Internet Resources and Services for International Finance and Investment

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Millions of investors all over the world use the Internet to locate essential financial information and to make important investment decisions. But finding relevant information in a timely manner can be quite a challenge, even for Internet savvy investors. Internet Resources and Services for Finance and Investment: A Global Guide, by Qun G. Jiao and Lewis-Guodo Liu, analyzes and brings together the vast number of Internet sources on international finance and investment into one complete, comprehensive directory. The Guide lists and annotates Web sites for 216 countries for a total of 3085 entries. Each entry contains the name of the Web page, its URL address, and an annotation describing the site contents. The entries represent a broad spectrum of the field of international finance and investment in three basic areas: finance, investment, and related resources and services. Certain narrower topics are covered within these areas, including * Business, corporate, public, and personal finance * Investment in stocks, bonds, options, futures, commodities, and mutual funds * Stock exchanges * Investment research * Business services * Industry and trade organizations * Investment and securities laws * Trade regulations * Country profiles * Business and financial news sources Unlike any other resource for finance and investing information, Internet Resources and Services for Finance and Investment: A Global Guide pulls together a multitude of information into one comprehensive directory. The sites are chosen for quality and stability, and updates will be available on the Oryx Web site.

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.,."solid resource directory for international finance and investment. It provides access to a large number of potentially valuable and hard-to-find-sites... an extremely useful tool for global investment resources. I recommend this resource to those who need a guide to finance and investment resources. It is especially useful for perusing to gain a clearer picture of the scope of information available across countries. This resource is a worthwhile addition to a business collection with an international scope."-Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship
...solid resource directory for international finance and investment. It provides access to a large number of potentially valuable and hard-to-find-sites... an extremely useful tool for global investment resources. I recommend this resource to those who need a guide to finance and investment resources. It is especially useful for perusing to gain a clearer picture of the scope of information available across countries. This resource is a worthwhile addition to a business collection with an international scope.-Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship
Most business collections will want to add this timely, easy -to-use resource. Buy two copies, one for reference and one to circulate.-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
Recommended for any collection serving businesses or students interested in international business.-Choice
This book is a recommended reference for any collection that serves investors or financial professionals.-American Reference Books Annual
"Most business collections will want to add this timely, easy -to-use resource. Buy two copies, one for reference and one to circulate."-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
"Recommended for any collection serving businesses or students interested in international business."-Choice
"This book is a recommended reference for any collection that serves investors or financial professionals."-American Reference Books Annual
..."solid resource directory for international finance and investment. It provides access to a large number of potentially valuable and hard-to-find-sites... an extremely useful tool for global investment resources. I recommend this resource to those who need a guide to finance and investment resources. It is especially useful for perusing to gain a clearer picture of the scope of information available across countries. This resource is a worthwhile addition to a business collection with an international scope."-Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship

Author Bio

QUN G. JIAO is Associate Professor and Reference Librarian at Newman Library of Baruch College, the City University of New York. He has published numerous research articles in various scholarly journals of library and information science. LEWIS-GUODO LIU is an Associate Professor and business information specialist at Baruch College of the City University of New York. He is the author of a number of books, among them: Global Economic Growth: Theories, Research, Studies, and Annotated Bibliography (with Robert Premus) (Greenwood Press, 2000), The Internet and Library and Information Services: Issues, Trends, and Annotated Bibliography, 1950-1997 (Greenwood Press, 1996), and Internet Resources and Services for International Business: A Global Guide (Oryx Press, 1998).