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Business Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
This page lists business dictionaries and encyclopedias, some of which are online through Pardee Library, some which are free on the web, and others that are on the Pardee Reference Collection shelves.
Business Dictionaries
Business Encyclopedias
Accounting
Accounting
Dictionary - Oxford Reference Online
Includes comprehensive coverage of financial accounting, financial
reporting, management accounting, direct and indirect taxation.
corporate finance, and auditing with definitions of the latest
financial jargon.
Financial
Dictionary - Financial Glossary
http://www.ventureline.com/glossary.asp
The Accounting and Financial Dictionary - Financial Glossary
provides definitions of selected terms. VentureLine has a
collection of tools for the MBA student such as, financial
analysis, business valuation, and business plan. The glossary
is for public use, but the rest of the site requires free
registration.
Dictionary of Accounting
Pardee Reference - Accounting
Section
X HF5621 .C64 2001
This work covers both American and British usage, defines
the terms in simple English, and includes pronunciations.
A Dictionary of Accounting
Pardee Reference - Accounting
Section
X HF5621 .D53 1999
"The dictionary provides extensive coverage of the terms
commonly used in financial accounting and reporting, management
accounting, taxation, treasury management, and financial management."
Advertising & Marketing
Marketing Terms.com
http://www.marketingterms.com
"Marketing Terms.com is an Internet marketing dictionary.
The site includes e-marketing definitions, additional information,
synonyms, cross-references, plus links to related articles
and sites."
Dictionary of Marketing
Pardee Reference -
Marketing Section
X HF5415 .I94 1996
This work "covers such aspects of the subject as market research,
advertising, promotional aids, and selling techniques."
Dictionary of Marketing and Advertising
Pardee Reference - Marketing
Section
X HF5415 .R577 1995
"A goal of this dictionary is to be broad and to establish
core definitions that represent the variety of individual
meanings thus enhancing harmony and clearness in the communications
process."
Dictionary of Marketing Terms
Pardee Reference -
Marketing Section
X HF5415 .D4874 1995
Produced by the American Marketing Association, the Dictionary
of Marketing Terms is an expansive list of professional
and academic terms used in the marketing world.
Dictionary of Marketing Terms
Pardee Reference - Marketing
Section
X HF5803 .I46 1994
"The Dictionary of Marketing Terms provides
functional, lucid definitions of the terms particularly applicable
to the field of marketing."
Advertising Media A-Z
Pardee Reference - Marketing
Section
X HF5226.5 .S848 2004
NTC's Dictionary of Advertising
Pardee Reference -
Marketing Section
X HF5803 .W54 1993
The dictionary covers over 5,000 marketing and advertising
terms. Terms covered included common words that hold special
meaning to the advertising and marketing world.
Banking & Finance
Dictionary
of Finance and Banking - Oxford Reference Online
International coverage of every aspect of the financial world:
insurance, stocks and shares, commodities, takeovers and mergers,
international trade, and government finance.
New Palgrave Dictionary of Money and Finance
Pardee Reference - General
Business Section
X HG151 .N48
The Palgrave series is the most authoritative among business
dictionaries. This includes 1008 short essays, in a single
alphabetical sequence over 3 volumes. All entries include
a bibliography. This dictionary is the best source when looking
for a thorough understanding of a term or concept.
Campbell
R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary
http://www.duke.edu/~charvey/Classes/wpg/glossary.htm
The Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary is
a large financial glossary hat contains over 7,000 entries.
It can be searched alphabetically with an index.
Dictionary of Banking
Pardee Reference - Finance
Section
X HG151 .R66 1993
The work contains approximately 7,500 entries,has been written
as a practical guide for handling terms encountered in banking
and finance.
A Dictionary of Banking and Finance
Pardee Reference - Finance
Section
X HG151 .C65 1999
Includes terms on topics in banking and finance such as mergers,
business loans and debt-collecting.
A Dictionary of Finance and Banking
Pardee Reference - Finance
Section
X HG151 .D54 1997
"The 4,100 entries in the new edition, which include some
800 new entries, cover the vocabulary used in banking, money
markets, foreign exchanges, financial futures and options,
commodity markets, and takeovers and mergers, as well as business
loans and debt-collecting."
Dictionary of Financial Risk Management
Pardee Reference - Finance
Section
International Dictionary of Finance
Pardee Reference - Finance
Section
X HG151 .B274 2000
Covers terms in five core areas of finance, including: money
markets, commodity markets, securities markets, banking and
insurance.
Economics
Dictionary
of Economics - Oxford Reference Online
Covers all aspects of economic theory from microeconomics
to public finance and international trade with definitions
of mathematical and statistical terms used in economics.
The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics
Pardee Reference - General
Business Section
X HB61 .N49
A Dictionary of Economics
Pardee Reference - Economics
Section
X HB61 .B554 1997
This dictionary is designed for a lay person or new student
of economics, and thereby does not include more advanced terms
and concepts that would be valuable to advanced students of
economics.
General Business
Dictionary
of Business - Oxford Reference Online
Over 6,500 entries covering the range of business and
all aspects of management - business strategy, organizational
behavior, human resource management and operations management.
The vocabulary of e-commerce and interactive marketing are
key features of this updated edition.
Galileo
Internet Resources Business and Economics Dictionary
http://www.usg.edu/galileo/internet/business/bizdict.html
Galileo Internet Resources provides a dictionary of business
and economics terms.
Quicken.com Glossary
http://www.quicken.com/glossary/
Quicken.com's Glossary has a comprehensive alphabetical list
of business and financial terms. It has a side task bar as
well as a top bar that allows for alphabetical navigation.
Dictionary of American Business
Pardee Reference - General
Business Section
X HF1001 .D54 2000
A clear and concise dictionary of American business terms
including grammar notes, pronunciations and examples in context.
Dictionary of Business
Pardee Reference - General
Business Section
X HF1001 .C65 2001
A good dictionary of American and British business terms including
examples of usage and pronunciations.
Dictionary of Retailing and Merchandising
Pardee Reference - General
Business Section
X HF1001 .R793 1995
"This lexicon on retailing and merchandising includes
terms from cousin fields of marketing, advertising, wholesaling,
direct marketing, and buying. In addition, special treatment
will be given to stores, shopping centers, retail advertising,
mail-order, displaying, retail data processing, retail accounting,
personnel aspects of retailing, retailing and merchandising
research, transactions with manufactures and vendors, promoting
and selling via television, and many more."
Prentice Hall Encyclopedic Dictionary of Business Terms
Pardee Reference - General
Business Section
X HF1001 .C68 1995
"The Dictionary of Business Terms is a compact, ready-to-use
reference source for information on words, phrases, and meanings
that particularly relate to business, commerce, industry,
and associated fields."
Understanding American Business Jargon: A Dictionary
Pardee Reference - General
Business Section
X HF1001 .F65 1997
"This dictionary is a compilation of business terms and expressions,
and also of everyday American English phrases that are frequently
used in a business environment." Thus making this a good source
for students, especially international students.
Human Resources
HR Words You Gotta Know: Essential Human Resources Terms,
Laws, Acronyms & Abbreviations for Everyone in Business
Pardee Reference - Management
Section
X HF5549 .A23 T728 1994
The Human Resources Glossary: A Complete Desk Reference
for HR Professionals
Pardee Reference - Management
Section
X HF5549 .A23 T73 1991
"The book contains brief definitions of the terms that apply
to the HR function in business, industry, government, education,
and other nonprofit organizations."
Industry
Lease
Force Industries: Industry Dictionary
http://www.leaseforce.com/ASP/Dictionary/main.asp
Lease Force Industries provides a dictionary of industry terms
and acronyms.
Glossary of Industrial Organization Economics and Competition
Law
Pardee Reference - Management
Section
X HD2324 .G56 1993
This dictionary is focussed on international terms that relate
to industries of economies in transition This dictionary has
a very heavy focus in Eastern European affairs.
Information Technology
Whatis.com
http://whatis.techtarget.com/
Whatis.com's Encyclopedia of Technology Terms provides you
with more than 3,500 definitions for Information Technology
terms and acronyms and thousands of cross-references designed
to give you a complete understanding of the complex Information
Technology terms in use today.
Dictionary
of Computing - Oxford Reference Online
This authoritative dictionary is regularly revised and includes
computer applications in industry and in the office and the
hardware, software and telecommunications behind these applications.
Insurance
The
Insurance Center - Insurance Dictionary
http://www.nauticom.net/www/insctr/glossary.htm
The Insurance Center provides an alphabetical list of common
insurance terms, designed to be used as a source for the person
who is not in the insurance industry.
Dictionary of Insurance
Pardee Reference - Industry
Section
X HG8025 .D3 1990
"This dictionary has... tried to define the terms briefly
and succinctly so that laymen, insurance company employees,
and college students of insurance may be able to comprehend
the meaning of words and phrases frequently found in texts,
publications, and in conversations concerned with insurance."
Glossary of Insurance Policy Terms
Pardee Reference - Industry
Section
X HG8025 .G56 1991
This glossary aims at providing simple and easily comprehensible
explanations of the main regulatory and supervisory insurance
terms used in most OECD (Organization for Economic Co-Operation
and Development) countries.
Investing
Investopedia.com's
Business Dictionary
http://www.investopedia.com/dictionary/
Investopedia.com's Business dictionary provides definitions
of investment terms. There are options for new terms, term
categories, and an easy to use alphabetical listing makes
it a comprehensive list of business and financial terms.
Money
101 Glossary
http://money.cnn.com/services/glossary/a.html
From the library at Money.com, this impressive glossary contains
over 2,500 definitions of financial terms. In simple alphabetical
order, the glossary offers clear definitions, as well as hyperlinks
to other definitions and related terms. Unfortunately, there
is no search feature, and the glossary may only be browsed by
first letter of the term.
Dictionary of Investing
Pardee Reference - Investing
Section
X HG4513 .R67 1993
"The Dictionary incorporates traditional terms used
by the 200-year-old security exchange system and the 150-year-old
commodity and futures exchange system, and the more recent
developments in our financial markets."
The Wall Street Dictionary
Pardee Reference - Finance
Section
X HG151 .S424 1999
This work includes more than 5,000 terms; from "the most basic
terms to little-known words and phrases used by the professionals
on Wall Street."
Wall Street Words: an Essential A to Z Guide for Today's
Investor
Pardee Reference - Investing
Section
X HG4513 .S37 2003
This Wall Street lexicon offers clear and detailed definitions,
investment tips under certain financial terms, and also contains
significant cross-referencing of similar or related terms.
Labor & Industrial Relations
Dictionary of Industrial Relations (Roberts' Dictionary
of Industrial Relations)
Pardee Reference - Management
Section
X HD4839 .R612 1994
This dictionary is a guide designed to "serve as a medium
for a better understanding of the language of labor-management
relations."
Law
law.com Dictionary
http://dictionary.law.com/
The self proclaimed"Real Life Dictionary of the Law" has three
search functions, list alphabetical, search by definition,
or a search by legal term.
Law Dictionary (Black's Law Dictionary): Definitions
of the Terms and Phrases of the American and English Jurisprudence,
Ancient and Modern
Pardee Reference - Taxes
Section
X KF156 .B53 1990
Designed to be a comprehensive guide to the user, in this
dictionary you will find more than just basic legal definitions,
but special attention to new terms that are applies to debt,
finance, and tax.
Management
The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Management
Pardee Reference - General
Business Section
X HD30.15 .B53 1997
A series of eleven volumes all of which are under the same
call number. The collection is designed to be a complete desk
reference for the business professional.
The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Accounting
v.1
The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Management
v.2
The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Management Information
Systems v.3
The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Marketing
v.4
The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Managerial Economics
v.5
The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Organizational
Behavior v.6
The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of International
Management v.7
The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Finance
v.8
The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Human Resource
Management v.9
The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Operations Management
v.10
The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Business Ethics
v.11
International Dictionary of Management
Pardee Reference - Management
Section
X HD30.15 .J64 1995
The MBI Dictionary of Modern Business and Management
Pardee Reference - Management
Section
X HD30.15 .V36 1986
Foreign Language Business Terms
Coopers Lybrand Multilingual Dictionary of Financial
Reporting: English, Duetsch, Espanol, Francais and Italiano
Pardee Reference - Finance
Section
X HG151 .C66 1996
This dictionary is designed to augment a user who has a basic
command of the language that they are using, but lack the
specialized vocabulary need to communicate in this highly
technical field.
International Business Dictionary in Five Languages:
English, German, French, Spanish and Italian
Pardee Reference - General
Business Section
X HF1002 .F46
"A practical handbook of the most currently used commercial
words and phrases in the languages covered."
Real Estate
Handbook of Real Estate Terms
Pardee Reference - Management
Section
X HD1365 .T67 1992
The Handbook of Real Estate Terms includes 2,700
entries in the dictionary section along with appendixes that
cover common abbreviations, major real estate organization,
and real estate commissions in the US and Canada.
Business Encyclopedias
International Encyclopedia of Business & Management
Pardee Reference - General
Business Section
X HF 1001 .I53
The IEBM has international coverage of the disciplines within
management. There are 8 volumes with 750 entries with suggested
further readings. There is no online management dictionary
that is on the same level.
Encyclopedia of Business
Pardee Reference - General
Business Section
X HF1001 .E466
Contains 300 entries on the major functional areas of business
with bibliographies for further reading.
Encyclopedia of Business and Finance
Pardee Reference - General
Business Section
X HF1001 .E467
Knowledge Exchange Business Encyclopedia
Pardee Reference - General
Business Section
X HF1001 .K52
Accessible information about business concepts with charts,
graphs and illustrations.