Business&management

For books and other materials (print and electronic) in theGarland Library collection, be sure to check our catalog. Also available are several reference resources located in the Information Commons/Reference Area including the Newcomen Society Addresses. For access to the electronic book collections of the library click here. For a list of business periodicals available through our databases or in the TC Garland Library collection, click here.

To access any of these databases through the Research Databases Webpage click on the link.

ABI INFORM GLOBAL/HOOVER'S HANDBOOK, part of a collection from Proquest and a premier source of business information for over 30 years.	Infotrac I Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily."
BIOGRAPHY RESOURCE CENTER + THE COMPLETE MARQUIS WHO'S WHO, via Infotrac II, includes full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals. Search for business leaders and other corporate people based on one or more personal facts	JSTOR (Journal Storage) contains full-text articles in the area of economics. There is a "rolling wall" of currency, meaning titles more recent than three to five years old must be found in one of the other databases described here.
BUSINESS AND COMPANY RESOURCE CENTER, INFOTRAC II provides researchers with information on companies, markets and industries. From market trends, mergers and acquisitions to current management theory and company overviews. Access business and trade journals, newspapers and company directory profiles.	LEGALTRAC, from Gale on Infotrac II, contains articles/abstracts in all major law reviews, law journals, specialty law and bar association journals and legal newspapers.
BUSINESS SOURCE ELITE, from EBSCO, provides full-text for over 1,000 journals covering business, management, economics, finance, banking, accounting, and more. Highly recommended source for information in Human Resource Management.	LEXIS NEXIS ACADEMIC UNIVERSE is well known for its emphasis on business, law, and medicine and provides all manner of information from full-text periodical articles to text of cases involving local and regional courts and survey results from Gallup and Roper Polls.
CUSTOM NEWSPAPERS, from Gale on Infotrac I, provides full-text articles from over 100 U.S. and international papers including their business sections. Titles include The New York Times, Washington Post, the Nashville Tennessean	POINTS of VIEW from Ebsco s designed to assist researchers in understanding the full scope of controversial subjects. Also included are thousands of supporting articles from the world’s top political and societal publications.
GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE I Access to the full text of several reference materials usually found in the Reference Section of a library. Represented titles are: Encyclopedia of Small Business, Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History and Gale Encyclopedia of Popular Culture.	PsycARTICLES Full text journals related to the psychology of human behavior. Several journals may assist in providing articles related to understanding employee behavior and performance.Also consult PsycInfo for more abstracts and book summaries.
GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE II Another collection of Gale reference titles covering all areas and include: *The Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice, Encyclopedia of Education,* and *The Environmental Encyclopedia.*	REGIONAL BUSINESS NEWS This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
General Business File International Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to broker research reports, trade pubs, newspapers, journals, directory info.	STANDARD AND POOR'S NETADVANTAGE provides access to a broad range of business information including up to date financial information, credit ratings, analytical services, and industry surveys on financial markets from around the world as well as company information.
GENERAL BUSINESS FILE ASAP, from TEL on Infotrac I, allows users to analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics.	STATESMAN'S YEARBOOK An interactive resource that incorporates the latest information, profiles and statistics on 192 countries of the world including demographic, economic, political, military, culture and communication, international affairs and more.
INFOTRAC GENERAL ONEFILE, from TEL on Infotrac I, is a one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: including business, computers, and economics.	VALUE LINE INVESTMENT SURVEY is described on the website as "a comprehensive source of information and advice on approximately 1,700 stocks, more than 90 industries, the stock market, and the economy."

To access any of the above databases from the Research Databases Webpage click on the link.

Small Business Directories Wiki This wiki encourages members to submit information on a variety of topics to assist small business owners. It includes directories like this in several business fields and is constantly expanding. One fairly complete listing is of Accounting organizations and trade associations.

Weddles Association Directory Comprehensive listing of associations by industry and trade to assist job seekers and HR. Links to websites of numerous associations.

Barron's Online, every word of the print version every week...
bizjournals.com.,list of American city business journals, including those published at Nashville, Memphis, and Bloutville...HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Bjournal.Com provides The Business Journal of Upper East Tennnessee, which is published by an affiliate of the Greeneville Sun...
Business Week, has won rave reviews for its site...
Business Exchange from Business Week presents free advice from business professionals and articles on a variety of business topics including business etiquette, green energy, social media and much more.
Business Wire, includes a 7-day archive...
CEO Express (also noted under Reference above) is extremely helpful and highly recommended; users may read the latest business-related newspapers, periodicals, and wire reports from this site...
Economist, the widely-read British financial journal, has its own web-site where its latest issues are displayed.
Enterpreneur Magazine,seeks to begin the networking process...
Fortune magazine also has its own website, where it not only displays its latest content, but provides links to company profiles and "The Fortune 500."
OnlineNewspapers.Com, arranged by geographical region, is a onestop link source to thousands of newspapers, including all of those available online in the U.S.

CIA World Fact Book
Census and Economic Research Centers by State...
USA.gov is described on its website as: "... the official U.S. gateway to all government information, ... the catalyst for a growing electronic government." All government departments, branches and agencies that have a web presence are accessible through this website, including all of those of interest to students of business, economics and management. Among the resources available are these which follow:
Bureau of Economic Analysis, part of the Department of Commerce, includes all kinds of historical and contemporary information as well as full text of every issue of the Survey of Current Business back to January 1998 (with subject guides to articles therein back to 1995).
Bureau of Labor Statistics Selective Access Data...
Census Bureau Home Page,data and stats by the page...
Federal Reserve System website includes a searchable archive of articles from the Federal Reserve Bulletin and The BeigeBook, a summary of U.S. economic conditions published several times a year.
FedStats The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies.
S.E.C. Edgar Database,a searchable database of information companies filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Standard Industrial Classification, searchable 1987 edition.
U.S. Small Business Administration is helpful to students and entrepreneurs.
U.S. Government Manual" As the official handbook of the Federal Government, the United States Government Manual provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches. It also includes information on quasi-official agencies, international organizations in which the United States participates, and boards, commissions, and committees. The Manual begins with reprints of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. The new edition of the Manual is available annually in late summer." the website also includes retrospective editions.

Annual Report Gallery A-Z features a search engine, but is less comprehensive than Annual Reports Online (next).
Annual Reports Online gives users information and guidance on how to get into Internet-based annual reports and proxies; requires some link searching as, unlike EDGAR, it has no search engine.
The Big Book Searchable Corporate Directory, with maps...
BizWeb, A web business guide to over 45,000 companies listed in several categories. Search by company name, product, or service or check listings of same...
BizStats Instant access to useful financial ratios, business statistics & benchmarks, effective and understandable online analysis of businesses & industries
CEO Express, includes links to company information...
Newcomen Society "The Newcomen Society of the United States is a non-profit business educational foundation that studies and supports outstanding achievement in American business." For a list of historical business resources published by the Newcomen Society and available in the library, see the Index of Newcomen Society Addresses.
S.E.C. Edgar Database, a searchable database of information companies filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission...
The Thomas Register of American Manufacturers...

The dissertation source UMI/Proquest Digital Dissertations, is an excellent source to review the first 24 pages of UMI dissertations published after 1996. You have the option of purchasing the entire dissertation in paper or digital form. Also, the University of Virginia has a directory and short abstracts of Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) in the Humanities (including those with some economic emphasis) that are currently in progress or have been recently completed. The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations is another source that has digital theses and dissertations available for purchase. All are excellent substitutes for Dissertation Abstracts which is available at larger universities such as ETSU or UT. Other sites for dissertations/masters papers include Oxford Academic, and, perhaps the most extensive of these retail outlets, Dissertation.Com, which sells downloadable electronic copies.

CEO Express is extremely helpful and highly recommended; users may read the latest business-related newspapers, periodicals, and wire reports from this site and access a variety of other resources as well. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Dictionary of Management Jargon...
EconData.net, this site links to more than 550 sources of U.S. regional, state, and local socioeconomic data.
Financial Data Finder, from Ohio State...
FindArticles.Com is a free index to full-text magazines which appear on the web (including a few not covered by the subscription databases noted above). It is, surprisingly, overlooked on the links pages of most libraries . Not to be taken lightly, it is recommended.
Findlinks--Industry-Specific WWW News, Links, and Classified...
FINWeb, finance and economic links...
Free Management Library, sponsored by the Management Assistance Program for NonProfits (MAP) of St. Paul, Minnesota.
Ingenta is a bibliographic and database service (formerly known as Carl Uncover) which allows users to review its database of 5 million plus periodical articles. This is really a very good source to learn about the existence of
articles, ala a "Reader's Guide." Users may purchase articles from Carl or obtain them from Tate Library via ILL.
Knowledge@Wharton,allows viewers to access articles based on both research conducted at Wharton and a variety of other sources.
National Bureau of Economic Research
Resources for Economists on the Internet, lists more than 1,000 resources, conveniently organized by category...
Webec, WWW resources in Economics provides links to 1,500+ sites of interest to academic economists... back to top

Accountant Finder...
Accounting Terminology Guide is provided by the New York State Society of CPAs...
AICPA Online, from the American Institute of CPAs, offers a searchable database of accounting information...
American Accounting Association provides information arranged in sections., e.g., research, practice, etc.
Tax and Accounting Sites Directory,provides a searchable collection of links pertaining to taxes and the accounting field
Small Business Directories Wiki This wiki encourages members to submit information on a variety of topics to assist small business owners. It includes directories like this in several business fields and is constantly expanding. One fairly complete listing is of Accounting organizations and trade associations.

Ad*Access Project presents images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955. may be used for research and teaching purposes...
Advertising World,billed as the largest collection of advertising related links on the Web...
Center for Small Business Planning, offers links to business plans...
CI Strategies & Tools is designed to provide assistance to those engaged in market intelligence and competitor analysis.
Guide to E-commerce, maintained by the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University...
KnowThis.com: Marketing Virtual Library is organized around nine thematic areas...

Economics: General Works, History & Theory:

CIA World Fact Book
Economicae an illustrated encyclopedia of economics.
Economagic: Economic Time Series Page provides 100,000 files of time series data gathered from government agencies, trade associations, and private companies.
Economic Growth Resources features a search engine and links to papers on the topic...
FAIRMODEL economic forecasting...
History of Economic Thought, from McMaster University, is an on-line, full-text library of the writings of 75 economists...
The Library of Economics and Liberty compiles in full text the seminal works and ideas of famous economists; more advanced readings than the McMaster University site.
Money: Past, Present and Future, is useful for those writing papers on the history of money and monetary policy.
NEW! OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development "For more than 40 years, OECD has been one of the world's largest and most reliable sources of comparable statistics and economic and social data. As well as collecting data, OECD monitors trends, analyses and forecasts economic developments and researches social changes or evolving patterns in trade, environment, agriculture, technology, taxation and more."
U.S. Government Manual" As the official handbook of the Federal Government, the United States Government Manual provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches. It also includes information on quasi-official agencies, international organizations in which the United States participates, and boards, commissions, and committees. The Manual begins with reprints of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. The new edition of the Manual is available annually in late summer." the website also includes retrospective editions.

Australian Graduate School of Management...
Business Culture, Customs and Etiquette, provides detailed information in WIKI format about business practices, social customs, and intercultural communication in a wide range of countries.
Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science "seeks to develop unrestricted access to tools and perspectives that will advance the spatial analytic capabilities of researchers throughout the social sciences. CSISS is funded by the National Science Foundation under its program of support for infrastructure in the social and behavioral sciences."
Country Commercial Guides from the U.S. Dept. of State provide information about the commercial environment of foreign countries, including the NAFTA nations.
Economist.com: Country Briefings from the Economist; complements the previous entry.
Europa: Gateway to the European Union Contains information on EU member countries and those who are current candidates for membership.
FITA: International Trade Web Resources, a megasite from the Federation of International Trade Associations...
Global Edge Michigan State University's website of information resources for international business. "Created by the Center for International Business Education and Research at Michigan State University (MSU-CIBER), globalEDGE™ is a knowledge web-portal that connects international business professionals worldwide to a wealth of information, insights, and learning resources on global business activities."
International Trade Data System The International Trade Data System (ITDS) is a federal government information technology initiative (Initiative IT06) of the National Performance Review. The goal of the initiative is to implement an integrated government-wide system for the electronic collection, use, and dissemination of international trade data. Includes information on a wide variety of industries.
International Monetary Fund,homepage...
Library of Congress Country Studies The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.

NEW! OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development "For more than 40 years, OECD has been one of the world's largest and most reliable sources of comparable statistics and economic and social data. As well as collecting data, OECD monitors trends, analyses and forecasts economic developments and researches social changes or evolving patterns in trade, environment, agriculture, technology, taxation and more."

RECOMMENDED! University of Texas Map Collection Thematic Maps. Includes maps outlining ethnography, population, economy (industry and land use) of countries around the world. You can't go wrong with this collection! Downloadable, printable and FREE!
Trade and Economy: Data and Analysis, provides an immense amount of data from the OTEA, a Commerce Dept. bureau.
VIBES: Virtual International Business & Economic Sources provides over 1,600 links to Internet sources of international business and economic information that are in English and available free of charge. Links include: Full-text files of recent articles and research reports; Statistical tables and graphs; and Portals (pages with links to other sources).
The World Bank...

NEW! World Economic Forum "The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging leaders in partnerships to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a foundation in 1971, and based in Geneva, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum is impartial and not-for-profit; it is tied to no political, partisan or national interests. The World Economic Forum is under the supervision of the Swiss Federal Government."
The World Trade Organization...

Newcomen Society "The Newcomen Society of the United States is a non-profit business educational foundation that studies and supports outstanding achievement in American business." For a list of historical business resources published by the Newcomen Society and available in the library, see the Index of Newcomen Society Addresses.
National Consumers League...
Salary Calculator, how much it costs to live where...
Mortgage Calculator, compare mortgage rates with over 20 different calculators

Business News	Masters/Doctoral Papers
Government Information	Reference
Industry & Company Information	Organizational Management

Accounting	International Business
Advertising/Marketing	Stocks, Bonds, Investing
Economics	Miscellaneous
Human Resources	Finance

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