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| References Sources for Business Research |
Business Research Guide
Databases and web sites recommended by Averett library faculty. |
| Averett Library Web |
Value Line Investment Survey
This is a print and electronic investment service analyzing 1,700 companies in 95 industries. Information provided includes stock data, financial ratios, and explanatory text with statistics over many industries. Call the Averett Library Reference Desk for the login & password to the online service. Note: click on the "Subscriber Portfolio Online" button, then click on "Click here to access your subscription."
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Harvard Business Review Archive
Articles and case studies can be purchased from this journal on an individual basis. |
GPS Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Use your Blackboard login to access the OWL for consultations on writing assignments. |
| Books |
The New Palgrave: A dictionary of economics/ edited by John Eatwell, Murray Milgate, and Peter Newman. London: Macmillan Press, Ltd., 1987.
This is a comprehensive encyclopedia of economics. |
Standard and Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors, and Executives, United States and Canada. New York: Standard and Poor's, 2006.
This is a print directory of public and private U.S. and Canadian companies. Biographies of executives are also included. |
Million Dollar Directory: America's leading public and private companies: series 2001. Bethlehem, PA: Dun and Bradstreet Inc., 2006.
This is print directory of public and private U.S. companies. |
RMA Annual Statement Studies: Financial ratio benchmarks, 2004-2005, Vol. 2.
This source provides 19 financial ratios for 680 industries. Data is indexed by industry name, and SIC & NAICS codes. |
RMA Annual Statement Studies: Industry Default Probabilities and Cash Flow Measures, 2004-2005, Vol. 1.
This source provides additional financial ratios for 680 industries. |
Standard and Poor's Industry Surveys. New York: Standard and Poor's Corp, 2005.
This is a loose leaf paper source that provides summaries of industries with statistics and key financial ratios. |
U.S. Industry and Trade Outlook. New York: McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2000.
This print source provides an industry to industry overview of the United States economy. |
Encyclopedia of Consumer Brands. Detroit: St. James Press, 1994.
This encyclopedia provides information about 600 of the most popular consumer brands in the United States. |
International Dictionary of Management/ edited by Hano Johannsen and G Terry Page, 4th edition. East Brunswick, NJ: Nichols/GP Publishing, 1990.
This dictionary includes many terms of a technical nature plus abbreviations and acronyms. Separate sections for organizations and for world currencies are included. |
AMA Management Handbook/ edited by John J. Hampton, 3rd edition. New York: Amacon, 1994.
This print source contains concise information on a broad range of management practices and techniques. |
Manufacturing USA: Industry analyses, statistics, and leading Companies/ edited by Arsen J. Darney, 7th edition. Detroit: Gale Research Inc., 2000.
This print source contains analyses, statistics, and leading companies in 460 manufacturing industries. |
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