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Introduction to Business Information Sources

Introduction to Business Information Sources. The Job Market for Economists & Researching a Prospective Employer. Spring 2005. The Job Market for Economists. The Job Market for Economists. Occupational Outlook Handbook.

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Introduction to Business Information Sources

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  1. Introduction to Business Information Sources The Job Market for Economists & Researching a Prospective Employer Spring 2005

  2. The Job Market for Economists

  3. The Job Market for Economists Occupational Outlook Handbook • The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. Revised every two years, the Handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations. Location: LOCKWOOD Business/Govt Doc Desk Call Number: HD8051 .A5 Note: Also available at http://bls.gov/oco/

  4. The Job Market for Economists American Economic Association http://www.aeaweb.org/index.html

  5. The Job Market for Economists United States Office of Personnel Management http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/

  6. The Job Market for Economists University at Buffalo Career Services http://www.ub-careers.buffalo.edu/student.shtml

  7. The Job Market for Economists The Career Guide: The Employment Opportunities Directory • Annual; Dun & Bradstreet • A typical entry gives discipline hired, career opportunities, training and career development, additional company locations, benefits, address and person to contact. • Can search employers alphabetically, geographically, by industry classification, by employer branch offices geographically, and by disciplines hired geographically. Location: LOCKWOOD Business/Govt Doc Reference Call Number: HF5382.5 .U5 D8

  8. Researching a Prospective Employer

  9. Researching a Prospective Employer Economic Consulting Services Public U.S Company LECG Corp. Private U.S Company Analysis Group Inc.

  10. Researching a Prospective Employer Consultants & Consulting Organizations Directory • Annual; 2 volume set; Gale • Provides detailed information on over 24,000 consulting firms and individuals engaged in consultation for business, industry, and government. • Can locate consultants alphabetically, geographically, or by activity. Location: LOCKWOOD Business/Govt Doc Reference Call Number: HD69 .C6 C6

  11. Researching a Prospective Employer S&P Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives • Annual; Standard & Poor’s • Vol. 1 – Corporate listings; alphabetical list of over 75,000 public and private corporations. • Vol. 2 –Directors and executives listings; alphabetical list of over 72,000 individuals serving as officers, directors, partners, etc. Indices (divided into color-coded sections): NAICS, geographical, ultimate parent, etc. Location: LOCKWOOD Business/Govt Doc Reference Call Number: HG4057 .P6

  12. Researching a Prospective Employer D&B Principal International Businesses • Annual; Dun & Bradstreet • A marketing directory for approximately 50,000 world-wide corporations, covering the full range of corporate activities. • Allows searching by corporate geographic location, SIC designation, or company name. Location: LOCKWOOD Business/Govt Doc Reference Call Number: HD69 .I7 D9

  13. Researching a Prospective Employer Mergent International Manual • This 4-volume work covers 11,000 international companies in 117 countries. • Arranged alphabetically by country, with extensive information about companies, including history, chronology, acquisitions, mergers, spin-offs, properties, joint ventures, subsidiaries, officers and directors, consolidated income and balance sheets for three and two years respectively, long term debit, options, etc. Location: LOCKWOOD Business/Govt Doc Reference Call Number: HG4509 .M66

  14. Researching a Prospective Employer Business & Company Resource Center • http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/bcrc.html • An integrated business database containing information from more than a dozen major business reference sources, including company directories, encyclopedias, statistical compendia, and investment services. Provides company profiles, industry overviews, industry statistics, market research reports, company rankings, histories, and chronologies, news stories, and full-text periodical articles.

  15. Researching a Prospective Employer Hoover’s Company Records • http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/hoovers.html • Provides overviews for more than 32,000 public and private companies in the U.S. and around the world. Users can browse the complete list, or search by company name, ticker, keyword, or executive's name. Capsules provide a brief narrative summary of the business, list major subsidiaries, identify key competitors, cite key executive's names and link to news stories and (for public companies only) financial statements and stock charts. Company Capsules also link to the firm's Home Page, as well as other external data, which may include a company history, mission statement, and company rankings.

  16. Researching a Prospective Employer ReferenceUSA • http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/referenceusa.html • Updated monthly • An Internet-based business directory (web equivalent of American Business Disc). • Contains detailed information on more than 12 million U.S. businesses and organizations.

  17. Researching a Prospective Employer Factiva • http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/factiva.html • A powerful database system which provides current and retrospective news stories, periodical articles, and financial data from thousands of sources worldwide, covering virtually every subject category. • The two main components are: Publications Library - Full-text stories from nearly 8,000 newspapers, magazines, newsletters, and wire service worldwide, plus transcripts of television and radio news programs. Includes full-text of the Wall Street Journal from June 1979 to present. Company Quick Search - Click on the Company Screening Tab to find information for about 100,000 companies worldwide, more than 90 percent of which are unlisted (private) companies.

  18. Researching a Prospective Employer Business Source Premier • http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/bsp.html • Business Source Premier indexes more than 4,100 journals, including nearly 3,300 full-text titles. Many of the full-text items are also available as scanned images. Topics cover nearly every area of business including management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and more. • Datamonitor Company Reports: Contains timely comprehensive company (public & private) profiles. Just look for the "Company Profile" button at the top of the search screen and search for a company. BSP is also a good source of current news stories. Do a "Company Entity" (select from drop down menu) search on any company.

  19. Researching a Prospective Employer ABI/Inform Global • http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/abi.html • One of the world's leading databases for business-related periodicals. It is particularly useful for locating articles from academic journals in all areas of management but also includes general business magazines, professional journals, and selected trade journals. Among its many subject strengths are corporate finance, organizational behavior, managerial economics, information systems, telecommunications, and health care administration. • Provides citations with abstracts and, for more than half the entries, the full text of articles from more than 1,000 business-related periodicals, including approximately 350 foreign publications.

  20. Researching a Prospective Employer ABI/Inform Trade & Industry • http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/trade.html • Covers provides full-text access to more than 700 trade publications. Every major industry is represented including telecommunications, computing, transportation, construction, petrochemicals, and many others. Full-text coverage varies, but can go as far back as 1987. Abstracts can go as far back as 1971. Updated daily.

  21. Researching a Prospective Employer LexisNexis Academic • http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/lexisnexis.html • Provides full-text articles and reports from more than 6,000 magazines, newspapers, wire services, legal resources, reference books, and government publications from around the world. • Consists of five major segments. The following segment would be used for business research: Business Library - Business news, company profiles, financial statements, bankruptcy reports, accounting pronouncements, investment analysis, business directories, and more.

  22. Researching a Prospective Employer Business Index ASAP • http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/busindex.html • Covers all topics within business including: banking, investment, companies, industries and new technologies and products. • Citations with abstracts and, in most cases, the full text of articles taken from over 900 business, management, and trade publications, over 150 local business newspapers, and a number of wire services.

  23. Researching a Prospective Employer Mergent Online • http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/mergentonline.html • Provides profiles of over 15,000 U.S. public companies (active and inactive) listed on the NYSE, AMEX and Nasdaq exchanges, including access to EDGAR filings dating back to 1993. It also contains profiles for 20,000 non-U.S. public companies (active and inactive).

  24. Researching a Prospective Employer Annual Reports.com http://www.annualreports.com/ Free online service that purports to be Americas largest annual report service. Provides access to the most recent annual report to shareholders as well as the most recent Form 10-K.

  25. Researching a Prospective Employer IRIN: Annual Report Resource Center http://www.irin.com/cgi-bin/main.cgi The Investor Relations Information Network (IRIN) is a free annual report service that provides access to more than 9,700 current and historical electronic annual reports (back to the mid nineties for some companies) are accessible through this service and if you want to request a hard copy of an annual report, IRIN will forward your request to the appropriate company.

  26. Additional Assistance

  27. Business & Government Documents Reference Center ( Located on the 1st floor of Lockwood Memorial Library ) Reference Desk Hours: Monday 11am - 5pm Tuesday 11am - 5pm Wednesday 11am - 5pm Thursday 11am - 5pm Friday 11am - 5pm

  28. Business & Government Documents Reference Center

  29. Gregory J. Tong, MBA, MLS Business/Management Librarian Arts and Sciences Libraries State University of New York at Buffalo 116 Lockwood Memorial Library Tel: (716) 645-2814 ext.457 E-mail: gjt@buffalo.edu * Available by appointment

  30. Questions?

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