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Business Sources at Pardee Library: Business Journalism
Start here at the Pardee Library gateway page to access the online databases, research guides to business topics, and electronic journals: http://www.bu.edu/library/management/index.html
- Find good online business, finance, English dictionaries
etc:
Oxford Reference Online (BU Online)
- Find general business reference books:
http://www.bu.edu/library/management/ref/general.html
- Locate newspapers and journals like The Wall Street
Journal, New York Times, Financial Times, The Economist, and Business
Week etc. online at BU.
Go to: E-Journals for a complete list of the business Electronic Journals available online. http://www.bu.edu/library/ejournals/index.html
The links below go directly to the publications content within BU's databases:
Boston
Globe |
• Know the difference between scholarly business journals, trade journals, and business newswires:
| Business Journals: |
Longer, in-depth authoritative articles that often have end notes. Articles can be more theoretical. |
| Trade Journals: |
Actual news of the trade, trends, and sometimes good statistics. |
| Newswires: |
Breaking news, company announcements. |
| Newspapers: |
Current news of companies and industries. The Financial Times has an international perspective and often does long articles. |
| Online magazines |
Buying guides, product features, technologies. Not always reliable. |
- To read about business and economics topics use the business databases to find information:
Go to: Business Source Complete (BU Online)
ABI/Inform
Global (BU Online)
- Locate Company Overviews:
Datamonitor Company Profiles in Business Source Complete (BU Online)
Investext (analysts' reports)
(BU Online) (See the Pardee Reference Desk for the password)
Mergent Online (BU Online) Works best with Internet Explorer
Bloomberg - Company news Ticker<GO>, then CN <GO> See
Pardee Library
Bloomberg Tutorials.
- Find company financials:
Mergent Online (BU
Online) Works best with Internet Explorer.
Bloomberg (workstation in library)
- Develop the ability to read financial statements:
Merrill Lynch's "How to read a financial report" in PDF format.
Guide to Financials (IBM):
- Understand how businesses are organized and led:
Organization Charts X HD 38.O738 (Reference Collection, Section 7, Management, Management Handbooks)
- Find economic indicators and gain an overview of how the economy works:
Statistical Abstract of the United States:
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
Bureau of Economic Analysis:
http://bea.gov/
Dismal:
www.economy.com/dismal
EconoData Regional Economic Data on the web:
www.conference-board.org
Economic Report of the President
- Find an Industry Overview:
Industry Survey
locator
S&P Industry Surveys (Reference desk)
- Find Market Share:
TableBase (BU Online)
Market Share Reporter (Reference table 1A, Market Share and Industry Rankings)
World Market Share Reporter (Reference table 1A, Market Share and Industry Rankings)
Mintel (BU Online) must
set up an account and use BU email
- Find Analysts:
Nelson's Directory of Investment Research (Reference Collection, Section 12, Career, Finance and Investing)
Investext (analysts' reports) (BU Online) (See the Pardee Reference Desk for the password)
- Find information on emerging markets:
EIU: Economist Intelligence Unit (BU Online) Works only with Firefox.
- Find economic information for the city of Boston MDA:
Massachusetts Trade Associations
Boston's People and Economy
Massachusetts Alliance for Economic Development
Massachusetts Biotechnology Industry Directory
Massachusetts Software Council
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 's "New England Economic
Indicators"(employment by sector)
Also Useful: New England Economic Indicators
The Federal reserve's "Beige Book"
Up-to-date information by district and industry:
Economic Census of the United States - section on Massachusetts
Boston Business Journal's Book of Lists (at reference desk at Pardee)
- Pardee Library's Quick Links Research Guides: