Guide to Economics and Business Research
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The following reference sources provide information relevant to economics and business topics. They are available in the Hilton M. Briggs Library collection or via the web if indicated.

Reference Books

Accounting Desk Book: The Accountant's Everyday Instant Answer Book. (Reference HF5635.P53 1995)
A reference manual providing information on practical accounting, finance, taxation, and other management questions.

Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios. (HF5681.R25 A45, Latest edition in Reference, also received in CD-ROM format).

American Big Businesses Directory. (Reference HF5035.A49)
This three-volume set, covering organizations with 100 or more employees, identifies number of employees, annual sales volume, credit rating codes, and names and titles of key executives.

Business: The Ultimate Resource. (Reference HD38.15 .B878 2002)

Dictionary of Business and Management. (Reference HF1001.R79 1993)

A Dictionary of Finance and Banking. (Reference HG151.D54 1997)

Dictionary of Investing. (Reference HG4513.R67 1993)

Encyclopedia of American Business. (Reference HF1001.E463 2004)

An Encyclopedia of Macroeconomics. (Reference HB172.5 .E55 2002)

Government Finance Statistics Yearbook. (HJ101.G68, Latest edition in Reference)
"Provides detailed data on revenue, grants, expenditure, lending minus repayments, financing, and debt of central governments."

Hoover's Handbook of Private Companies. (HG4057.A28617, Latest edition at Information Desk)
Provides information on 713 of the largest and most influential private enterprises in the United States.

Information Sources in Finance and Banking. (Reference HG173.L47 1996)
An evaluative guide to the published sources of information available in the financial world.

International Financial Statistics. Country Notes. (Reference HG61 .I58, Latest edition in Reference)

International Financial Statistics Yearbook. (HG61.I57, Latest edition in Reference)
The yearbook contains data on countries' exchange rates, international liquidity, money and banking, interest rates, production, prices, international transactions, government accounts, and national accounts.

International Trade Statistics Yearbook. (HF91.U571, Latest edition in Reference)
Provides basic information on individual countries' external trade performance.

Investment Companies Yearbook. (HG4497.W5 Latest edition in Reference)

Moody's Handbook of Common Stocks. (HG4905.M815, Latest ed. at Information Desk) and Moody's Handbook of Nasdaq Stocks. (HG4501.M582, Latest ed. at Information Desk)
These quarterly publications provide basic financial and business information on stocks with high investor interest.

Mutual Funds Update. (Reference HG4930.C43 Latest ed. only retained)

The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics. (Reference HB61.N49 1987, v. 1-4)

The New Palgrave Dictionary of Money & Finance. (Reference HG151.N48 1992, v. 1-3)

NFIB National Small Business Poll (Reference HD2346.U5 N48)

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History. (Reference HC15 .O94 2003 v. 1-5)

Prentice Hall Encyclopedic Dictionary of Business Terms. (Reference HF1001.C68 1995)
Consists of an A-Z section with brief definitions of business terms and an encyclopedic section with essays covering five major business disciplines.

South Dakota Community Abstracts. (HA634.S62, Latest edition at Information Desk)
Provides statistics (including population, finance, employment, and education) for South Dakota as a whole; the state's 66 counties; and the cities in South Dakota with populations of 500 or more.

Standard and Poor's Industry Surveys. (HC106.6.S74, Latest edition in Reference)
Published quarterly, the surveys cover 52 industries, including recent developments, industry basics, and company data.

Standard and Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives. (Information Desk HG4057.A42)

Statistical Abstract of the United States. (C 3.134: Latest edition at Information Desk, CD-ROM ed. in Documents)
Presents statistical information from government and private publications on social, political, and economic factors of the United States.

Value Line Investment Survey. (Information Desk HG4501.V26 and HG4501.V262)
Published weekly, the surveys cover over 1,700 companies listed on the major U.S. Stock exchanges, providing key ratios, rankings, and price data. The online version may be accessed through the Research Databases Page.

Who's Who in Economics: A Biographical Dictionary of Major Economists, 1700-1981. (Reference HB76.W46 1983)

Who's Who in Finance and Industry. (HF3023.A2 W5, Latest edition in Reference)
Contains biographical information on leading business people from around the world.

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