Sponsored by the BRASS Education Committee

The Education Committee of the Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) of the American Library Association (ALA) began in 1998 to identify several long-term educational projects that would be developed to fulfill the committee's role of providing educational and developmental opportunities for librarians involved in providing business reference services. The 'Best of the Best' Business Web Sites project was the first of the projects completed in 2000. The Committee subsequently has published the Core Competencies for Business Reference pages on the BRASS website.

Each of the following categories provides a listing of significant sites that are themselves content rich in nature:

• Accounting and Taxation
• Advertising and Marketing
• American Corporations
• Banking
• Business Ethics
• Economics
• Electronic Commerce
• Financial Markets and Investments
• General Management
• Hospitality
• Human Resource Management and Labor Relations
• Insurance
• International Business
• MIS and Knowledge Management
• Real Estate
• Small Business

This project was developed by members of the BRASS Education Committee 1999/2000: Jennifer Boettcher, Judith Faust, Caroline Lilyard, Glenda Neely, Joe Straw, Deborah Harrington (Education Chair). Other contributors included Karen Chapman (BRASS Webmaster), members of the BRASS Education Committee 1998/1999 - 1999/2000 and Lynn C. Brown, (Education Chair) 1998/1999.