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October 22 and 23, 2007

Irene Kuchta

ikuchta@ramapo.edu

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 I. Library Homepage: http://library.ramapo.edu

• Provides access to the catalog (OPAC), databases, interlibrary loan forms, etc.

II.  Business Databases

• ABI Inform Complete (ProQuest) citations, abstracts, and full-text for articles in business and management periodicals. Good international coverage.In the upper left-hand corner select "Databases Selected".  There are several business databases in the ABI package.
  
• Business Source Premier (Ebsco) a definitive business database, providing more than 8000 full-text publications and more than 1100 peer-reviewed journals. Includes Datamation Reports with SWOT analysis for many companies.  Access is provide by the New Jersey Knowledge Initiative.
  
• General BusinessFile (INFOTRAC) Access to broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full text and images. Use Advanced Search then Company Profiles to search for company information. Includes Investext reports from various brokerage houses and banks.
  
• LexisNexis Academic full-text coverage of legal, business, general news, government, and other topics. Look for company information under the "Business" tab.
  
• Thomson One Banker Analytics provides access to global market data, earnings, financials, transactions, news and more. Includes indepth company information.
  

III.  Other Databases

• Gallup Brain  Results of Gallup polls since 1935.
  
• RefUSA    Find companies by size, NAICS, location
  
• CountryWatch - Select "Countrywatch data"

IV.  Websites

• Census data
  
• Federal statistics
  
• Statistical Sites on the World Wide Web
  
• Historic Exchange Rates  Lets you lookup a rate between any 2 currencies back to 1990.
  
• Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis  Has currency rates, in US$, in some cases back to the 80's.
  

V. Other Resources

• Gale Virtual Reference Library   Choose Business then Encyclopedia of Business and Finance
  
• Subject Resources
  
               Business
               Economics
  
  

VI. If you can't find what you want

• Journal Finder: this provides information regarding if a journal is available full-text online, in print in the library, or available on microfilm.
• Interlibrary Loan: allows studens to borrow a book or article that the Potter library does not own. There is a link from the Journal Finder page.