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Business Research Guides
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Research GuideAccounting & Auditing Resource Guide This guide provides resources for current accounting and auditing research and includes free and subscription resources that may be helpful for students or accounting and auditing professionals.- Date: 2019-09-28
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Research GuideAfrican Americans in Business and Entrepreneurship: A Resource Guide The history of African Americans in business has been shaped by institutional racism as well as inequities in education and opportunity. This guide provides access to a wide variety of primary and secondary sources to aid in the research of this topic.- Date: 2019-10-31
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Research GuideAfrican Business & Economic Resources This guide provides resources for researchers of African businesses and economies including economic history and current economic conditions that cover both entire regions and individual countries.- Date: 2023-06-22
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Research GuideAirlines & Commercial Aviation Research Guide This guide is useful for researching the history and current state of commercial aviation, including airplane manufacturing, airports, and cargo and passenger air transportation industries, along with relevant sources for statistics and regulations.- Date: 2022-10-27
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Research GuideAlcoholic Beverage Industry This guide focuses on the alcoholic beverage industry in the United States. While there is a strong emphasis on sources that help trace the history and development of the industry, we also include sources for those interested in the industry today.- Date: 2019-02-05
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Research GuideAmerican Firearms and Their Makers: A Research Guide This guide provides background and resources on the history of American firearms manufacturers and their guns, including Colt, Winchester, Remington, Parker, Smith & Wesson, Deringer, Savage, and Whitney, as well as to gun collecting and gun appraisal.- Date: 2020-02-05
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Research GuideArithmetic, Numeracy, Literacy & Imagination: A Research Guide This guide provides access to a wide variety of print and electronic resources related to the history of arithmetic and its business applications that are available at the Library of Congress.- Date: 2021-06-28
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Research GuideAutomotive Industry: A Research Guide This guide provides resources for researchers interested in the automotive industry covering the history, retail and car buying, company research and marketing strategies, industry associations, and regulations.- Date: 2021-01-07
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Research GuideBanking History: Central Banking and the Currency Question in the United States This guide focuses on the early U.S. currency and banking issues related to the “currency question” and the creation of a central bank, covering the 19th and early 20th centuries. It also provides an inventory of a pamphlet collection on these topics.- Date: 2024-06-01
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Research GuideBREXIT: Sources of Information In June 2016, British citizens voted to leave the European Union (EU) - this became known as BREXIT. This research guide provides sources for those doing research on the history of Great Britain's relationship with the EU and following current events.- Date: 2018-05-03
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Research GuideBRICS: Sources of Information This guide provides information sources for those researching the emerging national economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS).- Date: 2019-02-06
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Research GuideBusiness Booms, Busts, & Bubbles: A Resource Guide on Economic Manias & Crashes This research guide brings together background and resources on a few economic bubbles with a lasting impact like the South Sea Bubble, Tulip Mania, dot-com bubbles, and stock market crashes, as well as historical business cycles in general.- Date: 2021-05-17
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Research GuideBusiness History: A Resource Guide The resources included here will help those researching the history of American business, including industries, companies, and business leaders.- Date: 2019-04-24
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Research GuideBusiness Logistics and Supply Chain Management This is a guide to the literature about managing supply chains and technological innovations affecting business logistics.- Date: 2022-06-01
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Research GuideBusiness News Resources This guide lists major sources for current and historical news about businesses and industries which are available in the collections of the Library of Congress.- Date: 2022-10-21
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Research GuideBusiness of Beauty: A Resource Guide The beauty industry covers a wide range of products from cosmetics to skin care and everything in between. This guide covers this large and global business.- Date: 2018-11-08
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Research GuideColonies in America: Commerce, Business, and the Economy A guide for researchers interested in studying commerce and business during the Colonial period in the British, French, and Spanish colonies.- Date: 2018-06-23
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Research GuideCommodities: A Resource Guide Guide to locating information about commodities and commodities trade .- Date: 2022-07-06
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Research GuideCommunity Agricultural Programs & Urban Food Hubs This guide provides resources for understanding or establishing a community agricultural program or urban food hub, specifically looking at plant production issues, funding, greenhouses and hydroponics, and distribution.- Date: 2019-06-18
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Research GuideConsumer Advertising During the Great Depression: A Resource Guide This guide explores primary and secondary sources that examine the advertising industry from 1929 to 1933, including advertising agencies, consumer protection groups, and topical sources on gender, race, and radio in advertising.- Date: 2020-06-01
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Research GuideCorporate Annual Reports at the Library of Congress Annual reports provide a window into how a company presents itself to its investors and the public and describe corporate performance at a particular point in time. This guide presents indexes for the vast collection of these reports at the Library.- Date: 2020-03-26
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Research GuideCorporate Social Responsibility (CSR): A Resource Guide The discipline of CSR broadens the responsibility of businesses beyond their obligation to stockholders—to society and the environment. This research guide includes lists of historical resources, current standards, and company/facility information.- Date: 2019-07-01
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Research GuideCreative Ability in Business: A Guide to Selected Resources This guide provides a variety of resources in support of research on the topic of creative thinking and ability in business along with some practical tips for individuals and companies to improve creativity.- Date: 2018-07-24
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Research GuideDirectories By Address: Inventories of Library Collections There are directories that organize alphabetically and there are directories that organize by street address. The Library has both types, but this guide is primarily an inventory of directory collections where the directories are organized by address.- Date: 2020-01-28
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Research GuideDoing Company Research: A Resource Guide This guide provides ideas and strategies for researching companies, with a focus on more common sources that may be of use for those looking for information on companies that are active and for those looking for current information.- Date: 2018-07-09