Subject Guides
Business
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Databases
Articles and News Sources
Business Source Complete
Nearly 3,000 full text journals in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, 300+ books, major reference works, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, 17,000+ industry reports, 1000+ market research reports, country reports, company profiles, 2200 SWOT analyses and more. Includes international company information.
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Academic Search Premier
An interdisciplinary database that provides full text articles.
Academic Onefile
This database provides access to peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. Includes extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.
Business Insights: Essentials
Company profiles, investment reports, market research and a financial dashboard that allows you to compare the financial statements of companies.
Dissertations (WorldCat Dissertations via Summit)
Lexis Nexis Academic
Comprehensive news, business, and legal information, entirely full text. Includes the Oregonian and the current New York Times.
Oregonian (access through Lexis Nexis)
Full text coverage of all articles written by the Oregonian staff, plus non-syndicated editorials from 1988 to the present.
New York Times
- from 09/14/1857 to 4 years ago in Proquest Historical Newspapers
Sage Journals
Includes 19 peer reviewed full text journals in communication studies and 40 full text journals in Management and Organizational Studies.
Wall Street Journal
Indexing and full text of the WSJ from 1985 to the present. The WSJ is also indexed only (no Full Text) in Business Source Premier.
Wiley Journals
Full text for 76 business journals.
Economic research
EconLit (index only)
EconLit, the American Economic Association's electronic database, is the world's foremost source of references to economic literature. The database contains more than 785,000 records from 1969-present. EconLit covers virtually every area related to economics.
OECD Database on International Development
Access to External Debt Statistics and to Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Aid Recipients.
Financial Research
Conference Board
Best known for the Consumer Confidence Index and the Leading Economic Indicators, the Conference Board publishes approximately 1,500 reports, articles, newsletters and indicator releases, including approximately 12-15 research reports, 46-48 executive action reports, 10 economic forecasting newsletters, monthly economic indicator releases and several articles from each issue of our magazine each year.
Key Business Ratios (from Dun & Bradstreet)
Understand the true performance of a company by benchmarking it against its industry peers. The KBR has 14 key business ratios covering all critical areas of business performance—solvency, efficiency and profitability. Using this tool you can research risk, understand industry trends and identify company strengths and weaknesses. In addition, you can input an individual company's financial statements with Key Business Ratios to generate a comparison of that company's own business ratios with the industry. (Subscription is for one simultaneous user.)
Mergent Online
Internet-based suite of information resources that enables in-depth business and financial research.
JSTOR collections
- Arts & Sciences I. Established in 1997, JSTOR's first collection includes core journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences. This collection also contains titles in ecology, mathematics, and statistics. Overall, there are 119 titles in fifteen disciplines.
- Arts & Sciences IV. This collection has a strong focus on the professions of business, education, and law, and also includes titles in psychology and public polic y and administration. There are 112 titles in this collection.
- Business. The 47 titles in the Business Collection are drawn from Arts & Sciences I, II, and IV. The collection brings together core titles in economics and finance, including publications from leading scholarly societies and a range of critical research journals in accounting, labor relations, marketing, management, operations research, and risk assessment.
Marketing Research
Marketline
Information on 50,000 public and private companies, and key macro-economic, social, demographic and industry statistics for 215 countries. Includes international company information.
Reference USA
Find businesses in the US and Canada based on sales volume, employee size, type of business, and location.
Regional Business News
Incorporates 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Included in this database are Arizona Business, Business North Carolina, Crain's New York Business (and other Crain Communications editions), Des Moines Business Record, Enterprise Salt Lake City, Fort Worth Business Press, Orange County Business Journal, Westchester County Business Journal, etc.
Small Business/Entrepreneurship
Small Business Resource Center
This comprehensive database covers all major areas of starting, operating and maintaining a business from financing, management, marketing, accounting, taxes and more via a combination of periodicals and reference content.
Tax and Accounting Research
Checkpoint (by RIA Thomson)
Integrates federal tax analysis, explanations, annotations, headnotes and primary sources. Comprehensive and authoritative.
AICPA/FASB/FARS (access via Checkpoint)
Access the Original Pronouncements, including the FASB Statements, Interpretations, Technical Bulletins, as well as the Accounting Principals Board Opinions, Statements, Accounting Research Bulletins, Accounting Terminology Bulletins, and Statements of Financial Accounting Concepts.
Related Databases
Communications and Mass Media Collection (Gale)
A specialized collection of more than 250 journals focused on all aspects of the communications field: key subjects covered include advertising and public relations, linguistics, and literature.
Communication and Mass Media Complete (Ebsco)
Offers cover-to-cover ("core") indexing and abstracts for more than 400 journals, and selected ("priority") coverage of 200 more, for a combined coverage of more than 600 titles. This database includes full text for 292 journals, a sophisticated Communication Thesaurus and over 3,000 Author Profiles, with biographical data and bibliographic information.
CQ Researcher
Published 44 times a year, the single-themed CQ Researcher report offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy. The CQ Researcher can be read in its entirety or by section, which includes a background and chronology; an assessment of the current situation; tables and maps; pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions; and bibliographies of key sources.
Web resources
Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (Faculty Research)
2008 OECD Factbook
Feed the Pig (a financial literacy site sponsored by the AICPA and the Advertising Council)
Missouri Small Business Development Centers—Financial Ratios
Global Edge
Export.gov
International Trade Administration
World Trade Organization
Europa—the European Union Gateway
NAFTA
World Bank Data can be accessed via a central web site that makes it easier to find, use, and manipulate data. Free access includes World Development Indicators, Global Development Finance, Africa Development Indicators, and Global Economic Monitor.
Dictionaries
Oxford Dictionary of Business and Management (e-book)
Dictionary of International Trade : Handbook of the Global Trade Community (includes 21 key appendices)
Professional organizations
Marketing
American Marketing Association
Oregon Entrepreneurs Forum
Human Resources
Society for Human Resource Management
Portland HR Management Association (local chapter of SHRM)
Academy of Human Resource Development
Economics
American Economic Association
Association of Christian Economists
World Affairs Council of Oregon
Leadership
International Leadership Association
American Management Association
Accounting
Finding books
By subject search
Below are some links to various subject searches in the catalog. The subject search is a specific and helpful way to find materials about your area of interest. Explore these or try some of your own subject searches using the "Subject" tab in Foxtrax. For more information on "power searching" by subject, ask your reference librarian.
By call number
If you want to browse for books in the library, use the call numbers below to find the subject areas that are of interest to you. You can use them to browse the reference section or the main stacks. The Library of Congress website may have a more detailed outline of call numbers for your subject area.
| CLASS H - SOCIAL SCIENCES | |
| Subclass HA | |
| HA1-4737 | Statistics |
| HA29-32 | Theory and method of social science statistics |
| HA36-37 | Statistical services. Statistical bureaus |
| HA38-39 | Registration of vital events. Vital records |
| HA154-4737 | Statistical data |
| HA154-155 | Universal statistics |
| HA175-473 | By region or country |
| Subclass HB | |
| HB1-3840 | Economic theory. Demography |
| HB71-74 | Economics as a science. Relation to other subjects |
| HB75-130 | History of economics. History of economic theory |
| HB131-147 | Methodology |
| HB135-147 | Mathematical economics. Quantitative methods |
| HB201-206 | Value. Utility |
| HB221-236 | Price |
| HB238-251 | Competition. Production. Wealth |
| HB501 | Capital. Capitalism |
| HB522-715 | Income. Factor shares |
| HB535-551 | Interest |
| HB601 | Profit |
| HB615-715 | Entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty. Property. |
| HB801-843 | Consumption. Demand |
| HB846-846.8 | Welfare theory |
| HB848-3697 | Demography. Population. Vital events |
| HB3711-3840 | Business cycles. Economic fluctuations |
| Subclass HC | |
| HC10-1085 | Economic history and conditions |
| HC79 | Special topics |
| Subclass HD | |
| HD28-9999 | Industries. Land use. Labor |
| HD28-70 | Management. Industrial management |
| HD39-40.7 | Capital. Capital investments |
| HD41 | Competition |
| HD45-45.2 | Technological innovations. Automation |
| HD47-47.4 | Costs |
| HD49-49.5 | Crisis management. Emergency management. |
| HD50-50.5 | Delegation of authority. Decentralization. |
| HD56-57.5 | Industrial productivity |
| HD58 | Location of industry |
| HD58.7-58.95 | Organizational behavior, change |
| HD59-59.6 | Public relations. Industrial publicity |
| HD60-60.5 | Social responsibility of business |
| HD61 | Risk in industry. Risk management |
| HD62 | Standardization. Simplification. Waste |
| HD62.2-62.8 | Management of special enterprises |
| HD66-66.2 | Work groups. Team work in industry. |
| HD69 | Other |
| HD72-88 | Economic growth, development, planning |
| HD2321-4730.9 | Industry |
| HD2329 | Industrialization |
| HD2330 | Rural industries |
| HD2331-2336 | Home labor. Home-based businesses |
| HD2337-2339 | Sweatshops |
| HD2340.8-2346.5 | Small and medium-sized businesses, artisans, |
| HD2350.8-2356 | Large industry. Factory system. Big business |
| HD2365-2385 | Contracting. Letting of contracts |
| HD2421-2429 | Trade associations |
| HD2709-2930.7 | Corporations |
| HD2951-3575 | Cooperation. Cooperative societies |
| HD3611-4730.9 | Industrial policy. The state and industrial organization |
| HD4801-8943 | Labor. Work. Working class |
| HD4861-4895 | Labor systems |
| HD4909-5100.9 | Wages |
| HD5106-5267 | Hours of labor |
| HD5306-5474 | Labor disputes. Strikes and lockouts |
| HD5481-5630.7 | Industrial arbitration. Mediation and conciliation |
| HD5650-5660 | Employee participation in management. |
| HD5701-6000.9 | Labor market. Labor supply. Labor demand |
| HD6050-6305 | Classes of labor |
| HD6350-6940.7 | Trade unions. Labor unions. |
| HD6941-6948 | Employers' associations |
| HD6951-6957 | Industrial sociology. Social conditions of labor |
| HD6958.5-6976 | Industrial relations |
| HD6977-7080 | Cost and standard of living |
| HD7088-7252 | Social insurance. Social security. Pension |
| HD7255-7256 | Vocational rehabilitation. Employment of people with disabilities |
| HD7260-7780.8 | Industrial hygiene. Industrial welfare |
| HD7795-8027 | Labor policy. Labor and the state |
| HD8031 | Labor in politics. |
| HD8038 | Professions (General). Professional employees |
| HD8039 | By industry or trade |
| HD8045-8943 | By region or country |
| HD9000-9999 | Special industries and trades |
| HD9000-9495 | Agricultural industries |
| HD9502-9502.5 | Energy industries. Energy policy. Fuel trade |
| HD9506-9624 | Mineral industries. Metal trade |
| HD9650-9663 | Chemical industries |
| HD9665-9675 | Pharmaceutical industry |
| HD9680-9714 | Mechanical industries |
| HD9715-9717.5 | Construction industry |
| HD9720-9975 | Manufacturing industries |
| HD9999 | Miscellaneous industries and trades |
| Subclass HF | |
| HF1-6182 | Commerce |
| HF294-343 | Boards of trade. Chambers of commerce. |
| HF1014 | Balance of trade |
| HF1021-1027 | Commercial geography. Economic geography |
| HF1040-1054 | Commodities. Commercial products |
| HF1701-2701 | Tariff. Free trade. Protectionism |
| HF3000-4055 | By region or country |
| HF5001-6182 | Business |
| HF5381-5386 | Vocational guidance. Career devlopment |
| HF5387-5387.5 | Business ethics |
| HF5410-5417.5 | Marketing. Distribution of products |
| HF5419-5422 | Wholesale trade |
| HF5428-5429.6 | Retail trade |
| HF5429.7-5430.6 | Shopping centers. Shopping malls |
| HF5437-5444 | Purchasing. Selling. |
| HF5446-5459 | Canvassing. Peddling |
| HF5460-5469.5 | Department stores. Mail order business. |
| HF5469.7-5481 | Markets. Fairs |
| HF5482-5482.4 | Secondhand trade |
| HF5482.6-5482.65 | Black market |
| HF5484-5495 | Warehouses. Storage |
| HF5520-5541 | Office equipment and supplies |
| HF5546-5548.6 | Office management |
| HF5548.7-5548.85 | Industrial psychology |
| HF5549-5549.5 | Personnel management. |
| HF5601-5689 | Accounting. Bookkeeping |
| HF5717-5734.7 | Business communication |
| HF5735-5746 | Business records management |
| HF5761-5780 | Shipment of goods. Delivery of goods |
| HF5801-6182 | Advertising |
| Subclass HG | |
| HG1-9999 | Finance |
| HG178 | Liquidity |
| HG179 | Personal finance |
| HG201-1496 | Money |
| HG258-312 | Precious metals. Bullion |
| HG315 | Small coins |
| HG321-329 | Mints. Assaying |
| HG335-339 | Counterfeiting |
| HG348-353.5 | Paper money |
| HG361-363 | Legal tender |
| HG381-395 | International coinage |
| HG401-421 | Bimetallism |
| HG451-1496 | By region or country |
| HG1501-3550 | Banking |
| HG1621-1638 | Interest rates. Interest tables |
| HG1641-1643 | Bank loans. Bank credit. Commercial loans |
| HG1651-1654 | Discount |
| HG1655 | Acceptances |
| HG1656 | Bank reserves. Bank liquidity. |
| HG1660 | Bank accounts. Bank deposits. |
| HG1662 | Insurance of deposits. Deposit insurance |
| HG1685-1704 | Drafts. Checks |
| HG1706-1708 | Accounting. Bookkeeping |
| HG1709 | Data processing |
| HG1710-1710.5 | Electronic funds transfers |
| HG1722 | Bank mergers |
| HG1723 | Bank stocks. Banking as an investment |
| HG1725-1778 | Banks and the state. |
| HG1811-2351 | Special classes of banks |
| HG2397-3550 | By region or country |
| HG3691-3769 | Credit. Debt. Loans |
| HG3810-4000 | Foreign exchange. International finance. |
| HG4001-4285 | Finance management. Business finance. |
| Corporation finance | |
| HG4301-4480.9 | Trust services. Trust companies |
| HG4501-6051 | Investment, capital formation, speculation |
| HG4530 | Investment companies. Investment trusts. |
| HG4538 | Foreign investments |
| HG4551-4598 | Stock exchanges |
| HG4621 | Stockbrokers. Security dealers. |
| HG4701-4751 | Government securities. Industrial securities. |
| HG4900-5993 | By region or country |
| HG6001-6051 | Speculation |
| HG6105-6270.9 | Lotteries |
| HG8011-9999 | Insurance |
| HG8053.5-8054.45 | Insurance for professions. Malpractice |
| HG8059 | Business insurance |
| HG8075-8107 | Insurance business. Insurance management |
| HG8111-8123 | Government policy. State supervision |
| HG8205-8220 | Government insurance |
| HG8501-8745 | By region or country |
| HG8751-9295 | Life insurance |
| HG8779-8793 | Actuarial science. |
| HG8799-8830 | By class insured, by risk, by plan |
| HG8835-8899 | Life insurance business. Management |
| HG8901-8914 | Government policy. State supervision |
| HG8941-9200.5 | By region or country |
| HG9201-9245 | Mutual life insurance. |
| HG9251-9262 | Industrial life insurance |
| HG9271 | Child insurance. |
| HG9291-9295 | Maternity insurance |
| HG9301-9343 | Accident insurance |
| HG9371-9399 | Health insurance |
| HG9651-9899 | Fire insurance |
| HG9956-9969 | Casualty insurance |
| HG9969.5-9999 | Other insurance |
| Subclass HJ | |
| HJ9-9940 | Public finance |
| HJ9-99.8 | Periodicals. Serials. By region or country |
| HJ210-240 | History |
| HJ241-1620 | By region or country |
| HJ2005-2216 | Income and expenditure. Budget |
| HJ2240-5908 | Revenue. Taxation. Internal revenue |
| HJ2321-2323 | Tax incidence. Tax shifting. Tax equity |
| HJ2326-2327 | Progressive taxation |
| HJ2336-2337 | Tax exemption |
| HJ2338 | Taxation of government property |
| HJ2351 | Inflation and taxation |
| HJ2351.4 | Tax revenue estimating |
| HJ2361-3192.7 | By region or country |
| HJ3801-3844 | Revenue from sources other than taxation |
| HJ3863-3925 | Direct taxation |
| HJ4113-4601 | Property tax |
| HJ4629-4830 | Income tax |
| HJ4919-4936 | Capitation. Poll tax |
| HJ5309-5510 | Administrative fees. User charges. |
| HJ6603-7390 | Customs administration |
| HJ7461-7980 | Expenditures. Government spending |
| HJ8001-8899 | Public debts |
| HJ8052 | Sinking funds. Amortization |
| HJ8101-8899 | By region or country |
| HJ9103-9695 | Local finance. Municipal finance |
| HJ9701-9940 | Public accounting. Auditing |
| HF5691-5716 | Business mathematics. Commercial arithmetic |
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