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Accounting - Advertising - Agricultural Economics - Analyst Reports - Annual Reports - Associations - Auditing

Accounting

RIA Checkpoint
Access to a variety of tax information, including complete tax law, analysis, journals, news, cases, and rulings. Covers all aspects of tax law. Coverage varies, but most is from 1990 to the present.
Nexis Uni
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) provides fulltext to news, business and legal information. Newspapers date back to the 1970's. Please Note: The Washington Post is no longer included in Nexis Uni.The National Newspapers Core database includes the Washington Post.

AuditAnalytics
Contains primary data for "tracking and analysis of public Company disclosures related to the audit, compliance, governance, corporate actions and federal litigation." Audit and Compliance datasets cover all SEC registrants.
[Note: Access via WRDS. WRDS access is available by account only — request account at https://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu.]:
S&P Capital IQ's Compustat North America
Contains U.S. and Canadian fundamental and market information on active and inactive publicly held companies. It provides more than 300 annual and 100 quarterly Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flows, and supplemental data items. Find profiles of public and private firms worldwide including financials, officers and directors, ownership, advisory relationships, transactions, securities, key developments, estimates, key documents, credit ratings and research, filings, news and more. Generate comparable analysis and market analysis using Capital IQ's analytical and screening tools.
[Note: Access via WRDS. WRDS access is available by account only - request account at wrds.wharton.upenn.edu]

Encyclopedia of Business and Finance by Thomson Gale
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2006-09-01
Designed for the non-specialist, this is a complete reference covering finance and banking, accounting, marketing, management, and information systems. Contributors include academics and business scholars from leading business programs. The new completely revised second edition includes 320 signed essays.

Bloomberg: Contains news, current and historical financial data and analysis for individual companies, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, economics, and derivatives for both international and domestic markets.
[Note: Access available in Van Munching Hall Financial Markets and Computing Lab/Labs (1572 and 3505 Van Munching Hall), and Smith School DC, Baltimore, and Shady Grove campuses.]
Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) Datastream: Contains historical financial data on individual companies, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, economics, and derivatives for both international and domestic markets.
[Note: Access only via Refinitiv Eikon.]
Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) Datastream for Office (DFO)
[Note: Datastream Excel Add-in. Excel access available in Van Munching Hall Financial Markets and Computing Lab/Labs (VMH 3505), and Smith School DC, Baltimore, and Shady Grove campuses. Users must also be logged into Eikon using specific Eikon user IDs and passwords.]

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Advertising

Business Source Complete
Business Source Complete contains articles from thousands of newspapers, trade publications, such as the Harvard Business Review and other major key business magazines in all disciplines of business, including economics. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.
Mintel Consumer Intelligence Reports
To download reports, authorized users are required to create a personal account. Mintel provides full-text reports on a wide range of market research studies, analyzing market sizes and trends, market segmentation, consumer attitudes and purchasing habits, opportunities, weaknesses and the future of the market. The reports cover the United States and feature such industries as: food service, food, drink, pursuits/hobbies, travel, clothing/fashion, health/medical, beauty/personal, household, services, publishing, automotive, and e-commerce. 1994-present.
SRDS
SRDS online locate ad rates and circulation for magazines, newspapers, TV and radio, and find demographic profiles of DMAs. Also includes audience analytics for websites that sell ads and the local Market Audience Analyst, containing demographic and life style information on consumers by geographic regions; this data comes from Experian Simons and Nielsen Claritas PRIZM

Ad Council
Includes public service campaigns. Click on PSA Central to screen for type of media ads of interest.
Ad*Access
From Duke University, 7000 digitized ads published between 1911 and 1965.
Ad View
From Duke University, digital collection of old TV ads, 1950s to 1980s.
Emergence of Advertising in America, 1850-1920
From Duke University, over 3300 ads "illustrating the rise of consumer culture and the birth of the advertising industry in the US."

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Agricultural Economics

AgEcon Search
This free archive of full text articles in agricultural and applied economics includes archived copies of many important journals in the field (often with archival, not current, coverage). Most of these journals are indexed in Econlit.

Annual Review of Resource Economics
The Annual Review of Resource Economics provides authoritative critical reviews evaluating the most significant research developments in resource economics, focusing on agricultural economics, environmental economics, renewable resources, and exhaustible resources.

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Analyst Reports

ValueLine.Com
Provides investment research on stocks, mutual funds, options and convertibles, and offers a family of no-load mutual funds.
Morningstar Investing Center
Find a stock or fund to meet your needs, research current or prospective holdings or see how your investments work together. Morningstar's data reports cover more than 20,000 securities. Licensing restrictions apply. Subscription databases have licensing restrictions on the number of simultaneous users. This database has 4 users. If you are unable to access this database, please try again. Historical data back to 1996.

Morningstar Direct: "Global investment analysis uniting all of Morningstar's data and institutional research"; software allows for the creation of customized reports and presentations. Morningstar Direct provides complete coverage of Morningstar's global investment database and analytics, including worldwide investment data and global market indexes. It has hundreds of financial variables including portfolio and ownership data for thousands of worldwide hedge-funds, open and closed-end funds, exchange traded funds, insurance/life products, U.S. variable annuities and life policies, and 529 plans. In addition, it includes details on 28,000 publicly traded stocks.
[Note: Access available in Van Munching Hall Financial Markets and Computing Lab/Labs (1572 and 3505 Van Munching Hall), and via vSmith. If not affiliated with or taking courses at the Smith School, e-mail a request for access to vSmith to rhsmith-helpme@umd.edu ]

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Annual Reports

Nexis Uni
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) provides fulltext to news, business and legal information. Newspapers date back to the 1970's. Please Note: The Washington Post is no longer included in Nexis Uni.The National Newspapers Core database includes the Washington Post.

EDGAR
From the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Contains all of the filings required of public companies by the SEC.

Mergent Archives
Provides access to historical corporate and industry reports for US as well as for companies in more than 100 countries. Historical annual reports collection goes back to 1925.

Bloomberg: Contains news, current and historical financial data and analysis for individual companies, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, economics, and derivatives for both international and domestic markets.
[Note: Access available in Van Munching Hall Financial Markets and Computing Lab/Labs (1572 and 3505 Van Munching Hall), and Smith School DC, Baltimore, and Shady Grove campuses.]
Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) Datastream: Contains historical financial data on individual companies, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, economics, and derivatives for both international and domestic markets.
[Note: Access only via Refinitiv Eikon.]

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Associations

Internet Public Library Associations on the Net
Contains over 2000 Internet sites including a wide variety of professional and trade associations, cultural and art organizations, political parties and advocacy groups, labor unions, academic societies, and research institutions.
[Note: The Regents of the University of Michigan]
Gateway to Associations- American Society of Association Executives (ASAE)
Directory of more than 10,000 organizations - search by association name or keyword.
Idealist
Links to nonprofit, volunteering, Career, and funding resources, includes job and internship opportunities.
Directory of Associations
Lists over 35,000 associations worldwide

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Auditing

RIA Checkpoint
Access to a variety of tax information, including complete tax law, analysis, journals, news, cases, and rulings. Covers all aspects of tax law. Coverage varies, but most is from 1990 to the present.
Factiva
WARNING: Data mining and excessive downloading are prohibited and such activities cause the suspension of this service. NOTE: Use of Factiva requires login with University ID and is restricted to only current UMCP staff and students. Factiva recommends using Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher. Full-text access to over 8,000 business sources including the Wall
Street Journal and many other national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, websites, and industry (trade) sources. Covers business news articles in a wide range of topic areas: companies, industries, markets, products, brands, and general financial articles.
Business Source Complete
Business Source Complete contains articles from thousands of newspapers, trade publications, such as the Harvard Business Review and other major key business magazines in all disciplines of business, including economics. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.

AuditAnalytics
Contains primary data for "tracking and analysis of public Company disclosures related to the audit, compliance, governance, corporate actions and federal litigation." Audit and Compliance datasets cover all SEC registrants.
[Note: Access via WRDS. WRDS access is available by account only — request account at https://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu.]:

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B

Bank Loans - Biography - Bonds - Brands - Business Financing - Business Opportunities (Government) - Business Planning - Business Plans

Bank Loans

Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) LPC DealScan: "Provides extensive information on the global syndicated bank loan market. These transactions finance M&A activity, working capital needs and other corporate purposes for loan participants world-wide". Sources include regulatory filings, bank submissions and journalist contributions.
[Note: Access via WRDS. WRDS access is available by account only - request account at https://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu.]

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Biography

Business Source Complete
Business Source Complete contains articles from thousands of newspapers, trade publications, such as the Harvard Business Review and other major key business magazines in all disciplines of business, including economics. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.
Nexis Uni
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) provides fulltext to news, business and legal information. Newspapers date back to the 1970's. Please Note: The Washington Post is no longer included in Nexis Uni.The National Newspapers Core database includes the Washington Post.
Academic Search Ultimate
Multi-disciplinary database providing information for nearly every area of academic study. Includes an enormous collection of the most valuable peer-reviewed full text journals, as well as additional journals, magazines, newspapers and books. Multidisciplinary subjects including: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language & linguistics, arts & literature, medicine, ethnic studies. 1965- present.

Great American Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century
From the Harvard Business School, this resource is "an effort to identify and chronicle the lives of 20th century men and women whose business leadership shaped the ways that people live, work, and interact". Data is available in Excel format by request.

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Bonds

Business Source Complete
Business Source Complete contains articles from thousands of newspapers, trade publications, such as the Harvard Business Review and other major key business magazines in all disciplines of business, including economics. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.
Factiva
WARNING: Data mining and excessive downloading are prohibited and such activities cause the suspension of this service. NOTE: Use of Factiva requires login with University ID and is restricted to only current UMCP staff and students. Factiva recommends using Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher. Full-text access to over 8,000 business sources including the Wall
Street Journal and many other national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, websites, and industry (trade) sources. Covers business news articles in a wide range of topic areas: companies, industries, markets, products, brands, and general financial articles.

Standard & Poor's
Official Company website — provides some investment data including bond ratings.
NOTE: Must register to use. Free subscription.
For bond ratings, after registration, click on United States, under Task Selector, select 'Find a rating'. Follow directions to get available S&P ratings.

Bloomberg: Contains news, current and historical financial data and analysis for individual companies, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, economics, and derivatives for both international and domestic markets.
[Note: Access available in Van Munching Hall Financial Markets and Computing Lab/Labs (1572 and 3505 Van Munching Hall), and Smith School DC, Baltimore, and Shady Grove campuses.]
Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) Datastream: Contains historical financial data on individual companies, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, economics, and derivatives for both international and domestic markets.
[Note: Access only via Refinitiv Eikon.]
Refinitiv Datastream for Office (DFO)
[Note: Datastream Excel Add-in. Excel access available in Van Munching Hall Financial Markets and Computing Lab/Labs (VMH 3505), and Smith School DC, Baltimore, and Shady Grove campuses. Users must also be logged into Eikon using specific Eikon user IDs and passwords.]

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Brands

Business Source Complete
Business Source Complete contains articles from thousands of newspapers, trade publications, such as the Harvard Business Review and other major key business magazines in all disciplines of business, including economics. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.
Factiva
WARNING: Data mining and excessive downloading are prohibited and such activities cause the suspension of this service. NOTE: Use of Factiva requires login with University ID and is restricted to only current UMCP staff and students. Factiva recommends using Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher. Full-text access to over 8,000 business sources including the Wall
Street Journal and many other national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, websites, and industry (trade) sources. Covers business news articles in a wide range of topic areas: companies, industries, markets, products, brands, and general financial articles.
PsycINFO
PsycINFO is the most comprehensive index in psychology and related fields, with more than 1.7 million citations and abstracts of journal articles, book chapters and books, technical reports, and dissertations. Its holdings include material from 1,700 periodicals in over 30 languages. Covering the entire range of psychology disciplines, PsycINFO also includes information about the psychological aspects of related fields such as psychiatry, neuroscience, medicine, sociology, education, linguistics, anthropology, business and law. PsycINFO spans 1887 to the present. PsycINFO has links to the full-text articles in PsycARTICLES and the Psychology and in the Behavioral Sciences Collection (thus the user does not have to search each of these databases separately).

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Business Financing

NSF Grants for Small Businesses
Grants are available for startups and small businesses through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.
DARPA Small Business Support Programs
Through Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR).
PricewaterhouseCoopers: MoneyTree Report
The MoneyTree Report is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States providing information on emerging companies that receive financing and the venture capital firms that provide it.
Small Business Administration
Small Business Administration information about how to start, finance, and manage small businesses.

An Overview of Financing Options: This section will help entrepreneurs to explore different financing options. It lists descriptions of some of the major sources of financing options and when to use them.
Pratt's Guide to Venture Capital Sources: [Wellesley Hills, Mass. : Venture Economics, Inc., c1984- . Annual.]
"Directory of over 800 American and Canadian venture capital companies", Mck Reference HG65.P73
[Note: Print only.]

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Business Opportunities (Government)

Contract Opportunities
Provides contract opportunities from federal contracting offices - replaces FedBizOpps.

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Business Planning

Data.Census.gov
Population, Housing, Economic, and Geographic data from the Census Bureau. Also includes maps, statistics, fact sheets and other publications. Covering data 2010 - Present.

American Community Survey
From the U.S. Census Bureau, Provides detailed population and housing information on the U.S. population.
County Business Patterns (CBP)
From the U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns (CBP) is an annual series providing subnational economic data by industry.
Economic Census
From the U.S. Census Bureau, Provides a detailed portrait of the United States economy once every five years from the national to the local level covers most of the U.S. economy in its basic collection of establishment statistics such as sales receipts revenue annual payroll number of employees. Related programs include statistics on minority and women owned businesses. Site contains data on most recent economic census, held in 2007.
Economy at a Glance
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics, this site provides data on unemployment rates, average hourly earnings,the consumer price index and producer price index. Historical data is available from 1999 to the present. Data is available by state or at the national level.
Porter's Five Forces: Assessing the Balance in a Business Situation
Explanation of Michael Porter's Five Forces.
Small Business Administration
Small Business Administration information about how to start, finance, and manage small businesses.

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Business Plans

Gale Business Plans Handbooks
A collection of actual business plans compiled by entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses.
BPlans.com
Free site from Palo Alto Software, Inc. Use this web site to locate sample business plans or marketing plans for specific business sectors.
Small Business Administration
Small Business Administration information about how to start, finance, and manage small businesses.

Business Source Complete
Business Source Complete contains articles from thousands of newspapers, trade publications, such as the Harvard Business Review and other major key business magazines in all disciplines of business, including economics. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.

Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)
Retired professionals who are available to advise.
FindLaw Small Business Center
Contains an extensive offering of featured articles about how to start up a small business including legal issues, business plans and funding.

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C

Career - Case Studies - Citation Database - Citations - Company Profiles and Research - Compensation - Competitors - Consumer Analysis - Consumer Price Index - Controversial Issues - Copyright - Corporate Culture - Country Background - Country Data - Country Research - Culture

Career

Occupational Outlook Handbook
The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. Revised every two years, the Handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations.
Business Source Complete
Business Source Complete contains articles from thousands of newspapers, trade publications, such as the Harvard Business Review and other major key business magazines in all disciplines of business, including economics. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.
Factiva
WARNING: Data mining and excessive downloading are prohibited and such activities cause the suspension of this service. NOTE: Use of Factiva requires login with University ID and is restricted to only current UMCP staff and students. Factiva recommends using Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher. Full-text access to over 8,000 business sources including the Wall
Street Journal and many other national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, websites, and industry (trade) sources. Covers business news articles in a wide range of topic areas: companies, industries, markets, products, brands, and general financial articles.
IBIS World
Provides Industry market research reports on U.S. industries, US Specialized Industries, China Industries, Global Industries, U.S. Risk Ratings, and U.S. Business Environment Profiles, also available through vSmith.
Academic Search Ultimate
Multi-disciplinary database providing information for nearly every area of academic study. Includes an enormous collection of the most valuable peer-reviewed full text journals, as well as additional journals, magazines, newspapers and books. Multidisciplinary subjects including: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language & linguistics, arts & literature, medicine, ethnic studies. 1965- present.

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Case Studies

Business Source Complete
Business Source Complete contains articles from thousands of newspapers, trade publications, such as the Harvard Business Review and other major key business magazines in all disciplines of business, including economics. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.

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Citation Database

Web of Science Core Collection
The Web of Science Core Collection provides comprehensive coverage of the sciences, social sciences, and arts, and humanities across journals, books and conference proceedings. It indexes more than 5,700 major journals across 164 scientific disciplines. The best database for finding what papers have cited other papers. Cited references can be traced forward in time. Web of Science Training Materials available here: http://wokinfo.com/training_support/training/web-of-science

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Citations

RefWorks
Online bibliographic management program allows users to create a personal database of references and generate bibliographies in a variety of formats.
NOTE: Users must sign up for an individual account.
For information on how to use and log into RefWorks use - RefWorks: Online Tool for Managing Citations

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Company Profiles and Research

Business Source Complete
Business Source Complete contains articles from thousands of newspapers, trade publications, such as the Harvard Business Review and other major key business magazines in all disciplines of business, including economics. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.
Morningstar Investing Center
Find a stock or fund to meet your needs, research current or prospective holdings or see how your investments work together. Morningstar's data reports cover more than 20,000 securities. Licensing restrictions apply. Subscription databases have licensing restrictions on the number of simultaneous users. This database has 4 users. If you are unable to access this database, please try again. Historical data back to 1996.

Morningstar Direct
"Global investment analysis uniting all of Morningstar's data and institutional research"; software allows for the creation of customized reports and presentations. Morningstar Direct provides complete coverage of Morningstar's global investment database and analytics, including worldwide investment data and global market indexes. It has hundreds of financial variables including portfolio and ownership data for thousands of worldwide hedge-funds, open and closed-end funds, exchange traded funds, insurance/life products, U.S. variable annuities and life policies, and 529 plans. In addition, it includes details on 28,000 publicly traded stocks.
[Note: Access available in Van Munching Hall Financial Markets and Computing Lab/Labs (1572 and 3505 Van Munching Hall), and via vSmith. If not affiliated with or taking courses at the Smith School, e-mail a request for access to vSmith to helpme@rhsmith.umd.edu.]

ValueLine.Com
Provides investment research on stocks, mutual funds, options and convertibles, and offers a family of no-load mutual funds.
Factiva
WARNING: Data mining and excessive downloading are prohibited and such activities cause the suspension of this service. NOTE: Use of Factiva requires login with University ID and is restricted to only current UMCP staff and students. Factiva recommends using Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher. Full-text access to over 8,000 business sources including the Wall
Street Journal and many other national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, websites, and industry (trade) sources. Covers business news articles in a wide range of topic areas: companies, industries, markets, products, brands, and general financial articles.

Wall Street Journal (Factiva)
Factiva provides access to over 8,000 business sources, including national and international newspapers, magazines, newswire services, web sites and Industry (trade) sources, click on News Pages (top of screen) to get access to major business newspapers. Licensing restrictions apply.
NOTE: Access limited to 12 simultaneous users. If you are unable to access, please try again.

Nexis Uni
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) provides fulltext to news, business and legal information. Newspapers date back to the 1970's. Please Note: The Washington Post is no longer included in Nexis Uni.The National Newspapers Core database includes the Washington Post.
Mergent Online
Provides current and historical financial information on publicly traded US and international companies. The company information includes: analyst reports, annual stock price ranges, bond ratings history, news, mergers & acquisitions, stock splits, income statements, balance sheets, information on subsidiaries, officers and directors, etc.Includes INVESTEXT
Mergent Archives
Provides access to historical corporate and industry reports for US as well as for companies in more than 100 countries. Historical annual reports collection goes back to 1925.

S&P Capital IQ [Note: Access available only in Van Munching Hall Financial Markets and Computing Lab. 1572]. Find profiles of public and private firms worldwide including financials, officers and directors, ownership, advisory relationships, transactions, securities, key developments, estimates, key documents, credit ratings and research, filings, news and more. Generate comparables analysis and market analysis using Capital IQ's analytical and screening tools. Access to both "real-time and historical information on companies, markets, transactions and people worldwide"

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Compensation

CQ Researcher
Full-text database that provides comprehensive analysis of each topic, including history and background information, relevant pro & con arguments, current status, bibliographies, contact information, and outlooks on upcoming "hot topics" in current events. Covers news topics in a wide range of subject fields, from social issues to the environment, health, education, politics, and science and technology. Online access to issues dating back to 1923

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Competitors

Factiva
WARNING: Data mining and excessive downloading are prohibited and such activities cause the suspension of this service. NOTE: Use of Factiva requires login with University ID and is restricted to only current UMCP staff and students. Factiva recommends using Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher. Full-text access to over 8,000 business sources including the Wall
Street Journal and many other national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, websites, and industry (trade) sources. Covers business news articles in a wide range of topic areas: companies, industries, markets, products, brands, and general financial articles.
IBIS World
Provides Industry market research reports on U.S. industries, US Specialized Industries, China Industries, Global Industries, U.S. Risk Ratings, and U.S. Business Environment Profiles, also available through vSmith.
Mergent Online
Provides current and historical financial information on publicly traded US and international companies. The company information includes: analyst reports, annual stock price ranges, bond ratings history, news, mergers & acquisitions, stock splits, income statements, balance sheets, information on subsidiaries, officers and directors, etc.Includes INVESTEXT
Mergent Archives
Provides access to historical corporate and industry reports for US as well as for companies in more than 100 countries. Historical annual reports collection goes back to 1925.
Mintel Consumer Intelligence Reports
To download reports, authorized users are required to create a personal account. Mintel provides full-text reports on a wide range of market research studies, analyzing market sizes and trends, market segmentation, consumer attitudes and purchasing habits, opportunities, weaknesses and the future of the market. The reports cover the United States and feature such industries as: food service, food, drink, pursuits/hobbies, travel, clothing/fashion, health/medical, beauty/personal, household, services, publishing, automotive, and e-commerce. 1994-present.
Business Source Complete
Business Source Complete contains articles from thousands of newspapers, trade publications, such as the Harvard Business Review and other major key business magazines in all disciplines of business, including economics. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.

Porter's Five Forces: Assessing the Balance in a Business Situation
Explanation of Michael Porter's Five Forces.

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Consumer Analysis

Mintel Consumer Intelligence Reports
To download reports, authorized users are required to create a personal account. Mintel provides full-text reports on a wide range of market research studies, analyzing market sizes and trends, market segmentation, consumer attitudes and purchasing habits, opportunities, weaknesses and the future of the market. The reports cover the United States and feature such industries as: food service, food, drink, pursuits/hobbies, travel, clothing/fashion, health/medical, beauty/personal, household, services, publishing, automotive, and e-commerce. 1994-present.

American Community Survey
From the U.S. Census Bureau, Provides detailed population and housing information on the U.S. population.

Data.Census.gov
Population, Housing, Economic, and Geographic data from the Census Bureau. Also includes maps, statistics, fact sheets and other publications. Covering data 2010 - Present.
SimplyAnalytics
SimplyAnalytics contains extensive data including demographic, historic census, business, health, real estate, housing, employment, consumer spending, and marketing (over 70,000 variables total). Users can create customized maps and reports; data is down to the census tract level. Click on "Sign in as a guest" to use database. data is available at the State, County, City, ZIP Code, Census Tract and Block Group level as well as custom trade area and the entire United States. Access limited to 5 concurrent users.
IBIS World
Provides Industry market research reports on U.S. industries, US Specialized Industries, China Industries, Global Industries, U.S. Risk Ratings, and U.S. Business Environment Profiles, also available through vSmith.
Passport
This resource requires a campus login for access. Provides comparable statistics for 205 countries on economic indicators, health, foreign trade, environment, lifestyle, industrial and agriculture output, communications and more. Also includes market size data for over 300 consumer products and services. It covers demographic trends, economic indicators, finance, foreign trade, health, labor force, industrial and agricultural production, environmental data, consumer expenditure patterns, retail sales, advertising and media patterns, consumer prices, household patterns, literacy rates, telecommunications, automotive and transport figures, travel and tourism, income and earnings potential. It also includes market size data for over 300 consumer products and services.
Business Source Complete
Business Source Complete contains articles from thousands of newspapers, trade publications, such as the Harvard Business Review and other major key business magazines in all disciplines of business, including economics. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.
Factiva
WARNING: Data mining and excessive downloading are prohibited and such activities cause the suspension of this service. NOTE: Use of Factiva requires login with University ID and is restricted to only current UMCP staff and students. Factiva recommends using Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher. Full-text access to over 8,000 business sources including the Wall
Street Journal and many other national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, websites, and industry (trade) sources. Covers business news articles in a wide range of topic areas: companies, industries, markets, products, brands, and general financial articles.
PsycINFO
PsycINFO is the most comprehensive index in psychology and related fields, with more than 1.7 million citations and abstracts of journal articles, book chapters and books, technical reports, and dissertations. Its holdings include material from 1,700 periodicals in over 30 languages. Covering the entire range of psychology disciplines, PsycINFO also includes information about the psychological aspects of related fields such as psychiatry, neuroscience, medicine, sociology, education, linguistics, anthropology, business and law. PsycINFO spans 1887 to the present. PsycINFO has links to the full-text articles in PsycARTICLES and the Psychology and in the Behavioral Sciences Collection (thus the user does not have to search each of these databases separately).

Mediamark See: MRI/Simmons Insights Platform

University Internet Reporter See: MRI/Simmons Insights Platform

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Consumer Price Index

Bureau of Labor Statistics
From the U.S. Department of Labor, provides economic indicators, labor statistics, and other measures of economic and social performance.
Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)
From the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, FRED is a database of over 45,000 U.S. economic time series in such areas as money, banking, finance, population, employment, labor markets, business activity, national debt, and prices. Data are also available via an Excel download add-in.

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Controversial Issues

Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Fulltext database covering social issues with topic overviews and pro/con viewpoints. Sources include news journal articles magazines media maps websites and statistics.

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Copyright

U.S. Copyright Office
The source for information on copyright related issues

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Corporate Culture

Business Source Complete
Business Source Complete contains articles from thousands of newspapers, trade publications, such as the Harvard Business Review and other major key business magazines in all disciplines of business, including economics. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.
CQ Researcher
Full-text database that provides comprehensive analysis of each topic, including history and background information, relevant pro & con arguments, current status, bibliographies, contact information, and outlooks on upcoming "hot topics" in current events. Covers news topics in a wide range of subject fields, from social issues to the environment, health, education, politics, and science and technology. Online access to issues dating back to 1923
Factiva
WARNING: Data mining and excessive downloading are prohibited and such activities cause the suspension of this service. NOTE: Use of Factiva requires login with University ID and is restricted to only current UMCP staff and students. Factiva recommends using Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher. Full-text access to over 8,000 business sources including the Wall
Street Journal and many other national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, websites, and industry (trade) sources. Covers business news articles in a wide range of topic areas: companies, industries, markets, products, brands, and general financial articles.
PsycINFO
PsycINFO is the most comprehensive index in psychology and related fields, with more than 1.7 million citations and abstracts of journal articles, book chapters and books, technical reports, and dissertations. Its holdings include material from 1,700 periodicals in over 30 languages. Covering the entire range of psychology disciplines, PsycINFO also includes information about the psychological aspects of related fields such as psychiatry, neuroscience, medicine, sociology, education, linguistics, anthropology, business and law. PsycINFO spans 1887 to the present. PsycINFO has links to the full-text articles in PsycARTICLES and the Psychology and in the Behavioral Sciences Collection (thus the user does not have to search each of these databases separately).

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Country Background

Background Notes
From the U.S. Department of State facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, etc.
Coface: Country Risk and Economic Research
Presents country risk findings in three main sections: Country Risks, Sectors (contain ratings of industries), and Business Climate.

EIU ViewPoint
EIU ViewPoint (formerly: EIU ViewsWire) is the world's most comprehensive source of global forecasts, market trends, data and analysis, in over 200 countries. The service is relied upon by analysts and strategists across business, government, finance and academia to provide unrivaled insight into how the world's political, economic and policy landscape is changing. Covers different disciplines: Economics, Business, Political Science and Law.

Country Studies
From the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress, covers 102 countries and regions. Country Profiles are also available. Information is not updated on a regular basis.
Country Commercial Guides
From the United States Commercial Service - U.S. Department of Commerce, comprehensive look at a country's commercial environments, using economic, political and market analysis. Select "Country Commercial Guides" in the "Report Type" field.

Enterprise Surveys
Provides the world's most comprehensive firm-level data in emerging markets and developing economies for over 120,000 countries and expanding. Data are used to create indicators that benchmark the quality of the business and investment climate across countries. 2002- present.

One World- Nations Online
A portal to the countries of the world - each country listed contains a country profile with facts and figures, geography, flag, statistics, maps, images, plus links to sources that provide more information such as: official government web sites, newspapers, tourism, travel advice, etc.
CIA World Factbook
From the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA, provides overviews on most countries of the world.
Everything International
Provides links to a wide variety of international business, education, and research web sites.

Global Development Finance
World Bank database provides direct access to more than 200 debt and financial flows indicators for the 129 countries that report public and publicly-guaranteed debt to the World Bank Debtor Reporting System. These data begin in 1970.

Human Development Report
From the United Nations an annual "In depth analysis and policy recommendations on a specific and important aspect of international development", includes statistical factsheets on many of the world's countries.

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Country Data

Global Development Finance
World Bank database provides direct access to more than 200 debt and financial flows indicators for the 129 countries that report public and publicly-guaranteed debt to the World Bank Debtor Reporting System. These data begin in 1970.

GlobalEdge
From Michigan State University's Broad College of Business. Contains a wealth of information on all countries, in-depth analysis of selected industries, teaching resources, etc.
NOTE: Free access, but registration will provide additional information.
Human Development Report
From the United Nations an annual "In depth analysis and policy recommendations on a specific and important aspect of international development", includes statistical factsheets on many of the world's countries.

International Comparison Program
Provides a collection of comparative price data and detailed expenditure values of countries' gross domestic products (GDP), and purchasing power parities (PPPs) estimates of the world's economies.
International Financial Statistics
From the International Monetary Fund, includes full-text statistical data from 1996-present on exchange rates, international liquidity, international interest rates, prices, national accounts, and international transactions (including balance of payments and international investment positions. To download data, authorized users are required to create a free personal account
Joint External Debt Hub (JEDH)
Provides external debt data and selected foreign assets from international creditor/market and national debtor sources.

LANIC
Maintained by the University of Texas at Austin, Latin American Network Information Center provides access to country information for Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean.
NationMaster
National statistics for just about any country in the world, presented in over 20 categories and 10 regions, including Asia and South East Asia.
One World- Nations Online
A portal to the countries of the world - each country listed contains a country profile with facts and figures, geography, flag, statistics, maps, images, plus links to sources that provide more information such as: official government web sites, newspapers, tourism, travel advice, etc.
Quarterly External Debt Statistics (QEDS/SDDS/GDDS)
Provides detailed external debt data that are published individually by countries that subscribe to the IMF's Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) as well as GDDS participating countries that are in a position to produce the external debt data prescribed by the SDDS.

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Country Research

Doing Business Legacy
NOTE: Doing Business was discontinued by the World Bank in 2020. Historical reports are available from 2004-2020.
Provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 183 economies and selected cities at the subnational and regional level.
Everything International
Provides links to a wide variety of international business, education, and research web sites.
Human Development Report
From the United Nations an annual "In depth analysis and policy recommendations on a specific and important aspect of international development", includes statistical factsheets on many of the world's countries.
LANIC
Maintained by the University of Texas at Austin, Latin American Network Information Center provides access to country information for Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean.
International Trade Admission Research Center
Site to learn about potential markets by country, industry or region.
Media Freedom- Freedom House - Nations in Transit - Country Reports
Comprehensive, comparative, and multidimensional study of reform in the former Communist states of Europe and Eurasia - tracking the reform record.
[Note: Formerly called Freedom of the Press.]
NationMaster
National statistics for just about any country in the world, presented in over 20 categories and 10 regions, including Asia and South East Asia.
One World- Nations Online
A portal to the countries of the world - each country listed contains a country profile with facts and figures, geography, flag, statistics, maps, images, plus links to sources that provide more information such as: official government web sites, newspapers, tourism, travel advice, etc.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
Over 900 articles from leading scholars with extensive bibliographies. Covers all time periods of human history and includes strong coverage of individual countries, regions, industries and economic concepts.

Passport
This resource requires a campus login for access. Provides comparable statistics for 205 countries on economic indicators, health, foreign trade, environment, lifestyle, industrial and agriculture output, communications and more. Also includes market size data for over 300 consumer products and services. It covers demographic trends, economic indicators, finance, foreign trade, health, labor force, industrial and agricultural production, environmental data, consumer expenditure patterns, retail sales, advertising and media patterns, consumer prices, household patterns, literacy rates, telecommunications, automotive and transport figures, travel and tourism, income and earnings potential. It also includes market size data for over 300 consumer products and services.

World Business Culture
Contains country profile information on a range of topics of immediate commercial relevance to anybody working in a global organization, or studying international trade. The information has been compiled by some of the world's leading experts on global business culture.
World Development Indicators
From World Bank Group provides direct access to more than 550 development indicators, with time series for 200 countries and 18 country groups from 1960, where data are available. Time covered from 1960 - present in a wide range of areas, including social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators. Data export options in Excel or ASCII.
World Economic Outlook
From International Monetary Fund (IMF), time covered from 1993 to present. Coverage similar to World Development Indicators data, but more limited in scope and history, includes commodity price data and regional data that's not easily available in World Development Indicators.
World Investment Report
From United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Investment Report focuses every year on the latest trends in foreign direct investment (FDI) around the world, at the regional and country levels and emerging measures to improve its contribution to development.

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Culture

GlobalEdge
From Michigan State University's Broad College of Business. Contains a wealth of information on all countries, in-depth analysis of selected industries, teaching resources, etc.
NOTE: Free access, but registration will provide additional information.
Passport to Trade
A guide to business culture from Salford Business School in the United Kingdom. The site contains free content links to countries in Northern Europe, Southern Europe, Eastern Europe, Western Europe and India. Read the About section to learn about the research methodology used to put this guide together.
World Business Culture
Contains country profile information on a range of topics of immediate commercial relevance to anybody working in a global organization, or studying international trade. The information has been compiled by some of the world's leading experts on global business culture.
Culture Crossing
A community-built guide to cross-cultural etiquette and understanding.
LANIC
Maintained by the University of Texas at Austin, Latin American Network Information Center provides access to country information for Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean.

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D

Debt - Demographics - Dictionaries - Direct Investment - Dissertations - Distributors - Doing Business In - DOW Jones Industrial Average

Debt

Joint External Debt Hub (JEDH)
From the World Bank. Provides external debt data and selected foreign assets from international creditor/market and national debtor sources.
Quarterly External Debt Statistics (QEDS/SDDS/GDDS)
Provides detailed external debt data that are published individually by countries that subscribe to the IMF's Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) as well as GDDS participating countries that are in a position to produce the external debt data prescribed by the SDDS.
Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)
From the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, FRED is a database of over 45,000 U.S. economic time series in such areas as money, banking, finance, population, employment, labor markets, business activity, national debt, and prices. Data are also available via an Excel download add-in.
Global Development Finance
From the World Bank provides direct access to more than 200 debt and financial flows indicators for the 129 countries that report public and publicly-guaranteed debt to the World Bank Debtor Reporting System. These data begin in 1970.

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Demographics

American Community Survey
From the U.S. Census Bureau, Provides detailed population and housing information on the U.S. population.
Data.Census.gov
From the U.S. Census Bureau. Provides U.S. population, housing, economic, and geographic data.
Policy Map
Provides access to over 15,000 indicators related to demographics, housing, health, crime, education, jobs from more than 150 authoritative public and proprietary sources.
U.S. Data & Statistics: USAGov
Data and statistics listed by topic from U.S government agencies.
EIU Viewpoint
(formerly: EIU ViewsWire) is the world's most comprehensive source of global forecasts, market trends, data and analysis, in over 200 countries. The service is relied upon by analysts and strategists across business, government, finance and academia to provide unrivaled insight into how the world's political, economic and policy landscape is changing. Covers different disciplines: Economics, Business, Political Science and Law.
Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)
From the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, FRED is a database of over 45,000 U.S. economic time series in such areas as money, banking, finance, population, employment, labor markets, business activity, national debt, and prices. Data are also available via an Excel download add-in.
RFE: Resources for Economists on the Internet
Organized links to valuable online resources in Economics from the American Economic Association, including data resources, professional contacts for students and scholars, reference and teaching resources.
State Data Centers
Provides access to U.S. Census Bureau data and information through a wide network of agencies in each state.
Statistical Abstract of the United States (Census Bureau)
The authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
Statistical Abstract of the United States (ProQuest)
Data from 1790 to the present. Covers social and economic conditions in the United States, comprised of data from the Census Bureau, other Federal agencies, and private organizations. Coverage: Subject areas include population, vital statistics, health, education, law, geography, government, labor, agriculture, and business/trade/finance. Time Span: Annual statistics from 1995 through 2002.
Statistical Sites of the World Wide Web
Bureau of Labor Statistics, US and other country statistical web sites.
U.S. Census Bureau
Leading source of data about the nation's people and economy. It provides social, demographic, housing and economic statistics mainly for the U.S.
Click on headings top of screen to find data sources of interest.

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Dictionaries

New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
Considered one of the most extensive and authoritative Economics reference resources available. It contains over 1,850 articles by more than 1,500 of the world's leading economists.

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Direct Investment

World Investment Report
From United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Investment Report focuses every year on the latest trends in foreign direct investment (FDI) around the world, at the regional and country levels and emerging measures to improve its contribution to development.

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Dissertations

Dissertations & Theses: Full Text
An authoritative source about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Full text from 1997 to the present.

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Distributors

Wholesale Distributors Net
Directory provides links to domestic and international wholesale distributors and manufacturers direct.
ThomasNet
A directory of manufacturers, distributors, and suppliers.

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Doing Business In

Country Commercial Guides
From the United States Commercial Service - U.S. Department of Commerce, comprehensive look at a country's commercial environments, using economic, political and market analysis. Select "Country Commercial Guides" in the "Report Type" field.
Passport
Provides comparative statistics for 205 countries on economic indicators, health, foreign trade, environment, lifestyle, industrial and agricultural output, communications, and more. Also includes market size data for over 300 consumer products and services.
Note: This resource requires a campus login for access.
Doing Business Legacy
NOTE: Doing Business was discontinued by the World Bank in 2020. Historical reports are available from 2004-2020.
Provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 183 economies and selected cities at the subnational and regional level.
GlobalEdge
From Michigan State University's Broad College of Business. Contains a wealth of information on all countries, in-depth analysis of selected industries, teaching resources, etc.
NOTE: Free access, but registration will provide additional information.
Background Notes
From the U.S. Department of State facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, etc.
Balance of Payments Statistics - IMF eLibrary - Data
From the International Monetary Fund, includes full-text statistical data from 1996 to present on total goods, services, factor income, and current transfers an economy receives from or provides to the rest of the world.
[Note: To download data, authorized users are required to create a free personal account.]
BaselineScenario.com
Authoritative news blog "dedicated to explaining some of the key issues in the global economy..."
CIA World Factbook
From the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA, provides overviews on most countries of the world.
Coface: Country Risk and Economic Research
Presents country risk findings in three main sections: Country Risks, Sectors (contain ratings of industries), and Business Climate.
Corruption by Country/Territory (Transparency International)
From Transparency International, a "global civil society organization leading the fight against corruption." The Global Corruption Barometer explores general public opinion around the world on corruption. Note: Formerly called Global Corruption Report.
Country at a Glance Tables
From the World Bank. Presents key indicators tracing the trends in social and economic development from the last three decades.
Country Studies
From the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress, covers 102 countries and regions. Country Profiles are also available. Information is not updated on a regular basis.
Enterprise Surveys
Provides the world's most comprehensive firm-level data in emerging markets and developing economies for over 120,000 countries. Data are used to create indicators to benchmark quality of the business and investment climate across countries.
Everything International
Provides links to a wide variety of international business, education, and research web sites.
Global Development Finance
From the World Bank provides direct access to more than 200 debt and financial flows indicators for the 129 countries that report public and publicly-guaranteed debt to the World Bank Debtor Reporting System. These data begin in 1970.
Human Development Report
From the United Nations an annual "In depth analysis and policy recommendations on a specific and important aspect of international development", includes statistical factsheets on many of the world's countries.
Passport to Trade
A guide to business culture from Salford Business School in the United Kingdom. The site contains free content links to countries in Northern Europe, Southern Europe, Eastern Europe, Western Europe and India. Read the About section to learn about the research methodology used to put this guide together.
LANIC
Maintained by the University of Texas at Austin, Latin American Network Information Center provides access to country information for Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean.
NationMaster
National statistics for just about any country in the world, presented in over 20 categories and 10 regions, including Asia and South East Asia.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
Over 900 articles from leading scholars with extensive bibliographies. Covers all time periods of human history and includes strong coverage of individual countries, regions, industries and economic concepts.
World Business Culture
Contains country profile information on a range of topics of immediate commercial relevance to anybody working in a global organization, or studying international trade. The information has been compiled by some of the world's leading experts on global business culture.

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DOW Jones Industrial Average

Factiva
From Dow Jones. Provides full text access to over 8,000 business sources including national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, web sites, and industry (trade) sources. Includes coverage of the Wall Street Journal.
Note: Licensing restrictions limit use to 12 simultaneous users. If you are unable to access this database, please try again later.
WRDS (Wharton Research Data Service)
From the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business this Internet based business data and business intelligence service provides via a single interface, access to data across several disciplines, including Accounting, Banking Economics, Finance, Marketing and Public Policy. Databases include: AuditAnalytics, Bank Regulatory, Blockholders, CBOE Indexes, CISDM Hedge Fund, COMPUSTAT, CRSP, CSMAR, CUSIP, DMEF Academic Data, Dow Jones, Eventus, FDIC, FAMA French & Liquidity Factors, Federal Reserve Bank, IBES, IHS Global Insight, ISSM, KLD, MFLINKS, Markit Trial, Option Metrics, PHLX, Penn World Tables, Risk Metrics, SEC Order Execution, TRACE, Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters), WRDS SEC Analytics Suite, Zacks Trial.
[Note: Access via WRDS. WRDS access is available by account only — request account at https://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu.]

Bloomberg: Contains news, current and historical financial data and analysis for individual companies, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, economics, and derivatives for both international and domestic markets.
[Note: Access available in Van Munching Hall Financial Markets and Computing Lab/Labs (1572 and 3505 Van Munching Hall), and Smith School DC, Baltimore, and Shady Grove campuses.]
Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) Datastream: Contains historical financial data on individual companies, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, economics, and derivatives for both international and domestic markets.
[Note: Access only via Refinitiv Eikon.]
Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) Datastream for Office (DFO)
[Note: Datastream Excel Add-in. Excel access available in Van Munching Hall Financial Markets and Computing Lab/Labs (VMH 3505), and Smith School DC, Baltimore, and Shady Grove campuses. Users must also be logged into Eikon using specific Eikon user IDs and passwords.]

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E

E-Books - E-Commerce - E-Journals - Econometrics - Economic Data: International - Economic Data: United States - Economic Indicators - Economics Research - Employment - Encyclopedia - Entrepreneurship - Ethics - Export

E-Books

Springer eBooks (2005-2011)
Reproductions of over 30,000 Springer print book publications, with search capabilities and bookmarks, also includes Springer journals.

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E-Commerce

E-Commerce Statistics (E-Stats)
Site managed by the U.S. Census Bureau and devoted exclusively to "Measuring the Electronic Economy."
Encyclopedia of E-Commerce
Internet commerce focus. Presents answers to common questions about website development, financing, advertising, etc. Features essays, profiles of the top e-commerce companies, biographies of e-commerce innovators, and covers events and legislation related to e-commerce.

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E-Journals

Springer eBooks (2005-2011)
Reproductions of over 30,000 Springer print book publications, with search capabilities and bookmarks, also includes Springer journals.

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Econometrics

EconLit
The source for economic research from major scholarly economic journals, working papers, over 400 books and dissertations.
Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)
From the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, FRED is a database of over 45,000 U.S. economic time series in such areas as money, banking, finance, population, employment, labor markets, business activity, national debt, and prices. Data are also available via an Excel download add-in.

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Economic Data: International

Passport
Provides comparative statistics for 205 countries on economic indicators, health, foreign trade, environment, lifestyle, industrial and agricultural output, communications, and more. Also includes market size data for over 300 consumer products and services.
Note: This resource requires a campus login for access.
RFE: Resources for Economists on the Internet
Organized links to valuable online resources in Economics from the American Economic Association, including data resources, professional contacts for students and scholars, reference and teaching resources.

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Economic Data: United States

FRB Beige Book
Provides an assessment of the economic performance of each of the 12 regional Federal Reserve districts. The report examines economic activity, specifically employment trends, construction and housing activity, retail sales, consumer confidence, and any other relevant information. Archival data is also available.
RFE: Resources for Economists on the Internet
Organized links to valuable online resources in Economics from the American Economic Association, including data resources, professional contacts for students and scholars, reference and teaching resources.

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Economic Indicators

Bureau of Labor Statistics
From the U.S. Department of Labor, provides economic indicators, labor statistics, and other measures of economic and social performance.
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Focus on developing "new statistical measurements, assessing the effects of public policies on the U.S. economy, estimating quantitative models of economic behavior, and projecting the effects of alternative policy proposals."
FRB Beige Book
Provides an assessment of the economic performance of each of the 12 regional Federal Reserve districts. The report examines economic activity, specifically employment trends, construction and housing activity, retail sales, consumer confidence, and any other relevant information. Archival data is also available.
IBISWorld
Provides industry market research reports on U.S. industries, U.S. specializes industries, China industries, global industries, U.S. risk ratings, and U.S. Business Environment Profiles, also available through vSmith.
Enterprise Surveys
Provides the world's most comprehensive firm-level data in emerging markets and developing economies for over 120,000 countries. Data are used to create indicators to benchmark quality of the business and investment climate across countries.
GlobalEdge
From Michigan State University's Broad College of Business. Contains a wealth of information on all countries, in-depth analysis of selected industries, teaching resources, etc.
NOTE: Free access, but registration will provide additional information.
WRDS (Wharton Research Data Service)
From the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business this Internet based business data and business intelligence service provides via a single interface, access to data across several disciplines, including Accounting, Banking Economics, Finance, Marketing and Public Policy. Databases include: AuditAnalytics, Bank Regulatory, Blockholders, CBOE Indexes, CISDM Hedge Fund, COMPUSTAT, CRSP, CSMAR, CUSIP, DMEF Academic Data, Dow Jones, Eventus, FDIC, FAMA French & Liquidity Factors, Federal Reserve Bank, IBES, IHS Global Insight, ISSM, KLD, MFLINKS, Markit Trial, Option Metrics, PHLX, Penn World Tables, Risk Metrics, SEC Order Execution, TRACE, Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters), WRDS SEC Analytics Suite, Zacks Trial.
[Note: Access via WRDS. WRDS access is available by account only — request account at https://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu.]
Handbooks in Economics
Survey articles by leading Economics scholars arranged into 28 volumes by broad topic.
NOTE: To access volumes, click on "full text access" below the title, NOT on the volume number.
NationMaster
National statistics for just about any country in the world, presented in over 20 categories and 10 regions, including Asia and South East Asia.
Source OECD
Source OECD is the online library of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. It comprises book collection, periodicals and the OECD statistical databases.
U.S. Economy at a Glance: Perspectives from the U.S. Department of Commerce
Bureau of Economic Analysis Accounts (BEA) produces some of the most closely watched economic statistics that influence decisions of government, business and individuals, providing a comprehensive, current picture of the U.S. economy.
[Note: statistics: united states, business planning]
World Development Indicators
From World Bank Group provides direct access to more than 550 development indicators, with time series for 200 countries and 18 country groups from 1960, where data are available. Time covered from 1960 - present in a wide range of areas, including social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators. Data export options in Excel or ASCII.
World Economic Outlook
From International Monetary Fund (IMF), time covered from 1993 to present. Coverage similar to World Development Indicators data, but more limited in scope and history, includes commodity price data and regional data that's not easily available in World Development Indicators.
World Bank Data Catalog
World Bank Group datasets organized with "pointers to social, government, economic, financial, etc., statistics. Many of the time-series tables of key indicators by country can be downloaded.

Bloomberg: Contains news, current and historical financial data and analysis for individual companies, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, economics, and derivatives for both international and domestic markets.
[Note: Access available in Van Munching Hall Financial Markets and Computing Lab/Labs (1572 and 3505 Van Munching Hall), and Smith School DC, Baltimore, and Shady Grove campuses.]
Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) Datastream: Contains historical financial data on individual companies, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, economics, and derivatives for both international and domestic markets.
[Note: Access only via Refinitiv Eikon.]
Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) Datastream for Office (DFO)
[Note: Datastream Excel Add-in. Excel access available in Van Munching Hall Financial Markets and Computing Lab/Labs (VMH 3505), and Smith School DC, Baltimore, and Shady Grove campuses. Users must also be logged into Eikon using specific Eikon user IDs and passwords.]

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Economics Research

AgEcon Search
Archive of full text articles in agricultural and applied Economics. Note: Most of these journals are also in Econlit.
Annual Review of Economics
Authoritative critical reviews evaluate the most significant research developments in the field of Economics.
Annual Review of Resource Economics
Provides authoritative critical reviews evaluating the most significant research developments in the field, focusing on agricultural Economics, environmental Economics, renewable resources, exhaustible resources, and economic development.
Congressional Publications (ProQuest)
Full text congressional publications, includes hearings, legislative histories, committee press and reports, House and Senate documents Federal Register, Congressional Record, CRS Reports, bills, public laws, regulations, etc.
County Business Patterns (CBP)
From the U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns (CBP) is an annual series providing subnational economic data by industry.
CQ Researcher
Provides comprehensive analysis of popular topics, including history, current status, relevant pro and con arguments, bibliographies, contact information.
E-Commerce Statistics (E-Stats)
Site managed by the U.S. Census Bureau and devoted exclusively to "Measuring the Electronic Economy."
Economic Census
From the U.S. Census Bureau, Provides a detailed portrait of the United States economy once every five years from the national to the local level covers most of the U.S. economy in its basic collection of establishment statistics such as sales receipts revenue annual payroll number of employees. Related programs include statistics on minority and women owned businesses. Site contains data on most recent economic census, held in 2007.
EconLit
The source for economic research from major scholarly economic journals, working papers, over 400 books and dissertations.
Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)
From the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, FRED is a database of over 45,000 U.S. economic time series in such areas as money, banking, finance, population, employment, labor markets, business activity, national debt, and prices. Data are also available via an Excel download add-in.
Global Economic Monitor (GEM)
From the World Bank- provides daily and monthly commentary on global economic conditions along with direct access to high frequency data that is refreshed daily. It provides analysis of current economic trends, economic, financial and commodity data indicators, an extensive database including growth and commodity forecasts.
IDEAS
"Bibliographic database dedicated to Economics- based on RePEC (Research Papers in Economics) which indexes over 2,700,000 items of research, over 2,500,000 which can be downloaded in full text."
International Comparison Program
From the World Bank, provides a collection of comparative price data and detailed expenditure values of countries gross domestic Products (GDP), and purchasing power parities (PPPs) estimates of the world's economies.
Journalist's Resource: Research on Today's News Topics
"Based on Harvard's Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, Journalist's Resource examines new topics through a research lens"
Nexis Uni
Covers business topics from local, regional, and national newspapers, some trade publications, business magazines, SEC filings, some reference sources, key accounting sources, and legal information.
Making of the Modern World: The Goldsmiths-Kress Library of Economic Literature (1450-1850)
The most comprehensive and valuable collection in existence for researching the literature of Economics and business dating from the last half of the 15th century to the early 20th century. The collection combines two pre-eminent collections: the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature at the University of London, England, and the Kress Library of Business and Economics at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.
New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
Considered one of the most extensive and authoritative Economics reference resources available. It contains over 1,850 articles by more than 1,500 of the world's leading economists.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
Over 900 articles from leading scholars with extensive bibliographies. Covers all time periods of human history and includes strong coverage of individual countries, regions, industries and economic concepts.
Source OECD
Source OECD is the online library of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. It comprises book collection, periodicals and the OECD statistical databases.
U.S. Economy at a Glance: Perspectives from the U.S. Department of Commerce
Bureau of Economic Analysis Accounts (BEA) produces some of the most closely watched economic statistics that influence decisions of government, business and individuals, providing a comprehensive, current picture of the U.S. economy.
[Note: statistics: united states, business planning]
Academic Search Ultimate
Very broad coverage, includes many topics of interest to economic and business researchers.
Balance of Payments Statistics - IMF eLibrary - Data
From the International Monetary Fund, includes full-text statistical data from 1996 to present on total goods, services, factor income, and current transfers an economy receives from or provides to the rest of the world.
[Note: To download data, authorized users are required to create a free personal account.]
BaselineScenario.com
Authoritative news blog "dedicated to explaining some of the key issues in the global economy..."
Coface: Country Risk and Economic Research
Presents country risk findings in three main sections: Country Risks, Sectors (contain ratings of industries), and Business Climate.
CREDO
Online versions of 500+ published reference works, including general and specialist dictionaries and encyclopedias. Also links search to results in USMAI, Ebrary, JSTOR, Academic Search Complete.
FRB Beige Book
Provides an assessment of the economic performance of each of the 12 regional Federal Reserve districts. The report examines economic activity, specifically employment trends, construction and housing activity, retail sales, consumer confidence, and any other relevant information. Archival data is also available.
Google Scholar
Searches selected scholarly information across many disciplines and sources, including books, articles, theses. Use the "FindIt@UMCP" link to obtain full text of an article or to find out how else to access it.
International Financial Statistics
From the International Monetary Fund. Covers all aspects of international and domestic finance, includes full-text statistical data from 1996-present.
Joint External Debt Hub (JEDH)
From the World Bank. Provides external debt data and selected foreign assets from international creditor/market and national debtor sources.
JSTOR
Electronic archive of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, covers journals with full-text of all articles published prior to the most current five years.
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Focus on developing "new statistical measurements, assessing the effects of public policies on the U.S. economy, estimating quantitative models of economic behavior, and projecting the effects of alternative policy proposals."
NationMaster
National statistics for just about any country in the world, presented in over 20 categories and 10 regions, including Asia and South East Asia.
RFE: Resources for Economists on the Internet
Organized links to valuable online resources in Economics from the American Economic Association, including data resources, professional contacts for students and scholars, reference and teaching resources.
U.S. Census Bureau
Leading source of data about the nation's people and economy. It provides social, demographic, housing and economic statistics mainly for the U.S.
Click on headings top of screen to find data sources of interest.

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Employment

Business Source Complete
Comprehensive database of business sources- includes over 3600 peer reviewed journals, trade publications, magazines, books, case studies, company profiles, SWOT analysis, etc.
Note: To access company profiles, click on link from the 'More' option menu on top of screen (in the blue band) to search for company profiles by company name.
CQ Researcher
Provides comprehensive analysis of popular topics, including history, current status, relevant pro and con arguments, bibliographies, contact information.
Factiva
From Dow Jones. Provides full text access to over 8,000 business sources including national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, web sites, and industry (trade) sources. Includes coverage of the Wall Street Journal.
Note: Licensing restrictions limit use to 12 simultaneous users. If you are unable to access this database, please try again later.
Academic Search Ultimate
Very broad coverage, includes many topics of interest to economic and business researchers.
CREDO
Online versions of 500+ published reference works, including general and specialist dictionaries and encyclopedias. Also links search to results in USMAI, Ebrary, JSTOR, Academic Search Complete.
Contract Opportunities
Provides contract opportunities from federal contracting offices - replaces FedBizOpps.
Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)
From the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, FRED is a database of over 45,000 U.S. economic time series in such areas as money, banking, finance, population, employment, labor markets, business activity, national debt, and prices. Data are also available via an Excel download add-in.
Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For
Workplace rankings by Great Places to Work.
FRB Beige Book
Provides an assessment of the economic performance of each of the 12 regional Federal Reserve districts. The report examines economic activity, specifically employment trends, construction and housing activity, retail sales, consumer confidence, and any other relevant information. Archival data is also available.
JSTOR
Electronic archive of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, covers journals with full-text of all articles published prior to the most current five years.
Nexis Uni
Covers business topics from local, regional, and national newspapers, some trade publications, business magazines, SEC filings, some reference sources, key accounting sources, and legal information.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics, provides information on a variety of occupational categories - starting salaries, working conditions, nature of the work, training, and more.
Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)
The Panel Study of Income Dynamics - PSID - is the longest running longitudinal household survey in the world. The PSID began in 1968 with a nationally representative sample of over 18,000 individuals living in 5,000 families in the United States. Information on these individuals and their descendants has been obtained through various data collection efforts. Data includes employment, income, wealth, expenditures, health, marriage, childbearing, child development, philanthropy, education, and numerous other topics. A majority of data is publicly available for free.
U.S. Economy at a Glance: Perspectives from the U.S. Department of Commerce
Bureau of Economic Analysis Accounts (BEA) produces some of the most closely watched economic statistics that influence decisions of government, business and individuals, providing a comprehensive, current picture of the U.S. economy.
[Note: statistics: united states, business planning]
U.S. Trade Statistics
The International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, provides national and international trade statistics, laws, regulations and trade agreements.

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Encyclopedia

CREDO
Online versions of 500+ published reference works, including general and specialist dictionaries and encyclopedias. Also links search to results in USMAI, Ebrary, JSTOR, Academic Search Complete.
Encyclopedia of Business and Finance
Business reference covering five general areas: finance and banking; accounting; Marketing; management; and information systems. Designed for the non specialist.
Encyclopedia of E-Commerce
Internet commerce focus. Presents answers to common questions about website development, financing, advertising, etc. Features essays, profiles of the top e-commerce companies, biographies of e-commerce innovators, and covers events and legislation related to e-commerce.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
Over 900 articles from leading scholars with extensive bibliographies. Covers all time periods of human history and includes strong coverage of individual countries, regions, industries and economic concepts.
Reference Universe
Best place to start research for an overview or background information on a topic. Searches more than 43,000 subject encyclopedias and scholarly compendia.

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Entrepreneurship

BPlans.com
Free site from Palo Alto Software, Inc. Use this web site to locate sample business plans or marketing plans for specific business sectors.
County Business Patterns (CBP)
From the U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns (CBP) is an annual series providing subnational economic data by industry.
Economic Census
From the U.S. Census Bureau, Provides a detailed portrait of the United States economy once every five years from the national to the local level covers most of the U.S. economy in its basic collection of establishment statistics such as sales receipts revenue annual payroll number of employees. Related programs include statistics on minority and women owned businesses. Site contains data on most recent economic census, held in 2007.
Economy at a Glance
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics, this site provides data on unemployment rates, average hourly earnings,the consumer price index and producer price index. Historical data is available from 1999 to the present. Data is available by state or at the national level.
Encyclopedia of Small Business
Designed to provide entrepreneurs with information that can be applied to their own business. Contains detailed articles and overviews of all the key information needs of small business owners — financing; financial planning; business plan creation; market analysis; sales strategy; tax planning, human resource issues etc.
FindLaw Small Business Center
Contains an extensive offering of featured articles about how to start up a small business including legal issues, business plans and funding.
Franchise Direct
A comprehensive franchise opportunity listing, providing views, news and advice to entrepreneurs and franchisors alike. Browse through their profiles or read about the latest featured franchises.
Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
"Purpose to advance social Entrepreneurship and to foster social entrepreneurs as an important catalyst for societal innovation and progress." Publications link provides access to reports and case studies dealing with social Entrepreneurship.
SimplyAnalytics (Formerly SimplyMaps)
Contains extensive data including demographic, historic census, health, real estate, housing, employment, as well as marketing data from MRI/Simmons Insights Platform, Experian MOSAIC-consumer lifestyle segmentation and Nielsen PRIZM - demographics and consumer lifestyle data (over 70,000 variables). Users can create customized maps and reports; data is down to the census tract level.
NOTE: Click on "Sign in as a guest" to use database.
Small Business Administration
Small Business Administration information about how to start, finance, and manage small businesses.
Innovation Gateway
A hub site that puts entrepreneurs in touch with campus programs, resources, and contacts to make their start-ups as successful as possible.

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Ethics

Academic Search Ultimate
Very broad coverage, includes many topics of interest to economic and business researchers.
Business Source Complete
Comprehensive database of business sources- includes over 3600 peer reviewed journals, trade publications, magazines, books, case studies, company profiles, SWOT analysis, etc.
Note: To access company profiles, click on link from the 'More' option menu on top of screen (in the blue band) to search for company profiles by company name.
Corruption by Country/Territory (Transparency International)
From Transparency International, a "global civil society organization leading the fight against corruption." The Global Corruption Barometer explores general public opinion around the world on corruption. Note: Formerly called Global Corruption Report.
CQ Researcher
Provides comprehensive analysis of popular topics, including history, current status, relevant pro and con arguments, bibliographies, contact information.
CREDO
Online versions of 500+ published reference works, including general and specialist dictionaries and encyclopedias. Also links search to results in USMAI, Ebrary, JSTOR, Academic Search Complete.
Factiva
From Dow Jones. Provides full text access to over 8,000 business sources including national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, web sites, and industry (trade) sources. Includes coverage of the Wall Street Journal.
Note: Licensing restrictions limit use to 12 simultaneous users. If you are unable to access this database, please try again later.

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Export

CQ Researcher
Provides comprehensive analysis of popular topics, including history, current status, relevant pro and con arguments, bibliographies, contact information.
EIU Viewpoint
(formerly: EIU ViewsWire) is the world's most comprehensive source of global forecasts, market trends, data and analysis, in over 200 countries. The service is relied upon by analysts and strategists across business, government, finance and academia to provide unrivaled insight into how the world's political, economic and policy landscape is changing. Covers different disciplines: Economics, Business, Political Science and Law.
Basic Importing and Exporting Information
Provides information on basic importing and exporting processes.
U.S. Commercial Service
The U.S. Commercial Service is the trade promotion arm of the U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration. Its focus is to help U.S. companies export or increase sales to new global markets. For details, see: For details, see Information for Exporters of U.S. Goods and Services (http://export.gov/worldwide_us/index.asp)
Export.gov
This site from the U.S Department of Commerce, International Trade Association includes several useful links including: Research Center which provides information on industries, countries, regions, top markets etc.; Regulations & Agreements; Resolve a Trade Problem, etc.
GlobalEdge
From Michigan State University's Broad College of Business. Contains a wealth of information on all countries, in-depth analysis of selected industries, teaching resources, etc.
NOTE: Free access, but registration will provide additional information.
Federation of International Trade Associations (GlobalEdge)
Searchable database of international trade Web resources includes over 8,000 annotated links to International Trade/Import-Export Web sites.
Top U.S. Trading Partners
Ranked by U.S. Total Export Value for Goods (in millions of U.S. dollars). The Office of Trade and Industry Information (OTII), as part of the International Trade Administration, seeks to provide a solid foundation of trade and Industry data to support the development of national trade policy rankings.

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F

Financial Information - Foreign Direct Investment - Franchising - Fundraising

Financial Information

EDGAR
From the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Contains all of the filings required of public companies by the SEC.
D&B Key Business Ratios
Provides key business ratios for industries searchable by Industry name and SIC code.
Factiva
From Dow Jones. Provides full text access to over 8,000 business sources including national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, web sites, and industry (trade) sources. Includes coverage of the Wall Street Journal.
Note: Licensing restrictions limit use to 12 simultaneous users. If you are unable to access this database, please try again later.
Mergent Online
Provides current and historical financial information on publicly traded US and international companies. The company information includes: analyst reports, annual stock price ranges, bond ratings history, news, mergers & acquisitions, stock splits, income statements, balance sheets, information on subsidiaries, officers and directors, etc.
Mergent Archives
Provides access to historical corporate and industry reports for US as well as for companies in more than 100 countries. Historical annual reports collection goes back to 1925.
WRDS (Wharton Research Data Service)
From the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business this Internet based business data and business intelligence service provides via a single interface, access to data across several disciplines, including Accounting, Banking Economics, Finance, Marketing and Public Policy. Databases include: AuditAnalytics, Bank Regulatory, Blockholders, CBOE Indexes, CISDM Hedge Fund, COMPUSTAT, CRSP, CSMAR, CUSIP, DMEF Academic Data, Dow Jones, Eventus, FDIC, FAMA French & Liquidity Factors, Federal Reserve Bank, IBES, IHS Global Insight, ISSM, KLD, MFLINKS, Markit Trial, Option Metrics, PHLX, Penn World Tables, Risk Metrics, SEC Order Execution, TRACE, Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters), WRDS SEC Analytics Suite, Zacks Trial.
[Note: Access via WRDS. WRDS access is available by account only — request account at https://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu.]
ValueLine (ValueLine Investment Survey)
Provides investment research on stocks, mutual funds, options and convertibles.
Morningstar
Morningstar's data and analyst reports cover more than 20,000 securities, including stocks and mutual funds.
Note: Licensing restrictions limit use to 4 simultaneous users. If you are unable to access this database, please try again later. Screening for stocks and mutual funds available using many different data points.
WRDS SEC Analytics Suite
Provides information from all SEC filings which can be customized for specific dataset retrieval.
[Note: Access via WRDS. WRDS access is available by account only — request account at https://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu.]
Wachowicz's Web World: Websites for Discerning Finance Students
Divided into eight sections: Introduction to Financial Management; Tools of Financial Analysis and Planning; Working Capital Management; Investment in Capital Assets; The Cost of Capital; Capital and Structure, and Dividend Policy; Intermediate and Long-Term Financing; and Special Areas of Financial Management.
Wall Street Journal (Factiva)
Factiva provides access to over 8,000 business sources, including national and international newspapers, magazines, newswire services, web sites and Industry (trade) sources, click on News Pages (top of screen) to get access to major business newspapers. Licensing restrictions apply.
NOTE: Access limited to 12 simultaneous users. If you are unable to access, please try again.
Wall Street Journal, National Newspapers Core (ProQuest)
Major US newspapers covered including the Wall Street Journal which provides in-depth coverage of national and international finance as well as political news.
Wall Street Journal Historical (1889-1991)
In addition to the printed stories, researchers also can study the charts, stock tables, graphics, and illustrations featured in the publication.

CRSP: Center for Research in Security Prices [Note: Access via WRDS. WRDS access is available by account only - request account at wrds.wharton.upenn.edu.]: Contains daily and monthly historical stock data on more than 20,000 stocks (inactive and active companies) from the NYSE (from 1926), AMEX (from 1962), and NASDAQ (from 1972) markets. Includes U.S. market indices, treasuries, mutual funds.
Bloomberg: Contains news, current and historical financial data and analysis for individual companies, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, economics, and derivatives for both international and domestic markets.
[Note: Access available in Van Munching Hall Financial Markets and Computing Lab/Labs (1572 and 3505 Van Munching Hall), and Smith School DC, Baltimore, and Shady Grove campuses.]
Institute for the Study of Security Markets (ISSM) [Note: Access via WRDS. WRDS access is available by account only — request account at https://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu]: NYSE/AMEX/NASD Trade and Quote Database covering 1983-1992.
Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) Datastream: Contains historical financial data on individual companies, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, economics, and derivatives for both international and domestic markets.
[Note: Access only via Refinitiv Eikon.]
Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) Datastream for Office (DFO)
[Note: Datastream Excel Add-in. Excel access available in Van Munching Hall Financial Markets and Computing Lab/Labs (VMH 3505), and Smith School DC, Baltimore, and Shady Grove campuses. Users must also be logged into Eikon using specific Eikon user IDs and passwords.]
Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) Eikon: Contains current and historical financial data and analysis for individual companies, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, economics, and derivatives for both international and domestic markets, as well as business and financial news.
[Note: Access available in Van Munching Hall Financial Markets and Computing Lab/Labs (1572 and 3505 Van Munching Hall), and Smith School DC, Baltimore, and Shady Grove campuses.]
Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) SDC Platinum: Provides a common front end retrieval system for a collection of databases. They contain detailed information on new issues, mergers and acquisitions, syndicated loans, private equity, venture capital, and more for the global financial marketplace.
[Note: Access via vSmith. If not affiliated with or taking courses at the Smith School, e-mail a request for access to helpme@rhsmith.umd.edu.]
Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) Institutional Holdings (13F): Provides data as reported on Form 13F filed with the SEC, i.e. ownership information by institutional managers with $100 million or more in Assets Under Management (Section 13(F) Securities).
[Note: Access via WRDS. WRDS access is available by account only — request account at https://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu.]
Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) Insider Filing Data Feed: Designed to capture all U.S. insider activity as reported on SEC forms 3, 4, 5 and 144
[Note: Access via WRDS. WRDS access is available by account only — request account at https://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu.]
Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) Mutual Fund Holdings: Formerly known as CDA/Spectrum, referred to as Spectrum 1 2, this source "provides holdings information for all registered mutual funds that report their holdings with the SEC, plus 3,000 global funds".
[Note: Access via WRDS. WRDS access is available by account only — request account at https://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu.]

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Foreign Direct Investment

EIU Viewpoint
(formerly: EIU ViewsWire) is the world's most comprehensive source of global forecasts, market trends, data and analysis, in over 200 countries. The service is relied upon by analysts and strategists across business, government, finance and academia to provide unrivaled insight into how the world's political, economic and policy landscape is changing. Covers different disciplines: Economics, Business, Political Science and Law.

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Franchising

Franchise Direct
A comprehensive franchise opportunity listing, providing views, news and advice to entrepreneurs and franchisors alike. Browse through their profiles or read about the latest featured franchises.

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Fundraising

Chronicle of Philanthropy
Provides the "latest news, trend analysis, and fundraising strategies" for nonprofits; lists grants and jobs. The "Facts and Figures" section provides survey data.
PsycInfo
Provides comprehensive coverage in psychology and psychology-related fields: brand preferences, consumer attitudes and behavior, decision making, leadership, management, training - are just some business related topics.

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G

Globalization - Grants - Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Globalization

CREDO
Online versions of 500+ published reference works, including general and specialist dictionaries and encyclopedias. Also links search to results in USMAI, Ebrary, JSTOR, Academic Search Complete.
CQ Researcher
Provides comprehensive analysis of popular topics, including history, current status, relevant pro and con arguments, bibliographies, contact information.
Business Source Complete
Comprehensive database of business sources- includes over 3600 peer reviewed journals, trade publications, magazines, books, case studies, company profiles, SWOT analysis, etc.
Note: To access company profiles, click on link from the 'More' option menu on top of screen (in the blue band) to search for company profiles by company name.
Brookings Institution - Globalization Page
Links to current papers and articles on globalization from the Brookings Institution — a "non-profit public policy organization" based in Washington, D.C.
BaselineScenario.com
Authoritative news blog "dedicated to explaining some of the key issues in the global economy..."
Factiva
From Dow Jones. Provides full text access to over 8,000 business sources including national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, web sites, and industry (trade) sources. Includes coverage of the Wall Street Journal.
Note: Licensing restrictions limit use to 12 simultaneous users. If you are unable to access this database, please try again later.
Source OECD
Source OECD is the online library of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. It comprises book collection, periodicals and the OECD statistical databases.
NationMaster
National statistics for just about any country in the world, presented in over 20 categories and 10 regions, including Asia and South East Asia.
EconLit
The source for economic research from major scholarly economic journals, working papers, over 400 books and dissertations.
EIU Viewpoint
(formerly: EIU ViewsWire) is the world's most comprehensive source of global forecasts, market trends, data and analysis, in over 200 countries. The service is relied upon by analysts and strategists across business, government, finance and academia to provide unrivaled insight into how the world's political, economic and policy landscape is changing. Covers different disciplines: Economics, Business, Political Science and Law.
Media Freedom- Freedom House - Nations in Transit - Country Reports
Comprehensive, comparative, and multidimensional study of reform in the former Communist states of Europe and Eurasia - tracking the reform record.
[Note: Formerly called Freedom of the Press.]

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Grants

Chronicle of Philanthropy
Provides the "latest news, trend analysis, and fundraising strategies" for nonprofits; lists grants and jobs. The "Facts and Figures" section provides survey data.

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Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

International Comparison Program
From the World Bank, provides a collection of comparative price data and detailed expenditure values of countries gross domestic Products (GDP), and purchasing power parities (PPPs) estimates of the world's economies.

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H

Human Resource Management

Business Source Complete
Comprehensive database of business sources- includes over 3600 peer reviewed journals, trade publications, magazines, books, case studies, company profiles, SWOT analysis, etc.
Note: To access company profiles, click on link from the 'More' option menu on top of screen (in the blue band) to search for company profiles by company name.
Encyclopedia of Small Business
Designed to provide entrepreneurs with information that can be applied to their own business. Contains detailed articles and overviews of all the key information needs of small business owners — financing; financial planning; business plan creation; market analysis; sales strategy; tax planning, human resource issues etc.
Google Scholar
Searches selected scholarly information across many disciplines and sources, including books, articles, theses. Use the "FindIt@UMCP" link to obtain full text of an article or to find out how else to access it.
JSTOR
Electronic archive of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, covers journals with full-text of all articles published prior to the most current five years.
Porter's Five Forces: Assessing the Balance in a Business Situation
Explanation of Michael Porter's Five Forces.
PsycInfo
Provides comprehensive coverage in psychology and psychology-related fields: brand preferences, consumer attitudes and behavior, decision making, leadership, management, training - are just some business related topics.

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I

Import - Industry Analysis - Industry Classification - Industry Overview - Industry Ratios - Industry Trends - International Affairs - International Business - International Law - International Trade - Investment and Securities

Import

CQ Researcher
Provides comprehensive analysis of popular topics, including history, current status, relevant pro and con arguments, bibliographies, contact information.
EIU Viewpoint
(formerly: EIU ViewsWire) is the world's most comprehensive source of global forecasts, market trends, data and analysis, in over 200 countries. The service is relied upon by analysts and strategists across business, government, finance and academia to provide unrivaled insight into how the world's political, economic and policy landscape is changing. Covers different disciplines: Economics, Business, Political Science and Law.
GlobalEdge
From Michigan State University's Broad College of Business. Contains a wealth of information on all countries, in-depth analysis of selected industries, teaching resources, etc.
NOTE: Free access, but registration will provide additional information.
Federation of International Trade Associations (GlobalEdge)
Searchable database of international trade Web resources includes over 8,000 annotated links to International Trade/Import-Export Web sites.
Top U.S. Trading Partners
Ranked by U.S. Total Export Value for Goods (in millions of U.S. dollars). The Office of Trade and Industry Information (OTII), as part of the International Trade Administration, seeks to provide a solid foundation of trade and Industry data to support the development of national trade policy rankings.

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Industry Analysis

IBISWorld
Provides industry market research reports on U.S. industries, U.S. specializes industries, China industries, global industries, U.S. risk ratings, and U.S. Business Environment Profiles, also available through vSmith.

Business Source Complete
Business Source Complete contains articles from thousands of newspapers, trade publications, such as the Harvard Business Review and other major key business magazines in all disciplines of business, including economics. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.
Factiva
WARNING: Data mining and excessive downloading are prohibited and such activities cause the suspension of this service. NOTE: Use of Factiva requires login with University ID and is restricted to only current UMCP staff and students. Factiva recommends using Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher. Full-text access to over 8,000 business sources including the Wall
Street Journal and many other national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, websites, and industry (trade) sources. Covers business news articles in a wide range of topic areas: companies, industries, markets, products, brands, and general financial articles.

IDEAS
"Bibliographic database dedicated to Economics- based on RePEC (Research Papers in Economics) which indexes over 2,700,000 items of research, over 2,500,000 which can be downloaded in full text."
Journalist's Resource: Research on Today's News Topics
"Based on Harvard's Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, Journalist's Resource examines new topics through a research lens"

Nexis Uni
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) provides fulltext to news, business and legal information. Newspapers date back to the 1970's. Please Note: The Washington Post is no longer included in Nexis Uni.The National Newspapers Core database includes the Washington Post.

Passport
Provides comparative statistics for 205 countries on economic indicators, health, foreign trade, environment, lifestyle, industrial and agricultural output, communications, and more. Also includes market size data for over 300 consumer products and services.
Note: This resource requires a campus login for access.
Mergent Archives
Provides access to historical corporate and industry reports for US as well as for companies in more than 100 countries. Historical annual reports collection goes back to 1925.
Overview of BLS Statistics by Industry
An overview of Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
Porter's Five Forces: Assessing the Balance in a Business Situation
Explanation of Michael Porter's Five Forces.
Wall Street Journal (Factiva)
Factiva provides access to over 8,000 business sources, including national and international newspapers, magazines, newswire services, web sites and Industry (trade) sources, click on News Pages (top of screen) to get access to major business newspapers. Licensing restrictions apply.
NOTE: Access limited to 12 simultaneous users. If you are unable to access, please try again.

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Industry Classification

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
From the U.S. Census Bureau, NAICS is the current Industry classification that was developed jointly by the U.S., Canada, and Mexico to provide new comparability in statistics about business activity across North America. There is a 2002 version of NAICS and the initial 1997 version of NAICS.
Standard Industrial Classification System (SIC)
From the U.S. Census Bureau, SIC Industry classification system was used for many years, replaced in 1997 by the NAICS system. The SIC classification is still used in some business databases and for historical Industry comparisons.
Factiva
From Dow Jones. Provides full text access to over 8,000 business sources including national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, web sites, and industry (trade) sources. Includes coverage of the Wall Street Journal.
Note: Licensing restrictions limit use to 12 simultaneous users. If you are unable to access this database, please try again later.
IBISWorld
Provides industry market research reports on U.S. industries, U.S. specializes industries, China industries, global industries, U.S. risk ratings, and U.S. Business Environment Profiles, also available through vSmith.

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Industry Overview

IBISWorld
Provides industry market research reports on U.S. industries, U.S. specializes industries, China industries, global industries, U.S. risk ratings, and U.S. Business Environment Profiles, also available through vSmith.
Business Source Complete
Comprehensive database of business sources- includes over 3600 peer reviewed journals, trade publications, magazines, books, case studies, company profiles, SWOT analysis, etc.
Note: To access company profiles, click on link from the 'More' option menu on top of screen (in the blue band) to search for company profiles by company name.
Mergent Archives
Provides access to historical corporate and industry reports for US as well as for companies in more than 100 countries. Historical annual reports collection goes back to 1925.

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Industry Ratios

D&B Key Business Ratios
Provides key business ratios for industries searchable by Industry name and SIC code.
Factiva
From Dow Jones. Provides full text access to over 8,000 business sources including national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, web sites, and industry (trade) sources. Includes coverage of the Wall Street Journal.
Note: Licensing restrictions limit use to 12 simultaneous users. If you are unable to access this database, please try again later.
WRDS (Wharton Research Data Service)
From the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business this Internet based business data and business intelligence service provides via a single interface, access to data across several disciplines, including Accounting, Banking Economics, Finance, Marketing and Public Policy. Databases include: AuditAnalytics, Bank Regulatory, Blockholders, CBOE Indexes, CISDM Hedge Fund, COMPUSTAT, CRSP, CSMAR, CUSIP, DMEF Academic Data, Dow Jones, Eventus, FDIC, FAMA French & Liquidity Factors, Federal Reserve Bank, IBES, IHS Global Insight, ISSM, KLD, MFLINKS, Markit Trial, Option Metrics, PHLX, Penn World Tables, Risk Metrics, SEC Order Execution, TRACE, Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters), WRDS SEC Analytics Suite, Zacks Trial.
[Note: Access via WRDS. WRDS access is available by account only — request account at https://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu.]

CRSP: Center for Research in Security Prices: Contains daily and monthly historical stock data on more than 20,000 stocks (inactive and active companies) from the NYSE (from 1926), AMEX (from 1962), and NASDAQ (from 1972) markets. Includes U.S. market indices, treasuries, mutual funds.
[Note: Access via WRDS. WRDS access is available by account only - request account at wrds.wharton.upenn.edu]
Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) Datastream: Contains historical financial data on individual companies, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, economics, and derivatives for both international and domestic markets.
[Note: Access only via Refinitiv Eikon.]
Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) Datastream for Office (DFO)
[Note: Datastream Excel Add-in. Excel access available in Van Munching Hall Financial Markets and Computing Lab/Labs (VMH 3505), and Smith School DC, Baltimore, and Shady Grove campuses. Users must also be logged into Eikon using specific Eikon user IDs and passwords.]

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Industry Trends

IBISWorld
Provides industry market research reports on U.S. industries, U.S. specializes industries, China industries, global industries, U.S. risk ratings, and U.S. Business Environment Profiles, also available through vSmith.

Mintel Consumer Intelligence Reports
To download reports, authorized users are required to create a personal account. Mintel provides full-text reports on a wide range of market research studies, analyzing market sizes and trends, market segmentation, consumer attitudes and purchasing habits, opportunities, weaknesses and the future of the market. The reports cover the United States and feature such industries as: food service, food, drink, pursuits/hobbies, travel, clothing/fashion, health/medical, beauty/personal, household, services, publishing, automotive, and e-commerce. 1994-present.

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International Affairs

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
International affairs focus - range of scholarship includes working papers from research institutes, occasional paper series from NGOS, policy briefs, etc.
JSTOR
Electronic archive of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, covers journals with full-text of all articles published prior to the most current five years.
Media Freedom- Freedom House - Nations in Transit - Country Reports
Comprehensive, comparative, and multidimensional study of reform in the former Communist states of Europe and Eurasia - tracking the reform record.
[Note: Formerly called Freedom of the Press.]
WWW Virtual Library- International Affairs Resources
"Two-thousand annotated links to high quality English language sources in a wide range of international affairs, international studies and international relations topics." Topics include media, organizations, country/regions, business/Economics, relations, etc.

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International Business

LANIC
Maintained by the University of Texas at Austin, Latin American Network Information Center provides access to country information for Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean.
Everything International
Provides links to a wide variety of international business, education, and research web sites.
WWW Virtual Library- International Affairs Resources
"Two-thousand annotated links to high quality English language sources in a wide range of international affairs, international studies and international relations topics." Topics include media, organizations, country/regions, business/Economics, relations, etc.
Africa Development Indicators (World Bank)
Detailed collection of data on Africa — includes social, economic, natural resources, infrastructure, governance and environmental indicators.
Coface: Country Risk and Economic Research
Presents country risk findings in three main sections: Country Risks, Sectors (contain ratings of industries), and Business Climate.
Corruption by Country/Territory (Transparency International)
From Transparency International, a "global civil society organization leading the fight against corruption." The Global Corruption Barometer explores general public opinion around the world on corruption. Note: Formerly called Global Corruption Report.
Country at a Glance Tables
From the World Bank. Presents key indicators tracing the trends in social and economic development from the last three decades.
Country Commercial Guides
From the United States Commercial Service - U.S. Department of Commerce, comprehensive look at a country's commercial environments, using economic, political and market analysis. Select "Country Commercial Guides" in the "Report Type" field.
Export.gov
This site from the U.S Department of Commerce, International Trade Association includes several useful links including: Research Center which provides information on industries, countries, regions, top markets etc.; Regulations & Agreements; Resolve a Trade Problem, etc.
Financial Times Historical Archive (1888-2010)
An interdisciplinary, global resource that provides knowledge and understanding of global history, business, finance and politics over the last 120 years. The archive includes all articles, advertisements, photographs and market listings as shown in the context of the regular full page and issue of the day.
Global Development Finance
From the World Bank provides direct access to more than 200 debt and financial flows indicators for the 129 countries that report public and publicly-guaranteed debt to the World Bank Debtor Reporting System. These data begin in 1970.
Global Economic Monitor (GEM)
From the World Bank- provides daily and monthly commentary on global economic conditions along with direct access to high frequency data that is refreshed daily. It provides analysis of current economic trends, economic, financial and commodity data indicators, an extensive database including growth and commodity forecasts.
GlobalEdge
From Michigan State University's Broad College of Business. Contains a wealth of information on all countries, in-depth analysis of selected industries, teaching resources, etc.
NOTE: Free access, but registration will provide additional information.
Harmonized Tarif Schedules (HTF) Codes
From the United States International Trade Commission. HTS codes are 6-digit identification codes assigned to all Products imported into the United States.
Human Development Report
From the United Nations an annual "In depth analysis and policy recommendations on a specific and important aspect of international development", includes statistical factsheets on many of the world's countries.
World Business Culture
Contains country profile information on a range of topics of immediate commercial relevance to anybody working in a global organization, or studying international trade. The information has been compiled by some of the world's leading experts on global business culture.
World News Connection
This is the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Reports online - coverage focus - political, economic, environmental, social issues and events include translations from around the world of newspaper articles, conference proceedings, radio and television broadcasts, non-classified technical reports, and local media sources going back to 1994.
World Trade Organization (WTO)
This "international body deals with rules of trade between nations".

S&P Capital IQ [Note: Access available only in Van Munching Hall Financial Markets Lab 1318] Find profiles of public and private firms worldwide including financials, officers and directors, ownership, advisory relationships, transactions, securities, key developments, estimates, key documents, credit ratings and research, filings, news and more. Generate comparables analysis and market analysis using Capital IQ's analytical and screening tools. Access to both "real-time and historical information on companies, markets, transactions and people worldwide"

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International Law

WorldLII
Information provided by the World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII) a non-profit global legal research facility in partnership with other legal organizations from around the world aiming to provide free, independent access to worldwide laws.
GlobalEdge
From Michigan State University's Broad College of Business. Contains a wealth of information on all countries, in-depth analysis of selected industries, teaching resources, etc.
NOTE: Free access, but registration will provide additional information.

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International Trade

Factiva
From Dow Jones. Provides full text access to over 8,000 business sources including national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, web sites, and industry (trade) sources. Includes coverage of the Wall Street Journal.
Note: Licensing restrictions limit use to 12 simultaneous users. If you are unable to access this database, please try again later.
CQ Researcher
Provides comprehensive analysis of popular topics, including history, current status, relevant pro and con arguments, bibliographies, contact information.
Business Source Complete
Comprehensive database of business sources- includes over 3600 peer reviewed journals, trade publications, magazines, books, case studies, company profiles, SWOT analysis, etc.
Note: To access company profiles, click on link from the 'More' option menu on top of screen (in the blue band) to search for company profiles by company name.
Export.gov
This site from the U.S Department of Commerce, International Trade Association includes several useful links including: Research Center which provides information on industries, countries, regions, top markets etc.; Regulations & Agreements; Resolve a Trade Problem, etc.
GlobalEdge
From Michigan State University's Broad College of Business. Contains a wealth of information on all countries, in-depth analysis of selected industries, teaching resources, etc.
NOTE: Free access, but registration will provide additional information.
CREDO
Online versions of 500+ published reference works, including general and specialist dictionaries and encyclopedias. Also links search to results in USMAI, Ebrary, JSTOR, Academic Search Complete.
Federation of International Trade Associations (GlobalEdge)
Searchable database of international trade Web resources includes over 8,000 annotated links to International Trade/Import-Export Web sites.
Harmonized Tarif Schedules (HTF) Codes
From the United States International Trade Commission. HTS codes are 6-digit identification codes assigned to all Products imported into the United States.
Logistics Performance Index (LPI)
An interactive benchmarking tool created to help countries identify the challenges and opportunities they face in their performance of trade logistics and what they can do to improve their performance.
Top U.S. Trading Partners
Ranked by U.S. Total Export Value for Goods (in millions of U.S. dollars). The Office of Trade and Industry Information (OTII), as part of the International Trade Administration, seeks to provide a solid foundation of trade and Industry data to support the development of national trade policy rankings.
U.S. Commercial Service
The U.S. Commercial Service is the trade promotion arm of the U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration. Its focus is to help U.S. companies export or increase sales to new global markets. For details, see: For details, see Information for Exporters of U.S. Goods and Services (http://export.gov/worldwide_us/index.asp)
Basic Importing and Exporting Information
Provides information on basic importing and exporting processes.
U.S. Trade Statistics
The International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, provides national and international trade statistics, laws, regulations and trade agreements.
World Trade Organization (WTO)
This "international body deals with rules of trade between nations".

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Mintel Consumer Intelligence Reports
To download reports, authorized users are required to create a personal account. Mintel provides full-text reports on a wide range of market research studies, analyzing market sizes and trends, market segmentation, consumer attitudes and purchasing habits, opportunities, weaknesses and the future of the market. The reports cover the United States and feature such industries as: food service, food, drink, pursuits/hobbies, travel, clothing/fashion, health/medical, beauty/personal, household, services, publishing, automotive, and e-commerce. 1994-present.

Investment and Securities

Morningstar
Morningstar's data and analyst reports cover more than 20,000 securities, including stocks and mutual funds.
Note: Licensing restrictions limit use to 4 simultaneous users. If you are unable to access this database, please try again later. Screening for stocks and mutual funds available using many different data points.
ValueLine (ValueLine Investment Survey)
Provides investment research on stocks, mutual funds, options and convertibles.
WRDS (Wharton Research Data Service)
From the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business this Internet based business data and business intelligence service provides via a single interface, access to data across several disciplines, including Accounting, Banking Economics, Finance, Marketing and Public Policy. Databases include: AuditAnalytics, Bank Regulatory, Blockholders, CBOE Indexes, CISDM Hedge Fund, COMPUSTAT, CRSP, CSMAR, CUSIP, DMEF Academic Data, Dow Jones, Eventus, FDIC, FAMA French & Liquidity Factors, Federal Reserve Bank, IBES, IHS Global Insight, ISSM, KLD, MFLINKS, Markit Trial, Option Metrics, PHLX, Penn World Tables, Risk Metrics, SEC Order Execution, TRACE, Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters), WRDS SEC Analytics Suite, Zacks Trial.
[Note: Access via WRDS. WRDS access is available by account only — request account at https://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu.]
Institute for the Study of Security Markets (ISSM)
NYSE/AMEX/NASD Trade and Quote Database covering 1983-1992.
[Note: Access via WRDS. WRDS access is available by account only — request account at https://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu]

S&P Capital IQ [Note: Access available only in Van Munching Hall Financial Markets and Computing Lab/Labs 1572]. Find profiles of public and private firms worldwide including financials, officers and directors, ownership, advisory relationships, transactions, securities, key developments, estimates, key documents, credit ratings and research, filings, news and more. Generate comparables analysis and market analysis using Capital IQ's analytical and screening tools. Access to both "real-time and historical information on companies, markets, transactions and people worldwide".
Bloomberg: Contains news, current and historical financial data and analysis for individual companies, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, economics, and derivatives for both international and domestic markets.
[Note: Access available in Van Munching Hall Financial Markets and Computing Lab/Labs (1572 and 3505 Van Munching Hall), and Smith School DC, Baltimore, and Shady Grove campuses.]
Morningstar Direct: "Global investment analysis uniting all of Morningstar's data and institutional research"; software allows for the creation of customized reports and presentations. Morningstar Direct provides complete coverage of Morningstar's global investment database and analytics, including worldwide investment data and global market indexes. It has hundreds of financial variables including portfolio and ownership data for thousands of worldwide hedge-funds, open and closed-end funds, exchange traded funds, insurance/life products, U.S. variable annuities and life policies, and 529 plans. In addition, it includes details on 28,000 publicly traded stocks.
[Note: Access available in Van Munching Hall Financial Markets and Computing Lab/Labs (1572 and 3505 Van Munching Hall), and via vSmith. If not affiliated with or taking courses at the Smith School, e-mail a request for access to vSmith to helpme@rhsmith.umd.edu.]
OptionMetrics: "Comprehensive source of historical price and implied volatility data for the US equity and index options markets".
[Note: Access via WRDS. WRDS access is available by account only — request account at https://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu]
Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) Eikon: Contains current and historical financial data and analysis for individual companies, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, economics, and derivatives for both international and domestic markets, as well as business and financial news.
[Note: Access available in Van Munching Hall Financial Markets and Computing Lab/Labs (1572 and 3505 Van Munching Hall), and Smith School DC, Baltimore, and Shady Grove campuses.]
Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) LPC DealScan: "Provides extensive information on the global syndicated bank loan market. These transactions finance M&A activity, working capital needs and other corporate purposes for loan participants world-wide". Sources include regulatory filings, bank submissions and journalist contributions.
[Note: Access via WRDS. WRDS access is available by account only — request account at https://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu.]
Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) Institutional Holdings (13F): Provides data as reported on Form 13F filed with the SEC, i.e. ownership information by institutional managers with $100 million or more in Assets Under Management (Section 13(F) Securities)
[Note: Access via WRDS. WRDS access is available by account only — request account at https://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu.]
Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) Insider Filing Data Feed: Designed to capture all U.S. insider activity as reported on SEC forms 3, 4, 5 and 144.
[Note: Access via WRDS. WRDS access is available by account only — request account at https://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu.]

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J

Jobs

Idealist
Links to nonprofit, volunteering, Career, and funding resources, includes job and internship opportunities.
Chronicle of Philanthropy
Provides the "latest news, trend analysis, and fundraising strategies" for nonprofits; lists grants and jobs. The "Facts and Figures" section provides survey data.
Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For
Workplace rankings by Great Places to Work.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics, provides information on a variety of occupational categories - starting salaries, working conditions, nature of the work, training, and more.
U.S. Trade Statistics
The International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, provides national and international trade statistics, laws, regulations and trade agreements.

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K

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L

Law - Leadership - Lifestyles - Logistics

Law

Congressional Publications (ProQuest)
Full text congressional publications, includes hearings, legislative histories, committee press and reports, House and Senate documents Federal Register, Congressional Record, CRS Reports, bills, public laws, regulations, etc.
FindLaw Small Business Center
Contains an extensive offering of featured articles about how to start up a small business including legal issues, business plans and funding.
Laws and Regulations: General Reference Sources
Links to federal, state and local laws and regulations.
Legal Information Institute at Cornell University
The Legal Information Institute (LII) provides electronic versions of core materials in numerous areas of the law both online and packaged for download.

Nexis Uni
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) provides fulltext to news, business and legal information. Newspapers date back to the 1970's. Please Note: The Washington Post is no longer included in Nexis Uni.The National Newspapers Core database includes the Washington Post.

Basic Importing and Exporting Information
Provides information on basic importing and exporting processes.
U.S. Trade Statistics
The International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, provides national and international trade statistics, laws, regulations and trade agreements.

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Leadership

CREDO
Online versions of 500+ published reference works, including general and specialist dictionaries and encyclopedias. Also links search to results in USMAI, Ebrary, JSTOR, Academic Search Complete.
Business Source Complete
Comprehensive database of business sources- includes over 3600 peer reviewed journals, trade publications, magazines, books, case studies, company profiles, SWOT analysis, etc.
Note: To access company profiles, click on link from the 'More' option menu on top of screen (in the blue band) to search for company profiles by company name.
PsycInfo
Provides comprehensive coverage in psychology and psychology-related fields: brand preferences, consumer attitudes and behavior, decision making, leadership, management, training - are just some business related topics.
Academic Search Ultimate
Very broad coverage, includes many topics of interest to economic and business researchers.
Education Source
Field of education focus. Covers journals (full text), books, monographs, conference papers, book reviews.
Google Scholar
Searches selected scholarly information across many disciplines and sources, including books, articles, theses. Use the "FindIt@UMCP" link to obtain full text of an article or to find out how else to access it.

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Lifestyles

Mintel Consumer Intelligence Reports
To download reports, authorized users are required to create a personal account. Mintel provides full-text reports on a wide range of market research studies, analyzing market sizes and trends, market segmentation, consumer attitudes and purchasing habits, opportunities, weaknesses and the future of the market. The reports cover the United States and feature such industries as: food service, food, drink, pursuits/hobbies, travel, clothing/fashion, health/medical, beauty/personal, household, services, publishing, automotive, and e-commerce. 1994-present.

University Internet Reporter Please see: MRI/Simmons Insights Platform

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Logistics

CREDO
Online versions of 500+ published reference works, including general and specialist dictionaries and encyclopedias. Also links search to results in USMAI, Ebrary, JSTOR, Academic Search Complete.
Business Source Complete
Comprehensive database of business sources- includes over 3600 peer reviewed journals, trade publications, magazines, books, case studies, company profiles, SWOT analysis, etc.
Note: To access company profiles, click on link from the 'More' option menu on top of screen (in the blue band) to search for company profiles by company name.
Academic Search Ultimate
Very broad coverage, includes many topics of interest to economic and business researchers.
Google Scholar
Searches selected scholarly information across many disciplines and sources, including books, articles, theses. Use the "FindIt@UMCP" link to obtain full text of an article or to find out how else to access it.
Logistics Performance Index (LPI)
An interactive benchmarking tool created to help countries identify the challenges and opportunities they face in their performance of trade logistics and what they can do to improve their performance.
PortFocus: Ports Harbours Marinas Worldwide
Comprehensive listing of marine transportation links by country.
TIDE's Directory of Transportation Information
Provides a directory of ground and air transportation resources, as well as listings of organizations and companies involved in the transportation Industry.
[The New Jersey TIDE Center is a multi-disciplinary, multi-university research center comprised of the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Princeton University, and Rutgers University.]

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M

Management - Manufacturing - Market Share - Market Size - Marketing - Marketing Plans - Master's Theses - Mergers & Acquisitions - Mutual Funds

Management

Business Source Complete
Comprehensive database of business sources- includes over 3600 peer reviewed journals, trade publications, magazines, books, case studies, company profiles, SWOT analysis, etc.
Note: To access company profiles, click on link from the 'More' option menu on top of screen (in the blue band) to search for company profiles by company name.
Academic Search Ultimate
Very broad coverage, includes many topics of interest to economic and business researchers.

Encyclopedia of Business and Finance by Thomson Gale
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2006-09-01
Designed for the non-specialist, this is a complete reference covering finance and banking, accounting, marketing, management, and information systems. Contributors include academics and business scholars from leading business programs. The new completely revised second edition includes 320 signed essays.

Google Scholar
Searches selected scholarly information across many disciplines and sources, including books, articles, theses. Use the "FindIt@UMCP" link to obtain full text of an article or to find out how else to access it.
JSTOR
Electronic archive of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, covers journals with full-text of all articles published prior to the most current five years.
PsycInfo
Provides comprehensive coverage in psychology and psychology-related fields: brand preferences, consumer attitudes and behavior, decision making, leadership, management, training - are just some business related topics.

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Manufacturing

ThomasNet
A directory of manufacturers, distributors, and suppliers.
IQS Directory
"Listing of manufacturers and suppliers serving major segments of the OEM industrial manufacturing marketplace across the United States and Canada"
CREDO
Online versions of 500+ published reference works, including general and specialist dictionaries and encyclopedias. Also links search to results in USMAI, Ebrary, JSTOR, Academic Search Complete.
U.S. Trade Statistics
The International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, provides national and international trade statistics, laws, regulations and trade agreements.
Wholesale Distributors Net
Directory provides links to domestic and international wholesale distributors and manufacturers direct.

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Market Share

IBISWorld
Provides industry market research reports on U.S. industries, U.S. specializes industries, China industries, global industries, U.S. risk ratings, and U.S. Business Environment Profiles, also available through vSmith.
Business Source Complete
Comprehensive database of business sources- includes over 3600 peer reviewed journals, trade publications, magazines, books, case studies, company profiles, SWOT analysis, etc.
Note: To access company profiles, click on link from the 'More' option menu on top of screen (in the blue band) to search for company profiles by company name.
Factiva
From Dow Jones. Provides full text access to over 8,000 business sources including national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, web sites, and industry (trade) sources. Includes coverage of the Wall Street Journal.
Note: Licensing restrictions limit use to 12 simultaneous users. If you are unable to access this database, please try again later.

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Market Size

IBISWorld
Provides industry market research reports on U.S. industries, U.S. specializes industries, China industries, global industries, U.S. risk ratings, and U.S. Business Environment Profiles, also available through vSmith.

Mintel Consumer Intelligence Reports
To download reports, authorized users are required to create a personal account. Mintel provides full-text reports on a wide range of market research studies, analyzing market sizes and trends, market segmentation, consumer attitudes and purchasing habits, opportunities, weaknesses and the future of the market. The reports cover the United States and feature such industries as: food service, food, drink, pursuits/hobbies, travel, clothing/fashion, health/medical, beauty/personal, household, services, publishing, automotive, and e-commerce. 1994-present.

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Marketing

IBISWorld
Provides industry market research reports on U.S. industries, U.S. specializes industries, China industries, global industries, U.S. risk ratings, and U.S. Business Environment Profiles, also available through vSmith.

Mintel Consumer Intelligence Reports
To download reports, authorized users are required to create a personal account. Mintel provides full-text reports on a wide range of market research studies, analyzing market sizes and trends, market segmentation, consumer attitudes and purchasing habits, opportunities, weaknesses and the future of the market. The reports cover the United States and feature such industries as: food service, food, drink, pursuits/hobbies, travel, clothing/fashion, health/medical, beauty/personal, household, services, publishing, automotive, and e-commerce. 1994-present.

Business Source Complete
Comprehensive database of business sources- includes over 3600 peer reviewed journals, trade publications, magazines, books, case studies, company profiles, SWOT analysis, etc.
Note: To access company profiles, click on link from the 'More' option menu on top of screen (in the blue band) to search for company profiles by company name.
MRI/Simmons Insights Platform
Provides raw data dealing with the demographics and lifestyles of consumers and media audiences. Information includes consumer demographics, psychographics/lifestyles, product and brand usage, media preferences.
For help with any access issues email: rhsmith-helpme@umd.edu

Connect using one of the following options:
- On campus: connect from any machine on the UMD network. Point your browser to the link then, click on 'Proceed' from the left side menu: https://insights.mrisimmons.com/university/umd
- From vSmith.umd.edu: launch the student desktop and click on https://insights.mrisimmons.com/university/umd.
- Remote access: Connect to UM GlobalProtect UMD VPN (add link), select the 'TunnelAll Gateway' option, then click on https://insights.mrisimmons.com/university/umd

Mediamark Please see: MRI/Simmons Insights Platform
University Internet Reporter Please see: MRI/Simmons Insights Platform

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Marketing Plans

BPlans.com
Free site from Palo Alto Software, Inc. Use this web site to locate sample business plans or marketing plans for specific business sectors.

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Master's Theses

Dissertations & Theses: Full Text
An authoritative source about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Full text from 1997 to the present.

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Business Source Complete
Comprehensive database of business sources- includes over 3600 peer reviewed journals, trade publications, magazines, books, case studies, company profiles, SWOT analysis, etc.
Note: To access company profiles, click on link from the 'More' option menu on top of screen (in the blue band) to search for company profiles by company name.
Factiva
From Dow Jones. Provides full text access to over 8,000 business sources including national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, web sites, and industry (trade) sources. Includes coverage of the Wall Street Journal.
Note: Licensing restrictions limit use to 12 simultaneous users. If you are unable to access this database, please try again later.

Nexis Uni
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) provides fulltext to news, business and legal information. Newspapers date back to the 1970's. Please Note: The Washington Post is no longer included in Nexis Uni.The National Newspapers Core database includes the Washington Post.

WRDS (Wharton Research Data Service)
From the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business this Internet based business data and business intelligence service provides via a single interface, access to data across several disciplines, including Accounting, Banking Economics, Finance, Marketing and Public Policy. Databases include: AuditAnalytics, Bank Regulatory, Blockholders, CBOE Indexes, CISDM Hedge Fund, COMPUSTAT, CRSP, CSMAR, CUSIP, DMEF Academic Data, Dow Jones, Eventus, FDIC, FAMA French & Liquidity Factors, Federal Reserve Bank, IBES, IHS Global Insight, ISSM, KLD, MFLINKS, Markit Trial, Option Metrics, PHLX, Penn World Tables, Risk Metrics, SEC Order Execution, TRACE, Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters), WRDS SEC Analytics Suite, Zacks Trial.
[Note: Access via WRDS. WRDS access is available by account only — request account at https://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu.]

Bloomberg: Contains news, current and historical financial data and analysis for individual companies, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, economics, and derivatives for both international and domestic markets.
[Note: Access available in Van Munching Hall Financial Markets and Computing Lab/Labs (1572 and 3505 Van Munching Hall), and Smith School DC, Baltimore, and Shady Grove campuses.]
Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) SDC Platinum: Provides a common front end retrieval system for a collection of databases. They contain detailed information on new issues, mergers and acquisitions, syndicated loans, private equity, venture capital, and more for the global financial marketplace.
[Note: Access via vSmith. If not affiliated with or taking courses at the Smith School, e-mail a request for access to vSmith to rhsmith-helpme@umd.edu.
Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) Datastream: Contains historical financial data on individual companies, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, economics, and derivatives for both international and domestic markets.
[Note: Access only via Refinitiv Eikon]

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Mutual Funds

ValueLine (ValueLine Investment Survey)
Provides investment research on stocks, mutual funds, options and convertibles.
Morningstar
Morningstar's data and analyst reports cover more than 20,000 securities, including stocks and mutual funds.
Note: Licensing restrictions limit use to 4 simultaneous users. If you are unable to access this database, please try again later. Screening for stocks and mutual funds available using many different data points.

Morningstar Direct: "Global investment analysis uniting all of Morningstar's data and institutional research"; software allows for the creation of customized reports and presentations. Morningstar Direct provides complete coverage of Morningstar's global investment database and analytics, including worldwide investment data and global market indexes. It has hundreds of financial variables including portfolio and ownership data for thousands of worldwide hedge-funds, open and closed-end funds, exchange traded funds, insurance/life products, U.S. variable annuities and life policies, and 529 plans. In addition, it includes details on 28,000 publicly traded stocks.
[Note: Access available in Van Munching Hall Financial Markets and Computing Lab/Labs (1572 and 3505 Van Munching Hall), and via vSmith. If not affiliated with or taking courses at the Smith School, e-mail a request for access to vSmith to rhsmith-helpme@umd.edu.]
CRSP: Center for Research in Security Prices: Contains daily and monthly historical stock data on more than 20,000 stocks (inactive and active companies) from the NYSE (from 1926), AMEX (from 1962), and NASDAQ (from 1972) markets. Includes U.S. market indices, treasuries, mutual funds.
[Note: Access via WRDS. WRDS access is available by account only - request account at wrds.wharton.upenn.edu]
Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) Mutual Fund Holdings: Formerly known as CDA/Spectrum, referred to as Spectrum 1 2, this source "provides holdings information for all registered mutual funds that report their holdings with the SEC, plus 3,000 global funds".
[Note: Access via WRDS. WRDS access is available by account only — request account at https://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu.]

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NAICS Code - News - Nonprofits

NAICS Code

NAICS (North American Industry Classification System)
From the U.S. Census Bureau - NAICS is the current Industry classification that was developed jointly by the U.S., Canada, and Mexico to provide new comparability in statistics about business activity across North America. The code categorizes companies by their business activity.
NAICS Association
Provides links to "help you Identify/Confirm the Industry Code for all businesses of interest".
NAICS & SIC Crosswalk
Bridge from NAICS codes to SIC codes.

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News

Nexis Uni
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) provides fulltext to news, business and legal information. Newspapers date back to the 1970's. Please Note: The Washington Post is no longer included in Nexis Uni.The National Newspapers Core database includes the Washington Post.

Factiva
From Dow Jones. Provides full text access to over 8,000 business sources including national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, web sites, and industry (trade) sources. Includes coverage of the Wall Street Journal.
Note: Licensing restrictions limit use to 12 simultaneous users. If you are unable to access this database, please try again later.
Financial Times Historical Archive (1888-2010)
An interdisciplinary, global resource that provides knowledge and understanding of global history, business, finance and politics over the last 120 years. The archive includes all articles, advertisements, photographs and market listings as shown in the context of the regular full page and issue of the day.
Wall Street Journal, National Newspapers Core (ProQuest)
Major US newspapers covered including the Wall Street Journal which provides in-depth coverage of national and international finance as well as political news.
Wall Street Journal Historical (1889-1991)
In addition to the printed stories, researchers also can study the charts, stock tables, graphics, and illustrations featured in the publication.
GlobalEdge
From Michigan State University's Broad College of Business. Contains a wealth of information on all countries, in-depth analysis of selected industries, teaching resources, etc.
NOTE: Free access, but registration will provide additional information.
World News Connection
This is the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Reports online - coverage focus - political, economic, environmental, social issues and events include translations from around the world of newspaper articles, conference proceedings, radio and television broadcasts, non-classified technical reports, and local media sources going back to 1994.
BaselineScenario.com
Authoritative news blog "dedicated to explaining some of the key issues in the global economy..."
CEOExpress
News portal for executives.
EIU Viewpoint
(formerly: EIU ViewsWire) is the world's most comprehensive source of global forecasts, market trends, data and analysis, in over 200 countries. The service is relied upon by analysts and strategists across business, government, finance and academia to provide unrivaled insight into how the world's political, economic and policy landscape is changing. Covers different disciplines: Economics, Business, Political Science and Law.
LANIC
Maintained by the University of Texas at Austin, Latin American Network Information Center provides access to country information for Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean.
International Trade Admission Research Center
Site to learn about potential markets by country, industry or region.
National Newspapers
Covers Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, The New York Times, The Sun (Baltimore), and The Washington Post.
Regional Business News (EBSCO)
Comprehensive coverage for regional business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) Eikon: Contains current and historical financial data and analysis for individual companies, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, economics, and derivatives for both international and domestic markets, as well as business and financial news.
[Note: Access available in Van Munching Hall Financial Markets Computing Lab/Labs (1572 and 3505 Van Munching Hall), and Smith School DC, Baltimore, and Shady Grove campuses.]

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Nonprofits

Foundation Directory
The Foundation Directory online is the leading resource in the world of philanthropy. It provides everything about U.S. foundations and their millions of grants around the world. Search up to nine databases at once — grantmakers, companies, grants, 990s, RFPs, philanthropy news, foundation-sponsored publications, nonprofit literature, and jobs. Includes descriptions of more than 100,000 Community Foundations; Corporate Giving Programs, Operating Foundations, Private Grantmaking Foundations (independent and company-sponsored foundations); and Grantmaking Public Charities.
GuideStar
Searchable database with information on nonprofits, including their "mission, programs, leaders, goals, accomplishments, and needs."
Foundation Center
Leading source of information about philanthropy worldwide. The "Find Funders" section links to funding and statistics data; the "Gain Knowledge" links to reports on global issues and trends.
Catalog of Nonprofit Literature
A searchable database of the literature of philanthropy.
American Institute for Philanthropy
A "nonprofit charity watchdog" that "provides donors with information to make more informed giving decisions".
Nonprofits (USA.gov)
"Information and services for nonprofits, including grants, loans, assistance, taxes, management and more".
National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS)
National clearinghouse of data on the nonprofit sector in the United States.
National Council of Nonprofits
The National Council of Nonprofits serves as the national voice for its nonprofit members before Congress and within the Administration. The council conducts research and analyzes information to improve the public's understanding about nonprofits.
Chronicle of Philanthropy
Provides the "latest news, trend analysis, and fundraising strategies" for nonprofits; lists grants and jobs. The "Facts and Figures" section provides survey data.
Idealist
Links to nonprofit, volunteering, Career, and funding resources, includes job and internship opportunities.
Business Source Complete
Comprehensive database of business sources- includes over 3600 peer reviewed journals, trade publications, magazines, books, case studies, company profiles, SWOT analysis, etc.
Note: To access company profiles, click on link from the 'More' option menu on top of screen (in the blue band) to search for company profiles by company name.
Independent Sector
Independent Sector is the leadership network for nonprofits, foundations, and corporate giving programs. Helps organizations maintain the highest standards of ethics and accountability in a new online Resource Center for Good Governance and Ethical Practice; Offers organizations hundreds of free examples of effective practice and tools, as well as other resources from around the country to guide their work; Collects data on nonprofit organizations.

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Operations Management - Options - Outsourcing

Operations Management

Business Source Complete
Comprehensive database of business sources- includes over 3600 peer reviewed journals, trade publications, magazines, books, case studies, company profiles, SWOT analysis, etc.
Note: To access company profiles, click on link from the 'More' option menu on top of screen (in the blue band) to search for company profiles by company name.
Factiva
From Dow Jones. Provides full text access to over 8,000 business sources including national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, web sites, and industry (trade) sources. Includes coverage of the Wall Street Journal.
Note: Licensing restrictions limit use to 12 simultaneous users. If you are unable to access this database, please try again later.
Google Scholar
Searches selected scholarly information across many disciplines and sources, including books, articles, theses. Use the "FindIt@UMCP" link to obtain full text of an article or to find out how else to access it.
JSTOR
Electronic archive of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, covers journals with full-text of all articles published prior to the most current five years.

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Options

OptionMetrics: "Comprehensive source of historical price and implied volatility data for the US equity and index options markets".
[Note: Access via WRDS. WRDS access is available by account only — request account at https://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu]

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Outsourcing

Academic Search Ultimate
Very broad coverage, includes many topics of interest to economic and business researchers.
CREDO
Online versions of 500+ published reference works, including general and specialist dictionaries and encyclopedias. Also links search to results in USMAI, Ebrary, JSTOR, Academic Search Complete.

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P

Patents and Trademarks - Philanthropy - Polls - Ports - Product Codes - Product Development - Public Policy

Patents and Trademarks

Patents and Trademarks
Lists University of Maryland collections, Internet resources, and DVD/CD-ROM databases on patent and trademark.
[NOTE: Compiled by James C. Miller, Patent and Trademark Librarian at UMD]

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Philanthropy

American Institute for Philanthropy
A "nonprofit charity watchdog" that "provides donors with information to make more informed giving decisions".
Catalog of Nonprofit Literature
A searchable database of the literature of philanthropy.
Chronicle of Philanthropy
Provides the "latest news, trend analysis, and fundraising strategies" for nonprofits; lists grants and jobs. The "Facts and Figures" section provides survey data.
Foundation Center
Leading source of information about philanthropy worldwide. The "Find Funders" section links to funding and statistics data; the "Gain Knowledge" links to reports on global issues and trends.

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Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)
The Panel Study of Income Dynamics - PSID - is the longest running longitudinal household survey in the world. The PSID began in 1968 with a nationally representative sample of over 18,000 individuals living in 5,000 families in the United States. Information on these individuals and their descendants has been obtained through various data collection efforts. Data includes employment, income, wealth, expenditures, health, marriage, childbearing, child development, philanthropy, education, and numerous other topics. A majority of data is publicly available for free.

Polls

Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)
The Panel Study of Income Dynamics - PSID - is the longest running longitudinal household survey in the world. The PSID began in 1968 with a nationally representative sample of over 18,000 individuals living in 5,000 families in the United States. Information on these individuals and their descendants has been obtained through various data collection efforts. Data includes employment, income, wealth, expenditures, health, marriage, childbearing, child development, philanthropy, education, and numerous other topics. A majority of data is publicly available for free.

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Ports

PortFocus: Ports Harbours Marinas Worldwide
Comprehensive listing of marine transportation links by country.

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Product Codes

Harmonized Tarif Schedules (HTF) Codes
From the United States International Trade Commission. HTS codes are 6-digit identification codes assigned to all Products imported into the United States.
Statistical Classification of Domestic and Foreign Commodities Exported from the United States (Schedule B)
Data from 1790 – 2011. For data after 2011, use the Statistical Abstract of the United States (Proquest). Covers social and economic conditions in the United States, comprised of data from the Census Bureau, other Federal agencies, and private organizations.

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Product Development

Business Source Complete
Comprehensive database of business sources- includes over 3600 peer reviewed journals, trade publications, magazines, books, case studies, company profiles, SWOT analysis, etc.
Note: To access company profiles, click on link from the 'More' option menu on top of screen (in the blue band) to search for company profiles by company name.
CeBIT
Important trade show website, provides latest Industry trends and innovations in information technology, telecommunications and networks, etc.

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Public Policy

Academic Search Ultimate
Very broad coverage, includes many topics of interest to economic and business researchers.
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
International affairs focus - range of scholarship includes working papers from research institutes, occasional paper series from NGOS, policy briefs, etc.
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Focus on developing "new statistical measurements, assessing the effects of public policies on the U.S. economy, estimating quantitative models of economic behavior, and projecting the effects of alternative policy proposals."
WWW Virtual Library- International Affairs Resources
"Two-thousand annotated links to high quality English language sources in a wide range of international affairs, international studies and international relations topics." Topics include media, organizations, country/regions, business/Economics, relations, etc.

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R

Rankings - Regional News - Regulations - Research - Risk

Rankings

Fortune 500
Annual ranking of America's largest companies.
Forbes Lists
Includes listings of popular business topics.
GuideStar
Searchable database with information on nonprofits, including their "mission, programs, leaders, goals, accomplishments, and needs."
Top U.S. Trading Partners
Ranked by U.S. Total Export Value for Goods (in millions of U.S. dollars). The Office of Trade and Industry Information (OTII), as part of the International Trade Administration, seeks to provide a solid foundation of trade and Industry data to support the development of national trade policy rankings.
Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For
Workplace rankings by Great Places to Work.

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Regional News

Regional Business News (EBSCO)
Comprehensive coverage for regional business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

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Regulations

Laws and Regulations: General Reference Sources
Links to federal, state and local laws and regulations.
Regulations.gov
Online access to U.S. government regulations from nearly 300 federal agencies. Browse by Category, or by topic.
Congressional Publications (ProQuest)
Full text congressional publications, includes hearings, legislative histories, committee press and reports, House and Senate documents Federal Register, Congressional Record, CRS Reports, bills, public laws, regulations, etc.
Legal Information Institute at Cornell University
The Legal Information Institute (LII) provides electronic versions of core materials in numerous areas of the law both online and packaged for download.
Basic Importing and Exporting Information
Provides information on basic importing and exporting processes.
U.S. Trade Statistics
The International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, provides national and international trade statistics, laws, regulations and trade agreements.

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Research

Integrated Research Resources on Campus (IRROC)
Lays out the research process and provides links to the resources available on campus to perform the needed steps

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Risk

Coface: Country Risk and Economic Research
Presents country risk findings in three main sections: Country Risks, Sectors (contain ratings of industries), and Business Climate.
IBISWorld
Provides industry market research reports on U.S. industries, U.S. specializes industries, China industries, global industries, U.S. risk ratings, and U.S. Business Environment Profiles, also available through vSmith.

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S

S&P 500 - SEC Filings - SIC - Small Business - Social Entrepreneurship - Statistics: International - Statistics: United States - Stock Exchange - Stocks - Surveys - SWOT

S&P 500

Factiva
From Dow Jones. Provides full text access to over 8,000 business sources including national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, web sites, and industry (trade) sources. Includes coverage of the Wall Street Journal.
Note: Licensing restrictions limit use to 12 simultaneous users. If you are unable to access this database, please try again later.
WRDS (Wharton Research Data Service)
From the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business this Internet based business data and business intelligence service provides via a single interface, access to data across several disciplines, including Accounting, Banking Economics, Finance, Marketing and Public Policy. Databases include: AuditAnalytics, Bank Regulatory, Blockholders, CBOE Indexes, CISDM Hedge Fund, COMPUSTAT, CRSP, CSMAR, CUSIP, DMEF Academic Data, Dow Jones, Eventus, FDIC, FAMA French & Liquidity Factors, Federal Reserve Bank, IBES, IHS Global Insight, ISSM, KLD, MFLINKS, Markit Trial, Option Metrics, PHLX, Penn World Tables, Risk Metrics, SEC Order Execution, TRACE, Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters), WRDS SEC Analytics Suite, Zacks Trial.
[Note: Access via WRDS. WRDS access is available by account only — request account at https://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu.]

Bloomberg: Contains news, current and historical financial data and analysis for individual companies, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, economics, and derivatives for both international and domestic markets.
[Note: Access available in Van Munching Hall Financial Markets and Computing Lab/Labs (1572 and 3505 Van Munching Hall), and Smith School DC, Baltimore, and Shady Grove campuses.]
Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) Datastream: Contains historical financial data on individual companies, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, economics, and derivatives for both international and domestic markets.
[Note: Access only via Refinitiv Eikon.]
Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) Datastream for Office (DFO):
[Note: Datastream Excel Add-in. Excel access available in Van Munching Hall Financial Markets and Computing Lab/Labs (VHM 3505), and Smith School DC, Baltimore, and Shady Grove campuses. Users must also be logged into Eikon using specific Eikon user IDs and passwords.]

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SEC Filings

EDGAR
From the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Contains all of the filings required of public companies by the SEC.

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SIC

SIC (Standard Industrial Classification System)
From the U.S. Census Bureau - SIC code categorizes companies by their business activity. The SIC Industry classification system was used for many years, replaced in 1997 by the NAICS system. The SIC classification is still used in some business databases and for historical Industry comparisons.
SIC & NAICS Crosswalk (Bridge)
Bridge from SIC codes to NAICS codes.

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Small Business

DARPA Small Business Support Programs
Through Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR).
Encyclopedia of Small Business
Designed to provide entrepreneurs with information that can be applied to their own business. Contains detailed articles and overviews of all the key information needs of small business owners — financing; financial planning; business plan creation; market analysis; sales strategy; tax planning, human resource issues etc.
FindLaw Small Business Center
Contains an extensive offering of featured articles about how to start up a small business including legal issues, business plans and funding.
NSF Grants for Small Businesses
Grants are available for startups and small businesses through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.
Small Business Administration
Small Business Administration information about how to start, finance, and manage small businesses.
Franchise Direct
A comprehensive franchise opportunity listing, providing views, news and advice to entrepreneurs and franchisors alike. Browse through their profiles or read about the latest featured franchises.

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Social Entrepreneurship

Business Source Complete
Comprehensive database of business sources- includes over 3600 peer reviewed journals, trade publications, magazines, books, case studies, company profiles, SWOT analysis, etc.
Note: To access company profiles, click on link from the 'More' option menu on top of screen (in the blue band) to search for company profiles by company name.
Ashoka
Global association of the world's leading social entrepreneurs.
Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
"Purpose to advance social Entrepreneurship and to foster social entrepreneurs as an important catalyst for societal innovation and progress." Publications link provides access to reports and case studies dealing with social Entrepreneurship.
Google Scholar
Searches selected scholarly information across many disciplines and sources, including books, articles, theses. Use the "FindIt@UMCP" link to obtain full text of an article or to find out how else to access it.
JSTOR
Electronic archive of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, covers journals with full-text of all articles published prior to the most current five years.

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Statistics: International

Africa Development Indicators (World Bank)
Detailed collection of data on Africa — includes social, economic, natural resources, infrastructure, governance and environmental indicators.
Country at a Glance Tables
From the World Bank. Presents key indicators tracing the trends in social and economic development from the last three decades.
EIU Viewpoint
(formerly: EIU ViewsWire) is the world's most comprehensive source of global forecasts, market trends, data and analysis, in over 200 countries. The service is relied upon by analysts and strategists across business, government, finance and academia to provide unrivaled insight into how the world's political, economic and policy landscape is changing. Covers different disciplines: Economics, Business, Political Science and Law.
International Financial Statistics
From the International Monetary Fund. Covers all aspects of international and domestic finance, includes full-text statistical data from 1996-present.
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) At-A-Glance Tables
From the World Bank, provides key data on information and communications technologies, with sections on economic and social context, ICT sector structure, and ICT sector performance.
NationMaster
National statistics for just about any country in the world, presented in over 20 categories and 10 regions, including Asia and South East Asia.
Source OECD
Source OECD is the online library of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. It comprises book collection, periodicals and the OECD statistical databases.
World Bank Data Catalog
World Bank Group datasets organized with "pointers to social, government, economic, financial, etc., statistics. Many of the time-series tables of key indicators by country can be downloaded.
World Development Indicators
From World Bank Group provides direct access to more than 550 development indicators, with time series for 200 countries and 18 country groups from 1960, where data are available. Time covered from 1960 - present in a wide range of areas, including social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators. Data export options in Excel or ASCII.
World Investment Report
From United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Investment Report focuses every year on the latest trends in foreign direct investment (FDI) around the world, at the regional and country levels and emerging measures to improve its contribution to development.
Balance of Payments Statistics - IMF eLibrary - Data
From the International Monetary Fund, includes full-text statistical data from 1996 to present on total goods, services, factor income, and current transfers an economy receives from or provides to the rest of the world.
[Note: To download data, authorized users are required to create a free personal account.]
Data Planet
This site provides access to thousands of national and international datasets covering a wide range of subjects. The data can be displayed in charts, graphs, maps tables and exported to be manipulated further.
Enterprise Surveys
Provides the world's most comprehensive firm-level data in emerging markets and developing economies for over 120,000 countries. Data are used to create indicators to benchmark quality of the business and investment climate across countries.
Foundation Center
Leading source of information about philanthropy worldwide. The "Find Funders" section links to funding and statistics data; the "Gain Knowledge" links to reports on global issues and trends.
Global Economic Monitor (GEM)
From the World Bank- provides daily and monthly commentary on global economic conditions along with direct access to high frequency data that is refreshed daily. It provides analysis of current economic trends, economic, financial and commodity data indicators, an extensive database including growth and commodity forecasts.
GlobalEdge
From Michigan State University's Broad College of Business. Contains a wealth of information on all countries, in-depth analysis of selected industries, teaching resources, etc.
NOTE: Free access, but registration will provide additional information.
Human Development Report
From the United Nations an annual "In depth analysis and policy recommendations on a specific and important aspect of international development", includes statistical factsheets on many of the world's countries.
International Comparison Program
From the World Bank, provides a collection of comparative price data and detailed expenditure values of countries gross domestic Products (GDP), and purchasing power parities (PPPs) estimates of the world's economies.
Joint External Debt Hub (JEDH)
From the World Bank. Provides external debt data and selected foreign assets from international creditor/market and national debtor sources.
One World- Nations Online
A portal to the countries of the world - each country listed contains a country profile with facts and figures, geography, flag, statistics, maps, images, plus links to sources that provide more information such as: official government web sites, newspapers, tourism, travel advice, etc.
Passport
Provides comparative statistics for 205 countries on economic indicators, health, foreign trade, environment, lifestyle, industrial and agricultural output, communications, and more. Also includes market size data for over 300 consumer products and services.
Note: This resource requires a campus login for access.
Quarterly External Debt Statistics (QEDS/SDDS/GDDS)
Provides detailed external debt data that are published individually by countries that subscribe to the IMF's Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) as well as GDDS participating countries that are in a position to produce the external debt data prescribed by the SDDS.
Statistical Sites of the World Wide Web
Bureau of Labor Statistics, US and other country statistical web sites.
World Economic Outlook
From International Monetary Fund (IMF), time covered from 1993 to present. Coverage similar to World Development Indicators data, but more limited in scope and history, includes commodity price data and regional data that's not easily available in World Development Indicators.
ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research)
The world's largest collection of digital social science data.

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Statistics: United States

American Community Survey
From the U.S. Census Bureau, Provides detailed population and housing information on the U.S. population.
Data.Census.gov
From the U.S. Census Bureau. Provides U.S. population, housing, economic, and geographic data.
Big Charts
Provides access to interactive charts, quotes, Industry analysis and intraday stock screeners, market news and commentary.
County Business Patterns (CBP)
From the U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns (CBP) is an annual series providing subnational economic data by industry.
U.S. Data & Statistics: USAGov
Data and statistics listed by topic from U.S government agencies.
E-Commerce Statistics (E-Stats)
Site managed by the U.S. Census Bureau and devoted exclusively to "Measuring the Electronic Economy."
Economic Census
From the U.S. Census Bureau, Provides a detailed portrait of the United States economy once every five years from the national to the local level covers most of the U.S. economy in its basic collection of establishment statistics such as sales receipts revenue annual payroll number of employees. Related programs include statistics on minority and women owned businesses. Site contains data on most recent economic census, held in 2007.
Historical Statistics of the United States
The standard source for quantitative indicators of American history, includes statistics from over 1000 sources.
Overview of BLS Statistics by Industry
An overview of Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
Policy Map
Provides access to over 15,000 indicators related to demographics, housing, health, crime, education, jobs from more than 150 authoritative public and proprietary sources.
Statistical Abstract of the United States (Census Bureau)
The authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
Statistical Abstract of the United States (ProQuest)
Data from 1790 to the present. Covers social and economic conditions in the United States, comprised of data from the Census Bureau, other Federal agencies, and private organizations. Coverage: Subject areas include population, vital statistics, health, education, law, geography, government, labor, agriculture, and business/trade/finance. Time Span: Annual statistics from 1995 through 2002.
Statistical Sites of the World Wide Web
Bureau of Labor Statistics, US and other country statistical web sites.
U.S. Economy at a Glance: Perspectives from the U.S. Department of Commerce
Bureau of Economic Analysis Accounts (BEA) produces some of the most closely watched economic statistics that influence decisions of government, business and individuals, providing a comprehensive, current picture of the U.S. economy.
[Note: statistics: united states, business planning]
Bureau of Labor Statistics
From the U.S. Department of Labor, provides economic indicators, labor statistics, and other measures of economic and social performance.
Economy at a Glance
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics, this site provides data on unemployment rates, average hourly earnings,the consumer price index and producer price index. Historical data is available from 1999 to the present. Data is available by state or at the national level.
Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)
From the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, FRED is a database of over 45,000 U.S. economic time series in such areas as money, banking, finance, population, employment, labor markets, business activity, national debt, and prices. Data are also available via an Excel download add-in.
National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS)
National clearinghouse of data on the nonprofit sector in the United States.
Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)
The Panel Study of Income Dynamics - PSID - is the longest running longitudinal household survey in the world. The PSID began in 1968 with a nationally representative sample of over 18,000 individuals living in 5,000 families in the United States. Information on these individuals and their descendants has been obtained through various data collection efforts. Data includes employment, income, wealth, expenditures, health, marriage, childbearing, child development, philanthropy, education, and numerous other topics. A majority of data is publicly available for free.
State Data Centers
Provides access to U.S. Census Bureau data and information through a wide network of agencies in each state.
U.S. Census Bureau
Leading source of data about the nation's people and economy. It provides social, demographic, housing and economic statistics mainly for the U.S.
Click on headings top of screen to find data sources of interest.
ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research)
The world's largest collection of digital social science data.

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Stock Exchange

NASDAQ
The official web site for the Nasdaq electronic stock market.
NYSE- New York Stock Exchange
Official website of the New York stock exchange.
Institute for the Study of Security Markets (ISSM)
NYSE/AMEX/NASD Trade and Quote Database covering 1983-1992.
[Note: Access via WRDS. WRDS access is available by account only — request account at https://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu]
WRDS (Wharton Research Data Service)
From the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business this Internet based business data and business intelligence service provides via a single interface, access to data across several disciplines, including Accounting, Banking Economics, Finance, Marketing and Public Policy. Databases include: AuditAnalytics, Bank Regulatory, Blockholders, CBOE Indexes, CISDM Hedge Fund, COMPUSTAT, CRSP, CSMAR, CUSIP, DMEF Academic Data, Dow Jones, Eventus, FDIC, FAMA French & Liquidity Factors, Federal Reserve Bank, IBES, IHS Global Insight, ISSM, KLD, MFLINKS, Markit Trial, Option Metrics, PHLX, Penn World Tables, Risk Metrics, SEC Order Execution, TRACE, Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters), WRDS SEC Analytics Suite, Zacks Trial.
[Note: Access via WRDS. WRDS access is available by account only — request account at https://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu.]

CRSP: Center for Research in Security Prices: Contains daily and monthly historical stock data on more than 20,000 stocks (inactive and active companies) from the NYSE (from 1926), AMEX (from 1962), and NASDAQ (from 1972) markets. Includes U.S. market indices, treasuries, mutual funds.
[Note: Access via WRDS. WRDS access is available by account only - request account at wrds.wharton.upenn.edu]
Bloomberg: Contains news, current and historical financial data and analysis for individual companies, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, economics, and derivatives for both international and domestic markets.
[Note: Access available in Van Munching Hall Financial Markets and Computing Lab/Labs (1572 and 3505 Van Munching Hall), and Smith School DC, Baltimore, and Shady Grove campuses.]
Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) Datastream: Contains historical financial data on individual companies, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, economics, and derivatives for both international and domestic markets.
[Note: Access only via Refinitiv Eikon.]
Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) Datastream for Office (DFO):
[Note: Datastream Excel Add-in. Excel access available in Van Munching Hall Financial Markets and Computing Lab/Labs (VMH 3505), and Smith School DC, Baltimore, and Shady Grove campuses. Users must also be logged into Eikon using specific Eikon user IDs and passwords.]

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Stocks

Morningstar
Morningstar's data and analyst reports cover more than 20,000 securities, including stocks and mutual funds.
Note: Licensing restrictions limit use to 4 simultaneous users. If you are unable to access this database, please try again later. Screening for stocks and mutual funds available using many different data points.
ValueLine (ValueLine Investment Survey)
Provides investment research on stocks, mutual funds, options and convertibles.
Factiva
From Dow Jones. Provides full text access to over 8,000 business sources including national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, web sites, and industry (trade) sources. Includes coverage of the Wall Street Journal.
Note: Licensing restrictions limit use to 12 simultaneous users. If you are unable to access this database, please try again later.
Mergent Online
Provides current and historical financial information on publicly traded US and international companies. The company information includes: analyst reports, annual stock price ranges, bond ratings history, news, mergers & acquisitions, stock splits, income statements, balance sheets, information on subsidiaries, officers and directors, etc.
WRDS (Wharton Research Data Service)
From the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business this Internet based business data and business intelligence service provides via a single interface, access to data across several disciplines, including Accounting, Banking Economics, Finance, Marketing and Public Policy. Databases include: AuditAnalytics, Bank Regulatory, Blockholders, CBOE Indexes, CISDM Hedge Fund, COMPUSTAT, CRSP, CSMAR, CUSIP, DMEF Academic Data, Dow Jones, Eventus, FDIC, FAMA French & Liquidity Factors, Federal Reserve Bank, IBES, IHS Global Insight, ISSM, KLD, MFLINKS, Markit Trial, Option Metrics, PHLX, Penn World Tables, Risk Metrics, SEC Order Execution, TRACE, Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters), WRDS SEC Analytics Suite, Zacks Trial.
[Note: Access via WRDS. WRDS access is available by account only — request account at https://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu.]
Big Charts
Provides access to interactive charts, quotes, Industry analysis and intraday stock screeners, market news and commentary.
Institute for the Study of Security Markets (ISSM)
NYSE/AMEX/NASD Trade and Quote Database covering 1983-1992.
[Note: Access via WRDS. WRDS access is available by account only — request account at https://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu]
NASDAQ
The official web site for the Nasdaq electronic stock market.
NYSE- New York Stock Exchange
Official website of the New York stock exchange.
Standard & Poor's
Official Company website — provides some investment data including bond ratings.
NOTE: Must register to use. Free subscription.
For bond ratings, after registration, click on United States, under Task Selector, select 'Find a rating'. Follow directions to get available S&P ratings.

CRSP: Center for Research in Security Prices: Contains daily and monthly historical stock data on more than 20,000 stocks (inactive and active companies) from the NYSE (from 1926), AMEX (from 1962), and NASDAQ (from 1972) markets. Includes U.S. market indices, treasuries, mutual funds.
[Note: Access via WRDS. WRDS access is available by account only - request account at wrds.wharton.upenn.edu]
Bloomberg: Contains news, current and historical financial data and analysis for individual companies, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, economics, and derivatives for both international and domestic markets.
[Note: Access available in Van Munching Hall Financial Markets and Computing Lab/Labs (1572 and 3505 Van Munching Hall), and Smith School DC, Baltimore, and Shady Grove campuses.]
Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) Eikon: Contains current and historical financial data and analysis for individual companies, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, economics, and derivatives for both international and domestic markets, as well as business and financial news.
[Note: Access available in Van Munching Hall Financial Markets and Computing Lab/Labs (1572 and 3505 Van Munching Hall), and Smith School DC, Baltimore, and Shady Grove campuses.]
Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) Datastream: Contains historical financial data on individual companies, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, economics, and derivatives for both international and domestic markets.
[Note: Access only via Refinitiv Eikon.]
Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) Datastream for Office (DFO)
[Note: Datastream Excel Add-in. Excel access available in Van Munching Hall Financial Markets and Computing Lab/Labs (VMH 3505), and Smith School DC, Baltimore, and Shady Grove campuses. Users must also be logged into Eikon using specific Eikon user IDs and passwords.]
Morningstar Direct: "Global investment analysis uniting all of Morningstar's data and institutional research"; software allows for the creation of customized reports and presentations. Morningstar Direct provides complete coverage of Morningstar's global investment database and analytics, including worldwide investment data and global market indexes. It has hundreds of financial variables including portfolio and ownership data for thousands of worldwide hedge-funds, open and closed-end funds, exchange traded funds, insurance/life products, U.S. variable annuities and life policies, and 529 plans. In addition, it includes details on 28,000 publicly traded stocks.
[Note: Access available in Van Munching Hall Financial Markets and Computing Lab/Labs (1572 and 3505 Van Munching Hall), and via vSmith. If not affiliated with or taking courses at the Smith School, e-mail a request for access to vSmith to rhsmith-helpme@umd.edu.]

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Surveys

BLS Data Finder
Developed by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, BLS Data Finder provides the capability to search for the myriad of surveys conducted by the Bureau.
Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)
The Panel Study of Income Dynamics - PSID - is the longest running longitudinal household survey in the world. The PSID began in 1968 with a nationally representative sample of over 18,000 individuals living in 5,000 families in the United States. Information on these individuals and their descendants has been obtained through various data collection efforts. Data includes employment, income, wealth, expenditures, health, marriage, childbearing, child development, philanthropy, education, and numerous other topics. A majority of data is publicly available for free.

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SWOT

Business Source Complete
Comprehensive database of business sources- includes over 3600 peer reviewed journals, trade publications, magazines, books, case studies, company profiles, SWOT analysis, etc.
Note: To access company profiles, click on link from the 'More' option menu on top of screen (in the blue band) to search for company profiles by company name.
IBISWorld
Provides industry market research reports on U.S. industries, U.S. specializes industries, China industries, global industries, U.S. risk ratings, and U.S. Business Environment Profiles, also available through vSmith.

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T

Taxation - Technology - Theses - Trade Agreements - Training - Trains - Transportation Modes

Taxation

Tax Policy Center
From the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution, provides a comprehensive overview of US tax policy for the public, government officials, journalists, and researchers. Major projects deal with "revenue and distribution estimates for the latest tax proposals and bills." Also provides issue briefs, discussion papers, summaries of facts published by government agencies, a primer on the tax system, and a blog discussing tax legislation.

RIA Checkpoint
Access to a variety of tax information, including complete tax law, analysis, journals, news, cases, and rulings. Covers all aspects of tax law. Coverage varies, but most is from 1990 to the present.
CQ Researcher
Full-text database that provides comprehensive analysis of each topic, including history and background information, relevant pro & con arguments, current status, bibliographies, contact information, and outlooks on upcoming "hot topics" in current events. Covers news topics in a wide range of subject fields, from social issues to the environment, health, education, politics, and science and technology. Online access to issues dating back to 1923

Business Source Complete
Comprehensive database of business sources- includes over 3600 peer reviewed journals, trade publications, magazines, books, case studies, company profiles, SWOT analysis, etc.
Note: To access company profiles, click on link from the 'More' option menu on top of screen (in the blue band) to search for company profiles by company name.
Factiva
From Dow Jones. Provides full text access to over 8,000 business sources including national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, web sites, and industry (trade) sources. Includes coverage of the Wall Street Journal.
Note: Licensing restrictions limit use to 12 simultaneous users. If you are unable to access this database, please try again later.
Encyclopedia of Small Business
Designed to provide entrepreneurs with information that can be applied to their own business. Contains detailed articles and overviews of all the key information needs of small business owners — financing; financial planning; business plan creation; market analysis; sales strategy; tax planning, human resource issues etc.

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Technology

CeBIT
Important trade show website, provides latest Industry trends and innovations in information technology, telecommunications and networks, etc.
E-Commerce Statistics (E-Stats)
Site managed by the U.S. Census Bureau and devoted exclusively to "Measuring the Electronic Economy."
Google Scholar
Searches selected scholarly information across many disciplines and sources, including books, articles, theses. Use the "FindIt@UMCP" link to obtain full text of an article or to find out how else to access it.
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) At-A-Glance Tables
From the World Bank, provides key data on information and communications technologies, with sections on economic and social context, ICT sector structure, and ICT sector performance.
JSTOR
Electronic archive of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, covers journals with full-text of all articles published prior to the most current five years.

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Theses

Dissertations & Theses: Full Text
An authoritative source about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Full text from 1997 to the present.

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Trade Agreements

U.S. Commercial Service
The U.S. Commercial Service is the trade promotion arm of the U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration. Its focus is to help U.S. companies export or increase sales to new global markets. For details, see: For details, see Information for Exporters of U.S. Goods and Services (http://export.gov/worldwide_us/index.asp)
U.S. Trade Statistics
The International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, provides national and international trade statistics, laws, regulations and trade agreements.
World Trade Organization (WTO)
This "international body deals with rules of trade between nations".

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Training

LinkedIn Learning at UMD
An online education platform that uses videos to help one business, technology-related, and creative skills. Formerly known as "Lynda."
Occupational Outlook Handbook
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics, provides information on a variety of occupational categories - starting salaries, working conditions, nature of the work, training, and more.
PsycInfo
Provides comprehensive coverage in psychology and psychology-related fields: brand preferences, consumer attitudes and behavior, decision making, leadership, management, training - are just some business related topics.

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Trains

RAILIndustry.com
A-Z index of industrial rail companies and organizations, listings of suppliers and vendors, and links to industrial railroad related web sites.

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Transportation Modes

Freight World
Web links to all of the different transportation modes and services related to these modes.
PortFocus: Ports Harbours Marinas Worldwide
Comprehensive listing of marine transportation links by country.
RAILIndustry.com
A-Z index of industrial rail companies and organizations, listings of suppliers and vendors, and links to industrial railroad related web sites.
TIDE's Directory of Transportation Information
Provides a directory of ground and air transportation resources, as well as listings of organizations and companies involved in the transportation Industry.
[The New Jersey TIDE Center is a multi-disciplinary, multi-university research center comprised of the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Princeton University, and Rutgers University.]

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V

Venture Capital - Volunteerism

Venture Capital

PricewaterhouseCoopers: MoneyTree Report
The MoneyTree Report is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States providing information on emerging companies that receive financing and the venture capital firms that provide it.

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Volunteerism

PsycInfo
Provides comprehensive coverage in psychology and psychology-related fields: brand preferences, consumer attitudes and behavior, decision making, leadership, management, training - are just some business related topics.
VolunteerMatch
Nonprofit volunteer recruiting platform.

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W

Wall Street Journal - Wholesale

Wall Street Journal

Factiva
From Dow Jones. Provides full text access to over 8,000 business sources including national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, web sites, and industry (trade) sources. Includes coverage of the Wall Street Journal.
Note: Licensing restrictions limit use to 12 simultaneous users. If you are unable to access this database, please try again later.
National Newspapers
Covers Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, The New York Times, The Sun (Baltimore), and The Washington Post.