Indexes, Bibliographies, and Guides

Guide to Finding Business Information at the Library of Congress
    This publication describes selected print resources in accounting, company and industry information, entrepreneurship, international trade, statistics, business education, regional economic information, non-profit organizations and trade associations, and the federal budget and expenditures. For more in-depth treatment of these and other topics, and for information on related Internet resources see the specialized guides below.

Specialized Business Guides
    Guides to print publications, subscription databases, and selected freely available Internet sites which are useful for researching a variety of business topics.

Subscription Databases for Business and Economics Research
    Use of the subscription resources listed in this guide is limited to users on site at the Library of Congress.

Subject Guides to Internet Resources
    Links to freely available Internet resources on business and economics topics arranged by subject.

Specialized Business Guides

A - Z Index of the Business Reference Services Web Site

Accounting (A BRS Assist Guide)
    A short bibliography listing selected resources for starting your research. See also the more extensive BRS Accounting & Auditing guide.

Accounting & Auditing

African American Business Resources

African Business Guide

Asian Business Information Sources

The Automotive Industry (BERA guide Fall 2004)

BeCites Plus
    Guides to Library resources in various subjects, enhanced with links to the tables of contents, indexes, and sources cited of selected reference books on those topics. A Library of Congress Bibliographic Enrichment Advisory Team (BEAT) Project.

BEOnline+ (Business & Economics Online)
    Links to freely available Internet resources in Business and Economics, along with selection criteria and other information on the history of the BEOnline+ project.

BERA: Business and Economics Research Advisor
A Quarterly Guide to Business and Economics Topics.

BRS Assists
    Short bibliographies providing basic information on frequently requested business topics.

Business and Economics books with online tables of contents.
    A Library of Congress Bibliographic Enrichment Advisory Team (BEAT) Project to link publisher-provided tables of contents and book descriptions with the online catalog records for the titles.

Business, Economics & Industry Databases & E-Resources at the Library of Congress

Guide to Business History Resources

Business Internet Resources by Subject     (BeOnline+)

Business Internet Resources by Region and Country

Business, Management and the Economy in East Asia

Business Plans (A BRS Assist Guide)
    A short bibliography listing selected resources for developing a business plan, including sample business plans.

Locating Census Data at the Library of Congress

Doing Company Research

• Private Company Research
• Public Company Research
• Foreign Company Research
• Company Directories
• Company Rankings/Lists

Selected Pre-1974 Corporate Annual Reports on Microfiche

Selected Corporate Annual Reports on Microfiche, 1975-1983

Doing Business on the Internet

Entrepreneur's Reference Guide To Small Business Information

Exporting and Importing (A BRS Assist Guide)
    A short bibliography listing selected resources for starting research on exporting from or into the United States

Federal Government Contracting

Financing Your Future: Selected Guides to Personal Financial Planning    

Financing Small Business Enterprises
    A description of the "Entrepreneur's Reference Guide to Small Business Information" and "Financing Small Business Enterprises" appears in a brief article in the Library of Congress Information Bulletin, January 9, 1995, "Business Reference Services Publishes Two Guides."

Globalization
(BERA: Business and Economics Research Advisor: Issue 1)

Guide to Russian Business Information Resources
(BERA: Business and Economics Research Advisor: Issue 13)  

Guide to the Travel & Tourism Industry
(BERA: Business and Economics Research Advisor: Issue 11)  

The History of Money

History of the NASDAQ and American Stock Exchanges

History of the New York Stock Exchange

History of the US Income Tax

History of Wall Street: Selected References

Hot Topics in Science and Business

Guide to Industry Research
(BERA: Business and Economics Research Advisor: Issue 9/10)

Industry Surveys (A BRS Assist Guide)
    A short bibliography listing selected resources for starting research on various industries.

International Business and Economics Resources

International Economics & Trade
(BERA: Business and Economics Research Advisor: Issue 7/8)

Internet Resources: Subject Guides (BeOnline+)
    Links to freely available Internet resources on business and economics topics arranged by subject.

Market Segmentation: A Guide to Sources of Information

Master Company List: A Guide to Company Histories

Mergers, Acquisitions, and Joint Ventures

Milton Friedman: A Finding Aid

Multi-Regional Internet Business Resources

The Oil & Gas Industry
(BERA: Business and Economics Research Advisor: Issue 5/6)

Personal Financial Planning, Financing Your Future, Selected Guides (A BRS Assist Guide)

Peter Drucker: A Tribute. Resources by and about Peter Drucker (1909 - 2005)

Products and Manufacturers (A BRS Assist Guide)
    A short bibliography listing selected resources for starting research on a specific product or manufacturer.

The Pyrotechnics Industry: A Short Guide to Selected Resources    

Recent Books with online Tables of Contents, Publishers' Summaries, or Sample Pages.
    Lists of selected titles recently catalogued by the Library of Congress with links to their tables of contents, publisher summaries, and/or sample pages. A Library of Congress Bibliographic Enrichment Advisory Team (BEAT) Project. Business and Economics Books - Humanities and Social Science Books - Science Books

Retirement     (A BRS Assist Guide)
    A short bibliography listing selected resources for starting research on retirement.

Reverse Directories in the Library of Congress
    A list of holdings of street-address and criss-cross directories from the 19th & 20th centuries.

Russian Business Information Resources
(BERA: Business and Economics Research Advisor: Issue 13)

Salary & Compensation Research at the Library of Congress    

Selected Internet Resources for Business Reference (A BRS Assist Guide)    
A short bibliography listing selected resources for starting your research. For more extensive lists of Internet resources for business and economics, please see our BEOnline+: Internet Resources Subject Guides.

Directory of Selected Small Business Information Providers

Special Collections in Business, Economic, and Labor History

The Sports Industry
(BERA: Business and Economics Research Advisor: Issue 3/4)

Technical Reports and Working Papers in Business and Economics
      Developed in cooperation with the Library of Congress Bibliographic Enrichment Advisory Team (BEAT)

Travel & Tourism Industry
(BERA: Business and Economics Research Advisor: Issue 11)

US Electric Power System

United States Money    

Venture Capital (A BRS Assist Guide)
    A short bibliography listing selected resources for starting research on venture capital.

Wedding Industry Research