Businesses:
APCE: The French business start-up portal
SME : 1000 links in the field of company management
CompanyNewsGroup: Company profiles
Europa Finance: Key figures, profiles, stock market/listed European company data
Report Gallery: Companies' annual reports
Europages: European business directory

Guides and economy:
OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and  Development
RIME: Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry online Management and Economy Resources
COE:  National and international economics and economic observation centre of the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry
List of selected websites for the Finance and Economy Documentation Centre (MINEFI)
SESSI: Strategic studies and industrial statistics service, SESSI (Ministry of Industry)
CREDOC: Research Centre for the Study and Observation of Living Conditions
CEPII, French institute for research on the international economy
Strategic road Directory specialised in economy, finance and business
Novethic: Centre for resources and expertise on societal responsibility of companies and  socially responsible investment

Statistics:
OECD:  Statistical studies from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Eurostat: Statistical Office of the European Commission
INSEE: Statistical Information on the Economy and French Society
Alisse: Online access to structural company statistics. INSEE
MINEFE:  Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry website
Agreste: Statistics office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fishing

Demographics
INED: National institute for demographic studies
Signets de l'INED: Online statistical demographic resources
INSEE: Population census

Europa: European Union portal
European Institutions

World Student: compares the academic systems in different countries
Afij: Professional integration of young graduates.
L'étudiant: Write a CV, practice your interview techniques, 50 cover letters.
Monster:  How to write and send an effective CV.
Civiweb: Website for voluntary work in companies

Press:
Courrier international:  Guide to daily newspapers and magazines worldwide.
IPL: List of 2300 periodicals available online
BVP: Franco-Quebec catalogue of unabridged French language electronic periodicals

Libraries:
BNF: French national library
BPI: encyclopaedic library of news and general information which provides reference collections in any media for adults

Online bookshops:
LMET: bookshop specialising in science disciplines and technology
FNAC, Chapitre, Decitre General-interest bookshops

Methodology - tools:
Grebib:  library research guide, created by the BNF
Formist: self study to research
Cerise: Advice for students on effective specialised research skills

Dictionaries and encyclopaedias:
GDT: le grand dictionary terminologique, translations et definitions - English/French
YourDictionary: Online monolingual and bilingual dictionaries in 175 different languages. Link to linguistics and grammar websites.
Atlif: dictionary: Le Trésor de la Langue française - French
Synonyme:  dictionary of French synonyms.
Orthonet : help in spelling, grammar, definitions - French
Bartleby : dictionaries, encyclopaedias, thesaurus - English
Canadian catalogue of online dictionary sites, all specialties