Selected Web Databases The Doing Business Project-International info from World Bank- great site) The Economist "Cities Guide" has information on major cities for business travelers. Global Analysis/ Australian Government, Export Finance and Insurance Corporation -- This website offers speeches and articles about world economies, country risk assessments, country risk grades, and market watch newsletters. Nationmaster.com "A website that allowed users to generate graphs based on numerical data extracted from the (CIA) Factbook" Portals to the World/ Library of Congress -- Provides links to business, commerce, and economy information on countries of the world. Reports of Economic Development of Countries/ World Economy/ PBS -- Country reports include information on growth, income, inflation, unemployment, trade volume, spending, and an overview of individual countries. World Fact Book/ CIA -- Includes information on investments, debt, diseases, foreign exchange, etc. within countries of the world. A search can be done as well as downloading the World Factbook for individual use. [TOP] Databases at Middleton Library Business Source Complete -- Provides full text aricles from over 15 international business peer-reviewed journals. Available on or off campus. DRI Global Economics -- Provides access to comprehensive economic and financial indicators for over fifty countries. Locate historical statistics for indicators such as the consumer and producer price indexes, futures and options markets, exchange rates, population, and housing. Restricted to LSU Faculty, Staff, and Students. Contact Jo Ann Henson for more details and installation. Available at the Middleton Library Text Lab. Also access is available through WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services). LexisNexis Business -- The Business section of Lexis Nexis Academic 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. Available on and off campus. JSTOR Business Collection -- Full-text articles indexed from various economic journals including Journal of International Business Studies and International Economic Review . Does not include the most recent five years of any jounral. Available on and off campus. SDC Platinum: Worldwide Mergers and Acquisitions -- Access public and private corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions, stock swaps, real estate investment trust transactions, leveraged buyouts, tender offers, privatizations, spin-offs and split offs, and bankruptcy liquidations. Domestic transactions available since 1979. International transactions available since 1985. Access available from the Middleton Library Text Lab (TEXT 1). Password required. For use of this database, contact Jo Ann Henson or Isaac Clark. [TOP] Dictionaries Dictionary of International Business Terms HD 62.4 .C36 2004 Reference Black's Agricultural Dictionary S411.D245 1985 Reference International Addresses and Salutations/ Merriam Webster's Guide to International Business Communications -- Includes information on international salutations, address elements, telephone dialing codes, and business netiquette. [TOP] Directories Inside Washington: Government Resources for International Business HD 2785 .D385 2004 Reference International Directory of Business Biographies A109.9:21 Government Documents National Directory of Farmers Market and Direct Marketing Associations HC 29. I57 2005 Reference Nations of the World HC 10. N36 2005 Reference North American Financial Institutions Directory HG 1536 .P635 Reference Stacks Polk World Bank Directory HG 1536 .P633 Reference Stacks [TOP] Economics Gateway International Organizations/ Alta Plana: International Economics Gateway -- Web resources for international economics. The International Economics Network -- Includes links to information on international trade, development, law, etc. and links to research papers and writing resources. [TOP] Encyclopedias D&B Exporters' Encyclopedia HF 3011 .E9 2004/05 Reference Encyclopedia of International Development HD 82 .E547 2005 Reference The IEBM Encyclopedia of Marketing HF 5415 .B272 1999 Reference International Encyclopedia of the Stock Market HG 4551 .I528 1999 (2 vols.) Reference [TOP] Handbooks & Manuals International Business Information: How to Find it, How to Use it HF54.5.P33 1998 Reference [TOP] Journals Research in International Business and International Relations HF1410 .R465 Stacks Research in International Business and International Relations -- Online database containing over 100,000 documentations ( not publications ) of the World Trade Organization. Selected documents from 1986-1994 can be accessed as well as full documentation from 1995-present. Updated daily. [TOP] Statistics International Financial Statistics HG 3881.I626 2005 Reference International Trade Statistics Yearbook HG 3881.I626 2005 Reference Foreign Trade Statistics/ U.S. Census Bureau -- This website includes press releases, trade highlights, country/porduct trade data, state export data, historical trade balances, statistical notices and corrections, and special requests on foreign trade. OFFSTATS/ Official Statistics on the Web -- Compiled by the University of Auckland, this website includes links for country statistics. World Bank Group Health, Nutrition, and Population (HNP) Statistics -- The World Bank's Health, Nutrition, and Population (HNP) website provides data, an atlas, country summaries, demographic projections, and other international statistics. Yearbook of Labor Statistics HD 4826 .I63 2004 Reference [TOP]

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