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WEBSITES ARTICLES and NEWS DICTIONARIES and GUIDES
DIRECTORIES COUNTRY INFORMATION INDUSTRY INFORMATION
FINANCIAL, ECONOMIC and TRADE DATA SELECTED SERIALS RELATED LIPPINCOTT RESEARCH GUIDES

For FAQs on INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

WEBSITES

MULTINATIONAL BUSINESS WEBSITES.

TRADE WEBSITES.

ARTICLES & NEWS

ABI/INFORM - PROQUEST. [Articles from more than 4000 worldwide business journals; includes the full-text of many articles.]

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY. [International coverage from more than 900 business journals, newspapers and newsletters in 190 countries.]

BUSINESS MONITOR INTERNATIONAL. [Information on global emerging markets. Covers political risk, finance, macroeconomic performance, outlook and forecast, industry sectors and the business operating environment.]

BUSINESS SOURCE PREMIER (EBSCO). [Comprehensive database of general business and academic journals including Harvard Business Review full-text from 1922-, and The Economist, from 1990. Also includes EIU Country Reports and Profiles and Datamonitor Company Profiles.]

FACTIVA. Full-text international coverage from 9000 business and general publications in 22 languages. Newspapers include the Wall Street Journal (U.S., European and Asian editions.), New York Times, Financial Times, etc.

PAIS INTERNATIONAL. [Abstracts of articles, books, etc.; includes international public policy issues relating to banking, finance and business.]

PROMT. [Covers international business information from nearly 1000 trade and business journals, international newspapers, newsletters, corporate news releases, etc.]

SOURCEOECD. [Full-text publications and statistical information from the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development.]

DICTIONARIES and GUIDES

THE BLACKWELL HANDBOOK OF CROSS-CULTURAL MANAGEMENT.
HD 62.4 B58 2002 (RS)

ECONOMIST GUIDE TO GLOBAL ECONOMIC INDICATORS.
HB 3711 E43 1994 (RD)

SHIM, JAE K. ENCYCLOPEDIC DICTIONARY OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCE AND BANKING.
HG 3880 S55 2001 (RD)

DIRECTORIES

CENTRAL BANK WEBSITES - BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS.
www.bis.org/cbanks.htm

CORPORATE AFFILIATIONS[ International directory of corporate structure, with subsidiary listings.]
Also available as LEXISNEXIS CORPORATE AFFILIATIONS.
HG 4057 A2193 (Latest-RD; Others-PC)

DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN FIRMS OPERATING IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
HG 4538 A1 D5 (Latest-RD; Others-ST)

DIRECTORY OF FOREIGN FIRMS OPERATING IN THE UNITED STATES.
HG 4907 D54 (Latest-RD; Others-ST)

FORBES 2000.
www.forbes.com/lists Click on World's 2000 Largest Companies

FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS/INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (IGOs).
www.library.northwestern.edu/govpub Click on International Information

FORTUNE GLOBAL 500.

HOOVER'S ONLINE [International Company Directory.]
Also available in HOOVER'S HANDBOOK OF WORLD BUSINESS.
HG 4009 H66 (Latest-RD; Others-PC) .

MOODY'S INTERNATIONAL MANUAL
HG 4527 M66 (PC)

ORBIS. [Covers over 10 million companies worldwide.]

WORLD INVESTMENT DIRECTORY. United Nations. 9 vols.
HG 5701 W67 (RS) [Updates Directory of Statistics of International Investment and Production.]
HG 4538 D817 1987 (RS)

COUNTRY INFORMATION

ARABNET.
www.arab.net

ASIA BUSINESSTODAY.
www.asiabusinesstoday.org

BBC NEWS.
news.bbc.co.uk

BISNIS. BUSINESS INFORMATION SERVICE FOR THE NEWLY INDEPENDENT STATES.
www.bisnis.doc.gov

BUSINESS MONITOR INTERNATIONAL. Information on global emerging markets.

BUSINESS SOURCE PREMIER (EBSCO). [Includes EIU Country Reports and Profiles for 65 countries.]

CEEBICNET. CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE BUSINESS INFORMATION CENTER.
www.mac.doc.gov/ceebic

COUNTRY COMMERCIAL GUIDES.
www.export.gov/marketresearch.html

DIRECTORY OF OFFICIAL STATISTICAL AGENCIES. (International Statistical Institute.)
www.cbs.nl/isi/directory.htm

DOING BUSINESS WITH CHINA.
HC 427.95 D65 2003 (RS)

DUN & BRADSTREET'S GUIDE TO DOING BUSINESS AROUND THE WORLD.
HF 1416 M78 2001 (RD)

EIU COUNTRY COMMERCE.
Economist Intelligence Unit. [Investing, licensing and trading. Covers 60 countries.]

INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL AGENCIES. (U.S. Census Bureau.)
www.census.gov/main/

ISI EMERGING MARKETS. [News, financial, economic, company and industry information in English and 15 additional languages from 35 worldwide emerging markets.]

LANIC. LATIN AMERICAN NETWORK INFORMATION CENTER.
www.lanic.utexas.edu

MAC. MARKET ACCESS AND COMPLIANCE. ITA.
www.mac.doc.gov

MBENDI--INFORMATION FOR AFRICA.
www.mbendi.co.za/

* POCKET WORLD IN FIGURES. The Economist.
HA 155 P635 (RD)

THE HANDBOOK OF COUNTRY RISK.
HD 61 R545 (Latest-RD; Others-RS)

UNSTATS. [Time series statistical information for countries.]

WORLD FACTBOOK CIA.
www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
(Also print:) G 122 U56a (Latest-RS; Others-ST)

INDUSTRY INFORMATION

See Lippincott's Industry Studies Research Guide for key resources for industry overviews and market research.

FINANCIAL, ECONOMIC and TRADE DATA

BANKSCOPE. [Directory and financial reporting service on 11,000 world banks; includes ratings from Moody's, S&P and Fitch.]

BLOOMBERG. [Recent and historical financial data and news on companies, stocks, bonds, indices etc.] (ON)

DATASTREAM. [Comprehensive international economic and financial time series data.] (ON)

EMERGING STOCK MARKETS FACTBOOK.
HG 5993 E447 (Latest-RD; Others-PC)

FACTIVA. [Companies/Markets section includes detailed information on 23,000 publicly quoted companies in 72 countries.]

FOREIGN TRADE STATISTICS. U.S. Census Bureau.
www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www

GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE. [World Bank--World debt tables.]
HG 4517 I594 (Latest-RD; Others-RS)

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS.

INTERNATIONAL TRADE STATISTICS. World Trade Organization.
HF 1721 W676 (RS; Also Web:) www.wto.org
Click on Resources-> Statistics

ISI EMERGING MARKETS.

LEXISNEXIS ACADEMIC UNIVERSE. [Company financial information--international company reports, includes data from many international sources.]

SDC PLATINUM. [Securities Data Company's extensive global mergers and acquisition and other financial databases.] (ON)

STAT-USA / INTERNET. National Trade Databank. U.S. Department of Commerce. [Contains numerous files of trade-related information.]

THOMSON RESEARCH. Page images of U.S. and international company annual reports and other financial filings.

UNIDO INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS. [Time series country data arranged by 3- and 4-digit-level ISIC code.] (CD)

WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS. [World Bank statistical survey of world development.]
(CD; Also in print: HC 59.15 W656 (Latest-RD; Others-ST))

WORLD TRADE ATLAS. [Export/import data for U.S.] (CD)

WORLDSCOPE. [Financial information on the world's leading companies.] (CD)

ZEPHYR. [M&A activity, IPOs, joint ventures and private equity deals with links to detailed financial company information.]

SELECTED SERIALS

ANNUAL REPORT ON EXCHANGE ARRANGEMENTS AND EXCHANGE RESTRICTIONS. IMF.
K 4440 A13 I57 (Latest-RD; Others-ST)

DIRECTION OF TRADE STATISTICS YEARBOOK. IMF.
HF 91 D574 - (Latest-RS; Others-ST)

EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

Annual Report.
Transition Report. Information on developments in Eastern and Central Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States.

INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MARKETS. IMF.
HG 3891 I563 (Latest-RS; Others-ST; Some data on the Web:) www.imf.org/external/pubind.html

INTERNATIONAL DIRECT INVESTMENT STATISTICS YEARBOOK. OECD.
HG 5430.5 A2 I584 (Latest-RS; Others-ST; Also online in:) SOURCEOECD.

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS YEARBOOK. IMF.
HG 3881 I626a (Latest -RS; Others-ST)

INTERNATIONAL TRADE STATISTICS YEARBOOK. UN. HF 91 U473 (Latest 10 years-RS; Others-ST)

INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK OF INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS. UNIDO. HC 10 I673 (RS)

MEASURING GLOBALISATION; THE ROLE OF MULTINATIONALS IN OECD ECONOMIES. OECD.
HF 1371 M437 (RS; Also online in:) SOURCEOECD.

PRICES AND EARNINGS AROUND THE GLOBE.
HD 6977 P753 (Latest-RD; Others-RS; 2000 ed. on the Web:) www.ubs.com Click on Search (at top), type: an international comparison

TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT REPORT. UNCTAD.
HF 1410 T722 (Latest-RS; Others-ST; Also Web:) www.unctad.org/en/pub/

UNCTAD HANDBOOK OF STATISTICS.
HF 91 U422 (RS; Also Web:) www.unctad.org/
Scroll down; in right column click on UNCTAD Handbook

WORLD BANK ATLAS.
G 1046 G1 I5 (Latest-RD; Others-ST)

WORLD COMPETITIVENESS YEARBOOK/IMD.
HF 1414 W672 (Latest-RD; Others-RS; Some data on the Web:) www.imd.ch/wcy

WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT. World Bank.
HC 59.7 W659 (Latest-RD; Others-ST; Also Web:) www.worldbank.org/wdr

WORLD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK. IMF.
HC 59 W65 (Latest-RS; Others-ST; Also Web:) www.imf.org/external/pubind.html

WORLD EMPLOYMENT REPORT. International Labour Organisation.
HD 5701 W57 (Latest-RS; Others-ST)

WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT. UNCTAD.
HG 4538 W67 (Latest-RS; Others-ST; Also Web:) www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=1485&lang=1
Covers the latest trends in foreign direct investment around the world and analyses in depth one selected topic related to foreign direct investment and development.

WORLD TRADE ANNUAL. UN.
HF 53 W6 (Latest 5 yrs.-RS; Others-ST)

WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION. ANNUAL REPORT.
HF 1721 W675 (Latest-RS; Others-ST; Also Web:) www.wto.org
Click on The WTO-> Annual Reports

WORLDWIDE TOTAL RENUMERATION. Towers Perrin.
www.towers.com
Click on More Publications-> 2001-2002 Worldwide Total Renumeration

YEARBOOK OF LABOUR STATISTICS. ILO.
HD 4826 I63 (Latest-RS; Others-ST; Selected tables on the Web:) http://laborsta.ilo.org

Note: See also LIPPINCOTT'S INTERNATIONAL STATISTICS RESEARCH GUIDE.

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