GSU Library Research Guides: EDB Orientation: International Business

Country Information

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
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This database provides full text for scholarly business journals and other sources, covering all areas related to business. Direct Opt Out Link.
Passport This link opens in a new window
Euromonitor International's Passport is a global market research database that provides statistics, analysis, reports, surveys, and breaking news on industries, countries, and consumers worldwide.
World Development Indicators (WDI Online) This link opens in a new window
A data source on the global economy, featuring statistical data on development indicators and time series data from 1960 to the present

Country Resources on the Web

Export.Gov
Export.gov brings together resources from across the U.S. Government to assist American businesses in planning their international sales strategies and succeed in today’s global marketplace. Find Country Commercial Guides via the Market Research Library by clicking on the Opportunities link.
globalEDGE
A comprehensive research tool for academics, students and businesspeople.
CIA World Fact Book
Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
Georgia Department of Economic Development
The Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) plans, manages and mobilizes state resources to attract new business investment to Georgia, drive the expansion of existing industry and small business, locate new markets for Georgia products.

Factiva

Factiva This link opens in a new window
A business information and research tool used to locate information on a variety of topics, including politics, current events, trends and government data.
Provides limited access to Atlanta Business Chronicle. Login information is below.
Warning: Use of the Factiva service is restricted to reader access of the content for research and education purposes only. Text mining and analytics of the content is not permitted.
TO LOGIN TO FACTIVA
Go to: https://my.openathens.net/
Enter and select “Georgia State University Library” in the “Find My Institution” search box
The login information for Factiva will be displayed. If prompted, use the username and password provided.
NOTES:
- The Factiva link will not work if bookmarked. You must access via MyAthens each time.
- Our Factiva license is limited to 10 simultaneous users. If you see an error message indicating “username and password is already in use,” it means the maximum number of simultaneous users has been reached.
- When you have finished your research, please log out so that other users may access the system.

Searching Factiva for International News

Use the Search Builder screen
Click on Source
Select Source By Region
Choose your country
Enter search terms and run your search
Keep in mind that Factiva assumes you are doing a phrase search. Remember to use Boolean Connectors (and, or, not) to combine terms.

Verifying that your article is from your country

At the topic of each article in Factiva you will see the source name. If you click on the source name, a box will pop up giving you information about the publication, including In this example, the article was from the Nikkei Report.

The ensuing pop up box will look like this. The country of origin will be listed in the description of the source.