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[edit] Business News and Updates
- Consumer Price Index
- Latest press releases and information about the Consumer Price Indexes. Also includes historical data on the cost of living.
- The Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) program produces monthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services.
- Hoover's On-line
- Comprehensive company, industry, and market intelligence that drives business growth. Database of 12 million companies, with in-depth coverage of 40,000 of the world's top business enterprises. Site is updated daily.
- For tutorials about using Hoover's, please see the Business Database Screencasts page in the Biz Wiki provided by Alden Library at Ohio University.
- IBIS
- IBISWorld contains in-depth, regularly updated industry reports for over 700 United States industries. Each report contains Key Statistics, Segmentation, Market Characteristics, Industry Conditions, Key Factors, Key Competitors, Industry Performance, and Outlook.
- Note: Zanesville Campus Library only subscribes to the Industry Market Research and Company Research Components. All other components of the database are not included in the library's subscription.
- Mergent
- Contains global company information, annual reports, EDGAR filings, current news stories, and some industry reports.
- Includes:
- U.S. Company Data
- U.S. Company Archives Data
- U.S. Annual Reports
- International Company Data
- International Company Archives Data
- International Annual Reports
- Institutional Holdings Data
- Insider Trading Data
- FactSheets
- FactSheets Express
- Note: Only five users may access the database at a time.
- Regional Business News
- A collection of full text newswires that incorporates business, economic and political news information from all parts of the world.
- Former title: Business Wire News.
[edit] On-line Books
- Dictionary of Business
- Offers entries on all aspects of business, including marketing and investment, human resources and organizational theories, as well as current topics such as e-commerce.
- Dictionary of Business and Management
- Contains more than 6750 entries covering "all areas of business, covering business strategy, marketing, taxation, accounting, operations management, investment, banking and international finance. The new, fourth edition has been updated to include terms relating to human resources and management."
- Encyclopedia of Associations
- Provides a brief description of around 800,000 non-profit or professional organizations>
- Contains:
- Encyclopedia of Associations: International Organizations,
- Encyclopedia of Associations: National Organizations of the US,
- Encyclopedia of Associations: Regional, State and Local Organizations of the US.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library--select "Business" link.
- Full-text resources include (as of 03/08):
- Business Plans Handbook, Vol. 1, 1993.
- Business Plans Handbook , Vol. 2, 1993
- Business Plans Handbook , Vol. 3, 1997
- Business Plans Handbook , Vol. 4, 1997
- Business Plans Handbook , Vol. 5, 1998
- Business Plans Handbook , Vol. 6, 1999
- Business Plans Handbook , Vol. 7, 2000
- Business Plans Handbook , Vol. 8, 2001
- Business Plans Handbook , Vol. 9, 2002
- Business Plans Handbook , Vol. 10, 2004
- Business Plans Handbook , Vol. 11, 2006
- Business Plans Handbook , Vol. 12, 2007
- Business Plans Handbook , Vol. 13, 2008
- Company Profiles for Students , 3v, 1999
- Encyclopedia of American Industries , 5th ed., 2008
- Encyclopedia of American Industries , 4th ed., 2v, 2005
- Encyclopedia of Business and Finance , 2nd ed., 2v, 2006
- Encyclopedia of Business and Finance , 2v, 2001
- Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries , 5th ed., 2007
- Encyclopedia of Global Industries , 4th ed., 2007
- Encyclopedia of Major Marketing Campaigns , 2007
- Encyclopedia of Management , 5th ed., 2006
- Encyclopedia of Products & Industries - Manufacturing , 2v, 2008
- Encyclopedia of Small Business , 3rd ed., 2v, 2007
- Encyclopedia of Small Business , 2nd ed., 2v, 2002
- Everyday Finance: Economics, Personal Money Management, and Entrepreneurship, 2v, 2008
- Gale E-Commerce Sourcebook , 2v, 2003
- Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce , 2v, 2002
- International Directory of Business Biographies , 4v, 2005
- Manufacturing and Distribution USA , 4th ed., 3v, 2006
- Full-text resources include (as of 03/08):
- Oxford Reference; Economics and Business
- Full text access to some of the essential reference works in Economics and Business, published by the Oxford university Press.
- Titles include:
- A Dictionary of Accounting
- A Dictionary of Business
- A Dictionary of Economics
- A Dictionary of Finance and Banking
- Social Trends and Indicators
- "Provides in-depth statistics on social issues with expert analyses. Data is drawn from Federal agencies, newspapers and stock exchanges. Individual volumes are titled:
- Work and Leisure
- Community and Education
- Health and Illness
- Crime and Justice
- "Provides in-depth statistics on social issues with expert analyses. Data is drawn from Federal agencies, newspapers and stock exchanges. Individual volumes are titled:
[edit] On-line Web Sites
- Better Business Bureau
- Offers consumer and business information from the Council of Better Business Bureaus and serves as a locator for Better Business Bureaus in the United States and Canada.
- NAICS (North American Industry Classification System)
- Classifies business establishments according to a system that provides for comparability in statistics about business activity across North America.
- Replaces the U.S. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system.
- Thomas Register ON-line
- Online version of the Thomas Register of American Manufacturers.
- Can be searched by Product or Service, Company Name, or Brand Name.
- Includes over 72,000 product headings and more than 170,000 company listings.
- Requires registration, which is free.
- SEC Filings and Reports (provided by LexisNexis)
- The full-text of EDGAR filings from 1991 as well as annual and quarterly reports and proxy statements of more than 4,000 US companies, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission since 1987.
- Thomson Research
- Thomson Research is a comprehensive collection of critical company information and analyst research reports. The database delivers in-depth forecasts and analysis based upon research reports from over 980 leading firms and covering more than 30,000 companies worldwide. Powerful integrated capabilities – like presentation-ready financials and batch printing – let you design financials, filings, and news to your specifications, making Thomson Research your complete research solution.
- Thomson Research allows you to search Filings, Database Reports, Insider Reports, Articles Online and Research Reports for information about a specific company. Thomson Research provides access to SEC data and the Worldscope database.
- Search results can be downloaded to Microsoft® Excel, or printed or saved immediately.
- Thomson Research was formed by the merger of two Thomson Financial research products, Research Bank Web and Global Access (formerly known as Disclosure).
- U.S.Securities and Exchange Commission
- Provides access to meaningful financial and other information about public companies to the general public.This provides a common pool of knowledge for all investors to use to judge for themselves whether to buy, sell, or hold a particular security.
- Yahoo Finance
- All-purpose on-line tool for financial information.
[edit] Research databases (full text journal and magazine articles)
- Business Source Complete
- Note: not all full text.
- Contains over 11,000 periodicals indexed and abstracted, with more than 10,000 full text, covering management, economics, finance, accounting and international business, among others.
- More than 200 of the journals have PDF full text back to 1965 or the first issue published. BSP contains PDF images for the great majority of journals; many of these PDFs are searchable and in color.
- The Company Profiles section of the database contains Datamonitor reports for major U.S. and international companies.
- Business Source Complete (Enhanced Business Searching Interface)
- Contains the same content as Business Source Complete, but designed for easy browsing of industry profiles, swot analyses, country profiles, market research reports, trade journals, working papers, and more.
- Contains over 11,000 periodicals indexed and abstracted, with more than 10,000 full text, covering management, economics, finance, accounting and international business, among others.
- More than 200 of the journals have PDF full text back to 1965 or the first issue published. BSP contains PDF images for the great majority of journals; many of these PDFs are searchable and in color.
- The Company Profiles section of the database contains Datamonitor reports for major U.S. and international companies.
- Insurance Periodical Index
- Note: not full text.
- Indexes and abstracts over 200 of the most respected and widely-read insurance industry journals and magazines, going back as far as 1965.
- LexisNexis
- Huge collection of full-text databases covering news, business, legal research, and biographical information. Searches may be limited to any combination of the following:
- Major U.S. and World Publications,
- Major World Publications (non-English),
- News Wire Services,
- TV and Radio Broadcast Transcripts,
- Web Publications,
- Company,
- SEC Filings,
- Legal,
- Blogs.
- Huge collection of full-text databases covering news, business, legal research, and biographical information. Searches may be limited to any combination of the following:
- Vocational and Career Collection
- Full text coverage for 360 trade and industry related periodicals, designed for libraries servicing high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and public libraries.
