Using Library Resources for International Research

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Goizueta Business Library Restricted Access
Databases

• Using Library Resources for International
  Research

An annotated guide to using selected commercial
databases
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Recommended Commercial International Business
Databases

• Factiva (Dow Jones/Reuters)
• EIU Emory (Viewswire, IndustryWire, Country
  Reports
• ISI Emerging Markets
• Global Market Information Database
• Thomson One Banker
• Galileo article databases

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FACTIVA
Information partner

• Only source of full text Wall Street Journal
• and Wall Street Journal Europe/Asia
• More than 9,000 current and archival
  publications including academic business
  journals, worldwide news and Reuters news
• Tips
• Use regions, industry, country, source lookups
• Use proximity operators (near5, near10)

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Q Is there news about doughnuts or at least
bakery products for Brazil? A In Factiva,
select Brazil / Food and search headline/lead
paragraph
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• 1 Select Country and Industry
• 2.Add search terms
• 3.Change date range
• 4. Limit search to headline/ lead paragraph
• 5. Eliminate republished news
• 6. Display articles.

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EIU Emory
Information Partner

• ViewsWire has Executive summaries of
• Country Reports and Profiles
• Country Risk and Forecasts
• Trade Regulations
• IndustryWire has full text of news and analysis
  of
• Automotive, Consumer goods, Energy,
  Financial Services, Food
• drinks, Heathcare, Misc., Telecoms
  technology, Travel
• tourism
• Country Reports has full text of
• Country Reports and Profiles
• Regional newsletters

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Is it a good idea to invest in Chile at this time
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Select your country
Information Partner
Move to Country Reports Database
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ISI Emerging Markets

supported by the Mew
Fund
Information Partner

• Over 50 countries worldwide
• New Islamic Finance Information Service
• News, Company, Industry, Macroeconomics,
• Financial Markets, Legal, Research and
  Sources
• Extensive information in the languages of the
• countries

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Q What is the Chilean perspective on MERCOSUR ?

Select theme below or type in search term
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Thomson One Banker
20,000 Listed Companies Worldwide PDF Annual
Reports Financial tearsheets and
spreadsheets Searchable Database with Plug-in
Search and Display 200 categories
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Q What companies worldwide are engaged in
carpets?
Suminoe T
BUSINESS DESCRIPTION Suminoe Textile Co., Ltd.
The Groups principle activity is to manufacture
and market carpets and drapes. The carpets are
Particularly excels in tufted carpetsDrapes
accounted for 38 of fiscal 2002 revenues,
carpets 35
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Global Market Information Database

• From Euromonitors statistical, market report
  and directory
• databases
• Compilation of data from a wide range of
  official
• and proprietary sources
• Save as an excel spreadsheet recalculate in US
  and
• per capita
• Worldwide market research reports and consumer
• lifestyle reports

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Global Market Information Database
Q What countries are using floor coverings?
Constant dollars (1991)

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Selected Article Databases on Galileowith
International Content

• ABI/Inform (ABI) and Business Source Premier
  (BSP)
• Use basic search to look for concepts and
  overviews
• Access full text and image
• Use Search by Publication to find text and/or
  image
• of known articles
• Use the built-in SFX links or eJournals_at_
  Emory
• to find full text of articles NOT in ABI or
  BSP

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Selected Academic Databases on Galileowith
International Content

• EconLit and PAIS
• Abstracts of English and non-English language
• scholarly journal articles, books, reports
• Access
• Check ejournals_at_Emory for full-text journals
  or use
• the online SFX link
• Check EUCLID for availability (print or online)
• Search the web for reports
• If not at Emory, use ILLiad (interlibrary loan
  within EUCLID) to request material

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EconLit in First Search (Galileo) search for
China and legal and business
Find on the web using Google
Find book in Euclid
Link to article with SFX
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Use SFX to go directly to a journal article
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International Business
Research Information Resources on the Goizueta
Business Library Web

• Information Guides
• Global Perspectives Industry, Issues,
  Country
• International Marketing Companies, Industries,
  Country, People, Marketing
• International Trade Coding, U.S. Data, Intl
  Data, Commercial Data, News and articles
• International Companies Overviews, Companies
  by industry, Locating companies