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External Environment
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NSU
NSU John Vaughan Library Home Page : http://library.nsuok.edu/index.html
*Note: to search from
your home
computer, you need to have your NSU NT Username and password.
Journal Indexes (search for articles in journals and magazines on your topic)
NSU Databases Arranged By Subject
NSU Databases Arranged by Title
1.) Trends in demography, culture, technology and politics impact the business environment in which business seek to operate.
Within these
database, publications such
as Brandweek,
and Advertising Age are
excellent resources for locating various trends. Be sure to
incorporate
into your search such terms as:
trend* (ie
social trend*)
new development*
prediction*
forecast*
1.) Ebscohost-"Family of databases"
Provides full text for over 1,060 journals covering business, management, economics, finance, banking, accounting, and much more.
B.) Academic Search
Provides full text for nearly 1,560 journals covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education,
and much more.
Provides full text for over 1,880 periodicals covering nearly all subjects including general reference, business, health, and much more.
2.) Proquest (ABI Inform)
Includes selected full text and images of a wide variety of business journals.
3.) Wilson OmniFile
Wilson OmniFile: Full Text Mega Edition is a multi-disciplinary database providing the complete content - indexing, abstracts, and full text - from six of Wilson's full-text databases:
Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text, Wilson Business Full Text
Newspapers (good sources for
current and local events and topics)
Wall
Street Journal -The
Wall Street Journal is one of the leading daily business newspaper
publications available in the United States. Its various sections cover
current business and industry information as well as daily quotes of
stocks, bonds, mutual funds, interset rates, and other financial
instruments.
1.) Newsbank and Ebscohost Newspapers(on the
newspapers page)-includes full text
articles from several national newspapers.
http://library.nsuok.edu/Indexes/index.html#newspapers
2).Yahoo Newspapers by country:
http://dir.yahoo.com/News_and_Media/Newspapers/By_Region/Countries/
North
American Industry Classification (NAIC) http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html
Schedule
B Export Codes: http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/
International
trade codes: http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/index.html#hts
SIC
Classification Codes for products and services: http://www.bizminer.com/SIC-industry-description.asp
1.)
Mergent online
Mergent provides
a fully searchable database of 15,000
Mergent
Online offers access to Wall Street consensus earnings estimates on all
companies in the database followed by at least
Rich textual descriptions offer a
wealth of
detail on items including business description, history, property,
subsidiaries, officers and directors, long-term debt and capital stock.
Financial statements are presented in "as-reported" form and in
native currencies, maintaining the full integrity of this critical
information
2.)
Thomson One Banker Excellent
tool for researching peer
corporations within
predetermined or customizable peer groups.
3.) Valueline
5.) Annual
reports to shareholders are avialable through Mergent online or from
Annualreports.com free online annual reports to shareholders
for most
major
6.) Mission
Statements/ Values Statements, etc. These items are usually found
on the
corporation’s web site. At
other times, these
Items are found in annual reports
to
shareholders or other official documents.
2.) American
Fact Finder : http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en
3.) Statistical Abstract of
the United Sates: http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
The Career Guide provides information for dozens of different kinds of industries—such as educational services, health care, and motor vehicle and parts manufacturing —the Career Guide to Industries tells you about:
For hundreds of different types of jobs—such as teacher, lawyer, and nurse—the Occupational Outlook Handbook tells you:
1.) Economic
Indicators concerning the
a.) Economic Indicators. gov
Economic Indicators.gov is brought to
you by the Economics and
Statistics Administration at the U.S. Department
of Commerce.
It
provides timely access to the daily
releases of key economic indicators from the Bureau of
Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census
Bureau.
b. ) Federal
Reserve Statistics
Beige Book
Commonly
known as the Beige Book,
this report is published eight times per year. Each Federal Reserve
Bank
gathers anecdotal information on current economic conditions in its
District
through reports from Bank and Branch directors and interviews with key
business
contacts, economists, market experts, and other sources. The Beige Book
summarizes this information by District and sector. An overall summary
of the
twelve district reports is prepared by a designated Federal Reserve
Bank on a
rotating basis.
c.) Wachovia
Monthly Economic Forecasts
Wachovia
Economic
Indicator Analysis
d.) Survey of
professional
forecasters The Survey of
Professional Forecasters is the oldest quarterly survey of
macroeconomic
forecasts in the
e.) White House: Economic Statistics
Briefing
Room
f.) Conference Board: Business
Cycle Indicators such as leading indicators for US and several
foreign
countries
a.) World Bank Prospects
for the global economy
Print Resources
Standard
and Poor’s Industry Surveys :
Call
Number: HC106.6 .S74
location:
Reference collection NSU BA Library
Standard
and Poor’s (NetAdvantage) Online version of the Standard and Poors Surveys and Corporate Records
Standard & Poor's
Industry Surveys are the fastest way to
come up to speed on the players and events impacting over fifty (50) of
the
largest North American and global industries. Ideal for management
consultants,
strategic planners, money managers, public and academic librarians,
students,
and business faculty; Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys enable
readers to
think and act like industry insiders.
Each report is authored
by a Standard & Poor's industry
research analyst and includes the following sections: Current
Environment,
Industry Trends, How the Industry Operates, Key Industry Ratios and
Statistics,
How to Analyze a Company, Glossary of Industry Terms, Additional
Industry
Information References and Comparative Company Financial Analysis.
Manufacturing
& Distribution
Almanac of
Business and Industrial Financial Ratios: (Also
know as the “
Annual
Statement Studies/RMA
Call
number: Ref HF
5681 .B2 R58
Location:
Reference collection NSU BA Library
Career
Onestop:
http://www.careerinfonet.org/industry/Ind_State.aspx?id=8&nodeid=10
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