BU Libraries Business Blog
October 08, 2008
Company Directories
The Libraries subscribe to two databases that have the ability to select data to develop lists of companies and their executives. To develop a company list using Lexis Nexis, click on the Business button at the top of the homepage. Once in the Business section, click on the Dossier Create a Company List link on the left side of the screen. Companies can be sorted geographically, by industry, sales, and by number of employees (size). In the Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage database, click on the Companies button at the top of the page. Use the pull-down menu under Advanced Search to select Register Executives, Register Private Co. or Register Public Co. Results can then be broken down geographically, by industry, stock exchange, etc.
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July 22, 2008
PolicyArchive
PolicyArchive is a digital library of public policy research derived from the U.S. government, institutes, and think tanks. Materials are gleaned from such sources as the Center for American Progress, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the Aspen Institute, as well as an extensive collection from the U.S. government. Subject areas of interest to business students include Business, Economics, Labor, Manufacturing and Industry, Law and Ethics, Trade, and much more.
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July 17, 2008
Joe Nocera's Best Business Books
Joe Nocera, Business columnist for the New York Times, recently compiled a list of the best non-fiction business books. Books on the list which are owned by the Libraries are listed below. For a complete list, click here.
The box: how the shipping container made the world smaller and the world economy bigger HG 4928.5 L48 1989
The devil's candy: the Bonfire of the Vanities goes to Hollywood PN 1997.B67963 S26 2002
Do you sincerely want to be rich? Library Annex HG 4530.R37
Father, son and co.: my life at IBM and beyond HD 9696.C64 I4887 1990
The Go-go years Library Annex HG 4910 .B74
Greed and glory on Wall street HG 5129.N5 A8 1986
Indecent exposure: a true story of Hollywood and Wall street Library Annex HV 6684.N5 M35 1982
The informant HV 8144.F43 E53 2000
The kingdom and the power PN 4899.N42 T574
Liar's poker HG 4928.5 L48 1989
The smartest guys in the room HD 9502.U54 E5763 2004
Titan: the life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. CT 275.R75 C47 1997
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May 08, 2008
DocuTicker
If you have ever searched the web, but despaired of getting reports from "authoritative" sources, DocuTicker may be the web site for you. DocuTicker offers a hand-picked selection of resources, reports and publications from government agencies, NGOs, think tanks and other public interest organizations. There are reports available on a wide variety of topics. If you've seen a government or research study mentioned in the news, DocuTicker is a good place to go to find the full-text.
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March 28, 2008
Online & Data Services Move
The computers, statistical programming manuals, and ICPSR codebooks formerly located in the Online and Data Services Office have been relocated. The two computers containing Datastream, World Development Indicators and other data products are now in an alcove in the Government Documents room. The manuals are available on shelves near this area. ICPSR codebooks will primarily be accessible online via the ICPSR website Posted by chailey at 08:51 PM | Comments (0)
February 19, 2008
It's Tax Time Again
It is that time of the year again. Federal forms can be found on the IRS tax site here. New York state tax forms are here. For additional tax sites, incuding those for other states, try the Virtual Reference Collection page for Tax Information.
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February 06, 2008
Datastream Upgrade
Datastream, the financial and economic database, has now been upgraded from version 2.5 to 4.0. The database has a different look, and it may take a few minutes to get used to the new format. Although it looks somewhat different, the searching in 4.0 is fairly similar to the earlier version.
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January 07, 2008
Global Warming Resources
Global warming is an increasingly hot (pardon the pun) topic right now. The latest UN Human Development Report, Fighting Climate Change, Human Solidarity in a Divided World is available full-text online. The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently won the Nobel Peace Prize. Their website contains reports and graphs on climate change and its impact. Articles on this topic can be found in many databases, but EconLit and Business Source Premier are probably the best for business/economics students. A short listing of business titles is below:
2007 Voluntary carbon markets : an international business guide to what they are and how they work HC79.P55 V65 2007
2007 Global warming and agriculture : impact estimates by country Science S600.7.G56 C58 2007
2007 Ignoring the apocalypse : why planning to prevent environmental catastrophe goes astray Science GE140 .D382 2007
2007 The economics of climate change : the Stern Review Science QC981.8.C5 G738 2007
2007 Carbon finance : the financial implications of climate change HC79.P55 L33 2007
2007 Assessment of U.S. cap-and-trade proposals H62.5.U5 N3 no.13176
2006 Emissions trading and business HC79.P55 E5 2006
2006 The economics of climate change H62.5.U5 N3 no.11923
2005 Ecological debt : the health of the planet and the wealth of nations HC79.E5 S45 2005
2004 Climate change policy and global trade Science QC981.8.C5 B647 2004
2004 The economics of climate change HC79.E5 E26 2004
2004 Climate change economics : why international accords fail Science QC981.8.C5 V36 2004
2004 Changing drivers : the impact of climate change on competitiveness and value creation in the automotive industry Science TD886.5 .C43 2003
2003 Global climate change : the science, economics and politics Science QC981.8.C65 G59 2003
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December 04, 2007
Most Influential Business Books
Last May, U.S. News and World Report asked 14 business leaders about the five books that they consider indispensible reading for managers. Their responses range from books that are business classics, to biology, history, and fiction. A partial list is below. For a complete listing, go here.
Chris Anderson, Editor in Chief Wired Magazine
Fooled by Randomness: the Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets HG4521 .T35 2001
The Cluetrain Manifesto: the End of Business as Usual HF5548.32 .C58 2000
Microcosm: the Quantum Revolution in Economics and Technology HD9696.A2 G55 1989
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference HM1033 .G53 2000
Carly Fiorina, former CEO, Hewlett Packard
The World is Flat: a Brief History of the Twenty-First Century HM846 .F74 2005
Strategy and Structure: Chapters in the History of American Industrial Enterprise HD70.U5 C5
Jack Brennan, CEO, the Vanguard Group
Only the Paranoid Survive: How to Exploit the Crisis Points that Challenge Every Company HD58.8 .G765 1996
Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors HD41 .P67
Leadership is an Art HD57.7 .D46 1989
Jim Buckmaster, CEO, Craigslist
The Selfish Gene QH437 .D38 200
The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology QP376 .K85 2005
Manufacturing Consent: the Political Economy of the Mass Media P95.82.U6 H47 1988
John W. Rogers, Jr. chairman and CEO, Ariel Capital Management
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York Fine Arts NA9085.M68 C37 1974
Parting the Waters : America in the King years, 1954-1963 E185.61 .B7914 1988
Mark Cuban, owner, Dallas Mavericks
The Gospel of Wealth, and other Timely Essays HB835 .C3 1933
The Fountainhead PS3535.A547 F68 1993
The Innovator’s Dilemma : When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail HD53 .C49 1997
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November 27, 2007
Wall Street Journal via Factiva
Been assigned a Wall Street Journal article to read, but your professor hasn't put it in Blackboard? The Wall Street Journal is available via the Factiva database. There is a tutorial available on accessing the Wall Street Journal via Factiva. The tutorial runs about 3 minutes and requires the latest version of Flash and that your browser's Javascript be enabled. Instructions for enabling JavaScript in common browsers is available here. To start the tutorial, click here.
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August 28, 2007
New Databases, Multiple Catalogs, and Other News
It has been a busy summer for the campus Libraries. There is a new version of infoLINK, the Library catalog. In fact, the Libraries now have two catalogs, infoLINK and Encore. Both access the same library materials, but do so in very different ways. The new Encore catalog, called an "amagoogle" catalog by some, uses simple keyword searching to pull up results which are listed by relevancy.
The Libraries subscribed to a new database, Westlaw Campus Research, over the summer. Westlaw provides access to newspaper and newswire articles, Hoover's Reports, and legal information.
There are now online tutorials available for many of the most commonly used management and economics databases and web sites. The tutorials cover everything from how to find Wall Street Journal articles, to browsing the Bureau of Economic Analysis web site.
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May 01, 2007
Time's "Chic-onomics" List
The April 16th issue of Time has an article about recent books and authors that "made us rethink economics". Entitled "Chic-onomics 101", the article briefly describes some of the best selling books that have flown off of bookshelves in the past few years. Many of these popular books are currently checked out--you may need to recall them to get a copy. Authors covered in the article include:
Bill McKibben
Deep Economy: the Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future HD 75.M353 2007
Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age Science QH 438.7 M38 2003
The End of Nature GF 75.M38 1989
Malcolm Gladwell
Blink: the Power of Thinking without Thinking Science BF 448 G53 2005
The Tipping Point: How Little Things may Make a Big Difference HM 1033 .G53 2000
Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything HB 74.P8 L479 2005
James Surowieki
The Wisdom of Crowds --on order
Barbara Ehrenreich
Bait and Switch: the (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream HD 5708.55 U6 E47 2005
Nickel and Dimed: on (Not) Getting by in America HD 4918 .E375 2002
John Perkins
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man UB 271 .U52 P47 2004
Thomas Friedman
The Lexus and the Olive Tree HF 1359 F74 1999 (on Reserves--2 hour checkout)
The World is Flat: a Brief History of the Twenty-first Century HM 846. F74
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January 29, 2007
It's Tax Time!
The Libraries have a variety of resources covering taxes and taxation. The Virtual Reference Desk link on the Libraries' homepage will lead you to the Tax Information page. The page contains links to New York State and Federal tax forms. In addition, there are print tax forms (NYS and Federal) available in the Information Commons area of Bartle Library. Articles on taxes and taxation can be found in a variety of sources including EconLit, Business Source Premier, Academic Search Premier, to name a few.
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November 13, 2006
Analysts' and Brokers' Reports
The Libraries' no longer subscribe to the Investext Plus database. However, analysts' reports can still be obtained via the Business and Company Resource Center database. To find the reports, do a company name search. Once you have selected your company, click on the Investment Reports button at the top of the screen. All but the most recent week's reports should appear.
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November 02, 2006
Compact Disclosure News
Thomson Financial, the publisher of the Compact D/SEC (popularly known as Compact Disclosure) financial CD-ROMs has ceased publication of this product. The Libraries have the CD-ROMs from August 1990 to April 2006.
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October 03, 2006
Changes in infoLINK
If you use the Libraries' catalog, infoLINK, you'll notice something different. Many recent titles will include the book cover image. Click on this image and there will be links to a book summary, an enlargement of the book cover, the table of contents, an excerpt or first chapter, and a review (not all books have all of these elements). For an example, try typing in "Strategy as Action" into the catalog.
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September 11, 2006
September 11--the Economic Effects
There is a vast amount of material on the September 11, 2001 attacks. However, since this is a business blog, I will focus on the economic and business related materials. To find books on the economics of September 11, go to infoLINK, the Library Catalog. Do a subject search from the pulldown menu and type in "September 11 Terrorist Attacks 2001" (without the quotes). A list of subject headings will come up. Scroll down to the "Economic aspects" subheading. This will bring up a list of books and government documents on the topic. For academic articles, try the EconLit, Academic Search Premier or Business Source Premier databases.
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Business ratios update
Last June, I talked about different places to get business ratios. The new Factiva database also contains business ratios. To find ratios, go to Factiva, and click on the Companies/Markets link at the top of the screen. Then, click on Company once again. Type in your company name. When your company comes up, the side of the screen will list various links. Click on either the Financial Results or the Reports link to get your ratios. From the Reports link, you can get a Ratio Comparison Report, which compares key financial ratios of this company against its industry, sector, and the S&P 500 Index aggregates.
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July 13, 2006
New Business Databases via EBSCO
As of the end of this month, the Libraries will no longer subscribe to ABI Inform Global, ABI Inform Dateline or ABI Inform Trade and Industry. Our new business databases are EBSCO's Business Source Premier and Regional Business News. In addition, the Infotrac databases, Onefile and Expanded Academic, have been replaced by EBSCO's Academic Search Premier.
Business Source Premier contains full-text articles, company and industry profiles, market research and country reports.
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July 07, 2006
EconLit has a new Look
EconLit has a new look this month. It is now available using the EBSCO interface. It can be accessed the same way and contains the same information.
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June 19, 2006
Business Ratios
Students are often required to find business ratios for their projects. Ratios for individual companies can be found in Thomson Research database. Simply bring up the record for your company, then click on Fundamental Ratios. Industry ratios are available in three print sets available in the Reference area:
Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios Ref HF5681.R25 T68
Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios at Ref HF5681.R25 I54
RMA Annual Statement Studies Ref HF 5681.B2 R6
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June 09, 2006
DVDs and Videos for Your Presentations
Do you need a DVD or video to spice up a class presentation? The BU Libraries do have management/economics related videos and DVDs. To pull them up, go to Advanced Search in infoLink, the Library catalog. Then type your keywords in the search box(es). Go down to the bottom of the page, and limit the format to Visual Materials. This will bring up a list of audiovisual materials. The Libraries collection of business related audiovisual resources is not very large at this point, but it is growing every semester. Some recent titles include The Corporation, Enron: the Smartest Guys in the Room, Wal-Mart: the High Cost of Low Price, In Brands We Trust, Tales from the Global Economy, and E-Commerce in Business.
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June 08, 2006
When looking for statistics....
Want to know the homeownership rate in Binghamton? Do you need to find the number of Korean owned businesses in the United States? What is the health insurance coverage in 2004 compared to 1994? What are the sales figures for furniture last April? The answers to all of these questions and much, much more are available on the Census Bureau's web site at http://www.census.gov/ In addition to the detailed population figures that it is known for, the Bureau also collects an enormous amount of economic and business information. The Bureau does not release information on individual businesses, but it does cover information on an industry level. For links to the answers to the above questions, click on the link below.
Homeownership in Binghamton http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36000.html
Korean owned businesses http://www.census.gov/csd/sbo/KoreanSummaryofFindings.htm
Health insurance http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins/cps.html
Furniture sales http://www.census.gov/mwts/www/currentwhl.html
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May 23, 2006
Citation Tracking
There are now several ways to discover how many times an article or author has been cited. Web of Science has long been used by faculty and students. However, there are several new databases that also have this facility. Scopus Citation Tracker , which we have on trial through 2006, allows citation searching in the sciences and social sciences. Both Business Source Premiere and Academic Search Premiere allow easy citation searching. It is important to be aware of the journal titles covered in each of these databases to fully understand the results.
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March 24, 2006
New Stata handbooks
Stata users take note: The newest Stata manuals (release 9) are available for use in the Online and Data Services Office (inside the Government Documents room). This includes the Stata Base, the Stata Survey Data, Stata Longitudinal/Panel Data, Stata Time Series and the Stata Graphics Reference Manuals, among others.
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February 21, 2006
Business Reference Books Online
A number of business-related reference works, such as encyclopedias, directories and handbooks are available online. Gale Virtual Reference Library database contains the Business Information Handbook, the Business Plans Handbook, (vols. 5-10), the Encyclopedia of Business and Finance, the Encyclopedia of Small Business and the Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce. To access Gale Virtual Reference Library, go to metalink, and then click on Reference. The featured database of the month, Business & Company Resource Center, contains the International Directory of Company Histories, Notable Corporate Chronologies, the Encyclopedia of American Industries, Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries, and Business Rankings Annual.
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February 02, 2006
Business News--The Enron Trial
With the start of the trial of former Enron executives Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling, it might be a good time to look at some of the Libraries' resources on this influential corporate scandal. A selected list of titles is listed below. For more library holdings on Enron, do a subject search in infoLink under the company name.
The Smartest Guys in the Room: the Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind
Portfolio
2004
HD 9502.U54 E5763 2004
Conspiracy of Fools: a True Story
Kurt Eichenwald
Broadway Books
2005
HD 9502.U54 E5736 2005
Pipe Dreams: Greed, Ego, and the Death of Enron
Robert Bryce
Public Affairs
2002
HD 9502.U54 E573 2002
The Watchdogs Didn't Bark: Enron and the Wall Street analysts : hearing before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, February 27, 2002.
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs.
GPO
2002
Government Documents Microforms -- Y 4.G 74/9:S.HRG.107-385 (also available online)
Bigger Than Enron
Hedrick Smith & Marc Shaffer ; directed by Marc Shaffer
PBS Home Video
2002
Main Library Circulation Desk (Video) -- HF5616.U5 B5 2002 (transcript available online)
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January 31, 2006
The Wall Street Journal
I know that many students are assigned Wall Street Journal readings. For those students without subscriptions, here are the various ways to access it. The full-text online version of the Wall Street Journal is only available via the ProQuest databases ABI Inform Global or ProQuest Newspapers. It is not in Lexis Nexis. Online access is provided back to 1984. The Libraries do get a print edition of the WSJ--it is available for the current three months in the Newspaper Room in Bartle Library. Microfilm holdings go back to 1959.
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November 02, 2005
Important Changes to Library Logins Coming Soon
Logging in at the Libraries will get easier next semester. In order to simplify login procedures the Libraries will start using PODS accounts for authentication. All Binghamton faculty, staff and students have a PODS account. If you don't know your PODS username and/or password, you can log in to BUSI or contact the Computing Services Help Desk (777-6420). For uninterrupted service, please be sure to obtain your PODS account information before the start of the Spring 2006 semester. For more information, please call 777-2194 or 777-2166.
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October 12, 2005
Welcome to the BU Libraries' Business Blog
I am pleased to announce that I am now maintaining and updating a BU Libraries business blog for Binghamton University’s Management and Economics faculty and students. This blog will provide information on library announcements as well as news related to business and scholarly communication.
Please visit the site regularly for updates or subscribe to our RSS feed.
---Colleen Hailey
Management and Economics Bibliographer
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October 05, 2005
Online and Data Services Staffing
Michael Shi, a graduate student in the Economics department, has been hired to assist students and faculty with their data inquiries for library data products. The Online and Data Services Office is now located in the Government Documents Room. Michael's hours are as follows: Monday & Wednesdays, 9:30-12;30 & 1:00-5:30, Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:00-4:00.
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