Subject Resource Guide for International Business

Selected and updated by reference librarians in support of the TC3 program in International Business. Selection criteria include quality, content, reliability and currency.

• Databases
• Company and Industry Information
• News
• Business and Trade Statistics
• Federal and International Trade Agencies and Organizations
• Country and Cultural Information
• Comprehensive Gateways

Databases

TC3's Electronic Databases are listed by title and subject (see Business). Full-text access to the last six months of the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times is available in Proquest. Both newspapers provide extensive coverage in the areas of international business and finance.

Company and Industry Information

• Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America - "These 23 AmChams represent more than 20,000 companies and over 80% of U.S. investment in the region."
• Canadian Company Directories by Industrial Sector
• Danish Exporters - Danish Trade Council. Information about 8000 Danish companies.
• Europages - "1.500.000 European and international suppliers, manufacturers and distributors."

News

• BBC Business News
• CNN Money International News
• EuroMoney
• Far Eastern Economic Review
• Financial Times
• New York Times - News for Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East
• Yahoo Major World Indices

Business and Trade Statistics

• European Union Statistical Office
• Foreign Trade Statistics - U.S. Census Bureau
• Foreign Trade Information System - Organization of American States. See countries
• Statistics Canada
• Stat USA
• United Nations Statistics Division

Federal and International Trade Agencies and Organizations

• Asian Development Bank
• Export.gov: Export Basics
• Export-Import Bank of the United States
• Inter-American Development Bank
• International Labor Organization
• International Monetary Fund
• International Trade Centre
• Japan External Trade Organization
• Office of the United States Trade Representatie
• Overseas Private Investment Corporation
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
• United States Bureau of Industry and Security
• United States Commercial Service
• United States International Trade Administration
• United States International Trade Commission
• USDA Foreign Agricultural Service
• World Bank
• World Trade Organization

Country and Cultural Information

• Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
• Area Handbooks/Country Studies
• CIA World Factbook
• Consular Information Sheets - U.S. Department of State
• Country Commercial Guides
• Country-Specific Pages for Africa
• Current Travel Warnings - U.S. Department of State
• Doing Business - World Bank service provides hundreds of reports and papers on countries and regions.
• Governments on the Web
• Latin American Countries
• World Bank:Countries and Regions

Comprehensive Gateways

• Export.gov: U.S. Government Export Portal
• International Business Resources
• Virtual International Business and Economic Sources (VIBES) - J. Murrey Atkins Library, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Last update: Monday, November 16, 2009