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Core Databases and Indexes

Info	Title		# Users	Access Restrictions
	Business Source Complete (EBSCOhost) company info, country profiles, industry info, news, swot analyses			On & Off Campus
	LexisNexis Academic (LexisNexis) accounting, company info, industry info, news			On & Off Campus
	Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage Not all features are accessible using Mozilla Firefox. Please use Internet Explorer instead.			On & Off Campus

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Related Databases and Indexes

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Title	# Users	Access Restrictions
American FactFinder (Census) demographics		Unrestricted
BNA Employment Guide		On & Off Campus
BNA Tax and Accounting Center Library		On & Off Campus
Checkpoint - Tax and Accounting (Thomson Reuters)	35	On & Off Campus
Checkpoint - Tax and Accounting (Thomson Reuters) Tax Section Only! one time User Registration required	160	Special
COMPUSTAT (North America) (Standard & Poor's Research Insight) company financials		Special
CRSP U.S. Stock Database company financials		Special
EconLit (EBSCOhost) economics	4	On & Off Campus
Fuente Academica (EBSCOhost) spanish language articles		On & Off Campus
Human Resources Abstracts (REF HC110.P6 P68) human resources, organizations		Print Index
Joint Bank-Fund Library Network (World Bank) finance, banking		Unrestricted
KLD STATS corporate responsibility ratings, data		Special
LearningExpress Library one-time User Registration required		On & Off Campus
PRIMO		Special
Regional Business News (EBSCOhost) news		On & Off Campus
USPTO Web Patent Databases patents		Unrestricted
USPTO Web Trademark Search trademarks		Unrestricted

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Reference Books

The following are selected resources in business. For more books on this topic, please use the Library Catalog.

To find books in other libraries, try using WorldCat, a collective catalog for thousands of libraries in the United States, Canada, and around the world. This catalog should not be used as a substitute for this library's catalog, but as another avenue of searching for books.

Business Source Complete: Books
700+ books are included in Academic Search Complete. You can search by subject and limit to books or you can browse the book titles by clicking on Books/Monographs on the right hand column.

Dictionary of Accounting (Oxford Reference Online)
Substantially updated and expanded, the new edition of this dictionary provides straightforward definitions of the latest financial jargon along with comprehensive coverage of financial accounting, financial reporting, management accounting, direct and indirect taxation, corporate finance, and auditing. Coverage is international, and includes worked examples of difficult concepts and feature entries on key topics.

Dictionary of Business and Management (Oxford Reference Online)
This dictionary is a wide-ranging and informative guide to all areas of business, covering business strategy, marketing, taxation, accounting, operations management, investment, banking and international finance. The new, fourth edition has been updated to include terms relating to human resources and management. New entries include management concepts (e.g. competence, knowledge management), named theories (Tannenbaum and Schmidt, Blake and Mouton), and new terms from current affairs (Private finance initiative, private-public partnership) and Internet business (bricks-and-clicks, viral marketing). In addition, coverage of social psychology has been expanded (incorporating, for example, group task theory and role theory).

Dictionary of Economics (Oxford Reference Online)
A Dictionary of Economics provides clear, jargon-free definitions for thousands of economic terms, including up-to-date entries on topics such as e-commerce and the Euro. The dictionary covers all aspects of economic theory, from microeconomics to public finance and international trade with definitions of mathematical and statistical terms widely used in economics, as well as words from related areas such as business and finance.

Dictionary of Finance and Banking (Oxford Reference Online)
This dictionary is a perfect source of reference for all those with an interest in finance, providing a companion volume to A Dictionary of Business and A Dictionary of Accounting. It contains entries on every aspect of the financial world: insurance, stocks and shares, commodities, takeovers and mergers, international trade, and government finance. Fully revised for its third edition, the dictionary has expanded its international coverage and reflects new developments in areas such as building societies, the European monetary union, and stock exchange practices. Personal finance matters are also covered in depth, including investments, pensions, and taxation.

Dictionary of Human Resource Management (Oxford Reference Online)
This dictionary is an authoritative source of precise and easy to understand definitions of words, terms, and phrases that are encountered in the fields of human resource management, personnel, and industrial relations. The latest management buzzwords are covered, along with key theoretical concepts from academics and consultants, technical terms used by practising HR managers, and major policies, practices, institutions, and legal terms.

Encyclopedia of Small Business (Thompson Gale)
Designed to provide entrepreneurs with how-to information that they can apply to their own business. Contains 600 detailed articles and overviews of all the key information needs of small business owners, including financing, financial planning, business plan creation, market analysis, sales strategy, tax planning, and human resource issues.

Handbook of International Financial Terms (Oxford Reference Online)
This handbook is the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference book on the world of finance. Here you can find out the meanings of what can seem a bewildering array of financial terms, such as a Circus, a Firewall, an Amazon Bond, a Clean Float, a Cocktail Swap, a Butterfly, a Streaker, a Straddle, and a Strangle. There are numerous examples to show how particular calculations and instruments are used; details are also given of acronyms, currencies, and major markets.

Web Sites

Business Guide (Rutgers): A research guide to many areas of business including: accounting, banks and financial services, company research, industry research, market research, personal finance, and small business and entrepreneurship. The site includes descriptions of all web sites, databases and books selected for the guide. Many of the books listed on the Rutgers site are available here at ISU. Please check our library catalog.

Chamber of Commerce.com: Use this directory to find the official Web sites of Chambers of Commerce for cities across the United States.

EDGAR: This site is a searchable database of SEC filings as far back as 1994. For Canadian Securities Administration filings, visit SEDAR.

NAICS--North American Industry Classification System: This Web site can be used to find the NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) number of hundreds of different types of businesses.

Standard Industry Classification (SIC) System Search: Use this Web site to find, via a keyword search, the Standard Industry classification number for hundreds of different industry groups.

ThomasNet: This searchable Web site can be used to locate suppliers, products, services and companies in the United States and Canada. This site is also known as the Thomas Register.

U.S. Government Documents Ready Reference: Business, Economics and Labor (Columbia): Columbia University Libraries has created an extensive set of web pages indexing Government information. This page includes links to items such as the FedBizOpps, American Housing Survey, Occupational Outlook, and the Treasury Bulletin.

Librarians

Bibliographer & Reference Librarian for Business	Reference Librarians for Business
Sandra Shropshire Dean/University Librarian (208) 282-2671 shrosand@isu.edu	Jenny Lynne Semenza Associate University Librarian for Public Services/Building Manager (208) 282-2581 semejenn@isu.edu	Phil Homan Instruction Librarian (208) 282-3047 homaphil@isu.edu

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