Library Research Guides: Institute for International Business (Summer 2019): Business is Global

Background and Doing Business

Library Resources:

GlobeSmart
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GlobeSmart is a web-based tool that provides quick and easy access to extensive knowledge on how to conduct business effectively with people from 65 countries around the world.

To access Globesmart, choose "Register here" from the log-in screen and use your @iu.edu or @indiana.edu e-mail address to create and register your account.

HF5389 .M67 2006, Business/SPEA Information Commons, Reference Desk

MarketLine Advantage
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Each country profile includes a description of the country's economic performance and GDP, an assessment of its potential for development, and detailed market and industry analysis of the country's business environment.
Passport GMID (Global Market Information Database)
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A library database that provides in-depth country, industry, and consumer data and reports, including forecasts.

The Global Market Information Database (GMID) offers business intelligence reports on countries, companies, markets and consumers; it covers over 350 markets and 207 countries.

Web Resources:

The Doing Business Project provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 189 economies and selected cities at the subnational and regional level.

• GlobalEdge

Your source for statistical data for 201 countries around the world. Find out more about their history, economy and political conditions.

• Nationmaster

NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from hundreds of sources.

Food & Handicraft Research

Library Resources:

Access World News
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Electronic access to large and small international newspapers.

Source types include print and online-only newspapers, blogs, newswires, journals, broadcast transcripts and videos. Offers coverage at local, regional, national and international levels. Covers a range of disciplines, including political science, journalism, English, history, environmental studies, sociology, economics, education, business, health, and social sciences. Enables researchers to track subjects geographically and over time, analyze trends and statistics.
OneSearch@IU
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Search Tips:

When using this type of index, you will need to type in a combination of keywords or search terms separated by "AND" or "OR" (consult the "Search Tips" tab in the IUB Libraries' Essentials of Research guide for more information about effective searching). Below are some suggested searches that will help you locate information for food/handicrafts by country:

food and country name*
cookery and country name*
("snack food" or "snack foods") and country name*
breakfast (or other name) and country name*
(candy or confectionery) and country name*

NOTE: country name* = Istanbul or Ankara or Kenya or Beijing or Hong Kong or Tanzania; can substitute the keyword handicraft(s) or craft(s) in the above searches if that is the focus.

Free Resources:

• Rough Guides

Rough Guides is a travel and guidebook publisher that covers more than 200 destinations. The website includes information on each country's eating and drinking habits as well as a "snack" section. There is also information on shopping and crafts.

Country Language, Culture, Etiquette & Proverbs

Library Resources:

Encyclopaedia Brittanica
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The online equivalent of the printed Encyclopædia Britannica and more. A fully searchable and browsable collection of authoritative references, including Britannica's latest article database, hundreds of recent articles not found in the print Britannica.
GlobeSmart
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GlobeSmart is a web-based tool that provides quick and easy access to extensive knowledge on how to conduct business effectively with people from 65 countries around the world

To access Globesmart, choose "Register here" from the log-in screen and use your @iu.edu or @indiana.edu e-mail address to create and register your account.

Web Resources:

• CIA World Factbook

The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.

• Clearly Culture

A blog that provides the latest updates on cross-cultural communication.

• Executive Plane

Provides valuable tips on business etiquette, customs, and protocol for doing business worldwide.

• Kwintessential Global Etiquette

Fact guides showcasing country culture, customs, manners, etiquette, and values.

• Proverbs:

General Library Resources

• IUB Libraries Website

Use the "Research" tab to find databases by subject/discipline. The Business subject page has a curated list of business databases, or consult the A-Z Database link for a list of all the Indiana University Bloomington subscription databases. These resources must be accessed through the Libraries website or portals like this guide.

IUCAT Online Library Catalog
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Search for books on your topic owned by the IUB Libraries. Use the Finding Books guide for tips on how to search and use this resource.
OneSearch@IU
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Search across thousands of publications (many will not be retrieved in a Google search!) for background information. Use the Database Search Tips for how to effectively search this resource.

• Business/SPEA Citation Guide

Examples of how to cite business information in both MLA and APA citation formats.

Institute for International Business (Summer 2019)

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Background and Doing Business

Food & Handicraft Research

Country Language, Culture, Etiquette & Proverbs

General Library Resources

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