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International Business Assignment


US Department of Commerce's Survey of Current Business
Available online at - http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/pubs.htm

CIA's World Factbook
Available online at - http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

US Department of State's Background Notes
Available online at - http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes/

World Bank's World Development Report
Available online at - http://www.worldbank.org/wdr/

UN's Commodity Trade Statistics
Unavailable except to United Nations depositories. Students will NOT be able to use this resource.

US Department of Commerce's National Trade Data Bank
Available via the NTDB database in the Reference Department -- go to the Reference Desk and ask to be logged on. Also available on CDROM in the Government Documents Department of the library, 2nd floor, call number [C 1.88:]. For assistance using the CDROM, please speak with the Government Documents staff.

IMF's Balance of Payments Statistics
Available online at - http://www.imf.org/external/bopage/topics.htm
**Instructions: Select "search title only." In the search form provided, type "balance of trade statistics" and click on "search." Select the first result.

IMF's International Financial Statistics
The most recent issues of this journal are available in print in the library on the 2nd floor in Current Periodicals. Issues older than May 2001 are available in print in the library on the 1st floor in Bound Periodicals. If students can't locate this particular item, they should ask for help at the Reference Desk.

IMF's Direction of Trade Statistics
The library does NOT carry this publication. Students will NOT be able to use this resource.


More International Business resources can be found at http://www7.tamu-commerce.edu/libref/i-business.htm


James G. Gee Library, Texas A & M University - Commerce
go to: Business Resources Online - Main Page, Reference Department
designed by: Catherine Collins, Business Reference Librarian
last updated: June 26, 2003