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.
Books and other resources can be found in the Western Library catalog or the Summit catalog by searching by subject. Please use the following Library of Congress subject headings
Dictionary of e-business : a definitive guide to technology and business terms / Botto, Francis. • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HF5548.32 .B67 2000
• Check Catalog This book seeks to 'offer detailed definitions of the bewildering array of terms and phrases relating to e-business and the Internet'. These definitions are interspersed with short articles designed to explain more complex topics.
The Internet glossary and quick reference guide / Freedman, Alan, 1942- • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference TK5105.875.I57 F774 1998
• Check Catalog This is much more than a dictionary of terms, "The Internet Glossary and Quick Reference Guide" compares the difference between competing products, shows reader where to locate more information on the Web, deciphers confusing Internet lingo, and provides quick "how to" guidance.
Reference Works: Directories
Internet company handbook / Morgan Stanley The Internet Company Handbook profiles 90 Internet companies, providing descriptions, user information, screen shots, and when applicable, stock price charts and financial models. This report is intended to be a rudimentary one-stop shop for the basics for today's top Internet companies.
Internet marketing blackbook : a directory of Internet marketplaces, virtual storefronts and cybermalls / Gelormine, Vince. • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HF5548.32 .G45 1995
• Check Catalog This book answers over 130 Frequently Asked Questions about Internet marketing, contains essays from 9 Internet marketers, checklists for Internet marketing, over 35 tips for designing and marketing your Web site, proven methods for Web site promotion, lists nearly 1000 Internet storefronts by category, contains 100 Internet presence providers/cybermall listings, and prices and demographics for marketing on the consumer online services.
Reference Works: Encyclopedias
Gale encyclopedia of e-commerce • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HF5548.32 .G35 2002
• Check Catalog "This features 470 comprehensive and detailed essays on topics related to the emerging world of e-commerce, such as Advertising, Online, Auction Sites, Online Banking, Business-to-Business (B2B) E-Commerce and Business-to-Consumer (B2C) E-Commerce. It profiles individuals and organizations considered to be the industry leaders and innovators and covers significant events, case studies and legal issues important to understanding the current e-commerce environment."
B2B e-commerce handbook : how to transform your business-to-business global marketing strategy / Haig, Matt. • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HF5548.32 .H35 2001
• Check Catalog This Handbook explains how any online company can incorporate a business-to-business component. It offers practical guidelines for success on the Web, and provides real case studies. In particular, this book will help you create a B2B web site; participate in online business auctions; and build a B2B brand.
General Resources
B2B Internet report / Morgan and Stanley • Location: Haggard 2 Reference HF 5415.1263 P44 2000
• Check Catalog This surveys the new B2B business and includes a directory of more than 170 B2B companies. It provides a good state of the art look at B2B commerce.
@brint.com This site identifies itself as the No. 1 site for Business Technology Management and Knowledge Management. It includes links to articles, books, and other web resources.
Ecommerce-guide.com / Jupitermedia Corporation In addition to news and analysis, this site has technical advice, opinions, trends, product reviews, and resource directories. It also has a market research portal with internet statistics.
E-Commerce research room / Web Marketing Today This site claims to have the largest collection of articles, links and resources on e-commerce to be found at any single place on the planet. It includes reviews of books on e-commerce and publishes a free weekly e-mail newsletter. See www.wilsonsonweb.com/webmarket/ for the Web Marketing Info Center.
Global Technology Forum / Economist Intelligence Unit This web site from the Economist Intelligence Unit provides global business intelligence for the digital age. Click the tab labeled "doing ebusiness in...." to see how EIU grades 68 of the world's economies on their ability to facilitate digital-age commerce.
Electronic Commerce Industry Classification Codes
NAICS Codes
4541* Electronic shopping
516* Internet Publishing
518* Internet Service Providers
Electronic Commerce Industry Profiles
Nation online: How Americans Are Expanding their use of the Internet / United States. Department of Commerce This report is based on the September 2001 U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey - a survey of approximately 57,000 households and more than 137,000 individuals across the United States. As such, the data in this study are among the most broad-based that have been gathered on Internet, broadband, and computer connectivity.
Industry Standard / TheStandard.com This includes news, analysis, special reports, some statistics, and a personnel recruitment service. Main topics include technology, media, money, & politics. There is a listing of blogs.
Plunkett's e-commerce & Internet business almanac / Plunketts • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HF5548.32 .P566
• Check Catalog Contains data on America's e-commerce and Internet industries including e-commerce statistics and trends; Internet research and development; Internet growth companies; on-line services, markets, trends and data; on-line retailing and electronic commerce formats and strategies; emerging e-commerce technology; Internet and World Wide Web trends; and Internet and e-commerce careers and job opportunities.
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.
Wall Street Journal • Location: Current day - Wilson 2 East Reading Room; Current Month, Wilson 2 West Newspapers; Wilson 2 West Microfilm HG1.W34 from 1968 - ; also available full-text in ProQuest 1984 - .
• Check Catalog (Dow Jones & Co. - Daily) Also available full text on ProQuest or at http://interactive.wsj.com/. The web version gives you two weeks free with your subscription; some free services are available to non-subscribers (e.g. ordering some company annual reports; a year-end review of markets and finance). The Wall Street Journal is considered the leading U.S. daily business newspaper, and provides extensive coverage of general news, but with a particular emphasis on business, marketplace and financial news. It is indexed in ProQuest. It has a special report on e-commerce published every Monday.
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
Electronic Commerce Law and Regulations
Electronic commerce : taxation and planning / Hardesty, David E. • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference KF6495.C57 H37
• Check Catalog This book identifys federal, international, and state tax and planning issues unique to electronic commerce transactions. It contains numerous case studies and examples illustrating the application of both new and traditional tax principles.
Internet Business Law Services / Internet Business Law Services The law portal allows you to search for law in areas of Internet and e-commerce. The provide access to: Global Law Portal
U.S. Law Portal
EU Law Portal
Latin America Law Portal
Asia Pacific Law Portal
ClickZ Network / Incisive Interactive Marketing In addition to news and analysis, this site proves access to e-commerce guides, marketing newsletters and a wide variety of other items related to e-commerce. The Stats portion of the site gives online facts, Internet research, trends, and analysis. The site has information on retailing, hardware, traffic patterns, demographics, advertising, finance, and others.
E-stats: measuring the electronic economy / United States. Bureau of the Census E-commerce data on this site was collected in five separate Census Bureau surveys. These surveys used different measures of economic activity such as shipments for manufacturing, sales for wholesale and retail trade, and revenues for service industries.
Internet demographics directory This site provides statistics on internet use. It links to the most informative web sites containing demographic studies, reports, surveys and more. Each site is given a ranking value between 1 and 5.
The review of the site is based upon statistics reliability, ease of use and range of demographics covered.
Internet world statistics / Miniwatts Marketing Group An International website featuring up to date Internet Usage, the Population Statistics and the Area Data, for over 233 countries and world regions. It is a useful resource for international market research, containing Internet statistics, broadband penetration, world population data and global trade information.
Handbook of internet stocks • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HG4501 .H37
• Check Catalog This handbook contains information on 200 companies in the Internet market, including Internet access providers, e-commerce retailers, web portals and telecom and computer equipment manufacturers.
