1. MNGT 375: International Business Research Demo Shana Gass, MLS Reference Librarian, Cook Library sgass@towson.edu September 2006

2. Types of Information Industry & Competitors/Market Demographics Politics Culture Economics Business Climate Trade

3. Sources I’ll Demonstrate Europa World News NTDB & Globus Factiva Business Source Complete LexisNexis Academic Statistical sources

4. Cook Library Subject Gateway for Management: http://cooklibrary.towson.edu/management http://cooklibrary.towson.edu/management Note: “Quick Search” for Articles searches only in general -- not business – databases. You’ll need more info for this project!

5. Get into the Databases from Off-Campus! Click Towson University Log in with 14-digit number from front of TU OneCard + last name

6. ABI/Inform Note: Cook Library no longer subscribes Consider Business Source Complete as a rough equivalent

7. Europa World Plus …database of rich country profiles

8. Countries & Their Cultures... Background info from an authoritative database

9. NTDB/GLOBUS …database includes Country Commercial Guides, Market Research… Only available on-campus

10. Factiva …powerful database for international news

11. Business Source Complete …database featuring articles + country, company, and industry profiles!

12. Identifying Companies by Country/Industry Principal International Businesses (D&B) REF HF54.U5 P74 LexisNexis Academic library database > Business > Dossier Create a Company List Search by geography/industry code or description Kompass web site http://www.kompass-usa.comKompass

13. Statistics Consumer International Reserves HC79.C6 C636 Market Share Reporter Reserves HF5410.M35 International Trade Administration, U.S. Dept. of Commerce: http://trade.govhttp://trade.gov GlobalEDGE Int’l Business Resource Desk: http://globaledge.msu.edu/resourcedesk http://globaledge.msu.edu/resourcedesk OFFSTATS: http://www.offstats.auckland.ac.nzhttp://www.offstats.auckland.ac.nz

14. Keeping Up with Your Country BBC News Blogrunner.com > All Topics > Countries & TerritoriesBlogrunner.com Google News Alert > search for your topic > create email alert (bottom of page)Google News

15. More Info For details on these & more sources, see: http://pages.towson.edu/sgass/courses http://pages.towson.edu/sgass/courses MNGT > Top International Business Sources BUSX > Big 4 Business Article databases, APA Citation Guide ECON > Keeping Up with Your Country Using News Feeds, Gadgets, & Email Alerts

16. Questions? Shana Gass Reference Librarian for Management Cook Library, Towson University sgass@towson.edu / 410-704-2395 sgass@towson.edu Thanks and good luck!