International Trade and Business

This guide is designed to provide an overview of International Trade resources available in the Library or on the web. Ask a Reference Librarian if you need help in locating these resources.

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Online Indexes and Databases

International Trade - web and print sources

Online Indexes and Databases

Academic Search Premier (available J
Economics topics are included in this cross-disciplinary database. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text.

Business Source Premier

Full text for nearly 2,500 scholarly journals, trade journals, general business magazines. coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business, including international business, country reports economic reports from the EIU, DRI-WEFA, ICON Group and CountryWatch.

Business and Company Resource Center

Business and Company Resource Center is a fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.

General Business File ASAP

Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full text and images available.

LexisNexis Academic Available on the Web.
Covers general news, medical, legal, business, arts and sports, foreign language newspapers. Includes New York Times, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, St. Paul Pioneer Press in full text. Wall Street Journal citations and abstracts are on LexisNexis, BUT the Wall St. Journal Full text is accessible only using the Wall Street Journal site listed below.

Wall Street Journal Available on the Web.
Online, Full text is available through the ProQuest Newspapers database.

International Trade - Websites

A Basic Guide to Exporting  http://www. unzco.com/basicguide/

Joint publication of U.S. Dept. of commerce & Unz & Co. Practical advice for exporters.

Doing Business    http://www.doingbusiness.org

A World Bank website - for individual countries provides the characteristics of the economy & the challenges to operating a business there.

EuroPages  European Business Directory   http://www.europages.com/

Includes 500,000 companies from 30 European countries

Export.Gov  http://www.export.gov/

Online trade resources and assistance in global business. Includes country and industry reports.

ITA (International Trade Administration) http://www.ita.doc.gov/

Foreign Trade figures, Export America Magazine, trade information.

European Community Export Guide  http://madb.europa.eu/mkaccdb2/indexPubli.htm

Tarrifs, trade barriers, statistics, etc. for the European community.

Minnesota  - International Trade Statistics  http://www.exportminnesota.com/itradestats.htm

United States International Trade Statistics http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/foreign-trade/www
Produced by the Census Bureau, this site provides links to historical trade data, country by commodity data and international trade statistics.

GlobalEDGE http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/ibrd.asp
Michigan State University site with current information on business climate, news, history, political structure, economic landscape, and relevant statistical data for 196 countries. You can compare and rank countries using statistical indicators.

International Monetary Fund   http://www.imf.org/

International financial statistics - national acounts, balance of payments, etc.

Country reports - http://www.imf.org/external/country/index.htm#A

U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security   http://www.bis.doc.gov/

Export Control Regulations  

World Bank http://www.worldbank.org
Country and Region information, data, activities of the World Bank and programs. Some pdf files, some text provided. Includes newsletters, different choices for each regional survey. For example, some data such as debt, trade, found for Countries and Regions - search Finance and banking. Hot links to other international monetary organizations, e.g. IMF, Inter-American evelopment Bank, and Asian Development Bank (At the bottom right hand side of page for "About the World Bank Group".

WTO/GATT Research http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/wtoguide.html
An authoritative guide to print, microfiche, and electronic resources on the World Trade Organization and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

International Monetary Fund http://www.imf.org
Has FAQ section, Fact sheets. Fact Sheets in "About the IMF' links you to reports

Penn World Tables http://datacentre.chass.utoronto.ca
Data from 152 countries and 29 subjects - Search Countries by Regions (left hand side of page)

Web Resources for International Trade http://www.fita.org/webindex/index.html
Federation of International Trade Associations. Links to international trade/Import-Export web sites.

The Statesman's Year-Book (Reference JA 51.S7 1997/98) Basic data on the economy, nergy & natural resources, industry, foreign economic relations, etc. for individual countries and international organizations.

Doing Business in .....  HG 4538  .I52 S94 1998  (May be checked out)

Price-Waterhouse Information Guides on doing business in foreign countries. Includes sections on investment climate, taxation etc.

World Development Reports 2005  (Reference HC 59.7 .W59 yr.)

Investment climate study based on data from 53 developing countries. Additional volumes  cover topics such as sustainable development, providing services for poor people throughout the world, etc.

World Economic Outlook   (Reference HC 10 .W7979)International Monetary Fund. Statistics on world output, regions and countries.

International Trade - Print Reference Books

Basic Guide to Exporting, U.S. Dept. of Commerce (Reference HF1416.5 .B37 1994)

Now online - see online sites above.

Business Information: How to find It, How to Use It. ( Ref HF 5356.L36)
Chapter 15 - General Economic Statistics

Business Statistics of the united States: Patterns of Economic Change (Reference HC 101 .A13122 2005) Over 3,000 time series  from government sources to provide data for analyis of economic trends.

Directory of United States Exporters  (Reference HF 3011 .D63 yr. )

A geographical listing of United States exporters, by product, state, or company name.

Handbook of North American Industry: NAFTA and the Economies of its Member Nations (Reference HF 1746 .H37 1998)
Trade in the Americas - history, facts and figures, industry reviews, NAICS classification system.

International Business Information: How to Find It, How to Use It. (Reference
HF 54.5.P33 1994)
Chapter 15 - International trade and payments; Chapter 16 - International Financial Markets

International Marketing Data & Statistics   (Reference HA 42 .I56 yr.)

Yearbook of business and marketing information - socioeconomic data, compilation of data from market and Euromonitor information sources. 23 subject areas including key consumer parameters, e.g. consumer expenditure, market sizes etc.