Consumer Affairs
Library Specialist
Andrew Wohrley:
(334)-844-1768
RBD Library 2nd Floor
Indexes and Databases
All databases are available on campus and remotelyunless otherwise noted. To access a resource from home, you willneed to type your library ID and last name. Your library ID is usually:two, zero, your Social Security Number, then zero. For example: A person with the Social Security Number 123-45-6789 has the library ID: 201234567890
Subject Databases
ABI/INFORM : http://www.lib.auburn.edu/ABI
An index with abstracts to periodicals in business, including economics,finance, accounting, management, marketing, and transportation. Coverageis from 1971 forward and approximately 60% of the database is full text.
Academic Universe : http://www.lib.auburn.edu/ACADU
An index and database of business news and information, legal news, cases, and general news from many regional and national newspapers. Much of the material is full text.
Business & Industry Database : http://www.lib.auburn.edu/BIDB
Contains information, facts, and figures dealing with public and privatecompanies, industries, products and markets for all manufacturing and serviceindustries at an international level. Coverage is from 1994 forward andapproximately 60% of the database is full text.
Business Newsbank : http://www.lib.auburn.edu/NEWSBANK
Provides hard-to-find local and regional business newspaper articles from over 400 U.S. cities. Covering private and public companies, its monthly updates provide current full-text articles and index citations to specific company and industry issues and events.
Business Source Premier: http://www.lib.auburn.edu/BSP
Provides full text for nearly 930 journals covering business, management,economics, finance, banking, accounting, and much more.
Emerald Intelligence: http://www.lib.auburn.edu/MCB
Emerald - the Electronic Management Research Libray Database- puts all the resources of a full management library on to a standard PC. Brought to you by MCB University Press, it delivers multi-user access to over 130 journals.
Textile Technology Index: http://www.lib.auburn.edu/TEXTILE
Provides international coverage of textile literature and related subjects. The database covers over 650 journals as well as books, theses, patents, standards and conferences. Subjects include dyeing, mill operation, man- made fibers, preservation, apparel design, marketing and statistics.
World Textile Abstracts (Paper Resource Only):
A comprehensive index of textile abstracts located on the 4th floor of the RBD Library. [TS 1300 .W6].
General Databases
Academic Search Premier http://www.lib.auburn.edu/ASP
Covers abstracts and indexing for over 3,000 scholarly journals and features full text articles for over 1,200 journals since 1990.
InfoTrac's Expanded Academic ASAP http://www.lib.auburn.edu/searchbank
Indexes 1500 journal titles in a variety of subject areas. Articlesin over 500 journals are full text. 1980 – Present
Dissertation Abstracts http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/
1861 – Present.The years 1998-1999 are available off campus, but earlier years are only available on campus.
Current Awareness Resources
Ingenta (formerly UnCover) http://www.lib.auburn.edu/UNCOVER
A database of article information taken from over 20,000 journals that allows faxing of articles not owned by AU Libraries. Available to AU faculty, graduate students, and staff.
Industry Information
Industry Overviews
Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys [DESK REF HG 4921. S66]
U.S. Industry & Trade Outlook [DESK REF HC 101. U54]
Trade and Export Information by Industry - International Trade Administration
http://www.ita.doc.gov/ita_home/itakeyin.html
This page provides links to ITA websites which provide coverage of key
industrial and services clusters: Technology and Aerospace, Tourism, Basic
Industries, Environmental Technologies, Service Industries and Finance,
and Textiles-Apparel and Consumer Goods.
Current Industrial Reports of the U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/cir/www/ Best searched by CIRs by Subsector.
Corporate Information http://www.corporateinformation.com
Industry Norms & Business Ratios
Dun & Bradstreet's Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios [DESK REF HF 5681 .R25 I5344]
RMA Annual Statement Studies [DESK REF HF 5681. B2 R6]
Troy's Almanac of Business & Industrial Financial Ratios [DESK
REF HF 5681. R25 T68]
Market Share
Market Share Reporter [REF HF 5410. M35]
World Market Share Reporter [REF HF 5410. W67]
Ward's Business Directory - Volume 5 [organized by SIC] [REF HG 4057.a575 1999 v.1-8]
Classification Systems
Standard Industrial Classification Search
http://www.osha.gov/oshstats/sicser.html
North American Industrial Classification System
http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html
Reference Tools
Apparel contractors, manufacturers, importers & exporters [Ref HD 9940 .A2 A66 1997]
Commercial Atlas and Marketing Guide [Ref G 1019 Q3 R2 1999, on atlas stand near second floor reference desk]
Doing Business in [use this much as a title when searching in AubieCat and you get over 170 entries on various countries across various call numbers: some are in Reference and some are in regular stacks]
Exporters' Encyclopedia (updated with monthly supplements) [Ref HF 3011 .E9]
Financing Operations in (volumes for almost 50 countries) [Ref HG 4538 .B813]
Hoover's Handbook of American Companies {[Ref HG 4057 .A28617]
Hoover's Handbook of Emerging Companies [Ref HG 4057 .A33]
Hoover's Handbook of Private Companies [Ref HG 4057 .A28616]
Hoover's Handbook of World Business [Ref HG 4009 .H66]
Hoover's Handbooks Index [Ref HG 4057 .A286213]
Illustrated Book of World Rankings [Ref HA 155 .K87 1997]
International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics [Ref HC 59 .Y42]
Investing, Licensing & Trading in (volumes for over 50 countries) [Ref HG 3881 .I75]
Political Handbook of the World [Ref JF 37 .P6]
Political Risk Yearbook (multi-volume set for various regions) [Ref HD 2755.5 .P632]
Principal International Businesses [Ref HF 54 .U5 P74]
State of the World [Ref HC 59 .B766]
U.S. Industry & Trade Outlook [Desk Ref (MADD) C 61.34/2][Ref HC 101 .U54]
The World Economic Factbook [Ref HC 59.15 .W669]
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life [Ref GN 333 .W67 1998]
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations [Ref G 63 .W67]
The most recent editions of
these are held
in the Reference Collection on the Second Floor.
There may be older circulating
editions in the same call numbers.
These you may check out.
Company Information
Company Profiles and Financial Information
Hoovers Online
http://www.lib.auburn.edu/HOOVERS
Database of information on more than 50,000 of the largest or fastest
growing public and private U.S. companies. Information provided includes
company address, number of employees, key people, financial data, news
items and selected Web links to company Web sites, SEC filings, and current
stock prices.
Edgar - From the SEC EDGAR Filings
http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml
The online database of all official reports that publically hel corporations
file with the SEC.
Company Histories
International Directory of Company Histories [REF HD 2721.
I63]
Annual Reports
Public Register's Annual Report Service http://www.prars.com
Over 2,100 online annual reports included. Also provides the option of
ordering free hard copies of the annual reports.
Annual Report Gallery (by Cornerstone) http://www.reportgallery.com
Close to 1,000 online annual reports included from this Website.
Company Directories
Dun &Bradstreet's Million Dollar Directory: America's leading Public & Private Companies [REF HF 5035.m5 1999 v.1-4]
Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies [REF HG 4057.a575 1999 v.1-8]
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers http://www.thomasnet.com
(Member ID: auburn Password: library)
A directory of 160,000 U.S. and Canadian manufacturers. Search by product
category, company, or brand name.
Business Statistics
Statistical Abstracts of the United States
http://www.census.gov/statab/www/
An invaluable compilation of statistics mostly provided by governmentalagencies.
Although it contains more than business statistics, fully two-thirdsof
the material can be
characterized as economic or industrial.
Bureau of Economic Analysis
http://www.bea.doc.gov/beahome.html
Key national, international, and regional aspects of the U.S.economy including
the Gross Domestic Product.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov
This independent national statistical agency collects, processes, analyzes,and
disseminates essential statisitical data in the broad fields of laboreconomics
and statistics. Includes current data on the Consumer Price Index,Unemployment
Rates, Average Hourly Wages, etc.
County Business Patterns
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/cbptotal.html
The divisions of the economy covered are agricultural services, forestry,
and fisheries; mining; contract construction; manufacturing; transportation
and other public utilities; wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance,
and real estate; and services.
Statistical Universe http://www.lib.auburn.edu/STATUNIV/
Statistical Universe can be used to find all the statistics issued by
the U.S. government back to 1973 through the American Statistics Index
(ASI); some 1000 of the best statistical publications of private and state
government sources from 1980 forward through the Statistical Reference
Index (SRI); and approximately 2000 indispensable titles from some 100
international intergovernmental organizations, all published annually
since 1983 through the Index to International Statistics (IIS).
Journals
Auburn University Libraries subscribes to hundreds of consumer-related journals, many which are available full-text via computer. To find out which journals we own, and which are available full-text, search AUBIECat: http://aubiecat.auburn.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=hbSearch
Auburn University Department Pages
Auburn University Department of Consumer Affairs
http://www.humsci.auburn.edu/cahs/index.php
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