If you’re looking for a powerful online mapping tool, use PolicyMap to “capture data in visually powerful ways through custom maps, tables, and reports.”

Users can create and save data maps for their area(s) of interest, including neighborhoods, zip codes, cities, states, and more. Users can also create tables to compare data across locations or to study data over time, or they can create reports about specific geographies or locations.

PolicyMap is available at various subscription levels. There’s a free level, as well as standard, premium, and even student subscription levels. The free level includes datasets such as Census, Postal Service, FBI’s city crime rates, County Business Patterns, HUD, and more. Find out more about this innovative geographic information system at http://www.policymap.com/.

Use the Career Guide to Industries to find information on occupations, training and advancement, earnings, job prospects, and more for dozens of industries.

Search by topic using the “Search CGI” box available on every page, browse the industry links provided on the left navigation bar, or see a list of all industries at http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgindex.htm. You can also access links to information about the job market in each state at http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgjobout.htm.

The Career Guide to Industries is a companion to the Occupational Outlook Handbook; both publications are provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

If you’re looking for a source of education-related statistics, visit the Institute of Education Sciences’ National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

NCES is part of the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences. It is the primary organization that collects, analyzes, and reports on education-related data in the United States. NCES reports complete statistics on the condition of American education and education activities internationally.

In addition to education statistics, NCES also provides other tools, such as the ability to search for schools, colleges, and libraries, or use the college navigator to identify schools that best meet the user’s criteria. You can access NCES at http://nces.ed.gov/.

“Whether you are a company that operates in multiple jurisdictions, or are looking to expand globally, having access to accurate and timely information on taxation and other business conditions is critical to your success.”  This information is available via Deloitte’s International Tax and Business Guides.

Topics covered by the guides include: investment climate, business and regulatory environment, foreign investment, choice of business entity, corporate and individual taxation, and employment law.

To learn more about the tax and business landscape of more than 120 locations, check out the guides today.

Search the collections of libraries in your community, or around the world using WorldCat.

WorldCat is a global catalog of library collections from libraries around the world. It currently catalogs 1.4 billion items and you can search for books, music CDs, videos, and more. You can search for all locations of a specific item and then locate it in a nearby library, if available. You can even find research articles and other digital content that you can view directly online.

To try WorldCat for yourself, visit http://www.worldcat.org/ today.

The redesign of the HillSearch site is here! We're excited about it, and we think our HillSearch members will be as well.

See at a glance the premium databases that are available in HillSearch, and use the descriptions to determine which one is best suited for your unique business research needs. Check out the additional and enhanced tutorials, use the newspaper and journal search engine, explore the possibilities for HillSearch to help your business.

For those of you who are not HillSearch members, sign up for a free trial and see what all the buzz is about. And buzz aside, see what HillSearch can do for you to make yours a smarter and more successful business.

Where can you search for jobs, as well as find information on career news, trends, training, and more? Try the Wall Street Journal’s Career section.

Search for jobs by location, salary, or industry, or read about “The Five-Second Commute” or “Creating a Resume That Sells.” Learn how to reinvent yourself, hone your career strategies, or check out the education resources if you’re considering returning to school.

To access these features and more, visit the Career section of the Wall Street Journal.

If you’re searching for data on transition and emerging markets, look no further. Davidson Data Center and Network (DDCN) provides a searchable database of micro and macro level data on transition economies.

You can find DDCN data via basic or advanced search, or browse by subject, country, featured data, or recent additions. In addition to providing free access to data, the DDCN’s Data Locator also identifies relevant data available at other institutions (both free and commercial).

The DDCN is a project of the William Davidson Institute, “a non-profit, independent, research and educational institute dedicated to developing and disseminating expertise on issues affecting firms in transition & emerging market economies.” Primary sources of data are faculty members and researchers who share their data for secondary analysis.

Learn how rapidly changing technology and the Internet are impacting individuals and families in Norton’s Online Living Report.

In its second year, the report surveyed 9,000 adults and children in 12 countries. Countries surveyed include: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

You can download the full report at http://www.nortononlineliving.com/documents/NOLR_Report_09.pdf. Or you can skip the full report and download the data at http://www.nortononlineliving.com/documents/NOLR_studyreport031609.pdf.