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Search the Saint Louis University Libraries Catalog, the SLU electronic library catalog, and MOBIUS, the Missouri Union Catalog, by author, title, keywords, author-title, subject, etc.  Use in the library or by remote access.  The Saint Louis University Libraries Catalog is available from Pius Library's Home Page.  Tip:  Always search Saint Louis University first.  If needed item(s) is/are not found, extend the search to MOBIUS.

Some relevant subject headings:

Competition, International
Export Marketing
International Business Enterprises
International Trade
Investments, Foreign

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Baker, Michael John.  The IEBM encyclopedia of marketing.  London :  International Thomson Business, 1999.
     Ref. HF5412 .I32 1999

The Blackwell encyclopedic dictionary of marketing, edited by Barbara R. Lewis and Dale Littler.  Cambridge, Mass.:  Blackwell Business, 1997.
     Ref. HD30.15 .B463 1997 v. 4.

Imber, Jane.  Dictionary of marketing terms, 3rd ed. Hauppauge, NY:  Barron's, 2000.
     Ref. HF5803 .T56 2000

Koschnick, Wolfgang J.  Dictionary of marketing.  Aldershot, Hants, England; Brookfield, Vt:  Gower, 1995.
     Ref. HF5415 .K615 1995

Marketing Dictionary (Monash)
     http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/mkt/dictionary/

Rosenberg, Jerry Martin.  Dictionary of marketing and advertising.  New York:  J. Wiley, 1995.
     Ref. HF5415 .R577 1995

Toffler, Betsy-Ann and Jane Imber.  Dictionary of Marketing Terms.  3rd ed.  Barron's Educational Series, 2000.
     Ref. HF5803 .T56 2000

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Area Handbook Series. A Country Study. Irregular.
     Gov. Docs. Lower Level. D101 .22:550-
     Available on the Web as Country Studies
     http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Each volume presents political, economic, social and national security system information for a particular country.

CIA World Fact Book
     Gov. Docs. Ref. PREX 3.15:994 
     http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Produced by the Central Intelligence Agency for the use of U.S. Government officials, it provides basic information by country such as geography (location, area, etc.), people (population, birth rate, death rate, literacy, etc.), economy (gdp, inflation rate, labor force, unemployment, etc.), government, communications, military, and transportation.

Country Commercial Guides
     http://www.export.gov/marketresearch.html#MarketResearch(Non-Agricultural)
Prepared each year by U.S. embassies assisted by U.S. government agencies, these reports focus on a country's commercial environment.  Also available through STAT-USA.  2004 guides are currently available.

Country Reports:  Human Rights
     http://www.state.gov/g/drl/hr/index.cfm?id=1470
These "reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights."  (text from site 4/1/00) They are provided to Congress by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the U.S. Department of State. Archives are online from 1993-2001, however, the reports were abolished in 2002.

CulturGrams. 2 Vols.
     Ref. GT 150 .C58
Country-by-country guide to unique customs, values, traditions, and lifestyles of more than 110 countries.

Economic Policy and Trade Practices
     http://www.state.gov/e/eb/rls/rpts/eptp/
Complete title is Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices.  From the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs of the State Department, this site provides reports prepared for Congress to assist in drafting legislation about trade and economic policy.  They "provide a single, comparative analysis of the economic policies and trade practices of countries with which the United States has significant economic or trade relationships." (text from site 4/1/00)

Euromonitor publishes the following volumes, which provide marketing and consumer statistics for various countries and regions.

Europa World Year Book. 2 Vols. Annual.
     Ref. JN 1 .E85; Current edition at Reference Desk
Information on the political, economic, social, and statistical information of countries of the world.  Also includes information on more than 1,650 international organizations.

European Governments on-line
     http://europa.eu.int/abc/governments/index_en.htm
Describes main governmental links available for each of the 15 EU member states.

European Marketing Data and Statistics. Annual.
     Ref. HA 1107 .M5 2000
Provides a wealth of detailed statistical information on international market planning in Western and Eastern Europe.

Export handbook:  accounting, finance, and tax guide.  Edited by Robert Feinschreiber.  New York:  John Wiley, 1997.
     Ref. HF3035 .E96 1997

Exporters' encyclopaedia.  New York, NY:  Dun and Bradstreet International, 2000-
     Ref. HF3031 .D86a 2000

Foreign Embassies of Washington, D.C.
     http://www.embassy.org/embassies/
Compiled by Tele Diplomacy, Inc., provides information on each of the embassies in Washington. D.C., with links to Web-based resources.

Foreign Government Resources on the Web
     http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/foreign.html
A comprehensive source of information from the Documents Center of the University of Michigan on foreign governments, world regions, and International Agencies.

Independent States in the World
     http://www.state.gov/s/inr/rls/4250.htm
Another resource from the U.S. Department of State, this site lists the countries of the world, gives the capital of each with pronunciation and indicates whether or not it has diplomatic relations with the U.S. and is a United Nations member.

International Marketing Data and Statistics.  Annual.
     Ref. HA 42 .I56 2000
Provides a wealth of statistical information on international market planning.  It covers the countries of the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Oceania.

The International Who's Who.  Annual.
     Ref. CT 120 .I5
Listing of more than 20,000 biographical sketches of leading individuals in the world.

Political Risk Yearbook. 7 Vols.  Annual.
     Ref. D410 .P6; Current edition at Reference Desk
Political stability, government, background, and economic information for 85 countries.

Regions & Countries     http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/0,,pagePK:180619~theSitePK:136917,00.html
World Bank's review of the country and regional economic conditions.

STAT-USA.  Current.  In-library and remote access.
     http://www.stat-usa.gov/
Globus & National Trade Data Bank has Market Research Reports and Country Commercial Guides by country in addition to other trade and economic information.

World Retail Data and Statistics
     Ref. HF5429 .W675 1999
Provides statistics, trends, country snapshots as well as consumer spending for 50 countries worldwide.

Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations. 5 Vols.
     Ref. G 63 .W67 1998
Profiles of 202 countries as well as United Nations systems.

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ABI/INFORM Global Edition.  1971-  .  ProQuest.  In-library and remote access.
     Indexes and abstracts over 1,500 journals and trade publications in all areas of business and management, many with an international focus.  Full text is available for over 800 of the periodicals in ASCII full text, page image (PDF), and/or Bell & Howell's Text+Graphics format.  Examples of areas covered are accounting and taxation, banking and finance economics, government, health care, human resources, labor relations, marketing, public administration, real estate, etc.

Academic Search Premier. 1975- .  EBSCOhost.  In-library and remote access.
     Updated daily.  Indexes about 8,000 scholarly and general interest periodicals.  Subject coverage includes biological and medical sciences, chemistry, education, engineering, humanities, physics, psychology, religion & theology, sociology, and women's studies. The full text of articles from approximately 3,500 periodicals is available.

Business & Company Resource Center.  1980-  .  Gale.  In-library and remote access.
     Updated daily except Sunday.  Formerly General Business File ASAP.  Indexes approximately 1,000 business journals and trade/industry publications as well as 200,000 full-text company directory profiles and over 50,000 full-text investment reports.  Approximately half of the journals and trade/industry publications are full text.  Also includes brief industry profiles, company histories, company financial statements, performance ratings, rankings, product and brand listings, and association listings.

Business Periodicals Index.  1958-  .  Index Table 4.
     Updated monthly, with annual cumulations.  A print subject index to approximately 350 periodicals in all areas of business.

EconLit. 1969- .  SilverPlatter.  In-library and remote access.
     Updated monthly.  Produced by the American Economic Association this is the major index for locating literature in economics.  It is the electronic equivalent of Journal of Economic Literature, Index of Economic Articles in Journals & Collections, and Cambridge University Press Abstracts of Working Papers in Economics.  Indexes worldwide literature on economics from books, working papers, collective volumes, and more than 300 major economics journals.

LexisNexis Academic.  LexisNexis.  In-library and remote access.
     Updated continuously.  Covers news, business, and legal information.  Excellent for news and company information.

PAIS International.  1972-  . Ovid.  In-library and remote access.
     Updated monthly.  Produced by the Public Affairs Information Service, this database indexes and abstracts books, journal articles, conference proceedings, reports, pamphlets, and government documents covering topics that are or may become the subject of legislation.  Subject areas include economic, political, and social issues, public administration, law, business, and political science.  Over 1,600 journals published worldwide in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish are selectively indexed each year.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch.  1989-  .  NewsBank.  In-library and remote access.
     Updated daily.  Access to archival articles back to 1989.  Go to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Web site for late-breaking news and articles available only on their Web site.  Another point of access for this newspaper is LexisNexis Academic . For articles between 1975 and 1987, use St. Louis Post-Dispatch Index (East Index Wall).

Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition).  1986-  .  ProQuest.  In-library and remote access.
     Updated daily.  This U.S. newspaper "is the financial newspaper of record.  It offers in-depth coverage of national and international finance as well as first rate coverage of hard news."  (Text from site)  Indexing, abstracting, and full text is available from 1986 forward.  For 1958 - 1985 coverage, see The Wall Street Journal Index below.

Wall Street Journal.  1958-2001.  Monthly, with annual cumulations. 
     Most recent 5 years Ref. HG 1 .W26
Index and abstracts to all articles in the 3-Star Eastern Edition of the Wall Street Journal.

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Europages
     http://www.europages.com/
The European Business Directory provides 150,000 company addresses and brochures from over 25 European countries, and key business information and links to yellow pages throughout Europe.

Federation of International Trade Associations:  FITA
     http://www.fita.org/webindex/index.html
A comprehensive searchable database of international trade web resources.  More than 3000 links to international trade and import-export web sites are annotated and indexed. Searchable in Spanish and other languages by well organized categories, keywords, or by country or region

International Advertising Resource Center
     http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/tcom/faculty/ha/intlad1.html
Updated monthly, this site offers links to literature and information sources useful to international advertising research.

International Business & Technology:  World
      http://www.brint.com/International.htm
Business & Technology and International sections offer links to international data and information.

Marketing & International Business Links
     http://wtfaculty.wtamu.edu/~sanwar.bus/otherlinks.htm

World Directories
     http://www.globalyp.com/world.htm

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