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Do Your Financial Research at the Library

Do Your Financial Research at the Library
By Dawn-Michelle Oliver
May 13, 2007 3:06 AM
The Times News.com
<http://www.thetimesnews.com/onset?id=2022&template=article.html>

You may readily think of your local public library when you or your child
have a school assignment to complete, or when you simply want to make the
best of your leisure time with a good book, album or movie.
But do you think of the library when you need financial information?
May Memorial Library in downtown Burlington devotes a section of its
reference department especially to business and financial research, and
the Graham and Mebane branches are also well-equipped to answer many of
your questions.

The business reference collection consists of books, periodicals, and
electronic resources. It also provides access to investment, small
business, and employment resources; data on the local business environment
and the broader national economy; and consumer information.
The staff of Alamance County Public Libraries can assist you whether you
are an investor, entrepreneur, employee or consumer. A few examples of
questions we regularly answer will help to illustrate how:

--How can I research a stock or mutual fund before I decide what to buy?
Value Lines Investment Surveys, Standard & Poors Outlook and Morningstars
Mutual Funds are weekly and bi-weekly periodicals that provide analysis of
individual stocks and mutual funds and commentary on the markets as a
whole. Value Line and Morningstar are also available in online versions.
Other periodicals located in business reference include Business North
Carolina, Minority Business Entrepreneur and the U.S. Department of
Commerces Survey of Current Business. Those shelved in the general
periodicals collection include Barrons, Black Enterprise, Investors
Business Daily, Kiplingers, Triad Business Journal and the Wall Street
Journal.

--We are settling my fathers estate and need to know what he paid for his
shares of Acme stock on June 7, 1981. Where would we find that
information? May Memorial Library has the Wall Street Journal on microfilm
from 1968 to 1999, and the Times-News from the late 1920s to the present.
Both provide access to past stock and mutual fund prices. Mergers and name
changes can make it difficult to find old stock prices, but those
mysteries are solved with the help of the International Directory of
Company Histories.

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Rutgers University Libraries
Research Resources:
Subject Research Guides:
Business
<http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/
research_guides/busi/business.shtml>

A shorter URL for the above link:

<http://tinyurl.com/3a6s>

"This Research Guide provides assistance in doing research in a variety of
business and management topics, with descriptions of databases and
hundreds of reference books in the collections of the Rutgers University
Libraries. Links to more than 3,000 selected business and
management-related Internet resources are included."

Business Research Guide Table of Contents

Accounting (16 May 06)
Banks and Financial Services (23 May 06)
Biographical Resources (18 Apr 07)
Business Courseware (29 Jan 07)
Business Electronic Journals (3 Apr 07)
Business News Sources (3 Apr 07)
Company Research (18 Apr 07)
Databases (17 Jan 07)
Electronic Commerce (19 Oct 06)
Finance and Economics (13 Mar 07)
Financing your Business (1 Sep 05)
General Business (18 Apr 07)
Indexes to Business Topics (2 Feb 07)
Industry News and Trade Magazines (2 Apr 07)
Industry Research (28 Mar 07)
International Business (3 May 07)
Job Searching (13 Mar 07)
Market Research (7 Feb 07)
Organizational Management and HRM (7 Sep 06)
Personal Finance (1 Sep 05)
Small Business and Entrepreneurship (4 Jan 07)
Stock and Commodity Exchanges (25 Apr 07)

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Detailed Business Topics Sections Table of Contents Examples

Accounting

Accounting Standards
Handbooks and Dictionaries
Professional Associations
Indexes to Accounting Literature
Information Servers
Government Sites
Careers
Annual Reports

<http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/
research_guides/busi/account.shtml>

A shorter URL for the above link:

<http://tinyurl.com/2somoo>

Databases

Primary Indexes
Primary Databases
Other Indexes and Databases

<http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/
research_guides/busi/database.shtml>

A shorter URL for the above link:

<http://tinyurl.com/2nlu6a>

Industry Research

Starting Points
Classification Schemes
Manufacturing
Service Industries
Retail and Wholesale
Other Sectors
Ratios
International Business
Associations
Trading Hubs
Other Resources

<http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/
research_guides/busi/industry.shtml>

A shorter URL for the above link:

<http://tinyurl.com/2p55ym>

Content Sample: Full Entry from Database Section of This Subject Guide

Factiva (formerly Dow Jones Interactive)
Factiva is a vast archive of the world's most important publications,
reports and news, focusing on business. RUL's subscription includes these
content segments, each of which has its own searching capabilities:

Search: Search for articles on any subject in the full text of 8,000
leading business newspapers, magazines, trade journals, newsletters, and
television and radio transcripts.

Track: Track is a current awareness service that delivers relevant news
based on tracking statements set up by each user.

News Page: Browse the headlines and text of more than 80 of the world's
most influential magazines and newspapers from 18 countries. That includes
same-day availability of The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The
Economist, Financial Times, and the South China Morning Post.

Company/Markets: Find company profiles, several years of corporate
financials, as well as stock quotes and charts.

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The Library of Congress >> Especially for Researchers >> Research Centers
Business Reference Services
<http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/>

The Collections
<http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/brscoll.html>

Business Reference Collection
Reference Desk Collection
Industrial Directories
Biography
Abstracts and Indexes
Selected Current Journals
Technical Reports and Standards Collections
Microfiche Collections
Online Subscription Services

The Business Reference Collection consists of approximately 20,000 volumes
that are shelved in the Science and Business Reading Room. The collection
includes directories, handbooks and encyclopedias, dictionaries,
biographical materials, current journals, a microfiche collection of
company reports, abstracts and indexes in both paper and online form, and
other types of material.

The business and economics collection encompasses subject areas such as:

accounting
advertising
business history
entrepreneurship
exports and imports
finance
international business
labor
management
market research
personnel relations
stocks and bonds

In addition, other Library of Congress reading rooms may have materials on
reference of interest to the business researcher, including guides to
collections relating to various geographic areas, and guides to special
format, microform, law, government, and technical reports and standards
collections.

To identify specific materials in the reference collection, you may search
the online catalog by title or subject. Choose any of the keyword search
methods and setting the search limits to Collection Location: "Business
Reference Collection." Business-related materials in all reference
collections of the Library of Congress may be identified by choosing any
of the keyword search methods and setting the search limits to Collection
Location: "Reference Collections (ALL)."

A to Z Index of the Business Reference Services Web Site
<http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/azindex.html>

A

About Business Reference Services
About the Division
Accounting: Internet Resources by Subject
Accounting, Business Assist: Specialized Business Guide
Accounting & Auditing Guide: Specialized Business Guide
Advertising and Marketing: Internet Resources by Subject
African American Business Resources: Specialized Business Guide
African American Business Guide: Specialized Business Guide
Agribusiness: Internet Resources by Subject
Asian Business Resources: Specialized Business Guide
Assists, Business :Specialized Business Guide
Associations: Internet Resources by Subject
Astronomy, Women in : A Comprehensive Bibliography: Hot Topics
The Automotive Industry BERA: Issue 2

B

Banking: Internet Resources by Subject
BeCites + :Specialized Business Guide
BERA: Business and Economics Research Advisor   A Quarterly Online Journal
Bibliographies & Guides, Indexes
Black Business: Internet Resources by Subject
Books Cataloged at the Library of Congress, Recent: Specialized Business
Guide
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) or Mad Cow Disease
Business Assists: Specialized Business Guide
Business CD-ROMs and Online Services
Business and Economics Books: Specialized Business Guide
Business and Economic Information at the Library of Congress, Locating
Business and Economics Resources on the Internet, Guide to: Specialized
Business Guide
Business and Economics, Technical Report Holdings in :Specialized Business
Guide
Business Collections
Business Guides, Specialized:
Accounting& Auditing Guide
African American Business Resources
African American Business Guide
Asian Business Resources
BeCites+
BERA: Business and Economics Research Advisor
Business Assists
Accounting
Business Plans
Exploring & Importing
Financing Your Future
Industry Surveys
Internet Resources (Selected)
Products & Manufacturers
Retirement Planning
Venture & Capital
Business and Economics books
Guide to Business History Resources
Locating U.S. Census Data at the Library of Congress
Selected Pre-1974 Corporate Annual Reports on Microfiche
Doing Company Research
Selected Dun and Bradstreet Publications in the Library of Congress
The Entrepreneur's Reference Guide to Small Business
Financing Small Business Enterprises
Globalization     (BERA: Issue 1)
International Business & Small Economic Resources
Guide to Business & Economics Resources on the Internet
Mergers, Acquisitions& Joint Ventures
Multi-Regional Internet Business Resources
Recent Books Catalog at the Library of Congress
Business and Economics Books
Humanities and Social Sciences Books
Science Books
Directory of Small Business Information Providers
Special Collections in Business, Economics and Labor History
Technical Report Holdings in Business and Economics
Business History Resources, Guide to: Specialized Business Guide
Business Internet Resources
Business News Via Wire Services, Current
Business Plans, Business Assists: Specialized Business Guides
Business Plans, Forms: Internet Resources by Subject

C

Calendar of Events
Census Data at the Library of Congress, Locating U.S.: Specialized
Business Guide
Chamber of Commerce: Internet Resources by Subject
Chemical and Biological Warfare (CBW) 03-1 -- Newly revised for 2003
Collections, Business
Collections in the Library of Congress, Special: Business, Economics and
Labor History
Companies (By Industry): Internet Resources by Subject
Companies (By Industry): Airlines: Internet Resources by Subject
Companies (By Industry): Architectural Firms: Internet Resources by
        Subject
Companies (By Industry): Booksellers: Internet Resources by Subject
Companies (By Industry): Consultants: Internet Resources by Subject
Companies (by Industry): Financial: Internet Resources by Subject
Companies (By Industry): Law Firms: Internet Resources by Subject
Companies (By Industry): Marketing: Internet Resources by Subject
Companies (By Industry): Multiple Industries: Internet Resources by
        Subject
Companies (By Industry): Surplus Equipment Dealers: Internet Resources by
        Subject
Companies (By Industry): Television: Internet Resources by Subject
Companies (General): Internet Resources by Subject
Company Directories: Internet Resources by Subject
Company Research, Doing
Company Research, Foreign
Company Research, Private
Company Research, Public
Comprehensive Business Sites: Internet Resources by Subject
Consumer Information: Internet Resources by Subject
Contact Information and Reference Assistance
Contracting, Federal Government
Country Information (General): Internet Resources by Subject
Correspondence Policy & Contact Information
Current Newspapers & Periodicals In the Reference Collection
Current Business News Via Wire Services

D

Demographics: Internet Resources by Subject
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, etc.: Internet Resources by Subject
Directory of Small Business Information Providers: Specialized Business
        Guide
Division Overview
Doing Company Research
Dun and Bradstreet Publications in the Library of Congress, Selected:
Specialized Business Guide

E

E-Commerce: Internet Resources by Subject
Economic Assistance/Grants: Internet Resources by Subject
Economic Indicators: Internet Resources by Subject
Economics: Internet Resources by Subject
Electronic Books: Internet Resources by Subject
Electronic Journals: Internet Resources by Subject
The Entrepreneur's Reference Guide to Small Business: Specialized Business
        Guide
Environmental Economics: Internet Resources by Subject
Events, Calendar of
Exchange Rates: Internet Resources by Subject
Exporting/Importing: Internet Resources by Subject

F

Federal Government Contracting
Finance: Internet Resources by Subject
Finance, public: Internet Resources by Subject
Financing Your Future BRS Assist: Specialized Business Guide
Financing Small Business Enterprises: Specialized Business Guide
Finding Business Information at the Library of Congress
Franchises: Internet Resources by Subject
Frequently Asked Questions
Foreign Company Research

G

Globalization   BERA: Issue 1
Government Agencies and Officials: Internet Resources by Subject
Government Contracting, Federal
Government Procurement: Internet Resources by Subject
Guide to Business & Economics Resources on the Internet: Specialized
        Business Guide
Guide to Business History Resources: Specialized Business Guide
A Guide to Finding Business Information at the Library of Congress

H

The History of Money
History of the New York Stock Exchange
History of the NASDAQ and American Stock Exchanges
History of the US Income Tax: Hot Topics
Hog Heaven:
Hot Topics
The Automotive Industry BERA, Issue 2
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) or Mad Cow Disease
Chemical and Biological Warfare (CBW) 03-1 -- Newly revised for 2003
Globalization BERA, Issue 1
The History of Money
History of the NASDAQ and American Stock Exchanges
History of the New York Stock Exchange
History of the US Income Tax
Hog Heaven
Hurricane Isabel
Market Segmentation: A Guide to Sources of Information
Milton Friedman: A Finding Aid
Nobel Prize Winners in Science and Economics
The Oil and Gas Industry BERA, Issue 5/6
Peter Drucker: A Tribute     Resources by and about Peter Drucker (1909 -
        2005)
The Pyrotechnics Industry
Ricin (Toxic Substance)
The Sports Industry BERA, Issue 3/4
United States Money: A Guide to Information Sources
Wedding Industry Research
Women in Astronomy: A Comprehensive Bibliography
Where Can I find information on the U.S. Power System?
17-Year Periodical Cicadas
35 Years of the Internet
Hours of Service Humanities and Social Sciences Books: Specialized
Business Guide
Hurricane Isabel: Hot Topics

I

Income Tax, History of the US
Indexes, Bibliographies & Guides
Industries: Internet Resources by Subject
Industry Classification: Internet Resources by Subject
Interest Rates: Internet Resources by Subject
International Business & Small Economic Resources: Specialized Business
        Guide
International Development: Internet Resources by Subject
International Economics & Trade BERA: Issue 7/8
International Trade: Internet Resources by Subject
Internet Resources, Business
Internet Resources for Business Reference, (Selected) A BRS Assist
Investing: Internet Resources by Subject
Isabel, Hurricane: Hot Topics

L

Labor: Internet Resources by Subject
Legal Resources: Internet Resources by Subject
Locating Business & Economic Information at the Library of Congress
Locating U.S. Census Data at the Library of Congress: Specialized Business
        Guide

M

Market Segmentation: Specialized Business Guide
Marketing Research: Internet Resources by Subject
Mergers, Acquisitions& Joint Ventures: Specialized Business Guide
Microfiche, Selected Pre-1974 Corporate Annual Reports on
Milton Friedman: A Finding Aid
Money, United States
Multi-Regional Internet Business Resources: Specialized Business Guide
Museums/Libraries: Internet Resources by Subject

N

News Services: Internet Resources by Subject
Newspapers & Periodicals In the Reference Collection, Current
Nobel Prize Winners in Science and Economics: Hot Topics
Nonprofit Organizations: Internet Resources by Subject

O

Occupations: Internet Resources by Subject
The Oil & Gas Industry
(BERA: Business and Economics Research Advisor: Issue 5/6)

P

Patents: Internet Resources by Subject
Physics, Nobel Prize in: Hot Topics
Personal Financial Planning, Financing Your Future BRS Assist: Specialized
Business Guide
Peter Drucker: a Tribute. Resources by and about Peter Drucker (1909 -
        2005) Hot Topics
Postal/Telephone Codes: Internet Resources by Subject
Power System, U.S., Where Can I find information on the: Hot Topics
Pre-1974 Corporate Annual Reports on Microfiche, Selected: Specialized
Business Guide
Price Indexes: Internet Resources by Subject
Private Company Research
Public Company Research
Public Records: Internet Resources by Subject
The Pyrotechnics Industry: A Short Guide to Selected Resources

Q

Questions, Frequently Asked

R

Recent Books Cataloged at the Library of Congress: Specialized Business
        Guide
Reference Assistance and Contact Information
Research Institutes: Internet Resources by Subject
Retirement Planning BRS Assist: Specialized Business Guide
Ricin (Toxic Substance)

S

Science Books: Specialized Business Guides
Selected Dun and Bradstreet Publications in the Library of Congress:
Specialized Business Guide
Selected Internet Resources for Business Reference
Selected Pre-1974 Corporate Annual Reports on Microfiche: Specialized
Business Guide
Service, Hours of
17-Year Periodical Cicadas
Shipping Information: Internet Resources by Subject
Small Business: Internet Resources by Subject
Small Business Information Providers, Directory of: Specialized Business
Guide
Science, Technology, and Business Division Overview
Specialized Business Guides
Accounting& Auditing Guide
African American Business Resources
African American Business Guide
Asian Business Resources
BeCites+
Business Assists
Accounting
Business Plans
Exploring & Importing
Industry Surveys
Internet Resources for Business Reference, Selected
Products & Manufacturers
Retirement Planning
Venture & Capital
Business and Economics books
Guide to Business History Resources
Locating U.S. Census Data at the Library of Congress
Selected Pre-1974 Corporate Annual Reports on Microfiche
Selected Dun and Bradstreet Publications in the Library of Congress
The Entrepreneur's Reference Guide to Small Business
Financing Small Business Enterprises
International Business & Small Economic Resources
Guide to Business & Economics Resources on the Internet
Mergers, Acquisitions& Joint Ventures
Multi-Regional Internet Business Resources
Recent Books Cataloged at the Library of Congress
Business and Economics Books
Humanities and Social Sciences Books
Science Books
Selected Internet Resources for Business Reference
Directory of Small Business Information Providers
Special Collections in Business, Economics and Labor History
Technical Report Holdings in Business and Economics
Special Collections in the Library of Congress: Business, Economics and
        Labor History: Specialized Business Guide
The Sports Industry BERA, Issue 3/4
Standards: Internet Resources by Subject
Statistics: Internet Resources by Subject
Stock Exchanges: Internet Resources by Subject
Subscription Databases available at the Library of Congress for Business
        and Economic Research

T

Tax Information: Internet Resources by Subject
Technical Report Holdings in Business and Economics: Specialized Business
        Guide
Telephone Directories: White Pages: Internet Resources by Subject
Telephone Directories: Yellow Pages: Internet Resources by Subject
Trade Shows: Internet Resources by Subject
Travel: Internet Resources by Subject

U

United States Money

V

Vehicle Prices: Internet Resources by Subject

Special Collections in the Library of Congress:
Business, Economic, and Labor History
<http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/coll/beschome.html>

The special collections listed below contain materials of interest to
researchers in a variety of disciplines, including U.S. business and labor
history. Types of materials within each collection that may be of
particular interest to the business/labor history researcher have been
noted. Other business and labor related materials may also be located by
searching the Prints and Photographs Division online catalog, the American
Memory Collections, and A Guide to the Microform Collections in the
Humanities and Social Sciences Division of the Library of Congress.

Alexander Graham Bell Family Collection: Papers and Photographs of the
Bell Family Manuscript Division

Includes items relating to Bell's involvement in the first telephone
company, patent disputes and early marketing of the telephone. Parts of
the collection may be searched online.

Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America, 1935-1955:
Photographs by Samuel Gottscho and William Schleisner. Prints and
Photographs Division

Includes images of stores, factories. and offices primarily in the
northeastern United States, and images of the 1939-1940 New York World's
Fair.

Dell Paperback Collection Rare Book and Special Collections Division

A substantially complete set Dell paperbacks, illustrating changes in
marketing strategy and pricing over the years.
Detroit Publishing Company Collection Prints and Photographs Division

Includes photographs of industry, transportation and buildings from the
1880's to the 1920's. Portions of the collection may be searched online
The Emergence of Advertising in America, 1850-1920 (Selections from the
Collections of Duke University)

This American Memory online collection presents over 9,000 images relating
to the early history of advertising in the United States. The materials,
drawn from the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at
Duke University, include cookbooks, photographs of billboards, print
advertisements, trade cards, calendars, almanacs, and leaflets for a
multitude of products. Together, they illuminate the early evolution of
this most ubiquitous feature of modern American business and culture. It
should be noted that these primary historical documents reflect the
attitudes, perspectives, and beliefs of different times. The Library of
Congress and Duke University do not endorse the views expressed in these
collections.

Farm Security Administration. Office of War Information (OWI) Collection:
Photographs of American life taken by FSA photographers, 1935-42. Prints
and Photographs Division

Includes photographs relating to various US industries, individual
companies, industrial facilities and office buildings, child labor,
factory workers, migrant laborers, construction projects, shipbuilding,
and railroads. Selected images may be searched and viewed online.
[Related OWI materials on the spread and classification of rumors, and
jokes told by students and other citizens about the war effort are
available in the World War II Rumor Project Collection in the American
Folklife Center. The Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound
Division holds nearly fifty thousand acetate disc recordings of foreign
and domestic radio broadcasts used in support of the war effort which were
transferred to the Library of Congress by the OWI in the U. S. Office of
War Information (OWI) Collection ]

George Korson Collection: Field recordings of the music of American coal
miners, mid-twentieth century American Folklife Center

Pennsylvania mining songs forming part of American industrial folklore.
Kern County Survey Collection: Photographs of agriculture and industry in
Kern County, California, 1880's Prints and Photographs Division
Includes photographs of ranch buildings, livestock, the processing of
fruit and ground crops, methods of irrigation, and antimony mining
operations. Captions provide geographical, historical, and commercial
information for each scene.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Collection:
Noncurrent records and photographs of the NAACP Manuscript Division and
Prints and Photographs Division

Includes material relating to the organization's concerns with segregation
and discrimination in business and labor disputes.
National Child Labor Committee Collection Photographs by Lewis Hine
Manuscript Division

Includes official records, correspondence, speeches, reports, press
releases, and clippings, accompanying the Lewis Hine Photographs in the
Prints and Photographs Division [see below].
National Child Labor Committee Collection Photographs by Lewis Hine Prints
and Photographs Division

Includes approximately 5000 photographic prints and 225 glass negatives.
Accompanying records, correspondence, speeches, reports, press releases,
and clippings are available through the Manuscript Division [see above].
New York World-Telegram and Sun Collection: News photographs, 1920-1960's
Prints and Photographs Division

Includes photographs relating to New York transportation, labor problems,
and housing.
Railroad Maps, 1828-1900. Geography and Map Division

Includes progress report surveys for individual lines, official government
surveys, promotional maps and route guides by individual firms which help
document the development of U.S. industry and agriculture.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Collections: Insurance maps of U.S. cities,
late nineteenth and twentieth centuries Geography and Map Division

Patrons onsite at the Library of Congress may use an online collection of
these maps created from ProQuest Information and Learning's microfilm
collection of 660,000 Sanborn Maps, which were filmed from the Library of
Congress' collection. Includes more than 660,000 large-scale maps of over
12,000 American towns and cities.
Theodor Horydczak Collection Prints and Photographs Division

Includes images of Washington DC area industries and construction sites.
Voices from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant
Worker Collection, 1940-1941 American Folklife Center

A multi-format collection documenting the lives of migrant and displaced
agricultural workers living in Farm Security Administration camps in
California.
Around the World in the 1890's: Photographs from the World Transportation
Commission, 1894-1896 Prints and Photographs Division

Includes images of various modes of transportation, and city, street and
harbor views from North Africa, Asia, Australia, and Oceania.

Milton Friedman: A Finding Aid
Resources by and about Milton Friedman
Compiled by Ellen Terrell and Angela Wilson
Business Reference Services
December 2006
<http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/Friedman/friedman.html>

Business and Economics Research Advisor
A Series of Guides to Business and Economics Topics
Compiled by Specialists in
Business Reference Services
Science, Technology & Business Division
Library of Congress
<http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/BERA/>

Issues
Issue 1 Summer 2004. Globalization

Issue 2 Fall 2004.
The Automotive Industry

Issue 3/4 Summer 2005.
The Sports Industry

Issue 5/6 Spring 2006.
The Oil & Gas Industry

Issue 7/8 Winter 2006/Spring 2007.
International Economics & Trade

Issue 3/4: Summer 2005
The Sports Industry
<http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/BERA/issue3/issue3_main.html>

Table of Contents

Introduction
General Guides and E-Resources
Baseball
Basketball
Football
Golf
Soccer
Tennis

Introduction

Sports is big, big business not only in the United States but around the
world. Millions and millions of dollars are spent at sporting events and
on sports-related equipment and apparel. According to charts based on data
from the National Sporting Goods Association and published in the
2004-2005 Statistical Abstract of the United States, sales for all
athletic and sports clothing for 2002 were almost $10 billion dollars
while sales for athletic and sports equipment were over $21 billion 1.
Receipts from spectator sports events for 2002 were over $1.5 billion
dollars. 2

This guide is devoted to those sports that are the largest in terms of
monies at the professional level and/or which attract the greatest
attention from the general population. As a result, not every sport is
included. The primary focus is on the sports industry in the United States
although there are a few instances in which the international aspects of
the industry are mentioned. Because of the focus on professional sports,
the Olympics and other amateur events are not included. For sources of
information about the Olympics, see The Olympics: A Guide to Reference
Sources . Each section of the guide contains links to print and electronic
resources, as well as quick links to relevant LC catalog searches.

The Olympics: A Guide to Reference Sources
<http://www.loc.gov/rr/main/olympics/>

The Library of Congress >> Especially for Researchers >> Research Centers
Accounting and Auditing
<http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/accounting/accounting.html>

January 2003

Compiled by Ellen Terrell
Library of Congress, Business Reference Section

SCOPE OF THIS GUIDE

GENERAL RESOURCES

Dictionaries - Indexes - Directories
Textbooks
Treatises / Guides
Journals
History
General Internet Sites
Databases
Subject Headings
Databases
Subjects

U.S. RESOURCES

Standards
Industries
Internal Auditing
Auditor Independence / Peer Review
Education / Career
US Internet Sites
INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES
Standards
Treatises
International Internet Sites

Scope of This Guide

This pathfinder is by no means meant to be all inclusive. The sources
included constitute some of the more basic resources and assistance to get
researchers started. Many of the standards publications included are
updated on a yearly basis so be sure to use the most updated edition. As
for textbooks, I have only included some. Since there are many different
textbooks by many different authors, different levels - beginning and
intermediate - with different authors, I have only included a sample. Be
aware that these are also updated on a fairly frequent basis.

Content Sample:

Dictionaries . Indexes . Directories
Kohler's Dictionary for Accountants. edited by W.W. Cooper, Yuji Ijiri.
6th ed. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c1983.
LC Call Number: HF5621 .K6 1983
LC Control Number: 82013354

Catalog record

Dictionary of Accounting Terms. Joel G. Seigel & Jae K. Kshim. Haupp, NY:
Barron's Education series, c2000.
LC Call Number: HF5621 .S54 2000
LC Control Number: 00036285

Catalog record

The International Dictionary of Accounting Acronyms. Thomas W. Morris.
Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Pub., c1998.
LC Call Number: HF5621 .M67 1998
LC Control Number: 99482830

Catalog record

An Accounting Thesaurus : 500 Years of Accounting. [edited by] R.J.
Chambers. 1st ed. Oxford, OX, UK; Tarrytown, N.Y., USA : Pergamon, 1995.
LC Call Number: HF5625 .A255 1995
LC Control Number: 95018243

Catalog record

Encyclopedia of Accounting Systems . [edited by] Tom M. Plank and Lois R.
Plank. 2nd ed. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c1994.
LC Call Number: HF5635 .E54 1994
LC Control Number: 93023812

Catalog record

Accounting & Tax Index. Ann Arbor, MI : UMI, c1992-
LC Call Number: Z 7164.C81 A224
LC Control Number: 92660678

Catalog record

Accountants' Index. Supplement. [New York] : American Institute of
Accountants, 1923-c1992.
LC Call Number: Z 7164.C81 A5 Suppl.
LC Control Number: 86655607

Catalog record

Emerson's Directory of Leading Accounting Firms Worldwide. Bellevue, WA:
Emerson Col, c1994.
LC Call Number: HF 5616 .U5 E47
LC Control Number: 95649647

Continued by Emerson's directory of leading US accounting firms (Bellevue,
Wash. : 1998)
Catalog record
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Textbooks
Fundamentals of Intermediate Accounting. Donald E. Kieso, Jerry J.
Weygandt, Terry D. Warfield. Hoboken, NJ : J. Wiley, 2002.
LC Call Number: HF5635 .K498 2002
LC Control Number: 2002032390

Table of Contents     |    Catalog record

Principles of Accounting. Belverd E. Needles Jr. ... [et al.].7th ed.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., c2002.
LC Call Number: HF5635 .N35 2002
LC Control Number: 2001089367

Catalog record

Accounting Principles. Robert N. Anthony, James S. Reece. 7th ed. Chicago
: Irwin, c1995.
LC Call Number: HF5635 .A7 1995
LC Control Number: 94019478

Catalog record

Accounting Principles. Jerry J. Weygandt, Donald E. Kieso, Paul D. Kimmel.
6th ed. New York : John Wiley & Sons, c2002.
LC Call Number: HF5635 .W524 2002
LC Control Number: 2001271682

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Business Research Guide
University of California Santa Barbara Libraries
<http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subjects/econ/business.html>

Table of Contents

  Finding Articles and Books
  Major Topics
  General Business Reference
  Internet Portals for Business
  Special Topics
  -- Int'l Business Communication
  -- Business Journalism
  -- Internet Demographics
  -- Corporate Resonsibility
  -- Socially Responsible Investing
  -- Study/Work Abroad
  -- Careers and Work
  -- Ownership vs. Franchising
  -- Dot.com Analysis
  -- Business Ethics
  -- Whistleblowing

Content Sample:

INTERNET DEMOGRAPHICS AND MARKETING

  BUBL LINK Internet Usage Data
Index to best sites for Internet demographics, usage, and other
statistics.

 Cyberatlas
Articles and data on all aspects of Internet use and commerce. Compilation
of statistics in Stats Toolbox.

 NUA's Internet Surveys
NUA provides numerous articles with data on all aspects of Internet use,
including demographics, advertising, and e-commerce, as well as articles
about Internet society and culture.

 E-Marketer
E-Marketer, a provider of Internet statistics, features news and data on
Internet demographics, commerce, and related issues. Much of the data is
free, with more detailed reports available for a fee.

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University of Minnesota Libraries
Business Research Guides
<http://www.lib.umn.edu/libdata/page.phtml?page_id=1452>

Table of Contents

Business Research Guides
Table of Contents:
Business Library Information Guide
A - Z List of Business Research Guides
Research Quick Start for Business Students

Business Library Information Guide
This guide introduces many resources and services available at no cost to
U of M students and faculty. The file is a PDF document.

A - Z List of Business Research Guides
Accounting Standards
Accounting Web Links
Business and Economics Statistics
Business Legal Forms
Business Libraries
Business Periodical Literature Indexes
Business Plans -- How to Write an Effective Business Plan
Career Research for Companies and Industries
Case Studies in Business and Management
Charities and Non-Profits
Company Databases and Corporate Annual Reports
Company History
Company Rankings and Market Share
Consumer Demographics, Spending & Attitude Profiles
Consumer Resources & Agencies Web Links
Corporate Annual Reports
Corporation Research: Finding Out About Subsidiaries, Divisions,
Properties
Exchange Rates & Currency Converters
Financial Markets
Financial Ratios: A Guide to Library Resources
Food Industry
Use this guide to find markets, companies, products, and consumer trends
in the food industry.
Global Business Operations: Resource Guides to Conducting Business in:

Africa, South of the Sahara
Asia
North, South & Central America
European Union
European Countries not Aligned with the EU
Middle East and North Africa
The Pacific Region
Global Markets and Companies
Guide to International Trade Statistics
Healthcare Management Databases & Indexes
Healthcare Management Periodical Indexes
Industrial Classification Systems and Codes
Industry Resources
Information Technology Industry
Investment Research Sources - Our Picks
Marketing Information Sources
Master's in Healthcare Administration Theses - 2004
Media Analysis
Media Resources
Medical and Health Industry
Mergers & Acquisitions
Minnesota Business & Economic News Sources
Minnesota Companies
Minnesota Property Records
New Venture Development
Patents and Patent Searching
Public Opinion and Polling
Public Opinion Information:
A Guide to Library and Internet Resources
Privately-Owned Companies --Selected Information Sources
Product / Brand Information Sources
Public Company Analysis: Financial Condition/ Operations/ Analysts'
Recommendations & Reports
Security Analysts Reports: Full Text
Stock Prices -- Historical
Tax Forms and Free Tax Help
Taxation
Trade Associations
Trademarks
Working Papers in Business & Economics

Research Quick Start for Business Students

Accounting

This subject covers: the field that has been termed the "language of
business." It is an essential tool for planning and controlling both
profit-seeking and nonprofit organizations. Accountant-prepared data such
as financial statements and schedules and related notes, are used
extensively by investors, financial analysts, and credit grantors as imput
for their investment decisions and recommendations.

Advertising

This subject covers: a paid form of communication delivered through the
various media by industry, business, nonprofit organizations or
individuals. Advertising is persuasive and informational and is designed
to influence purchasing behavior, influence public opinion, or promote a
particular cause. See also: Marketing

Business

Business Finance

This subject covers: the general aspects of corporate finance. See also:
Banks and Banking, Investments, Management.

Census 2000

This subject covers: information about and results from the 22nd United
States census, taken in April of 2000. The census is taken every 10 years
for the purpose of reapportioning seats in Congress among the states. In
addition to counting the number of persons, the census has historically
provided a wide range of demographic and economic data about our nation's
people. This data is used not only to support policy development and
decisionmaking in the public and private sectors, but also as the basis
for allocating approximately $180 billion in federal funds annually to
state and local governments.

Clothing and Textiles

This subject covers: the history, aesthetics, design, analysis,
production, marketing , and social aspects of textile and apparel
products. Other related topics are: Art & Art History, Design (General
Aspects), Interior Design, and Retail Merchandising.

Communication, Scientific and Technical

This subject covers: processes of gathering, analyzing, and distributing
scientific and technical information efficiently and accurately for
specific audiences. Related topics are: Rhetoric and Communication,
Speech.

Computer Science

This subject covers: the study of computer hardware, software
(programming), and theoretical aspects of high-speed computing devices,
and with the application of these devices to a broad spectrum of
scientific, technological, and business problems.

Economics (general aspects)

This subject covers: the social science that seeks to analyze and describe
the production, distribution, and consumption of wealth. (Britannica
Online)

Economics, Agricultural and Applied

This subject covers: Applied Economics or the application of economic
tools and methodology to solving real economic problems. A variety of
techniques beyond economics, including finance and decision sciences, are
used. Although the study can be applied to any economic situation, the
work of the department is heavily weighted to agricultural and natural
resource solutions.

Engineering, Computer

This subject covers: the design of computers and the design of systems
containing computing devices, including the design of workstation,
mainframe and supercomputers; the design of communication control and
signal processing systems with their special processors; and the design of
instruments, appliances, toys, etc., that use microprocessors or
microcontrollers. Closely related is electrical enginering.

Engineering, Industrial/Operations Research

This subject covers the application of engineering principles and
techniques of scientific management to the maintenance of a high level of
productivity at optimum cost in industrial enterprises. (Definition from
Britannica Online.)

Finance

Food Industry

Use this guide to find markets, companies, products, and consumer trends
in the food industry.

Health Care Management

This subject covers: the management of healthcare systems and operations,
including hospitals, managed care and long-term care systems, and
integrated service networks.

Health Informatics

This subject covers: the information science concerning the analysis of
medical data through the application of computers.
Human Resource Development (HRD)

Industrial Relations

This subject covers: certain processes and outcomes involving employment
relationships. This term can refer to relations between employers and
labor unions, or to nonunion employment issues, commonly refered to as

Human Resources.

Information Systems and Technology

The management and application of information systems and technologies in
organziations and markets.

Insurance

This subject covers: a means by which individuals and organizations seek
to protect themselves from risk.

International Business

This subject covers: doing business in other countries, including: country
overview, cultural considerations, currency and exchange rates,
demographics and statistics, directories, business conditions, economic
and trade data, maps, news, stock reports, and taxation.

Law

This subject covers: the legal systems of the Federal government and the
State of Minnesota (with an emphasis on primary sources e.g. statutory
law, case law and administrative law), legal education and the legal
profession in the United States generally.

Leadership

Management

This subject covers: the acquisition , allocation and utilization of
resources through planning, organizing, staffing, leading and controlling.
Faculty in the Strategic Management department of the CSOM are interested
in organizational studies, strategic management and policy, and the
relationship between business, government and society. Faculty are
interested in both the external relations between organizations and their
social, political-legal, technological and economic environments, and the
internal processes of organizational adaptation and change.

Marketing

This subject covers: the processes related to promoting goods or services
for sale. The classic components of marketing are the 4 Ps: product,
price, place, and promotion.

Nonprofit Management

Topics related to nonprofit management, including human resources,
organizational development, financial management, marketing, leadership
and more.

Nonprofit Organizations

Operations and Management Science

This subject covers: support material for the University of Minnesota's
Department of Operations and Management Science.

Psychology

This subject covers: the systematic study of the mind, behavior,
animal/human experience, mental life, intelligence, learning, emotions and
feelings as it relates to the function of the mind and mental processes.

Public Affairs

Public policy, management and organization issues, public law and
regulation.

Public Health

This subject covers: the field of medicine that deals with the phsyical
and mental health of the community.
Rankings of University Research

Retail Merchandising

This subject covers: the activities and processes involved in promoting
and selling consumer goods and services directly to the consumer or user.

Statistics, Applied

This subject covers: the science of collecting, analyzing, presenting, and
interpreting data. (From Britannica Online)

Statistics, Theoretical

This subject covers: the mathematics underlying statistical methods. See
also Government, U.S. (Statistical Resources), and Statistics, Applied, or
specific disciplines for particular applications.

Transportation

This subject covers: the economics, planning, design, construction,
maintenance, and administration of transit systems, highways, railroads,
airways, pipelines, and transmission lines.

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Guides to Information Resources
The Guides to Information Resources are a series of research guides
produced by the Thomas J. Long Business and Economics Library.
University of California Berkeley
<http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/BUSI/bbg.html>

Accounting Literature by Abbreviation - #30 PDF format
Business and Economic Forecasts - #7
Business History - #23
Business Plans - #25
California Economic Conditions - #14
Case Studies in Business - #2
Company Information - #4
Electronic Resources in Economics - #27 PDF format
Financial and Operating Ratios - #6
Finding Articles - #29 PDF format
High Technology Companies and Industries - #24
Industry Information - #8
International Business Research - #22
Internet Resources in Business & Economics - #18
Investment Information - #9
Job Interviews - #17
Library Resources for Faculty in Business and Economics - #1 PDF format
Library Resources for Graduate Students in Economics - #28 PDF format
Marketing Research - #10
Nonprofit Organizations - #21
Periodical Indexes and Abstracts - #3
Real Estate - #16
Stock Exchange & Stock Index Information - #20
Tax Research - #12
U.S. Economic Statistics - #11
Wage & Salary Surveys - #13
Working papers in Business & Economics - #19

Content Sample: Table of Contents for:

Search Pathfinder for subjects "Investments United States" (Europe, Latin
America, China, etc.) or "Commodity Futures" or "Stocks United States."

Analyst Ratings and Reports
Annual Reports and 10-Ks
Commodities and Futures
Country Reports
Databases
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Guidebooks
Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)
News
Prices - Bonds, Stocks, and Dividends
Stock and Commodity Exchanges
Trade and Professional Associations

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Internet Public Library
Business and Economics
<http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/bus00.00.00/>

Sub-headings:

Accounting

Theory and methods of recording business transactions and stating the
assets, liabilities, and operating results of a business.

Agriculture

The business of farming - the science and art of cultivating soil,
producing crops, and raising livestock.

Banking

The keeping and use of money for savings, commercial, investment, or
exchange purposes.

Business Administration & Management

Theories and examples of organizing, running, and maintaining enterprises
and people working together for some goal.

Business Directories

Directories for locating business' addresses, telephone and fax numbers,
Internet or Web addresses, products and services, maps to their location.

Business & Economics Blogs

Interactive weblogs devoted to discussing news, trends, and controversies
in the world of business and economics.

Business & Economics News

Recent happenings in areas of interest to business and finance.

Commerce & Trade

Resources related to international trade issues, including organizations
that promote business opportunities in the United States and abroad.

Consumer Issues & Services

Issues concerning the seeking to protect and inform the users of goods and
services.

E-Commerce

The distribution of goods and services by means of the Internet.

Economics

Study of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and
services and the theory and management of economic systems.

Employment

Policies and practices of obtaining work or workers.

Entrepreneurship

Resources for entrepreneurs: those who organize, manage, and assume the
risks of a business or enterprise.

Finance

The management of money, banking, investments, and credit.

History of Business & Economics

Sites covering historical treatments of business, economics and money,
including historic financial data, tax history, and history of money.

Industry

The manufacturing and production of goods, or the provision of services,
through a business enterprise.

Insurance

Coverage by contract to protect financially against specified loss in
return for premiums paid.

International Business

Doing business in international markets, and business information specific
to various countries or geographic regions of the world.

Labor & Workplace

Workers considered as a group; the work environment.

Marketing & Advertising

The commercial functions involved in transferring goods from producer to
consumer, including encouraging and facilitating purchases.

Non-Profit Organizations

How to create, organize and maintain enterprises devoted to the larger
public good.

Real Estate

Land, including all the natural resources and permanent buildings on it.

Statistics

Numerical measurement of economic indicators, business trends, trade
outcomes, etc.

Tax

Contribution for the support of government or its larger social purposes,
required of persons or businesses within the domain of that government.

[There is also a substantial listing of sources pertinent to the general
category of Business and Economics.]

Content Sample:

Resources in this category:

Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary
http://www.tuition.com.hk/dictionary/
Find definitions of terms related to accounting, business, and economics.
This dictionary will be helpful to those enrolled in any business-related
courses.

The Biz/ed Internet Catalogue
http://catalogue.bized.ac.uk/
'The Biz/ed Internet Catalogue aims to provide a trusted source of
selected, high quality Internet information for students, researchers and
practitioners in the areas of business, management and economics. The
Internet Catalogue contains over 2900 resources." Search, or browse by
topic.

Bizlink
http://www.bizlink.org/
"Bizlink is a highly selective list of top quality Internet sites,
electronic resources and print business materials. Bizlink is your
electronic pathway to the latest business data - from company and industry
information to international trade leads to recent mutual fund quotations.
Bizlink will guide you in your search for breaking business news, a
personal financial plan, a company marketing strategy or a new job.
Integrate the Internet into your research on: Companies; Investments &
Personal Finance; Industries; Starting a Business; International Business;
Business Forms; Marketing & Demographics; Careers; Taxes; Patents &
Trademarks."

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Business Research Coverage in Net-Gold

<http://www.google.com/search?q=%22business+research%22+and+%22net-gold%
22&hl=en&safe=off&rls=DAUS,DAUS:2006-11,DAUS:en&filter=0>

A shorter URL for the above link:

<http://tinyurl.com/2c8zz2>

and

<http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%22business%20research%22%20and%20%
22net-gold%22&hl=en&safe=off&rls=
DAUS,DAUS:2006-11,DAUS:en&filter=0&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wg>

A shorter URL for the above link:

<http://tinyurl.com/yux7sq>

ResourceShelf  Business Research
<http://www.google.com/search?q=%22business+research%22+and+
resourceshelf&hl=en&safe=off&rls=DAUS,DAUS:2006-11,DAUS:en&filter=0>

A shorter URL for the above link:

<http://tinyurl.com/2cjgkn>

LII Business Research

<http://www.google.com/search?q=%22business+research%22+and+lii+and+
librarians&hl=en&safe=off&rls=DAUS,DAUS:2006-11,DAUS:en&filter=0>

A shorter URL for the above link:

http://tinyurl.com/yszr6c<>

Internet Scout Report Business Research
<http://scout.wisc.edu/Archives/
SPT--QuickSearch.php?ss=business+research>

A shorter URL for the above link:

<http://tinyurl.com/39cely>

Tourism Subject Guide
<http://library.temple.edu/articles/subject_guides/tourism.jsp>

Hospitality Subject Guide
<http://library.temple.edu/articles/subject_guides/hospitality.jsp>

Sports and Sports Management
<http://library.temple.edu/articles/subject_guides/sports.jsp>

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The complete sources may be read at the URLs provided for each.

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