Databases and E-Resources at the Library of Congress

Business, Economics & Industry


ABI/INFORM Global Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Contains bibliographic citations, abstracts, and full text of articles appearing in international business and management publications, academic journals, and trade magazines published worldwide.

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Ad*Access
Presents images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in US and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955.

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Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services
Provides an early indication of sales by retail companies compiled by the Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce.

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African Development Bank
Provides economic analysis and reviews of political and social developments in African countries.

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AgEcon Search: Research in Agricultural and Applied Economics
AgEcon indexes full text scholarly research in the field of agricultural economics including sub disciplines such as agribusiness, food supply, natural resource economics, environmental economics, policy issues, agricultural trade, and economic development.

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AIER Cost-of-Living Calculator
The calculator uses the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to compare dollar values from one year to another.

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Alternative Press Index & Archive Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Indexes nearly 300 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines covering cultural, economic, political & social change.

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Applied Science and Business Periodicals Retrospective Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Index for more than 2,000 periodicals covering events, issues and trends in the history of the applied sciences, business and industry, and technology.

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Asian Development Bank Economics & Statistics
Thru its online publications, ADB provides a comprehensive economic analysis of economies in developing Asia and the Pacific.

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Bank for International Settlements Financial Statistics
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS - established in 1930 under the Hague Agreements) provides central banks and other financial authorities with finance statistics to promote greater monetary and financial stability.

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BEOnline Plus
Free Internet resources selected and annotated by The Library of Congress reference staff

  • Business and Economics Web sites
  • Humanities and other Social Sciences Web sites available from Alcove 9
  • International Resources Web sites available from Portals to the World
  • Science and Technology Web sites
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BizSeer
BizSeer catalogs and indexes academic business documents.

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Bureau of Economic Analysis
Bureau of Economic Analysis, an agency of the Department of Commerce, provides estimates for national, international, regional and industry aspects of the United States economy.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Federal government statistics on inflation & consumer spending; wages, earnings, & benefits; productivity; employment & unemployment, and occupations.

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Business and Company Resource Center Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Provides detailed company and industry news and information, including company profiles, company brand and product information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, news articles, industry associations, and legal issues.

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Business and Industry ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Contains facts, figures and key events for international public and private companies, industries, products, and markets for manufacturing and service industries.

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Business and Management Practices ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Contains articles from over 795 sources on how organizations make and implement decisions, develop and launch new strategies, and plan for change.

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Business Dateline Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Provides indexing and abstracts for over 535 regional publications, Business Wire press releases, and major newspapers.

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Business Dynamics Statistics
The BDS is a United States Census Bureau data series that allows users to track annual changes in employment for growing and shrinking businesses at the establishment level.

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Business Full Text Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Wilson Business Abstracts provides complete indexing and abstracting to over 850 leading English-language publications.

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Business Organizations, Agencies and Publications Directory ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Describes an organization's products and services, along with information about the organization's founding date, membership size, and publications.

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Business Reference Suite ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Comprises three databases featuring 1,400 leading worldwide business sources to provide a global focus on facts, figures, and trends that affect business.

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Canada Depository Service Program ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
The online DSP provides full text access to Canadian federal government publications.

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Career Guide to Industries
The Career Guide to Industries provides information on available careers by industry, including the nature of the industry, working conditions, employment, occupations in the industry, training and advancement, earnings and benefits, employment outlook, and lists of organizations that can provide additional information.

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CCH Business and Finance ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Full-text searchable database of primary and secondary legal sources, including the online equivalent of government contracts and other business-related CCH products.

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CCH Human Resources ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Full-text searchable database of primary and secondary legal sources, including the online equivalent of pension and health-related CCH products.

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CCH Tax Research ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Full-text searchable database of primary and secondary legal sources, including the online equivalent of the Standard Federal Tax Reporter, Tax Treaties, and state tax reporters.

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CenStats Databases
The Census Bureau's CenStats provides access to several databases of demographic and economic information.

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Census Bureau Business Glossary
Provides definitions for commonly used business terms in United States Census Bureau publications and links.

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Census Bureau Data
Demographic statistics collected by the United States Department of Commerce.

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Chicago Manual of Style Online ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
CMOS provides the rules for editing and publishing - punctuation, italicizing, bolding, capitalization, tables - for American English grammar, usage, and document preparation.

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China Data Online ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Provides monthly and annual macroeconomic statistics, monthly reports on economic development, city and county data, and industrial sector data for China.

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China Dimensions Data Collection
Contains a variety of socioeconomic data covering the social and natural sciences, including Geographic Information System (GIS) databases that cover the administrative regions of China.

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CISDOC - Occupational Safety and Health database
The International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre (CIS) database contains about 65,000 citations covering occupational accidents and diseases.

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Columbia International Affairs Online ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
CIAO contains theory and research on policy issues and current events in international affairs.

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Commodity Statistics and Information
USGS supplied statistics and information on the worldwide supply of, demand for, and flow of minerals and materials essential to the United States economy, the national security, and protection of the environment.

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Communication and Mass Media Complete ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Abstracts, and some full text, of articles from over 300 journals, as well as handbooks and recent encyclopedias, in communication & mass media.

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Concise Encyclopedia of Economics
The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics (CEE) contains a broad collection of essays that provide an understanding of what economists actually think on a wide range of issues—and why.

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Consultants and Consulting Organizations Directory ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Contains more than 26,000 firms and individuals, arranged in subject sections under 14 general fields of consulting activity ranging from agriculture to marketing.

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Consumer Action Handbook
The Consumer Action Handbook is a guide from the Federal Consumer Information Center to help with your consumer problems and questions.

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COS Funding Opportunities ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Community of Science Funding Opportunities database lists available opportunities for grants, fellowships, prizes and other type of funding.

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CPI.Q Canadian Periodicals Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Contains citations from over 415 Canadian and international multidisciplinary journals and magazines, 165 of which are in full text, including the Economist (US Edition, 1988-) and Globe & Mail (1997-).

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CQ Online Editions: Historic Documents Series ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Search or browse by year or topic the Congressional Quarterly Historic Document Series containing more than 2,500 primary sources covering events around the world.

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CQ.com ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Congressional Quarterly, including Congressional Weekly, provides in-depth legislative news and analysis of the United States Congress.

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Credo Reference : Business Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Xreferplus includes the full text of over a dozen business reference sources, including encyclopedias and dictionaries.

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CyberRegs ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
CyberRegs provides the full text of the US Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, State Registers, State Statues and forms, and State Environmental, Safety, Health and Transportation Regulations.

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Directories in Print ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Describes over 16,000 active rosters, guides, and other address lists published in the United States and worldwide.

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Directory of Development Organizations
Provides descriptions and contact information for 43,500 development organizations, including NGOs, trade unions, faith-based organizations, indigenous peoples movements, foundations and research centres.

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Directory of Published Proceedings
Citations to papers and poster sessions from major scientific meetings around the world.

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Dun and Bradstreet International Business Locator ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Look-up over 28 million global companies by entering a company name, location, phone number or D&B D-U-N-S® Number.

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Dun and Bradstreet Million Dollar Database ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Selectory global database provides directory and financial information for millions of the leading US and international public and private businesses.

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E-Journals in Business ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Browse an alphabetical subject list of electronic journals in Business and Economics.

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ECO: Electronic Collections Online Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Indexing and abstracts for articles from over 5,400 scholarly journals covering agriculture, library science, anthropology, business, economics, education, fine arts, geography, history, language, law, literature, medicine, philosophy, political science, psychology, religion, science, social sciences, and technology.

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EconData.Net Guide to Regional Economic Data on the Web
Contains links to individual economic data sources, sorted into ten subject categories.

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EconLit Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Provides citations for articles and dissertations in more than 620 journals, books, dissertations, and working papers on economics.

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Economagic.com : Economic Time Series Page
A comprehensive site of free, easily available economic time series data (primarily US) useful for economic research.

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Economic Indicators.gov
Provides timely access to the daily releases of key economic indicators from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Census Bureau.

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EconPapers
Collection of over 200,000 searchable on-line Economics working papers, journal articles and software, nearly half of which are available in full text.

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EDGAR : SEC Database of Corporate Information
EDGAR contains financial data of publicly held companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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EEOC Special Reports
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Special Reports on various topics based on data from the EEO-1 survey, charge data, and/or other sources.

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EIA Country Analysis Briefs
Provides an energy situation overview for countries, as well as world oil market and environmental data on energy production and usage.

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EIU City Data ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Contains global price levels covering over 330 cost of living prices for 140 cities worldwide from 1990 to the present.

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EIU Country Data ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Contains annual, quarterly and monthly economic indicators and forecasts covering 150 countries and 45 regions.

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EIU Country Profiles ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Provides background and historical context of current economic and political events for over 200 countries provided by the Economist Intelligence Unit.

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EIU Market Indicators & Forecasts ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Provides in-depth coverage of 60 key markets worldwide and includes more than 400 different variables per country to help gauge international demand for products and services.

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Emerald ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Multidisciplinary ejournal gateway providing full text access to over 180 management, applied science and technology, engineering, health sciences, and library and information science journals published by MCB University Press.

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Emerging Markets ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Collection of news and financial information for over 65 selected countries in Africa & the Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe, Southeast Europe, Central Asia (Caucasus) and Asia, and Latin America.

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Encyclopedia of Law & Economics
Full text reference work that attempts to survey the whole law and economics literature in nearly 5,000 pages.

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Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, 2nd ed. ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Focusing on the American bureaucracy, the encyclopedia looks at legal and political processes and procedures, social and economic institutions and processes, and the primary concepts and organization of public administration and policy-making.

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Environment Complete Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Environment Complete covers the scientific, technical & popular literature on energy resources, global warming, wastes, recycling, pollution, health hazards, conservation, wildlife management, and social / ethical issues & policy from more than 1,500 domestic and international sources.

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Environmental Impact Statements Full-Text (2003- ) & Digests (1985- ) ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
EIS Digests extract the key issues from government-released environmental impact statements, provides a brief description and abstract of the project, includes sections on positive impact and negative consequences, and details legal mandates.

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ERISA ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Contains information on over 900,000 US qualified retirement and pension plans.

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Europa World ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Online version of the Europa World Year Book (published since 1975).

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Eurostat
Provides access to statistical information on the European Union, the EU Member States, the euro-zone and other countries.

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Factiva ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Factiva is a vast full text archive of publications and up-to-the-minute reports and news focusing on global developments and business.

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FAOSTAT
Provides access to over 3 million time-series and cross sectional data relating to food and agriculture.

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Fed in Print
Online index to Federal Reserve economic research publications.

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Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research
FRASER is a searchable electronic archive of economic statistical publications and data.

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FoodMaster
Database listing equipment, ingredients, supplies, and services for the food and beverage industry, along with detailed catalog product data.

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Foundation Directory ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Foundation Directory Professional provides program details for leading grantmaking organizations.

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Frasers Canadian Trade Directory
Directory for wholesale industrial electronics, wholesale industry suppliers, or any kind of industrial goods & services in Canada.

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Gale Directory Library ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Contains directory listings for associations, businesses, consultants, research centers, publishers, publication and broadcast media, and government agencies.

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Gatt Digital Library
Contains over 59,000 public documents and 300 publications of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).

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General OneFile Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Infotrac provides access to articles and news information from more than 11,000 scholarly, trade, and general-interest periodicals, including 6,300 full-text titles.

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Global Financial Data ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Comprehensive economic and financial time-series database covering 150 countries and 6,500 different data series.

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Global Trade Atlas ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Full country import and export data for over 60 countries utilizing the Harmonized Schedule (HS).

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Globalization and Labor Standards Bibliographic Database
The GALS database contains abstracts of recent English language law journal articles exploring international labor standards and rights in the global economy.

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Glossary of Business Terms
Search or browse a list of standard business terms and their definitions.

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Glossary of Economic Terms
Contains standard definitions for terms commonly used by the Federal Reserve Banks.

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Government Auditing Standards
Government Auditing Standards - the GAO Yellow Book - contains standards for audits of government organizations, programs, activities, and functions, and of government assistance received by contractors, nonprofit organizations, and other nongovernment organizations.

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GPO Access
GPO Access provides access to Federal Government Information Databases in over 70 applications provided by the US Government Printing Office.

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GrantSelect ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Offers more than 10,000 funding opportunities and an extensive list of sponsored research opportunities.

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Green Book
The Green book provides program descriptions and historical data on a wide variety of social and economic topics, including Social Security, employment, earnings, welfare, child support, health insurance, the elderly, families with children, poverty and taxation.

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GreenFILE
GreenFILE indexes scholarly and general interest titles that draw on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.

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GuideStar : National Database of Nonprofit Organizations
GuideStar provides detailed financial and directory information on thousands of IRS-recognized nonprofit organizations.

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Historical Annual Reports ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
ProQuest Historical Annual Reports covers over 800 companies and contains digital reproductions for more than 43,000 reports.

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Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
A compendium of statistics from over 1,000 sources containing over 37,000 data series and covering the social, economic, and political life of the United States.

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Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970
Contains annual, time-series data with national coverage on almost any aspect of United States economics, population or infrastructure since the government began recording statistics.

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Home Economics Archive
HEARTH is a core electronic collection of books and journals in Home Economics and related disciplines published between 1850 and 1950.

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Homeland Security Digital Library ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Provides quick access to important United States policy documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents as well as specialized resources such as theses and reports from various universities, organizations and local and state agencies.

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Hoover's Company Records ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Directly links from ProQuest articles to Hoover's company profiles.

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Humanities and Social Sciences Retrospective Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Indexes all aspects of the humanities and social sciences from over 1,200 North American and European periodicals.

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IBFD Portal to Cross-Border Tax Information ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD) portal to comparative tax research, international tax information and business practices.

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ILOLEX - Database of International Labour Standards
Full-text database of ILO conventions and recommendations, ratification information, comments of the Committee of Experts and the Committee on Freedom of Association, discussions of the Conference Committee, representations, complaints, General Surveys, and numerous related documents.

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IMF Direction of Trade Statistics
The Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS) database presents figures on the value of merchandise exports and imports by trade partners as well as area and world aggregates showing trade flows between major areas of the world.

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Index to Current Urban Documents ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
ICUD contains reports and research generated by local government agencies, civic organizations, academic and research organizations, public libraries, and metropolitan and regional planning agencies from more than 500 major cities in the United States and Canada.

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Informaworld ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Multidisciplinary database hosting journals, eBooks, abstract databases and reference works published by Taylor & Francis, Routledge, Psychology Press and Informa Healthcare.

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InfoTech Trends ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Provides market data on computers, peripherals, software, storage, the Internet, and communications equipment.

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INSEE
Economic, census, and demographic statisical data for France gathered by the Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques.

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Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD)
Full text of articles and books concerning developing countries published or funded by OSTROM / IRD.

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Intellectual Property Digital Library Database
Provides access to intellectual property data, including patents and trademarks, hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization.

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International Country Risk Guide (select LOGIN to search) ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
The International Country Risk Guide (ICRG) rating comprises 22 variables in three subcategories of risk: political, financial, and economic.

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International Trade Show & Exhibition Database
The J-messe database provides comprehensive information on trade shows and exhibitions around the world.

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Investopedia.com Dictionary
Dictionary of more than 4,500 business terms.

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Islamic Finance Information Service ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
IFIS contains detailed information on Islamic finance markets and securities providing top news, company information, financial markets data, research reports, legal and current affairs, deal details and league tables and Sharia rulings.

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ITC DataWeb
US International Trade Commission (ITC) Interactive Tariff and Trade database provides international trade statistics and United States tariff data.

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Jane's.Com (Select Client Area) ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Provides full text access to Jane's research in defense, terrorism, market intelligence, national security and transportation.

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JSTOR Arts & Sciences I, II III, IV, Life Sciences, Biological Sciences, Complement and Health & General Science Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
JSTOR is a collection of full-text, keyword-searchable academic journals dating back to the late 17th century.

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Kiplinger's Business Resource Center ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Kiplinger presents forecasts of what lies ahead for the domestic economy, foreign economies, the agrifood industry, the healthcare industry, foreign trade, the outlook for proposed legislation and regulations, the environment and more.

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Labor Market Information Center
Allows users to explore current wages and occupational trends, search for detailed wages, identify fast growing occupations, uncover occupations with the most openings, and locate occupations with the largest employment.

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Labordoc
Labordoc is the International Labour Office (ILO) Library's catalogue containg over 350,000 references to the world's literature on labour and employment.

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LABORSTA - Database of Labour Statistics
Covers official core labor statistics and estimates for over 200 countries.

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Leadership Library ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
The Leadership Library is a massive directory, consisting of the contents of 14 "Yellow Books," and containing listings of organizations and individuals in government, the mass media, business, and nonprofit groups.

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Legal Periodicals Retrospective Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Index to over 750 legal periodicals, including law reviews, bar association journals, university publications, yearbooks, institutes, and government publications.

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LexisNexis Statistical ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Provides statistical data from United States government publications from 1973, state and private sources from 1980, and international organizations from 1983.

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Local Employment Dynamics
The Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) compiled by the Census Bureau measure the performance of the local economy - where jobs are, for what kind of workers, how much workers can expect to make and employers expect to pay them.

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London Gazette Archive
An official newspaper of record in the United Kingdom for publishing legal notices, including insolvency (bankruptcy) notices.

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Making of Modern Law : Legal Treatises 1800 - 1926 ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Searchable full-text collection of Anglo-American legal treatises containing more than 21,000 works from casebooks, local practice manuals, form books, works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters, speeches and more.

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Making of the Modern World 1450 - 1850 ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Provides the full text of more than 61,000 books and scores of serials covering economic and business literature published from 1450 through 1850.

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Market Access Database
Provides text of trade barriers in 34 non-European Union countries, and trade statistics between EU and these nations.

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Material Safety Data Sheets
The MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheets) is designed to provide workers with safety information on chemicals that they are exposed to in the workplace.

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Mergent Corporate Manuals (Mergent WebReports) ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Mergent / Moody's manuals provide extensive historical and current information for public companies worldwide, including history, chronology, acquisitions, mergers, spinoffs, properties, joint ventures, subsidiaries, officers and directors, consolidated income and balance sheets, long term debit, options, and other financial data.

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Mergent Online ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Provides global detailed financial data for over 35,000 active and inactive companies.

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Mineral Industry Surveys
Mineral Industry Surveys (MIS) conducted by the USGS are periodic on-line statistical and economic publications designed to provide timely statistical data on production, distribution, stocks, and consumption of significant mineral commodities.

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Minerals Yearbook
The Minerals Yearbook is an annual publication that reviews the mineral and material industries on approximately 90 commodities and over 175 countries.

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Morningstar Investment Research Center ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Morningstar provides financial data on over 8,000 stocks and 23,000 mutual funds, with independent reports on 1,200 stocks and 2,000 funds.

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MyiLibrary eBooks ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
A collection of over 400 ebooks covering science and the social sciences.

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NATLEX
NATLEX contains over 55,000 records covering over 170 countries and territories on national labour, social security and related human rights legislation.

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NBER Working Papers ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
The National Bureau of Economic Research concentrates on four types of empirical research: developing new statistical measurements, estimating quantitative models of economic behavior, assessing the effects of public policies on the United States economy, and projecting the effects of alternative policy proposals.

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Newspapers via ProQuest Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Full text of 300+ United States and international news sources.

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Newsweek Media Research Index
Browsable bibliography of over 700 studies found in journal articles, conference papers and books, covering Magazine Research, Newspaper Research, Out-of-Home Research, Radio Research, Television/Cable Research, and Intermedia Research.

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North American Transportation Statistics Database
Provides information and statistics on transportation and transportation-related activities among Canada, the United States and Mexico, both within individual countries and between the countries.

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Occupational Safety and Health Standards
Provides a comprehensive resource for current United States OSHA standards and compliance-related information.

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Oxford Latin American Economic History Database
OxLAD contains statistical series for a wide range of economic and social indicators covering twenty countries in the region for the period 1900-2000.

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Oxford Reference Online : Humanities & Social Sciences Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Contains the full text of over 150 books in general reference, language, science and medicine, humanities and social sciences, and business and professional subjects published by Oxford University Press.

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Oxford Scholarship Online Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Contains the full text of over 1,100 Oxford University Press books in the areas of Economics and Finance, Philosophy, Political Science, and Religion.

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PapersFirst Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Worldwide coverage of published congresses, symposiums, conferences, expositions, workshops and meetings received by The British Library Document Supply Centre.

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Plunkett Research Online ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Provides industry sector analysis and research, as well as information on industry trends, industry statistics, top companies in the industry, export companies, market research, and trade and export associations.

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PolicyArchive
Policy Archive contains more than 10,000 policy documents from about 220 think tanks and research groups.

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PolicyMap
PolicyMap is a geographic information system which allows users to create custom maps, tables, and charts on topics such as demographics, real estate, crime, money & invoce, jobs, education, energy, and public investments.

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Political Risk Service (select LOGIN to search) ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Data, analysis and risk ratings of the global business landscape.

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Polling the Nations ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Compilation of the full-text of the questions and responses from over 12,000 national, state, and local surveys conducted by 700 polling organizations in the United State and more than 70 other countries.

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Producer Price Index
PPI is a family of indexes from the Department of Labor that measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers of goods and services.

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ProQuest Asian Business ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
ProQuest Asian Business is an English-language database containing economic and business data, as well as analyses, current news, policies, statistics, and political developments for countries in Asia.

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ProQuest Databases Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
A multidisciplinary resource including ProQuest Research Library with citations and abstracts for over 2,500 journals, magazines, and newspapers, many dating back to 1986 or earlier and covering all subject areas.

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PsycInfo Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Contains almost 2 million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations and technical reports, all in the field of psychology.

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Public Documents Masterfile ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Public Documents Masterfile is a comprehensive index of federal, state, local, and some international public documents, spanning over 200 years of publication.

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RAND Publications Online
A topical listing of online publications by RAND, a nonprofit research organization.

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ReferenceUSA ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Directory information for publicly and privately owned companies in the United States and Canada, as well as information about individual consumers in both countries.

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ReferenceUSA International Businesses ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Reference USA OneSource International Business contains in-depth company profiles on 3 million international companies, including key executives and detailed financial information.

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Registry of U.S. Government Publication Digitization Projects
Contains links to projects that include digitized copies of publications originating from the United States Government.

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RN & WPL Database
Search for registered identification numbers (RN) issued by the Federal Trade Commission for approximately 10,000 US businesses engaged in the manufacture, importing, distribution, or sale of textile, wool, or fur products.

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SimplyMap (Access from Map & Geography Reading Room) ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
A web-based mapping application that lets users create professional-quality thematic maps and reports using demographic, business, and marketing data.

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Social Science Research Network
The SSRN abstract database contains information on over 100,100 scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers.

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SourceOECD ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Contains the full text of all Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) studies and reports from both serial and monographic publications, as well as time series databases.

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Sports Business Research Network ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
SBRnet provides statistical market research data for 63 sports and 85 product categories, plus full-text articles and reports in more than 10 leading trade publications.

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Standard and Poor's NetAdvantage ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Information for the investor on markets and the economy.

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STAT-USA ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Economic, business, and international trade information database produced by the Economics and Statistics Administration, US Department of Commerce.

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Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
Comprehensive collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States.

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Statistical Warehouse ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Provides statistical data for a range of demographic, social and scientific areas (formerly titled Regional Onesource ).

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Stockbrokers Glossary
Browsable glossary of commonly used terms found in stock investing.

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TableBase ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Provides international data, including market share, company and brand rankings, industry and product forecasts, production and consumption statistics, imports and exports, usage and capacity, number of users/outlets, trends and demographics, in a tabular format.

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Technical Reports and Working Papers in Business and Economics
Links to a growing number of working papers and technical reports in the social sciences made available online by leading research institutions.

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Thomas Register
ThomasNet contains detailed product and directory information for US and Canadian manufacturing companies.

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Times (London) Digital Archive ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Contains facsimile images of every issue of the "world’s newspaper of record" – The Times of London – from 1785 through 1985.

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Trade Data Online
Provides United States and Canadian export/import data with over 200 countries.

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TRANweb
The transportation article file database contains abstracts for magazine articles, conference papers, and other material on transportation and law enforcement topics.

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TRIS Online: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
TRIS Online provides access to almost 450,000 records of published transportation research.

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UK Data Archive
The UK Data Archive is curator of the largest collection of digital data in the social sciences and humanities in the UK.

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UN Comtrade ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
The United Nations Commodity Statistics Trade Database provides data for over 140 reporting countries, in some cases, spanning the last 40 years.

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UNdata
Search a variety of UN statistical resources covering a range of subject areas.

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United States Patent and Trademark Office
The US Patent and Trademark Office databases provide extensive information on patents and trademarks.

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United States State Export Data ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
The State Export Edition of the World Trade Atlas provides export statistics between US states and other countries using the Harmonized System (HS) to the six-digit level.

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UrbanInfo Database
Contains comprehensive national statistics on urban development collected for the United Nations Human Settlements Programme.

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USA Counties
Files include all of the data published for counties in the latest editions of the State and Metropolitan Area Data Book and the County and City Data Book.

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Value of Construction Put in Place
United States national data (monthly and annual) showing value of all public and private construction, by type -- residential, industrial, office, commercial, religious, educational, institutional, infrastructure, and source -- private, public, state & local, and federal.

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Vascoda
Vascoda is a German gateway for scientific and scholarly information.

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Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Wards Business Directory provides updated company and industry profiles on thousands of companies.

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Wilson Retrospective Indexes Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Search the Wilson Applied Science & Business, Art, Humanities, Legal, Readers' Guide, and Social Sciences Retrospective Indexes (1890 - 1982), as well as Bibliographic Index Plus, simultaneously.

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WISQARS
The Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System for the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control databases provide injury-related mortality data useful for research and for making informed public health decisions.

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Working America Job Tracker
Database of more than 60,000 companies listing information about executive compensation, oversea job outsourcing, and violations of labor safety and health standards.

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World News Connection ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Full-text summaries and translations of international newspaper articles, conference proceedings, radio and television broadcasts, periodicals, non-classified technical reports and local media sources from the Foreign Broadcast information Service (FBIS).

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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy.

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WTO International Trade Statistics
World Trade Organization detailed data on merchandise and services trade patterns worldwide.

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Yearbook of the United Nations, 1946-2005
The yearbook covers an extensive array of political and security questions; human rights concerns; economic and social topics; legal issues; institutional, administrative and budgetary matters; and the activities of intergovernmental organizations related to the UN.

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Yearbook Online ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Provides directory information for individuals, international organizations, and agencies, as well as policy overviews.

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ZapConnect.com
Medical Device Industry Portal designed to locate medical product and service information in the Medical Device Industry.

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Zimmerman's Research Guide
An online encyclopedia containing brief descriptions and links for legal and business terms.

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