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Databases
- Business Searching Interface
- The Business Searching Interface is a more powerful, more specific search engine for using the EBSCO Business Search Premier database. As the world's largest full text business database, Business Source Premier provides full text for nearly 7,800 scholarly business journals and other sources, including full text for more than 1,125 peer-reviewed business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database provides full text (PDF) for more than 350 of the top scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922.
- Business Source Complete (EBSCO)
- Provides full text for nearly 3,300 scholarly business journals, including full text for more than 1000 peer-reviewed business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database provides full text (PDF) for more than 300 of the top scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922. Remote access available.
- IBISWorld
- IBISWorld is a comprehensive collection of hundreds of Industry Market Research reports. Industries represented include Agriculture; Mining; Utilities; Construction; Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade; Retail Trade; Transportation; Information; Finance; Real Estate; Technical and Scientific; Waste Management; Education; Healthcare; Recreation; and Food Services.
- Industry Reports (EBSCO)
- Detailed Industry profiles provided by Datamonitor
- Lexis-Nexis Business
- Part of the LexisNexis Academic database, the Business section provides a range of sources for business information, including business and financial news, U.S. and international company financial information from government or private sources, market research, industry reports, and SEC filings. Search features permit comparison of companies based on criteria such as sales, income and number of employees.
- Lexis-Nexis Statistical
- Brings together statistical information from the Federal Government. It includes the American Statistics Index (ASI) and Abstracts beginning in 1973 and full-text to over 800 U.S. Government statistical publications beginning in 1995.
- Regional Business News
- Regional Business News incorporates 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Included in this database are Arizona Business, Business North Carolina, Crain's New York Business (and other Crain Communications editions), Des Moines Business Record, Enterprise Salt Lake City, Fort Worth Business Press, Orange County Business Journal, Westchester County Business Journal, etc.
Print Resources
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Associations
- Directory of Business Information Resources
- HF54.52 .U5 D567 (Reference Desk)
- Encyclopedia of Associations
- HS17 .G3342 (Reference Desk)
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Classifications
- North American Industry Classification System NAICS
- PREX 2.6/4:2007 (Government Documents)
- Standard Industrial Classification Manual (SIC)
- PREX 2.6/2:IN 27/987 (Government Documents)
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Norms/Financial Ratios
- Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios (CD-ROM)
- HF5681 .R25 T68 (Reference Desk)
- Industry Norms & Key Business Ratios
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- HF5681 .R25 I52 (Reference Desk)
- MG Financial/Stock Statistics (Online)
- Access available at Reference Desk through Dialog.
- RMA Annual Statement Studies
- HF5681 .B2 R63 (Reference Desk)
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Rankings
- Business Rankings Annual
- HG4050 .B88 1999 (Stacks)
- Forbes
- Found in the database Business Source Complete.
- Subject Terms: Business Enterprises and Rankings.w
- Fortune (April Issue)
- Found in the database Business Source Complete.
- Subject Terms: Business Enterprises and Rankings.
- Market Share Reporter
- HF5415.2 .M3558 (Reference Desk)
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Statistics
- Business Statistics of the United States 2002
- HC101 .A13122 8TH ED. 2002 (Stacks) and 2006: NetLibrary E-Book: 165593
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Surveys/Reports
- Encyclopedia of American Industries
- HC102 .E53 2005 (Reference)
- Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries
- HD2324 .E528 (Reference)
- Forbes
- Found in the database Business Source Complete.
- Annual Report on American Industry (January Issue)
- Mergent's Industry Review
- HG4905 .M825 (Reference)
- Manufacturing & Distribution U.S.A
- HD9721 .M3495 2000 (Reference)
- Plunkett's Industry Almanacs
- Found in the database Lexis-Nexis Business.
- Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys
- HC106.6 .S74 (Reference)
- The Valueline Investment Survey
- HG4501 .V26 (Reference) and available in MICROFICHE 3182 (Government Documents).
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Trade Information
- U.S. Industry and Trade Outlook
- C 61.48: 2000 (Government Documents)
- U.S. Global Trade Outlook
- C 61.34/2: 1995-2000 (Government Documents)
- USA Trade Online
- C 3.278/3 (Government Documents)
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WWW Resources
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Classifications
- 1997 Economic Census: Bridge Between NAICS and SIC
- North American Industry Classification System NAICS
- Standard Industrial Classification Manual (SIC)
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Statistics
- Economic Census
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Surveys/Reports
- Industry Information Resources
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