BU 271 International Business

Instructor: Averyt

APA guide from the Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

 

Company analysis, SWOTS, histories, news, magazine articles

ABI/INFORM Complete -- research business conditions, trends and global business news.

             --->>>sample search for Dealer.com

Business Source Complete -- search periodicals for industry/company news and analysis, Datamonitor reports    

             --->>> sample Datamonitor report for Sodexo  

             --->>> sample search for Seventh Generation

LexisNexis Academic -- search the company section for company information and financials; search the news section for articles and tv transcripts 

Hoover's Company Profiles Provides financial info and identifies subsidiaries, corporate managment, competitors.

            --->>>example of Hoover's company profile for Seventh Generation

 

Local, Regional, National Newspapers

Burlington Free Press  Access to the local Burlington, VT, newspaper

         --->>>sample search for Spruce Mortgage

ABI-INFORM Dateline -- access to local and regional business publications with news articles on local businesses and local markets.  

     --->>>sample search for Hampton Direct 

Wall Street Journal Current (1984-2011) -- access to the Wall Street Journal newspaper