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USA Trade Online provides United States Merchandise Trade data from a collaborative effort between STAT-USA and the Foreign Trade Division of the U. S. Census Bureau on more than 18,000 commodities.  USA Trade Online allows 2 – 10 digit HS (Harmonized Systems codes) Commodity searching from monthly to historical.  Custom tables can be viewed either in Excel or ASCII formats.  Other features include product comparisons, market trends and market share of product.  The guides to Online Data Definitions and Foreign Trade Statistics provide concise help to both the professional and the novice searcher.

Please NOTE:  due to publisher restrictions, USA Trade Online can only be accessed via password.  Please ask for assistance in accessing USA Trade Online at the Reference Desk located on the Second Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library.

General Reference Center Gold

 Includes key business and general interest titles from national news magazines and encyclopedias to core business journals, many with full-text and image resources.  Includes over 15 reference books.  Covers 1980 to the present.

Patrons coming into the Ralph Brown Draughon Library will notice the walls being repainted.  In order to make the building a more cheerful and welcoming place, the teal blue color scheme is being replaced by white paint and, in the near future, new carpeting will be installed as well. 

Published by Euromonitor, this resource provides information about sales for consumer products for the past five years and it provides forecasts of the same products for the next five years as well as information about market share by manufacturer and brand.  Consumer USA is located in the Reference Collection on the Second Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library under call number HC 101 .C744 2008.

Business Index ASAP

Citations to articles from academic business journals, many including fulltext links to text and images.  Provides information on management issues, economic indicators, and business theories and practices, as well as on the activities of companies and industries worldwide.  Coverage is from 1980 onward.