ASD Libraries: International Business: Interview Project

Subscription Databases

A to Z Databases
This link will take you to all of the databases that the ASD libraries subscribe to. For login information, see the secure document below.
ASD Databases Login Information
You must be signed in to your ASD account to view these passwords.

These subscription sources will have economics articles.

New York Times - School Pass This link opens in a new window
Use this link to set up your access to ASD's New York Times subscription.
Financial Times - Create Account This link opens in a new window
Use this link to create your Financial Times account.
Proquest This link opens in a new window
A large, multi-subject database. Citations export directly into Noodletools.

Google Hacks - country domains

Find websites that originate from different countries by including their country domain in your Google search.

For example, to find sites that originated in the UAE, add this to your search:

site:.ae

To find sites from the UAE government, add this to your search:

site:gov.ae

To find publications from the UAE government, add this to your search:

site:gov.ae .pdf

Internet country domains list
This site lists all countries' top level domains.
Refine Web Searches

Useful economics news websites

Search for Books

Destiny Library Catalog
Look for library books related to your topic. When you get to the catalog, don't forget to sign in!
Sora
Follow this link or download the SoraApp to access the library's ebook collection. Sign in with Google.

Digital Magazines

These magazines are available through the Sora app. Look for back issues as well.

Sora Magazines
Follow this link or download the SoraApp to access the library's digital magazine collection. Sign in with Google.
Business and Finance Magazines
Find current and back issues of these business and finance magazines.
The Economist
Entrepreneur Magazine
Money Magazine
Kiplinger's Personal Finance

Sample Interviews

The many faces of an entrepreneur: Q&A with Badr Jafar
Laughter Is A Powerful Tool For Happiness and Positivity – Anju Shahani
From Business Magazine UAE

Industry Rankings

Top 50 Companies in UAE
From Forbes Middle East
UAE 50 2023
The annual report on the most valuable and strongest United Arab Emirate brands
February 2023
The Middle East's Top 100 Listed Companies 2023
From Forbes Middle East

Library Lessons

Noodletools

Noodletools This link opens in a new window
NoodleTools is an online research management platform that helps you evaluate information, build accurate citations, archive source material, take notes, outline topics, and prepare to write. Sign in with Google.

Noodletools Help
This guide will answer all of your questions about how to use Noodletools.

Open Access Economics and Statistics Databases

arXiv.org
Sponsored by Cornell University. arXiv is a free distribution service and an open-access archive for 1,669,910 scholarly articles in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical engineering and systems science, and economics.
ECONBIZ
Journals, Working Papers & Conferences
in Business Studies and Economics
Federal Reserve - Economic Research and Data
"The Federal Reserve System is the central bank of the United States."

Gapminder This link opens in a new window
"Gapminder is an independent Swedish foundation with no political, religious or economic affiliations. Gapminder fights devastating misconceptions and promotes a fact-based worldview everyone can understand."

IMF Data
"Access to macroeconomic and financial data"
IMF eLibrary
"The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) eLibrary simplifies analysis and research with direct access to the IMF’s periodicals, books, working papers and studies, and data and statistical tools. You will find information and perspective on macroeconomics, globalization, development, trade and aid, technical assistance, demographics, emerging markets, policy advice, poverty reduction, and so much more."
NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research
"Conducting and disseminating non-partisan economic research"
OECD Data
"Find, compare and share the latest OECD data: charts, maps, tables and related publications …"
Treasury Direct (US)
"The reports section of the Government site contains all the reports by program area, and the detailed data on the public debt and interest reports."
Wiley Open Access Journals
"Wiley Open Access publishes authoritative peer reviewed open access journals across many research disciplines."
The World Bank - Data Catalog
"The Data Catalog is designed to make World Bank's development data easy to find, download, use, and share. It includes data from the World Bank's microdata, finances and energy data platforms, as well as datasets from the open data catalog…"
The World Bank - DataBank
"DataBank is an analysis and visualisation tool that contains collections of time series data on a variety of topics. You can create your own queries; generate tables, charts, and maps; and easily save, embed, and share them."
WTO Economic Research
"The WTO provides analysis and data on economic and trade policy issues, with the aim of deepening understanding about trends in trade and the multilateral trading system. This page provides access to WTO research, databases, publications, webinars and information on cooperation with other organizations."
UN Data
"The United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database (UN Comtrade) stores more than 1 billion trade data records from 1962. Over 140 reporter countries provide the United Nations Statistics Division with their annual international trade statistics detailed by commodities and partner countries. These data are subsequently transformed into the United Nations Statistics Division standard format with consistent coding and valuation using the UN/OECD CoprA internal processing system."
United Nations - Statistics Division
"The United Nations Statistics Division is committed to the advancement of the global statistical system. We compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries' efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems. We facilitate the coordination of international statistical activities and support the functioning of the United Nations Statistical Commission as the apex entity of the global statistical system."

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Libguide Creator

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Linda Hoiseth

High School Librarian

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