International Business/Marketing Resources
Prepared for Van Wood's International Marketing Students
by Dan Ream, VCU Libraries
Last Updated September, 2009

The address of this  web page is
http://www.people.vcu.edu/~dream/vanwood.htm



VCU Libraries Databases

VCU Library Catalog
(use quotes " for phrase searching" and * for truncation)

(Use   in each database below to find full-text of articles not
directly provided in these databases)

Business Source Complete  (VCU eID required if off-campus)
(replaced Business & Company Resource Center on July 1, 2008)

ABI-Inform(VCU eID required if off-campus)

Dow Jones Factiva  (VCU eID required if off-campus)

Lexis-Nexis(VCU eID required if off-campus)

(all these databases (above) use the * symbol for truncation,
except Lexis-Nexis, which uses ! instead)

VCU Libraries Marketing Resource Guide
http://www.library.vcu.edu/guides/marketing.html

Ask a Librarian (e-mail, phone, directions)
http://www.library.vcu.edu/askalib/


Worldwide Resources

Google News  (use capitalized OR for "or", "-" for "not", and no truncation)
http://www.google.com/support/news/bin/answer.py?answer=40237&topic=8851&hl=en

Business Planet (works better with the IE browser)
http://rru.worldbank.org/businessplanet/

Export.gov
http://www.export.gov
    See especially their Market Research Library
   http://www.buyusainfo.net/adsearch.cfm?search_type=int&loadnav=no
   Free registration required to see market research reports
   http://www.export.gov/about/register.asp

Virginia International Trade (VEDP)
http://www.exportvirginia.org/

Globalvirginia.com
http://www.globalvirginia.com
   Websites for Exporters
   http://www.globalvirginia.com/exporters.html

Interactive Tariff and Trade Dataweb
http://dataweb.usitc.gov/

Nationmaster
http://www.nationmaster.com/

Global Edge Resources
http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/ibrd.asp
    Global Edge : Africa
    http://globaledge.msu.edu/countryInsights/region.asp?regionID=5
    Global Edge: Chile
    http://globaledge.msu.edu/countryInsights/country.asp?countryID=111&regionID=4

National Statistics Agencies
http://www.dfat.gov.au/publications/stat_links.html#national

Really Useful Links for International Trade
http://www.fita.org/webindex/index.html

Office of Trade & Economic Analysis
http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/

KnowThis...Marketing Virtual Library
http://www.knowthis.com/

FTD - MAIN Foreign Trade Statistics page
http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/

HIEROS GAMOS - Business and Legal Guides
http://www.hg.org/1table.html

SICE - Foreign Trade Information System
http://www.sice.oas.org/

WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources
http://www.etown.edu/vl/index.html

Marketresearch.com  (free searching, but fees charged for reports)
http://www.marketresearch.com/

Survey Sampling International (SSI)
http://www.surveysampling.com/

Foreign Labor Statistics Home Page
http://www.bls.gov/fls/

Trade Stats Express
http://tse.export.gov/

The Economist: Country Briefings  (some information free, some fee-based)
http://www.economist.com/countries/

International Trade Data System Industry Profiles
http://www.itds.treas.gov/commodityprof.html

Trade Development Home Page
http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/td_home/tdhome.html#top

The CIA World Factbook
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Newslink (international news directory)
http://newslink.org/

Energy Information Administration: Country Analyses
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/contents.html

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Country Reports
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/scr1_sp.cfm?s_year=2002&e_year=2002&brtype=default

Library of Congress Portals to the World
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html


Regional Resources

Africa South of the Sahara
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/
    Topics
     http://library.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/guide2.html
    African News Resources
   http://library.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/news.html
   African Economy and Business
   http://library.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/biz.html

Regional News Sources: Africa
http://globaledge.msu.edu/resourceDesk/regionalNews.asp#Regional

AsiaSource: Home Page - A Resource of the Asia Society
http://www.asiasource.org/

China Business Vista
http://www.chinavista.com/business/home.html

CaribSeek: The Premier Caribbean Search Engine!
http://www.caribseek.com/

LANIC- the Latin American Network Information Center
http://lanic.utexas.edu/

Google News: Chile
http://news.google.com/news?ned=es_cl

American FactFinder
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html



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Compiled By Dan Ream
Last Updated September, 2009