David & Lorraine Cheng Library

William Paterson University of New Jersey

Business Resources

Bibliographic and Database Guides

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Business Databases

ABI/Inform Complete (Business Periodicals Database): Indexes business magazines, trade publications and journals from 1971 to the present. Includes full-text articles from over 2,100 titles. Available from all campus workstations or via Remote Access.
Business Dateline: Indexes local U.S. and Canadian business periodicals. This is a FirstSearch database accessible only in the Library.
CCH Internet Tax Research Network: CCH Tax Research Network offers searchable and browseable full-text access to federal and state tax reporters, explanation and analysis, tax news, and primary source information from sources including the Internal Revenue Code, Federal Tax Regulations, federal tax codes, tax court cases, and IRS Letter Rulings. Available from all campus workstations or via Remote Access.; http://tax.cchgroup.com/ipnetwork
Compustat (North America): Provides 20 years of financial data for more than 10,000 publicly held companies. Available at computer workstations in the Atrium labs, the Library Electronic Resource Center, and the Business lab in Raubinger Hall.
Conference Board Research Online Collection: The Conference Board's Research Online Collection is a database of full-text research reports and presentations on topical business issues. Included are surveys and case studies of major companies and trends in the areas of strategy, corporate governance, organizational effectiveness, structure, leadership, human resources, ethics, customer relationship management, work force issues, and much more. The database also features working papers in economic research, current news on economic indicators and the monthly publication Straight Talk. The full collection, with backfiles to 1998, can be searched or browsed, and most publications are in PDF format.
EconLit: Subject indexing and abstracts of journals, books, dissertations and working papers from 1969 to the present. Research orientation. This is a FirstSearch database accessible only in the Library.
Mergent Online: Quick access to U.S. and international company information, including financial data, updates, and SEC filings.; http://www.mergentonline.com
Lexis-Nexis Academic: Full-text documents from over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications. Includes business news journals, company financial information, SEC filings and reports, and industry and market news.
Wilson Business Abstracts - Part of the Wilson OmniFile Database: Indexes a variety of business periodicals from 1986 to the present. From the opening screen, select "Business (BUS)" on the Subject Area menu before entering your search terms.

More on business databases...

The Wall Street Journal Index from 1958 to the present is available in paper in the Cheng Library.
The Business Periodicals Index is available in paper from 1958 to the present.
Consult the List of Databases for other sources helpful for business research.

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Business News

@Brint: Interesting reading especially in the area of technology and knowledge management.; http://www.brint.com/
Business 2.0 Web Guide: A searchable, annotated guide on general business topics including business leaders.; http://www.business2.com/webguide/
Business News/New Jersey Online: Focus on NJ corporate news with information and leads on New Jersey businesses.; http://www.njo.com/business/
BusinessWeek Online: Review the table of contents of both the U.S. and international editions. Selected articles are available to nonsubscribers.; http://www.businessweek.com/
CNN/Money: Look for an overview of the day's business news and market update.; http://money.cnn.com/
Financial Times: Follow the international business, economic and political news from the viewpoint of the London Financial Times. Find links to other sources of international business news.; http://news.ft.com/
Knowledge@Wharton: Published every two weeks, this online newsletter provides articles, book reviews, papers and analysis of current issues. Registration is required.; http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/index.cfm?intro=yes
Yahoo News/Business Headlines: Keep track of the latest news from a variety of business news sources.; http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/bs/

More on Business News...

The Business Databases provide access to both current and older articles on business and the economy. These databases allow searching by keyword, subject, name, publication title and dates.

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The College of Business at William Paterson University

Christos M. Cotsakos College of Business Home Page: http://www.wpunj.edu/cob/

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Company Directories and Information

Company Websites

Most corporations have websites, although some are more oriented toward customers than investors and researchers. URLs for companies are usually easy to guess, so before moving on to one of the other guides listed in this section, you may want to try to find the company's webpage first.

Examples of company URLs:

http://www.ibm.com - International Business Machines
http://www.exxon.com - Exxon Corporation
http://www.merck.com - Merck Corporation

Ecomp Executive Compensation Database: This free web database allows you to research the compensation and net-worth of executives. Search the database by company name or ticker symbol, as well as by state, sector, and industry pull-down menus. Search returns list compensation summaries for the top executives, including salary, bonus, and total compensation. Clicking on the executive's name will give a more detailed summary, including restricted stock, LTIP payouts, and value realized for options exercised. Does not include the most recent figures.; http://www.ecomponline.com/
Fortune 500: Review the latest 500 list as well as the Global 500. Other lists can also be viewed electronically such as the Inc. 500 (http://www.inc.com/inc500/).; http://www.fortune.com/lists/F500/
Hoover's Online: Easy access to information on public companies with links to company annual reports and mission statements.; http://www.hoovers.com
Mergent Online - Formerly FISOnline.: Quick access to U.S. and international company information, including financial data, updates, and SEC filings. Available from all campus workstations or via Remote Access.; http://www.mergentonline.com
Yahoo Business and Economy: Search for businesses by name and category.; http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Companies/

More on Print Directories...

The Cheng Library maintains a large collection of print directories covering including titles such as:

Directory of United States Exporters (Call Number HF3011.D63)
Million Dollar Directory (Dun & Bradstreet) (Call Number HC102.D8)
New Jersey Manufacturers Register (Call Number HD107.N5N454)
Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives (Call Number HG4057.A4)

Search the Online Catalog for additional directories or consult the Business Bibliographic Guides for representative lists of additional titles.

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Dictionaries

Accounting Terminology Guide: Online glossary hosted by the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants.; http://www.nysscpa.org/prof_library/guide.htm
Investor Words: This is an online glossary of over 5000 definitions pertaining to investments.; http://www.investorwords.com/
Marketing Terms Dictionary: Online dictionary maintained by the American Marketing Association includes definitions for over 4,000 specialized terms.; http://www.marketingpower.com/live/mg-dictionary.php
Washington Post.Com Business Glossary: Over 1200 business terms, searchable by term or through the browse feature.; http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/specials/glossary/

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Industry Information

Current Industrial Reports: Provides data on broad categories of industrial production. For additional statistical information on various industries, consult Statistics for Business and Economics (2nd level, Call Number HA29.B8255).; http://www.census.gov/cir/www/index.html
Industry Research Desk: Detailed, useful advice on conducting industry and company research, including many links to free sources of information on the web.; http://www.virtualpet.com/industry/
NAICS (North American Industry Classification System): A paper copy of this publication is available in the Cheng Library (Call Number REF HF1042.N67). A complete revision of the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. Many resources are still using the SIC numbers.; http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html

More on Industry Information...

Articles on any industry can easily be located by searching the Business Databases list. The Cheng Library also has numerous guides to general industry information - see Bibliographic Guides. Books on industries can be found in the Library Online Catalog using topics such as airlines, automobile industry and trade, banks and banking, food industry and trade, steel industry and trade.

Some representative sites for industries large and small include:

National Restaurant Association - http://www.restaurant.org/
Tortilla Industry Association - http://www.tortilla-info.com/
Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers - http://www.aham.org/

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Statistics for Business and Economics

BizStats.com

http://www.bizstats.com/

Canadian Economy Online

Portal to national economic and business statistics maintained by the Canadian government.

http://www.canadianeconomy.gc.ca/english/economy/index.cfm

Federal Reserve Economic Data (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)

This site is a gateway to FRED^® II (Federal Reserve Economic Data), a database of over 3000 U.S. economic time series. With FRED^® II you can download data in Microsoft Excel and text formats and view charts of data series.

http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/

Monthly Labor Review Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm

Statistical Abstract of the United States (U.S. Census Bureau)

http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-us.html

Statistical Agencies (International)

Directory of links to over 170 national statistical agencies. Maintained by the U.S. Census Bureau.

http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html

Statistical Resources on the Web (University of Michigan Document Center)

Provides links to sources of statistics by categories such as Agriculture, Business and Industry, Cost of Living, Demographics, Economics, Finance and Currency and many others. Some of the resources are available only to local users.

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html

STAT-USA provides a portal to important economic, business, and international trade information produced by the U.S. Government. It consists of two major collections:

State of the Nation offers data about the domestic economy, covering general economic indicators, housing and construction, employment, manufacturing and industry, monetary statistics, and economic policy. A backfile of archived documents includes material back to early 2002;
GLOBUS (Global Business Opportunities) and NTDB (National Trade Data Bank) offer international trade information, including daily trade leads from the Trade Opportunities Program (TOPS) and the Department of Agriculture; daily procurement activity from the Defense Logistics Agency, the United Nations, and the Commerce Business Daily leads; access to Country Commercial Guides, Market Research reports, Best Market reports and other programs; and an International Trade Library featuring a comprehensive collection of over 40,000 documents related to international trade. All are full text searchable, as well as key word searchable by country or product.

STAT-USA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economics and Statistics Administration.

Survey of Current Business and Other BEA Publications (Bureau of Economic Analysis)

Here you'll find the full text of the Survey of Current Business, an archive of past issues, and other publications from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/pubs.htm

World Economic Outlook (International Monetary Fund)

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/1999/01/index.htm

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U.S. Government Sources

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System: Current and historical data on interest rates, exchange rates, money stock and debt.; http://www.federalreserve.gov/
Budget of the United States Government: Access to budget documents from 1996 to the present.; http://w3.access.gpo.gov/usbudget/
Economic Report of the President: An annual document known especially for its Appendix B with an extensive series of historical economic data.; http://www.access.gpo.gov/eop/index.html
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis: http://www.bea.doc.gov/
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Locate data on the Consumer Price Index, Producer Price Index, labor productivity and costs, regional reports, current employment, local area unemployment, and much more.; http://stats.bls.gov/
U.S. Census Bureau: This is a major resource for social, demographic, business and economic data, economic indicators.; http://www.census.gov

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Stock and Investment Data

Quotes,etc.

EDGAR Database of Corporate Information (Securities and Exchange Commission): The Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System provides access to required corporate SEC filings. Select Edgar Database to search these filings. Information and other publications of the SEC are also available at this site.; http://www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm
Hoover's IPO Central: General information and links to prospectus filings.; http://www.hoovers.com/global/ipoc/
Securities and Exchange Commission Overview of the Most Common Corporate Filings: Includes a brief description of all of the EDGAR filings.; http://www.sec.gov/info/edgar/forms/edgform.htm
Standard & Poor's Index Services: For a list of the S & P 500 and other information on the S & P Indexes.; http://www.spglobal.com/index.html
Yahoo! Finance: http://finance.yahoo.com/

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Exchanges

NASDAQ/AMEX
: http://www.nasdaq.com/
New York Stock Exchange: http://www.nyse.com
Securities and Exchange Commission: http://www.sec.gov
World Federation of Exchanges: http://www.world-exchanges.org

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Investment Terminology

Investor Words: This is an online glossary of over 5000 definitions pertaining to investments.; http://www.investorwords.com/

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Subject and Resource Guides

Accounting

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants: http://www.aicpa.org/
Chartered Accountants of Canada: http://www.cica.ca/
Financial Accounting Standards Board: http://www.fasb.org/
Institute of Management Accountants: http://www.imanet.org/
Internal Revenue Service: Tax news, forms, regulations - all from the IRS.; http://www.irs.gov
International Accounting Standards Board: http://www.iasb.org.uk/
Rutgers Accounting Web: Hosted by the Rutgers University Accounting Department. Find links to accounting associations, accounting firms, accounting resources.; http://accounting.rutgers.edu/
SmartPros Accounting: A commercial site with plenty of interesting free information and some special links for students.; http://accounting.smartpros.com/

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Business Law

BusinessLaw.org: Legal and regulatory information for America's small businesses, hosted by the U.S. Small Business Administration.; http://www.businesslaw.gov/
FindLaw For Business: Specialized version of the general FindLaw web site emphasizes business law topics. Useful portal to business law resources on the web.; http://biz.findlaw.com/
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: http://www.law.uc.edu/CCL/SOact/toc.html
Securities Act of 1933: http://www.law.uc.edu/CCL/33Act/index.html
Securities Exchange Act of 1934: http://www.law.uc.edu/CCL/34Act/index.html
Supreme Court Antitrust Debates: http://www.ripon.edu/faculty/bowenj/antitrust/INTRO.htm
Uniform Commercial Code: http://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/ucc.table.html
U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division: http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/
U.S. Federal Trade Commission: http://www.ftc.gov/

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Economics

American Economic Association: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AEA/
Economic History Services: http://www.eh.net/
History of Economic Thought: http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/index.htm
International Economics Network: http://www.internationaleconomics.net/
North Hall Library Economics Resources: Site is managed by Larry Schankman at Mansfield University; http://lib.mansfield.edu/econ.html

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Finance

American Finance Association: http://www.afajof.org/
Finance Resources on the Web: Finance links directory maintained by Prof. Ian Giddy, Stern School of Business, New York University.; http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~igiddy/
Jim Garven Weblog (formerly FinWeb): Blog maintained by James R. Garven, Professor of Finance and Insurance at Baylor University, explores the intersection of risk management, insurance, and finance.; http://finance.baylor.edu/weblogs/jimgarven/
OANDA.com, The Currency Site: This site provides an extensive set of currency conversion and foreign exchange information services for travelers, investors and businesses.; http://www.oanda.com/

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Global Business

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean: http://www.eclac.cl/default.asp?idioma=IN
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean: Site maintained by Prof. Campbell R. Harvey, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, explores several topics in risk analysis.; http://www.duke.edu/~charvey/Country_risk/couindex.htm
Export Portal: Site hosted by the U.S. Department of Commerce includes export data for the U.S. and individual states, information on export tariffs and taxes, and related links.; http://www.export.gov/
Federation of International Trade Associations: The Federation of International Trade Associations (FITA) is a membership organization founded to promote international trade. Its site includes a database of over 3,000 web resources related to international trade and other import/export information tools.; http://www.fita.org/
Inter-American Development Bank: Information on projects, reports and statistics from the IADB.; http://www.iadb.org/
International Labour Organization: Documents, programs and statistics from the ILO. Most statistics are found in the ILO Databases link.; http://www.ilo.org/public/
International Monetary Fund: Publications: Selected publications on member countries are available using Adobe Acrobat.; http://www.imf.org/external/pubind.htm
MSU-CIBER's International Business Resources on the WWW: This site, maintained by Michigan State University's Center for International Business Education and Research, includes feature articles as well as links to information by region and country.; http://ciber.bus.msu.edu/busres.htm
Office of NAFTA and Inter-American Affairs (U.S. International Trade Administration): Includes the complete text of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), plus official details regarding its implementation, related Federal Register notices, the text of speeches and reports, statistics, and other information.; http://www.mac.doc.gov/nafta/
TradePort: TradePort is designed to be an easy-to-use tool offering one place to go for comprehensive trade information, trade leads, and company databases. It is an international trade/defense conversion initiative of BAYTRADE, managed by the Bay Area Economic Forum, and LA TRADE, managed by the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce.; http://www.tradeport.org/
U.S. International Trade Commission: Provides access to ITC reports as well as trade statistics.; http://www.usitc.gov/
World Trade Organization: http://www.wto.org/

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Management

Academy of Management Online: http://aom.pace.edu/
American Management Association: http://www.amanet.org/
Human Resource Professional's Gateway to the Internet: http://www.hrprosgateway.com/index2.html
In The Workplace: Information for Human Resources and Industrial Relations: Cornell University site contains position papers, brochures and access to WorkIndex with links to work-related Internet sites. Sponsored by the Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations.; http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/workplace.html
Society for Human Resource Management: http://www.shrm.org/

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Marketing and Professional Sales

Advertising World: Bills itself as the most extensive collection of advertising sites on the web. Maintained by the Department of Advertising at the University of Texas.; http://advertising.utexas.edu/world/
American Marketing Association: http://www.marketingpower.com/
Russ Berrie Institute for Professional Sales: The Russ Berrie Institute for Professional Sales at William Paterson University is dedicated to advancing the field of professional sales by providing high quality educational, consulting, and training opportunities for both students and practicing business people. The Institute is housed within William Paterson University’s Christos M. Cotsakos College of Business.; http://www.wpunj.edu/rbisales/
Sales and Marketing Management: An important publication for executives in the sales and marketing field. Most issues feature coverage of relevant trends, strategies, exclusive research, expert voices, and cutting-edge case studies. The ABI/Inform database includes a complete full-text archive of issues from November 1987 to the present.; http://www.salesandmarketing.com

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Small Businesses

Business.gov: The official business link to the U.S. government; http://www.business.gov/
Edward Lowe Foundation: A guide to information resources for the entrepreneur.; http://edwardlowe.org
Inc. Magazine's Small Business Resources: Information resources for starting and growing small businesses.; http://www.inc.com/home/
Online Small Business Workshop (Canada/British Columbia Business Service Centre): A nice overview of developing a business plan from the Canada/British Columbia Business Services Society.; http://www.smallbusinessbc.ca/index.php
Resources for Entrepreneurship and Small Business: http://www.wpunj.edu/pdf_files/entrepreneurship.pdf
Small Business Administration: The U.S. Small Business Administration, established in 1953, provides financial, technical and management assistance to help Americans start, run, and grow their businesses. This site includes a wide variety of resources for small businesses, including forms, laws and regulations, downloadable business software, and much more.; http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/

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Taxation

CCH Internet Tax Research Network: CCH Tax Research Network offers searchable and browseable full-text access to federal and state tax reporters, explanation and analysis, tax news, and primary source information from sources including the Internal Revenue Code, Federal Tax Regulations, federal tax codes, tax court cases, and IRS Letter Rulings. Available from all campus workstations or via Remote Access.
Internal Revenue Service: Tax news, forms, regulations - all from the IRS.; http://www.irs.gov
New Jersey Division of Taxation: Official site of the New Jersey Division of Taxation provides information about the Division, its programs and services, and forms and publications.; http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation/

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Selected by K. Malanga - Library Liaison to the College of Business
Last Updated: February 12, 2008