704 reference business yearbook

BUSINESS YEARBOOK, USING THE STATESMAN’S YEARBOOK

By: Stefanie Schmidt

WHAT IS A YEARBOOK?

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, “yearbook” is defined as: “A book published annually and containing information for the year, e.g. in connection with a society or religious denomination; an annual.”

This needs to be kept in mind, because most, to many, people automatically think of a yearbook as a book filled with pictures of people, with their name written under their picture, which isn’t always the case.

ACCESSING FACTS

How and/or where can you find information about businesses over the past year? A general question or topic that someone wants

to know about The International Trade for The U.S. can be found using The Statesman's Yearbook.

http://www.statesmansyearbook.com.ezproxy.dom.edu/entry?entry=countries_us.Imports_and_Exports What is this website known for?

“An authoritative and accessible volume containing information essential for diplomats, politicians and all those involved with international affairs….[and provides] expanded coverage of history, politics, economics, trade and infrastructure for each country, all thoroughly researched and verified by a dedicated editorial team” (statesmansyearbook.com).

HOW CAN IT BE USED?

By searching information about The International Trade for U.S., The Statesman’s Yearbook gives a wide variety of information such as:The trade agreements the U.S. has

between different countries and when the agreements were assigned.

Value of imports and exports of goods from 2006-2011.

And then it lists all of the imports and exports they have, with the total amounts of each object.

This lists the values of imports and exports of goods for the U.S.

Here is a screen shot of some of the list they provide.

INSTRUCTIONS

Go to Rebecca Crown Library Click “Articles & Databases” and then select

“title A-Z”

And scroll down the “S” category and select “The Statesman’s Yearbook.”

INSTRUCTIONS CONT’D From there, type in “International Trade for The

U.S.”

A page like this should show up. Then on the left hand side, select “United States of America.” From there, I selected the first search result and that is where I found information about import and exports, and all their agreements they have with other countries.

FOLLOW UP

For any additional questions, or further instructions on how to use this, please contact me, I would be happy to help.

**The use of the resource is not a substitute for an expert evaluation and opinion**

RESOURCES

www.dom.edu/library www.oed.com www.statesmansyearbook.com