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:
To find the location of a book in
Miller Nichols Library, see the Location
Guide.
Remote (off-campus) access to databases is available only to UMKC students,
faculty, and staff. All other users must access online resources within the
Libraries. Begin searching by selecting a database. After selection you will
be prompted to provide a UMKC Single Sign-On user name and
password OR a 9-digit UMKC ID number followed by the letter k (example: 0123456789k) and last name, as needed.
Serials Solutions
Serials Solutions is a tool to locate full-text journals, magazines and newspapers in UMKC licensed databases. Since not all electronic journals are cataloged in MERLIN, you need to check Serials Solutions as well to make sure you are not missing the journal.
- ABI/INFORM Global (ProQuest) 1971 - present.
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Selected full text 1985 - present. Provides coverage
of business conditions, trends, corporate strategies and tactics, management
techniques, competitive and product information, and a wide variety of other
topics. Indexing and abstracts are available for articles from more than 1,500
leading business and management publications, including over 350 English-language
titles from outside the US Full-text or page image is available for articles
from more than 800 of the most popular and important publications. Indexing
starts in 1971. Full-text/image titles start in 1985. Also includes full-text coverage for the Wall Street Journal back to 1984.
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Business
Source Premier (EBSCOhost) 1922 - present; coverage varies by title Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text 1922 - present; coverage varies by title.
"Provides full text for nearly 8,350 scholarly business journals and other sources,
including full text for more than 1,100 scholarly business publications. This
database offers information in nearly every area of business including management,
economics, finance, accounting, international business, and more.... The database
also includes …country economic reports from the EIU, Global Insight, ICON Group,
and CountryWatch” as well as the OECD. Detailed company profiles for the world's
10,000 largest companies are generated from Datamonitor reports incorporating
SWOT analysis. Market research reports emanate largely from Gartner.
[Source: Business Source Premier Database Information Screen, June 23, 2005]
Link to EBSCOhost web user's
guide.
- LexisNexis Academic 1969 - present. Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text 1980 - present.Provides citations and abstracts or the full text of materials covering general news topics, company research and financial data, industry analysis, government and politics, taxation, and the law. Available resources include newspapers, magazines, journals, business reference materials, case law, law reviews, and industry reports. Link to LexisNexis Academic user's guide.
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Mergent Online 1990 - present Save to del.icio.us
Full text 1990 - present.
Mergent Online provides public company data for 15,000 (active and inactive)
companies on the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ exchanges. Records include business
profiles, company histories, property, subsidiaries, officers and directors,
long term debt and capital stock, income statements, balance sheets, stock
splits, dividend payment history and historical daily pricing and charting
back to 1971. [from the Mergent Online website,
July 20, 2005]
- Wall Street Journal online
Full text 1984 - present
Available thru ABI/Inform Global.
- Wall Street Journal Index (print)
Ref Index Wall 2 HG1 .W26
Print index covers the Eastern Edition back to 1958 and includes coverage of Barron's back to 1981.
On microform back to 1889.
University Libraries Photocopying and Printing Services
Reference Sources: Encyclopedias, Handbooks, Directories, Statistics
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
Encyclopedia
of American Industries
In one volume for manufacturing industries and one volume for non-manufacturing
industries, SIC code entries provide a textual overview of an industry.
Information may include names of industry leaders, a description of the
work force or even the development of the industry. Sources for industry
information are provided at the end of each entry. Two alphabetical indexes
lead users to the mention of a specific company or industry. |
Ref Bus Alcove
HC102 .E53 |
| Encyclopedia
of Business Information Sources |
Ready Ref q HF5353 .E9 |
Handbooks
Directories
ThomasNet.com (www.ThomasNet.com)
A business to business resource combining Thomas Register and Thomas Regional. Covers 650,000 distributors, manufacturers and service companies. Gives detailed product information, specifications, parts, drawings, and company descriptions including sales, number of employees, founding date and includes many product catalogs. Search by company or product/service.
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All call numbers in this guide refer to the UMKC Miller
Nichols Library, unless otherwise noted.
- Bureau of Economic Analysis
(www.bea.gov/)
Industry Economic Accounts Data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
(www.bls.gov)
- Economic Census
(www.census.gov)
Compiled every 5 years in years that end in 2 and 7, the Economic Census
provides a variety of important statistics that can be used to assess business
activities, industry trends, and locate potential markets.
- STAT-USA/Internet Current edition. Save to del.icio.us
Full text.
International and United States economic and business data from the Economic
Bulletin Board (EBB), and the Bureau of Economic Analysis. STAT-USA is sponsored
by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
- National Trade
Data Bank (www.stat-usa.gov/tradtest.nsf?OpenDatabase)
The NTDB provides access to Country Commercial Guides, Market Research reports,
and Best Market reports. The NTDB also provides U.S. import and export statistics,
as well as over 75 other various reports and programs.
Use search engines linked on the Internet
Search Tools page to identify additional Web resources.
All call numbers in this guide refer to the UMKC Miller Nichols Library, unless
otherwise noted.
- Business Statistics of the United States
Time series data for the US economy including industrial production, shipments, inventories, employment data, consumer income and spending and much more.
Ready Reference
HC101 .A131222
- County
Business Patterns
Provides data by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code on total
number of businesses in the state, the size of payrolls and the number of
employees with in industries. Other tables provide similar information for
each county by SIC code. Such data is useful for analyzing the economic activity
of a particular area and comparing activity across different areas and time
periods.
GovDocs C 3.204
Also freely available
online.
- CRB
Commodity Yearbook
This annual publication provides summary world data and a brief industry
overview for over 100 commodities from arsenic to zinc. Several years of
data are provided allowing historical analysis.
Ref HC14 .C622
- Greater Kansas City Economic Forecast 2008 (PDF)
(Mid-America Regional Council)
- Mergent Online
See Industry Reports tab.
Concentration Ratios
- Economic Census, U.S. Census Bureau
Iindustries are classified by the percent of output accounted for by the largest 4, 8, 20 and 50 companies. Only the manufacturing report includes the Herfindahl-Herschmann Index.
http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/concentration.html
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