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The primary call number area for international commerce is HF3000-HF5000.
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UNH students, faculty and staff can use our Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service for materials we do not own. ILL request forms for books and articles are available at the library Information Desk, and online from the library's website. A separate ILL request form is needed for each item requested. Bibliographic citations should be as accurate and complete as possible. Incorrect or incomplete information, e.g. abbreviations, lack of a publication date, etc., will slow down receipt of material. It is the Peterson Library's policy not to order course textbooks. Read more about Interlibrary Loan.
Selected Reference and Circulating Materials
♦REFERENCE MATERIALS (for use in library only)
| China Venture Capital Yearbook. | Ref. HG5788 .C36; CD-ROM at Circ. Desk on permanent reserve. |
| The Dictionary of International Business Terms. | Ref. HD62.4 .S524 1998 |
| Directory of American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries. | Ref. HG4538 .A1 D5 |
| Directory of Foreign Firms Operating in the United States. | Ref. HG4057 .D5 2002 |
| The Dictionary of Global Culture. | Ref. CB9 .D53 1999 |
| Doing Business and Investing in...[various countries]. PricewaterhouseCoopers. | Ref. HD62.4 .D64+ |
| Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources. | Ref. HF5354 .E9 2001 [Info Desk] |
| Encyclopedia of Small Business. | Ref. HD62.7 .H553 1998; 2002 ed. online via iCONN . |
| The Europa World Year Book. | Ref. JN1 .E85 [Info Desk] |
| Global Monitoring Report. | Ref. HD72 .G56 |
| International Business Information: How to Find It, How to Use It. | Ref. HF54.5 .P33 1994 |
| International Directory of Company Histories. | Ref. HD2721 .I63 |
| International Encyclopedia of Hospitality Management. | Ref. TX905 .I68 2005x |
| International Financial Statistics. | Ref. HG61 .I57 |
OECD Economic Survey(s) [titled as various countries]. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. | Ref. HC240 .O7+ and online via catalog links. |
| Oxford Handbook of International Business. | Ref. HF1379 .O996 2001 |
| The Statesman's Yearbook. | Ref. JA51 .S7 [Info Desk] and online in library at workstation 1. |
| Taiwan Yearbook. | Ref. DS798.92 .R46; also online. |
| Using Government Information Sources: Electronic and Print. | Ref. Z1223 .Z7 S4 2001 |
| World Development Indicators. The World Bank. | Ref. HC59.15 .W656; also online. |
| World Economic Outlook. International Monetary Fund. | Ref. HC10 .W7979; also online. |
| The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. | Ref. JA51 .N3 [Info Desk]; also online. |
| The World Trade Report. World Trade Organization. | Ref. HF1385 .W675; also online. |
♦CIRCULATING MATERIALS (may be borrowed)
| Advertising and Marketing on the Internet. | FT 1.2:2000025130 [GovDocs]; also online. |
| Best Practices in International Business. | HD62.4 .B478 2001 |
| Breaking into the Trade Game: A Small Business Guide to Exporting. | SBA 1.19: T 67/2005 [GovDocs] |
| Business Ethics: A Manual for Managing a Responsible Business Enterprise in Emerging Market Economies. | C 61.8: B 96/2 [GovDocs]; also online. |
| Chinese Culture, Organizational Behavior, and International Business Management. | HD58.7 .C4865 2003 |
| Competitive Intelligence and Global Business. | HD38.7 .C6594 2005 |
| Culture, Leadership, and Organizations: the GLOBE Study of 62 Societies. | HD57.7 .L4323 2004 |
| Developing Global Leaders: Enhancing Competencies and Accelerating the Expatriate Experience. | HD57.7 .K727 2005x |
| Global Engagement and the Innovation Activities of Firms. | HB1 .A2 N3 no.11479; also online. |
| Global Firms and Emerging Markets in an Age of Anxiety. | HD62.4 .G5435 2004 |
| Importers, Exporters, and Multinationals: A Portrait of Firms in the U.S. that Trade Goods. | HB1 .A2 N3 no.11404; also online. |
| International dimensions of organizational behavior. | HD58.7 .A33 2002 |
| International management: insights from fiction and practice. | HD62.4 .I5643 2004 |
| Mergers and the Composition of International Commerce. | HB1 .A2 N3 no.10405; also online. |
| One Billion Customers...Lessons from the Front Lines of Doing Business in China. | HC427.95 .M43 2006 |
| Overseas Assembly and Country Sourcing Choices. | HB1.A2 N3 no.10697; also online. |
| Rising Above Sweatshops: Innovative Approaches to Global Labor Challenges. | HF5549.5 .E45 R57 2003 |
A Short Course in International Business Plans: Charting a Strategy for Success in Global Commerce. | HD30.28 .B7817 2003 |
| Vertical Production Networks in Multinational Firms. | HB1 .A2 N3 no.9723; also online. |
| Working Across Cultures. | HM1211 .H66 2004 |
As a U.S. documents depository, we currently receive about a third of Government Printing Office (GPO) publications. Those dealing with business include periodicals, federal agency reports, Congressional hearings, and, of course, the federal censuses and intervening updates on population, housing, and economic activity.
Many documents are in physical formats (paper, microfiche, CD-ROM) and will be found in library catalog searches. Many are also available online. In the library catalog, be sure to click on Linked Resources to check for online availability. For assistance with government documents [GovDocs] items that are not online, come to the Information Desk.
Access government issuing agencies through the portals listed below or go directly to their websites. For Internet resources on more specific topics from both governmental and non-governmental institutions, see the Selected Internet Resources section.
For more information on government documents, consult the Government Documents library guide.
♦MAJOR FEDERAL PORTALS:
GPO Access. This is the easiest access point for much of what the GPO publishes for all three branches of the federal government. Find links for major publications like the U.S.Code, the Code of Federal Regulations, the Federal Register, the Congressional Record and others on the front page. Use the A-Z Resource List to identify and access all online publications.
USA.gov. "The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal." The A-Z Agency Index is the most complete list of federal agencies available. Among the most important access points for international business are Trade.gov, the website of the Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration, and Export.gov, the U.S. Government's export portal.
Periodical articles from scholarly journals, as well as from newspapers and magazines, can be a valuable source of information in all research fields. Journals at the MKP Library on our home page is a listing of most of the periodical titles, current and historical, to which you have access through the library, including print, and microform materials in the library, as well as periodicals available electronically. To find:
♦Single journals or articles by citation: If you have the citation to an article, type the title of the journal in the top search box. Results will show which databases contain the journal electronically and give you a list of available issues to search through. Available UNH library holdings are also given to enable you to find and/or copy the article in the library. Periodicals are on the lower level. Current newspapers are at the Circulation Desk on the entry level.
♦Lists of journals by keyword or subject: Use the top search option, with the drop-down box set to Title contains all words and search with title keywords, e.g. internat* business, [*= truncation here]. You can also use the lower drop-down search box and select subjects like Business and Economics and the listed subcategories. These methods allow you to identify periodicals in a field and browse current issues of these periodicals, either online or in the library.
FIf you need a list of articles on a subject, use the periodical indexes found in this guide in the Databases section.
♦SELECTED JOURNALS
♦♦International Business Conditions:
Barrons; Business 2.0; Business week; CFO; Chief executive; Economist; Entrepreneur; Financial times (London); Forbes; Fortune; Inc.; Industry week; Institutional investor; Internet week; Money; Newsweek international (Atlantic edition); The New York times; Survey of current business; U.S. news & world report; The Wall Street journal; Wired.
♦♦Annual Special Issues:
Many periodicals publish annual industry reviews and various lists of top companies. Business week's Global 1000 and Fortune's Global 500 both appear annually in July print issues. They may be also found at the periodicals' websites and online through database searches using keywords like global or international and "top companies," etc. Searching the phrase business rankings at the Librarians' Internet Index will link you to a number of these lists. Some of the Fortune lists are available here.
♦♦International Business and Commerce:
Advances in competitiveness research; Competitiveness review; Country monitor; Global competitiveness; Harvard international review; International economics and economic policy; International economy; International journal of business studies; International journal of commerce and management; International journal of e-business strategy management; International journal of market research; International marketing review; International tax review; International trade finance; International trade forum; Journal of international business studies; Journal of world business: JWB; Law and policy in international business; Multinational business review; Multinational monitor; Northwestern journal of international law & business; Open economies review; Review of world economics; Syracuse journal of international law and commerce; Transnational corporations; UCLA journal of international law and foreign affairs; World trade.
♦♦Europe:
Automotive news Europe; Cable & satellite Europe; Construction Europe; Contract services Europe; Euromoney; Europe agri; Europe energy; European business forum; European business journal; European banker; European cosmetic markets; European journal of marketing; European management review; European pharmaceutical executive; European retail digest...; European rubber journal; European venture capital & private equity journal; Market-Europe; Pharmaceutical technology Europe; Pulp & paper Europe; Tech-Europe; Time international (Europe edition); Transport Europe; Utility Europe.
♦♦Asia and Emerging Markets:
Adweek Asia; Asia computer weekly; Asia-Pacific financial markets; Asia Pacific journal of management; Asia Pacific journal of marketing and logistics; Asia-Pacific journal of operational research; Asia Pacific TV; Business Asia; Business Mexico; Chemical week Asia; China business review; Journal of Asia Pacific marketing; Latin American economy & business; Latin American television; Latin trade; Market. Africa/Mid-East; Market. Asia Pacific; Market. Latin America; MEED. Middle East economic digest; Middle East media & advertising news wire; Middle East policy; OECD economic outlook; SABI - South American business information: Economia hoy; Telecom Asia; Time international (Asia ed.); Times of Central Asia; Wireless Asia.
Whether your subject is a person, company, product, brand, or an industry, the most efficient way to find articles by subject is to use an index that searches the contents of many journals at one time. Increasingly, electronic indexes offer the full text of the article as well as the citation and abstract. In addition, our Serials Solutions journal-linking software program will frequently offer you Find full text links to other databases or tell you the availability of periodicals in the library.
Use the links on the library's home page for access. Use the Alphabetical List to select databases by title or provider, the Subject List for topical access, or the Annotated List for search tips, publications included, user's guides, tutorials, and links to each database. When you are instructed, a one-time entry of your 16-digit UNH ID number will open all library resources until you close the search window.
♦ELECTRONIC JOURNAL INDEXES - FINDING ARTICLES:
ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry, and ABI/INFORM Dateline. These three databases together cover periodicals back to the 1970s in all areas of business, industry, and economics and in all regions and locales. [ProQuest] or [iCONN]
Academic OneFile. Peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources, with millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML formats. [iCONN]
Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress). Peer-reviewed journals, working papers and other scholarly information offered for free downloading by the authors themselves. According to its website, bepress "develops and licenses technologies to help the academic community produce, archive, and disseminate scholarly work." Major subject areas include economics, business, marketing and law.
Business and Company Resource Center. Search for periodical articles on all business topics. Search also by NAICS code, SIC code, or keywords for industries, or by company names for information that includes news articles, corporate histories, financials, rankings, analysts' reports from major investment houses, company brand names, industry analysis, suits and claims against the company, and relevant business associations. [iCONN]
Emerald Fulltext Journals Online. Over 100 journals published by Emerald Insight Publishers, with many articles on all aspects of international business including management and marketing, branding, retailing, logistics, entrepreneurship, and more.
HighWire Press. Over 4 million (1.5 million free) articles from more than 1,000 journals.
InfoTrac OneFile. A mega-database, good for all topics, including business. [iCONN]
LegalTrac. Indexing for more than 1,400 titles including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals, and international legal journals, plus law-related articles from over 1,000 additional business and general interest publications. [iCONN]
LexisNexis Academic. Get news articles via Business and Industry and Market. Use Legal Research to find cases relating to international business topics. Includes domestic and international legal materials (European Union law, Commonwealth and Foreign Nations Case Law, GATT and other international agreements). [iCONN]
LexisNexis Statistical searches American Statistical Index (ASI), Statistical Reference Index (SRI), and International Statistics Index (ISI), for tabular data from federal, state, and international government publications.
ProQuest Newspapers and Historical Newspapers. Indexing and full-text content of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and other major U.S. newspapers. Historical Newspapers provide full article and page images in PDF format. [ProQuest] or [iCONN]
PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, and Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection. Some coverage of topics like ethics, organizational dynamics, and cross-cultural issues in the global environment, with full-text articles interlinked between these three databases. [EBSCO]
♦OTHER RESEARCH DATABASES:
Conference Board Online. The online version of print reports, current business analysis, and economic indicators for the U.S. and other major countries, produced by the prestigious Conference Board. Also has archived topical reports and articles from monthly online periodical Straight Talk. Use the library catalog to find print versions of reports in the library.
CountryWatch. Demographic, political, economic, business, cultural, and environmental information. Daily news coverage from several regional news services for every country, plus maps, weekly global news updates, and five year forecasts of key macroeconomic variables for world countries.
Directory of Corporate Affiliations. Provides basic directory information for public and private companies as well as detailing the corporate structure and relationships between parent, divisional, and subsidiary entities. Searchable by country, industry code, and more.
Hoover's Online. Our enhanced subscription to this D&B database gives world-wide company financial information, rankings, news, and market share data. Gives industry information and competitive landscape for companies comparing them to their top three competitors, their entire industry, and the market as a whole.
Mergent Online. World and U.S. public company, annual report, and industry information. Searchable by country and by major world indices and stock exchanges. Search by company or by MIC, NAICS, or SIC codes and rank companies or analyze industries by financial and statistical data. Enables complex searches with multiple textual and financial criteria, downloadable in spreadsheet formats.
NBER Working Papers. Proxy takes you to National Bureau of Economic Research database. Use library catalog for NBER publications in the library; all are also available online.
Stat-USA/Internet. The State of the Nation component gives current and historical release statistics on economic activity. GLOBUS and the National Trade Data Bank (NTDB) offer foreign trade-related releases, international market research, country analysis (Best Market Reports, Country Commercial Guides, etc.) and contact databases like the NTDB Global Trade Directory, where firms can register to find companies to do business with. Available in library only at workstations 1 and 2.
USA Trade Online. U.S. export and import information on more than 18,000 commodities analyzed by Harmonized System (HS) classification codes. Country- and district-level search capabilities provide value, quantity, and unit price information with annual data from 1992 to present, and monthly and year-to-date data from 2002 to present. Various options for sorting, ranking and calculating data. Available in library only at workstations 1 and 2.
♦FEDERAL RESOURCES:
Export.gov. Learn the basics of exporting and register (free) to access market research and trade leads. Links for sales and marketing, finance, logistics, regulations and licensing, trade problems, and trade data. Get the latest annual and quarterly trade data with TradeStats Express. Product-by-product statistics for national exports globally and to specific countries. Similar data for each product, each state and region, both globally and to specific countries.
Trade.gov. The International Trade Administration's site. The ITA's Import Administration sub-agency assists American firms with unfair trade practice complaints and administers the Foreign Trade Zone program, which offers customs-treatment advantages to domestic companies.
U.S. Census Bureau. Administers the Schedule B codes, based on the international Harmonized System (HS) classifications and used for all goods exported from the U.S. Search for product codes by keyword at this site or download the entire schedule.
U.S. International Trade Commission. Maintains the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS), using HS codes to classify and list tariff rates on goods imported into the United States. Click on Tariff Schedule to search for products or codes and tariff rates.
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. This page from the USPTO's website has links aimed at assisting with the protection of intellectual property rights in international trade and commerce.
U.S. Small Business Administration. The SBA has an Office of International Trade. Links for export finance programs, a downloadable small business guide to exporting, and Trade Mission Online (TMO), a contact database for finding potential business partners.
♦INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES:
International Monetary Fund. Publishes World Economic Outlook and statistical database, surveys, country and regional reports and data.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Links for countries, statistics, publications, and documents.
United Nations. Publishes many economic and trade reports like the World Investment Report and World Economic Situation and Prospects.
World Bank. Publishes World Development Indicators and many other annual reports available online. Their Doing Business database gives regulation and enforcement indicators for nations, allowing comparison of business conditions and environments.
World Trade Organization. WTO and predecessor GATT documents are available here. The Resources tab leads to International Trade Statistics back to 1998 and other annual publications like the World Trade report and WTO Annual Reports.
♦INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND TRADE ASSOCIATIONS:
Most associations provide services and information to members only, but many allow access to some information with free online registration. Look for international links within these sites or search the sites with keywords like global or international.
American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA)
American Marketing Association
Direct Marketing Association
Federation of International Trade Associations
International Advertising Association
Marketing Research Association
National Retail Federation
Promotion Marketing Association of America
♦MARKETING DIRECTORIES:
Marketing agency information, usually including the locations, principals, services, major clients, etc. Online disclaimer consent and free registration are often required to protect proprietary material.
Agency ComPile
American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA)
Blue Book Research Services Directory - Marketing Research Association
Green Book: Worldwide Directory of Marketing Research Companies and Services
♦MARKETING MEDIA RESEARCH FIRMS:
Arbitron. Well-known research firm serving a variety of media in the United States, Mexico and Europe. Use links on left to access information about media like radio and cable. Links on the right take you to ratings charts and many free consumer and marketing reports.
A.C.Nielsen. Domestic and international marketing intelligence. Use drop-down boxes for countries of the world and look for free info and pamphlets throughout the site.
♦OTHER USEFUL WEBSITES:
Advertising Age. Annual Global Marketers list, published in November, gives top 100 advertisers worldwide, dollars spent by country, global agencies, and advertiser accounts.
Companieshouse.gov.uk. Company incorporation information from the government of the U.K. Links to governmental company incorporation registries throughout the world.
Economist.com. Country Briefings from The Economist, the respected business publication, and its Economist Intelligence Unit. Registration and fees may apply.
global EDGE. From Michigan State University, international business information including country Insights on all nations and extensive links to research resources.
International Organizations and Related Information. From the University of Michigan Government Documents Center, links to international agencies of all types.
Virtual International Business & Economic Sources. Links to country and regional metasites. Maintained by University of North Carolina Charlotte Business Library.
World-Wide Web Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources. Another excellent and comprehensive set of links.
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