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Library research guide for MGNT 4800
International Management

This webpage is your guide to using the library to do research for your International Management course.

Questions? Problems?

If at any time you have general questions about the library or specific questions about library resources, please do not hesitate to stop by or call the Reference Desk (229-333-7149).

1. Reference Resources
2. Finding Books
3. Finding Journal Articles
4. World News Sources
5. Internet Resources

Reference Resources

 

Sources Covering Multiple Regions

• Craighead's International Business, Travel and Relocation Guide to 90 Countries
  [REF] HF5549.5 .E45 c73 2004-2005
  Gives detailed information on trade law, work ethics, unions, minimum wage, advertising, business customs, etc.
  
• International Encyclopedia of Business and Management [REF] HF1001 .I53 1996
  A six-volume set containing country-specific information about management. Volume 6 is the Index. You can use the Index to look up information on your country
  • by the country name
    or
  • under the entry for management by location.
    
• Dun & Bradstreet's Guide to Doing Business Around the World
  [REF] HF1416 .M78 2001-- Ask at the Reference Desk
  
• Foreign Labor Trends and Their Implications for the U.S.
  [REF] HD4811 .F6
  
• Guide to International Business Transactions, 2005-2006. (Andrew S. Ostapski)
  Not Available in Library -- Try the bookstore. This text is required in some sessions of MGNT 4800.
  
• Guide to Working Abroad
  [REF] HF5549.5.E45 G64 2000
  
• Political Handbook of the World
  [REF] JF37 .P6 -- Ask at Reference Desk
  
• Risk: A Country-By-Country Guide
  [REF] HD61 .R57 2001
  Topics covered for each country include: risk assessment, assets, weaknesses, market overview, attitude towards foreign investors, imports and exports.
  
• World Factbook
  [REF] G122 .U56a
  Basic country profiles from the CIA.

Sources by Region or Continent

Africa

• Africa 2002 [REF] DT1 .A37 2002

Americas: North and South

• World Trade Press Country Business Guides
  [REF] HD62.4 .W67 no.1-8
  Detailed information concerning trade law, trade shows, hot items, business etiquette, etc. Countries available: Argentina and Mexico
  
• Consumer Latin America
  [REF] HC130 .C6 C67 2000
  Primarily a statistical source. Demographics, economic and cultural indicators, product sales statistics, etc., arranged by country.

Asia

• World Trade Press Country Business Guides
  [REF] HD62.4 .W67 no.1-8
  Detailed information concerning trade law, trade shows, hot items, business etiquette, etc. Countries available: China, Korea, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan.
  
• Consumer Asia [REF] HC411 .C66 2000
  Primarily a statistical source. Demographics, economic and cultural indicators, product sales statistics, etc., arranged by country.
  
• Southeast Asia: Regional Handbook of Economic Development [REF] HC441 .S68 2001
  
• Hong Kong Business [REF] HC470.3 H6655 1994
  
• India: Regional Handbook of Economic Development
  [REF] HC435.2 .I5327 1997
  
• Japan: Regional Handbook of Economic Development
  HC462.9 .J3195 1998 (3rd Floor)
  
• Singapore Business [REF] HC445.8 .S543 1994

Europe and the Former Soviet Republics

• Europa Year Book
  [REF] JN1 .E85 -- Ask at Reference Desk
  
• Setting Up a Business in Europe
  [REF] HD2346 .E85 M6713 1999
  Sections for each country include: labor law, key statistics, legal forms, and investment incentives.
  
• Central and Eastern Europe: Regional Handbook of Economic Development
  [REF] HC244 .C3695 1999
  
• CIS: Regional Handbook of Economic Development (former Soviet republics)
  [REF] HC336.27 .C58 1999
  
• Doing Business in Azerbaijan
  [REF] HC415.18 .D65 2000
  
• Doing Business in Croatia
  [REF] HG5688.A3 D65 1998
  
• Doing Business with the Czech Republic
  [REF] HG5470.3.A3 D64 2001
  
• Doing Business with France
  [REF] HG5472 .D64 1998
  
• Doing Business with Germany
  [REF] HG5495 .D64 1999
  
• Doing Business in Poland
  [REF] HG5587 .D65 2000
  
• Doing Business in Romania
  [REF] HF3747 .D65 1999
  
• Doing Business in Russia and the NIS
  Y 4.SE 2:R 92/5 (Government Documents)
  
• Doing Business in Spain
  [REF] HF3687 .D65 2001

Middle East

• Consumer Middle East
  [REF] HC415.15 .Z9 1999
  Primarily a statistical source. Demographics, economic and cultural indicators, product sales statistics, etc., arranged by country.
  
• Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East
  [REF] DS43 .E53 1996

Do's and Don'ts: Etiquette

• Dictionary of Worldwide Gestures
  [REF] PN4165 .B37 1997
  
• Do's and Taboos Around the World
  [REF] HF5387 .D66 1990
  
• Do's and Taboos Around the World for Women in Business
  [IMC] Voc.Ed. Wiley 1997
  
• Global Etiquette Guide to Asia
  [REF] BJ1838 .F67 2000
  
• Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands: How to Do Business in Sixty Countries
  [REF] BF5389 .M67 1994 -- Ask at Reference Desk
  
• A Short Course in International Business Culture
  [REF] HD58.7 .M567 2000
  
• Multicultural Manners
  [REF] BJ1838 .D74 1996
  
• See also the many books published by the Intercultural Press

Other Aspects of Culture

• Dictionary of Languages
  [REF] P371 .D35 1998
  
• Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
  [REF] GT2850 .E53 2003
  
• Encyclopedia of Religion
  [REF] BL31 .E46 1987
  
• Encyclopedia of World Sport
  [REF] GV567 .E56 1996
  
• Garland Encyclopedia of World Music
  [REF] ML100 .G16 1998
  
• Geo-data: The World Geographical Encyclopedia
  [REF] G103.5 .K87 1989
  
• Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide
  [REF] HQ1115 .G74 2003
  
• World Directory of Minorities
  [REF] HM201 .W67 1989
  
• World Music: The Rough Guide
  [REF] ML102.W67 W67 1999
  
• Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life
  [REF] GN333 .W67 1998
  
• You are Cordially Invited to Weddings : Dating & Love Customs of Cultures Worldwide
  [REF] GT2690 .M67 1999

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Finding Books

To search for books that you can find at Odum Library, use the Online Catalog, available from the Library's main webpage.

• Try a subject search.
  1. Click on .
  2. Type your subject into the search box. Relevant subjects include: corporate culture business etiquette comparative management foreign economic conditions
  3. Click in the circle next to Subject Headings.

  
  

• Try a command search.
  1. Click on .
  2. Type your topic into the search box. Try combining terms, and be sure to put quotes around phrases:
     • mexico and "international business"
     • india and commerce
     • japan and "corporate management"
     • china and business and culture
  3. Click in the circle next to Command.
• Check for maps, illustrations and charts. These can be reproduced in color and enlarged in the Library's Media Center.

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Finding Journal Articles

Accessing GALILEO

To search for articles, use GALILEO, a collection of over 200 databases. Click on the GALILEO tab at the top of the library's webpage.

If you are accessing GALILEO from off-campus, you will need "anywhere access." See the instruction page for options and directions.

Suggested Databases

You can try the Business & Economics subject category, or click on the Databases A to Z button to get a list of all the GALILEO databases.

Recommended databases for international business and management topics include:

• ABI Inform Complete: includes some full-text articles
• Business Source Premier: includes some full-text articles
• Academic Search Premier: includes some full-text articles
• Lexis-Nexis: includes full-text, also a good source of international news
• Research Library: includes some full-text articles

  In addition, consider searching social science databases (e.g., Communication and Mass Media Complete for intercultural communication issues).
  

Search Tips

• Try various combinations of terms:
  • management and culture and france
  • business etiquette and australia
  • management styles and singapore
  • corporate culture and canada
  • trade and thailand
• Look at the subject headings or descriptors that are assigned to each article. In most databases, these headings are hypertext links you can click on for additional articles on your topic.
• In Lexis-Nexis, try the Business and Reference sections. In the Reference section, choose Country Profiles.

How to Find Out if Odum Library has a Particular Journal

Odum Library does not subscribe to all the journals and magazines that you come across in the databases. To find out if the library has a specific journal, use the Quick Search "Journals" tab. The top box will check online availablility, the bottom box will check whether it is available in print. In both cases, be sure to enter the name of the journal, not the title of the article.

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World News Sources

 

BBC News

CNN

• CNN.com International- Business News
• CNN World News

LexisNexis Academic, World News: GALILEO database containing full text news sources

Mondo Times Media directory.

World News Network International news aggregator

Google News: Type your country into the search box and click on .

You can also sign up for Google News Alerts, which are "emails automatically sent to you by Google when there's news about a topic of interest to you. You specify words likely to appear in articles about your topic and Google finds and delivers the news to you as it appears online."

To set up a Google Alert, go to the Google News-World page and click on News Alerts in the left-hand column. Then you can type in your country name and email address.

A view of Google News, World Channel.

Setting-up a News Alert.

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Internet Resources

• Doing Business Database providing objective measures of the cost of doing business in a country. From the World Bank.
• Foreign Embassies of Washington, D.C.
• General Country Overviews
  • Background Notes: Country surveys produced by the U.S. State Department.
  • Country Studies Book-length studies of nearly 100 countries. Covers history, society, government, economy, etc. Some reports are dated.
    • Many of the studies include chapters on international economic relations and foreign trade.
    • Each study has a search engine. Try searching for foreign trade, management, or domestic economy.
  • World Factbook: Basic country profiles from the CIA.
• Country Commercial Guides (CCG) Country Commercial Guides (CCG's) are prepared annually by U.S. embassies with the assistance of several U.S. government agencies. These reports present a comprehensive look at countries' commercial environments, using economic, political and market analysis. Most guides have sections on major economic trends, marketing U.S. products and services, business customs, and investment climate.

  To use this service, you have to set up an account, which is free.

• International Trade
  • Export.gov This site includes some country informatioin, but the focus is on exporting.
  • FITA International Trade Web Resources More than 7000 links to International Trade / Import-Export Web sites are annotated and indexed. You do need to register (for free) to use this web resource.
  • Georgia International Directory: a database of international contacts in Georgia. Sponsored by GlobalAtlanta, to whose email newsletter you can subscribe.

     

• International Business Etiquette Internet Sourcebook
• Portals to International Information
  • globalEDGE International Business Resource Desk compiled by Michigan State University's Center for International Business Education Reserach
  • Portals to the World By the Library of Congresss. "[C]ontains selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world." Arrangement is by country then broad subject area.

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