Elizabeth Stephan Librarian for the College of Business and Economics
CBE Reference hours:
CBE Office PH45/45B
Oct 13 - Dec 2
Tuesday 1:30-3:30
Wednesday 9:30-11:30
Library Office:
Haggard Hall 226
Phone: 360-650-2061
Email: Elizabeth Stephan
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Find Books and more in our Library Use the Library Catalog to locate materials within our collection. The Library Catalog provides location, call number and bibliographic information for the books, journals, newspapers, selected government documents, microforms and other media, as well as online or electronic resources owned or accessed by the Western Libraries.
Subject Headings Books and other resources can be found in the Western libary catalog or the Summit catalog by searching by subject. Please use the following Library of Congress subject headings:
PR Newswire / Prnewswire.com Choose the Industry & Markets tab and browse the latest Industry News in the following industries: Auto & Transportation, Banking & Financial Services, Energy, Entertainment & Media, Health, Retail, Sports, Technology, and Travel.
Money, banking, and macroeconomics: a guide to information sources / Rock, James M. • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HG221 .R59
• Check Catalog This sourcebook provides an introductory overview of macro monetary economics. It lists key textbooks, surveys, essays, books and articles that support this area of study. The rest of the book focuses on an annotated bibliography of financial intermediaries, macro monetary theory, central banking and stabilization policy.
Reference Works: Dictionaries
Dictionary of banking and finance / Rosenberg, Jerry Martin. • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HG151 .R67
• Check Catalog Provides precise definitions of 15,000 terms in banking and related fields.
Thomson North American financial institutions directory / Thomson Financial Pub • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HG1536 .P635
• Check Catalog This Directory offers complete and accurate listings of financial institutions including: over 100,000 head offices and branches; more than 250,000 officer names and functional titles; contact information such as street and mailing addresses, telephone and fax numbers and director names; profile information such as legal title, structural changes and statement of condition; and, funds processing information such as ABA routing number, Fedwire status and ACH membership.
Reference Works: Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of banking & finance / Munn, Glenn G. (editor) • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HG151 .E63 1993
• Check Catalog This contains an exhaustive review of almost any banking-related question relating to strategic planning, presentations and reporting. In addition to defining thousands of banking, business and financial terms, the Encyclopedia includes a wide array of useful legal, statistical, analytic and regulatory tools.
Reference Works: Handbooks
Handbook of international banking / Mullineux, A. W. (editor) • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HG3881 .H2665 2003
• Check Catalog The Handbook of International Banking focuses on the main developments in banking and through its surveys shows how the internationalization and globalization of banking have developed over recent decades to the present. The Handbook is divided into four areas of interest. The first deals with the globalization of banking and continues on to banking structures and functions. The authors then focus on banking risks, crises and regulation and finally the evolving international financial architecture.
Handbook of American business history / Whitten, David O. (editor) • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HC103 .H19 1990
• Check Catalog This is a three volume series containing histories of industries written as a bibliographic essay. The histories outline the rise to importance in the US and how they fare at present.
Tip:
Volume 3: Section VI and VII looks at depository and non depository credit institutions.
Banks and thrift / SNL Financial Provides investment information for over 1,200 companies with access to quotes, graphs, filings and more. It also provides access to
banking indexes, size rankings, growth, performance graphs, profitability rankings and more.
Industry handbook / Investopedia.com This provides insights into the airline, automobile, banking, oil & gas, precious metal, retail, semiconductor, biotechnology, insurance, Internet (portal), telecommunications and utilities industries.
Industry studies / Duetsch, Larry • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HC106.8 .I53 2002
• Check Catalog This book analyzes well-defined industries, showing how firms compete with one another. Each study gives appropriate attention to government policies that have influenced competitive conditions in the industry. Industries include:
1. Automobiles,
2. Beer,
3. Broilers,
4. Pharmaceuticals,
5. Steel,
6. Airline Service,
7. Retail Commercial Banking,
8. Casino Gambling,
9. Electric Power,
10. Health Insurance,
11. Motion Pictures,
12. Nursing Homes,
13. Microcomputer Platforms, and
14. Telecommunications
The structure of American industry / Adams, Walter, • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HC106 .S85 2001
• Check Catalog This examines important US industries using a structure approach. The uniqueness of each industry and important international issues are examined throughout the text. Industries included are agriculture, petroleum, automobiles, beer, computers, college sports, airlines, motion picture entertainment, cigarettes, health care, telecommunications, and commercial banking.
Wetfeet / Wetfeet This contains a wide number of industry profiles including
Accounting, Advertising & PR,
Aerospace & Defense,
Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals,
Commercial Banking,
Computer Hardware,
Computer Software,
Consulting,
Consumer Electronics,
Consumer Products,
Education,
Energy & Utilities,
Entertainment & Sports,
Health Care,
Hospitality & Tourism,
Human Resources,
Insurance,
Internet & New Media,
Investment Banking,
Journalism & Publishing,
Law,
Manufacturing,
Mutual Funds & Brokerage,
Non-Profit & Government,
Real Estate,
Retail,
Telecommunications,
Transportation, and
Venture Capital
FindLaw / FindLaw FindLaw is a Web site that provides access to free legal information, sources and services. The Legal information includes legal search tools, case law (including U.S. Supreme Court decisions back to 1893 and California Supreme Court and Appellate Court decisions back to 1934), legal news, a directory of legal professionals, court forms, real-time SEC filings, community discussion areas and online continuing legal education.
Historical statistics on banking / Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation The Historical Statistics on Banking (HSOB) provides annual statistical information on the banking industry beginning in 1934. These data can be used to identify and analyze long-term trends and to develop benchmarks to evaluate the current condition of the banking and thrift industries.
Statistics on banking / Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation The Statistics on Banking is a quarterly publication that provides detailed aggregate financial information as well as key structural data (number of institutions and branches) for all FDIC-insured institutions.
United States. Economic Census / United States. Department of the Census Provides statistics on a wide variety of industries that are considered economic in nature. It is composed of two parts: The Industry Series; and the Geographic Series. Use the NAICS codes to help find the statistics on the industry you want.
Banking Trends
Changing world of banking / United States. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency This site provides an overview of the interaction between American banking and American government from the late 18th century through the start of the 21st. It focuses on the rise of the national banking system and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, established to supervise it.
International and Development Banks
African Development Bank / African Development Bank The African Development Bank is a regional multilateral development bank, engaged in promoting the economic development and social progress of its Regional Member Countries (RMCs) in Africa.
Asian Development Bank / Asian Development Bank ADB is a multilateral development finance institution dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific. It provides a wealth of economic statistics on this region.
Foreign banks in the US / Federal Reserve Board A report on foreign banks in the United States. Shows the assets of each foreign bank office in the United States and is in three parts. Part 1 lists the offices by type, part 2 by country of the foreign bank "family" owning the office, and part 3 by Federal Reserve District and state. Each part shows the assets of each U.S. office. In addition, part 2 shows the total U.S.-office assets of each bank family and each country, and part 3 shows the total U.S.-office assets of each country by state plus total U.S.-office assets for each state.
International Financial Institutions / International Trade Canada This site, developed by the Canadian Government, has links to the following development banks: The African Development Bank Group; the Asian Development Bank, the Caribbean Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the InterAmerican Development Bank, the World Bank, the Islamic Development Bank, the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, the North American Development Bank, International Finance Corporation, and the International Finance Corporation - Africa Business Network. Some parts of IFINET are accessible to Canadian citizens only. Links to United Nations sites are also available.
World Bank Group / World Bank The World Bank posts information on how to do business with the bank, country and regional reports, and listings of their publications, and has some country information. The topics tab lists a wide variety of portals dealing with development issues such as globalization.
