Subject
Guide: Economics and Business
INDEXES | REFERENCE
WORKS | WEB
LINKS | PERIODICALS
This page is intended to introduce
a few select resources, both on the
Web and in the Smith Library Center
print collection, that are particularly
useful for the study of Economics and
Business. Also, for statistical information
related to business, see our Statistical
Sources Guide.
Glossary
of Business and Financial Terms -
link to the New York Times on the
Web, one time free registration
required.
InvestorWords -
financial glossary
INDEXES
Business & Industry
Contains important facts, figures and key events
dealing with public and private companies, industries,
products and markets for all manufacturing and service
industries at an international level. *For Southwestern community
only.
Business
and Management Practices
Focus on the practical aspects and approaches of
business management. Updated weekly; offers highly-focused
coverage of more than 300 core management journals
and trade publications. Also included are specific
management-related articles from over 300 additional
sources. *For Southwestern community only.
Business
Dateline
Citations to regional business articles. *For Southwestern community only.
Business
Organizations, Agencies, and Publications
Directory
Organizations that serve business and industry worldwide.
*For Southwestern community only.
Business
Source Complete
Business Source Complete indexes over 3,600 journals and contains
the full text to almost 3,000 of them. As part of the comprehensive
coverage offered by this database, indexing and abstracts
for the most important scholarly business journals back to
1886 or the first issue published for that journal are included.
Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial
data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests,
conference proceedings, case studies, investment research
reports, industry reports, market research reports, country
reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more. Through
EBSCOhost.
*For Southwestern community only.
Disclosure
Financial reports on publicly owned companies. *For
Southwestern community only.
EconLit
Index of economic literature. *For Southwestern community only.
Federal
Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps)
FedBizOpps.gov is the single government point-of-entry
(GPE) for Federal government procurement opportunities
over $25,000. Government buyers are able to publicize
their business opportunities by posting information
directly to FedBizOpps via the Internet.
ICPSR
Direct
University faculty, students, and staff may download
social science research data sets from the ICPSR
(Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social
Research) website. Data includes General Social Survey
data, election data, census data, world and European
values surveys, criminal justice data, substance
abuse/mental health data, education data, aging data,
health/medical care data, and more.
Standard
and Poor's NetAdvantage
Contains financial/business databases with information on
company reports, bond ratings, industry trends, executive
biographies, etc. Includes Standard & Poor's Bond Guide; Corporation
Records; Dividend Record; Earnings Guide; Industry Surveys;
Mutual Fund Reports; The Outlook; Register of Corporations,
Directors, and Executives; Security Dealers' Directory; Stock
Guide; and Stock Reports.
Wilson Business Abstracts *For Southwestern community only.
WilsonSelectPlus
Limited to only the full text entries in the Wilson Databases.
*For Southwestern community only.
WDI Online: World Development Indicators
WDI Online is a data source on the global economy,
containing statistical data for over 550 development indicators,
and time series data from 1960-2002 for over 200 countries
and 18 country groups. Included are social, economic, financial,
natural resource, and environmental indicators. Results can
be scaled, indexed against a particular year, viewed by percentage
change, and charted. Data can be exported in standard formats
like Excel.*For Southwestern community only.
Worldscope
Financial reports on companies worldwide. *For Southwestern community
only
REFERENCE
WORKS
In interdisciplinary fields such as
Economics and Business, resources in
many different subject areas will be
useful. To find printed reference material
relevant to your topic start with the
library's online
catalog. Do a Reference Materials
search using keywords to describe your
topic. You can also check the library's
Web pages for subject guides for specific
topics to find other suggested sources.
Below are a few titles to get you
started. To check call number and location
information, search the online
catalog.
America's corporate families - identifies
major U.S. ultimate companies and lists the
business units for each.
REFERENCE 338.74 Am35
Business Periodicals Index - (1958/1959 -1995/1996) See Wilson
Business Abstracts for the online version
D&B million dollar directory - 50,000
U.S. public and private companies - REFERENCE 338.025
D91.
See Dun
and Bradstreet's Million Dollar Database for
the online version.
D&B Principal Interntional Businesses -
50,000 enterprises throughout the world -
REFERENCE 338.8802 D91
International Directory of Company Histories -
a 30 volume set that provides information
on the historic development of 1250 of the
world's companies - REFERENCE 338.74 In8
Standard & Poor's Corporation Records
REFERENCE 332.67 St24cc
Standard & Poor's register of Corporations,
Directors and Executives - REFERENCE 338.74 St24s
The ticker symbol book (Standard & Poor's
Corp.)
REFERENCE 332.6322 T437
U.S. industry & Trade Outlook
REFERENCE 338.0973 Un3
The Value line investment survey
REFERENCE 332.6 V249
WEB
LINKS
GOVERNMENT and ORGANIZATION LINKS
SEARCH
FirstGov FirstGov.gov
- "The U.S. government's official web portal." Gateway
to more than 51 million web pages from federal and
state governments, the District of Columbia, and
U.S. territories.
GOVERNMENT
Federal
Reserve Board - Federal Reserve System web site
includes the Beige
Book which summarizes the economy's current condition
based on commentary collected by the 12 federal reserve
banks.
Office
of Management and Budget - federal budget
information
Securities & Exchange
Commission
Treasury Department -
includes:
<> Internal Revenue
Service
<> Bureau
of the Public Debt - U.S. Government debt.
United
States Department of Labor - includes:
<> Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
United States Department
of Commerce - includes:
<>International Trade Administration
<>Economics and Statistics
Administration
<><>Bureau of the Census
U.S. Small
Business Administration
ORGANIZATIONS
International Monetary
Fund
IMF: Country Information
Organization for Ecomonic
Co-operation and Development
World
Bank Group
World Trade
Organization (WTO)
ACCOUNTING
American
Accounting Association - association
activities, membership, and also
accounting links and resources.
AuditNet - "information
links, tools and resources developed for
the benefit of the Audit Profession by Jim
Kaplan"
Federation of Tax Administrators
(FTA)
SmartPros -
this website is an accounting portal and
also offers articles, courses, and CPE programs;
contains a section for students. (Pro2Net,
formerly AccountingNet, was acquired by KeepSmart
Inc. and is now SmartPros)
Tax and
Accounting Sites Directory - links to
tax and accounting web sites maintained by
Dennis Schmidt, a Professor of Accounting
at the University of Northern Iowa.
Uncle Fed's Tax
Board
BUSINESS
Business.gov: "official
website of the United States government.
Classic
TV Ads: Free Classic Television Commercials
Path to investing
SEARCH ENGINES
Yahoo! Finance
Google Finance
META-SITES
globalEDGE: "your
source for global business knowlege" - from
Michigan State University, Center for International
Business Education and Research (CIBER), a web-portal
that connects international business professionals.
New
York Times, Business Connections - internet
business, financial and investing resources
(one-time free login required)
Virtual
International Business and Economics Sources
(VIBES) - no charge internet resources
in English, created by Jeanie Welch at the
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
ANNUAL REPORTS
Annual Reports
Library - offline reports are available for a
fee: site also contains guides to finding reports
online.
Annual
Reports Service - this FREE service provided
by World Investor Link and Edgar-Online contains
about 3500 annual reports and other information
on select companies.
Investor Relations
Information Network, IRIN - over 3500
annual reports in Adobe Acrobat "pdf" format
Public Register's
Annual Report Service - delivers annual
reports by mail from your choice of over
3,500 reports
Business Wire -
free except for some member services; reports recent events
of U.S. corporations.
CNN Money - CNN financial
network
CorporateInformation -
research reports, company profiles and weblinks;
also a search engine for other web company
profiles.
DailyStocks.com -
search for information about publicly traded
companies
Dun & Bradstreet -
company information for a fee, but other
information is available free of charge..
Dun
and Bradstreet's Million Dollar Database -
D&B Million Dollar Database provides information
on over 1,500,000 U. S. and Canadian leading
public and private businesses. *For Southwestern community
only.
EDGAR database of
corporate information - S.E.C.'s Electronic
Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval
system compiles submissions by companies and others.
Industry Canada -
Canadian company information
Marketwatch - includes
some fee-based services.
Multex
Investor - stock research information
is free, but additional services are available
for fees (Market Guide, an earlier link on
this page, merged with Multex Investor and
Sage Online)
Moody's.Com
National Retail Federation
- data on U.S. retail industry
PR Newswire -
news from corporations worldwide
Researchmag.com -
company-provided, and public information
on many companies
Web 100 -
top U.S. and international companies on the
Web
DIRECTORIES
ThomasNet- a database
of manufacturers of industrial products and services, produced
by Thomas Publishing
ECONOMICS
META-SITES
Alta Plana: International
Econmics Gateway
Internet
Public Library: Economics
RFE: Resources for Economists on
the Web - sponsored by the American Economics Association
DATA
Conference Board
- produces the Consumer Confidence Index and the Leading Economic
Indicators
Economic
Statistics Briefing Room (ESBR) - access to current Federal
economic indicators
FedStats - statistics
from more than 70 U.S. federal agencies
Free the World.com
- web site of the Economic Freedom Network, whose purpose
is to bring the "topic of economic freedom into mainstream
public debate."
GPO Access - A service
of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free
electronic access to information products produced by the
Federal Government.
EPI Datazone
- this Economic Policy Institute site includes statistical
data and information on U.S. labor markets and income.
ECONOMIC INFORMATION
AEAweb - American Economic
Association
Dismal Scientist
- a provider of economic analysis. "The name Dismal Scientist
comes from the term 'dismal science,' which has long been
associated with economics and originated in the writings of
the Scottish essayist and historian Thomas Carlyle. He coined
the term while referring to Thomas Malthus and his belief
that exponential population growth and linear food supply
growth would result in worldwide famine. Since then, economics
has also been referred to as the dismal science because of
the general notion of diminishing marginal returns."
Economic Policy Institute
- a liberal think tank founded by economists in 1986 to debate
strategies about how to achieve a fair and prosperous economy.
EcEdWeb -
provides support for economic education for all levels.
Economic History Services
- strives to "provide resources and promote communication
among scholars in economic history and related fields"
PERIODICALS
To find citations or online full-text
for articles in periodicals on your
topic, try the resources listed above
under Indexes. |
