Accounting

• RIA Checkpoint

  [Date range: Varies, but most is from 1990 to the present.] Access to a variety of tax information, including complete tax law, analysis, journals, news, cases, and rulings.

  
  
• LexisNexis Academic

  [Full-text articles, Date range: Varies] Time covered varies by source. Covers a wide range of business and business-related topics. Almost all full-text. Covers business topics from local, regional & national newspapers, some trade publications, business magazines, SEC filings, some reference sources and key accounting sources.

  
  
• Bloomberg (via the Bloomberg terminals in 1318 Van Munching Hall)

  Contains current and historical financial data on individual companies, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, and futures for both international and domestic markets.

  
  
• Datastream Advance (MySmith Portal - Finance)

  Provides index related data across global markets including valuation measures and constituent lists, global and sector indices information, exchange-traded derivatives data, global investment research, detailed information on fixed income and equity securities around the world, current and historical fundamental data, indicative foreign exchange and money markets data, real-time financial news from the Dow Jones Newswire, closing prices for OTC bond instruments, global forecast and historical economics data, and interest and exchange rates.

  
  
• COMPUSTAT (Standard & Poor's) via Research Insight or RI-Web or WRDS or CRSPSift ( MySmith Portal - Finance-Research Insight or Excel with Finance Addins or CRSPSift or WRDS)

  Contains fundamental financial and price data for approximately 10,000 actively traded and 13,000 inactive U.S. companies, as well as over 23,000 global companies in more than 80 countries. Data goes back annually as far as 1950. Financial statements, ratio and valuation reports are available in Excel. Click here for more information.

  
  
• WRDS (Wharton Research Data Service) (Request account here)

  Provides a common front end retrieval system for a large collection of databases. (Access ONLY for Ph.D. students, faculty and faculty sponsored class research. Access is available by account only - request account at https://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu - Follow instructions.) Click here for more information.

  
  

• RDS Business & Industry (BizSuite) [Licensing restrictions apply]

  [Full-text, time coverage varies by title.] This database contains broad-based business information that focuses on facts, figures, events & market information about companies, industries, products and markets.

  
  
• Business Source Complete (EBSCO)

  [Some full-text, Date range: varies] Business Source Complete is an upgraded version of Business Source Premier. It is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the ultimate collection of bibliographic and full text content.

  
  

• Morningstar [Licensing restrictions apply]

  [Date range: Historical data back to 1996] Find a stock or fund to meet your needs, research current or prospective holdings or see how your investments work together. Morningstar's data reports cover more than 20,000 securities.

  
  
  
• RDS Business Reference Suite [Licensing restrictions apply]

  [Full-text, time coverage varies by title.] This database combines all three RDS databases - RDS Business & Industry, RDS Business & Management Practices and RDS Tablebase.

  
  

• EDGAR

  [The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission] Contains all of the filings required of public companies by the SEC.

  
  
  
• Hoover's Online

  [Updated: daily] Provides comprehensive profiles, in-depth financials, company overviews and histories, their competitors, products, services and operations.

  
  
• LexisNexis Academic

  [Full-text articles, Date range: Varies] Time covered varies by source. Covers a wide range of business and business-related topics. Almost all full-text. Covers business topics from local, regional & national newspapers, some trade publications, business magazines, SEC filings, some reference sources and key accounting sources.

  
  
• Bloomberg (via the Bloomberg terminals in 1318 Van Munching Hall)

  Contains current and historical financial data on individual companies, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, and futures for both international and domestic markets.

  
  
• Datastream Advance (MySmith Portal - Finance)

  Provides index related data across global markets including valuation measures and constituent lists, global and sector indices information, exchange-traded derivatives data, global investment research, detailed information on fixed income and equity securities around the world, current and historical fundamental data, indicative foreign exchange and money markets data, real-time financial news from the Dow Jones Newswire, closing prices for OTC bond instruments, global forecast and historical economics data, and interest and exchange rates.

  
  
• COMPUSTAT (Standard & Poor's) via Research Insight or RI-Web or WRDS or CRSPSift ( MySmith Portal - Finance-Research Insight or Excel with Finance Addins or CRSPSift or WRDS)

  Contains fundamental financial and price data for approximately 10,000 actively traded and 13,000 inactive U.S. companies, as well as over 23,000 global companies in more than 80 countries. Data goes back annually as far as 1950. Financial statements, ratio and valuation reports are available in Excel. Click here for more information.

  
  
• WRDS (Wharton Research Data Service) (Request account here)

  Provides a common front end retrieval system for a large collection of databases. (Access ONLY for Ph.D. students, faculty and faculty sponsored class research. Access is available by account only - request account at https://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu - Follow instructions.) Click here for more information.

  
  

• 
  

  Finding an Association

  
  Identify a trade association which may provide statistics, trends, and other information.

  NOTE THAT ASSOCIATIONS USUALLY CHARGE FOR MUCH OF THEIR INFORMATION OR REQUIRE MEMBERSHIP.
  

  Resources

  Internet Public Library Associations on the Net   [The Regents of the University of Michigan] Contains over 2000 Internet sites including a wide variety of professional and trade associations, cultural and art organizations, political parties and advocacy groups, labor unions, academic societies, and research institutions.

  The Scholarly Societies Project   [University of Waterloo Library] A directory of over 3,100 scholarly organizations from around the World.

  
  
  

  Back to the top of the page
  

  Last Updated: Monday, 26-Oct-2009 10:41:13 EDT

  
  

• RIA Checkpoint

  [Date range: Varies, but most is from 1990 to the present.] Access to a variety of tax information, including complete tax law, analysis, journals, news, cases, and rulings.

  
  
• Factiva (Dow Jones & Reuters) [Licensing restrictions apply]

  [Full text] Full text access to over 8,000 business sources including national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, web sites and industry (trade) sources.

  
  
• Business Source Complete (EBSCO)

  [Some full-text, Date range: varies] Business Source Complete is an upgraded version of Business Source Premier. It is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the ultimate collection of bibliographic and full text content.

  
  

• Business Source Complete (EBSCO)

  [Some full-text, Date range: varies] Business Source Complete is an upgraded version of Business Source Premier. It is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the ultimate collection of bibliographic and full text content.

  
  
• Factiva (Dow Jones & Reuters) [Licensing restrictions apply]

  [Full text] Full text access to over 8,000 business sources including national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, web sites and industry (trade) sources.

  
  

• Hoover's Online

  [Updated: daily] Provides comprehensive profiles, in-depth financials, company overviews and histories, their competitors, products, services and operations.

  
  
• LexisNexis Academic

  [Full-text articles, Date range: Varies] Time covered varies by source. Covers a wide range of business and business-related topics. Almost all full-text. Covers business topics from local, regional & national newspapers, some trade publications, business magazines, SEC filings, some reference sources and key accounting sources.

  
  

• Bloomberg (via the Bloomberg terminals in 1318 Van Munching Hall)

  Contains current and historical financial data on individual companies, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, and futures for both international and domestic markets.

  
  
• Datastream Advance (MySmith Portal - Finance)

  Provides index related data across global markets including valuation measures and constituent lists, global and sector indices information, exchange-traded derivatives data, global investment research, detailed information on fixed income and equity securities around the world, current and historical fundamental data, indicative foreign exchange and money markets data, real-time financial news from the Dow Jones Newswire, closing prices for OTC bond instruments, global forecast and historical economics data, and interest and exchange rates.

  
  
• Standard & Poor's

  [Standard & Poor's] Standard & Poor's is a major publisher of investment data, including bond ratings. (MUST REGISTER TO USE - FREE SUBSCRIPTION) For bond ratings, after registration, click on United States, under Task Selector, select Find a rating. Follow directions to get available S&P ratings. S&P Rating Desk (212-438-2400) will confirm rating if having trouble locating what you need

• Business Source Complete (EBSCO)

  [Some full-text, Date range: varies] Business Source Complete is an upgraded version of Business Source Premier. It is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the ultimate collection of bibliographic and full text content.

  
  
• Factiva (Dow Jones & Reuters) [Licensing restrictions apply]

  [Full text] Full text access to over 8,000 business sources including national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, web sites and industry (trade) sources.

  
  

• Business Source Complete (EBSCO)

  [Some full-text, Date range: varies] Business Source Complete is an upgraded version of Business Source Premier. It is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the ultimate collection of bibliographic and full text content.

  
  
• Factiva (Dow Jones & Reuters) [Licensing restrictions apply]

  [Full text] Full text access to over 8,000 business sources including national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, web sites and industry (trade) sources.

  
  

• An overview of financing options

  This section will help entrepreneurs to explore different financing options. It lists descriptions of some of the major sources of financing options and when to use them.

  
  
• PricewaterhouseCoopers Money Tree Survey

  Quarterly surveys "include overviews of venture capital and private equity in the US and include statistics by industry, state and firm".

  
  
• vFinance.com

  Frequently updated list of venture capital firms in the United States.

  
  
• Pratt’s Guide to Venture Capital Sources (print only)
  

  [Wellesley Hills, Mass. : Venture Economics, Inc., c1984- . Annual.] "Directory of over 800 American and Canadian venture capital companies" Mck Reference HG65.P73

  
  

• Bplans.com
  

  [Palo Alto Software, Inc.] Use this web site to locate business plans or marketing plans for specific business sectors.

  
  
• American Express - Small Business Network
  

  [American Express] Creating an Effective Business Plan site is sponsored by American Express. It contains easy to understand descriptions and samples of the main sections a business plan should have.

  
  
• Business Source Complete (EBSCO)

  [Some full-text, Date range: varies] Business Source Complete is an upgraded version of Business Source Premier. It is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the ultimate collection of bibliographic and full text content.

  
  

• Business Opportunities with the Federal Government Gateway

  Prepared by the Congressional Research Service for members of Congress this site "provides guidance and online procurement procedures for doing business with the Federal government".

  
  
• Federal Business Opportunities

  Single point of entry for announcements of federal contract opportunities over $25,000, both civilian and military."

  
  

• Business Source Complete (EBSCO)

  [Some full-text, Date range: varies] Business Source Complete is an upgraded version of Business Source Premier. It is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the ultimate collection of bibliographic and full text content.

  
  

• Hoover's Online

  [Updated: daily] Provides comprehensive profiles, in-depth financials, company overviews and histories, their competitors, products, services and operations.

  
  
• Business Source Complete (EBSCO)

  [Some full-text, Date range: varies] Business Source Complete is an upgraded version of Business Source Premier. It is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the ultimate collection of bibliographic and full text content.

  
  
• Factiva (Dow Jones & Reuters) [Licensing restrictions apply]

  [Full text] Full text access to over 8,000 business sources including national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, web sites and industry (trade) sources.

  
  

• Hoover's Online

  [Updated: daily] Provides comprehensive profiles, in-depth financials, company overviews and histories, their competitors, products, services and operations.

  
  
• Factiva (Dow Jones & Reuters) [Licensing restrictions apply]

  [Full text] Full text access to over 8,000 business sources including national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, web sites and industry (trade) sources.

  
  
• Business Source Complete (EBSCO)

  [Some full-text, Date range: varies] Business Source Complete is an upgraded version of Business Source Premier. It is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the ultimate collection of bibliographic and full text content.

  
  

• Mintel

  [Full-text] Provides full-text reports on a wide range of market research studies, analyzing market sizes and trends, market segmentation, consumer attitudes and purchasing habits, opportunities, weaknesses and the future of the market.

  
  
• Mediamark

  [Mediamark Research Inc.] Use it to find detailed information about the demographics and lifestyles of consumers and media audiences. Information includes consumer demographics, psychographics/lifestyles, product and brand usage, and media preferences. (Access via MySmith Portal and VBIC) First time users must register using UMD email domain. To register, go to Mediamark, click on Register for a FREE Account, and follow instructions.

  
  


• IBIS World

  [Full-text] IBIS World provides industry market research reports on over 700 U.S. industries, brief company reports on about 8000 companies as well as economic and demographic reports with focus on the U.S. economy. (Access Finance folder on MySmith Portal)

  
  
• American fact Finder

  Provides population, housing, economic and geographic data

  
  
• Simmons Study of Media and Markets - Choices 3

  A CD-ROM product available behind the Information Desk in McKeldin Library. It is used to get a profile of consumer. Choices results may be saved to a disc and uploaded into a spreadsheet such as Excel. A tutorial is available from Babson College at http://www3.babson.edu/library/electronic_resources/simmons.cfm.

  
  

• Statistical Abstracts of the United States

  [U.S. Census Bureau] Contains a collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States, and selected international data. Current version is 2001-2002 edition.

  
  
• Global Insight DataInsight Web or via Global Insight DataInsight Web (MySmith Portal - Finance)

  Coverage of U.S. and international financial, economic, and industry data, with analysis by more than 225 analysts, researchers, and economists on over 120 industries and 200 countries. Data available covers balance of payments, cyclical indicators, finance and financial markets, government finance, housing and construction, output/capacity/capacity utilization, merchandise trade, national accounts, labor market, population, prices, and wholesale and retail trade.

  
  

• Business Source Complete (EBSCO)

  [Some full-text, Date range: varies] Business Source Complete is an upgraded version of Business Source Premier. It is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the ultimate collection of bibliographic and full text content.

  
  
• Factiva (Dow Jones & Reuters) [Licensing restrictions apply]

  [Full text] Full text access to over 8,000 business sources including national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, web sites and industry (trade) sources.

  
  
• RDS Business & Management Practices (BaMP) [Licensing restrictions apply]

  [Full-text, time coverage varies by title.] Focuses on practical approaches to management processes and methods, and real-life applications, case studies, and explicit "how-to" guidelines.

  
  

• County and City Data Book 2007

  [U.S. Census Bureau] Provides county and city data on population, income, crime, housing, labor, and manufacturing and water use, etc.

  
  

• EIU ViewsWire

  [The Economist Intelligence Unit Limited.] Provides economic, political, and market developments for 195 countries as well as analysis on the implications for business.

  
  
• Country Studies (Free)

  [Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress] On-line versions of Country Studies, covering 102 countries and regions.

  
  
• Country Commercial Guides (Free)

  [U.S. Department of State, Date range: current] Present a comprehensive look at countries' commercial environments, using economic, political and market analysis.

  
  
• One World - Nations Online (Free)

  [One World - Nations Online] A portal to the countries of the world - each country listed contains a country profile with facts and figures, geography, flag, statistics, maps, images, plus links to sources that provide you with information about a nation, such as: official government web sites, newspapers, tourism and visa information, travel advice, etc.

  
  
• Portals of the World (Free)

  From the Library of Congress, this site "contains selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world" sorted in a broad range of categories.

  
  

• Kwintessential Cross Cultural Solutions: Global Guides to Culture, Customs & Etiquette (Free)
  


• International Business Etiquette and Manners (Free)
  
• World Business Culture (Free)

  Guide to customs and etiquette of about 35 countries.

  
  

• Mintel

  [Full-text] Provides full-text reports on a wide range of market research studies, analyzing market sizes and trends, market segmentation, consumer attitudes and purchasing habits, opportunities, weaknesses and the future of the market.

  
  
• IBIS World

  [Full-text] IBIS World provides industry market research reports on over 700 U.S. industries, brief company reports on about 8000 companies as well as economic and demographic reports with focus on the U.S. economy. (Access Finance folder on MySmith Portal)

  
  
• RDS TableBase (BizSuite) [Licensing restrictions apply]

  [Full-text, time coverage varies by title.] Provides tabular information. Every record is a unique table title that meets user defined search criteria.

  
  
• Global Insight DataInsight Web or via Global Insight DataInsight Web (MySmith Portal - Finance)

  Coverage of U.S. and international financial, economic, and industry data, with analysis by more than 225 analysts, researchers, and economists on over 120 industries and 200 countries. Data available covers balance of payments, cyclical indicators, finance and financial markets, government finance, housing and construction, output/capacity/capacity utilization, merchandise trade, national accounts, labor market, population, prices, and wholesale and retail trade.

  
  
• Balance of Payments Statistics [Licensing restrictions apply]

  Summarizes, for a specific period, the economic transactions of an economy with the rest of the world. It reports total goods, services, factor income, and current transfers an economy receives from or provides to the rest of the world as well as capital transfers and changes in each economy's external financial claims and liabilities.

  
  

• Business Source Complete (EBSCO)

  [Some full-text, Date range: varies] Business Source Complete is an upgraded version of Business Source Premier. It is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the ultimate collection of bibliographic and full text content.

  
  

• Digital Dissertations

  [Some full-text. Date range: citations, abstracts(1980-present), full text(UM dissertations 1997-present)] Includes 1.6 million citations for U.S. and international masters theses and doctoral dissertations.

  
  

• Wholesale Distributors Net
  
• ThomasNet

  A directory of manufacturers, distributors, and suppliers.

  
  

• Factiva (Dow Jones & Reuters) [Licensing restrictions apply]

  [Full text] Full text access to over 8,000 business sources including national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, web sites and industry (trade) sources.

  
  
• Bloomberg (via the Bloomberg terminals in 1318 Van Munching Hall)

  Contains current and historical financial data on individual companies, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, and futures for both international and domestic markets.

  
  
• Datastream Advance (MySmith Portal - Finance)

  Provides index related data across global markets including valuation measures and constituent lists, global and sector indices information, exchange-traded derivatives data, global investment research, detailed information on fixed income and equity securities around the world, current and historical fundamental data, indicative foreign exchange and money markets data, real-time financial news from the Dow Jones Newswire, closing prices for OTC bond instruments, global forecast and historical economics data, and interest and exchange rates.

  
  
• WRDS (Wharton Research Data Service) (Request account here)

  Provides a common front end retrieval system for a large collection of databases. (Access ONLY for Ph.D. students, faculty and faculty sponsored class research. Access is available by account only - request account at https://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu - Follow instructions.) Click here for more information.

  
  

• Gale's Encyclopedia of E-Commerce

  [Essays cover finance and banking, accounting, marketing, management and information systems] Provides access to the world of Internet commerce and addresses the concerns of those who want to join the ranks of the Internet business community. Presents answers to common questions about website development, financing, advertising, and more. Features 470 essays covering topics and terms, profiles of the top e-commerce companies, biographies of e-commerce innovators, and coverage of events and legislation related to e-commerce.

  
  

• New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics

  Considered one of the most extensive and authoritative economics reference resources available. It contains over 1,850 articles by more than 1,500 of the world's leading economists.

  
  
• EconLit

  A reliable source of citations and abstracts to economic research in over 400 books, journals, dissertations, and working papers.

  
  
• Economics Research Guide

  [Compiled by Maggie Saponaro, Economics Librarian at UMD] This guide lists sources of information for researching Economics.

  
  
  
• Handbooks in Economics

  Full text of the handbooks, which primarily include survey articles by leading economics scholars. Arranged into 28 different series by broad topic. To access the volumes, click on "full text access" below the title, NOT on the volume number.

  
  
  
• NBER Working Papers

  Full text of the working papers of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

  
  
  
• Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History

  Fully searchable text of the encyclopedia, including over 900 articles from leading scholars with extensive bibliographies. Covers all time periods of human history and includes strong coverage of individual countries, regions, industries and economic concepts.

  
  
  
• Source OECD

  [Full-text. Date range : 1998 - present] SourceOECD is the online library of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. It comprises 20 Book collections by theme, including monographs and reports; 24 periodicals; a reference title; and the OECD statistical databases.

  
  
  
• Penn World Tables 6.2

  Provides "purchasing power parity and national income accounts" for 188 countries, with data covering some of or all the years 1950-2004. From the Center for International Comparisons of Production, Income and Prices at the University of Pennsylvania.

  
  
  

• Bureau of Labor Statistics

  [The Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. department of Labor] Provides economic indicators, labor statistics, and other measures of economic and social performance.

  
  
• National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

  "Nation's leading nonprofit economic research organization." -- Provides current economic indicators. Concentrates on developing "new statistical measurements, estimating quantitative models of economic behavior, assessing the effects of public policies on the U.S. economy, and projecting the effects of alternative policy proposals."

  
  

• Economagic

  This site offers a comprehensive list of free, easily available economic time series data useful for economic research, in particular economic forecasting.

  
  
• FRB Beige Book

  "Provides an assessment of the economic performance of each of the 12 regional Federal Reserve districts… "The report examines economic activity, specifically employment trends, construction and housing activity, retail sales, consumer confidence, and any other relevant information."

  
  

• IBIS World

  [Full-text] IBIS World provides industry market research reports on over 700 U.S. industries, brief company reports on about 8000 companies as well as economic and demographic reports with focus on the U.S. economy. (Access Finance folder on MySmith Portal)

  
  
• Bloomberg (via the Bloomberg terminals in 1318 Van Munching Hall)

  Contains current and historical financial data on individual companies, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, and futures for both international and domestic markets.

  
  
• Datastream Advance (MySmith Portal - Finance)

  Provides index related data across global markets including valuation measures and constituent lists, global and sector indices information, exchange-traded derivatives data, global investment research, detailed information on fixed income and equity securities around the world, current and historical fundamental data, indicative foreign exchange and money markets data, real-time financial news from the Dow Jones Newswire, closing prices for OTC bond instruments, global forecast and historical economics data, and interest and exchange rates.

  
  
• Global Insight DataInsight Web or via Global Insight DataInsight Web (MySmith Portal - Finance)

  Coverage of U.S. and international financial, economic, and industry data, with analysis by more than 225 analysts, researchers, and economists on over 120 industries and 200 countries. Data available covers balance of payments, cyclical indicators, finance and financial markets, government finance, housing and construction, output/capacity/capacity utilization, merchandise trade, national accounts, labor market, population, prices, and wholesale and retail trade.

  
  
• WRDS (Wharton Research Data Service) (Request account here)

  Provides a common front end retrieval system for a large collection of databases. (Access ONLY for Ph.D. students, faculty and faculty sponsored class research. Access is available by account only - request account at https://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu - Follow instructions.) Click here for more information.

  
  

• Business Source Complete (EBSCO)

  [Some full-text, Date range: varies] Business Source Complete is an upgraded version of Business Source Premier. It is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the ultimate collection of bibliographic and full text content.

  
  
• Factiva (Dow Jones & Reuters) [Licensing restrictions apply]

  [Full text] Full text access to over 8,000 business sources including national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, web sites and industry (trade) sources.

  
  
• Global Insight DataInsight Web or via Global Insight DataInsight Web (MySmith Portal - Finance)

  Coverage of U.S. and international financial, economic, and industry data, with analysis by more than 225 analysts, researchers, and economists on over 120 industries and 200 countries. Data available covers balance of payments, cyclical indicators, finance and financial markets, government finance, housing and construction, output/capacity/capacity utilization, merchandise trade, national accounts, labor market, population, prices, and wholesale and retail trade.

  
  

• EIU ViewsWire

  [The Economist Intelligence Unit Limited.] Provides economic, political, and market developments for 195 countries as well as analysis on the implications for business.

  
  
• Global Insight DataInsight Web or via Global Insight DataInsight Web (MySmith Portal - Finance)

  Coverage of U.S. and international financial, economic, and industry data, with analysis by more than 225 analysts, researchers, and economists on over 120 industries and 200 countries. Data available covers balance of payments, cyclical indicators, finance and financial markets, government finance, housing and construction, output/capacity/capacity utilization, merchandise trade, national accounts, labor market, population, prices, and wholesale and retail trade.

  
  

• U.S. Commercial Service

  Information for Exporters of U.S. Goods and Services

  
  
  
• U.S. Customs and Borders Protection

  Export Documents, Licenses and Requirements

  
  
  
• U.S. Commercial Service

  Market Research Library

  
  
  
• Federation of International Trade Associations

  Searchable database of International Trade Web Resources on the Internet. More than 8000 links to International Trade / Import-Export Web sites are annotated and indexed.

  
  
  
• GlobalEdge - Michigan State University

  "A web portal connecting international business professionals worldwide." Contains a wealth of information on all countries, in-depth analysis of selected industries, teaching resources, etc.

  
  
  
• Office of the United States Trade Representative

  Official website for America's chief negotiator and advisor to the president, explore links, i.e., Trade Agreements, Countries & Regions, Trade Topics for authoritative information.

  
  
  
• World Trade Organization - WTO

  This "international body deals with rules of trade between nations".

  
  
  

• Encyclopedia of Business and Finance

  [Essays cover finance and banking, accounting, marketing, management and information systems] A complete business reference covering five general areas: finance and banking; accounting; marketing; management; and information systems. Designed for the nonspecialist, providing practical professional expertise as well as the work of noted scholars. Contributors include executives, government administrators and scholars from leading business programs from around the United States. 2 volumes.

  
  

• EDGAR

  [The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission] Contains all of the filings required of public companies by the SEC.

  
  
• Hoover's Online

  [Updated: daily] Provides comprehensive profiles, in-depth financials, company overviews and histories, their competitors, products, services and operations.

  
  
• Factiva (Dow Jones & Reuters) [Licensing restrictions apply]

  [Full text] Full text access to over 8,000 business sources including national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, web sites and industry (trade) sources.

  
  
• Bloomberg (via the Bloomberg terminals in 1318 Van Munching Hall)

  Contains current and historical financial data on individual companies, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, and futures for both international and domestic markets.

  
  
• CRSP (Center for Research in Security Prices) via CRSPSift (MySmith Portal - Finance)

  Contains daily and monthly historical stock prices, returns, volume and other data on more than 20,000 stocks (inactive and active companies) from the NYSE (from 1926), AMEX (from 1962), and NASDAQ (from 1972) markets. Also includes U.S. market indices, treasuries, mutual funds, and a merged database with S&P's Compustat data. Click here for more information.

  
  
• COMPUSTAT (Standard & Poor's) via Research Insight or RI-Web or WRDS or CRSPSift ( MySmith Portal - Finance-Research Insight or Excel with Finance Addins or CRSPSift or WRDS)

  Contains fundamental financial and price data for approximately 10,000 actively traded and 13,000 inactive U.S. companies, as well as over 23,000 global companies in more than 80 countries. Data goes back annually as far as 1950. Financial statements, ratio and valuation reports are available in Excel. Click here for more information.

  
  
• Datastream Advance (MySmith Portal - Finance)

  Provides index related data across global markets including valuation measures and constituent lists, global and sector indices information, exchange-traded derivatives data, global investment research, detailed information on fixed income and equity securities around the world, current and historical fundamental data, indicative foreign exchange and money markets data, real-time financial news from the Dow Jones Newswire, closing prices for OTC bond instruments, global forecast and historical economics data, and interest and exchange rates.

  
  
• WRDS (Wharton Research Data Service) (Request account here)

  Provides a common front end retrieval system for a large collection of databases. (Access ONLY for Ph.D. students, faculty and faculty sponsored class research. Access is available by account only - request account at https://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu - Follow instructions.) Click here for more information.

  
  

• Thomson Financial SDC Platinum (MySmith Portal - Finance)

  Provides a common front end retrieval system for a collection of databases. They contain detailed information on new issues, mergers and acquisitions, syndicated loans, private equity, and more for the global financial marketplace. Click here for more information.

  
  

• EIU ViewsWire

  [The Economist Intelligence Unit Limited.] Provides economic, political, and market developments for 195 countries as well as analysis on the implications for business.

  
  
• EIU Country Commerce

  [The Economist Intelligence Unit] "A practical guide to regulations, operating conditions and corporate practices in 60 countries." Good place to start when looking for information on doing business in other countries, covers business information from a regulatory perspective.

  
  
• Global Insight DataInsight Web or via Global Insight DataInsight Web (MySmith Portal - Finance)

  Coverage of U.S. and international financial, economic, and industry data, with analysis by more than 225 analysts, researchers, and economists on over 120 industries and 200 countries. Data available covers balance of payments, cyclical indicators, finance and financial markets, government finance, housing and construction, output/capacity/capacity utilization, merchandise trade, national accounts, labor market, population, prices, and wholesale and retail trade.

  
  

• LexisNexis Academic

  [Full-text articles, Date range: Varies] Time covered varies by source. Covers a wide range of business and business-related topics. Almost all full-text. Covers business topics from local, regional & national newspapers, some trade publications, business magazines, SEC filings, some reference sources and key accounting sources.

  
  
• Factiva (Dow Jones & Reuters) [Licensing restrictions apply]

  [Full text] Full text access to over 8,000 business sources including national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, web sites and industry (trade) sources.

  
  

• Franchise Direct

  Franchise Direct is a comprehensive franchise opportunity listing, providing views, news and advice to entrepreneurs and franchisors alike. Browse through our profiles or read about the latest featured franchises.

  
  
• Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition: Franchising

  This site has links to franchisor company homepages where you will find franchising opportunities information.

  
  

• STAT-USA

  [U.S. Department of Commerce] Provides business, trade and economic information available from the National Trade Data Bank, Country Commercial Guides, Market Research Reports, and International Marketing Insight. Includes federal economic data, trade-related releases and international market research, and country analysis.

  
  
• Global Insight DataInsight Web or via Global Insight DataInsight Web (MySmith Portal - Finance)

  Coverage of U.S. and international financial, economic, and industry data, with analysis by more than 225 analysts, researchers, and economists on over 120 industries and 200 countries. Data available covers balance of payments, cyclical indicators, finance and financial markets, government finance, housing and construction, output/capacity/capacity utilization, merchandise trade, national accounts, labor market, population, prices, and wholesale and retail trade.

  
  

• Global Insight DataInsight Web or via Global Insight DataInsight Web (MySmith Portal - Finance)

  Coverage of U.S. and international financial, economic, and industry data, with analysis by more than 225 analysts, researchers, and economists on over 120 industries and 200 countries. Data available covers balance of payments, cyclical indicators, finance and financial markets, government finance, housing and construction, output/capacity/capacity utilization, merchandise trade, national accounts, labor market, population, prices, and wholesale and retail trade.

  
  

• Business Source Complete (EBSCO)

  [Some full-text, Date range: varies] Business Source Complete is an upgraded version of Business Source Premier. It is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the ultimate collection of bibliographic and full text content.

  
  

• EconLit

  A reliable source of citations and abstracts to economic research in over 400 books, journals, dissertations, and working papers.

  
  
  
• EIU ViewsWire

  [The Economist Intelligence Unit Limited.] Provides economic, political, and market developments for 195 countries as well as analysis on the implications for business.

  
  
  
• Factiva (Dow Jones & Reuters) [Licensing restrictions apply]

  [Full text] Full text access to over 8,000 business sources including national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, web sites and industry (trade) sources.

  
  
• National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

  "Nation's leading nonprofit economic research organization." -- Provides current economic indicators. Concentrates on developing "new statistical measurements, estimating quantitative models of economic behavior, assessing the effects of public policies on the U.S. economy, and projecting the effects of alternative policy proposals."

  
  

• Penn World Tables 6.2

  Provides "purchasing power parity and national income accounts" for 188 countries, with data covering some of or all the years 1950-2004. From the Center for International Comparisons of Production, Income and Prices at the University of Pennsylvania.

  
  
  
• Source OECD

  [Full-text. Date range : 1998 - present] SourceOECD is the online library of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. It comprises 20 Book collections by theme, including monographs and reports; 24 periodicals; a reference title; and the OECD statistical databases.

  
  
  
• Brookings Institution - Globalization Page

  Links to current papers and articles on globalization from the Brookings Institution - a "non-profit public policy organization" based in Washington, D.C.

  
  
  
• Globalization: IMF Key Issues

  From the International Monetary Fund. Includes links to background information, opinion pieces and other publications produced by the IMF.

  
  
  
• Yale Center for the Study of Globalization

  Includes links to reports, research papers, policy reports and YaleGlobal Online - an online magazine exploring "the implications of the growing interconnectedness of the world.

  
  
  
For more information on globalization,see also:

• Culture
• Country

• RDS Business & Management Practices (BaMP) [Licensing restrictions apply]

  [Full-text, time coverage varies by title.] Focuses on practical approaches to management processes and methods, and real-life applications, case studies, and explicit "how-to" guidelines.

  
  
• Business Source Complete (EBSCO)

  [Some full-text, Date range: varies] Business Source Complete is an upgraded version of Business Source Premier. It is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the ultimate collection of bibliographic and full text content.

  
  

• North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)

  [U.S. Census Bureau] NAICS is the current industry classification that was developed jointly by the U.S., Canada, and Mexico to provide new comparability in statistics about business activity across North America. There is a 2002 version of NAICS and the initial 1997 version of NAICS.

  
  
• Standard Industrial Classification System (SIC)

  [U.S. Census Bureau] SIC was the industry classification for many years and was replaced by the NAICS system in 1997. The classification is still used in some business databases.

  
  

• Standard & Poor's Net Advantage (Standard & Poor's)

  [Full-text documents, Date range: One rolling year - present.] Provides full-text reports, forecast, analysis, statistics and ratios of about 52 major industries. Coverage is for current and up to 4 years, depending on the industry.

  
  
• IBIS World

  [Full-text] IBIS World provides industry market research reports on over 700 U.S. industries, brief company reports on about 8000 companies as well as economic and demographic reports with focus on the U.S. economy. (Access Finance folder on MySmith Portal)

  
  
• Business Source Complete (EBSCO)

  [Some full-text, Date range: varies] Business Source Complete is an upgraded version of Business Source Premier. It is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the ultimate collection of bibliographic and full text content.

  
  

Standard & Poor's Net Advantage (Standard & Poor's)

[Full-text documents, Date range: One rolling year - present.] Provides full-text reports, forecast, analysis, statistics and ratios of about 52 major industries. Coverage is for current and up to 4 years, depending on the industry.

Factiva (Dow Jones & Reuters) [Licensing restrictions apply]

[Full text] Full text access to over 8,000 business sources including national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, web sites and industry (trade) sources.

Regional

• Asia & the Pacific Rim

  This portal deals with all aspects of the region, including business, economics, law , demography and population. Free web sites evaluated by subject specialists at the University of Wisconsin, University of Minnesota and Ohio State University.

  
  
  
• LANIC

  Latin American Network Information Center

  
  

• Everything International

  [Lloyd C. Russow]

  
  
  
• WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources

  "Two-thousand annotated links to high quality English language sources in a wide range of international affairs, international studies and international relations topics." Topics include media, organizations, country/regions, business/economics, relations, etc.

  
  
  
• Globalization Website

  From Emory University. Developed by sociology faculty. Use the table of contents to find news, people, organization, etc. web sites

  
  
  
• International Business & Technology @BRINT

  "One of the best sites for business information."

  
  
  
• Penn World Tables 6.2

  Provides "purchasing power parity and national income accounts" for 188 countries, with data covering some of or all the years 1950-2004. From the Center for International Comparisons of Production, Income and Prices at the University of Pennsylvania.

  
  
  

• Factiva (Dow Jones & Reuters) [Licensing restrictions apply]

  [Full text] Full text access to over 8,000 business sources including national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, web sites and industry (trade) sources.

  
  
• Business Source Complete (EBSCO)

  [Some full-text, Date range: varies] Business Source Complete is an upgraded version of Business Source Premier. It is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the ultimate collection of bibliographic and full text content.

  
  
• Global Insight DataInsight Web or via Global Insight DataInsight Web (MySmith Portal - Finance)

  Coverage of U.S. and international financial, economic, and industry data, with analysis by more than 225 analysts, researchers, and economists on over 120 industries and 200 countries. Data available covers balance of payments, cyclical indicators, finance and financial markets, government finance, housing and construction, output/capacity/capacity utilization, merchandise trade, national accounts, labor market, population, prices, and wholesale and retail trade.

  
  

• Export.gov

  Brings resources from across U.S. Government to assist American businesses in planning their international sales strategies

  
  
  
• GlobalEdge - Michigan State University

  "A web portal connecting international business professionals worldwide." Contains a wealth of information on all countries, in-depth analysis of selected industries, teaching resources, etc.

  
  
  

• *Valueline is no longer available. Please use Morningstar instead.* - see Morning Star
  
• Morningstar [Licensing restrictions apply]

  [Date range: Historical data back to 1996] Find a stock or fund to meet your needs, research current or prospective holdings or see how your investments work together. Morningstar's data reports cover more than 20,000 securities.

  
  
• Business & Company Resource Center (Gale) [Licensing restrictions apply]

  [Some full-text, Date range: varies, ranging from 1980-present] Provides detailed company histories, brokerage house reports, industry overviews, rankings, market share data and articles, most of which are in full text.

  
  
• RDS Business Reference Suite [Licensing restrictions apply]

  [Full-text, time coverage varies by title.] This database combines all three RDS databases - RDS Business & Industry, RDS Business & Management Practices and RDS Tablebase.

  
  
• Bloomberg (via the Bloomberg terminals in 1318 Van Munching Hall)

  Contains current and historical financial data on individual companies, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, and futures for both international and domestic markets.

  
  
• Datastream Advance (MySmith Portal - Finance)

  Provides index related data across global markets including valuation measures and constituent lists, global and sector indices information, exchange-traded derivatives data, global investment research, detailed information on fixed income and equity securities around the world, current and historical fundamental data, indicative foreign exchange and money markets data, real-time financial news from the Dow Jones Newswire, closing prices for OTC bond instruments, global forecast and historical economics data, and interest and exchange rates.

  
  
• Institute for the Study of Security Markets (ISSM) (Access via WRDS - see WRDS for access instructions)

  NYSE/AMEX/NASD Trade and Quote Database 1983-1992.

  
  
• WRDS (Wharton Research Data Service) (Request account here)

  Provides a common front end retrieval system for a large collection of databases. (Access ONLY for Ph.D. students, faculty and faculty sponsored class research. Access is available by account only - request account at https://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu - Follow instructions.) Click here for more information.

  
  

• Bureau of Labor Statistics

  [The Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. department of Labor] Provides economic indicators, labor statistics, and other measures of economic and social performance.

  
  
• Economic Census

  [U.S. Census Bureau] Guide on how to use economic census data and provides links to the data.

  
  

• WorldLII (Free)

  Information provided by the World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII) a free, independent and non-profit global legal research facility in partnership with other legal organizations from around the world. Aims to provide free, independent access to world wide laws.

  
  

• Megalaw.com

  Links to free international law sites

  
  

• LEXISNEXIS - LEGAL

  [Full-text articles. Date range: Varies 1790 - Present] For legal research, Federal Case Law, Federal Code, Court Rules, State Case Law and Court Rules, Canadian Court Cases, European Union Law - select source needed - search by keyword

  
  
• LEXIS-NEXIS - Congressional Universe

  [Some full-text articles, Date range: Varies, 1969 - present] Search this database for comprehensive access to U.S. legislative information from Congressional Information Service, Inc. Search by several ways including by subject and bill number.

  
  
• Westlaw Campus Research - LAW

  Click on LAW for Full-text access to cases from the courts of all 50 states and federal courts, statutes from all 50 states and federal statutes published in the /United States Code Annotated, American Jurisprudence 2d /legal encyclopedia, /American Law Reports, /federal regulations, law reviews, etc.