The address of this web
page is
http://www.people.vcu.edu/~dream/vanwood.htm
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. All of these databases below use
the * symbol for truncation.
Dow Jones
Factiva
Comprehensive, full text up-to-the-minute news and business source
from
Dow Jones and Reuters. More than 28,000 sources from more than
200 countries
in 23 languages, including more than 600 continuously updated
newswires.
And, more than 2,300 sources are available on or before the date of
publication.
Same-day and archival coverage of The Wall Street Journal,
The New York Times,
Washington Post, The Globe and Mail, the Times, the Guardian, Les Echos,
South China
Morning Post, The Australian, Sydney Morning Herald, Straits Times,
Yomiuri Shimbun,
The Irish Times and local newspapers from every corner of the globe.
Plus radio and TV
transcripts from BBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CNN, NPR, ABC (Australia),
CTV,
Deutsche Welle and more.
Business
Source Complete
Bibliographic and full text content from scholarly business journals
and other sources
including peer-reviewed business publications. Indexing and abstracts
for the most
important scholarly business journals back as far as 1886.
ABI-Inform
Abstracts and many full-text articles on business, finance, management
topics from
business periodicals. Three parts: Global; Dateline; and Trade &
Industry.
Includes Wall Street Journal.
Passport
GMID (Global Market Information Database)
(NEW in March, 2011)
This database contain international marketing data and research.
Start your search with a product or a country
IBISWorld
Reports for 723 U.S. industries categorized by NAICS. Includes market
size, competitors,
forecasting, business valuations, benchmarking. Includes business environment
and global
industry reports.
Mintel
Global Navigator
Market size, market share, and forecast data for thousands of consumer
goods
categories worldwide.
Mergent
Online
Detailed business and financial information on US and international
public companies.
Provides 15 years historic data and financial ratios. Create reports;
customize analysis.
Look for the Reports tab for industry reports.
Plunket's
Industry Almanacs
( these are not online, but are print resources
at Cabell Library-
the link leads to list of available titles in this series)
VCU
Libraries Marketing Resource Guide
http://guides.library.vcu.edu/marketing
VCU
Libraries Company Research Guide
http://guides.library.vcu.edu/company
(both of the excellent guides
above include contact info for
VCU Libraries Business Research
specialist Bettina Peacemaker )
Ask a
Librarian (e-mail, phone, directions)
http://www.library.vcu.edu/askalib/
Request
a Consultation Appointment
https://www.library.vcu.edu/phpapps/forms/consult
The Citation
Machine
http://citationmachine.net/
Worldwide Resources
(All resources below are
on the open Internet and do not require a VCU eID to login)
Google
News (use capitalized OR for "or", "-" for "not", and no truncation)
http://news.google.com/
Google's
70 regional editions worldwide
Google
News- New Zealand
Country
Risk Ratings
http://www.coface.com/CofacePortal/COM_en_EN/pages/home/risks_home/country_risks
Coface is a large and impressive
firm publishing analysis and financial ratings of companies and countries.
While some of its services are
fee-based, a good deal is, surprisingly, free including this country rating
service.
You can enter a country, choose
to view either a business climate or overall country credit rating, and
create
a custom comparison chart.
(One impressive
chart of the entire world can be viewed here at http://tinyurl.com/2abjmsd).
There is also information on
whether the rating trend is in a positive or negative direction, recent
news, and additional
detailed data on doing business
in regions around the world. Consider this site if you are researching
or considering
doing business in any region
of the world and need to find out its overall receptiveness to business.
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/eg_main_016804.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 New Zealand
http://globaledge.msu.edu/countries/new-zealand/
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.trade.gov/mas/ian/
FTD
- MAIN Foreign Trade Statistics page
http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/index.html
HIEROS
GAMOS - Business and Legal Guides
http://www.hg.org/1table.html
An
Introduction to New Zealand Law & Sources of Legal Information
http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/New_Zealand.htm
Ease
of Doing Business in New Zealand
http://www.doingbusiness.org/data/exploreeconomies/new-zealand
SICE
- Foreign Trade Information System
http://www.sice.oas.org/
WWW
Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources
http://www2.etown.edu/vl/index.html
Marketresearch.com
(free searching, but fees charged for reports)
http://www.marketresearch.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
International
Trade Administration
http://www.trade.gov/index.asp
The
CIA World Factbook
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Newslink
(international news directory)
http://newslink.org/
Oceana
Newspapers
http://newslink.org/nonuso.html
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=2010&e_year=2010&brtype=default
Library
of Congress Centers for International Research
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/int-gateway.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
Asia
Society: Business & Economics
http://asiasociety.org/business-economics
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/
American
FactFinder
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html
Compiled By Dan Ream
dream@vcu.edu
Last Updated February, 2012