LIS 430 Business Information

The Glossary

URLs/Bookmarks (this is a pretty messy list right now - I will organize/annotate more in the next few weeks):

Business Dictionaries:

Company Directories

Company Details: SEC Filings, Annual Reports, Financials

Analyst Reports

WebCasts

News

Academic Scholarly Articles

NonProfits:

International

IPO Central  (via Hoovers) http://www.ipocentral.com

Mergerstat database - http://www.xls.com/

SIC

Prices's List of Lists http://gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~gprice/listof.htm

Country and International Statistics Information

Exchange Rates: Classic 164 Currency Converter http://www.oanda.com/converter/classic

Statistical Abstract of the United States http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-us.html

Reviews of Business Resources

Dicussion Groups Archives

Knowledge Management

Single Points of Access for Different Kinds of Content

Cheap or Free Sources of Business Information

Industry Information

Statistics, Rankings, Lists

Associations

Lists of publications in a specific industry

Demographics/Market Segments

Market Research

 

Wall Street Journal - http://info.wsj.com/professor/content_tools/videos/wsjread.ram; http://info.wsj.com/professor/content_tools/videos/wsjread2.ram

Wall Street Journal Interactive free trial - http://interactive.wsj.com:80/14_regchoice.html

Major Stock Exchanges/Market Information

Ameritrade - http://www.ameritrade.com

E*trade - http://www.etrade.com

Bonds

Mutual Funds

Investment Advice

Zack’s http://www.zacks.com

Charles Schwab http://www.schwab.com/SchwabNOW/navigation/mainFrameSet/0,4528,895,00.html

Experts

Try WebBrain - http://www.webbrain.com (reference, ask an expert)
Google: http://directory.google.com/Top/Reference/Ask_an_Expert/
Find/SVP – http://www.findsvp.com/About/Services/QCS/qcs.html

Digital Reference - http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/busecon/asklibrarian.html

Collection Development/Acquisitions - Publisher’s Catalogs – Harvard Business School Publishing, Sage, Wiley, Oxford, New Strategist/American Demographics – print and on Web: http://acqweb.library.vanderbilt.edu/acqweb/pubr/bus.html such as http://www.mhhe.com/catalogs/irwin/