The New National Airport
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
The path to an airport to serve the nation's capital was long; this post is just a short overview.
Posted in: Aeronautics/Astronautics, Business, Business Reference Guides
Category: Business Reference Guides
Local Business History Using Dun’s Reference Book (Webinar)
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This collection may add just a little more to what you have already discovered. Register today for the webinar on August 2, from 1-1:30pm.
Posted in: Business Reference Guides
Updated Railroads and Ship Registers Guides
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
You might not think of either as a “business” topic but they are, because both are their own industries and because logistics - the commercial activity of transporting goods to customers – have been core parts of the U.S. economy and world trade.
Posted in: Business, Business Reference Guides
Updates for Our International Business Guides
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
In our current effort to update and migrate our guides, several of them with an international focus have been updated.
Posted in: Business, Business Reference Guides
Exit Strategies: How to Exit Your Small Business
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
The unpredictable nature of this pandemic economy means that some exit options like selling at a profit or merging a company are not feasible. While having an exit plan can seem pessimistic, it can be helpful to consider options.
Posted in: Business, Business Reference Guides
Silent Sky: A Case Study in Researching the Pesticide Industry
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This post was written by Lynn Weinstein, Business Reference Librarian in the Science, Technology, and Business Division. The sedge is wither’d from the lake, And no birds sing — KEATS A recent Cornell Chronicle article reported that nearly 30 percent of birds in the North America have vanished since 1970. Simultaneously, the population of raptors …
Posted in: Business, Business Reference Guides
Updated Beauty & Fashion Guides
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This is a second post about updates for Business Reference guides, and this post features guides for those studying the fashion industry and beauty business. I hope that both of them can help those doing research on the current state of the industry, but both also include resources for those wanting to look at the …
Posted in: Business, Business Reference Guides
Are you Researching Companies? Industries? M&A Transactions?
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
We wanted to do a series of short posts about happenings on the Business Reference web page, specifically about our research guides. First, I wanted to mention that we recently published a new guide LGBTQ+ Resources in Business and the Workplace that includes materials on the issues that affect the economic circumstances of the LGBTQ+ …
Posted in: Business, Business Reference Guides
New Guides in Business Reference Services
Posted by: Angel Vu
Our goal as librarians at the Library of Congress is to help you find information quickly. We understand that library research—especially at the Library of Congress, which has one of the most extensive collections in the world—can be overwhelming. According to the 2007 North American Title Count, there were over 1.1 million titles classified under …
Posted in: Business, Business Reference Guides, ST&B Division