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- http://www.csulb.edu/library
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- sjackso4@csulb.edu
- Please use email to contact me. Use one of the following subject lines
in your email: research help or business student or student needs help.
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- A wealth of web based tools to support your research.
- Research consultation services with experienced business librarians.
- Books, videos, and government documents on a wide variety of business
content.
- Free InterLibrary Services for any research materials you need that are
not currently available at CSULB.
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- The Library Web Site http://www.csulb.edu/library
- All major library resources are accessible from off site!
- Our forms, services, and electronic collections are all available on
the Web Site…one stop shopping!
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- You set up a PIN with the Library (via COAST)…can do this from anywhere
you can get to the ‘net. http://www.coast.csulb.edu
- Use your campus ID number.
- Detailed info. at http://www.csulb.edu/library/access.html
- AOL users? Note that proprietary browsers (such as AOL) will not work
with our databases (and some features in COAST).
- Start with http://www.csulb.edu/library
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- To find books, government documents, and more (will tell you what the
Library can provide) COAST is linked from the Library Web Site.
- Keyword searching is often the most useful to find content.
- Use COAST to create your PIN (the PIN is required for off site access).
- Use COAST to renew materials.
- Use COAST to initiate requests for InterLibrary Services.
- http://www.coast.csulb.edu
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- For business databases, go to http://www.csulb.edu/library/eref/business.html
- For ALL databases, go to http://www.csulb.edu/library/eref/eref.html
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- ABI Inform Global: a structured index to business material. Contains
1500 worldwide business periodicals. Many full-text resources in the
database.
- ABI Inform Trade & Industry: contains 700 full-text trade, industry,
and business publications that cover day-to-day business issues,
research and development, new technology, and industry news.
- EconLit: a comprehensive index to the world’s economic literature that
includes over 400 major journals, books, dissertations, working papers,
and other materials.
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- JSTOR: contains full-text major business and economics journals.
- Factiva: a full-text database that contains nearly 8,000 publications in
22 languages (newswires, newspapers, magazines, trade journals, and
media transcripts)
- Lexis Nexis Academic Universe: a full-text database that contains major
newspapers, magazines, and newswires. Contains international sources.
Use the GUIDED SEARCH to allow more flexibility in your search request.
- Public Policy (PAIS): an index for the following subjects-public policy,
social policy, and generally social sciences. Contains citations to
journal articles, books, government documents, statistical compilations,
committee reports, and more. This database is international in scope.
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- Factiva: go to the Companies/Markets screen and conduct a Company Quick
Search. This search pulls together financial information, news, stock
quotes, and key competitors.
- International Directory of Company Histories (1 West Reference HD 2721
D36): this set contains 3-5 page entries with facts from popular
magazines, academic journals, annual reports and company archives.
- Mergent Online: a database that contains company reports and EDGAR files
for over 10,000 U.S. public corporations
and 20,000 non-U.S. corporations.
- Please also see the Research Guides from the library’s web site (http://www.csulb.edu/library)
. Go to Business and then click on Corporations.
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- CountryWatch: a full-text database that contains in-depth reviews of
about 200 countries, including geographical, political, economic,
corporate, and environmental information. Updated with wire service
news.
- Mergent Online: using the Country Profile option on the search screen
you can search by country for statistical data and a country map.
- Stat USA: a full-text database that contains business, economic, and
international trade information provided by the U.S. government. Click
on Globus & NTDB and page down to click on Country Commercial Guides
or Country Background Notes.
- Please also see the Research Guides from the library’s web site (http://www.csulb.edu/library).
Go to Business and then click on Country Guides.
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- Doing Business in… (1 West Reference HC 10 P752): these are Price
Waterhouse information guides on business conditions in the various
countries Price Waterhouse has a connection with.
- Take a look at the web-based guides listed under the subject Business.
To get there click on Research Guides from the library’s web site at http://www.csulb.edu/library/eref/eref-index.html
- Contact me if you have any questions sjackso4@csulb.edu
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