MNGT 375: International Business Research Demo Shana Gass, MLS Reference Librarian, Cook Library September 2006
Types of Information Industry & Competitors/Market Demographics Politics Culture Economics Business Climate Trade
Sources I’ll Demonstrate Europa World News NTDB & Globus Factiva Business Source Complete LexisNexis Academic Statistical sources
Cook Library Subject Gateway for Management: Note: “Quick Search” for Articles searches only in general -- not business – databases. You’ll need more info for this project!
Get into the Databases from Off-Campus! Click Towson University Log in with 14-digit number from front of TU OneCard + last name
ABI/Inform Note: Cook Library no longer subscribes Consider Business Source Complete as a rough equivalent
Europa World Plus …database of rich country profiles
Countries & Their Cultures... Background info from an authoritative database
NTDB/GLOBUS …database includes Country Commercial Guides, Market Research… Only available on-campus
Factiva …powerful database for international news
Business Source Complete …database featuring articles + country, company, and industry profiles!
Identifying Companies by Country/Industry Principal International Businesses (D&B) REF HF54.U5 P74 LexisNexis Academic library database > Business > Dossier Create a Company List Search by geography/industry code or description Kompass web site
Statistics Consumer International Reserves HC79.C6 C636 Market Share Reporter Reserves HF5410.M35 International Trade Administration, U.S. Dept. of Commerce: GlobalEDGE Int’l Business Resource Desk: OFFSTATS:
Keeping Up with Your Country BBC News Blogrunner.com > All Topics > Countries & TerritoriesBlogrunner.com Google News Alert > search for your topic > create alert (bottom of page)Google News
More Info For details on these & more sources, see: MNGT > Top International Business Sources BUSX > Big 4 Business Article databases, APA Citation Guide ECON > Keeping Up with Your Country Using News Feeds, Gadgets, & Alerts
Questions? Shana Gass Reference Librarian for Management Cook Library, Towson University / Thanks and good luck!