International Business Research Guide

This is a selective guide to material useful in doing research on international business. The library has a number of periodicals and books which will supplement this list by providing more specific and/or recent information on international business. If further assistance is needed, please contact the subject librarian for Business to arrange an appointment: Margaret Mellinger, 737-9642, Margaret.Mellinger@oregonstate.edu

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Databases for International Business

Business Source Premier -- provides full text for nearly 3,300 scholarly business journals, including full text for more than 1000 peer-reviewed business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business.

EconLit -- Index only: 1969-present
Index to research materials in economics from over 400 journals, over 500 collective volumes per year, plus books, dissertations, and working papers.

Lexis/Nexis Academic (Formerly Academic Universe) -- Comprehensive index to newspaper and magazine articles, radio and TV news program transcripts, legal material and other reference sources. LNA is almost entirely full-text and focused on news, business and legal topics.

National Trade Data Bank Contains U.S. domestic and foreign economic data; import and export statistics; international energy, labor and population statistics; trade and tariff information and information on U.S. investments and companies abroad. Data comes from 15 government agencies and often covers several decades. Includes full text of many government publications such as Handbook of Economic Statistics and Export Yellow Pages. Updated monthly.

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage -- A collection of business, industry and investment databases published by Standard & Poors, including such publications as Industry Surveys, Corporation Record, S&P Register, the Bond Guide, Stock Guide, Dividend Record and the Outlook.

Social Sciences Citation Index -- Index only: 1997-present
Index of cited articles from over 5000 journals in all areas of social science. Search by cited author, original author, title keywords or journal name.

TableBase -- 1997-present
Database comprised of tabular information of a strategic nature. The tables provide information such as: market share, market size, capacity, production, imports, exports, sales, products and brand rankings, forecasts, health care statistics and demographics. When prompted for user name and password, click on the login button.

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Directories

Directory of Foreign Manufacturers in the U.S.: List of firms with U.S. and foreign addresses and products. HD 9723 .D5

Directory of United States Importers: List of companies in United States, Canada and Puerto Rico which import products. Ref: HF 3012 .J6

Oregon International Trade Directory: Oregon companies and the products they export, listed by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) number. Alphabetical and geographical indexes. Ref: HF 3161 .07 072

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Country Information

Background Notes: Brief profiles of countries worldwide, from the U.S. Dept. of State, with history, economy, travel notes, etc. Ref: D 6 .U5

Europa World: the online version of Europa World Year Book, covering political and economic information in over 250 countries and territories

Statesman's Yearbook: Concise descriptive information and some statistics on countries. Ref: JA 51 .S7

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Regulations & Classification

Export Administration Regulations: Official regulations for control of exports. Includes explanations, instructions, etc. Ref: HF 105 .A34

Standard International Trade Classification: Classifies all commodities entering external merchandise trade. All United Nations trade statistics are based on this classification systems. Ref: HF 1041 .U36

Commodity Indexes for the SITC: Index to the SITC (above) by commodity. Ref: HF 1041 .C55

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Handbooks

A Basic Guide to Exporting: Useful guide for small business exporters. Describes aids to marketing, gives addresses. Ref: HF 1009.6.B38

Encyclopedia of International Commerce: Provides definitions, statutes, directories and other useful data. Ref: HF 1001 .M55

Exporter's Encyclopedia: Market information for specific countries, with directory of agencies, regulations etc. Ref: HF 3011 .E9

Handbook of International Business: Handy basic source of general information on international business. Ref: HD 62.4 .H36

International Business Travel and Relocation Directory: Information for travel or residence in a foreign country. HF 5549.5 .E45 I57

International Marketing Handbook: Excellent marketing profiles for 138 nations with specific sales information. Ref: HF 1009.5 .I537

Moody's International Manual: Financial and business information for over 3000 foreign companies. Blue pages contain statistics. Ref: HG 4009 .M66

Official Export Guide: Information on all major world ports, trade regulation, export documentation, financing, etc. Ref: KF 1987 .A15 .O33

Oregon Exporter's Handbook: Basic reference guide for exporters, detailing the export procedures sequentially. Ref: HF 1009.5 .O71

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Statistics

European Marketing Data and Statistics: Useful statistics for European countries. Ref: HA 1107 .E971

International Financial Statistics Yearbook: Current statistics on world financial conditions. Ref: HG 3881 .I576 monthly issues--HF 3881 I625

International Marketing Data and Statistics: Provides statistics useful for marketing in 132 countries outside of Europe. Ref: HA 154 .I551

U.N. Statistical Yearbook: Basic statistics for all U.N. countries, including population, agriculture, production, trade, consumption. Ref: HA 12.5 .U6

Monthly Bulletin of Statistics: Selected statistics for all U.N. countries, updated monthly. HC 59 .U7

U.S. Foreign Trade Highlights: Detailed statistics on products imported and exported from the U.S., including rankings of trading partners. Ref: HF 3000 .U173

World Trade Annual: Detailed foreign trade statistics by SITC (see above for the Standard International Trade Classification) and by country. Ref: HF 53 .W67 supplement--Ref: HF 53 .W68

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Useful Serial Publications

Business America: Bi-weekly magazine with current news on international business and U.S. economy for traders. From the Dept. of Commerce. HF 1 .B82

Doing Business In....: (Price Waterhouse) Covers 60 countries, with data on investments, exchange, business, etc. HF 1010 .P74

Main Economics Indicators:(OECD) Current guide to economic and financial statistics for all OECD countries. HC 10 .O84

OECD Economic Surveys: Studies of each of the 24 member countries (Check catalog under OECD Economic Surveys: name of country). Various call numbers

Overseas Business Reports: (OBR) Useful reports on over 100 countries, usually with marketing information about exporting. HF 1 .O9

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Dictionaries

Multinational Enterprise: An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Concepts and Terms: Hoogvelt, Ankie. Ref: HD 2755.5 .M8337

International Business Dictionary: Munniksma, F. Terms used in international business defined in English and Esperanto with translations to 8 other languages. Ref: HF 1002 .M84

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Internet Resources

globalEDGE: Designed and developed by MSU-CIBER at Michigan State University as the ultimate research tool, globalEDGE(TM) contains information on about 200 countries with over 2,000 online resources. It also contains an entire section devoted to providing links and resources focused on helping academicians with international business topics. http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/ibrd.asp

VIBES: Virtual International Business and Economics Sources. VIBES provides over 2,000 links to Internet sources of international business and economic information that are in English and available free of charge. http://library.uncc.edu/display/?dept=reference&format=open&page=68

Louisiana State University Libraries' webliography: Marketing (U.S. and International). Very long list with some sites not to be found elsewhere, links. http://www.lib.lsu.edu/bus/marketin.html

Department of Commerce - International Trade Administration: Meta-site providing region and country information, industry data, trade statistics and locations of domestic and overseas centers. http://www.ita.doc.gov

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