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Encyclopedia articles, written by subject authorities, provide information useful for gaining a basic understanding of a topic and getting started with a research project. Typically, a bibliography of "classic" books and articles for further research follows each article. Students may also find these encyclopedias useful for brushing up on topics tangential but relevant to their central area of investigation.
Deardorff's Glossary of International Economics.
(http://www-personal.umich.edu/~alandear/glossary/)An online glossary of the "terms of trade and other wonders" and the creation of Professor Alan Deardorff, who holds an endowed chair in the Department of Economics at the University of Michigan.
Encyclopedia of Banking and Finance. Eds. Glenn G. Munn, F. L. Garcia, Charles J. Woelfel. Chicago, IL : St. James Press, 1991.
Defines banking, business, and financial terms, and provides discussions of historical context of contemporary banking conditions as well as relevant law and regulation.
CALL NUMBER: Ref HG151 .M8 1991 1991
Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance. Holli R. Cosgrove, editor-in-chief. Chicago : Ferguson Pub. Co., 2000.
For both professional, technical, and many other occupations, gives pay levels, entry requirements, and prospects along with information on training and internships, as well as background discussion of various industries or markets in which jobs are found.
CALL NUMBER: Ref HF5381 .E52 2000
Encyclopedia of Management, edited by Marilyn M. Helms. Detroit : Gale Group, 2000.
Treats a broad array of business and management related subjects; among those recently added are "Internet, WWW and Intranets", "Robotics", "Nontraditional Work Arrangements", and "Outsourcing".
CALL NUMBER: Ref HD30.15 .E49 2000
International Encyclopedia of the Stock Market. Editor, Michael Sheimo. Chicago : Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1999.
Like the World Stock Exchange Fact Book below (see Guides), this encyclopedia covers technical information about each of the world's securities and stock markets; provided also are definitions and description of much of the technical language of securities.
CALL NUMBER: Ref HG4551 .I528 1999
These specialized subject-specific volumes provide various information: statistical data, chronologies, surveys of events, definitions, and biographies.
Asia Yearbook. (Hong Kong, Far Eastern Economic Review)Highlights events of the most recent year in each of the countries of Asia, emphasizing but not limited to business and economics.
CALL NUMBER: q HC411 .F19 (Current volume in Reference)
Brands and Their Companies. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, 2000.
Lists trade names, trademarks, and brand names used by American firms.
CALL NUMBER: Ref T223.V4 A25
Corporate Taxes, a Worldwide Summary. New York, N.Y. : Price Waterhouse Center for Transnational Taxation.
Together with its Individual Taxes, a Worldwide Summary (Ref K4505.4 .I49), summarizes the national tax systems and structures of most nations.
CALL NUMBER: Ref K4544.A13 C67
Countries and Their Cultures; Melvin Ember and Carol R. Ember, editors. New York : Macmillan Reference USA, c2001.
Addresses in four volumes the business-relevant portions of national cultures, with considerable further information concerning society, history, folkways, government and politics.
CALL NUMBER: Ref GN307 .C68 2001
Country Forecasts. Syracuse, N.Y. : Political Risk Services, Frost & Sullivan, Inc., 1988-
Reports key factors, events, and data determining the political and business investment climates of most of the world's nations.
CALL NUMBER: Ref HC10 .C66 2003
Craighead's Business, Travel, and Relocation Guide. Detroit : Gale Research Inc., c1991-
Provides essential information about doing business overseas whether as a visitor or permanent resident; covers a broad range of topics including taxation, educational systems, and customs.
CALL NUMBER: Ref HF5549.5.E45 D56 2002-03
European Union Encyclopedia and Directory. London : Europa Publications, 2003
Combines the features of dictionary, essays, and directory covering commercial, economic, and political aspects of the EU.
CALL NUMBER: Ref HC241.2 .E97
Handbook of North American Industry. Edited by John E. Cremeans. Washington, DC : Bernan Press, 1999.
For many sectors of industry discusses the market implications of NAFTA.
CALL NUMBER: Ref HF1746 .H370 1999
The New Palgrave : A Dictionary Of Economics. Edited By John Eatwell, Murray Milgate, Peter Newman. New York : Stockton Press, 1987.
Together with its companion (see immediately below) the "new Palgrave" has quickly risen to the "gold standard" among dictionaries of terms and concepts in economics and business.
CALL NUMBER: Ref HB61 .N49 1987
The New Palgrave Dictionary Of Money & Finance. Edited By Peter Newman, Murray Milgate, John Eatwel. New York : Stockton Press, 1992.
CALL NUMBER: Ref HG151 .N48 1992
North American Industry Classification System . (http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html)
Revises the former Standard Industrial Classification Manual (Ref HF1042 .A550 1987), the source of the "SIC codes" by which most business and industry data has been organized. Schaffer Library also owns a printed volume entitled North American Industry Classification System, corresponding to the above Web-site and authored by the Office of Management and Budget of the Executive Office of the President of the U.S.
CALL NUMBER: Ref HF1042 .N670 (at Ref Desk)
Oxford Reference Online: Economics and Business
(http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/SUBJECT_SEARCH.html?subject=s6)Full-text access to Oxford University Press titles: A Dictionary of Accounting, A Dictionary of Business, A Dictionary of Economics, and A Dictionary of Finance and Banking.
Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys. New York: Standard & Poor's Corp.
On a quarterly basis provides comparative indicators at the level of the individual firm grouped with its competitors; also discusses sector-wide influences, trends, and outlook.
CALL NUMBER: Ref HC106.6 .S74 (Latest at Reference Desk)
Standard Occupational Classification Manual. Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget. Lanham, MD : Bernan Associates ; Springfield, VA : National Techical Information Service, 2000.
Officially categorizes occupational titles and descriptions under U.S. labor law, a listing of importance to all human-resources data collection and presentation.
CALL NUMBER: Ref HB2595 .U546 2000
Value Line Investment Survey. New York, A. Bernhard.
Consists of looseleaf comparative reports on market sectors and ratings of corporations as investments; in a second binder, contains a weekly newsletter dealing with investment conditions and prospects for the equity market.
CALL NUMBER: Ref HG4501 .V26 (Current year kept at Reference Desk)
Who's Who in Finance and Industry. Chicago, Marquis Who's Who, 2002.
The standard biographical source title for American business, plus some international coverage.
CALL NUMBER: Ref HF3023.A2 W5
World Stock Exchange Fact Book. Morris Plains, NJ : Electronic Commerce, Inc., 2001.
Enumerates listing and disclosure requirements, as well as investor restrictions and protections, for the securities and stock exchanges of about 45 nations.
CALL NUMBER: Ref HG4551 .W657
The Library's general-purpose atlases can mostly be found in the Reference Collection placed on the large-atlas stands or shelved under "Ref Atlas" or under "Ref G". Please ask for directions at the Reference Desk.
Of specific applicability to business and management, there are the following:
Commercial Atlas & Marketing Guide. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2000.
Repackages data from the Census Bureau of the U.S. in order to show purchasing power by Metropolitan Statistical Area; other features include telephone, postal, airline, railroad, manufacturing, corporation, military, and higher-education information.
CALL NUMBER: Ref Atlas G1019 .R240 2000
Standard Highway Mileage Guide. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1997
A classic reference tool with a few tricks that users are helped to know in advance: first come state maps with major cities and towns circled; second come tables with inter-state distances between the circled cities and towns, and third come tables with intra-state distances between circled cities and towns (as well as smaller, uncircled locations). Always use alphabetical order, i.e., find the distance from Albany to Yakima under "Albany", but not under "Yakima."
CALL NUMBER: Ref Atlas G1201 .P1 R3
Mapquest.
Please note that the link provided above leads to the British version of this well-known online mapping site (and source of driving directions). The advantage of using this version of Mapquest is the ease of access to international maps and directions, including the U.S.A., although the same information can be found, organized differently, on the American version.
[http://www.mapquest.co.uk - or - http://www.mapquest.com]
IMPORTANT: For a categorized listing of MANY titles, some in the Library's Reference Collection and some available on the Internet, please click here to utilize the Library's Statistical Data page.Need more? ... The library subscribes to the "statistical" component of Lexis-Nexis, and that resource gives Union users access online to three large databases of data: the American Statistics Index, the Statistical Reference Index, and the Index to International Statistics. These contain, respectively, data of the U.S. federal government, of states and commercial bodies, and of international organizations.
Much--not all--of what Lexis-Nexis cites is available in full text online. For the rest, Schaffer Library also subscribes to microfiche copies of all the statistics cited in the above (with certain exceptions).
Assistance with data retrieval is available at the Library's Reference Desk.
Directories serve many purposes, such as identifying relevant professionals, institutions, organizations, and associations. Business directories typically list corporate firms and their affiliates, addresses and other contact information, firm size and volume of sales, market sector, and other characteristics.
The Advertising Red Books. Agencies. New Providence, NJ : LexisNexis.
Lists U.S. and overseas advertising agencies, parent firms and subsidiaries, and their primary accounts.
CALL NUMBER: Ref HF5805 . S786 (Current volume only)
America's Corporate Families, the Billion Dollar Directory. Parsippany, N.J. : Dun's Marketing Services.
Identifies and links parent companies, branches, divisions, and affiliates in the U.S. and overseas.
CALL NUMBER: Ref HG4057 .A147 (Current volume only)
Consultants and Consulting Organizations Directory. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co.
Lists U.S. consultants and firms along with their specialties.
CALL NUMBER: Ref HD69.C6 C647 (Current volume only)
Directory of Executive Recruiters. Fitzwilliam, N.H. : Kennedy & Kennedy.
Lists corporate "head-hunter" firms, both retainer and contingency types.
CALL NUMBER: Ref HD38.25.U6 D57 (Current volume only)
Europages. (http://www.europages.com)
Currently claims to contain 500,000 firms in 33 European countries, and all searchable.
Hoover's Handbook of American Business. Austin, Tex. : Reference Press, Inc., c1991-
CALL NUMBER: Ref HG4057 .A2862
Joining the current year's edition of the above guide to publicly traded American firms are current editions of
Hoover's Handbook Of World Business (Ref HG4057 .A2863),
Hoover's Handbook of Emerging Companies (Ref HG4057 .A28618), and
Hoover's Handbook of Private Companies (Ref HG4057 .A28616).Lycos YellowPages. (http://www.companiesonline.com)
Lycos' searchable online directory of U.S. firms.
Mergent Handbook of Common Stocks. New York: Mergent.
Presents essentials on all firms with shares publicly traded on Wall Street.
CALL NUMBER: Ref HG4505 .M559 (Current three years)
Mergent Handbook of NASDAQ Stocks. New York: Mergent.
Presents essentials on all firms whose shares are traded on NASDAQ or the American Stock Exchange.
CALL NUMBER: Ref HG4501 .M58 (Current three years)
Mergent Online. Charlotte, NC, and New York, Mergent, Inc.
Mergent, Inc., bought the financial information part of Moody's Investors Service, and converted the well-known Moody's Manuals to an online directory with full financial information, e.g., balance sheet, ratio, and asset/liability data. Union subscribes to the current Mergent Online database and offers a backfile via networked cd-rom. See Moody's Manuals below for guidance on finding even earlier historical backfiles.
Million Dollar Directory. Parsippany, N.J. [etc.] Dun's Marketing Services..
Includes American firms or U.S. subsidiaries of foreign corporations with either a $750,000 net worth, at least 250 employees, or sales above $25,000,000.
CALL NUMBER: Ref HC102 .D8 (current year only)
Moody's Manuals. New York, Moody's Investors Service.
The information carried formerly by the "Moody's Manuals" is now found at Mergent Online. For earlier data, there is a backfile available via networked cd-rom, and even earlier information and numbers are available in the volumes of "Moody's Manuals" shelved in the oversized (q) collection of Schaffer Library. (The extent of the holdings for each title varies.) Examples:
Industrials q HG4961 .M67,
Municipals q HG4931 .M58,
Transportation q HG4971 .M74,
Public Utilities q HG4961 .M7245,
Bank and Finance q HG4961 .M65,
International q HG4009 .M66.New York Metro Business Directory. Omaha, NE : American Business Directories.
With the Upstate New York Business Directory (below), lists and describes business establishments all over New York State.
CALL NUMBER: Ref HF5068.N5 N36 (current year only)
SuperPages. (http://www.superpages.com)
Verizon's searchable online directory of U.S. firms.
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers. (http://www.thomasregister.com)
The classic place to find North American companies and their products, the current "Thomcat" is both a set of books shelved at Ref T12.T56, where information has to this point been somewhat more complete than in the online version, and a free Web-site, where registration is required.
Upstate New York Business Directory. Omaha, NE : American Business Directories, c1993-
Complements the New York Metro Business Directory (above), in listing and describimg business establishments all over New York State.
CALL NUMBER: Ref HF5065.N70 U67 (current year only)
Citation Guides and Style Manuals
Style manuals and citations guides illustrate how to cite book, journal, and other research sources, including materials found in online databases and on the Web, according to the conventional format of a particular discipline. Subject specific citation guides are listed below, and a complete listing appears at Reference Sites: Citation Guides and Style Manuals.
Chicago Manual of Style. ; Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1993.
Considered a classic for citation of academic literature, especially in the humanities, the "Chicago Manual" is both a reference book (see below) and an online source. Click above or open:
[http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite7.html]CALL NUMBER: Ref Z253 .C57 (kept at the Reference Desk)
Columbia Guide to Online Style, edited by Janice R. Walker. New York, Columbia University Press, 1998.
This volume is a leader in establishing standard methods of citing electronic sources.
CALL NUMBER: Ref PN171.F56 W35 1998 (kept at the Reference Desk)
Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources. Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger.
[http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/]Publication Manual of the APA. Washington, D.C., American Psychological Association, 2001.
Sets the standard for much social-science writing; also available online through Citation Guides and Style Manuals.
CALL NUMBER: Ref BF76.7 .P83 2001 (kept at the Reference Desk)
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Books in Schaffer Library are arranged by Library of Congress Class number. Class numbers are searchable in the Web Catalog and browseable in the Stacks and Reference Collection.
HA Statistics HB Economics HD Industry, Labor HE Transportation and Communication HF Commerce HG Finance, Banking, Investment, Insurance HJ Public Finance T General Technology, including Management Engineering
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The links below produce lists of Union College senior honors theses held in Schaffer Library. The lists appear in reverse chronological order and are mostly quite long; however, they can be narrowed by using the "Modify Search" button at the top of the results screen.
Microfiche copies of Senior honors theses are maintained in the Library. After using the catalog, as above, please bring the call number of any thesis you would like to read to the Reference Desk.
For details on the Library's theses holdings, formats, access, photocopying restrictions, and searching for a thesis in the online catalog, see the Thesis Search Page.
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Research Guides supplement the broader Research by Subject pages (such as this one) by focusing on the print and electronic resources that are most useful for a course-specific research assignment. For faculty, the Research Guides provide structured access to the Library and Internet resources relevant to their own work or in advising students on their research projects. For students working independently, they serve as a reminder of services and materials offered within the Library, while at the same time providing a gateway for information available from remote sites.
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Schaffer Library provides a range of general and subject-specific electronic databases—some offering full-text access to articles or library holdings information. Click below for the databases and indexes most relevant to business and management.
| Electronic Materials > Selected Web Sites |
Alta Plana: International Economics Gateway.
This corporate portal site offers useful Internet links in four major categories:
1. General business and economics Web-sites, including data
2. Web-sites of international organizations
3. Web-sites of national governments
4. Corporate Web-sites
[http://www.altaplana.com/gate.html]Conference Board.
A non-profit "global, independent membership organization in the public interest," as the Conference Board describes itself on its Web-site, "we conduct research, convene conferences, make forecasts, assess trends, publish information and analysis." [http://www.conference-board.org]Executive Planet.
Although this commercial site is a well-organized and user-friendly place to find extensive information on the cultural "do's and don't's" so important to successful business relations in most countries, the site fails to identify any individuals or organizations responsible for the Web-site; however, offsetting that is the use of signed articles, where selected portions of the site's content are attributed to a known informant whose qualifications are given.
[http:///www.executiveplanet.com]GlobalEdge.
This site is a component of the University of Michigan's MSU-CIBER site (listed below), and it offers portal access to Web-sites pertaining to trade with specific countries.
[http://www.globaledge.msu.edu]International Chamber of Commerce.
This global business organization provides through its Web-site reports, policies, and statistics on many aspects of international business.
[http://www.iccwbo.org]Management First.
Although some material is limited to subscriber-access only, there are articles, reports, case studies, reviews of books and Web-sites, all provided with the purpose of enhancing management skills; responsibility for the site rests with Emerald, Inc., a publisher of management and other journals.
[http://www.managementfirst.com]MSU-CIBER.
Originating from Michigan State University's Graduate School of Management, this site aims at "assistance to businesses on issues of importance to international trade and global competitiveness." It presents links to informational Web-pages created by the site, as well as downloadable software aimed at assisting international business decision-making.
[http://ciber.bus.msu.edu]Resources for Economists on the Internet.
This site is the economics and business component of the highly regarded WWW-Virtual Library portal sites, maintained by subject specialist volunteers. Though entirely consisting of pointers to other places on the Internet, Resources for Economists offers a great variety of business and economics links, including data, organizational, educational, media, and other "neat stuff" material.
[http://rfe.wustl.edu]Transparency International--USA.
The organization Transparency International promotes anti-corruption laws and practices in international business and trade. The Web-site of its American branch offers such full-text material as an annual corruption index ranking countries for level of corruption, an anti-bribery "toolkit" guiding firms with best practices, and a number of links to off-site information. There is an easily spotted link--"TI Home Page"--leading to the parent organization Transparency International, headquartered in Berlin and London.
[http://www.transparency-usa.org]U.S. Business Advisor.
The Small Business Administration here offers a portal to the information of at least 60 federal agencies with official influence over business development. Taxes, international trade, law, workplace issues, customer and vendor relations with government, and available financial assistance all come into play in the links listed. [http://www.business.gov]WorkIndex.
Tied to Cornell's noted School of Industrial and Labor Relations, as well as to the journal Human Resource Executive, this site offers quite a lot of its own content, while it also serves as a portal to "hr" or personnel information on the Web. A hint of the intriguing approach of WorkIndex is given by its "salary wizard" which computes typical salary for occupations in various locations and its "cost of living wizard" which computes how much salary increase a move to a new location would require in order not to lose buying power.
[http://www.workindex.com]
| Electronic Materials > News and Alerts |
Tools for tracking news, recently published articles, and current, relevant events in the field.
Business Daily Review.
This daily updating site offers "teasers" on what's new in the realm of business, coupled to a link to full articles (some of which require registration and/or subscription). On the front page are posted scores of links to a full retinue of other online publications of business news.
[http://www.businessdailyreview.com]CNN/Money.
CNN provides a finance-oriented site with technical as well as popular appeal to investors, professionals, and academics. Presented is material from Money Magazine, announcements and descriptions of programming from CNNfn-TV, as well as news of stocks, companies, and the economy (domestic and international).
[http://www.money.cnn.com]E-Commerce Times.
This online newspaper is one of several organs of the ECT News Network, and it particularly "feeds" Internet industry professionals (whether management or technical in orientation and assignment) with news of daily developments in electronic commerce.
[http://www.ecommercetimes.com]Moreover.
This news-for-managers site is the commercial product of Moreover Technologies, Inc., and it takes the form of a pro-active search engine, promising that "any rumor posted online will show up on the company's radar within 15 minutes," although to use the site and receive such hot-off-the-presses material requires a paid subscription.
[http://www.moreover.com]
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