Business, Commerce, Economy : Guam

A listing of web sites that provide links to resources relating to Business, Commerce and Economy in the U.S. Territory of Guam Readers may wish to consult the Library of Congress' Business Reference Services (http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/business/) site, a useful starting point for conducting research in all major business subjects, including industry information, commerce, statistics, banking, insurance, economics, finance, investment, and marketing. Note especially their page on Multi-Regional Internet Business Resources. The wealth of published books available on this subject exceeds the offerings of the online materials on the World Wide Web. Libraries, and in particular The Library of Congress Online Catalog, offers a wide bibliography of such published works on Business subjects. One need only search the appropriate Library of Congress Subject Heading with the relevant country. The Business Reading Room web page offers an example of such subject headings combined with History at : http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/guide/sharp13.html#heading. The most important source for bibliography of books and articles concerning Guam is the annual Handbook of Latin American Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/) produced by over 130 contributing editors under the editorship of the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. Additional coverage of journal articles can be found through a subscription to the Hispanic American Periodical Index (http://hapi.gseis.ucla.edu/).   Both the Handbook and HAPI are available in selected libraries in book form.  

GUAM 2001  (http://workmall.com/wfb2001/guam/)
Photius Coutsoukis provides a 2001 profile of Guam, a territory of the United States. The profile includes information about the geography, population, economy, government, leaders, military, transportation, communications, and international issues of the territory. This information was obtained from the 2001 U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) World Factbook. Links to Web sites that offer maps and images of the flag of the territory are available.

GUAM: PROFILE  (http://www.worldinformation.com/World/Oceania/Guam/profile.asp?country=671)
World of Information presents a profile of Guam, which is an overseas territory of the United States. This profile provides information on such topics as the island's history, political structure, population, media, economy, agricultural production, and more. World of Information includes current foreign exchange rates for the U.S. dollar, the official currency used on the island.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU: U.S. CENSUS 2000: CENSUS BLOCK RELATIONSHIP FILES  (http://www.census.gov/geo/www/relate/rel%5Fblk.html)
The Bureau of the Census of the U.S. Department of Commerce presents the Census 2000 Block Relationship files online. The files are meant as a tool to help data users compare the universe of 1990 census blocks to the universe of Census 2000 blocks. The Census 2000 Block Relationship files were created for the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the island areas of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.