Business Research

Developing a Search Strategy

• Look at our dictionaries and encyclopedias located in the reference collection for definitions of terms related to your topic and for general background information.
• Search our databases and journal collection to find recent articles on your topic.
• Search the Library Resource Catalog for resources relating to your topic.
• Search the World Wide Web.

Reference Collection

The reference collection is located on the main floor of the library. Some useful business resources include:

• Business Rankings Annual
  Ranks top businesses by country and area of business.
  Call Number: HG4050.B88
• Dictionary of International Trade
  Defines terminology used in international trade and business.
  Call Number: HF1373.H55 2000
• Directory of Corporate Affiliations
  Provides a directory for both private and public U.S. and foreign companies, including financials, personnel, outside service firms, and subsidiaries with an emphasis on hierarchy and reportage.
  Call Number: HG4057.A217 2001 6 vols.
• Encyclopedia of Business and Finance
  Discusses accounting, economics, finance, information systems, law, management, and marketing.
  Call Number: HF1001.E467 2001 2 vols.
• Europa World Year Book
  Surveys international countries giving recent history, economic affairs, government, defense, education and public holidays; an economic and demographic survey using statistics on area and population, health and welfare, agriculture, forestry, fishing, industry, finance, trade, transport, tourism, the media, and education, and other related topics.
  Call Number: JN1.E85
• Hoover's Handbook of American Business
  Includes financial profiles and histories of major American businesses.
  Call Number: HG4057.A28617
• Hoover's Handbook of World Business
  Includes financial profiles and histories of major global enterprises.
  Call Number: HG4009.H66
• International Encyclopedia of the Stock Market
  Defines some 2000 terms relating to regional and world stock market practice and describes the economies and stock markets of the world's most advanced countries, including entries on individuals, institutions, and other related topics.
  Call Number: HG4551.I528 1999 2 vols.
• International Directory of Company Histories
  Covers the history of major private and public companies in the United States.
  Call Number: HD2721.I63 1988 to date
• Small Business Sourcebook
  Gives information services and sources provided to 100 types of small business by associations, consultants, educational programs, franchisers, government agencies, reference works, statisticians, suppliers, trade shows, and venture capital firms.
  Call Number: HD2346.U5 S66 2002

Journals--print and online

The Newbury College Library provides access to scholarly and popular articles in both print and online format. Magazines, journals, and newspapers are known as periodicals. Search the Library Resource Catalog by Journal Title to determine if the Library subscribes to a particular title.

Full-text articles are accessible by using the Library's databases. The databases are listed alphabetically. Home access requires using a valid Newbury College library card.

These databases provide access to full-text articles, abstracts (short summaries of the articles), and extended citations (the title, source, date, issue, and page numbers of the article). Full-text articles may be printed within the Library. To retrieve articles that are only available as abstracts or extended citations, you should first check our Periodical Holdings List to locate the articles in hard copy or request them from Interlibrary Loan--see the Reference Librarian for help. The following databases are useful for researching business-related topics:

• Business Knowledge Research
  Contains research reports on current topics in business management and U.S. and global economics.
• General BusinessFile ASAP
  Provides information on business and management topics. Includes directory listings for over 150,000 companies as well as investment and analyst reports on major companies and industries.
• LexisNexis Academic
  Provides full-text articles on business topics, company financial data, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) filings and reports, industry and market news, and other related topics.

Library Resource Catalog

• If you are searching for resources within the Library, the catalog displays its items first. You can also choose to search all Minuteman libraries at once or specify another location.
• You may search for resources by Location, Keyword, Author, Title, Journal Title, Format or Subject Heading.
• The item record displays where a resource is located along with its call number and availability.
• The call number identifies where a book or other library resource is located in the library. The Newbury College Library uses the Library of Congress (LC) Classification System, which is comprised of 21 categories with numerous subdivisions under each category. The H class denotes the social sciences. Browse the following for relevant information:

Read a call number line by line:

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