Presently, there is not a publication that compiles and characterizes the Brazilian information sources for business. The study, here reported, has contributed for a better knowledge of these sources, identifying, selecting, describing, compiling and evaluating Brazilian databases in the areas of juridical and financial information about enterprises and products, statistics and economic indicators, business opportunities, vocabulary, investment, as well as bibliographic databases about themes related to administration and economy. The descriptions of the databases identified in the project are available on URL <A HREF="http://www.eci.ufmg.br/cendon/pesquisa.htm">http://www.eci.ufmg.br/cendon/pesquisa.htm</A>. This paper offers an overall view of the databases identified, descrives the methodology utilized for the survey and description thereof and analyzes all the sources of the information obtained and its producers.
Information for business; Databases
