Hoover's links directly to a number of Net search engines, and automatically inserts the company name you're interested in into the search engine you choose. If you click on one of the engines listed on the Hoover's page, including AltaVista, Excite and Lycos, you'll be taken directly to the search results for that company. This speeds up the search process considerably. Overall, Hoover's Online is an excellent free Net resource, except for the fact that the number of companies it lists is limited. This site provides access to some 60,000 public and private companies.
Listings feature annual sales, company size, ownership structure, Web and email addresses.
Webgator This page links to a number of state corporate records offices. Most of these do not yet provide actual corporate data on the Net, although some do link to corporate forms and procedural information.