Title: Accounting Terminology Guide Provider: New York State Society of CPAs
Subject Heading/s: Accounting.
LC Class: HF
Reference Category: Dictionaries
Description: "Capitalized terms that appear within definitions of other terms are also defined in this guide. Related terms are cross-referenced to provide a clearer understanding of their interdependent relationships. Commonly used acronyms (e.g., IRS) are listed in their abbreviated forms and defined as the complete term (e.g., Internal Revenue Service). "
Title: Ad*Access Provider: Duke University Library
Subject Heading/s: Advertising--United States; Advertising--Canada
LC Class: HF
Reference Category: Catalogs
Description: "An image database of over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955. Covering five categories - Beauty and Hygiene, Radio, Television, Transportation, and World War II - Ad*Access provides a coherent view of a number of major campaigns and companies preserved in one advertising collection at Duke University. The site is browsable and searchable in a variety of ways, including complex searching with Boolean operators. Brief histories of the industries and timelines of world and national events help put the ads in the context of their times."
Title: Ad Age Dataplace Provider: Advertising Age
Subject Heading/s: Advertising; Advertising agencies
LC Class: HF
Reference Category: Almanacs
Description: Categories include: * 100 Leading National Advertisers * World Brands * Top Global Ad Markets * 100 Leading Media Companies * Agency Report * Circulation Rankings. Includes some market share data.
Title: adflip Provider: adflip
Subject Heading/s: Advertising-United States
LC Class: HF
Reference Category: Databases
Description: adflip.com claims to be the world's largest database of classic print advertisements, searchable by category, by decade, and by year;1940- .
Title: Advertising Agencies Provider: Department of Advertising, University of Texas at Austin
Subject Heading/s: Advertising agencies.
LC Class: HF6178
Reference Category: Directories
Description: "We are attempting to list only advertising and full-service agencies below. Firms that specialize in some other area of marketing communications (e.g., Direct Marketing, Public Relations, WWW Design, etc.) may be listed under those specific headings in the index.
Title: America's Career InfoNet Provider: CareerOneStop
Subject Heading/s: Job hunting--United State.
LC Class: HF5382.7
Reference Category: Handbooks
Description: "Find wages and employment trends, occupational requirements, state by state labor market conditions, millions of employer contacts nationwide, and the most extensive career resource library online."
Title: Auditing Dictionary of Terms Provider: Accounting Institute Seminars®
Subject Heading/s: Accounting; Auditing
LC Class: HF
Reference Category: Dictionaries
Description: "The words defined in this dictionary all appeared in questions on the CPA exam since 1993, so they are worth knowing if you are studying for the exam."
Title: bizjournals.com Provider: bizjournals.com
Subject Heading/s: Business--Periodicals; Industry--Periodicals
LC Class: HF
Reference Category: Indexes
Description: Searches over 40 city business magazines for full text articles; 1996- .
Title: Business Database Dictionary Provider: Economist
Subject Heading/s: Business; Commerce.
LC Class: HF
Reference Category: Dictionaries
Description: Over 6,000 terms may be browsed by first letter or viewed by category from The Economist.
Title: Country & Industry Market Reports Provider: Export.gov
Subject Heading/s: Marketing research; United States--Foreign economic relations
LC Class: HF5415.2
Reference Category: Handbooks
Description: This database of reports includes
Country Commercial Guides (CCGs)
Industry Sector Analyses (ISAs)
International Market Insight (IMIs)
Multilateral Development Bank Reports
Country Information (TIC)
Title: CPA Directory Provider: CPAdirectory
Subject Heading/s: Accountants
LC Class: HF
Reference Category: Directories
Description: "The largest on-line database of Certified Public Accountants."
Basic directory information for most entries Some entries, presumably for a fee, provide more.
Title: Dictionary of Advertising Provider: University of Texas Department of Advertising
Subject Heading/s: Advertising; Advertising layout and typography
LC Class: HF
Reference Category: Dictionaries
Description: This dictionary covers a variety of advertising media and production techniques. From the Department of Advertising at UT Austin, 1996.
Title: Doing Business in . . . Provider: HLB International
Subject Heading/s: Investments, Foreign; Trade regulation
LC Class: HF3000
Reference Category: Guides
Description: This is a collection of booklets "designed to give some general information to those contemplating doing business" in any of some 100 countries. The booklets have been prepared by "HLB International, a worldwide organisation of professional accounting firms and business advisers."
Added 3/23/07
Title: Emergence of Advertising in America Provider: Duke Unversity Library
Subject Heading/s: Advertising--United States
LC Class: HF
Reference Category: Databases
Description: "The Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850 - 1920 (EAA) presents over 9,000 images, with database information, relating to the early history of advertising in the United States."
Title: FASB Publications Provider: Financial Accounting Standards Board
Subject Heading/s: Accounting--Standards--United States
LC Class: HF
Reference Category: Dictionaries
Description: Summaries only for Statements of Standards, Statements of Concepts, and Interpretations, etc. of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
Title: FINDarticles.COM Business/Finance Provider: LookSmart
Subject Heading/s: Business-Periodicals; Industry-Periodicals
LC Class: HF
Reference Category: Indexes
Description: LookSmart provides an index to and full text from over 100 business periodicals. Indexing from the Gale Group, 1998- .
Title: Forbes' Lists Provider: Forbes
Subject Heading/s: Corporations--United States; Biography
LC Class: HF
Reference Category: Directories
Description: Lists of the biggest, best, richest, etc. companies and people published by Forbes magazine.
Title: Franchise 500 Rankings Provider: Entrepreneur
Subject Heading/s: Franchises (Retail trade)
LC Class: HF5429.23
Reference Category: Directories
Description: "Click on Franchise Name, Description or Cost to sort the list . . . only those companies that have a U.S. or Alberta, Canada, disclosure document and whose information Entrepreneur verified from the disclosure documents are eligible to be ranked-giving us the top 500 franchises.
We consider numerous factors in our ranking, some of which are weighed more heavily than others. The most important ones include financial strength and stability, growth rate and size of the system. We also consider the number of years in business and length of time franchising, start-up costs, litigation, percentage of terminations and whether the company provides financing. "
Updated 3/20/2008
Title: Internet Marketing Dictionary Provider: Marketing Terms.com
Subject Heading/s: Internet marketing; Marketing
LC Class: HF
Reference Category: Dictionaries
Description: More of an (Internet Marketing) (Dictionary) than an (Internet) (Marketing Dictionary).
Title: Medicine and Madison Avenue Provider: Duke University Library
Subject Heading/s: Advertising-United States
LC Class: HF
Reference Category: Catalogs
Description: "A database of over 600 health-related advertisements printed in newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1958, as well as 35 selected historical documents relating to the creation and influence of health-related advertisements. Includes Instructor's and Student's Guides to provide ideas for use of the database in the classroom."
Title: NAICS/SIC Tables Provider: U.S. Census Bureau
Subject Heading/s: United States-Industries-Classification
LC Class: HF
Reference Category: Handbooks
Description: The 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC Correspondence Tables are designed to help make the transition to the newer North American Industry Classification System.
Title: Practical Guides [for Business] Provider: economist.com
Subject Heading/s: Business
LC Class: HF
Reference Category: Guides
Description: Guides to topics in Finance, Marketing, E-commerce, and Personnel with both British and U.S. versions available.
Title: Retail Online Glossary Provider: Prentice Hall
Subject Heading/s: Retail trade
LC Class: HF
Reference Category: Dictionaries
Description: Taken from Retail Management: A Strategic Approach, Seventh Edition, by Barry Berman and Joel R. Evans.
Title: Riley Guide Provider: Riley Guide
Subject Heading/s: Job hunting--United States; Resumes (Employment); Cover letters
LC Class: HF
Reference Category: Directories
Description: "The Riley Guide is a directory of employment and career information sources and services on the Internet. It is primarily intended to provide instruction for job seekers on how to use the Internet to their best advantage, but recruiters and other career service industry professional will find information here to help them also."
Contents includes: Prepare for a Job Search; Resumes & Cover Letters; Targeting & Researching Employers, etc.; Executing Your Job Search Campaign; Job Listings!; Networking, Interviewing, & Negotiating; and Salary Guides & Guidance.
Title: Standard Industrial Classification Provider: U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Subject Heading/s: United States--Industries--Classification
LC Class: HF
Reference Category: Handbooks
Description: This 1987 ed. is being phase out for the NAICS code, but SIC is still used by many data sources for searching by industry.