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Subject Guides: Business
 
 
News
Come and read news in Thorndike Library's cozy Reading Room!
New York Times - Sunday Business & Real Estate
Boston Sunday Globe - Business and Money & Real Estate
The Economist
Foreign Affairs
 
Reference
References with call numbers are in the library's Reading Room.
Business: the ultimate resource REF HD 38.15 .B878 2002
Encyclopedia of small business REF HD 62.7 .H553 1998
The encyclopedia of management REF HD 30.15 .E49 1982
Dictionary of marketing terms REF HF 5803 .T56 2000

Maine business and professional directory REF HF5065 .M2 M25 2002

The Blackwell encyclopedic dictionary of human resource management REF HF 5549 .A23 B58 1998

 

Books
Books that are not available in the Thorndike Library may be available via Interlibrary Loan
Thorncat - Search Thorndike Library's online catalog.
The Library of Congress call numbers for business: Locate books in specific areas of business using the following call numbers:
Industries, Land use, Labor HD 28 - HD 9999
Commerce HF 1 - HF 6182
Finance HG 1 - HG 9999
Public Finance HJ 9 - HJ 9940
MaineCat - Search Maine Libraries
WorldCat - Search 10,000 libraries worldwide
 
Videos & DVDs
You can find the following Videos and DVDs in the Thorndike Library.
The Corporation  VIDEO HD 60 .C6 2004     
Foreign TV commercials  VIDEO HF 6146 .T42 F67
Wal Mart: the high cost of low price  VIDEO HF 5429.215 .U6 W356 2005
Excellence in nonprofit leadership  VIDEO HD 57.7 .E93 1998
Trade Secrets: A Moyers Report  VIDEO HD 9651.5 .T7 2001x
The creative resolution of conflict  VIDEO HD 42 C75 1987
Thirst VIDEO HD 1691 .T54 2004
The public mind  VIDEO HN 90 .P8 P795
Escape from affluenza VIDEO HF 5415.33 .U6 E4 1998
 
Databases & Indexes
The following subscription based databases contain articles on Business. If an article is not available in full text, it may be available via Interlibrary Loan. Ask a librarianfor assistance.
Academic Search Premier* - Limit search by document type, images, full text.
Business and Company Resource Center* - Brings together in a single database company profiles, company brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and periodicals.
Business Source Premier* - Provides full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications.
Ejournals at Thorndike Library - Locate full text journal titles available through Thorndike Library's subscriptions. Use  the 'Please select a subject category' drop down menu.
Ejournals at Marvel!* -  Locate full text journal titles available through Marvel!, Maine's subscription databases.
LexisNexis Academic - Search world-wide newspapers and wire services.
ProQuest Newspapers* - Search for news.
Wall Street Journal* - Search for articles in the Wall Street Journal.
* Funding provided by Maine State Library and University of Maine System
 
Senior Projects
Please visit Thorncat for Senior Projects with the topic "Business."
Ask a staff member for assistance to view Senior Projects.
Some of the Senior Projects are listed here:
- A Business Plan and Financing Proposal for Rivercroft, Inc. \ Avenia, Rosemarie.
- Organizational development, theory and application. \ Pixley, Andrew
- The Creation of a Fair Trade Organization : A Business Plan and Educational Product Catalogue. \ Lerch, Douglas A.
- Financial Analysis and 5 Year Business Plan for "Best Builders, Inc.". \ Moon, Peter.
- A Study of Business Administration and Management Education at COA. \ Gormley, Jonathan.
- A Business Plan for Apple Woodworks. \ Heyerdahl, Aaron.
- Frostbyte Records : a different kind of business plan for a new world of music. \ Gaudreau, Luke
- Creating a New Economy: Russian Business Development in the 1990s. \ Ciraulo, Patricia.
- Sound graphics : business plan and web page. \ Anderson, Cassie Rose
 
Websites
Worldbiz International Business Databases - Find a series of country-specific reports on international business practices, business customs, etiquette, business negotiations, import, export, cross-cultural communication, laws, regulations, business travel, investment and much more.
Context Magazine 1997-2002 - The magazine explored how to do business in a world transformed by technology and challenged readers to consider new theories of doing business.
Federal Reserve Board - "Provides a detailed look at the structure, responsibilities, and operations of the Federal Reserve System."
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis - "BEA is an agency of the Department of Commerce. Along with the Census Bureau and STAT-USA, BEA is part of the Department's Economics and Statistics Administration."
New York Stock Exchange - "NYSE Euronext is a world leader for listings, trading in cash equities, equity and interest rate derivatives, bonds and the distribution of market data."
Google Finance - Features business headlines, financial statements, stock information, and major news events.
Yahoo! Finance - Features market summary, business news, stock information, and currencies.
 


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