Business Pathfinder:

--beginning the research process for business  topics -- not an exhaustive list...
     Cambridge Campus Library of ARCC
     
http://www.anokaramsey.edu/resources/Success/Library/CambridgeLibrary.aspx

Reference Sources at CCLibrary:
-Ref  G122.U56 World Factbook
-Ref  HA17.D45 Demographic Yearbook
-Ref HA202.A36 County & City Data American Factfinder (U.S.Census)>Bus&Gov>Stats>ForeignTrade>State&Fed
-Ref  HA202.S82  Statistical Abstract of U.S
-Ref HB61 .A53  Dict. of Business & Econ
-Ref  HB61.N49 New Palgrave Dict of Economics
-Ref  HC103 .F9 Guide to economic indicator
-Ref HD2709.F6 H67 Hoover's Hdbk of Amer. Bus.
-Ref HD9727.M6M57 MN Manufacturer's Reg
-Ref  HF1001 .K52 Knowledge Exchange Bus Enc
-Ref  HF1041.5.N35 NAICS Desk Reference
-Ref HF5625.G12  GAAP: Interpretation
-HF5681.R25 T68  Alm. Bus & Ind Financ Ratios
-Ref  HF5035 .A49  American Business 
-Ref  HG173.D66 Finance & Invest Handbook
Search MnPALS by title / >>url (halfway down page). Login w/ bc / pw= your last name
-eRef  Blackwell ency. Dict of Accounting 

-eRef  Blackwell ency. Dict.  Finance  

-eRef  Blackwell ency. Dict. Human Resource
-eRef  Blackwell ency. Dict. Management

-eRef  Blackwell ency. Dict. Internat Management
-eRef  Blackwell ency. Dict. Managerial Econ
-eRef  Blackwell ency. Dict. of Marketing 
-eRef  Manager's desk reference
-eRef  Schaum's...guide to business formulas
-- FirstGov Bus Gate >IntrntlTrade>ForeignTrade>Stats
-
Ref  KFM5605.Z9 G84 Guide to Starting a Bus. in MN
-Ref  T324 .R66  NTC's dictionary of trade 
-- Business Plans and Profiles Ind Pittsburgh Carnegie Lib

Periodical Indexes: 
 Business Source Premier  Select>Adv to Search a Subject / or Browse a jrnl ( Enter Jrnl Title>SO PubName>>Search)
/ or
Select Basic to search: Company Profile or Industry
American Demographics (print in Library)
Academy of Management Executive (BSP FT)
Business Ethics Qtrly  (BSP FT)
Business Week (print in lib & BSP FT)
Economist (print in lib & BSP FT)
Entrepreneurship (BSP FT)
Forbes (BSP FT)
Futurist (BSP FT)
Harvard Business Review (BSP FT)
Human Resource Management Jrnl  (BSP FT)
INC. (print in lib & BSP FT)
Industry Week (BSP FT)
Insight on the News  (BSP FT)
Journal of Business Strategy (BSP FT)
Journal of Consumer Marketing (BSP FT)
Journal of Management Information Systems (BSP FT)
Journal of Small Business Management (BSP FT)
Management
  (BSP FT)
Management Accounting (BSP FT)
Management Quarterly (BSP FT)
Management Review (BSP FT)
Management Today  (BSP FT)
Market Asia Pacific> (BSP FT)
Marketing News (BSP FT)
Money (BSP FT)
Nation' s Business (BSP FT)
Sales & Marketing Management (BSP FT)
Upsize MN (print in lib)
Wall St. Jrnal 
print in lib & Proquest News FT
 Regional Bus News>
Investment sources: 
-Annual Reports.com IR Solutions free financial report (commercial)
-Dow Jones Business Directory
-EDGAR SEC Corporate information
-Morningstar Ticker code / quotes /Data Interp / Charts / Valu  ratios
-LYCOS FINANCE
-NASDAQ National Assoc. of Securities 
- Ref HG4513.5 .T53 Ticker Symbol Book
-Path to Investing Security Ind Assoc.
-Thomas Register of American Manufac
-Yahoo Finance Stocks
Search ticker code / Hist / Basic  / Tech Analysis

Employment statistics sources:
-EEOC US Equal Employment Comm.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
-Ref HD4976.M6 T86 2003 MN salary survey
-Ref HF5381 .U62 Occupational Outlook Hdbk
-Ref HA202.S82  Statistical Abst
(Ex: Labor-Earnings/ Labor--Employed civilians)
-Statistical Resources on the Web Univ. of Michigan Library
- Ref AY64.I55
Time Infoplease Almanac  
- RefAY67.N5W7 Wrld Almanac (Ex: Employment/Distrib of Wage--Salary)

 

Other Business Web Sources:
--AccountantsWorld  high quality .com
--Advertising World Univ. of Texas
--AICPA Amer Inst of Certified Public Acctnts
--Bplans.com
--BEOnline LC Bus Ref Service (acctng, bus plans, ecom, demog)
--@Brint  Business, tech & knowledge managemt (commercial site)
--Business.gov  Small Business Administration
--CEOExpress: business portal for executives (commercial)
--MISQ Discovery Managmnt Info Systems Qtrly
--SCORE Service Corps of Retired Exec: small bus
--ThomasNet  Company Profiles, Ind prod & serv
Library of Congress locations for browsing the library shelves:
     H-HC Economics
     HD Industry & labor
       HD30.28-62 Business planning
       HD6000 Women in business
     HE Transportation
     HF 0-1359  Commerce (including global economy)
     HF 5000 Business, careers
     HF 5387 Business ethics
     HF 5415 Marketing, selling
     HF 5800 Advertising
     HG Investing
     HJ  Economics, public
     HM Leadership
     PE 1112 Business English
     PE 1478 Report Writing
Economics websites:
--AmosWEB economics portal
--Country Commercial Guides US Dept of State
--Export.gov Intl Trade Assn & Promotion Coord
--Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Play Interactive Monetary Policy game!
--FedStats.com  Select Agencies: Economic
--FreetheWorld.com Economic Freedom Netwk
--GlobalEDGE Michigan State U CIBER
--Industry Research Desk  (commercial site)
--Internal Revenue Service US Dept of Treasury
--International Trade Web Resources
--International Economics Network

--Liber8 Econ& Banking Info, St. Louis FRB
--Market Research Portal UK
--Resources for Economists American Econ Assn
--VIBES Virtual International Bus & Econ  Sources
LC Search Terms for efficient MnPALS Catalog searching:
Accounting
Advertising
Budget
Business: Communication / :Consultants / :Vocational guidance
Enterprises / Ethics / Etiquette /
Failures / Forecasting / Planning / Presentations
Businesswomen
Career development
Conflict management
Competition
Corporat# (and) Culture
Depreciation
Econom#  / Economic development
Electronic commerce
Employment interviewing
Executives
Entrepreneurship
Financ#  / Financial statements
Fiscal policy
Foreign trade
Franchises
Home-based businesses
International (and) trade
Information technology
Job Hunting / Job Security
Leadership
Management
Marketing 
Monetary Policy
Negotiation
Organizational effectiveness
Professional ethics
Real estate
Small business management
Success in business
Women-owned business
Workplace Diversity 
Citing sources:
 The OWL Online Writing Lab at Purdue Univ  is a quick reminder of standard usage and APA format for giving credit to the sources of the words & ideas you use.  It is also provides Professional, Technical & Job Search writing guides.

Need help?  JUST ASK THE LIBRARIAN!

* Remote (home) access to the DBs requires logging in with your barcode (back side of your Lib/ID card) & your password (your last name).

Small Business Startup Sources
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AllPlaces.US
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City-Data.com  Advameg Inc.  *note disclaimer
--Epodunk.com  *note disclaimer
--Economic Census: every 5 yrs:  2007     2002      1997

--Hometown Locator   *note disclaimer
--IOMA Bus Dir Inst of Mgmt/Admin /small bus
--MN Dept. of Revenue: Taxes

--U.S Small Business Administration

         11-13-09  Bb