BUSINESS QUICK REFERENCE

This page collates the range of quick reference materials available in the library's business collection, as well as selected internet resources. The emphasis is on online reference works in the library's collection, as well as highlighting key works in print in the Business Reference Collection on Level M, General Library.

General

• Oxford English Dictionary Online
• Deverson, T. & Kennedy, G. (2005). The New Zealand Oxford dictionary. Auckland, N.Z. : Oxford University Press. Online
• Allen, R. (2008). Pocket Fowler’s modern English usage (2nd ed.). Oxford : Oxford University Press. Online
• Chalker, S. & Weiner, E. (1998). Oxford dictionary of English grammar. New York : Oxford University Press. Online
• Waite, M. (Ed. ). (2001). The Oxford paperback thesaurus. (2nd ed.). Oxford : Oxford University Press. Online
• Oxford dictionary of abbreviations. (2nd ed.). New York : Market House Books Ltd. Online

NEW Visuwords an online graphical dictionary and thesaurus, using Princeton University's WordNet lnternet

Encyclopedias

• International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Expand out levels to view topics such as Economics, Global/International Studies, Information Science and Technology, Management and Statistics. Online

General business

• Bannock, G. (2003). The new Penguin business dictionary. London : Penguin Books, 2002.
• BusinessDictionary.com Internet
• Greener, M. (1999). The Penguin business dictionary.  London : Penguin Group. Online
• Hillstrom, K. (2002). Encyclopedia of small business. (2nd ed.). Detroit : Gale Group/Thomson Learning. Online
• Werhane, P. H.  and Freeman, R. E. (Ed.s.).(1998). Blackwell encyclopedic dictionary of business ethics. Malden, Mass : Blackwell. Online

Business school rankings

• BusinessWeek Business School Rankings and Profiles. Internet
• FT.com  Business School Rankings. Internet

Company information

• New Zealand Companies Register. From the New Zealand Companies Office. Internet
• Standard & Poor’s 500 guide (2009 ed.). New York : McGraw-Hill. US coverage, summaries of business activity, company financials.Online
• International directory of company histories. Chicago : St. James Press. 88 v. In print
• Kompass Online
• Who owns whom. Australasia, Asia, Middle East & Africa. (2009/2010 ed.). High Wycombe : Dun & Bradstreet. In print

Government / factbooks

• The New Zealand government directory. Wellington, N.Z. : Network Communications. Online
• CIA world factbook. Washington, D.C. : Central Intelligence Agency : Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O. [distributor], 1981. Online  Note latest edition also available from the CIA world factbook website Internet
• Europa world year book and Regional Surveys within Europa World Plus Database Online

Maps / Atlases

• New Zealand street maps from 3D New Zealand Internet
• World Bank atlas. (36th ed.). (2004). Washington, D.C. : World Bank. Covers economic, social, environmental, population, and developing countries statistics. Online

People

• The New Zealand business who’s who. Wellington: FEP Productions. Online
• The International who’s who. London: Europa Publications Ltd. In print

Quotations

• The big book of business quotations. (2003). New York, N.Y. : Basic Books.Online
• Fenster, J. M. (2000). In the words of great business leaders. New York : Wiley.Online
• Gaither, C. C. & Cavazos-Gaither A.E. (1996). Statistically speaking : a dictionary of quotations.  Bristol, UK ; Philadelphia : Institute of Physics Pub.Online and In print

Subject Specific

Accounting

• Morris, Thomas W. (1998). International dictionary of accounting acronyms. New York : AMACOM.Online
• O’Regan, David. (2004). Auditor's dictionary: terms, concepts, processes, and regulations.  Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.Online
• Rashad Abdel-khalik, A. (Ed.). (1998). Blackwell encyclopedic dictionary of accounting. Malden, Mass : Blackwell.Online
• Siegel, J. G. & Shim, K. K. (2000). Dictionary of accounting terms. (3rd ed.). Hauppauge, N.Y. : Barron's Educational series.Online

Economics

• Bannock, G., Baxter, R. E., & Davis, E. (Eds.). (2003). The Penguin dictionary of economics (7th ed.). London ; New York : Penguin Books.Online
• Black, J. (2002). A dictionary of economics. (2nd ed.). Oxford : Oxford University Press. Online
• Deardoff's Glossary of International Economics - produced by Alan Deardorff, University of Michigan. Includes diagrammatic materials for key economic concepts. Internet
• Henderson, D. R. (Ed.). (2008). The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. (2nd ed.) Library of Economics and Liberty. Internet  This work consists of " a broad collection of easy-to-read, punchy essays that give the reader an understanding of what economists actually think on a wide range of issues". David Henderson. Use the left hand index to view material by Title, Author, Categories, Biographies, Index
• New Palgrave dictionary of economics (2008) an online version of the 8 volume 2nd edition, edited by Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume, published by Palgrave Macmillan Online
• Rutherford, D. (2002). Routledge dictionary of economics. (2nd ed.). London ; New York : Routledge.Online

Finance

• Bannock, G. (1999). Penguin international dictionary of finance. London : Penguin.Online
• Clark, J. (1999). International dictionary of insurance and finance.  Chicago : Glenlake Pub. Co. ; New York : Amacom. Online
• Dean Paxson, D. & Wood, D. (Ed.s.). (1996). Blackwell encyclopedic dictionary of finance. Malden, Mass. : Blackwell.Online
• A dictionary of finance and banking. (3rd ed.). (2005). Oxford : Oxford University Press.Online
• Downes, J. &  Goodman, J. E. (1998). Dictionary of finance and investment terms.  Hauppauge, N.Y. : Barron’s Educational Series.Online
• Kaliski, B. S. (Ed.). Encyclopedia of busine$$ and finance. New York : Macmillan Reference USA.Online
• Siegel, J. & Shim, J. (2000). Dictionary of banking terms.  (3rd ed.). Hauppauge, N.Y. : Barron’s Educational Series. Online

Information Systems and Operations Management

• Botto, F. (2003). Dictionary of e-business : a definitive guide to technology and business terms. (2nd ed.). Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley.Online
• Daintith, J., & Oxford University Press. (2004). A dictionary of computing (5th ed.). Oxford Online
• The Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Glossary. From SDG Computing, Inc. Internet
• Enterprise Resource Planning/Supply Chain Management Glossary. From Bridgefield Group. Internet
• Slade, R. (2006). Dictionary of information security. Rockland, MA : Syngress.Online

Encyclopedias

• Coakes, E., & Clarke, S. (Ed.s.). (2006). Encyclopedia of communities of practice in information and knowledge management. . Hershey, PA: Idea Group Reference. In print
• Dasgupta, S. (Ed.). (2006). Encyclopedia of virtual communities and technologies. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Reference. Idea Group Reference
• Davis, G. B. (Ed.). (1999). The Blackwell encyclopedic dictionary of management information systems. Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Business.Online
• Gass, S. I. & Harris, C. M. (Ed.s). Encyclopedia of operations research and management science. Boston : Kluwer Academic.Online
• Khosrowpour, M. (Ed.). (2005). Encyclopedia of information science and technology. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Reference. 5 v. Idea Group Reference
• Khosrowpour, M. (Ed.). (2006). Encyclopedia of e-commerce, e-government, and mobile commerce. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Reference.
• Malonis, J. A. (Ed.). (2002). Gale encyclopedia of e-commerce. Detroit : Gale Group, Thomson Learning.Online
• Marshall, S., Taylor, W., & Yu, X. H. (Ed.s.). (2006). Encyclopedia of developing regional communities with information and communication technology. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Reference. In print
• Rivero, L. C., Doorn, J. H., & Ferraggine, V. (Ed.s). (2006). Encyclopedia of database technologies and applications. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Reference. In print
• Schwartz, D. G. (Ed.). (2006).  Encyclopedia of knowledge management  Hershey, PA: Idea Group Reference.Online
• Slack, N. (Ed.). (1999).  Blackwell encyclopedic dictionary of operations management. Cambridge, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers.Online
• Wang, J. (Ed.). (2006). Encyclopedia of data warehousing and mining. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Reference. Idea Group Reference

International Business

• Capela, J. J. & Hartman, S. W. (2000). Dictionary of international business terms. (2nd ed.). Hauppauge, N.Y. : Barron’s Educational Series.Online
• The Language of Trade glossary. From the [US] Business Roundtable. Internet
• Rugman, A. M. (2001). Oxford Handbook of International Business. Oxford : Oxford University Press.Online
  

Management and Employment Relations

•  A dictionary of business and management. (4th ed.). (2006). Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press.Online
• Statt, D. (2004). Routledge concise dictionary of business management. (3rd ed.). New York, NY : Routledge.Online and earlier editions

Encyclopedias

• Channon, D. (1997). Blackwell encyclopedic dictionary of strategic management. Oxford ; Cambridge, Mass., USA : Blackwell, 1997.Online
• Cooper, C. L., Argyris, C., Starbuck, W. H. (Ed.s). (2005). The Blackwell encyclopedia of management (2nd ed.). Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub In Print
• Hillstrom, K. (2002). Encyclopedia of small business. (2nd ed.). Detroit : Gale Group/Thomson Learning.Online
  

Marketing

• Imber, J. & Toffler, B. (2000). Dictionary of marketing terms. (3rd ed.). Hauppauge, NY : Barron’s.Online
• Yadin, D. L. (2002). The international dictionary of marketing : over 2,000 professional terms & techniques. London ; Milford, CT : Kogan Page.Online

Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia of emerging industries.(5th ed.). (2007). Detroit, Mich. : Thomson Gale. 'Analysis of  emerging industries' with coverage of entire industries, specific industrial and business sectors, discrete types of business enterprises, and particular ranges of products or services [from Introduction] Online
• Lewis, B. R. & Littler, D. (Ed.s). (1999).  Blackwell encyclopedic dictionary of marketing. Oxford ; Cambridge, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers.Online

Statistics

• Upton, Graham J. G. & Cook, I. (2006). The Oxford dictionary of statistics. (2nd ed.). Oxford : Oxford University Press. Online
• Vogt, W. P. (1999). Dictionary of statistics & methodology : a nontechnical guide for the social sciences. (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications.Online
• The New Zealand official year-book. Wellington : Govt. Printer. In print
• New Zealand in profile 2010. From Statistics New Zealand.  Internet

See Also:

• New Zealand Statistical Sources and Official Statistics - compiled by Business & Economics Information Services, University of Auckland Library