Selected Resources for: Business
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Abstracts and Indexes
Academic or Scholarly Articles Subject IndexesBusiness Source Premier   This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. Business Source Premier database includes both scholarly journals and periodicals for practitioners. Locate full-text coverage to more than 2,800 journals in business, economics, political science and public administration. Coverage dates vary by title. Selected Datamonitor company reports and EIU country documents are also available. Results can be downloaded or emailed. [more information] [  Add To myLibrary!] |
| EconLit Contains bibliographic citations and selected abstracts to the professional and scholarly literature in the field of economics and allied disciplines, including journals, books, chapters in books, conference proceedings and dissertations. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| HW Wilson Index Retrospective Indexes seven decades of articles on important events, issues and trends in the history of business and industry (including the complete file of Industrial Arts Index (1913-1957), plus historical sources in the applied science and technology field for the 20th Century. Covers more than 2,000 periodicals that include more than 4.5 million articles. An excellent resource for tracking down important studies, exploring historical controversies, finding papers by innovators, researching the development of a particular technology, and more. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Social Science Research Network Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research and is composed of a number of specialized research networks in each of the social sciences. The SSRN eLibrary consists of two parts: an Abstract Database containing abstracts on over 197,700 scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers and an Electronic Paper Collection currently containing over 159,700 downloadable full text documents in Adobe Acrobat pdf format. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Web of Science (ISI) Web of Science is the Web interface for the ISI Citation Index products which cover over 11,000 international journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Titles of the print equivalent are: Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index, and Social Sciences Citation Index. Coverage runs from 1975 to the present. Basic truncation symbol is the asterisk: *. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
General Indexes to Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles
| Factiva Full text source of global news and business information, major daily newspapers, newswires, academic and trade journals, magazines, transcripts of media programs, web sites, images. Covers multiple-language content of 9,000 sources from 152 countries in 22 languages. Background and financial information is also available on 25,000 publicly traded companies and along with market data on equities, funds, and indices. Search the full-text of the Wall Street Journal and other general, business and trade magazines and newspapers. Limited to 7 simultaneous users. Inside-Out: Complete Reference For Factiva.Com Factiva.Com How To Get Results Journal titles not included in this academic version of Factiva [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| LexisNexis Academic (ON CAMPUS USE ONLY) LexisNexis Academic is a collection of online databases: News, Business (plus corporate news and corporate financials), Legal, Medical, and Reference. International news sources are included. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| MasterFile Premier This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. MasterFILE Premier, designed specifically for public libraries, provides full text for more than 2,000 general periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues and much more. In addition to the full text, this database provides indexing and abstracts for 2700 titles. This database features: 5,000 full text Magill Book Reviews, 357 reference and travel books including the World Almanac & Book of Facts 2001; full text from 84,074 biographies, 86,132 full text primary source documents, American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Edition and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. MasterFILE Premier offers PDF backfiles as far back as 1975. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Regional Business News This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. Full text coverage for regional business publications; Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Wall Street Journal Contains the full-text Wall Street Journal newspaper which has extensive coverage of stock markets, finance, investments and business-oriented news. Database version from Proquest includes business and financial news and analysis, company news, regular columns, special reports, articles on the national and world economy, editorials and opinion, interviews, and Reuters news stories. Excludes charts and free standing tabular data, such as stock tables and other exchange listings. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| World News Connection Full-text summaries of foreign newspaper articles, conference proceedings, radio and television broadcasts, periodicals, and non-classified technical reports. Formerly published as FBIS and JPRS Reports. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Indexes, Other
| NBER Working Papers Publications of the National Bureau of Economic Research. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Catalogs and Bibliographies
Catalogs| MNCAT Classic Search with MNCAT Classic to find books, journals, etc. owned by the library. Search by keyword, subject, title, or author for materials on your topic. MNCAT Classic lacks the faceted searching of MNCAT Plus, but can be easier to use if you already have a good idea of what you're looking for. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| MNCAT Plus Search for books, conference proceedings, journals, maps, and other items in our collection. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
General Reference Sources
Accounting Standards| Accounting Research Manager A comprehensive financial reporting knowledge base. Updated daily, it aims to help reduce the amount of time you spend conducting accounting and auditing research while enhancing the quality of your results; find insightful interpretations on GAAP, GAAS and Securities and Exchange Commission rules; keep up-to-date on current accounting, SEC, auditing, and government projects that may affect your company. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Country Studies
| Country Commerce from the Economist Intelligence Unit Reference guides from the Economist Intellegence Unit to the operating conditions, commercial laws and business regulations in 55 countries. Guidance on obtaining proper permits and registrations, protecting your intellectual property and complying with local tax laws-including e-commerce rules. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Dictionaries
| Dictionary of professional management Contains over 95,000 individual, composite, and compound entries and over 110,000 cross-references for the rapidly changing terms and concepts in theories, principles, and methods of modern professional leadership. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Directories
| Million Dollar Database (Dun & Bradstreet) A Dun and Bradstreet directory of 1.5 million private and public companies in the United States. Also includes international firms with more than 100 employees (select Advanced--> States/Region) U.S company listings have 20+ employees or sales above one million dollars. This directory provides contact information, executives, sales, employees, industry codes, business descriptions subsidiaries and locations. Find companies that match different criteria such as location, size, product line, headquarters and many other variables. View the tutorial on Finding Companies In Million Dollar Database [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| ReferenceUSA Includes access to major directories for residential listings, businesses, and nonprofits. Includes U.S. Businesses a database of 14 million locations and the Canadian Businesses of 1.5 million companies. ReferenceUSA business directories are good for locating smaller businesses and franchise locations. Both business databases include search criteria for locating private and public companies using criteria such as location, size, industry, headquarters, etc. Other directories available include the U.S. Residential database of 210 million households and the Canadian Residential database of 12 million households. The HealthCare database lists 675,000 doctors and 180,000 dentists in the United States. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Encyclopedias
| Encyclopedia of Business and Finance Designed for the nonspecialist, the Encyclopedia of Business and Finance is a 2-vol. complete reference covering five general areas: finance and banking; accounting; marketing; management; and information systems. Drawing on practical professional expertise as well as that of noted scholars, the contributors include executives, government administrators and scholars from leading business programs from around the United States. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Financial Ratios
| eStatement Studies The online version of the RMA Annual Statement Studies. The Annual Statement Studies are a source of composite performance metrics derived directly from the financial statements of financial institutions’ borrowers and prospects. These financial statements come directly to RMA from its member institutions, which get their data straight from their customers. Includes Financial Ratio Benchmarks, Industry Default Probabilities and Cash Flow Measures, and individual NAICS downloads to Excel®. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Key Business Ratios Key Business Ratios, from Dun and Bradstreet, help you to assess how a business is doing compared to an industry or a competitor. The 14 key business ratios cover the critical areas of business performance --solvency, efficiency and profitability. They are broken down into median figures, with upper and lower quartiles. Ratios are arranged by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Codes -a four-digit number that classifies business establishments by defining the industries in which they do business. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Financial Reports
| EDGAR: Corporate filings from the US Securities and Exchange Commission The SEC requires all public companies (except foreign companies and companies with less than $10 million in assets and 500 shareholders) to file registration statements, periodic reports, and other forms electronically through EDGAR. Anyone can access and download this information for free. Here you'll find links to a complete list of filings available through EDGAR and instructions for searching the EDGAR database. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| LexisNexis Academic (ON CAMPUS USE ONLY) Corporate Filings - At the first Lexis Nexis screen, choose Business, then select SEC Filings and Reports. Click on the drop-down box to select the corporate filing or report you need. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Mergent Online Profiles of public corporations around the world that includes summaries, company histories, property, financials, subsdiaries, joint ventures, long term, press release and annual reports. Pdf images of corporate annual reports for publicly traded US and foreign corporations are available going back to 1996. Access to SEC filings via EDGAR database are also included in Mergent Online. The University of Minnesota license allows 6 simultaneous users. Guide: Find Annual Reports to Shareholders [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| ORBIS A global product that integrates information held across BvDEP's company information product range. ORBIS includes full searching facilities and global standard report format for in-depth international searching and analysis. ORBIS has information on over 43 million private and public companies worldwide including 30,000 banks and over 8,000 insurance companies, 19 million European companies from 46 countries, 15.5 million US and Canadian companies, 6.5 million South and Central American companies,1.3 million Japanese companies and 300,000 Chinese companies,and 220,000 African companies. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| ORBIS (via MINT GLOBAL interface) Directory and financial information on 50 million private and public companies worldwide. Coverage includes 50,000 publicly quoted companies, nearly 30,000 banks, over 8,000 insurance companies,19 million European companies from 46 countries,15.5 million US and Canadian companies,6.5 million South and Central American companies,1.3 million Japanese companies 300,000 Chinese companies,and 220,000 African companies. See the instructions for downloading company profiles . [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
General Reference Works
| Corporate Affiliations The best directory to learn if a company owns other firms or is owned by a parent company. Corporate ownership information on nearly 200,000 of the most prominent international companies and their affiliates, subsidiaries and divisions. The database includes major public and private businesses in the United States and throughout the world. Includes historical data for the last 10 years (use "Historical Search"). Records include products, brands, and competitors along with the service agencies such as advertising and accounting. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage This Standard and Poors database includes overviews from the Industry Surveys tracking trends and leading companies in 52 industries. Company profiles in the Stock Reports with key financial data on public companies including peer group analysis and performance ratings from Standard Poors. Directory listings from the Register of Corporations, Directors, and Executives listing sales, products, other brief information for 55,000 public and private companies along with names of top executives. Watch this short guide for information on finding the Industry Surveys in this database. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Guides
Handbooks and Manuals
| Business Plans Handbook A compilation of actual business plans developed by small businesses throughout North America. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Industry Profiles
| IBIS World IBIS World provides independent, accurate, comprehensive, and up to date research on over 700 industries, including statistics, analysis and forecasts. Includes industry and economic reports, global industry reports and China Industry Reports. Does NOT include company reports. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Market Research Surveys
| Mintel Market Research Database Mintel publishes over 45 reports each month, covering a wide range of sectors and focusing on topical marketing issues. Divided between UK-specific, European and USA reports, Mintel reports analyse market sizes and trends, market segmentation, and consumer attitudes and purchasing habits, as well as assessing the future of the market. By providing a comprehensive picture of the consumer, Mintel's reports provide thorough analyses of specialist sectors. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Security Analysts' Reports
| Investext Investext contains research/analyst reports on companies and industries as well as annual statistical reports of industry trade associations. It delivers full-text reports in their original published formats, complete with charts, photographs and graphics. Investext Plus contains full-text analyst reports from 700 of the world's top investment banks, brokerage firms and trade associations. It contains over 700,000 reports, with thousands of new reports added each week. Historical reports are available back to 1996. Investext also gives users the same research and analysis used at top investment banks, consulting firms and law firms to monitor industry trends, track company financials, and research merger and acquisition opportunities. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Value Line Investment Survey The Value Line Investment Survey is a comprehensive source of information and advice on approximately 1,700 stocks, more than 90 industries, the stock market, and the economy. It has three parts: The Ratings & Reports section contains one-page reports showing Value Line's Timeliness, Safety, and Technical ranks, financial and stock price forecasts for the coming 3 to 5 years, an analyst's written commentary, and more. The Summary & Index contains an index of all stocks in the publication as well as many up-to-date statistics. It also contains a variety of stock "screens" designed to help investors identify companies with various characteristics. The Selection & Opinion section contains Value Line's latest economic and stock market forecasts, one-page write-ups about interesting and attractive stocks, model portfolios, and financial and stock market statistics. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Value line investment survey (Online) The Value Line Investment Survey is a comprehensive source of information and advice on approximately 1,700 stocks, more than 90 industries, the stock market, and the economy. It has three parts: The Ratings & Reports section contains one-page reports showing Value Line's Timeliness, Safety, and Technical ranks, financial and stock price forecasts for the coming 3 to 5 years, an analyst's written commentary, and more. The Summary & Index contains an index of all stocks in the publication as well as many up-to-date statistics. It also contains a variety of stock "screens" designed to help investors identify companies with various characteristics. The Selection & Opinion section contains Value Line's latest economic and stock market forecasts, one-page write-ups about interesting and attractive stocks, model portfolios, and financial and stock market statistics. Also available in print in the Business Library, basement Wilson Library, at: HG4501 .V262 Older issues are available on microfiche in the Business Library at the class number shown above. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Internet Resources
Internet DirectoryPrimary Source Materials
Reports| Conference Board Business Knowledge Research Collection The Conference Board Business Knowledge Research Collection is a searchable database of full-text research reports on the latest issues in business management and US and global economics. Topics include: business trends, leadership decisions, performance excellence, corporate governance, HR, productivity, customer relationship management and more. Economics material includes US and global economic indicators and analysis and forecasts of US and international economic conditions. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Statistics and Data
Statistical Guides| LexisNexis Statistical Index to statistical publications from US and state government agencies, international intergovernmental organizations, professional and trade organizations, business organizations, commercial publishers, independent research organizations, and universities. Comprised of three indexes--the American Statistics Index (ASI)--Index to International Statistics (IIS)-- and Statistical Resources Index (SRI) that give bibliographic citations, abstracts, and links to selected full-text tables and web sites when available. The Government Publications Library has the companion microfiche collections which include copies of almost all the publications indexed in this database. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Style Manuals and Writing Guides
Bibliography Software| RefWorks: Personal Citation Manager RefWorks is a web-based citation manager that allows you to create your own databases of citations by importing references from MNCAT and other databases, and then in seconds automatically generate bibliographies in all major styles (MLA, APA, Turabian, Chicago, etc.). [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Style Manuals
| AMA Style Guide for Business Writing The American Management Association's syle guide for business writers. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
University of Minnesota
Related U of M Web Sites| Business Library Web Site Find related information on the University of Minnesota Libraries Business Reference Web Site. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Library Information
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Telephone: 612-624-5073
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