International Business

Company News and Research Databases

Directories of Agencies, Organizations

Dictionaries, Handbooks, and Almanacs

Country Descriptions

Statistical Sources

Legal and Government Information

Directories of Foreign Companies

Exporting / Importing Information

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Company News and Research Databases

ABI Inform Global [1971-current]: Journal articles in nearly every aspect of business. Fulltext articles from over 2,000 key business and management periodicals and citations to an additional 700 sources.
ABI Inform Trade and Industry: Journal articles in nearly every aspect of business. Fulltext articles from over 2,000 key business and management periodicals and citations to an additional 700 sources.
Business and Company Resource Center: Provides industry reports, company profiles, brand information, rankings and investment reports including Investext financial reports.
Factiva: Over 10,000 journal, newspaper and trade sources from over 152 countires in 22 languages. Journals include Wall St. Journal (with international coverage), Financial Times, Dow Jones and Reuters newswires. Public U.S and international publicly traded company financials and stock pricing are exportable to Excel.
Investext: Current financial and investment studies of companies and industries.
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe: Full text newspaper and journal articles, news wires from 5,600 sources, company profiles, and full text comprehensive financial databases can be accessed.
Mergent: Public U.S and international publicly traded company full financial data (15 years) including ratios, business descriptions, history and annual reports. Online version of Moody's Manuals.
NetAdvantage: Standard and Poor's industry surveys, company reports and stock analyses.
ValueLine: Objective investment research tool for large and mid-cap U.S. companies. Company and industry reports, stock and mutual fund screening and tracking.

Directories of Agencies, Organizations

Congressional Quarterly's International Information Directory. 2000/2001. (Ref. JX 1995 C65)
Electronic Embassy http://www.embassy.org
Foreign Consular Offices in the United States. 2002. (U.S. Doc. Microforms S 1.69/2) - See also http://www.state.gov/s/cpr/rls/fco
Internet Resources and Services for International Marketing and Advertising: a Global Guide. 2002. (Ref. HF 1416 C69)
International Information Directory. 2000-2001. (Ref. JX 1995 C65)
Travel Warnings and Consular Information Sheets http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis_pa_tw_1168.html
United Nations Website http://www.un.org
World Chamber of Commerce Directory. Annual. (Ref. Desk HF 294 W75) - See also International Chamber of Commerce http://www.iccwbo.org.
World Resources Institute http://www.wri.org
World Trade Organization http://www.wto.org

Dictionaries, Handbooks and General Sources

Dictionary of International Business Terms. 1996. (Ref. HD 62.4 C36) & Emerald Coast Library
Global Edge http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/ibrd.asp
International Address and Salutations http://www.bspage.com/address.html
International Encyclopedia of the Stock Market. 1999. (Ref. HG 4551 I57)
International Handbook of Electronic Commerce. 2000. (Ref. HF 5548.32 I58)
Virtual International Business & Economic Sources http://libweb.uncc.edu/ref-bus/vibehome.htm

Country Descriptions

Country Background Notes http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn
Country Reports http://www.countryreports.org
Craighead's International Business Travel and Relocation Guide to Countries. 1996/97. (Ref. HF 5549.5 E45 D56)
Europa World Year Book. Annual. (Ref. Desk JN 1 E85) & Emerald Coast Library
Foreign Government Resources on the Web http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/foreignnew.html
Regions and Countries. (World Bank) http://www.worldbank.org/countries
STAT-USA - A library of government documents about U.S. international trade
Statesman's Yearbook. Annual. (Ref. Desk JA 51.S7) & Emerald Coast Library
World Almanac and Book of Facts. Annual. (Ref. Desk AY 67 N5 W7) & Emerald Coast Library
World Factbook. (CIA) Annual. (Ref. Desk U.S. Doc. PREX 3.15/2) & Emerald Coast Library, https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Statistical Sources

See also the UWF Library Subject Research Page Statistics

Bureau of Economic Analysis http://www.bea.gov/
Demographic Yearbook. (United Nations). 2002. (Ref. JX 1977 A2 ST SOA XX D383)
European Marketing Data and Statistics. 2006. (Ref. HA 1107 E88)
EuroStat http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat
FAO Statistics Database http://www.fao.org
Foreign and International Economics http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stecfor.html
Foreign Trade of the United States. 1999. (Ref. HF 1416.5 F68)& Emerald Coast Library
Foreign Trade Statistics http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www
Industry, Trade and the Economy - Trade Statistics http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/usfth/
International Banking Statistics http://www.bis.org/statistics/index.htm
International Financial Statistics Country Notes. 2006. (Ref. HG 3881 I6264)
International Financial Statistics Yearbook. Annual. (Ref. HG 3881 I6263) & Emerald Coast Library
International Marketing Data and Statistics. 1996. (Ref. HA 42 I56)
International Monetary Fund http://www.imf.org
International Statistical Agencies http://stats.bls.gov/bls/other.htm#International
Lexis-Nexis Statistical Universe
National Trade Estimates on Foreign Trade Barriers http://www.ustr.gov/Document_Library/Reports_Publications/2006/2006_NTE_Report/Section_Index.html
Penn World Table http://pwt.econ.upenn.edu/php_site/pwt_index.php
Statistical Abstract of the United States. Annual. (Ref. Desk HA 202 U58) & Emerald Coast Library
Also http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract.html
Statistical Yearbook, United Nations. 1960-1997 (Ref. JX 1977 A2 ST STAT XX S79)
Statistics Sources. 2000. (Ref. Z7551 S84) & Emerald Coast Library
Trade Stats Express (U.S. Doc. C 3:278/3), and http://tse.export.gov
Tradstat Gateway http://www.tradstatweb.com (requires DataStar password) - Data on 16 major trading countries
United Nations Statistics Division http://unstats.un.org/unsd/

Legal and Government Information

ABA International Law Section http://www.abanet.org/intlaw/home.html
ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law http://www.asil.org/resource/home.htm
Foreign Governments - Constitutions, Laws, and Treaties http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/forcons.html
Martindale-Hubbell International Law Digests. 1996. (Ref. KF 190 M32) & Emerald Coast Library - Summarizes each country's laws, including patents, copyrights, trade, domestic law, etc.

Directories of Foreign Companies

Business and Company Resource Center [Gale]
Directory of American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries. 2005. (Ref. HG 4538 A1 D5) & Emerald Coast Library
Directory of Foreign Firms Operating in the United States. 2004. (Ref. HG 4057 A1 D51) & Emerald Coast Library
Dun & Bradstreet Principal International Businesses. 2006/2007. (Ref. HF 54 U5 P74)
Encyclopedia of Global Industries [Business and Company Resource Center]
Europages http://www.europages.net
International Dun's Market Identifiers [Dialog/File 518 - requires log in] - Brief profiles of international companies
Lexis-Nexis Corporate Affiliations (Who Owns Whom) 2006 (Ref. HG4057 .A219) & Emerald Coast Library
Thomas Global Register http://www.tgrnet.com - Industrial suppliers and product information

Exporting/Importing Information

Directory of United States Exporters. 2007. (Ref. HF 3011 D57)
Directory of United States Importers. 1996. (Ref. HF 3012 D57)
Export America http://www.export.gov/exportamerica
Export.Gov http://www.export.gov
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. 2007. (U.S. Doc. ITC 1.10:) and http://www.usitc.gov/tata/index.htm
International Trade Administration http://trade.gov/index.asp
SBA Global Opportunities Local Assistance http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/oit - U.S. Export Assistance Centers
National Trade Data Bank [STAT-USA] - Provides monthly information on U.S. imports and exports for more than 18,000 commodities.

Shari Johnson
Business/Government Documents Librarian
University of West Florida Library
Date Last Updated: January 2007