Library Guide to Business Glossaries

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Note: Use this resource to find definitions of business terminology in online and print dictionaries and glossaries.

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Web Resources

• BPlans Glossary of Business Terms
  (see "Tools", then "Glossary")
  www.bplans.com/

• Campbell Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary
  www.duke.edu/~charvey/Classes/wpg/glossary.htm
  
  
• CNN Money 101 Glossary
  www.money.cnn.com/services/glossary/a.html
  
  
• Economist.COM Business Encyclopedia Dictionary
  www.economist.com/encyclopedia/Dictionary.cfm
  
  
• Investopedia Dictionary
  www.investopedia.com/dictionary/
  
  
• Ventureline Accounting Glossary and Financial Dictionary
  (see MBA Glossary)
  www.ventureline.com/
  
  
• Washington Post Business Glossary (requires registration)
  www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/longterm/glossary/glossary.htm

Use search engines linked on the Internet Search Tools page to identify additional Web resources.

Reference Sources: Directories

Reference sources are useful for locating background information, definitions, general descriptions, and basic facts. Use these books to help you select or focus your research topic.

All call numbers in this guide refer to the UMKC Miller Nichols Library, unless otherwise noted. Titles are linked to the corresponding MERLIN Library Catalog record.

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Dictionary of Business Terms (electronic resource) Friedman, Jack, Barron's Educational Series	Electronic Book
Dictionary of Business and Management	Reference HF 1001 .R79 1993
Dictionary of Finance and Banking Oxford	Reference HG 151 .D54 1997
Essential Finance Gibson, The Economist	Reference On order
Key Business Concepts: a concise guide Bengt Karlöf , Routledge	Reference HF 1001 .K37 1993
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Money & Finance (3 v) Peter Newman, Stockton Press	Reference HF 151 .N48 1992

To Find Books

Use the MERLIN Library Catalog and the MOBIUS Union Catalog to find resources relevant to your research. Relevant works can be found using subject headings (Library of Congress) such as:

• Business -- Dictionaries
• Business -- Dictionaries -- French
• Business -- Dictionaries -- Spanish
• Business -- Terminology
• Commerce -- Dictionaries
• Finance -- Dictionaries

To find the location of a book in Miller Nichols Library, see the Location Guide.

     

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For further assistance, please contact the
Miller Nichols Library Reference Desk at (816) 235-1534.

Created and maintained by Chris LeBeau