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Today's Business News

The New York Times - Business - Log into The New York Times from the College Libraries databases page.

The Wall Street Journal - Searchable from ABI Inform database (requires College username/password for log in).

The AMA Dictionary of Business and Management.
What is the Pacman Defense?
Who was Wilfredo Pareto and what is the rule named after him?

Find the answers in the 2013 dictionary from the American Management Association. With over 300 pages, the dictionary covers terminology from all areas of business, including economic, legal and management. It includes buzzwords, acronyms, concepts, theories, people and performance indicators. Once you click to “Read Online,” you can find relevant pages using the search feature along the left margin.
The A to Z of Economics (The Economist)
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Business and Management
38 (freely accessible) topics are covered, for example:
Governance in Digital Open Innovation Platforms
and
Transaction Cost Economics as a Theory of the Firm, Management, and Governance
Financial Terms Glossary
This glossary has very basic terms with simple explanations.

Reference Solutions- Data Axel (formerly Reference USA) This link opens in a new window
Data Axle Reference Solutions contains 7 business databases (U.S. and Canadian) and 4 consumer databases. In contrast to Nexis Uni Company Dossier (above), Reference Solutions includes both private and publicly-held companies.

Information about a company may include: Contacts, News, Analysis, SEC Filings, Industry or Conceptual information. More than 50 demographic filters can be used.
For U.S. businesses, there is a QUICK SEARCH. See the link below.

If you need help with your business research, options are available:

Stop by the Library Reference Desk, at any of the three campuses.
Contact a reference librarian using the Library Chat Service - libguides.ucc.edu
Call one of our libraries--

Cranford - MacKay Library 908-709-7623

Elizabeth - Kellogg Library 908-965-6075

Plainfield - Campus Library 908-412-3545