Langsdale Library, University of Baltimore

CMAT 351
Dorine Andrews
Fall 2004

Individual course index / cmat351_andrews_fa04

Introduction | Print Resources | Subject-specific databases | General/Multidisciplinary databases| Book catalogs | Suggested Websites |General Reference Tools | Other helpful information

Introduction:
This guide provides information on locating and accessing print and online resources from Langsdale Library.

For questions,email us at langref@ubalt.edu or phone us at (410) 837-4274.

Print Resources:
(For additional resources, see the following bibliographies: Company or Organization Information Guide; Management Guide ; Marketing Guide)

American demographics (1986-2001). (HB3505 .A66) Also available online in ABI Inform, Academic Search Premier and Lexis-Nexis Academic databases.

Baltimore business journal book of lists (2002, December 20). Baltimore Business Journal, 20 (32). (XHF 5065 .M3 B24 2003 READY REFERENCE)

Gaquin, D. A., & DeBrandt, K. A. (2001). 2001 county and city extra: Annual metro, city and county datab book (10th ed.). Lanham, MD: Bernan Press. (XHA 203 .C68 2001 READY REFERENCE)

Lifestyle market analyst (2000). Des Plaines, IL:: SRDS. (XHF 5905 .S729 2000)

U.S. Census Bureau (2003). Statistical Abstract of the United States (123rd ed.). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. (READY REFERENCE C3.134:2003).

Subject-specific databases (this only includes selected databases based on topics; for more, see full list of Electronic Databases):

ABI Inform [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1970 - present. Indexes more than 1,300 journals on business, management, with 75% full-text.

Business and Company Resource Center [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1979 - present. Profiles 400,000 companies. Provides company histories, business articles, industry rankings and analyses for selected public companies.

Business Source Premier [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: Varies– present. Business Source Premier provides full text for nearly 8,350 scholarly business journals and other sources, including full text for more than 1,100 scholarly business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database provides full text (PDF) for more than 350 of the top scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922. Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL). Includes company profiles, many of which contain SWOT analyses.

County Business Patterns
Coverage: 1993 - present. Census online publication that provides economic data by industry for areas down to the zipcode level.

Gale's Ready Reference Shelf [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: current. Contains more than 300,000 listings from 14 Gale directories of organizations and publications, including the Encyclopedia of Associations, Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media and Directories in Print.

Mergent Online [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: Current. Mergent Online contains the electronic versions of the Mergent (formerly Moody's) Manuals (Industrial, OTC, Banking and Finance, and International), covering over 10,000 U.S. companies and thousands for foreign companies. The financial data for most companies covers 15 years. Industry reports are included.

ReferenceUSA [on-campus]
Coverage: Current. Provides directory, sales and employee size information for more than 12 million businesses in the U.S.

In addition to those mentioned above, there are more databases available in the Business & Economics category on the Langsdale Library website.

General/Multidisciplinary databases:

Academic Search Premier  [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1990 - present. Provides full-text for over 3,400 scholarly journals covering the social sciences, humanities, education, sciences, and more. Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL). Need help? Read the Academic Search Premier Visual Guide.

Lexis-Nexis Academic [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1970 - present. Features full text of many newspapers and periodicals.  Also offers business news, legal materials such as federal & state codes, case law and legal journals.

Book catalogs:
Use these to locate books, journals (not individual articles), videos, and government documents.

Catalog USMAI [help]
Books, journals, government documents and other materials in the University System of Maryland, including UB. You may search up to six individual locations or the entire system.

Suggested websites:
These may provide useful information or agencies or organizations who may be sources of information.

FedStats. http://www.fedstats.gov/

Right Side http://www.easidemographics.com/
Free configurable demographics

U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis. Survey of current business http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/pubs.htm

U.S. Department of Commerce. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov

U.S. Department of Commerce Census Bureau. Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
http://www.census.gov/statab/www/

U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/ces/

U.S. Small Business Administration. Researching your market. http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/library/pubs/mt-8.txt

Langsdale web resources
A listing of valuable internet sites by subject area.

General reference tools:
These may assist you in your search for material or in evaluating and citing material found.

Full-text Periodical List
Provides a listing of database locations for print and online periodicals accessible through Langsdale Library.

Help Series
Series of subject bibliographies and tutorials

Evaluating Web Resources
Guide to evaluating material obtained via the Internet

Other helpful information:

Accessing materials from home (Researchport)

Library barcodes and UB computer accounts

Interlibrary loan

For more library information, email langref@ubalt.edu or call (410) 837-4274.

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