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ABI Inform (ProQuest)
  Index to periodicals and news sources covering all aspects of business... [more info]
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Accounting Research Manager (CCH)
Only 2 users at one time - be sure to Logout when you are done!  [tutorial] Provides both full-text accounting standards, and interpretation / guidance [more info]
Internet
ACM Digital Library (ACM)
Abstracts and full text for over 400 ACM journals, transactions, newsletter articles, and conference proceedings. [more info]
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Advertising Redbooks (Lexis Nexis)
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Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios (Prentice-Hall)
Compiled ratios for more than 175 industries. You must know your NAICS code to use this source.   [more info]
Reference Desk
Associations Unlimited (Gale)
Locate professional groups, trade associations, social and cultural organizations, even fan clubs. Before using this resource, be certain of your SIC industry classification code.   [more info]
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BizMiner (Brandow Company)
Provides industry research and data reports on more than 16,000 lines of business... [more info]
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Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management
The Encyclopedia of Management is a great Business resource to fine accounting... [more info]
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BNA Tax Management Portfolios (BNA)
Provides expert analysis, news, reports, and primary sources in tax research... [more info]
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Business Plans Handbook (Gale)
Search the latest volume that contains sample small business plans, including statements of mission, competition, suppliers... [more info]
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Business Source Complete (EBSCO)
  To locate in-depth market and industry information:
  1. Search industry, product or company keywords or NAICS code.
  2. In left column, narrow results to Industry Profiles or Market Research Reports.  
[more info]
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Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities
Use Cabells to search for and select those journals that will most likely publish your manuscript. [more info]
CheckCite
Check your citation style for papers and speeches [more info]
Checkpoint (RIA Group)
Current and archival tax research materials; complete libraries of Federal, State, Local, International tax... [more info]
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Choices 3
Provides data on ownership and use of products together with demographic and economic variables. Including methodology, [more info]
Reference Desk
Computer & Information Systems Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles and conference proceedings worldwide.... [more info]
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Conference Board Research Collection
The Conference Board's Research Collection is a searchable database of full-text research reports on the latest issues in business management and US and global economics.... [more info]
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Corporate Affiliations (Lexis Nexis)
Look up a company. Quickly learn about its connection with parent and subsidiary businesses. Snapshot company profiles include executive rosters, sales and contact information.   [more info]
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Dow Jones Factiva
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eMarketer
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Emerald (MCB University Press)
Index with fulltext of management journals published by Emerald... [more info]
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Encyclopedia of American Industries (Gale)
Detailed, comprehensive information on a wide range of industries in every realm of American business.   [more info]
Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries (Gale)
Information about business segments that are pioneering new technologies, introducing break-through marketing strategies or implementing innovative means of serving new markets.   [more info]
AE5 .G85 Internet
Encyclopedia of Global Industries (Gale)
Detailed explanations of the world's most lucrative and high profile industries.   [more info]
Encyclopedia of Products & Industries: Manufacturing (Gale)
Understand the relationships between products and their industries. Explore various aspects of a product, including manufacturers, suppliers, and affected industries and markets.   [more info]
Europa World Yearbook (Taylor and Francis)
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Gale Directory Library
Search through current and backfile editions of directories... [more info]
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Gartner
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Google Scholar
Search the Internet for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research... [more info]
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Hospitality & Tourism Complete (EBSCO)
Indexes and abstracts journals covering scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism ... [more info]
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IBISWorld
In-depth market research reports for more than 700 industries.   [more info]
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LexisNexis Academic
This resource's interface will be updated in late December. To view the changes, please click here. Contains several full-text databases: current news, laws and legislation, business and company information and more... [more info]
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LexisNexis Company Dossier
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LexisNexis Legal Research
Full text of U.S. Federal and state cases (including Supreme Court cases), federal and state codes and regulations, legal news, law reviews, Shephard's Citations, and international legal information... [more info]
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Manufacturing & Distribution USA (Gale)
Statistics on more than 500 manufacturing, wholesaling and retail industry sectors. Includes projections, maps and graphics.   [more info]
MarketResearch.com Academic
Expert analysis and research on industries, market trends, new products, buyer behavior and market share.  [more info]
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Mergent Horizon (Mergent)
Financial analysis on companies, industry sectors and portfolios. Build custom reports on competing companies, M&A activity, risk and product development.   [more info]
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Mergent Online (Mergent)
Use Mergent for historical company financial data or to find company financial data to download to spreadsheets for further study.   [more info]
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Mintel Global Market Navigator
Mintel Global Market Navigator is a comprehensive database designed to provide instant access to critical market data for... [more info]
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Mintel Oxygen
Mintel Oxygen is a comprehensive resource full of reports on current issues in a wide array of domestic and international markets... [more info]
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North American Industry Classification System (U.S. Census Bureau)
 Locate NAICS codes through keyword search. Browse the NAICS classification structure. [more info]
Occupational Outlook Handbook (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Descriptions of occupations, educational requirements and hiring outlooks.   [more info]
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OECD iLibrary (OECD)
SourceOECD is now OECD iLibrary. To access the old interface, please click here. SourceOECD (Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development) provides up-to-date information on what's going on around the world... [more info]
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PAIS International (CSA)
Indexes publications on all subjects that relate to contemporary public issues... [more info]
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PsycINFO (EBSCO)
An index with abstracts to journal articles, book chapters, books and dissertations in psychology and related disciplines (sociology, linguistics, anthropology, education, medicine, law, physiology, business, psychiatry, nursing, pharmacology). [more info]
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Reference USA
Search for companies by name, geographic location, industry classification and revenue levels.  [more info]
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RefWorks
RefWorks is a Web-based bibliography and database manager that allows you to create your own personal database of bibliographic... [more info]
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Regional Business News (EBSCO)
Regional Business News provides full text for more than 50 regional business journals... [more info]
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Safari Business Library (ProQuest)
 New Interface 10.19.2009.  The new interface relies heavily on Flash, so if there are problems, the first possible solution is to make sure you have the latest version of Flash installed: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/155/tn_15507.html   [more info]
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Safari Tech Books Online (ProQuest)
 New Interface 10.19.2009.  The new interface relies heavily on Flash, so if there are problems,
the first possible solution is to make sure you have the latest version of Flash installed: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/155/tn_15507.html Safari Tech Books Online is a fully-searchable e-reference library that houses a vast collection of technical books from industry-leading publishers....
[more info]
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SBRnet
Sports Business Research Network focuses on the sporting goods and sports marketing industry... [more info]
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ScienceDirect (Elsevier)
Indexes and abstracts with some full text journals from the publisher Elsevier... [more info]
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Scopus (Elsevier)
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SourceOECD (OECD)
SourceOECD is now called OECD iLibrary. To use the new interface, please click here.   [more info]
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SPORTDiscus (EBSCO)
Now contains full text 9/14/09. Includes information on sports, sports business and recreation news and trends. [more info]
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Standard Industrial Classification (U.S. Dept. of Labor)
 Locate SIC codes through keyword search. Browse the SIC classification structure. [more info]
STAT-USA (U.S. Dept. of Commerce)
An online service of recent international trade information... [more info]
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Ulrichsweb.com (Bowker)
A directory of currently published periodicals (magazines, journals, newsletters, etc) ... [more info]
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Uniworld Online
Directory containing information on American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries and Foreign Firms Operating in the United States... [more info]
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ValueLine
Financial analysis on some 1,700 companies in nearly 100 industry sectors. Includes performance data and growth projections on stocks, mutual funds, options and other securities.    [more info]
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WDI Online (World Bank)

The WDI provides a comprehensive overview of development drawing on data from the World Bank and more than 30 partners.

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Web of Science (ISI)
This resource will cease as of 1/1/2010. Please begin using other resources, such as Scopus. Citation index for science and social sciences... [more info]
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WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services)
The WRDS interface is being updated 12/15/09. To begin using it, please click here. You will be prompted for your JMU email address. Financial datasets from COMPUSTAT North America (public companies), CRSP (security prices) and CUSIP Master File (financial instruments issuers).   [more info]
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