GLOBAL STRATEGY AND POLICY (MAN 4720)
LIBRARY RESOURCE PAGE
LIBRARIAN: Dr. Darlene Ann Parrish
The selected sources listed below are useful for finding articles and information
about companies and the global environment in which they operate.
ELECTRONIC DATABASES
Electronic databases are available from the FAU Libraries home page at (http://www.fau.edu/library) by selecting
“Research Resources” and then "Indexes/Databases." When accessing the databases
remotely, select the link for the “EZproxy”
server.
ABI/INFORM
Global (ProQuest Direct)
This is a good
source of information for finding articles about technological, regulatory,
political and ethical issues that impact companies in the global
environment. It contains some
full-text articles. Searches can be
limited to just “scholarly journals.”
Business
and Company Resource Center
(Gale Group)
Provides
basic and detailed information on both public and privately held companies.
The reports on companies usually include company histories and
chronologies, rankings and financial information. Searches can be done by using company
name or industry name or number (SIC or NAICS).
CIAO (Columbia
International Affairs Online)
This authoritative
source is useful for research on international affairs and current political
and economic developments around the world. It contains articles and case studies
that can be found in scholarly journals, working papers and books.
Country Commerce
(EIU)
The focus of this
database is to provide practical information on commercial laws and business
regulations for 50 countries around the world in a full text format. It is especially useful for information
on starting businesses in other countries.
Country Watch
This comprehensive
database gives access to reports on 192 countries around the world that provide
political, economic, social and environmental analyses.
Datamonitor Business Information Center
This database is
helpful for finding information on global issues that would impact
companies. It gives access to
current business information about companies (including those that are foreign
owned) and industries in 50 countries.
Lexis Nexis Academic
This useful resource
contains full text articles on social, technological, regulatory and political
issues. In addition to the
“Business” news component, there is a component entitled “Legal Research,” which
gives access to articles on legal and regulatory issues, and statutory laws and
court cases.
Mergent Online
Provides
in-depth financial information on U.S. public companies and
international companies. Access to the EDGAR (SEC) filings, such
as the 10K, is also available.
Newsbank (Access World News)
This database gives
access to full text articles, which include business news items, from more than
500 international sources. Searches
can be limited to a specific region or country.
Plunkett
Research
The most useful
feature of this database is the access to reports dealing with “Marketing
Research and Trends.” These reports include information on domestic and
international markets for various industries. Another useful feature is the glossary
of business terms.
Standard
& Poor’s (S & P) NetAdvantage
Included in this
database are reports on industries and public companies. The industry reports are fairly current
and include information about trends and domestic and global issues of concern.
Wall
Street Journal (ProQuest)
This authoritative
source contains full text articles, from 1984 to the present, about companies
and industries, many with a global emphasis.
EVALUATING
INFORMATION
If
you are not using one of the “Electronic
Databases” listed above or other databases via the FAU Libraries Electronic
Collection, you may want to consider some of the following questions when
evaluating information from the Internet:
1.
How
authoritative is the source of the information?
2.
How
accurate is the information?
3.
How
reliable is the information?
4.
How
current is the information?
5.
How
relevant is the information to my topic?
CITING
REFERENCES
BF76.7.P83 2001 Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association.
5th
ed. Washington D.C.: American Psychological Association,
2001.
