LibGuides: Subject Guides for Websites: Business & Economics

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Subject Guide

American Economic Association
• http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AEA/
• Vanderbilt University, Website host
• .edu
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The purposes of the Association are:
1. The encouragement of economic research, especially the historical and statistical study of the actual conditions of industrial life.
2. The issue of publications on economic subjects.
3. The encouragement of perfect freedom of economic discussion. The Association as such will take no partisan attitude, nor will it commit its members to any position on practical economic questions.
American Management Association - AMA
• http://www.amanet.org/
• AMA, a non-profit
• .org
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AMA promotes the goals of individuals and organizations through a comprehensive range of solutions, including business seminars, blended learning, Webcasts and podcasts, conferences, books, whitepapers, articles and more. Not only does AMA offer thousands of training resources to business professionals, but they also offer programs for high school and college students.
American Marketing Association
• https://www.ama.org/
• American Marketing Association
• .org
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The AMA is a professional association for individuals and organizations leading the practice, teaching and development of marketing knowledge worldwide. Our principle role is to serve as a forum to connect like-minded individuals and foster knowledge sharing, provide resources, tools and training and support marketing practice and thought leadership around the globe.
Big Charts
• http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/
• Market Watch, Inc.
• .com
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Provides free access to interactive charts, quotes, industry analysis, intraday stock screeners, and market news & commentary.
Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs
• https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/under-secretary-for-economic-growth-energy-and-the-environment/bureau-of-economic-and-business-affairs/
• U.S. Department of State
• .gov
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Provides links to information about the U.S. policy toward Free Trade Agreements, Investment Policy, Economic Sanctions/ Terrorist Finance, Entrepreneurship, Conflict Diamonds, etc. Also provides information about Economic Summits, Global Business Conference, etc.
County Business Patterns
• https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp.html
• U.S. Census Bureau
• .gov
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CBP is an annual series that provides subnational economic data by industry. This series includes the number of establishments, employment during the week of March 12, first quarter payroll, and annual payroll.This data is useful for studying the economic activity of small areas.
DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals
Provides a comprehensive, subject-organized list of open access journals that are peer reviewed. Defines “open access journal” as any which does not charge readers or institutions for access.
Economic Indicators
• http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=ECONI
• U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO)
• .gov
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Available from April 1995 to the present, this monthly publication provides economic information on gross domestic product, income, employment, production, business activity, prices, money, credit, security markets, Federal finance, and international statistics.
EH.net: Encyclopedia of Economic and Business History
• http://eh.net/encyclopedia-2/
• Economic History Association
• .net
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Provides high quality reference articles written by experts, screened by authorities, and carefully edited. An Advisory Board recommends entry topics, assists in the selection of authors, and defines the project's scope.
globalEDGE -- International Internship Directory
• http://globaledge.msu.edu/international-internships/
• Michigan State University, Board College of Business
• .edu
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The Directory is a reference guide for students, faculty, staff, and administrators to help match students with international internship opportunities offered by two- and four-year colleges and universities, governmental agencies, non-profit groups, private organizations, and corporations.
NASDAQ Stock Market
• https://www.nasdaq.com/
• NASDAQ OMX Group
• .com
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Provides stock quotes, company charts, stock analysis, financial news, investing information and tools, and news related to the NASDAQ market.
North American Industry Classification System - NAICS
• https://www.census.gov/naics/
• U.S. Census Bureau
• .gov
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Provides the latest information on plans for NAICS revisions, as well as access to various NAICS reference files and tools, Issue papers relating to industry classification, ECPC Concept Reports, and NAICS Clarification Memoranda.
SEC Filings & Forms (EDGAR)
• http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml
• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• .gov
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All companies, foreign and domestic, are required to file registration statements, periodic reports, and other forms electronically through EDGAR. This information is freely available to the public to access and download.
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code Index
• http://www.theodora.com/sic_index.html
• Information Technology Associates (ITA)
• .com
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Source for locating Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes.
Statistics of U.S. Businesses - SUSB
• https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/susb.html
• US Census Bureau, US Dept of Commerce
• .gov
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SUSB is an annual series that provides national and subnational data on the distribution of economic data by enterprise size and industry.
ThomasNet
• http://www.thomasnet.com/
• Thomas Industrial Networks, a subsidiary of Thomas Publishing Company
• .com
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An online resource for finding companies and products manufactured in North America. It allows searching/browsing by product/service, company, brand name, CAD drawings, catalogs, and by specific industry.
U.S. International Trade Statistics
• https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/index.html
• U.S. Census Bureau
• .gov
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Provides U.S. trade statistics by country and by product (SITC codes). Data is available by month and cumulatively by year since 1996. Definitions of terms are available at linked websites.
World Bank Data
• http://data.worldbank.org/
• The World Bank
• .org
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Provides free and open access to a comprehensive set of data about development in countries around the globe. Search by country, topic, or indicators. Also provides tools to create your own queries, generate tables, charts and maps and easily save, embed and share them.

Last update: 8/11/2021

Google Scholar

Google Scholar

Google Scholar is a variation of Google. It is designed specifically for scholarly literature searches.

Advantages

It’s free to use.
It has a simple, familiar interface that works much like regular Google.
It finds scholarly books, articles, and conference papers from a wide range of disciplines.

Disadvantages

Coverage is not comprehensive. It is a good first place to start researching a paper, but not comprehensive enough to be the only place you look.
Criteria used for selecting “scholarly” materials is not given. Search results can be a mixture of articles and books as well as unpublished manuscripts, course syllabi, and high school term papers, so you must critically evaluate what you find.
Results are not always full-text or free like regular Google. Often the link for an article will take you to the publishers website where the full article is available only if you buy it.