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Advertising Red Books
Annual Reports
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Business & Company Resource Center
Business & Industry
Business & Management Practices
Business Insight
Business Reference Suite
Business Source Premier
CCH Internet Tax Research NetWork
Commodity & Industry Codes
Comtrade
Corporate Affiliations
Datamonitor
Duns Key Business Ratios
Duns Million Dollar Database
EDGAR
EIU Country Commerce
Emerald
Euromonitor
Europa World
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GMID
IBIS Industry Market Research
InfoTrac Onefile
Investext Plus
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MarketLine
MasterFile Premier
Mergent
Mintel
Morningstar Investment Research Center
National Trade Data Bank (NTDB)
PC/TAS (CD-ROM)
ReferenceUSA
Research Insight (PCs on the UMD Library's second floor are set up to access Research Insight.)
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SourceOECD
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U.S. ITC Trade Database
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World Development Indicators (WDI)

topAdvertising Red Books

Advertising Red Books. (2006). Energizer Holdings, Inc profile. Retrieved Feb. 6,

     2006, from Advertising Red Books database.

topAnnual Reports

General Motors. (2003). 2002 Annual Report. Retrieved Oct. 16, 2003 from

http://www.gm.com/company/investor_information/fin_res/ar.htm.

topBusiness & Company Resource Center

Gale Group (2004). Ford Motor Company. International Directory of Company Histories. Retrieved Oct. 3,

2004, from Business & Company Resource Center database.

Mittelstadt, M. (2003, June 19). Cisco's pricing strategy not going as planned. The America's Intelligence

Wire. Retrieved November 10, 2004, from Business & Company Resource Center database.

topBest Practices

Best Practices, LLC. (2005, March 23). Developing Market Research Talent Through

    Training and Career Path Planning. Retrieved June 1, 2006 from Best Practice

    Database.

topBusiness & Industry

The Russian market of automobile export/import cargo services is estimated at $3.3 billion a year.

(2002, April 2). Inzhenernaya Gazeta, p. 4. Retrieved May 1,2004, from Business & Industry database.

topBusiness & Management Principles

Plans for corn-to-ethanol plant move forward near Visalia. (2005, April 29). Knight-Ridder Tribune Business

News. Retrieved May 11, 2005 from Business & Management Principles database.

topBusiness Insight

Reuters. (2005, Dec.). Hot Drinks in China: A Market Analysis. Retrieved

     Jan. 22, 2006, from Business Insight

topBusiness Reference Suite

Sun Explodes Into Fund IV. (2005, May 9). Buyouts. Retrieved May 11, 2005 from Business Reference Suite.

topBusiness Source Premier

Lindquist, D. (2003). Turkey fights economic free fall. Industry Week, 250 (11),57. Retrieved May 2, 2004,

from Business Source Premier database.

topCCH Internet Tax Research NetWork

Garrison, L. (2003). Tax incentives for doing business on Indian reservations. The Tax

     Magazine, 80 (5), 39. Retrieved May 2, 2006, from CCH Internet Tax Research

     NetWork database.

CCH Federal Tax Service. (2005). Condominium unit owner. Chapter F:6.40.

     Retrieved May 5, 2006, from CCH Internet Tax Research NetWork database.

topCommodity and Industry Codes

Harmonized codes:

U.S. Census Bureau. (2004). Schedule B 2002 - Chapter 61. Retrieved Dec. 10, 2004, from

http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2002/sb61.html.

NAICS codes:

U.S. Census Bureau. (2004). 1997 NAICS Definitions, 315 Apparel Manufacturing. Retrieved Dec. 10, 2004,

from http://www.census.gov/epcd/naics/NDEF315.HTM.

SIC codes:

Occupational Safety & Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. (2004). SIC Description for

2251. Retrieved Dec. 10, 2004, from http://www.osha.gov/cgi-bin/sic/sicser2?2251.

SITC codes:

United Nations Statistical Division. (2004). SITC Rev. 3 code 846.22. Retrieved Dec. 10, 2004, from

http://unstats.un.org/unsd/cr/registry/regcs.asp?Cl=14&Lg=1&Co=846.22.

topComtrade

United Nations Statistical Division. (2006). Trade data retrieved May 10, 2006, from 

     Comtrade (UN Commodity Trade Statistics Database).

topCorporate Affiliations

CorporateAffiliations.com. (2006). Energizer Holdings, Inc profile. Retrieved Sept. 6,

     2006, from Corporate Affiliations database.

topDatamonitor

Datamonitor. (2004). Bayerische Motoren Werke company profile. Retrieved Feb. 6, 2004, from

Datamonitor Business Information Center

topDuns Key Business Ratios

Dun and Bradstreet (2006). Ratios for SIC 2893. Retrieved June. 22, 2006, from

     Duns Key Business Ratios database.

topDuns Million Dollar Database

Dun and Bradstreet (2004). Crawford Textiles Company Inc. profile. Retrieved Jan. 22, 2004, from Duns

Million Dollar Database.

Dun and Bradstreet (2004). Company data retrieved Jan. 22, 2004, from Duns Million Dollar Database.

[Use this style when you need to cite lists of companies]

topEDGAR

General Electric. (2003, April 10). 10-Q. Retrieved May 2, 2002 from EDGAR database.

topEIU Country Commerce

Economist Intelligence Unit. (2006). Country Commerce: Egypt. Retrieved July 

     22, 2006, from EIU Country Commerce database.

topEmerald

Paraponaris, C. (2003) Third generation R&D and strategies for knowledge Journal of Knowledge Management,

7 (5),124 - 136. Retrieved 15 Apr, 2004 from Emerald Fulltext database.

topEuromonitor

Euromonitor. (2006). Statistics retrieved March 22, 2006, from Euromonitor Global

     Market Information Database. 

Euromonitor. (2006). Clothing Retailers in The UK, July 2006. Retrieved Oct.  

     22, 2006, from Euromonitor Global Market Information Database.

topEuropa World

Europa. (2006). Economic affairs, People's Republic of China. Retrieved March 10,

     2006, from Europa World database.

topGTIS: U.S. State Export Edition

Global Trade Information Services. (2006). Trade data retrieved May 12, 2006,

     from the GTIS World Trade Atlas: U.S. State Export Edition database.

topGlobal Market Information Database (GMID)

Euromonitor. (2004). Statistics retrieved March 22, 2004, from Euromonitor Global Market Information

Database.

Euromonitor. (2004). Clothing Retailers in The UK, July 2003. Retrieved March 22, 2004, from Euromonitor

Global Market Information Database.

topIBIS Industry Market Research

IBIS. (2006). Family Clothing Stores in the US. Retrieved July. 31, 2006, from

     IBIS Industry Market Research

topInfoTrac Onefile

Lindquist, D. (2003). Turkey fights economic free fall. Industry Week, 250 (11), 57. Retrieved May 12, 2004,

from InfoTrac OneFile database.

topInvestext Plus

Threadgill, H. (2003, Nov. 12). Apparel & footwear 2003 forecast -- industry report. Lehman Brothers,

Inc. Retrieved December 2, 2004, from Investext Plus database.

topLexis Nexis Academic

Standard and Poor's. (2003, March 2). General Electric. Standard & Poor's Corporate Descriptions plus

News. Retrieved May 6, 2003, from Lexis Nexis Academic database.

Lindquist, D. (2003). Turkey fights economic free fall. Industry Week, 250 (11), 57. Retrieved May 12, 2004,

from Lexis Nexis Academic database.

topMarketLine

MarketLine. (2006). Bayerische Motoren Werke company profile. Retrieved 

     Feb. 6, 2006, from MarketLine Business Information Centre.

topMasterFile Premier

Smith, R. (2005). California Taps Updated Meters To Save Energy. Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition. 245

(92), B1. Retrieved May 12, 2005 from MasterFile Premier database.

topMergent

Mergent. (2004). General Electric company data report. Retrieved March 28, 2004, from Mergent Online

database.

topMintel

Mintel. (2004). Clothing Retailing - UK - September 2004. Retrieved Jan. 31, 2005, from Mintel Market

Research Reports database.

topMorningstar Investment Research Center

Morningstar. (2005). Vanguard Global Equity mutual fund report. Retrieved Jan. 31, 2005, from

Morningstar.com Investment Research Center database.

Morningstar. (2005). Krispy Kreme Doughnut stock report. Retrieved Feb. 3, 2005, from Morningstar.com

Investment Research Center database.

Guziec, P. (2004, Dec. 10). Ford Motor analyst report. RetrievedFeb. 3, 2005, from Morningstar.com

Investment Research Center database.

topNational Trade Data Bank (NTDB)

U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration. (2003, January 19). Distribution changes in

Italy: Benetton changes strategy. International Marketing Insight. Retrieved May 20, 2004, from National

Trade Data Bank database.

U.S. Department of Commerce, Foreign Commercial Service. (2003, July 17). Leading sectors for U.S. exports

and investments. Country Commercial Guide. Retrieved May 20, 2004 from National Trade Data Bank

database.

Office of the United States Trade Representative.(2004, Jan 12). Egypt. National Trade Estimate Report on

Foreign Trade Barriers. Retrieved May 20, 2004 from National Trade Data Bank database.

topPC/TAS (CD-ROM)

International Trade Centre, United Nations Statistical Division. (2006). Trade

     data retrieved Feb. 10, 2006, from the Trade Analysis System database.

topReferenceUSA

ReferenceUSA (2006). Crawford Textiles Company Inc. profile. Retrieved 

     Jan. 22, 2006, from ReferenceUSA.

topResearch Insight

Standard & Poor's. (2005, January 31). Composite Annual Ratio Report for SIC 2844. Retrieved March 23, 2005, from Research Insight Version 7.6 [CD-ROM].

topS&P NetAdvantage

Standard and Poor's. (2003, Sept. 27). General Electric. Standard & Poor's Stock Reports. Retrieved Oct.

2, 2004, from S&P NetAdvantage database.

Standard and Poor's. (2003, July 3). Apparel & Footwear. Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys. Retrieved Oct.

6, 2004, from S&P NetAdvantage database.

topSourceOECD

OECD. (2006, Sept.). Ireland. Main Economic Indicators, 2006/9, 156. Retrieved

     Sept. 13, 2006 from SourceOECD.

OECD. (2005). Data from the OECD Telecommunications Database 2005. Retrieved

     Sept. 19, 2006 from SourceOECD.

topTableBase

2005 Top 100 Firms Databank: Overview. (2005, March 14). Accounting Today, Fulltext. Retrieved May 11,

2005, from TableBase database.

topTax Management Portfolios Plus

White, G. (2006). Computation of consolidated tax liability. Portfolio 756-2nd,

     U.S. Income Portfolios. Retrieved May 2, 2006, from BNA Tax Management

     Portfolios Plus database.

topU.S. ITC Trade Database

United States International Trade Commission. (2006). Trade data retrieved

     May 11, 2006, from the USITC Interactive Tariff and Trade DataWeb

     database.

topWeb Sites

Ford Motor Company. (2006). Caring for the earth . Retrieved Jan. 10, 2006,

     from http://www.mycareer.ford.com/OURCOMPANY.ASP?CID=28.

topWorld Development Indicators (WDI)

World Bank. (2004). Statistics retrieved Jan. 22, 2004, from World Development Indicators Online (WDI).

 

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