Data Sources for Business and Market Analysis: 4th Ed.

by John V. Ganly

Overview

Includes coverage of intergovernmental and foreign business information sources and a new chapter on sources for software and hardware.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780810846586
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/01/1994
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	475
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.97(d)

About the Author

John Ganly is Assistant Director, Science, Industry and Business Library, New York Public Library, and Adjunct Professor, School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, Rutgers--The State University of New Jersey. He has also published Small Business Sourcebook (Gale), Serials for Libraries (Neal-Schuman), and numerous papers and articles. In July 1992 he developed and implemented the information center used at the Democratic National Convention in New York City.

Editorial Reviews

Large public libraries...should invest in the fourth edition, an up-to-date global guide to business statistical sources.

Booklist

...this provides an excellent source for current information, including online data sources, and will be useful for a wide group of researchers, especially for marketing and statistics.

American Reference Books Annual

This fourth edition is a useful guide to information sources.

Business Horizons

The work has obviously proved itself in the market place and has become an important standard reference. It is the sort of work upon which the library profession will depend and by which the library profession's reputation is enhanced.

Alr

A useful narrative. Recommended for any business reference collection.

Choice Reviews

A useful narrative. Recommended for any business reference collection.

Choice

...this provides an excellent source for current information, including online data sources, and will be useful for a wide group of researchers, especially for marketing and statistics.--American Reference Books Annual

Large public libraries...should invest in the fourth edition, an up-to-date global guide to business statistical sources.--Booklist

The work has obviously proved itself in the market place and has become an important standard reference. It is the sort of work upon which the library profession will depend and by which the library profession's reputation is enhanced.--Alr

From the Publisher

A useful narrative. Recommended for any business reference collection.

CHOICE

Large public libraries...should invest in the fourth edition, an up-to-date global guide to business statistical sources.

Booklist

The work has obviously proved itself in the market place and has become an important standard reference. It is the sort of work upon which the library profession will depend and by which the library profession's reputation is enhanced.

ALR

...this provides an excellent source for current information, including online data sources, and will be useful for a wide group of researchers, especially for marketing and statistics.

American Reference Books Annual (ARBA)

**** A revised and updated version of the 3rd edition by Nathalie Frank & John Ganly, cited in Sheehy, this is a guide to information sources, primarily but not exclusively statistical, available to researchers working in the business field. Major sections deal with the output of the federal government; regional and local governments; foreign sources; universities; and research centers and professional and trade associations. Each section lists aids available to researchers using the information and identifies the major recurring information products of a given organization. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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