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Business Tools

The following resources are helpful in researching information about tools to use in everyday business situations.

Catalog | Print | Indexes | Databases | Web sites

I. Search our catalog

Access our catalog here with the following suggested subject keywords:

Business - dictionaries
Business etiquette
Commercial correspondence

When searching our catalog for New Jersey-related materials, use the New Jersey subject keyword index.

II. Helpful Print Resources:

The Business Writer’s Handbook (7th Ed.). Alred, Gerald and Brusaw, Charles. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martins Press, c.2003.
Call #: R651.75 A451 Reference-Level 4

Concise Dictionary of Business Management (2nd Ed.). Statt, David. New York, NY: Rootledge, 1999.
Call #: R658.003 S797 Reference-Level 4

Financial Compound Interest and Annuity Tables (5th Ed.). Boston, MA: Financial Publishing Co., 1978.
Call #: R332.80212 F491.5 Reference-Level 4, Ask at the Reference Desk

Letitia Baldridge’s New Complete Guide to Executive Manners. New York, NY: Rawson Associates; Maxwell MacMillan International, c.1993.
Call #: R395.52 B178.2 Reference-Level 4

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Business Acronyms, Initials, and Abbreviations. Rosenberg, Jerry. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, c.1992.
Call #: R650.03 R813 Reference-Level 4

III. Print Indexes

Business Periodical Index. Call #: R016.65 B979 Located on level 4.

IV. Electronic Databases

Access our databases by subject listing and title listing.

Suggested keywords:

business acronyms
business dictionaries
business etiquette
business forms
and business letters.

Use to locate journal articles and essays:

ABI/Inform Global
Omnifile Full Text –Wilson database
Business and Company Resource Center
EbscoHost* – Choose by checking one or more of the following:
- Academic Search Premier
- Business Source Premier
- Regional Business News
- Master File Premier
- Newspaper Source

Use to locate Annual Reports:

Edgar Database of Corporate Information

Use to locate company information:

Other business databases:

V. Web sites

Calculators

Business Calculators: From the Library Spot calculators for office space, break-even analysis, currency conversion, and other financial calculators.
Calculator's Online Center: Part of Martindale's The Reference Desk includes links to over sixteen different types of financial calculator including compound interest, financial aid, mortgage loans and refinancing, net worth and retirement.
Small Business Ratio Calculators: Six assorted ratio calculators from the Bankrate.com site, including ones for debt to assets and gross profits.

Dictionaries and Glossaries

Bernstein's Dictionary of Bankruptcy Terminology: Definitions of commonly used bankruptcy terms.
Business Dictionary: Features term of the day, browsing by subject and a list of popular terms.
Business Glossary: Over 1,200 words from the Washington Post. You will be asked to register to view the web page, but registration is free.
Dictionary of Company Extensions Around the World: Inc. and LLP are familiar extensions to Americans but what about OOD (used in Bulgaria for a limited liability company, privately held) or a PrC (used in Ireland for a Private Company limited by shares).
Dictionary of Financial Terms: Financial terms defined in an easy to understand way.
Glossary and Acronyms-International Business: International business glossary and acronyms from The Mauduit Group.
Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary: Over 7,200 entries and 18,000 hyperlinks from a Duke business professor.
InvestorWords: 6,000 words and 20,000 links to related terms.

Etiquette

Executive Planet: Etiquette do's and don'ts for 35 countries which cover closing the deal, entertaining, making appointments, gift giving, conversation, dress, names and titles, and public behavior. A section on tips for women is included.
Kiss, Bow or Shake Hands: Articles on how to do business in sixty countries.

Mailroom

Free Zip Code Lookup: Enter a zip code, city or city and state and find the county name and FIPS code, area code, time zone, latitude and longitude and MSA/PMSA .
Pack Track: Track packages from one of 54 carriers, including UPS and Fedex.
Zip Code Lookup: Find a zip by city, county or area code, or put in a zip code and find the corresponding area code.

Sample Letters and Templates

Business Owner's Toolkit: Model business documents, checklists, official government forms, spreadsheet templates.
Letter Writing Desk: Examples of business letters covering many topics.
Sample Business Letters: Promotional letters, employment letters, letters to debtors and creditors are all at this web site.

Travel

Airline Website Directory: Websites for international and domestic carriers.
CDC - Traveler's Health: General advice on eating and drinking in foreign countries along with specific advice for various destinations.
The Currency Site: Currency exchange for over 160 countries from 1990 to the present.
Passport Services and Information: From the U.S. Dept. of State how to apply for a passport, including a searchable database to find the closest passport application office.