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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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.
-
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
taller numbers and websites
- Numbers 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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Business
- dictionaries, 