Research by Subject: Business--International
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LexisNexis Academic 
Full-text access to continuously updated news, law, and business information. Highlights: News: news wires, transcripts, regional, national/international news, & Gallup Polls; Legal: law review articles, case law, and federal/state codes; Business: company profiles, country profiles, and SEC filings; People: directories from the entertainment industry, elected officials, executives, politicians, and obituaries.
ABI/INFORM databases 
Search all three ABI/Inform databases together here, or choose one at a time below.
ABI/INFORM global
International business, finance, economics: journals, company profiles, Wall Street Journal. 1971-current.
Business and company resource center 
Detailed company and industry information, histories, investment reports; 1980-current.
Business Source Premier (Original Interface)
Business topics: management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, etc. SWOT analysis on selected companies.
Note: Also available via Special Business Interface
ABI/INFORM trade & industry
Business, economics: trade and industry periodicals and newsletters. 1971-current.
General OneFile
Current journal and news information in humanities, education, business, science, art, politics, economics, social sciences, law, health care, computers, technology and environmental issues. Formerly InfoTrac OneFile.
Note: Formerly known as InfoTrac OneFile
Business and company ASAP
Business and management information: journals, newspapers, directories, newswire releases.
Regional business news
Business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
The Wall Street Journal
Full-text of WSJ from 1984-present.
Note: For archives (1889-1987), see ProQuest historical newspapers: Wall Street Journal
New York Times
Full-text of NYT from 1998 - present.
Note: For archives (1851-2001), see ProQuest historical newspapers: New York Times
Newspaper source
Selected full text for 25 national (U.S.) and international newspapers; full text television and radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, FOX News, NPR, etc.
Governments on the World Wide Web 
Comprehensive database of governmental institutions on the World Wide Web: parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, city councils, public broadcasting corporations, central banks, multi-governmental institutions etc. Includes also political parties. Online since June 1995.
Central Bank lists from Bank for International Settlements
Link to Central Banks for countries around the world. Useful for getting statistics, exchange rate information and news and policy briefings.
Global Edge
Created by the Center for International Business Education and Research at Michigan State University (MSU-CIBER), It is web-portal that connects international business professionals worldwide to a wealth of information, insights, and learning resources on global business activities.
Thunderbird University Global Gateway
Lists Internet sites that provide country information, coverage of business topics, government information, and information providers/services
National Association for Business Economics-Links
This set of links is a guide to useful and interesting information in the field of business economics. Includes micro & macro data, international links, Finance news, Federal Reserve, economic blogs and more.
BBC News: Country Profiles
Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions. They also include audio or video clips from BBC archives. Contain information on the different types of press available in the country.
Bloomberg
Get news, stocks quotes, etc.
The Europa world year book
Call Number: REF DESK JA 51 E85
Gives descriptive information and overviews on countries around the world. Includes history, politics, economics, education, media (magazines, television, radio, newspapers), etc. Latest at REF DESK. Older editions in General Stacks.
World Map Links from About.com
Selection of links to various world maps and atlases.
Directory of corporate affiliations
Call Number: REF HG4057 .I59
6 volumes. Covers both public and private companies in the U.S. as well as major international companies. Lists subsidiaries, joint ventures, etc. Useful for example to find out if a company has foreign offices.
Exporters' encyclopaedia
Call Number: REF HF3011 .E9
Lists countries from around the world. Give information such as trade practices, rules/regulations, embassy's, boards of trade, transportation, communications, etc. Helpful to any one looking at exporting to a country or doing business internationally.
Europa : European Union On-Line
Gateway to European Union. It provides up-to-date coverage of European Union affairs and essential information on European integration. Go to the Documents tab to connect to EUR-LEX (E.U. Law), the Bulletin of the E.U., and other agency materials.
International Trade Administration. United States Department of Commerce
Country and trade information including overviews, tarriffs, exports, etc.
STAT-USA/Internet
Business, economic and trade statistics and reports from the Federal government: countries & industries, best business opportunities, overviews, rules & regulations.
Note: For printing from this database, please select Print as Image option in Adobe Acrobat print dialog box. (Available on-campus only.)
Interactive Tariff and Trade Dataweb. U.S. International Trade Commission
U.S. import statistics, U.S. export statistics, U.S. tariffs, U.S. future tariffs and U.S. tariff preference information are available back to 1989.
NAICS (North American Industrial Classification System)
Uses a 6 digit numbering system to classify industries that either make a product or offer a service (such as banks)in North America. You can search the database by code or by text describing the industry. These codes can be used to generate a list of companies in an industry and to compare them using other directories found both print or online.
The CIA World Factbook
Gives basic history of all countries including map, population, history, politics, economics, education, communications, transportation and military among other.
International Data Base (IDB). U.S. Census Bureau
The International Data Base (IDB) is a computerized data bank containing statistical tables of demographic, and socio-economic data for 227 countries and areas of the world.
World factbook
Gives basic history of all countries including map, population, history, politics, economics, education, communications, transportation and military among other.
SIC (Standard Industrial Classification)
Search by keyword or 2,3 or 4 digit number to get a description of an industy and the code assigned to it. These codes allow one to find similar companies in an industry (either service or manufacturing) and to compare them.
International Labour Organization. Laborsta.
View and download international labour statistics for over 200 countries and territories.
1983- current.
Executive Planet
Focusing on country-specific business customs and etiquette, features information on
negotiating, business entertaining, and communication across cultural barriers in a business
environment. Along with basic cross-cultural business protocol, it also provides information
regarding business dress, international business culture, gift-giving, and more in a series of
country profiles.
International Business Culture and Etiquette
Guides to a wide variety of countries from Executive Planet. Such things
as business dress, meetings, gifts, gestures, behavior, protocol etc. are discussed.
Country Guides from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Deloitte Country Guides, featuring online content for 60 countries in a dynamic new web site designed to provide convenient, searchable information and insights on tax and business issues in key trading nations. Business investors, human resource, tax and financial executives, and international assignees alike will find analyses that will enhance their understanding of operating conditions, regulations and issues in key countries around the world. These guides have been written in co-operation with The Economist Intelligence Unit, NA, Inc.
Doing Business by the World Bank
Gives information on conducting and setting up businesses in over 100 countries. Covers such thins as hiring/firing workers, ownership, registering property, getting credit, etc.
Direction of trade statistics yearbook
Call Number: REF HF91 .I65
Covers import and export statistics between countries. Latest 2 years in Reference. Older editions in stacks.
International financial statistics
Call Number: REF HG3881 .I626
Published monthly by the International Monetary Fund. Gives a wide variety of ecomomic and financial statistics on countries around the world. Latest two years. Cummulated in the International Financial Statistics Yearbook
International Financial Statistics (IMF)
Statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance. Contains time series data from 1948. From the International Monetary Fund.
Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce
Covers a wide variety of economic indicators at the national, international, regional and industry levels, including: Gross Domestic Product(GDP), Personal income, Balance of Trade, and an overview of the U.S. Economy.
Direction of trade statistics quarterly
Call Number: PER HF91 .I652
Covers import and export statistics between countries. Quarterly.
Economic Data - FREDŽ II-Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Federal Reserve Economic data. A database of over 3000 U.S. economic time series. With FREDŽ II you can download data in Microsoft Excel and text formats and view charts of data series.
EdgarScan
EdgarScan is an interface to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) Filings. EdgarScan pulls filings from the Edgar Database ly to find key financial tables and normalize financials to a common format that is comparable across companies
Federal Reserve Board -Statistical Releases
Various statistical releases such as: foreign exchange rates, interest rates, commercial paper, banks, flow of funds, etc. Daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual statistics both current and historical
International financial statistics yearbook
Call Number: REF HG3881 .I6265
Gives a wide variety of economic and financial statistics for countries including GDP, money rates, CPI, etc. Latest 10 years.
Morningstar.com
Stock and mutual fund research resource. Gives independent analysis and recommendations. Screening capability.
SEC EDGAR database
Official SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) documents such as Form 10-K, 10-Q, Proxy statements, registration statements, and merger and acquisition documents.
Official Statistics on the Web (OFFSTATS)
Free statistics from official sources, including current data and time series for regions and topic categories. Many data sets are downloadable as text or spreadsheet files.
NationMaster
A central data source and handy way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster is a compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD.
Economagic
Gives all sorts of economic time series data which can then be copied and put into Ms-Excel.
Investext plus
Investment, company and industry reports from brokers worldwide.
Statistical Data Locator from Nanyang Technological University
Links to a wide variety of statistical data sources from around the world.
Value line investment survey
Information and advice on stocks, industries, the stock market and the economy. Online: current quarter only; Print: Last 3 years in Reference Stacks.
Call Number: REF HG4501 .V26
Information and advice on stocks, industries, the stock market and the economy. Online: current quarter only; Print: Last 3 years in Reference Stacks.
Yahoo Finance-Historical Quotes
Historical stock quotes for companies and indicies. Some as far back as 1962.
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