Business and Economics
Business & Economics Resources
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| EXAMPLES: | Author (last name, first name): Bergsten, C. Fred Title: China : the Balance Sheet Keyword: economy and china |
Reference materials: almanacs, encyclopedias, and other informational guides relevant to research in Business and Economics. Please note that this is just a sampling - there are many others located in the same sections as the ones listed below.
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Series of handbooks (in full text) within the various branches of economics, held within Science Direct database |
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Search and browse reference resources including encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories, handbooks, thesauri and more. |
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State Profiles: The Population and Economy of Each U.S. State (3rd ed.) |
ref HA 203 .S734 2006 |
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The Directory of Business Information Resources |
ref HD 2421 .B875 2005 |
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International Encyclopedia of Business and Management (6 vols.) |
ref HF 1001 .I53 1996 |
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Encyclopedia of Advertising (3 vols.) |
ref HF 5803 .A38 2003 |
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Encyclopedia of Major Marketing Campaigns |
ref HF 5837 .E53 2000 |
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| Academic Search Complete |
Magazines and journals on many subjects, includes peer-reviewed and scholarly works. |
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| America: History and Life |
Comprehensive index to articles, dissertations, and books about American history and culture. |
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| * Business Source Complete |
Business journals, peer-reviewed publications, and magazines. |
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| Directory of Open Access Journals |
"Free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals" - SEE: BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS | |
| Entrepreneurial Studies Source |
offers users full text for more than 125 key periodicals, 135 reference books, numerous case studies, thousands of company profiles and over 600 videos with transcripts and related articles from the Harvard Faculty Seminar Series and Vator.TV, one of the world's largest social network sites for high-tech entrepreneurs. |
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| Environment Complete |
Journals on topics including agriculture, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, urban planning, and more. |
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| Hoover's |
Business research platform that allows you to search U.S. and international company listings by industry, size, & geography to build lists, create marketing plans, conduct competitive analysis, and raise funds. | |
| Legal Information Reference Center |
contains hundreds of full-text publications and thousands of legal forms. |
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| * Lexis Nexis | Index to articles, with full text, in hundreds of news, business, legal, medical, and general reference resources, including the NY Times. | |
| Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) with Full Text |
Provides coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. |
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| Project Muse |
Full-text scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences |
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| ProQuest Research Library |
Information from newspapers and periodicals on a wide range of topics, including the arts, business, humanities, health, and the sciences. |
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| ProQuest Newspapers -Wall Street Journal |
Includes abstracts and full-text to the Wall Street Journal. |
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| Regional Business News |
Currently contains abstracts for 67 regional business publications, with full text for 52 of those titles. |
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| ScienceDirect | Elsevier's scholarly journal collections w/limited full text. Please use Interlibrary Loan services to request the actual articles. | |
| Handbooks in Economics Series | Series of handbooks (in full text) within the various branches of economics, held within Science Direct database |
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| BusDateline |
Regional information vital to businesses | |
| BusIndustry |
Business and industry facts, figures, and key events | |
| BusManagement |
Practical aspects and approaches to business management | |
| BusinessOrgs |
Organizations that serve business and industry | |
| Disclosure |
Directory information on companies publicly traded on U.S. exchanges | |
| EconLit |
Journals, books, and working papers on economics | |
| WilsonBusiness |
Leading English-language business periodicals | |
| Worldscope |
Indexes leading English-language business periodicals | |
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Data / Statistics |
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| see also: | Salem's Statistical Resources page | |
| ***Morningstar Library Edition*** |
Comprehensive information on mutual funds and stocks. |
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| Searchable profiles of NC counties - you must create an account for first time use |
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| NC Agricultural Statistics | Tables, maps, graphs of NC agriculture | |
| Regional Accounts Data | Personal income data by state and county | |
| State Data Center | Population, economic, income, health data & more | |
| State Demographics | State, County, and Local demographics | |
| Simply Map |
A web-based demographic, business and marketing data mapping tool. USERS MUST "CREATE PERSONAL WORKSPACE" TO SAVE WORK. |
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| United Nations Common Database |
Statistics from all the countries of the world |
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| WDI Online |
World Development Indicators Online--statistics from around the globe. Published by the World Bank. |
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| Accounting (LSU Libraries Webliography) |
Links to sites for auditing, taxation, international accounting, associations, federal and state boards, accounting firms and journals. |
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| American Accounting Association |
Homepage with information on activities and membership; also valuable information on accounting topics and links to other resources. |
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| Financial Accounting Standards Board |
Information on accounting standards and practices; articles and reports. |
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| Tax and Accounting Sites Directory |
Comprehensive index of tax and accounting resources. |
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| Business Plans and Profiles Index |
Lists types of small business that includes background information on small businesses and business plans. |
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Economics Web Resources |
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| WebEC: worldwide resources in economics |
Annotated listing for micro and macro economics; financial, business and regional economics; industrial organization |
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| Resources for Economists on the Internet |
Lists more than 1200 online resources in 73 sections and sub-sections; sponsored by the American Economic Association. |
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| ECONOLink |
Developed to provide easy access to basic economic and financial information; includes a variety of resources |
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| Economic Data and Links |
Extensive list of current U.S. and international economic data |
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| FEDSTATS |
Easy access to statistics and information produced by more than 70 agencies of the U.S. government |
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| World Bank Group |
Information on developing countries and about particular development topics (i.e., agriculture, energy, etc). |
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| Penn World Table |
provides purchasing power parity and national
income accounts converted to international prices for 189 countries/territories for some or all of the
years 1950-2009.
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Company/Industry Research & General Web Resources |
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| Hoover's |
Company and industry reports from a respected source. |
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| MarketWatch |
A commercial site with useful business news and commentary - beware of advertising. |
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| Reuters |
Up to date reporting from a respected economic news source; see, especially, the "Business & Finance" section. |
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| SEC EDGAR |
Publicly accessible and searchable company report filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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Yahoo!'s financial pages have existed a bit longer, but both are useful for the latest trade figures, news, etc. |
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