Business Research Sources, a Reference Navigator
by F. Patrick Butler

This valuable e-book, authored by a seasoned business professor and originally published by McGraw-Hill, is freely accessible online and a significant aid to researchers. It is composed of 50 chapters and over 100 classic business reference sources.

"The problem for anyone doing research in the Information Age is not a lack of information, but rather how to target the information required for a particular project and how to get to it quickly. That's what this book accomplishes."
IRVING R. LEVINE
former Chief Economics Correspondent for NBC News

Tot 10 Business Research Sources

  1. RMA Risk Management Association (formerly named Robert Morris Associates): Annual Statement Studies
  2. Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios
  3. Journal of Advertising Research
  4. Business Periodicals Index
  5. Small Business Sourcebook
  6. Business & the Contemporary World -now called Global Outlook-
  7. Hoover´s Handbook
  8. Standard & Poor´s / Industry Surveys
  9. Business Information
  10. Encyclopedia of Business Information Resources

Prof. Butler's Top 5 Reccommended Business Resources

  1. RMA Risk Management Association (formerly named Robert Morris Associates): Annual Statement Studies
  2. Hoover´s Handbook of World Business
  3. Standard & Poor´s Corporation Records
  4. The Standard Directory of Advertising Agencies
  5. Business Periodicals Index
  6. Standard & Poor´s


Business Research Sources, a Reference Navigator

Browse Business Research Sources
by section

  1. General Concepts about Business Reference Books
  2. General Business Reference Sources
  3. Directories, Almanacs, Periodicals, Indexes, and Encyclopedias
  4. Computer Databases and Vendors
  5. Statistics, Demographics, and Consumerism
  6. Governmental Affairs and Nongovernmental Organizations
  7. The Organizational Functions
  8. International References

F. Patrick Butler, author

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F. Patrick Butler

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