The purpose of this publication is to provide you with a starting point to finding information resoucres in international business.
Reference sources
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Dun & Bradstreet's Guide to doing Business around the World | Gardens Point Reference 658.848 160 /R |
| Encyclopedia of business | Gardens Point Reference 650.103 1 |
| International Business Information on the Web : Searcher Magazine's Guide to Sites and Strategies for Global Business Research | Gardens Point Reference, Kelvin Grove 025.0665 14 |
| Internet Resources and Services for International Business : a Global Guide | Gardens Point Reference 025.04 432 |
| Oxford handbook of International Business | Gardens Point Reference, Kelvin Grove 658.848 164 |
| World Business Resources.com : A Directory of 8,000+ Business Resources on the Internet | Gardens Point 025.06658 12 |
Relevant databases
Databases will help you to locate and retrieve references, abstracts and fulltext to reports and journal, magazine and news articles on specific topics.
The Library Catalogue will link or locate journals and other periodicals by publication title but does not allow you to search the records of items IN them. Databases will enable you to develop your searches for sources on topics by allowing you to search article titles, abstracts and subject terms and by providing options for limiting results to increase relevancy.
Databases may be used as finding aids only (indexes), or search tools to repositories (collections), or both. They may be citation-only or include fulltext; usually they are a mix. Where you find a citation to a journal article without full text, it may be available in elsewhere. You should then perform a Title search via the library catalogue, using the Title of the journal (NOT the title of the article). Using the other information in the citation, navigate the library catalogue to link to electronic access or locate the hardcopy of items in journals, newspapers, magazines or conference proceedings available to QUT.
| Database | Description |
|---|---|
| ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics | This database provides access to most ABS publications from 1998 onwards. The statistical section of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) web site provides access to the full range of ABS statistical and reference information free of charge. Publications are included as fulltext PDF files. Includes census Basic Community Profiles to the Statistical Local Area (SLA) level. Includes Over 90,000 series in spreadsheets from the ABS Time Series service. Use free SuperTABLE software to query and manipulate ABS datasets for more detail. |
| ABI/Inform Global | Indexes approximately 1,300 business and marketing periodicals from around the world. It also contains the complete fulltext and/or page images of selected articles from over 700 major publications. |
| Business Source Elite | Business Source Elite contains full text articles for 800 journals as far back as 1990, and abstracts and indexing for 1,500 back as far as 1984. |
| EIU Country Data | Produced by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EUI), publishers of The Economist, this service is an analytical database of worldwide economic indicators and forecasts. EIU CountryData gives you access to 317 series on 150 countries and 45 regional aggregates, running from 1980 and forecasting out five years. |
| Factiva.com | Factiva.com is an interdisciplinary news, current affairs and research database providing access to nearly 8000 publications, including local and international newspapers, newswires, magazines and journal sources. Extensive company information is provided, including financial data for more than 42,500 worldwide companies (from Reuters Investor) as well as access to historical market data and interactive charting. |
| Australia/New Zealand Newspaper & Reference Centre | The easy to use Australia/NZ Reference Centre combines Australia and New Zealand specific newspapers & newswires, magazines, reference books, and company information. It provides national and local perspectives on current events, business, sports, and many other subjects. |
| ProQuest Asian Business | Provides 75 asian business periodical titles in fulltext via the ProQuest platform. |
| ProQuest European Business | Over 115 European business periodical titles are indexed, with over 80 of these being available in full-text. |
Journals
Browse Table of Contents of recent issues to locate articles of interest in these relevant Journal sources
| Journal | Holdings and Location |
|---|---|
| International Business Review |
1993 to present across ScienceDirect databases |
| Journal of East-West business |
1998 to present Gardens Point Periodical 658.049 130 |
| Journal of International Business Studies |
1970 to one year ago across various databases |
| Journal of world business (JWB) |
1997 to present across various databases |
| The Economist |
1981 to present across various databases Hardcopy GP and KG Periodical 330 3 |
| Web site | Description |
|---|---|
| AUSTRADE http://www.austrade.gov.au/ |
The Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) is the official trade and investment facilitation agency of the Australian Government. Its mission is to: Help Australian companies, especially small to medium enterprises, win business overseas, attract overseas investment for Australian enterprises and help Australian companies make export related investments overseas. Austrade provides a wide range of international market development and investment services to Australian companies, as well as to international buyers and investors, throughout our network of over 1 000 staff in more than 90 locations in the cities and regions of Australia and throughout the world. |
| Australian Commonwealth Government Information http://www.australia.gov.au/ |
The Commonwealth Government Entry Point, offers comprehensive and integrated access to Federal Government information. |
| Ernst and Young http://www.ey.com/global/ content.nsf/International/Home |
Guide to planning ventures in the global economy. This web version of Ernst & Young's popular tax library offers a wealth of tax and business knowledge on more than 130 countries. E&Y features resources in finance, tax, markets and industries information. |
| Governments Of Australia Entry Point http://www.gov.au/ |
Provides links to the nine portals for Commonwealth, State, Territory and local governments. Together they provide search and retrieval capabilities to all levels of government and all government sites for information and electronic publications. |
| OECD http://www.oecd.org/ |
Provides publications and statistics on national, regional and international economic and social issues from macroeconomics, to trade, education, development and science and innovation. The OECD represents 30 countries committed to democratic government and the market economy. With active relationships with some 70 other countries, NGOs and civil society, it has a global reach. A shortlist of high use relevant publications authored by the OECD can be also found in the catalogue. |
| The World Factbook http://www.cia.gov/library/publications/ the-world- factbook/index.html |
The Factbook is a comprehensive resource of facts and statistics on more than 250 countries and other entities. The World Factbook is produced by CIA's Directorate of Intelligence. |
Web search tools
| Web search tool | Description |
|---|---|
| Global Edge http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/ibrd.asp |
The Resource Desk section of globalEDGE is a portal to international business resources. Content includes government and organisational research and statistics, debate and opinion on current topics, reference sources ranging from international standards and conversions to culture, links to news and periodicals, resources on import/export, and links to international financial institutions and exchanges. |
| Virtual International Business & Economic Sources http://library.uncc.edu/vibes/ |
VIBES provides over 3.000 links to Internet sources of international business and economic information that are in English. |