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Foster Business Library Databases:

    The Foster Business Library offers an extensive collection of business databases on its homepage; see under Business Databases. For more information on the three dozen Foster business databases, click here.   For more information on which of the three dozen Foster business databases to use, click here.   For more information on accessing Foster databases from off campus, click here.   For information about responsible database usage, click here.

  • Hoovers Online:   Under Business Databases on the Foster Business Library homepage. Hoovers Online offers information on more than 40,000 public and private companies worldwide, with links to company homepages and annual reports, charts, company capsule, competitors, divisions, earnings, financials, history, industry information, insider trading, mission statements, news links, press releases, officers, patents, products, SEC filings, splits, subsidiaries, etc.

    See Gambling Resorts and Casinos, Gaming Activities, Electric Utilities, and Lumber, Wood Production & Timber Operations.

  • Investext:   On the Foster Business Library homepage, listed under Business Databases. Investext contains indexing and the full text of company and industry research reports (for over fifty industries) prepared by leading Wall Street firms, as well as regional and international brokerage and financial firms. All reports are in PDF format.

    See over 12,000 reports on the Gaming industry, over 60,000 reports on the Energy industry, and over 14,000 reports on the Paper & Forest Products industry.

  • ReferenceUSA:   On the Foster Business Library homepage, listed under Business Databases. Directory information for 12 million companies in the U.S. Companies can be searched for by name, business activity, size and location. With this database, it is possible to identify businesses by geographic area and type of business, as well as by number of employees and gross annual sales.

    A custom search for businesses and organizations in Stevens County produced a list of over 1,500 records; for Ferry County, over 360 records.

Web Resources:
    Unlike library databases, these Web resources are available wherever you have web access; they do not require that you access them via the UW Connectivity Kit or the UW Libraries Proxy Server for authentication. When using web resources, be sure to evaluate the credibility of these resources. For a subject index to web resources, see Business Resources on the Web on the Foster Business Library homepage.

  • American Factfinder:   This U.S. Census Bureau site allows you to obtain demographic information from the year 2000 census on states, counties, cities, metropolitan statistical areas, census-designated places, and zip codes—but not neighborhoods. A Census-Related Place is defined as a "statistical entity, defined for each decennial census according to Census Bureau guidelines, comprising a densely settled concentration of population that is not within an incorporated place, but is locally identified by a name.” A CDP is sometimes the closest you can get to a neighborhood. Go to the People section to select the level of data you wish to obtain. If you want business information about firms in an area, such as in a CDP, go to the Business and Government section. For instance, see Stevens County. See also the Census Bureau's American Indian and Alaska Native Data and Links and the Survey of Business Owners American Indian- and Alaska Native-Owned Firms section.

  • American Forest & Paper Products Association:   Trade associations are often an excellent source for industry information, with more detailed data and research than other sources (such as governmental agencies). Look for headings such as Industry Statistics, Research, etc. This association is the "national trade association of the forest, paper and wood products industry. We represent member companies engaged in growing, harvesting and processing wood and wood fiber, manufacturing pulp, paper and paperboard products from both virgin and recycled fiber, and producing engineered and traditional wood products. AF&PA members include manufacturers of over 80 percent of the paper, wood and forest products produced in the United States." See their issue paper on the Environment and their Testimony on Carbon Sequestration (five PDF pages). See also their background paper on Global Climate Change (one PDF page).

  • American Gaming Association:   Industry and trade associations are often excellent sources about their industry, with statistics, data, trends, studies—some of which are available to non-members for free. "The American Gaming Association (AGA) opened its office in Washington, D.C., in June 1995 with the fundamental goal of creating a better understanding of the gaming entertainment industry by bringing facts about the industry to the general public, elected officials, other decision makers and the media through education and advocacy." See their Industry Information for fact sheets, surveys, federal issues, etc. See also their Surveys on the gaming industry, from 2003 back to 1999.

  • Census 2000 Results for Washington:   This site, from the Washington State Office of Financial Management, is a good source for Washington information from the 2000 U.S. Census, with links to other information products at both the Office of Financial Management and the U.S. Census Bureau. See the section entitled Race and Minority Data. See also the County and City Data, which allows you to narrow down your search to neighborhoods, in some cases, such as White Center (4 PDF pages). For a list of all Washington state demographic profiles, for the state, counties, metropolitan areas, reservations, and cities, towns, and census-designated places, click here.

  • Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation:   "Today, over 9,065 descendants of 12 aboriginal tribes of Indians are enrolled in the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. The tribes, commonly known by English and French names, are: the Colville, the Nespelem, the San Poil, the Lake, the Palus, the Wenatchi (Wenatchee), the Chelan, the Entiat, the Methow, the southern Okanogan, the Moses Columbia and the Nez Perce of Chief Joseph’s Band." See their Business Council.

  • Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming:   "The Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming was established by the University of Nevada, Reno in 1989. As the first academically oriented program of its kind, the Institute serves as a structure to broaden the understanding of gambling and the commercial gaming industries." See their Executive Development Program and Information Links.

  • National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development:   The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development is "a non-profit organization, founded and directed by American Indians. The National Center is the first national organization solely dedicated to developing American Indian economic self-sufficiency through business ownership." This organization has a Northwest Region Office on Northgate Way in Seattle.

  • National Indian Gaming Commission:   "As an independent federal regulatory agency of the United States, the National Indian Gaming Commission (Commission) was established pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988…" See their Tribal Data for information on gaming tribes and gaming revenues, and Colville Tribes Gaming Locations.

  • Office of Native American Affairs (U.S. Small Business Administration):   This agency's mission is to "ensure that American Indians, Native Alaskans and Native Hawaiians seeking to create, develop and expand small businesses have full access to the necessary business development and expansion tools available through the Agency’s entrepreneurial development, lending and procurement programs." See their Resources for Native American Businesses, and finding tool for Native American Businesses.

  • Stevens County Rural Library District:   This library system serves ten libraries in Stevens County, including the Colville Public Library. This system offers the ProQuest full text article database, Reference USA, and a good list of Links to local resources in the county, such as the four chambers of commerce.

  • U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs:   "The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) responsibility is the administration and management of 55.7 million acres of land held in trust by the United States for American Indians, Indian tribes, and Alaska Natives. There are 562 federal recognized tribal governments in the United States. Developing forestlands, leasing assets on these lands, directing agricultural programs, protecting water and land rights, developing and maintaining infrastructure and economic development are all part of the agency's responsibility. In addition, the Bureau of Indian Affairs provides education services to approximately 48,000 Indian students." Many parts of this site have been taken offline due to litigation. See their links to demographic census data on American Indian and Alaska Native Populations.

  • Washington State Annual Demographic Information:   This site, from the Washington State Employment Security Department, offers a demographic profile of Washington state population, labor force, industries, and personal income. For instance, see Annual Average Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment (1998, 2003 and 2008 Projections) for Stevens County.

  • Yahoo! Finance:   This site is excellent for company, industry, and investment information as well as an excellent source for financial ratio comparisons. See Yahoo! Finance's Casino & Gaming Industry Center and their link to Reuter's ranking by Market Capitalization. See also Yahoo's industry centers for Electric Utilities and Forestry & Wood Products.

Foster Library Reference Collection:
    The Foster Business Library Reference Collection is located behind the Reference Desk in the center of the library's first floor. This list is arranged according to call number and, since none of these books circulate, they should always be available--except when in use by a library user.

  • Rand McNally commercial atlas & marketing guide.
    This oversized annual publication provides population, economic, and geographic data for over 129,000 places in the United States as well as information about the largest U.S. corporations and state, county, and city data.
    Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: G1046 .Q1 .R35 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001. (in dictionary stand)

    See Washington counties on page 82.

  • 2002 county and city extra.
    This annual reference work provides extensive data on U.S. states, counties, and cities in a wide variety of categories, including population, households, vital statistics, health, crime, education, labor force and employment, trade, federal funds, etc.
    Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: HA203 .C68 2002.

    See Washington state, its counties, and its 21 major cities throughout this volume.

  • The sourcebook of zip code demographics.
    This thick paperback provides up-to-date demographic information, by zip code, for every residential and non-residential zip code location in the U.S., with population, households, ethnicity, age, income, spending potential on financial services, home, entertainment, and personal, dominant lifestyle segmentation, business data including number of businesses and dominant industry, forecasts, etc.
    Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: HA203 .S66 2002.

    See Washington state on pages 348-A to 354-C.

  • Statistical abstract of the United States.
    Information about many industries as well as demographic information; check index for references to tables. The sources for each table are often a valuable source of additional information.
    Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: HA202 .U56 2004-2005.

    See index pages 951 to 952 for Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industry; index page 970, for Forest Products; and index page 966 for Electric Light and Power Services.

  • Encyclopedia of American industries.
    This heavy two-volume set provides essays on over 1,000 industries, with manufacturing industries largely in volume one and service and other non-manufacturing industries in volume two, arranged by Standard Industrial Code, with an index at the back of volume two.
    Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: HC102 .E53 2005.

    See the industry information for Lumber and Wood Products in volume one, on pages 278 to 283; for Gambling in volume two, pages 1310 to 1323; for Electric Services in volume two, pages 503 to 509.

  • Standard & Poor's industry surveys.
    This three-volume set provides 30-page profiles on 52 industries with a focus on the current economic environment, trends, regulation and outlook for each industry. Major companies in each industry are profiled, with references to sources of additional industry information.
    Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: HC106.6 .S74 (Quarterly)

    See the industry surveys for Electric Utilities and for Lodging & Gaming in volume two; see Paper and Forest Products in volume three;

  • Industry studies.
    This excellent reference work provides essays, mostly by professors of economics, about 14 significant industries:  automobiles, beer, broilers, pharmaceuticals, steel, airline service, retail commercial banking, casino gambling, electric power, health insurance, motion pictures, nursing homes, microcomputer platforms, and telecommunications.
    Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: HC106.8 .I53 2002.

    See the Casino Gambling industry on pages 194 to 213; see Electric Power on pages 214 to 240.

  • Washington state almanac: an economic and demographic overview of counties and cities.
    Two-page profiles of the state as a whole and of each county, with information on population, population change, personal income, taxable retail sales, registered business, new businesses, property assessments, employment by industry sector and unemployment.
    Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: HC107 .W2 .E25 2003-2004.

    See pages 26 to 29 for Ferry County and pages 72 to 73 for Stevens County.

  • Encyclopedia of global industries.
    Twelve-page descriptions of 125 global industries, with background and development information, current conditions, industry leaders and further reading.
    Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: HD2324 .E53 2003.

    See Forestry on pages 36 to 45; Gaming and Gambling Establishments on pages 279 to 286; and Energy on pages 1124 to 1140.

  • Market share reporter.
    Annual two-volume compilation of U.S. and world market share data for companies, products and services, arranged by SIC code, and with indexes by product, company and topic.
    Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: HF5410 .M35 2005.

    See Lumber and Wood Products in volume one, pages 209 to 213; see Gambling in volume two, pages 902 to 903, and Energy in volume two, page 662.

  • U.S. market trends & forecasts.
    This large volume provides an overview and projections for 400 significant industries and their component products or services, arranged alphabetically by industry name. For each product or service, there is a brief indication of the value of the U.S. market in 1998 and the compound U.S. market growth rate from 1993 to 1998 as well as a graph depicting market value in dollars and the growth rate. There is also a brief analysis of the market sectors for the product or service and a description of the market segmentation by volume for 1997, plus U.S. market share and market forecast information.
    Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: HF5415.1 .U8 2001.

    See Gaming on pages six to seven, Domestic & Commercial Electricity on pages 472 to 475, and Hardwood Veneer and Plywood on pages 1003 to 1004.

  • RMA annual statement studies.
    Norms and ratios for many industries and sizes of business, itemized by asset size, and categorized by four digit SIC code.
    Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: HF5681 .B2 .R6 2004-2005.

    See Hardwood Veneers on pages 330 to 331, Electricity on pages 166 to 167, and Gaming on pages 1412 to 1413.

  • Industry norms and key business ratios.
    Key business ratios for 800 S.I.C industry categories, a publication of Dun & Bradstreet.
    Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: HF5681 .R25 .I525 2003-2004.

    See Hardwood Veneers on page 33, Electricity on page 106, and Gaming on page 165.

  • Almanac of business and industrial financial ratios.
    This annual publication, edited by Leo Troy, offers a different take on ratios than the title above. The arrangement of industries is by NAICS code.
    Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: HF5681. R25. .T68 2004.

    See Electricity on page 18, Hardwood Veneers on page 72, and Gambling on pages 371 to 372.

  • Business rankings annual.
    This annual volume provides 5,000 rankings of companies, products, services and business activities, with data culled from thousands of sources.
    Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: HG4050 .B88 2004.

    See the Forest Products on pages 395 to 396, Electric Utilities on pages 329 to 330, and Gambling on pages 401 to 402.

  • Mergent industry review.
    Statistical data on 3,000 companies in 137 industries, with ranking, key financial information, operating data and ratios.
    Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: HG4961 .M68 (Quarterly)

    See Electric Power, Western Region, on page 169; Forest Products, starting on page 226; and Gaming, starting on page 234.

  • Entertainment industry economics.
    This single volume covers the financial aspects of major entertainment enterprises including movies, television, cable, music, casinos, theme parks, and toys in considerable detail, written by a former entertainment industry analyst at Merrill Lynch.
    Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: PN1590 .F55 .V6 2002.

    See chapter eleven, on Gaming and Wagering, on pages 267 to 299.

Foster Business Library Books:

Foster Business Library Articles:

    In addition to the 800 journals in the Foster Business Library Periodicals Collection, the Foster Business Library offers access to over 10,000 full text periodical articles through its full text article databases such as Factiva, and Lexis-Nexis Academic, and ProQuest Databases. These article databases may be found on the Foster Business Library homepage, listed alphabetically under Business Databases.

    Of these three main sources, all but Factiva are available from any computer on the campus network (as well as from home) via the UW Connectivity Kit or via the Libraries' Off-Campus Access link (using your UW Net ID and password). The easiest of these databases to use is ProQuest Databases. For more information about accessing Foster Business Library databases from off campus, see Database Access. For more information about business databases, see Databases, A to Z.

  • ProQuest Databases:

    This database--actually, a family of over two dozen databases--offers full text articles for over 10,000 publications, including scholarly journals, magazines, trade and industry peridicals, newspapers, and reports on a very wide range of topics. To find articles on specific topics, search by word or phrase by keying your search phrase into the search box--or search for your topic in the Topic Guide.

    Your search terms will be highlighted in red in each article. For tips on searching this database, see the Foster Business Library research guide About ProQuest.

    A search in all databases for SUB(Native Business Enterprises) produced a list of over 400 articles;
    for SUB(Native Business Enterprises) and SUB(Economic Development), nineteen articles, including:

    More searches:

      SUB(Native Business Enterprises) and SUB(Business Growth), two articles;
      SUB(Native Business Enterprises) and SUB(Casinos), over twenty articles;
      SUB(Native Business Enterprises) and SUB(Electric Power), just one article;
      SUB(Native Business Enterprises) and SUB(Electric Utilities), also just one article;
      SUB(Native Business Enterprises) and SUB(Finance), over twenty articles;
      SUB(Native Business Enterprises) and SUB(Forest Products Industry), just four articles;
      SUB(Native Business Enterprises) and SUB(Gambling), over 25 articles;
      SUB(Native Business Enterprises) and SUB(Hospitality Industry), just two articles;
      SUB(Native Business Enterprises) and SUB(Hotel Industry), just one article;
      SUB(Native Business Enterprises) and SUB(Management), four articles;
      SUB(Native Business Enterprises) and SUB(Marketing), just two articles;
      SUB(Native Business Enterprises) and SUB(Startups), six articles;
      SUB(Native Business Enterprises) and SUB(Tourism), seventeen articles; and
      SUB(Native Business Enterprises) and SUB(Travel Industry), six articles.

Help:

19 April; updated 29 November 2007.   Peter Stevens, Business Librarian, stevens@u.washington.edu, 206-543-4360.