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Business Tools
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The following resources are helpful in researching information about tools to use in everyday business situations.
Catalog | Print | Indexes | Databases | Web sites
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I. Search our catalog:
Suggested subject words:
 Business - dictionaries,
Business etiquette
Commercial correspondence
When searching our catalog for New Jersey-related materials, use the New Jersey subject keyword index.
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II. Helpful Print Resources:
The Business Writer’s Handbook (7th Ed.). Alred, Gerald and Brusaw, Charles. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martins Press, c.2003.
Call #: R651.75 A451 Reference-Level 4
Concise Dictionary of Business Management (2nd Ed.). Statt, David. New York, NY: Rootledge, 1999.
Call #: R658.003 S797 Reference-Level 4
Financial Compound Interest and Annuity Tables (5th Ed.). Boston, MA: Financial Publishing Co., 1978.
Call #: R332.80212 F491.5 Reference-Level 4, Ask at the Reference Desk
Letitia Baldridge’s New Complete Guide to Executive Manners. New York, NY: Rawson Associates; Maxwell MacMillan International, c.1993.
Call #: R395.52 B178.2 Reference-Level 4
Link’s International Dictionary of Business Economics. Link, Albert. Chicago, IL: Probus Publishing Co., c. 1993.
Call #: R330.3 L756 Reference-Level 4
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Business Acronyms, Initials, and Abbreviations. Rosenberg, Jerry. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, c.1992.
Call #: R650.03 R813 Reference-Level 4
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III. Print Indexes
Business Periodical Index. Call #: R016.65 B979 Located on level 4.
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IV. Electronic Databases: subject listing and title listing
Suggested keywords: business acronyms, business dictionaries, business etiquette, business forms, and business letters.
A. Use to locate journal articles and essays:
B. Use to locate Annual Reports:
C. Use to locate company information:
D. Use to locate statistical information:
E. For information on Federal Business Opportunities:
F. Other business databases:
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V. Web sites
Calculators
- Business Calculators
- From the Library Spot calculators for office space, break-even analysis, currency conversion, and other financial calculators.
- Calculator's Online Center
- Part of Martindale's The Reference Desk includes links to over sixteen different types of financial calculator including compound interest, financial aid, mortgage loans and refinancing, net worth and retirement.
- Small Business Ratio Calculators
- Six assorted ratio calculators from the Bankrate.com site, including ones for debt to assets and gross profits .
Dictionaries and Glossaries
- Bernstein's Dictionary of Bankruptcy Terminology
- Definitions of commonly used bankruptcy terms.
- Business Dictionary
- Features term of the day, browsing by subject and a list of popular terms.
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- Business Glossary
- Over 1,200 words from the Washington Post. You will be asked to register to view the web page, but registration is free.
- Dictionary of Company Extensions Around the World
- Inc. and LLP are familiar extensions to Americans but what about OOD (used in Bulgaria for a limited liability company, privately held) or a PrC (used in Ireland for a Private Company limited by shares).
- Dictionary of Financial Terms
- Financial terms defined in an easy to understand way.
- Glossary and Acronyms-International Business
- International business glossary and acronyms from The Mauduit Group.
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- Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary
- Over 7,200 entries and 18,000 hyperlinks from a Duke business professor.
- InvestorWords
- 6,000 words and 20,000 links to related terms.
Etiquette
- Executive Planet
- Etiquette do's and don'ts for 35 countries which cover closing the deal, entertaining, making appointments, gift giving, conversation, dress, names and titles, and public behavior. A section on tips for women is included.
- Kiss, Bow or Shake Hands
- Articles on how to do business in sixty countries.
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Mailroom
- Free Zip Code Lookup
- Enter a zip code, city or city and state and find the county name and FIPS code, area code, time zone, latitude and longitude and MSA/PMSA .
- Pack Track
- Track packages from one of 54 carriers, including UPS and Fedex.
- Zip Code Lookup
- Find a zip by city, county or area code, or put in a zip code and find the corresponding area code.
Sample Letters and Templates
- Business Owner's Toolkit
- Model business documents, checklists, official government forms, spreadsheet templates.
- Letter Writing Desk
- Examples of business letters covering many topics.
- Sample Business Letters
- Promotional letters, employment letters, letters to debtors and creditors are all at this web site.
Travel
- Airline Website Directory
- Websites for international and domestic carriers.
- CDC - Traveler's Health
- General advice on eating and drinking in foreign countries along with specific advice for various destinations.
- The Currency Site
- Currency exchange for over 160 countries from 1990 to the present.
- Passport Services and Information
- From the U.S. Dept. of State how to apply for a passport, including a searchable database to find the closest passport application office.
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| Last updated: July 28, 2009 |
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