Business

Selected resources for MBA and undergraduate business majors.

Accounting

Journals, professional organizations, and reports.

Accounting Journals: CU's Online Collection (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
CU's online collection of accounting journals.
Dictionary of Accounting (Online) ()
Covers over 3500 terms and concepts in financial accounting, financial reporting, management accounting, direct and indirect taxation. corporate finance, and auditing.
LexisNexis Academic Universe (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Access to AICPA publications, GAAP & GAAS Guides, OMB literature, and John Wiley accounting publications.
FASB: Financial Accounting Standards Board (www.fasb.org/)
Articles, reports, and activities of this professional organization.
GAO: U.S. General Accounting Office (www.gao.gov/)
Federal government reports, legal decisions, and economic indicators.
GASB: Governmental Accounting Standards Board (www.gasb.org/)
News and publications from this professional organization.

Advertising & Marketing

Resources for advertising and marketing.

Advertising Journals: CU's Online Collection (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Journals in advertising.
Marketing Journals: CU's Online Collection (For CU faculty, staff, and, students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Journals in marketing.
Advertising World (advertising.utexas.edu/world/)
Directory of resources on many elements of advertising.

Banking & Finance

Journals and dictionaries in banking and finance.

Banking Journals: CU’s Online Collection (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Journals in banking.
Dictionary of Finance and Banking (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Covers terms and jargon in all areas of finance and banking: insurance; stocks and shares; commodities; takeovers and mergers; international trade; and government finance. It includes international financial centers coverage.
Finance Journals: CU's Online Collection (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet. )
Finance journals available online.
Investment Journals: CU’s online Collection (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Journals on investing and investments.
Penguin International Dictionary of Finance (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Covers terms and topics in all areas of finance: banking, commodity markets, insurance, money markets, and securities.

Bonds

Municipal, corporate, and treasury bond market information.

Market Data Center - Bonds (FINRA) (http://cxa.marketwatch.com/finra/BondCenter/Default.aspx)
Includes general bond market information, benchmark yields, and corporate bond market activity and performance, descriptive data on U.S. Treasury, Agency, Corporate, Municipal Bonds and other bonds. Provided by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (http://www.investinginbonds.com/)
Links to information about bonds, including prices for municipal, corporate, and treasury bonds. Includes a glossary of terms used in the bond market.
U.S. Government Securities Markets (http://www.treasurydirect.gov/indiv/products/products.htm)
Information about the government securities market (bills, notes, & bonds) provided by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Business Ethics

Information on ethical business practices.

Books on Business Ethics in the CU collection. ()
Books about making ethical business decisions in today's economy.
Center for Business Ethics (http://www.bentley.edu/cbe/resources/ethics_links.cfm)
Links developed by Bentley College Center for Business Ethics.

Business Law

Legal issues in business.

Business Law Journals: CU’s Online Collection (For CU faculty, staff, and, students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Full text online law journals and reports.
Findlaw (findlaw.com)
The most comprehensive free Web portal available which is focused on in-depth legal and governmental information for use by legal professionals, law students, small business owners & consumers.
Guide to Global Trade Law (www.hg.org/trade.html)
Links to full text documents and trade agreements.
Guide to the Law Online (www.loc.gov/law/guide/index.html)
The Law Library of Congress provides links to constitutions and laws of other nations, as well as U.S. states and territories.
Internet Legal Resource Guide (www.ilrg.com)
Searchable index to over 4,000 web sites on U.S. & international law, legal research and the legal profession.
Internet Legal Resources (lib.law.washington.edu/research/research.html)
Provides links to legal resources for Washington state, the U.S., and other jurisdictions.
Legal Information Institute at Cornell Univ. (www.law.cornell.edu)
Searchable database of information on U.S. law. Use the search tool for specific areas of law.
LexisNexis Academic Universe - Law (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Search this database for legal citations and articles dealing with business law. (Title List)
Meta-Index for Legal Research (gsulaw.gsu.edu/metaindex)
Permits searching of Supreme Court and U.S. Circuit Court decisions, and Federal Regulations.
U.S. Business Advisor (www.business.gov/)
Legal information on workplace issues, international trade, and buying and selling. Sponsored by the Small Business Administration.

Business Plans

How to write effective business plans, with examples provided.

Build your Start-Up with a Great Business Plan (www.bplans.com/dp/)
Includes sample business plans, how to perform a SWOT analysis, and a startup cost calculator.
Business Plans Handbook ()
Reference book in the Library. Includes actual small business plan examples from a bed and breakfast to a software consulting firm. Includes a glossary of terms. (Ref HD62.7 .B865)
SBA Business Startup Page (www.sba.gov/starting_business/index.html)
Click on links under Planning Topics to learn basic elements of a plan, and how to write and use one.
Center for Business Planning (http://www.bplans.com)
Links to sample business plans and software to purchase for business planning.
Sample Business Plans (http://www.bplans.com/sp/businessplans.cfm)
Sixty sample business plans. Lists a wide variety of businesses - coffee shop, B&B, auto repair, engineering consulting, and many more.
Venture Associates (www.venturea.com/business.htm)
Resources for business plans, executive summaries, and transitioning from a business to an operational plan.

Company Information & Financials

Annual reports and company data.

LexisNexis - Business (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU intranet.)
Locate company financial reports from Disclosure and from NAARS back to 1972.
Business Source Premier (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Access company profiles through the “Company Profiles” link at the top of the screen. (Title List)
EDGAR (www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm)
Database of the 10-K & 10-KSB forms required to be filed by all public U.S. companies with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC).
GuideStar (http://www.guidestar.org)
Information on non-profit organizations. Includes Form 990s that identify key personnel in the organization, significant programs offered, and basic financial data.
Fortune 500 (http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/)
Links to the Fortune 500 and Global 500 at the top of the page.
Wall Street Journal's Annual Report Service (wsjie.ar.wilink.com/asp/WSJ3_search_eng.asp)
Provides links to annual reports arranged alphabetically or by industry.
Market Guide (Reuters.com) (http://www.investor.reuters.com/StockEntry.aspx?target=/stocks)
Good free source of company information on the Net providing descriptive and analytic info. on over 12,000 publicly traded U.S. & foreign corporations.

Demographics

Social and economic statistical data.

2009 OECD Factbook (http://www.sourceoecd.org/factbook)
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's interactive factbook with international demographic and economic statistics
American FactFinder (www.factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet)
Provides summary tables for 2000 Census data. Drop down menus provide economic and social data tables by state, county, city, town, or reservation. Additional maps and tables.
Census Bureau Economic Information (www.census.gov/econ/www/index.html)
Census Bureau page offers easy access to current data on employment, industry and trade.
County and City Data Book (http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/ccdb07.html)
U.S. Census Bureau data for all U.S. counties, cities with 25,000 or more inhabitants, and places of 2,500 or more inhabitants.
County Business Patterns (http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/index.html)
County-level economic data by industry. Includes data on self-employed individuals, employees of private households, railroad employees, agricultural production employees, and most government employees.
FedStats (www.fedstats.gov/)
Statistical data by geographical region, topic, and governmental agency.
Portland Maps (http://www.portlandmaps.com)
For Portland neighborhood information on who lives in the neighborhood, crime rate, schools, parks, businesses, etc.
State and Metropolitan Area Data Book (www.census.gov/statab/www/smadb.html)
Collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the U.S. at the state and metropolitan area levels. Selected data for component counties and central cities of metropolitan areas are also included.
Statistical Abstract of the United States (http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/)
Collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the U.S. at the state and metropolitan area levels. Selected data for component counties and central cities of metropolitan areas are also included.
USA Counties (censtats.census.gov/usa/usa.shtml)
Features over 5,000 data items for the U.S., states, counties and equivalent areas. Includes data published for 1997 population estimates, and over 500 items from the 1990 Census of Population and Housing, and economic census data since 1977.

Human Resources Management

Journal articles in human resources.

Business Source Premier (For CU faculty, staff, and students. Must log in through CU intranet.)
Database of full text articles from a number of human resources and personnel journals. (Title List)
Books on Human Resources Management in the CU collection ()
A list of books from the library catalog on managing personel resources.
Dictionary of Human Resources & Personnel Management (Online) (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
A basic vocabulary of over 7,500 words and expressions covering all aspects of human resources and personnel management.
Dictionary of Psychology (Online) (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Over 10,500 entries covering topics in psychology, including phobias and phobic stimuli and mental disorders
HR Management Journals: CU’s Online Collection (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Online full text journals in management of human resources. Covers such topics as benefits and compensation, supervision, training and development, reporting, counseling.
PsycArticles (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU intranet.)
Database of full text articles from 53 journals published by American Psychological Association and allied organizations.

Industry Research

Industry data and statistics.

Current Industrial Reports (http://www.census.gov/manufacturing/cir/index.html)
Provides monthly, quarterly, and annual measures of industrial activity. Includes data on production and shipments of selected products for market analysis, forecasting, and decision-making in the private sector. Maintained by the U.S. Census Bureau.

International Business & Trade

Data on nations, trade policies, and international trade organizations. Includes business language dictionaries in French, Spanish, and German.

Business Source Premier (For faculty, staff and students only. Must log in through CU intranet.)
Find information on countries through Country Monitor, Country Profile, and Country Report documents. Search by using a country name, followed by name of report. Ex: Iraq Country Monitor. (Title List)
International Business Journals: CU’s Online Collection (For CU faculty, staff, and, students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Full text online journals covering international trade and business topics.
Country Briefings (http://www.economist.com/countries/)
News, country profiles, forecasts, and statistics. Provided by the Economist.
Country Information Reports (IMF) (http://www.imf.org/external/country/index.htm)
Analysis and reports by country. Provided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
LexisNexis Academic (For faculty, staff and students only. Must log in through CU intranet.)
Click on "Country Profiles" to search by country or keyword.
OECD Statistics (www.oecd.org/statsportal/0,2639,en_2825_293564_1_1_1_1_1,00.html)
Resource portal for statistics on trade, the economy, and more.
Regional Reports (IMF) (http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/region.asp)
Reports and analysis by worldwide region. Provided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
World Economic Outlook Reports (IMF) (www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/weorepts.htm)
International Monetary Fund (IMF) analysts' view of the current world economic situation.
European Commission - Trade (http://ec.europa.eu/trade/index_en.htm)
Policies, European import/export law, and governing agencies.
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the U.S. (http://www.usitc.gov/tata/index.htm)
Download PDF files of Tariff Schedule or Tariff Database.
International Economic Accounts (http://bea.gov/international/index.htm)
Quarterly and annual estimates of transactions with foreigners, including trade in goods and services, receipts and payments of income, transfers, and transactions in financial assets. From the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
International Trade Centre (http://www.intracen.org/)
Agency focusing on developing and transitional economies and import/export trade.
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (http://www.ustr.gov/index.html)
Links to world regions, trade sectors, monitoring, trade and the environment, and more.
Office of Trade and Economic Analysis (www.ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/)
International Trade Administration's OTEA provides data, research, and analysis on trade matters. Links to statistics, trade publications, and related sites.
United States International Trade Commission (http://www.usitc.gov/)
Links to information by country, region or industry, legal information and trade assistance.
World Trade Organization Statistics (www.wto.org/english/res_e/statis_e/statis_e.htm)
Trade statistics, tables and graphs. Some require Microsoft Excel to open.
Business French Dictionary (Peter Collin) (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Specialist business vocabulary for translators, business people, secretaries, and students covering all aspects of business: insurance, stock exchange, accounting, finance, and computing.
Business German Dictionary (Peter Collin) (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Essential business vocabulary of German and English, with translations into the other language. Covers office practice, sales and purchases, shops, banking, invoices, credit control, internnational trade, and business travel.
Business Spanish Dictionary (Peter Collin) (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Specialist business vocabulary for translators, business people, secretaries, and students. Includes over 50,000 entries providing comprehensive coverage of all aspects of general business.
Encyclopedia of the European Union (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Discussions of the key concepts, developments, institutions, policies, negotitations, treaties, national interests, personalities, etc., related to European integration.
Eurojargon (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Dictionary of 'Eurospeak', containing more than 5,000 acronyms, abbreviations and other EU-related terms.

Journals & Journal Articles

Online collections of journals and databases of journal articles in business.

Business Resource Center for Small Businesses (Gale) ()
Covers areas for starting and operating a business,
Business & Economics Journals: CU’s Collection (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet. )
CU's collection of business and economics journals.
Business Source Premier (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Full text coverage of 2,300 business journals as far back as 1886. (Title List)
LexisNexis Academic Universe (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Full text business articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, wires & transcripts
SBRnet (Sports Business Network) (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet. )
Full-text business articles from 14 sports magazines and newsletters published by VNU.

Newspapers

Business newspapers.

LexisNexis Academic Universe (For current CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU intranet.)
Business articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, wires & transcripts.
Oregonian (through LexisNexis Academic) (For current faculty, staff and students only. Must log in through CU intranet.)
Newspaper Source (For current faculty, staff and students only. Must log in through CU intranet.)
Selected major articles from Christian Science Monitor, Oregonian, Seattle Times, The Columbian. (Title List)
Print Newspapers in the Library ()
New York Times, Oregonian, Wall Street Journal, Portland Business Journal, and Washington Post, Weekly edition.
Regional Business News (For current faculty, staff and students only. Must log in through CU intranet.)
Full text of Crain's publications, Spokane Business Journal, Las Vegas Business Press, Orange County Business Journal, and Wenatchee Business Journal. (Title List)

Portland Metro Business Information

Resources for Oregon & southwest Washington.

Business in Portland (www.businessinportland.org/)
Easy access to business-related information & services available from Portland and federal government agencies.
Oregonian (through LexisNexis) (For current faculty, staff and students only. Must log in through CU intranet.)
Complete full text from 1988-present.
Portland Business Alliance (http://www.portlandalliance.com/site-map.html)
Downtown Portland market research data, small business information, economic development, cost of living, and other Portland data.
Portland Business Journal (portland.bizjournals.com/portland/)
Weekly journal covering business trends in the Portland area. Recent issues on 2nd floor of Library in Newspaper area. Limited access to current issue via website.
Vancouver Business Journal (http://www.vbjusa.com/)
Business information for Vancouver and Clark County Washington
Oregon Labor Trends (www.qualityinfo.org/olmisj/PubReader?itemid=00000051)
Monthly newsletter in PDF or HTML format offers economic and employment trends and data.

Securities

Resources on securities trading, prices, and markets.

New York Stock Exchange Listings (http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/1170350259411.html)
Provides information about NYSE listings, including a directory, listing services, indices, and funds.
Wall Street Words (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Guide to words on "the Street" with over 4,500 entries and more than 100 case studies illustrating real-world investment examples.

Small Business & Entrepreneurship

Resources for entrepreneurship and small business development.

Small Business Administration (SBA) (http://www.sba.gov/)
Resources for starting, financing, and managing small businesses.

Sports Business

The business side of sports.

SBRnet (Sports Business Network) (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet. )
Market research and data on sports games, events, facilities, apparel, and marketing.
Sports Medicine Journals: CU’s Online Collection (For CU faculty, staff, and, students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Journals in sports medicine.

SWOT Analysis

How to do a SWOT analysis.

Quick MBA SWOT Analysis (www.quickmba.com/strategy/swot/)
Commercial website provides a basic overview of the elements of a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis.