Washington and Lee University
| Producer: | ProQuest | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | A leading index and abstracting service for business and management, and it provides indexing and abstracts to articles from thousands of business and management publications. Many articles are available in full-text. Abstracting coverage begins with 1971. | |
| Librarian: | John Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General Accounting Economics Business Administration | |
Business Source Complete (Info)
Connect to: Business Source Complete
| Producer: | Ebsco | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | Business Source covers business journals, magazines, and newspapers. About 7,000 publications, over 2,000 of which are peer-reviewed journals, as well as other resources, including financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more. | |
| Usage Tips: | Here is help with searching, navigating, printing, and more. | |
| Librarian: | John Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General Accounting Company Information Marketing Economics International Trade Business Administration | |
Computers & Applied Sciences Complete (Info)
Connect to: Computers & Applied Sciences Complete
| Producer: | Ebsco | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | Computers & Applied Sciences Complete (CASC) covers the research and development spectrum of the computing and applied sciences disciplines. It contains collected knowledge on traditional engineering challenges & research, and is a resource for research concerning the business and social implications of new technology. CASC provides indexing and abstracts for 1,720 academic journals, professional publications, and other reference sources from a diverse collection. Full text is also available for more than 670 periodicals. Subject areas include the many engineering disciplines, computer theory & systems, new technologies, and social & professional context. Research is aided by the inclusion of searchable cited references for key journals. | |
| Usage Tips: | Here is help with searching, navigating, printing, and more. | |
| Librarian: | John Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Computer Science Accounting Business Administration | |
| Producer: | Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | International business and news coverage from over 8,000 sources including newspapers, news wires, magazines, trade journals, radio and television transcripts, and websites. Company information and data. Up to 5 years of historical market data. Photographs and pictures from Reuters and Knight Ridder. Internet Explorer is recommended for Factiva. | |
| Usage Tips: | Factiva searches for the exact phrase you enter. For example, "speech recognition software" will find articles that contain those three terms adjacent to each other and in that order. Combining Terms: Use AND, OR, NOT. For example, "mci communications AND speech recognition software" will find articles containing both "mci communications" and "speech recognition software." Truncation: Add an asterisk (*) to the end of a word to search for all forms of that term. Example: congress*. NOTE: When finished with Factiva, please click on the "logout" selection in the top right corner of the screen to keep all available accounts open for other users. | |
| Librarian: | John Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General Accounting Company Information Marketing .General (any topic) Business Administration | |
Hospitality & Tourism Complete (Info)
Connect to: Hospitality & Tourism Complete
| Producer: | Ebsco | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | Hospitality & Tourism Complete covers scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism. This collection contains more than 721,000 records, with coverage dating as far back as 1965. There is full text for more than 360 publications, including periodicals, company & country reports, and books. Sources are both domestic and international in range and scope, with material collected from countries and regions such as Canada, Australia, Europe and Asia. Subject areas covered include the culinary arts, demographics & statistics, development & investment, food & beverage management, hospitality law, hotel management & administrative practices, leisure & business travel, market trends, technology and more. | |
| Usage Tips: | Here is help with searching, navigating, printing, and more. | |
| Librarian: | John Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General Economics Business Administration | |
Index To Legal Periodicals And Books (Info)
Connect to: Index to Legal Periodicals and Books
| Producer: | H.W. Wilson / Ebscohost | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | Covers articles from "legal journals, yearbooks, institutes, bar association organs, law reviews, and government publications originating in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand." The database consists of over 300,000 citations, drawn from nearly 1,000 legal journals, law reviews, yearbooks, institutes, statutes, and publications from bar associations, universities, and governments.
Retrospective coverage as far back as 1927. (Law Library subscription) | |
| Usage Tips: | Here is help with searching, navigating, printing, and more. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General Politics -- Legal and Constitutional Business Administration Poverty Studies | |
LexisNexis - Business & Industry News (Info)
Connect to: LexisNexis - Business & Industry News
| Producer: | LexisNexis | |
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| Description: | Search the full text of business and industry publications. | |
| Usage Tips: | Be sure to select the types of sources you wish to search in the "Select Source(s)" section of the search form. The default selection is to search only articles indexed as "Business & Consumer Stories." | |
| Tutorial: | http://wiki.lexisnexis.com/academic/index.php?title=Academic_Help:_Business_News | |
| Librarian: | Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General Accounting Marketing Business Administration | |
Mintel Reports (In Huntley Hall Only) (Info)
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| Description: | Mintel Reports offer comprehensive market reviews including both analysis and data. Access to this database is limited to Huntley Hall; it is a subscription of the Williams School (not a Library subscription). It is recommended that you use Internet Explorer for Mintel. This database may be used for academic research only. | |
| Usage Tips: | To access this database, you must use one of the computers in Huntley Hall and it must be connected by Ethernet (not wireless). You must accept the Academic conditions of use and create an account on the system to access Mintel. | |
| Librarian: | John Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Marketing International Trade Business Administration | |
Connect to: Regional Business News
| Producer: | Ebsco | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | Regional Business News incorporates 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. | |
| Usage Tips: | Here is help with searching, navigating, printing, and more. | |
| Librarian: | John Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General Business Administration | |
Wall Street Journal Historical Archive (1889-1995) (Info)
Connect to: Wall Street Journal Historical Archive (1889-1995)
| Producer: | ProQuest | |
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| Description: | The Wall Street Journal (1889-1995) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue. Access to articles after 1993 is available from Dow Jones Factiva | |
| Usage Tips: | Searching The default search option is to search through all citations and the texts of all articles. Other options, such as searching through article titles, are available.
Truncation To search for various forms of a word (or part of a word), place an asterisk (*) at the end of the word. For example, exhibit* will retrieve exhibit, exhibits, exhibition, exhibitionist, etc. Combining Terms Find citations containing two or more words by connecting them with the word "AND." Example: pollut* AND potomac. To search for a phrase, enclose the words in quotation marks. Example: "washington and lee university". Search Results Results are arranged with the oldest articles first. Use the "Sort results by" option to re-arrange to have the most recent articles first or to have the most relevant articles first. Full-text copies of most articles are provided in PDF format, which requires Adobe Acrobat reader software installed on your computer. | |
| Librarian: | Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General .General (any topic) Business Administration | |
Work And Family Literature Database (Info)
Connect to: Work and Family Literature Database
| Producer: | Sloan Work and Family Research Network, Boston College | |
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| Description: | Created by the Sloan Work and Family Research Network, this database contains over 9,000 records of journal articles and other materials constituting a "representative sampling of academic research-oriented literature that reflects the diverse disciplines addressing work and family studies." | |
| Usage Tips: | Note: This database does not provide the full text of any items. To find out if W&L has a cited article, use the Periodical Finder on our library home page. For most other items, consult Annie, the W&L library catalog. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General Sociology Economics Business Administration Women's and Gender Studies | |
AMA Handbook Of Business Writing (Info)
Connect to: AMA Handbook of Business Writing
| Producer: | AMACOM / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | Subtitled The Ultimate Guide to Style, Grammar, Punctuation, Usage, Construction, and Formatting, this 2010 volume is divided into three sections: advice on the writing process; an alphabetical arrangement of over 300 entries on grammar, style, spelling, etc; and over fifty sample business documents. You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You also can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Business Administration | |
Accountable Corporation -- Business Ethics (Info)
Connect to: Accountable Corporation -- Business Ethics
| Producer: | Greenwood | |
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| Description: | One part of the four-volume Accountable Corporation set (2006), this volume explores the principles of business ethics in both theory and practice, including the philosophical, religious, and moral foundations, the development of ethical business cultures, the practice of ethical decision making, and the emergence of ethics as an essential component of the business school curriculum.
Other volumes cover Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Business-Government Relations. | |
| Usage Tips: | Browsing You can browse the contents of this volume by using the table of contents listing of chapter titles in the left-hand column or the
alphabetically-arranged Index option (lower-left of screen).
Searching The "Quick Search" option, located near the top of the screen, allows you to search through the text of "This Title" (volume). To find entires containing a multi-word phrase, place the words within quotation marks. Example: "strategic management" To search for forms of a word, use and asterisk (*) to substitute for one or more letters. Example: manage* will find manage, manager, management, etc. To find entries containing two or more words, connect the words with AND. Example: shareholder* AND right* | |
| Librarian: | John Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General Accounting Economics Business Administration | |
Accountable Corporation -- Business-Government Relations (Info)
Connect to: Accountable Corporation -- Business-Government Relations
| Producer: | Greenwood | |
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| Description: | One part of the four-volume Accountable Corporation set (2006), this volume focuses on the sometimes antagonistic and sometimes too-cozy relationship between business and government, and showcases innovative efforts around the world to create collaborative policies and programs that promote both corporate profitability and social welfare.
Other volumes cover Corporate Governance, Business Ethics, and Corporate Social Responsibility. | |
| Usage Tips: | Browsing You can browse the contents of this volume by using the table of contents listing of chapter titles in the left-hand column or the
alphabetically-arranged Index option (lower-left of screen).
Searching The "Quick Search" option, located near the top of the screen, allows you to search through the text of "This Title" (volume). To find entires containing a multi-word phrase, place the words within quotation marks. Example: "strategic management" To search for forms of a word, use and asterisk (*) to substitute for one or more letters. Example: manage* will find manage, manager, management, etc. To find entries containing two or more words, connect the words with AND. Example: shareholder* AND right* | |
| Librarian: | John Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General Accounting Economics Business Administration | |
Accountable Corporation -- Corporate Governance (Info)
Connect to: Accountable Corporation -- Corporate Governance
| Producer: | Greenwood | |
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| Description: | One part of the four-volume Accountable Corporation set (2006), this volume offers an emphasis on the legal and institutional implications of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Topics include the historical evolution of governance, the roles and responsibilities of directors and institutional investors, and efforts to improve corporate leadership in an age of public scrutiny.
Other volumes cover Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Business-Government Relations. | |
| Usage Tips: | Browsing You can browse the contents of this volume by using the table of contents listing of chapter titles in the left-hand column or the
alphabetically-arranged Index option (lower-left of screen).
Searching The "Quick Search" option, located near the top of the screen, allows you to search through the text of "This Title" (volume). To find entires containing a multi-word phrase, place the words within quotation marks. Example: "strategic management" To search for forms of a word, use and asterisk (*) to substitute for one or more letters. Example: manage* will find manage, manager, management, etc. To find entries containing two or more words, connect the words with AND. Example: shareholder* AND right* | |
| Librarian: | John Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General Accounting Business Administration | |
Accountable Corporation -- Corporate Social Responsibility (Info)
Connect to: Accountable Corporation -- Corporate Social Responsibility
| Producer: | Greenwood | |
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| Description: | One part of the four-volume Accountable Corporation set (2006), this volume highlights the debate over the corporation's responsibilities as an agent of social change and influence, with essays on corporate citizenship and community development, entrepreneurship and social investing, and environmentally sustainable business practices, including consideration of the effects of these practices on corporate strategy and performance.
Other volumes cover Corporate Governance, Business Ethics, and Business-Government Relations. | |
| Usage Tips: | Browsing You can browse the contents of this volume by using the table of contents listing of chapter titles in the left-hand column or the
alphabetically-arranged Index option (lower-left of screen).
Searching The "Quick Search" option, located near the top of the screen, allows you to search through the text of "This Title" (volume). To find entires containing a multi-word phrase, place the words within quotation marks. Example: "strategic management" To search for forms of a word, use and asterisk (*) to substitute for one or more letters. Example: manage* will find manage, manager, management, etc. To find entries containing two or more words, connect the words with AND. Example: shareholder* AND right* | |
| Librarian: | John Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General Accounting Economics Business Administration | |
Business Plans Handbook (Info)
Connect to: Business Plans Handbook
| Producer: | Gale | |
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| Description: | This is a collection (19th edition) of 24 actual business plans compiled by entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses throughout North America. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this book either by browsing in the table of contents or in the index, or by searching for a particular word.
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| Librarian: | John Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Marketing Business Administration | |
Connect to: Business of Sports
| Producer: | Greenwood | |
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| Description: | Three-volume set (2008) outlines "the business and economic dynamics of the industry from a diverse array of perspectives that cover the industry's macroeconomic, management, and marketing/promotion issues." The link above takes you to all three volumes of the set.
You can view a copy of the table of contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this e-book either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Business Administration | |
Corporate Governance Around The World (Info)
Connect to: Corporate Governance Around the World
| Producer: | Routledge / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | 2008 volume explores "several national corporate governance reform experiences from around the world," including studies of China, Japan, and the U.S. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing NetLibrary e-books, see this page.
Click on the tiny plus-signs [+] immediately above the titles of Parts in the table of contents to access individual sections. When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Business Administration | |
Dictionary Of Finance And Banking (Info)
Connect to: Dictionary of Finance and Banking
| Producer: | Oxford University Press / Oxford Reference Online | |
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| Description: | The 2008 edition contains over 5,000 entries covering "the vocabulary used in banking, money markets, foreign exchanges, public and government finance, and private investment and borrowing, and much more." | |
| Usage Tips: | The initial screen ("Quick Search") is set up for a search of the complete text of the database.
If you want to browse through an alphabetical list of all entries, choose the "Browse this book" option. The results of searches are arranged by relevance, with those articles containing search words in the title or other prominent location. Quick Search To find articles containing a multi-word phrase, enter the words within quotation marks. Example: "hedge fund". To search for various forms of a word, use an asterisk (*) as a wild-card term. Example: tax* will find tax, taxes, taxation, taxable, etc. Advanced Search This option, located within the blue bar near the top of the screen, enables you to search through this reference source, plus some or all of the other Oxford Reference Online sources in this same broad subject area ("Economics & Business"). | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General Business Administration | |
Encyclopedia Of American Industries (Info)
Connect to: Encyclopedia of American Industries
| Producer: | Gale / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | This two-volume work provides information on a wide range of industries in every realm of American business, with profiles of over 1,000 industries. Volume One covers manufacturing industries and Volume Two covers service and other non-manufacturing industries.
The above link takes to you to the fifth edition. We also have access to the fourth edition (2004). | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing in the table of contents or in the index, or by searching for a particular word.
Table of Contents You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged table of contents by clicking on the eTable of Contents option. Please note that Volume 1 covers "Manufacturing Industries," while Volume 2 covers "Service & Non-Manufacturing Industires." You may open any of the sub-divided article lists by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign (+). Index You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged index by clicking on the eBook Index option, which opens a list of hundreds of references, each of which is clickable. Searching You may want to use the Search this eBook option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains two or more particular terms.
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General Business Administration | |
Encyclopedia Of Business Ethics And Society (Info)
Connect to: Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society
| Producer: | Sage / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Five-volume set (2008) contains more than 800 signed entries with "broad coverage of corporate social responsibility, the obligation of companies to various stakeholder groups, the contribution of business to society and culture, and the relationship between organizations and the quality of the environment." | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Business Administration | |
Encyclopedia Of Global Industries (Info)
Connect to: Encyclopedia of Global Industries
| Producer: | Gale / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | The fourth edition (2007) "chronicles the history, development and current status of the world's most lucrative and high profile industries." Each industry's entry contains an industry overview (including organization and structure), coverage of leading corporations and countries, and more. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing in the table of contents or by searching for a particular word.
Table of Contents You may browse through the table of contents, which is organized by broad subject categories, by clicking on the eTable of Contents option. You may open any of the sub-divided article lists by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign (+). Searching You may want to use the Search this eBook option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains two or more particular terms.
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Business Administration | |
Encyclopedia Of Industrial And Organizational Psychology (Info)
Connect to: Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology
| Producer: | Sage | |
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| Description: | Two-volume set (2006) contains about 400 signed entries on this cross-disciplinary field, including research methods, motivation, management, employee attitudes, and much more. Purchase was made possible by the Telford Foundation. | |
| Usage Tips: | Browsing There are three options for browsing through available entries:
You can search for forms of a term by using an asterisk (*) to substitute for missing letters. Example: discriminat* finds discrimination, discriminatory, etc. To find entries containing two or more words, simply enter them. Example: employee* attitud* To find entries containing a multi-word phrase, enclose the words within quotation marks. Example: "affirmative action" The Advanced Search option includes additional searching possibilities, including the ability to search through additional Sage online reference work to which we subscribe. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Psychology Business Administration | |
Encyclopedia Of Leadership: A Practical Guide To Popular Leadership Theories And Techniques (Info)
| Producer: | McGraw-Hill / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | "Reference guide (2001) to over 200 of the most important business leadership principles, theories, tools, and techniques. Each entry features a brief, one-page summary of an influential theory or tool—often illustrated graphically—followed by a worksheet or exercise. You can view the table of contents here. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing in the table of contents or in the index, or by searching for a particular word.
Table of Contents You may browse through the table of contents by clicking on the eTable of Contents option. You may open any multi-part section by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign (+). Index You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged index by clicking on the eBook Index option, which opens a list of hundreds of references, each of which is clickable. Searching You may want to use the Quick Search -- find option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains one or more particular terms. Be sure to click on the "within this publication" box. To find entries containing various forms of a word, use an asterisk (*) for missing letters. Example: communicat* finds communicate, communication, communications, etc.
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Business Administration | |
Encyclopedia Of Management (Info)
Connect to: Encyclopedia of Management
| Producer: | Gale / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | The fifth edition (2005) contains about 350 signed entries in "management theories and applications, written by academics and business professionals." You may view the table of contents here. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing in the table of contents or in the index, or by searching for a particular word.
Table of Contents You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged table of contents by clicking on the eTable of Contents option, which is divided into 8 groups, beginning with "Activity-Concurrent." You may open any of these sections by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign (+). Index You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged index by clicking on the eBook Index option, which opens a list of hundreds of references, each of which is clickable. Searching You may want to use the Quick Search/Find option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains one or more particular terms. Be sure to click on the "within this publication" box. To find entries containing various forms of a word, use an asterisk (*) for missing letters. Example: assess* finds assess, assessing, assessment, etc. Gale Virtual Reference Library This encyclopedia is one of several in our Gale ebook collection. You can search through all the sources in that collection by using the Basic Search or Advanced Search options, near the top of the page. Delivery Printing -- You may print the text (and graphics) of an article by clicking on the "Print" option displayed in the upper-left portion of the screen to re-format the article, then using your browser's printing features. E-Mail -- You may e-mail an article by choosing the "E-mail" option, near the upper-left corner of the screen. Please note that you will have several format options for delivering the e-mail. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General Business Administration | |
Handbook Of Research On Asian Business (Info)
Connect to: Handbook of Research on Asian Business
| Producer: | Elgar / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | State-of-the-art reviews (2007) of Asian business in an expansive range of areas including business organizations, strategic management, marketing, state-business relations, business and development, and business policy issues.
Purchase was made possible by the Alice M. Dean fund. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing NetLibrary e-books, see this page.
When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Business Administration | |
Historical Dictionary Of Japanese Business (Info)
Connect to: Historical Dictionary of Japanese Business
| Producer: | Scarecrow / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | This 2007 work "includes most of the important words or company names that foreign business people visiting Japan might encounter and provides an overview of Japanese corporate culture both from an historical standpoint and with reference to its most distinctive features as they affect organization and management." | |
| Usage Tips: | "The Dictionary" in the Table of Contents takes you to the alphabetically-arranged list of terms and names.
For additional help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing NetLibrary e-books, see this page. To open a chapter listed in the table of contents (column on left), click on the tiny plus-sign (+) above the chapter title. When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Business Administration East Asian Studies | |
How To Understand The Financial Pages: A Guide To Money And The Jargon (Info)
Connect to: How to Understand the Financial Pages: A Guide to Money and the Jargon
| Producer: | Kogan Page / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | 2008 volume (second edition) is a "reference guide to the terms and jargon that fill the pages of the financial press -- from bonds and shares, to hedge funds and alternative investments, and to depositary receipts and bonds." | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Business Administration | |
Manager's Pocket Calculator; A Quick Guide To Essential Business Formulas And Ratios (Info)
Connect to: Manager's Pocket Calculator; A Quick Guide to Essential Business Formulas and Ratios
| Producer: | AMACOM / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | This 2010 book "contains more than 100 formulas and ratios with numerical examples, spreadsheet entries, and step-by-step calculations," covering "the essentials of budgeting and forecasting, financial analysis, reporting, interest and rate-of-return calculation, statistics, and more." You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You also can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General Business Administration | |
| Producer: | Mergent | |
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| Description: | Mergent Archives is an online database featuring the historical collection of the Moody's and Mergent Manuals. | |
| Librarian: | Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Accounting Company Information Business Administration | |
Passport To Success: The Essential Guide To Business Culture And Customs In America's Largest Trading Partners (Info)
| Producer: | Praeger / Greenwood | |
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| Description: | This 2008 guide provides an overview of the "business environment and culture in the top twenty trading partners of the United States." You may view a list of the countries. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Business Administration | |
Connect to: Safari Books Online
| Producer: | ProQuest and Safari Books Online | |
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| Description: | Safari® Tech Books Online provides reference sources from many of the leading technology publishers, including: Adobe, Microsoft, O'Reilly, QUE, Sams, and more. Featuring over 9,800 titles, it covers the technologies most essential to users including certification, enterprise computing, graphics, Java, Web development, Windows, XML, Linus/Unix, and more. | |
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| Tutorial: | http://proquest.com/assets/downloads/products/safari_db_guide.pdf | |
| Librarian: | John Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Computer Science Accounting Business Administration | |
Work And Family Encyclopedia (Info)
Connect to: Work and Family Encyclopedia
| Producer: | Sloan Work and Family Research Network, Boston College | |
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| Description: | Still developing "online, peer-reviewed encyclopedia. Encyclopedia entries have been authored by scholars with expertise in the work and family area of study." | |
| Usage Tips: | Browsing the alphabetically-arranged entries is the only option. There appears to be no option for searching the database. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Business Administration | |
Connect to: Industry Research Desk
| Producer: | Polson Enterprises | |
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| Description: | This web site provides tools for researching specific companies, industries, and manufacturing processes. | |
| Librarian: | John Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Marketing Business Administration | |
AdvertisingAge - Data Center (Info)
Connect to: AdvertisingAge - Data Center
| Producer: | Advertising Age | |
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| Description: | The Data Center, a subsection of the Advertising Age site, provides many useful advertising statistics. Some of the data may require a fee, but much of it is available at no charge to registered users (registration is free). | |
| Librarian: | John Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Marketing Business Administration | |
| Producer: | Securities and Exchange Commission | |
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| Description: | Access to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's electronic corporate filings (EDGAR = Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval). | |
| Usage Tips: | How Do I Use EDGAR? | |
| Librarian: | John Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Accounting Company Information Business Administration | |
LexisNexis Academic - Company Profies And Reports (Info)
Connect to: LexisNexis Academic - Company Profies and Reports
| Producer: | LexisNexis | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | This is the "Company Profiles" section of Lexis/Nexis Academic, offering company reports such as Hoover's Company and Industry Reports, Standard and Poor's Corporate Descriptions and more. The "Company Dossiers" selection provides easy access to company information and financial data. The SEC Filings selection provides access to 10-K, 20-F, Annual Reports, Proxy Statements, Prospectuses and more. | |
| Usage Tips: | Sections are devoted to:
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| Librarian: | John Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General Accounting Company Information Business Administration | |
Local Market Audience Analyst (SRDS) (Info)
Connect to: Local Market Audience Analyst (SRDS)
| Producer: | SRDS | |
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| Description: | Local Market Audience Analyst provides consumer market research tools to analyze target markets and audiences through demographics and lifestyle traits. Use Internet Explorer for this database.
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| Tutorial: | http://www.srds.com/frontMatter/video/lmaa/index.html | |
| Librarian: | John Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Marketing Business Administration | |
Manufacturing & Distribution USA: Industry Analyses, Statistics And Leading Companies (Info)
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| Producer: | Gale / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Fifth edition (2008) offers "statistics on more than 600 NAICS classifications in the manufacturing, wholesaling and retail industries." | |
| Usage Tips: | Entries are arranged in North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) categories. Here is an NAICS outline.
You may find material within this ebook either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word. For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. Indexes at the end of Volume 3 include a Company Index and a Product/Activity Index. | |
| Librarian: | John Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General Business Administration | |
| Producer: | Mergent | |
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| Description: | Mergent Horizon is an online research application that includes the most comprehensive database of US-traded companies organized by the goods and services from which they derive their revenues as well as their key business relationships. | |
| Usage Tips: | Mergent Horizon Quick User Guide | |
| Tutorial: | http://www.mergenthorizon.com/rp/docs/mergent/refguide.pdf | |
| Librarian: | John Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Accounting Company Information Business Administration | |
Connect to: Mergent InvestorEdge
| Producer: | Mergent | |
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| Description: | Mergent InvestorEdge houses over 4000 Equity Research Reports, updated weekly, providing expert analysis and buy, sell, and hold recommendations from Ford Equity Research. | |
| Librarian: | Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Accounting Company Information Business Administration | |
| Producer: | Mergent | |
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| Description: | U.S. and international company data.
Coverage includes: History; Mergers, acquisitions, disposals; Joint ventures; Business; Property; Subsidiaries; Officers and directors; News reports; Long-term debt; Bond ratings; Capital stock; Exchange and ticker symbol; Annual stock price ranges; Registrar; Transfer agent; Stock splits; Dividend payment history; Income statement; Cash flow statement; Balance sheet; Contact information; Auditors; Qualified auditors' report
Use Mergent Online to:
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| Librarian: | John Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General Accounting Company Information Business Administration | |
| Producer: | Infogroup | |
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| Description: | OneSource aggregates company and industry information from many sources, and provides global coverage of over 4 million firms, more than 100 industry sectors, and over 12 million corporate executives. Key features include ten years of financials for public companies, corporate family relationships, industry averages (for the U.S.), analyst reports, industry profiles, executive profiles, and current news articles. | |
| Usage Tips: | To access OneSource, you must first start at the Reference USA database menu and select Onesource. The other database options are U.S. Businesses and U.S. Consumers/Lifestyles. | |
| Tutorial: | http://mysupport.onesource.com/my_tutorials.asp | |
| Librarian: | John Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General Accounting Company Information Marketing Business Administration | |
| Producer: | Euromonitor | |
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| Description: | Euromonitor's Passport Global Market Information Database (GMID) contains reports and data for a broad array of industries, countries, and consumer markets. | |
| Usage Tips: | You will need to accept the terms and conditions agreement before connecting to this database. | |
| Librarian: | Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Accounting Marketing Economics Business Administration | |
Patent Data - United States (Info)
Connect to: Patent Data - United States
| Producer: | United States Patent and Trademark Office | |
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| Description: | Use your W&L username and password to authenticate. Data from the United States Patent and Trademark Office including: U.S. citations, foreign citations, claims, inventor, foreign priority, related applications and pct. The extracts are associated with U.S. utility patents granted from January 1, 1975, to December 31, 2009, and U.S. design, plant, and reissue patents, and statutory invention registrations (SIRs) granted from January 1, 1977, to December 31, 2009. See the file: info_multifile_dvd_09.txt for more information. | |
| Usage Tips: | You will need to authenticate that you are a member of the W&L community in order to gain access to these datasets. Use your W&L username and password to authenticate. | |
| Librarian: | Carol Hansen Karsch | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General Economics Business Administration | |
ReferenceUSA -- U.S. Businesses (Info)
Connect to: ReferenceUSA -- U.S. Businesses
| Producer: | Infogroup | |
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| Description: | ReferenceUSA U.S. Businesses provides directory information on 14 million U.S. businesses. Search criteria includes company name, executives, business type, geography, phone number, business size and more. | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General Company Information Marketing Business Administration | |
| Producer: | Experian | |
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| Description: | Use the Stable if you need off-campus access to this database. Simmons OneView, published by Experian, provides in depth consumer and demographic data for developing marketing strategies. | |
| Usage Tips: | W&L's subscription provides for 10 simultaneous users, if you are not able to access the database, try again in a few minutes. It will help if users remember to logout when finished. | |
| Librarian: | Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Marketing Business Administration | |
Wall Street Journal: Market Data Center (Info)
Connect to: Wall Street Journal: Market Data Center
| Producer: | The Wall Street Journal | |
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| Description: | The Market Data Center focuses on recent transaction activity and performace of leading financial markets and national exchanges from around the world. Data is available for stocks, bonds, mutual funds, options, commodities, credit instruments, currency exchange and benchmark indexes. | |
| Librarian: | John Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General Business Administration | |
Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) (Info)
Connect to: Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS)
| Producer: | The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania | |
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| Description: | This resource is available only to W&L users only, and access is limited to Leyburn Library and the Williams School. This database requires extensive understanding of financial and economic concepts and is recommended only for advanced users. WRDS is a warehouse of financial, accounting, banking, economics, management, and marketing data accessible through a single web-based interface from the following resources providers: Compustat, CRSP, Federal Reserve System, FDIC, Dow Jones and other sources. Users primarily interested in company financial data should use Mergent Online. | |
| Usage Tips: | To use WRDS, you will need to enter a valid W&L email address. WRDS will then send you an email with a link that will provide access to the WRDS database for 5 days. | |
| Librarian: | John Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Accounting Company Information Economics Business Administration | |