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Periodical Databases Back to Top
Bengal Central Search - Business 
Associates Programs Source
Journals and magazines covering a wide range of programs of technical study in the sciences, arts, and social sciences. Provided by SUNYConnect.
Business and Company Resource Center
Company and industry information along with scholarly and general business periodicals.
Business Source Complete
Full-text articles from scholarly and general business periodicals. Provided by SUNYConnect.
Emerald Fulltext
Business and management journals.
JSTOR
Archive of back issues from scholarly journals in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences.
LexisNexis Academic
News, business, legal, and reference information from periodicals, wire service reports, news broadcasts, and more.
Regional Business News
Full-text regional business publications and newswires from around the world.
Sage Premier (Sage Journals Online)
Over 450 scholarly journals in the social sciences, humanities, and health.
ScienceDirect
Journals in the fields of science, technology, medicine, and social sciences from Elsevier Science and other publishers.
Vocational and Career Collection
Trade and industry-related periodicals. Provided by SUNYConnect.
Wall Street Journal (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
Searchable database of full-text articles from the Wall Street Journal (1889 - 1992).
Web of Science
Search for citations to scholarly journal articles in all subject areas. Conduct cited reference searches for articles that cite a previously published work. (1970 - present)
Reference Back to Top
Reference Books: Business
An active catalog link for reference books in this subject. Reference books are located in the Information Commons room (map).
A to Z Maps Online
Thousands of proprietary, royalty-free world, continent, country, and state maps. Includes political, physical, outline, population, precipitation, climate, and other thematic maps.
Business and Management: Sage eReference
Academic encyclopedias and reference books.
Business: Encyclopedias (Gale Virtual Reference Library)
Academic encyclopedias and reference sources.
Company Dossiers from LexisNexis Academic
Summary and financial information about companies, with some stock information and current news items included. Searchable by company name, ticker symbol, and more.
Company Profiles from Business Source Complete
In-depth reports on over 17,000 domestic and global companies, prepared by Datamonitor and Life Science Analytics.
Company Profiles from LexisNexis Academic
Directory-style listings about U.S. public and private companies, and international companies. Searchable by company name, ticker symbol, and more.
Economics and Business: Oxford Reference Online
Academic dictionaries and reference books.
Global Road Warrior
Information about all countries of the world. Includes topics such as business culture, society and culture, communications, travel essentials, climate, maps, essential terms, and much more.
Hoover's
Information on more than 12 million U. S. and non-U. S. companies, industries, and executives.
Industry Profiles from Business Source Complete
Over 17,000 industry reports prepared by Datamonitor and Icon Group International.
Morningstar Investment Research Center (On-campus access)
Research on over 20,000 stocks and mutual funds. Click here for off-campus access.
SWOT Analyses from Business Source Complete
Over 3,000 reports prepared by Datamonitor, analizing company strengths, weaknesses, opportunities for improvement, and threats.
A.M. Best Insurance Ratings
Ratings for more than 6,000 property, life, casualty and health insurance companies from highly respected A.M. Best service.
American Factfinder
A quick entry into U.S. Census information, with Fact Sheets available for cities/towns, zip codes, counties, and states, including population, housing, economic, and geographic data.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Web page of this Federal government bureau offers online statistics for inflation, unemployment, consumer prices, consumer spending, earnings, and much more.
Business and Industry (U.S. Census Bureau)
Provides links to a plethora of business and economics statistics sources from the Federal government.
Consumer Price Index
Web site of monthly government data on consumer prices.
Country Reports from Business Source Complete
Over 1,500 reports outlining business and economic conditions in many countries.
Economagic: Economic Time Series Page
A collection of over 200,000 free, easily available economic time series data files useful for economic research, primarily on U.S. economics topics. Includes text data, PDF charts, Excel spreadsheets.
Faulkner's Advisory for Information Technologies Studies
Specialized reports, technology tutorials, product reviews, and more covering many aspects of information technology.
Faulkner's Security Management Practices
Specialized reports on many aspects of security: electronic, personnel, physical, and information technology.
Federal Economic Indicators
The monthly government publication Economic Indicators, January 1998 to present. Many charts, tables, and statistics.
Financial Services Fact Book
Data on the financial services industries: insurance, banking, mortgage, securities, and financial companies. The charts and graphs are listed in approximately 12 broad categories, and sources are cited. Provided by the Insurance Information Institute and the Financial Services Roundtable.
International Financial Statistics
Financial statistics from the International Monetary Fund covering over 200 countries.
Market Research Reports from Business Source Complete
Over 2,000 market research reports arranged in 12 broad topic areas.
New York State Data Center
Statistics on New York State. Home page includes the section "Commonly Requested Data about New York State." Additional menu options feature links to New York State Population and Housing Data, Economic Data, and more. Hosted by the Empire State Development Office.
New York State Labor Statistics
Statistics from the NY State Dept. of Labor.
North American Industry Classification System
Search for NAICS (formerly SIC) codes by keyword, and compare SIC codes with NAICS codes (adopted in 1997 in U.S. and Canada, 1998 in Mexico).
O*NET Online
Information and standardized descriptions on many occupations including requirements and skills needed, wage data, and beyond. Also features a skills search module, helping job seekers match their skills with potential occupations. O Net Online is part of O*NET Resource Center.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Essays and Information about careers and jobs.
Regional Knowledge Network
Data, maps, and statistics about Western New York and Southern Ontario, from the University at Buffalo's Regional Institute.
Standard Occupational Classification
The system used by Federal statistical agencies to classify workers into occupational categories. All workers are classified into one of over 820 occupations according to their occupational definition.
Web Sites Back to Top
Bloomberg
Comprehensive business and finance site with up-to-the minute news and information.
Brint.com
A network for business and technology professionals with information on electronic commerce, knowledge management, intranets, virtual corporations and more.
CEOExpress
A guide to hundreds of business Web sites with links to business news, statistics, investment information, real estate, and much more.
CNN/Money
A source for business news and personal finance information from the editors at MONEY magazine and the CNN television network.
CorporateInformation
Corporate profiles for private and public companies in approximately 100 countries world-wide.
Films On Demand 
Over 5,000 academic-level educational streaming videos covering most subject areas, from Films Media Group.
Fora TV
FORA.tv helps intelligent, engaged audiences get smart. Our users find, enjoy, and share videos about the people, issues, and ideas changing the world.
Fortune
Link to listed companies or access other Fortune lists such as 100 Fastest Growing, Best for Minorities, Global 500, and more.
Kompass International
This worldwide directory provides brief listings of over a million and a half manufacturing companies in over 70 countries.
Librarians' Internet Index: Business
Search the index or browse through this section with categories including advertising, affirmative action, and marketing.
netLibrary
Search the contents of thousands of books online.
Patent and Trademark Office
Federal government Web site includes searchable database for patents and trademarks.
U.S. Treasury Department
Official site of this U.S. government agency. Divided into topic areas such as: economy, financial markets, international, taxes, and illilcit finance.
Yahoo! Finance
Find retrospective stock quotes and create customized tables which can be downloaded to spreadsheet format.
Government Resources Back to Top
New York State Department of Labor
This department administers the unemployment insurance program, works with the private and public sector to create job opportunities, enforces the State labor laws, and provides data on the labor market.
Small Business Administration
This award-winning site provides information on starting and financing a small business as well as a wealth of SBA publications through the "Online Library."
United States Department of Labor
The U.S. Department of Labor is charged with preparing the American workplace for new and better jobs and administering and enforcing work-related federal statistics. Agencies within DOL include OSHA, whose mission is to protect the health of America's workers, and Bureau of Labor Statistics, whose Web site provides links to the Occupational Outlook Handbook.
Local Resources Back to Top
Business Department at Buffalo State
Buffalo Niagara Partnership
A regional chamber of commerce for the Niagara marketplace, the Partnership's mission is to expand private sector jobs and investments for the eight counties of Western New York and the Southern peninsula of Ontario, Canada.
Made in Buffalo: Buffalo, NY Business History on the Web
Links to Buffalo's recorded commercial and industrial history.
Small Business Development Center
The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Buffalo State College provides management and technical assistance to start-up and existing small businesses throughout Erie County and the Niagara Frontier.
Professional Organizations Back to Top
American Accounting Association
American Business Women's Association
Marketing Research Association
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