Research by Topic - Business Administration & Economics

Research by Topic - Business Administration & Economics
(Accounting, Management & Marketing)

LIBRARY DATABASES

LIBRARY CATALOG - To search for books on a particular topic, use a Subject or a Keyword Search. To search for books at other libraries use the links on the BOOKS & BOOK REVIEWS web page.
BUSINESS SOURCE PREMIER - A comprehensive database including scholarly journals and business periodicals covering topics such as accounting, economics, management, and marketing. Contains over 3700 abstracted journals and 3000 full text journals, including 996 full text peer reviewed journals.
EBSCOHOST - Search multiple databases (together or separately) to access periodicals, newspapers and reference tools, including full-text and peer reviewed.
JSTOR - Arts & Sciences I, II & III Collections include the complete back runs of 394 core journals in many disciplines, including economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences. Includes a selection of titles in the fields of archaeology, arts, classics, cultural studies, ecology, literature, mathematics, and statistics.
LexisNexis ACADEMIC - Comprehensive research database providing full-text access to various databases, including current news, business information, Hoover’s company records, company directories, federal and state laws, legal cases, medical and references.
Project MUSE - Project MUSE - Basic College Collection is a unique collaboration providing full-text, user-friendly online access to 116 humanities, arts, and social sciences journals.
WILEY INTERSCIENCE--BUSINESS - Journal index and full-text articles related to business topics.
CAMPUS RESEARCH - Comprehensive research database includes full-text information and access to both current and archived materials, including thousands of news databases and newswires as well as business, trade and professional journals and publications; superior law-related resources.
NEW YORK TIMES - Full-text access to NYT articles, from 2000 to current date. For news back to 1851 to 2005, go to NYT Historical, a full-text database of articles and photos.
WALL STREET JOURNAL - Full-text access to WSJ articles, from 1986 to current date.
VALUELINE INVESTMENT SURVEY - Database providing business and financial information on over 3000 major U.S. corporations. Please remember to log off after use.
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA ONLINE - More than 72,000 encyclopedia articles on all subjects. Consult the Year in Review section for summaries of developments in different industries.

LIBRARY REFERENCE

Handbook of North American Industry (330.097 H236) - Comprehensive source for industry-level description, statistics, and analysis of North American country economies.
U.S. Industry and Trade Outlook (330.097 U58 2000) - Comprehensive source for industry-level description, statistics, and analysis of U.S. industries and their domestic and global markets.

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Occupational Outlook Handbook (331.12 O15) - Annual summary, from U.S. Department of Labor. An online version of the Handbook is available.
International Encyclopedia of Business & Management (650.03 I61) - A 6-vol. set on all aspects of management.

WEB SOURCES

ACCOUNTING TERMINOLOGY GUIDE - Definitions of accounting terms.
AMERICAN CUSTOMER SATISFACTION INDEX - ACSI reports company-level satisfaction scores and produces scores for the causes and consequences of customer satisfaction and their relationships.
BUSINESS RESEARCH GUIDES - Covers general business topics, specific industries, and countries.
FINANCE RESOURCES ON THE WEB - Directory of financial websites covering several areas.
FINANCIAL SERVICES FACT BOOK - Critical data on the "financial services" industry.
WEB GUIDE TO BUSINESS RESEARCH - Links to online research sites, compiled at Rutgers library.

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FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD (FASB) - The mission of the Financial Accounting Standards Board is to establish and improve standards of financial accounting and reporting for the guidance and education of the public, including issuers, auditors, and users of financial information.
GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD (GASB) - establish and improve standards of state and local governmental accounting and financial reporting that will result in useful information for users of financial reports and guide and educate the public, including issuers, auditors, and users of those financial reports.
INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD - an independent, privately-funded accounting standard-setter based in London, UK. Committed to developing, in the public interest, a single set of high quality, understandable and enforceable global accounting standards that require transparent and comparable information in general purpose financial statements.

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ANNUAL REPORTS - The most complete and up-to-date listings of annual reports on the internet.
BUSINESS PLAN ARCHIVE - Business plans and documents, mainly in the dot.coms, to browse. Registration is required.
MUTUAL FUND FACT BOOK - Sponsored by the ICI, this site enhances public understanding of the investment company industry and the policy issues that affect it.

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AD COUNCIL - first creating the category of public service advertising in 1942.
LEGACY TOBACCO DOCUMENTS LIBRARY- contains more than 7 million documents (40+ million pages) created by major tobacco companies related to their advertising, manufacturing, marketing, sales, and scientific research activities.

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BUSINESS ETHICS LINKS - Company and professional codes of ethics, corporate social responsibility statements, and regulatory agencies.
CODES OF ETHICS ONLINE - Codes of ethics of professional societies, corporations, government, and academic institutions.

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FORTUNE 500 CAPSULES - Brief data includes corporate addresses and phone numbers.
HOOVER'S COMPANY REPORTS - Full Hoover's profiles (as well as brief capsule summaries) for companies are available through the Company Information section of Campus Research. On the Campus Research page, click the link for Hoover's.
INC.com - Contains articles on a wide variety of business topics, news, and information. Compliments the Inc.com magazine.

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BUDGET OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT - Issued by the Office of Management and Budget, contains the budget message of the President, information about the President's budget proposals for a given fiscal year. Historical Tables are located here as well.
BUSINESS.gov - Official business link to the U.S. Government, under a partnership, known as Business Gateway, provides a single access point to government services and information to help the nation's businesses with their operations.
CONSUMER EXPENDITURE SURVEY - Basic summary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics provide information on the buying habits of American consumers, including data on their expenditures, income, and consumer unit characteristics.
CURRENT ECONOMIC STATISTICS - From the White House Briefing Room.
ECONOMY AT A GLANCE - Basic summary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD - CURRENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS - Current report from the Federal Reserve Board for different regions.
IOWA CORPORATIONS - Brief information about current Iowa companies.
Liber8 - From the Federal Reserve of St. Louis, access to historical economic statistical publications. Very good site for economic reports. Also contains Economic Indicators.
OCCUPATIONAL OUTLOOK HANDBOOK - A nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. The Handbook is revised every two years.
SEC FILINGS - Simple search interface and helpfully formatted business and financial reports filed by public companies with the SEC (from EDGAR).

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CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT - an independent, not-for-profit think tank that works to reduce global poverty and inequality by encouraging policy change in the U.S. and other rich countries through rigorous research and active engagement with the policy community.
DOING BUSINESS - provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 178 countries. Evaluating regulations that directly impact economic growth, downloading underlying laws, making cross-country comparisons, and identifying good practice reforms.
GLOBAL EDGE - Knowledge web-portal that connects international business professionals worldwide to a wealth of information, insights, and learning resources on global business activities.
IMF COUNTRY REPORTS - Economic analyses of world countries, from the International Monetary Fund.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS RESOURCES - Information on businesses in other countries via the IPL.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTRE - to assist trade support institutions in developing and transition economies in their research and selection of relevant trade information sources.
U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE STATISTICS- A database of international trade statistics, searchable by country or type of good.

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NAICS & SIC TABLES - Comparison of old and new codes, from the Census Department.
SIC MANUAL - Earlier official code for classifying industry groups.


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Research by Topic - Business Administration & Economics (Accounting, Management & Marketing) LIBRARY DATABASES LIBRARY CATALOG - To search for books on a particular topic, use a Subject or a Keyword Search. To search for books at other libraries use the links on the BOOKS & BOOK REVIEWS web page. BUSINESS SOURCE PREMIER - A comprehensive database including scholarly journals and business periodicals covering topics such as accounting, economics, management, and marketing. Contains over 3700 abstracted journals and 3000 full text journals, including 996 full text peer reviewed journals. EBSCOHOST - Search multiple databases (together or separately) to access periodicals, newspapers and reference tools, including full-text and peer reviewed. JSTOR - Arts & Sciences I, II & III Collections include the complete back runs of 394 core journals in many disciplines, including economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences. Includes a selection of titles in the fields of archaeology, arts, classics, cultural studies, ecology, literature, mathematics, and statistics. LexisNexis ACADEMIC - Comprehensive research database providing full-text access to various databases, including current news, business information, Hoover’s company records, company directories, federal and state laws, legal cases, medical and references. Project MUSE - Project MUSE - Basic College Collection is a unique collaboration providing full-text, user-friendly online access to 116 humanities, arts, and social sciences journals. WILEY INTERSCIENCE--BUSINESS - Journal index and full-text articles related to business topics. CAMPUS RESEARCH - Comprehensive research database includes full-text information and access to both current and archived materials, including thousands of news databases and newswires as well as business, trade and professional journals and publications; superior law-related resources. NEW YORK TIMES - Full-text access to NYT articles, from 2000 to current date. For news back to 1851 to 2005, go to NYT Historical, a full-text database of articles and photos. WALL STREET JOURNAL - Full-text access to WSJ articles, from 1986 to current date. VALUELINE INVESTMENT SURVEY - Database providing business and financial information on over 3000 major U.S. corporations. Please remember to log off after use. ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA ONLINE - More than 72,000 encyclopedia articles on all subjects. Consult the Year in Review section for summaries of developments in different industries. LIBRARY REFERENCE Handbook of North American Industry (330.097 H236) - Comprehensive source for industry-level description, statistics, and analysis of North American country economies. U.S. Industry and Trade Outlook (330.097 U58 2000) - Comprehensive source for industry-level description, statistics, and analysis of U.S. industries and their domestic and global markets. - - - - - Occupational Outlook Handbook (331.12 O15) - Annual summary, from U.S. Department of Labor. An online version of the Handbook is available. International Encyclopedia of Business & Management (650.03 I61) - A 6-vol. set on all aspects of management. WEB SOURCES ACCOUNTING TERMINOLOGY GUIDE - Definitions of accounting terms. AMERICAN CUSTOMER SATISFACTION INDEX - ACSI reports company-level satisfaction scores and produces scores for the causes and consequences of customer satisfaction and their relationships. BUSINESS RESEARCH GUIDES - Covers general business topics, specific industries, and countries. FINANCE RESOURCES ON THE WEB - Directory of financial websites covering several areas. FINANCIAL SERVICES FACT BOOK - Critical data on the "financial services" industry. WEB GUIDE TO BUSINESS RESEARCH - Links to online research sites, compiled at Rutgers library. - - - - - FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD (FASB) - The mission of the Financial Accounting Standards Board is to establish and improve standards of financial accounting and reporting for the guidance and education of the public, including issuers, auditors, and users of financial information. GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD (GASB) - establish and improve standards of state and local governmental accounting and financial reporting that will result in useful information for users of financial reports and guide and educate the public, including issuers, auditors, and users of those financial reports. INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD - an independent, privately-funded accounting standard-setter based in London, UK. Committed to developing, in the public interest, a single set of high quality, understandable and enforceable global accounting standards that require transparent and comparable information in general purpose financial statements. - - - - - ANNUAL REPORTS - The most complete and up-to-date listings of annual reports on the internet. BUSINESS PLAN ARCHIVE - Business plans and documents, mainly in the dot.coms, to browse. Registration is required. MUTUAL FUND FACT BOOK - Sponsored by the ICI, this site enhances public understanding of the investment company industry and the policy issues that affect it. - - - - - AD COUNCIL - first creating the category of public service advertising in 1942. LEGACY TOBACCO DOCUMENTS LIBRARY- contains more than 7 million documents (40+ million pages) created by major tobacco companies related to their advertising, manufacturing, marketing, sales, and scientific research activities. - - - - - BUSINESS ETHICS LINKS - Company and professional codes of ethics, corporate social responsibility statements, and regulatory agencies. CODES OF ETHICS ONLINE - Codes of ethics of professional societies, corporations, government, and academic institutions. - - - - - FORTUNE 500 CAPSULES - Brief data includes corporate addresses and phone numbers. HOOVER'S COMPANY REPORTS - Full Hoover's profiles (as well as brief capsule summaries) for companies are available through the Company Information section of Campus Research. On the Campus Research page, click the link for Hoover's. INC.com - Contains articles on a wide variety of business topics, news, and information. Compliments the Inc.com magazine. - - -U.S. and State Government - - BUDGET OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT - Issued by the Office of Management and Budget, contains the budget message of the President, information about the President's budget proposals for a given fiscal year. Historical Tables are located here as well. BUSINESS.gov - Official business link to the U.S. Government, under a partnership, known as Business Gateway, provides a single access point to government services and information to help the nation's businesses with their operations. CONSUMER EXPENDITURE SURVEY - Basic summary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics provide information on the buying habits of American consumers, including data on their expenditures, income, and consumer unit characteristics. CURRENT ECONOMIC STATISTICS - From the White House Briefing Room. ECONOMY AT A GLANCE - Basic summary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD - CURRENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS - Current report from the Federal Reserve Board for different regions. IOWA CORPORATIONS - Brief information about current Iowa companies. Liber8 - From the Federal Reserve of St. Louis, access to historical economic statistical publications. Very good site for economic reports. Also contains Economic Indicators. OCCUPATIONAL OUTLOOK HANDBOOK - A nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. The Handbook is revised every two years. SEC FILINGS - Simple search interface and helpfully formatted business and financial reports filed by public companies with the SEC (from EDGAR). - - -International Business- - - CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT - an independent, not-for-profit think tank that works to reduce global poverty and inequality by encouraging policy change in the U.S. and other rich countries through rigorous research and active engagement with the policy community. DOING BUSINESS - provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 178 countries. Evaluating regulations that directly impact economic growth, downloading underlying laws, making cross-country comparisons, and identifying good practice reforms. GLOBAL EDGE - Knowledge web-portal that connects international business professionals worldwide to a wealth of information, insights, and learning resources on global business activities. IMF COUNTRY REPORTS - Economic analyses of world countries, from the International Monetary Fund. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS RESOURCES - Information on businesses in other countries via the IPL. INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTRE - to assist trade support institutions in developing and transition economies in their research and selection of relevant trade information sources. U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE STATISTICS- A database of international trade statistics, searchable by country or type of good. - --SIC- - - NAICS & SIC TABLES - Comparison of old and new codes, from the Census Department. SIC MANUAL - Earlier official code for classifying industry groups.
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