting your site, please review the Guidelines for Submitting a Site . The futures markets evolved because of the necessity to control price fluctuations, large differences between supply and demand, and to minimize price risk to producers and merchandisers. The commodity exchanges bring buyers and sellers together so they can agree on a price. This is done by open out cry, and computerized trading. Bid/Ask information is readily accessible so prices are better able to reflect realistic economic conditions.
- Day Trading - Day trading has seen rapid growth in the past few years, especially online day trading. See sites with revolutionary ideas in the online day trading field.
- Games - Simulated Investment training sites as well as investing games one can play.
- Humor
- International - Companies listed in this category offer investment opportunities to individuals or corporations located outside of their own country.
- Investment Guides - Sites aimed at instructing, teaching, offering extensive reviews and/or critiques of investing. Includes "How to" invest.
- Investment Models - Quantitative approach toward investing using numeric screens to isolate specific variables and relationships.
- Money Managers - A Money Manager firm is paid a fee to supervise and make the investment decisions of others. The term is normally used in reference to the asset manager of large institutions such as bank trust departments, pension funds, insurance companies and mutual funds. However, it may also be applied to those firms who manage the investment assets of smaller individual investors as well. Money Mangers may also be known as Investment Managers, Investment Advisers, or Investment Advisors.
- Mutual Funds - Investing in mutual funds has expanded in number tremendously throughout the 1990's. This category is inclusive and if you know of one we have missed, please send the web page location to us. Thank you, Open Directory Investing Editors.
- News and Media - Investment news services or resoures with significant investment news.
- Options - Typically, Investment "options" are rights to buy or sell some underlying instrument. The "call" is typically the right, but not the obligation, to buy the underlying instrument and the "Put" is the right, but not the obligation, to sell the underlying instrument. Except for stock covered calls, this class of investments can lead to the total loss of one's money and therefore, education and experience in investing should be prerequisites for entering option transactions.
- Payment Associations
- Quotes - These sites specialize in stock market quotes and historical price data.
- Real Estate - Information on Investing in Real Estate.
- Resources - Business: Investing: Resources:
- Retirement Planning - Businesses which sell retirement planning services or products to individuals. 'Get Rich Quick' or 'Secrets to Retirement Riches' or similar entries are not likely to be listed. Free advice or information related to retirement planning is best found in Home/Consumers/Consumer_Education/Financial/
- Socially Responsible - Socially responsible investing (SRI), ethical investing, or sustainable investing, as practiced by individuals and institutions, incorporates social, ethical, and environmental criteria in the investment process. Such criteria may be applied via screening of portfolios, shareowner advocacy or activism campaigns, and community development investing. A sub-set of traditional investing, SRI has matured into a rapidly growing global industry and community over the past thirty years.
- Stocks and Bonds - Business:Investing:Stocks and Bonds is intended as a broad category of publicly available equities. Please see subdirectories herein for where your submitted web site might best be placed.
- Technical Analysis
- Women and Investing - Women and Investing was created as a distinct grouping within investing because: (1) While investing prinicples are universal, women have unique investing needs; (2) Financial Service Providers have begun to focus on women as a specific, distinct audience and have, therefore, created sites that are measurably different than "normal" investing sites, and (3) Sites that may critique the issues in (1) and / or (2) would be appropriately placed here.
- Chats and Forums - U.S. based online discussions, and investment "chats"
- Company Information
- This category includes sites that provide financial information and data about corporations and other business enterprises; and includes corporate reports, financial statements, and other data of interest to investors.
- Company Rankings
- Publicly Traded
- Company Rankings
- Benchmarking and Best Practices
- Business Process Analysis
- Business Transformation - The Business Transformation category is a directory of resource sites pertaining to the planned reframing, redesign, restructuring, revitalization and renewal of organizations. This directory will include coverage for a broad range of theories, applications and resources related to business and organizational transformation including: Reengineering; Reorganization and Organizational Design; Organizational Improvement; Process Improvement & Organizational/Process Mapping; Performance Measurement (including Balanced Scorecard, Efficiency/Effectiveness); Total Quality Management; and other related topics.
- Communication Skills
- Consulting - For web sites of firms or individuals providing or relating to the provision of consultation services or products to manager(s) of businesses.
- Education and Training
- Employment
- Ethics - This category is designed specifically for sites which promote, teach or inform the reader in the area of organizational and managerial principles, beliefs and practices which lead to a greater degree of integrity.
- Leadership - Information and services related to leadership in organizations, including development, theory and research
- Management Science - The Management Science category is a directory of sites pertaining to the theory and application of the science of management and related topics.
- News and Media
- Organizational Change - The Organizational Change category is a directory of sites pertaining to the leading and managing change in organizations of all types. This directory will include coverage for a broad range of theories, applications and resources related to business and organizational change, but all sites listed here should be primarily focused upon leading or managing change from that broad perspective.
- Organizational Development - Organizational Development (OD) is concerned with planned change in an organizational context. OD is applied behavioral science targeted at changing the total organization or system. The major goal of OD is increased organizational effectiveness and individual development. Culture and process are typical high priority targets of OD. Culture consists of basic assumptions, values, and norms of behavior that are viewed as the correct way to perceive, think, and feel. As culture has a heavy influence on both thinking and feeling even in highly technical/scientific fields, culture change is seen as necessary for lasting organizational improvement/ change/ transformation. Primary distinguishing characteristics of OD include: Focus on culture and process. Encourages collaboration between leaders and members in managing culture and process. Teams and groups are typical targets of intervention. Focus on the human and social aspects of the organization and in so doing also intervenes in the technological and structural aspects. Problem solving and decision making at all levels. System thinking and total system change. Goal to improve the organizations ability to solve it's own problems. Continuous learning and self-reflection / self-analysis . Action Research - a participative model of iterative diagnosis and taking action. Seeks the betterment of both individuals and the organization. Topics or fields that use methods also used in OD include: the learning organization, change management, organizational transformation, knowledge management, leadership, meeting facilitation/ effective meetings, process analysis, process improvement and business process re-engineering (BPR), strategic planning, total quality improvement, team building. Most of these topics or fields have their own sub-categories in the directory.
- Project and Program Management
- Public Sector
- Recruiting and Search
- Strategic Planning - Resources for Strategic Planning. ----------- This category is devoted to Strategic Planning: a process by which we can envision the future and develop the necessary procedures and operations to influence and achieve that future. The strategic plan answers six primary questions: Why are we in business? How do we do business? Where are we now? Where do we want to be? How can we get there? How will we know we've arrived? Commercial sites are listed to the extent that they are not just promotional but actually contain information or resources of value to those interested in strategic planning.
- Strategy and Forecasting - Got big decisions to make? Strategy is a process for thinking those choices through. This category collects sites on strategic thought and action. Thinking ahead is basic. But the techniques for describing the future are sophisticated. Some of these sites provide ways of estimating, assessing, and using possible futures to frame decisions. These sites should introduce you to interesting ideas that lay the groundwork for policy formulation, business plans, and your organization's path through the future.
- Supply Chain - Supply Chain in Management category of Business.
- Theory of Constraints
- Value Based Management - Value-based management is a leading approach to managing that holds top executives should run their companies with a single, overriding objective: to maximize shareholder value. Shareholder value can be measured by the long-term returns of the company's stock.
- Virtual Corporations
- Business Process Analysis
- Advertising
- This category is for companies specializing in advertising and promotional services. This category is NOT for advertising your products. Please submit your site to an appropriate subcategory of this section. Companies specializing in web promotions are welcomed at Computers: Internet: Web Promotions:
- Consulting - Marketing consulting firms provide advisory services contracted for and provided to organizations by specially trained and qualified persons who assist, in an objective and independent manner, the client organization to identify problems, analyze such problems, recommend solutions to these problems, and help, when requested, in the implementation of solutions.
- Direct Marketing
- Employment - Information on recruiters specializing in the placement of advertising and marketing professionals, as well as job-related information for those employed in the field of advertising and marketing.
- General - The Marketing and Advertising category comprises sub-industries and establishments engaged in one or more of the following: Advertising in print, broadcast, interactive, or other media Branding and corporate identity design Creation and distribution of promotional items Internet marketing strategy and analysis Collection and analysis of market research Public relations activities Training and development of sales representatives Excluded from this category are: Agencies and individuals which offer advertising and marketing services to a specific industry sector. These are listed according to the industry which they serve . Agencies and individuals which offer local services only are listed according to the geographic area which they serve Companies which offer web design, promotion, and hosting services are listed only in Computers: Internet: Web Design and Development .
- Internet Marketing - First, what this category is NOT! If you are a site designer, builder, promoter, submission service, even if the words marketing appear on your site or in your business name, this does not make you an Internet Marketer automatically. This would be for companies who do needs assessment, market research, production design and development, pricing and product cycles and positioning, government and regulatory issues, focus groups, identity development, media planning and development, long range activities ... In other words, a well established company or consultant with verifiable expertise and contacts. Marketing does not happen, every inch is planned with contingencies for every plan. Many of these sites have case studies of current or past clientele.
- Market Research Suppliers - Firms supply research or strategies to perform research in marketing.
- Marketing Support Services - Web sites, publications, information suppliers, and resources that are provided to individuals and companies who are part of the marketing industry.
- Micromarketing - Micromarketing uses information about local areas for applications such as targeting direct marketing, analysing customer loyalty, branch location, planning merchandise mix,or turnover forecasts. The information for this analysis is usually derived from a database of lifestyle surveys and/or census demographics. The basic principle is that people who live in similar areas will, to some degree, have similar purchasing power and spending habits. This idea allows one to build mathematical models predicting likely purchasing behaviour.
- Positioning
- Public Relations
- Relationship Marketing
- Salesmanship - Training laboratories, salesmanship consultants, sales management firms, sales improvement organizations, providers and inspirational resources for sales people fit here. This focus is because effective salespeople are at the heart of many enterprises.
- Sectors - This category lists marketing sites targeted to specific groups of persons or industries. Marketing and PR firms focusing on a particular market sector are listed here. General marketing and PR firms are listed under one of the follow categories as appropriate: Business/Marketing
- Consulting - Marketing consulting firms provide advisory services contracted for and provided to organizations by specially trained and qualified persons who assist, in an objective and independent manner, the client organization to identify problems, analyze such problems, recommend solutions to these problems, and help, when requested, in the implementation of solutions.