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Includes abstracts and indexing to articles from over 1,000 worldwide business periodicals with information on advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more. Also, information on 60,000+ companies.
The industry's most popular business research database, features the full text for more than 2,100 journals.
Multi-industry database for business research applications with international coverage of companies, markets, and technologies. Includes summaries and full text from nearly 1,000 business and trade journals, industry newsletters, newspapers, market research studies, news releases, and investment and brokerage firm reports
Indexed bibliography with selected abstracts of the world's economic literature (over 300 economic journals and collected volumes). Over 90% of the articles are in English or include English summaries
Online service providing full-text access to the journal resources of a management library. Subjects include management, human resources, marketing, library and information services, education, engineering, etc
Essential economic data coupled with superior business management research and insights from the world’s most widely-quoted source of management and economic research.
Online access to U.S. public company information on more than 10,000 companies (including EDGAR (SEC) filings) via the FISonline website. All financials "as reported", providing review of balance sheets, income statements, expenditures, assets, liabilities, cash flow, performance trends; reports on over 1,700 NYSE, AMEX and Nasdaq companies.
ReferenceUSA provides directory information on U.S. and Canadian business, health care, and residential listings. Search by company name, geographic area, business type, SIC code, yellow page listing, revenue, location, number of employees or any combination of the above. In addition to address and phone number, each entry includes officer names and titles, corporate affiliation, business type and size of yellow page advertising. Toll free and fax numbers are given for some companies.
The Value Line Research Center includes online access to Value Line's leading publications covering company and industry reports, stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities as well as special situation stocks. Sections included: Value Line Investment Survey (Standard Edition), Value Line Investment Survey (Plus Edition -- includes historical reports), Value Line Investment Survey--Small and Mid-Cap Edition, Value Line Mutual Fund Survey, Value Line Daily Options Survey, Value Line Special Situations Service, Value Line Convertibles Survey. Also includes market news, tracking and analysis tools, ticker symbol lookup, portfolio management educational tools ("Value Line University"), and other features.
"Mergent's BondViewer is the financial industry's latest solution for US taxable and municipal fixed income and evaluation data. From pre-sale through defeasance, count on Mergent to provide you on-demand access to a wide-range of bond data including both issuer and bond level terms and condition data, US taxable bonds, municipal bonds and retail notes."
Business and investment information, offering web access to popular Standard & Poor's research products such as Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, The Outlook, Mutual Fund Reports, and current news. Includes searching and screening tools, NAICS code searching, biographies of corporate executives, and export tools to enable researchers to download data into spreadsheet programs.
Morningstar Investment Research Center is an investment website offering proprietary search & analysis tools for stocks, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds, with industry reports, investment primers, and portfolio analysis features.
Key Business Ratios measure the relationship between financial values in a company's balance sheet and income statement. They offer a way to evaluate the performance and stability of a business when you're looking to: set credit limits and lending terms for new and existing accounts, assess key suppliers, perform competitive analysis, or research the financial standing of a potential business partner or acquisition candidate. 3-year archive available.
Organized in nearly 30 Industry Research Centers including: Advertising, Branding & Marketing; Airlines, Hotels & Travel; Alternative & Renewable Energy; Apparel, Textiles & Fashions; Automobiles & Trucks; Banking, Mortgages & Credit; Biotechnology, Drugs & Genetics; Chemicals, Coatings & Plastics; Infotech, Computers & Software; Consulting; E-Commerce & Internet; Energy & Utilities; Engineering & Research; Entertainment & Media; Food, Beverage & Tobacco; Health Care; Insurance; Investment & Securities; Manufacturing Industries; Nanotechnology & MEMS; Outsourcing & Offshoring; Real Estate & Construction; Retailing; Sports; Telecommunications; Transportation, Supply Chain & Logistics; Wireless, Wi-Fi, RFID & Cellular.
Provides cross-searchable access to a collection of Gale's most popular reference directories, including the Encyclopedia of Associations and Ward's Business Directory. Includes some extended content not found in the print editions. Search results can be compiled into lists for printing, email, or download to other applications.
Offers a wide range of reports which continually monitor the events and trends that shape and redefine the IT and communications industries as well as unbiased intelligence about the products, services and vendors that play a critical role in those industries
Provides access to full text resources on topics including current and general news; business and financial information; newspapers; company directories; government and politics; medical and health topics; accounting, auditing, and tax; federal and state laws, legal cases, regulations and law reviews. Resources include TV and radio news transcripts.
Provides searchable full-text e-book versions of many reference works, including multi-volume encyclopedias, biographical collections, business plan handbooks, company history compilations, consumer health references, and specialized handbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc. in a wide range of subject areas. Subject categories include Arts, Biography, Business, Education, Environment, History, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation and World, Religion, Science, and Social Sciences.
Euromonitor International's Global Market Information Database (GMID) is an online business information system providing business intelligence on industries, countries, and consumers. It offers integrated access to statistics, reports, insightful comment and business information sources. Coverage is global, more than 205 countries are researched, with extended coverage of the U.S.
ProQuest Statistical DataSets is a Web-based research solutions tool that provides fast and easy access to more than 14 billion data points from licensed and public domain datasets within an easy-to-use interface.
RAND California is an online source for California and U.S. public policy issues with an emphasis on statistics. RAND California's statistics include the following main categories: Business and Economics, Health and Socioeconomic, Population and Demographics, Government Finance, Education, Census, Community, Politics and Public Opinion. RAND California's Online Library contains publications abstracts from these leading California government and research institutions: RAND, California State Library, Center for California Studies (CSUS), Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO), Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies (UCLA), Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation, Public Policy Institute of California, Senate Office of Research (SOR), UC Berkeley Institute for Governmental Studies (IGS)
Presents political and economic information on countries and territories as well as international organizations. Features statistical data and directories
Multi-industry database for business research applications with international coverage of companies, markets, and technologies. Includes summaries and full text from nearly 1,000 business and trade journals, industry newsletters, newspapers, market research studies, news releases, and investment and brokerage firm reports
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Business and Economics Video Online focuses on the study, analysis, and application of commerce in all of its dimensions. Included are case studies, documentaries, interviews, biographies, lectures, and instructional videos.
Ebrary Academic Complete is a highly interactive eBook database from ebrary that covers all academic subject areas. The collection currently includes more than 40,000 titles from more than 280 of the world's leading academic, STM, and professional publishers.
A combined catalog of libraries in the state of California. Includes books, videos, audio, maps, and other library resources. A subset of OCLC WorldCat, comprised of all records with holdings in California libraries. Can be searched by region, by consortia, by library types, as well as statewide. Can indicate libraries closest to your zipcode.
A database of reference encyclopedias and handbooks published by SAGE covering the social sciences and education. Subject categories include such areas as African American Studies, Aged & Gerontology, Anthropology, Communication and Media Studies, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Economics, Education, Gender & Sexuality Studies, History, Politics, Psychology, Social Issues, Social Work & Social Policy, and Sociology
The Web guide for the New Economy - A guide to web sources that analyze and provide data on the rapidly changing global economy. Source: "Law and Technology Resources for the Legal Professional."
Business Reference Service - Starting place for doing research in business topics. Offers listings of sources available at the Library of Congress, an e-mail service (Ask a Librarian), and an annotated listing of Internet resources.
BRASS Best of the Best Business Websites - Organized into general subject headings such as Accounting, Economics, Small Business, Insurance, Real Estate and more, these sites are annotated. From the Business Reference and Services Section of the American Library Association.
Thomas J. Long Business and Economics Library: The library of the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, it has a great list of connections to the Internet arranged by subject. There is also a connection to the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business home page here.
Rosenfeld Library, Anderson School at UCLA - In addition to searching the resources in the Library, the librarians developed research strategies for course projects which include a series of company, industry, and topical briefings that are well researched and organized guides with links to the information resources.
J. Hugh Jackson Library - This page describes the services available at the library as well as current research being done by Stanford business faculty.
Librarians' Internet Index - Choose "Business" in this well organized and well annotated index. The business link takes you to many sites, including company directories, investing, mortgages, taxes, etc.
Lippincott Library - Web directory of sites organized by subject.
Free Pint Newsletter- Register to get better coverage of busienss intelligence realted articles and links.
Annual Energy Outlook - Recent national reports, with a choice of excel or pdf to download. (Adobe Acrobat required for pdf format).
Bureau of Economic Analysis - A great source for U.S. economic data
Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) - Projections, highlighting statistics for San Francisco Bay Area cities and counties is published every other year; the most recent report is not available online. (Ref 317.946 As78). Go here for Census 2000 statistics.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System - Provides access to the summary of current US economic conditions. Also includes articles from the Federal Reserve Bulletin, and links to the 12 Federal Reserve districts.
Bureau of Labor Statistics - This site has connections to many of the Bureau’s databases of labor statistics compiled by the Federal Government. Includes current and historical consumer price indexes.
Bureau of Transportation Statistics - Includes statistics on the automotive industry.
California Economic Statistics and Indicators - This site has county profiles and economic indicators.
Cost-of-Living Calculator - Uses the historical Consumer Price Index for urban consumers (CPI-U) to convert dollar values between any two years to adjust for inflation. Has data from 1914 to the present.
Energy Information Administration - Official energy statistics from the US government.
Excel Tutorial - Useful tutorial that walks you through the basics of the spreadsheet. Specific instructions for downloading financials of a company to be placed in Excel.
Fedstats - "The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies."
OffStats - "Official Statistics on the Web." Browse by country, region, or topic. From the University of Auckland Library in New Zealand.
Population Reference Bureau - A comprehensive directory of population-related websites. Search by organization, by region and country, or by topic within a country.
Statistical Sites on the World Wide Web - From the US Department of Labor, both national and international statistical sites. Browse by country.
Statistics Finland - Includes portal to international statistics and tables.
US Bureau of the Census - includes information on the Census Bureau as well as parts of their publications, including graphs and statistics from their many demographic surveys. This includes Latest Economic Indicator, the latest Population Estimates, Current Industrial Reports
Provides access to full text resources on topics including current and general news; business and financial information; newspapers; company directories; government and politics; medical and health topics; accounting, auditing, and tax; federal and state laws, legal cases, regulations and law reviews. Resources include TV and radio news transcripts.
PAIS International covers literature in the fields of economics, political science, public policy, business, finance, law, international trade and relations, public administration, and government. The database indexes journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material, and more. Newspapers and newsletters are not indexed.
Provides full-text access to over over 460 journals published by SAGE Publications, primarily in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine.
This scholarly collection offers unmatched full-text coverage of information in many areas of academic study including, but not limited to: animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion & theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology and many other fields.
Academic OneFile indexes nearly 13,000 academic journals, magazines, newspapers, and reference sources, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals and more than 5,000 in full-text (HTML and PDF). Coverage is multidisciplinary, including the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, arts, theology, literature, and other subjects. Date coverage: 1980 – current. Also includes selected transcripts from television and radio broadcasts such as NPR, CNN, & CBC, as well as some audio podcasts from these highly-regarded news sources.
Communication Abstracts "covers communication-related articles, reports, papers, and books from a variety of publishers, research institutions, and information sources. Coverage includes not only communication literature but also literature in other disciplines that is relevant to communication researchers. Communication Abstracts also covers the international literature in film studies, the role of technology in human communications, risk communication, crisis communication and public opinions."
PsycINFO is an electronic bibliographic database that provides abstracts and citations to the scholarly literature in the behavioral sciences and mental health. The database includes material of relevance to psychologists and professionals in related fields such as psychiatry, management, business, education, social science, neuroscience, law, medicine, and social work. The companion database PsycARTICLES contains full-text articles from journals published by APA, the Canadian Psychological Association, Hogrefe Publishing Group, and the Educational Publishing Foundation.
Multi-disciplinary database providing the complete content from six of Wilson's full-text databases: Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text, and Wilson Business Full Text. Full-text articles from five additional databases are also included: Applied Science & Technology Full Text, Art Full Text, Biological & Agricultural Index, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books, and Library Literature & Information Science. Component databases may be cross-searched in any combination.
Indexes and abstracts articles in the fields of sociology, anthropology, criminology, demography, education, law and penology, race relations, social psychology, and urban studies. Coverage also includes policy issues in areas such as aging, violence, abuse and neglect, crisis intervention, urban development, and development policy
Company Ratios
Online access to U.S. public company information on more than 10,000 companies (including EDGAR (SEC) filings) via the FISonline website. All financials "as reported", providing review of balance sheets, income statements, expenditures, assets, liabilities, cash flow, performance trends; reports on over 1,700 NYSE, AMEX and Nasdaq companies.
The Value Line Research Center includes online access to Value Line's leading publications covering company and industry reports, stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities as well as special situation stocks. Sections included: Value Line Investment Survey (Standard Edition), Value Line Investment Survey (Plus Edition -- includes historical reports), Value Line Investment Survey--Small and Mid-Cap Edition, Value Line Mutual Fund Survey, Value Line Daily Options Survey, Value Line Special Situations Service, Value Line Convertibles Survey. Also includes market news, tracking and analysis tools, ticker symbol lookup, portfolio management educational tools ("Value Line University"), and other features.
Business and investment information, offering web access to popular Standard & Poor's research products such as Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, The Outlook, Mutual Fund Reports, and current news. Includes searching and screening tools, NAICS code searching, biographies of corporate executives, and export tools to enable researchers to download data into spreadsheet programs.
Industry Ratios
Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios. (Ref 338 T759) Paramus, NJ: Prentice Hall. Annual. Library has 1999 to present. Compiled by Leo Troy. Historical profles and current corporate performance for companies with and without net income. Grouped in 13 categories by size of assets for each industry.
Industry Norms and Key Business and Industrial Ratios. (Ref 338 D910i) Library ed. New York: Dun and Bradstreet Credit Services. Annual. Library has 1982 to present. Based on credit data, entries for each line of business including balance sheet and income statement information and 14 financial ratios. See also
Key Business Ratios measure the relationship between financial values in a company's balance sheet and income statement. They offer a way to evaluate the performance and stability of a business when you're looking to: set credit limits and lending terms for new and existing accounts, assess key suppliers, perform competitive analysis, or research the financial standing of a potential business partner or acquisition candidate. 3-year archive available.
RMA Annual Statement Studies. (Ref 338 R540) Philadelphia: Robert Morris Associates. Annual. Library has 1987 to present. Contains composite financial data on manufacturing, wholesaling, retailing, service, and contracting lines of business; based on financial statements.See also
ReferenceUSA provides directory information on U.S. and Canadian business, health care, and residential listings. Search by company name, geographic area, business type, SIC code, yellow page listing, revenue, location, number of employees or any combination of the above. In addition to address and phone number, each entry includes officer names and titles, corporate affiliation, business type and size of yellow page advertising. Toll free and fax numbers are given for some companies.
(click on OneSource (International Businesses); then search by NAICS code or keyword in the Industry box; then click on the industry name from the list provided; then choose RMA Industry Surveys from the left hand menu.)
Business and investment information, offering web access to popular Standard & Poor's research products such as Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, The Outlook, Mutual Fund Reports, and current news. Includes searching and screening tools, NAICS code searching, biographies of corporate executives, and export tools to enable researchers to download data into spreadsheet programs.
The accepted format for citing sources in psychology is the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. For help citing sources use the Library's APA Format Guide.
The full manual is available in the Library. Also use the APA Style Guide to Electronic References.
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