Institute for International Business

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Susan Kraat · 845-257-3705 · kraats@newpaltz.edu

Reference Books

Almanac of Business & Industrial Financial Ratios [REF HF5681 .R25 A44]

American Generations: Who They Are and How They Live [REF HC110.C6.M545 2005]
Broadcasting & Cable Market Place (formerly Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook) [Reference Desk HE8689.B77] Directory and marketing data for United States and Canadian radio, television stations, and broadcast and cable media.
County and City Data Book: 2000 [REF HA202.A36] Local area supplement to the Statistical Abstract of the United States. Summary of statistics on the social and economic structure of the counties and cities of the U.S. Available online http://www.census.gov/statab/www/ccdb.html
The Comparative Guide to American Suburbs [REF HA214.C66 2005]
Editor & Publisher Market Guide [REF HF 5905.E38] Profiles of newspaper markets for more than 1600 cities towns. Includes location, population, households, disposable income, income per capita and per household, total retail sales, etc…
Historical Statistics of the United States [HA202.H57 2006] Historical coverage of population, labor, prices, economy, agriculture, and business.
Market Share Reporter [REF HF5410.M35] Market share data on companies, brands, commodities, products, and services. Covers only North America.

o Rand McNally Commercial Atlas and Marketing Guide [REF/ATLAS G1201.G1 R35] Economic and geographic information for the U.S.

State Rankings 2006 [REF HA203.U17 17^th ed.)

o Statistical Abstract of the United States [Reference Desk HA202.S838] Compendium of federal, state, and local statistics, covering a wide variety of topics.

o http://www.census.gov/statab/www/

The Who, What, and Where of America: Understanding the Census Results [REF HA201.122.W46 2003] Provides statistical information for every state, county, and metropolitan area and for all cities in the U.S. with a population of 25,000 or more.

Library Databases by Subject: Business and Management http://137.140.20.74/infotree/resourcesbysubject.asp?subject=Business+%26+Management

o ABI/Inform (ProQuest): Contains full text scholarly journal articles as well as trade journals and industry newsletters, regional business news, magazines, and newspaper articles published worldwide (“Wall Street Journal” 1984-present).

o Business & Company Resource Center: Company & industry information, articles from over 1,000 business journals, as well as market share rankings, press releases, corporate histories, links to key trade associations, and investment reports.

o Business Source Premier (EBSCO): Use to find articles about companies, industries, business conditions, economic trends, management techniques, and corporate strategies. Contains DataMonitor reports with SWOT analysis, market research reports, working papers, industry profiles, country risk reports, case studies, and company profiles.

o Hoover’s Online: Excellent starting point for company information. Contains history, financials (includes historical stock prices), competitors, company news, and industry information. The amount of information provided on companies varies; in general the larger the company the more coverage. Use “Build a List” to search for companies by company location, size, industry, etc.

o Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe: Very strong in news coverage from major U.S. and foreign newspapers, trade publications, newsletters, news wires, TV/radio transcripts, company financial reports, polls and surveys, state and country profiles, state and federal laws, and court decisions.

o Mergent Online: Most comprehensive financial information database. Covers both domestic and international public companies. Contains country information; and industry reports for 24 industry sectors, covering 4 global regions. Allows advanced report-writing options and list-making capabilities.

PsycInfo (ProQuest): Contains psychology abstracts from journals. Covers the psychological aspects of marketing and advertising, as well as organizational behavior and organizational psychology.

Regional Business News (EBSCO): Provides full text coverage for regional business publications, incorporating 75 business news magazines, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Publications of local interest include Hudson Valley Business News.

o ScienceDirect: Full text Elsevier journals covering the social sciences and sciences. Includes many scholarly journals in management, business, and accounting.

Websites

Advertising World [http://advertising.utexas.edu/world/] U of Texas provides thousands of links in its Ultimate Marketing Communications World directory.
Bureau of Economic Analysis: Survey of Current Business [http://www.bea.gov/bea/pubs.htm] Statistical and descriptive information on the business situation, earnings and employment, commodity prices, general business indicators, etc…

Consumer Expenditure Survey [http://www.bls.gov/cex/home.htm] Complete accounting of nationwide household spending.
Consumer Price Index [http://www.bls.gov/cpi/home.htm]
Producer Price Index [http://www.bls.gov/ppi/home.htm]
National Compensation Survey [http://www.bls.gov/ncs/home.htm] Survey provides compensation data by occupation

STAT-USA [http://www.stat-usa.gov] U.S. Department of Commerce’s collection of exporting reports, guides, etc… Contains the National Trade Data Bank, Country Commercial Guides, and foreign market research reports. (Ask a Reference Librarian for username and password)

University of Michigan Statistical Resources on the Web [http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html] Mostly free statistical data on the Web.

o U.S. Census Bureau Contains a large amount of demographic and consumer data. http://www.census.gov

§ Includes the following reports:

American Community Survey [http://www.census.gov/acs/www/]
American Housing Survey [http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing/ahs/ahs.html]
American FactFinder [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet] Contains a large amount of free information on population, housing, economic and geographic data from census and population surveys.
County Business Patterns [http://www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/view/cbpview.html] Useful for analyzing market potential. Provides subnational economic data by industry.

County & City Data Book [http://www.census.gov/statab/www/ccdb.html] Local area supplement to the Statistical Abstract of the United States. Summary of statistics on the social and economic structure of the counties and cities of the U.S.
Economic Census [http://www.census.gov/econ/www/index.html] Measure of business and industrial activity every 5 years. Comprised of the Censuses of Agriculture, Construction, Manufacturing, Retail, Wholesale, and Service industries.

Current Population Reports [http://www.census.gov/main/www/cprs.html] Data on population estimates, consumer income, and poverty.
Statistical Abstract of the United States [http://www.census.gov/statab/www/] Compendium of federal, state, and local statistics, covering a wide variety of topics.

Key Journals: Use the “journals” tab to search for a specific journal or magazine: http://zr5qx8jp2f.search.serialssolutions.com/

o Advertising Age [Available online in the ABI/Inform database] Top publication for the advertising world. Includes special surveys and reports, including rankings and the ad industry statistics.

o Journal of Marketing [Available online in the Business Source Premier database]

o Journal of Marketing Research [Available online in the Business Source Premier database]

o Marketing News [Available online in the Business Source Premier database]

o Sales & Marketing Management [Available online in the ABI/Inform database]

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