Library
Located on the first floor of the classroom/administration building, the EC library contains a collection in excess of 10,000 printed volumes. Access to electronic books and vital periodical literature is available through several area colleges and public libraries.
Eccclesia eBooks by EBSCO
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ARKLink
Islam and Islamic Studies Resources
Biblical Studies / Theology:
Net Bible Learning Environment
Business:
Accounting and Auditing:
American Accounting Association
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Financial Accounting Standards Board
FEI: The Association for Financial Executives
Government Accounting Standards Board
Institute of Internal Auditors
National Society of Accountants
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
Business Plans:
SBDCNet: Information Clearinghouse
The Wall Street Journal: Small Business
China:
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Deloitte: International Tax and Business Guide
Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China
National Bureau of Statistics of China
Consumer Behavior:
American Marketing Association
Association for Consumer Research
Consumer Behavior: The Psychology of Marketing
GfK: Media Audience Measurement, Consumer Insights, and Market Solutions
Science Daily: Consumer Behavior
Surveys of Consumers (Requires Login)
Country Risk Analysis & Risk Ratings:
A.T. Kearney Foreign Policy Globalization Index
Export.Gov Country Commercial Guides
International Relations & Security Network
OECD – Country Risk Classification
Employment Trends:
The 10 industries with the largest wage and salary employment growth, 2008-18
The 10 industries with the largest wage and salary employment declines, 2008-18
10 American Industries That Will Boom In The Next Decade
Brookings Institute Metro Monitor
EPI “State of Working America” State Level Reports
Employment by major industry sector, 1998, 2008, and projected 2018
Job Openings and Labor Turnover
Liber8 – Regional Economic Data Sources
Regional and State Employment and Unemployment
UPS Business Monitor: United States
Advertising and Public Relations:
Advertising Research Foundation: Research Standards and Guidelines
Advertising Research Foundation: Research Reviews
American Marketing Association
B to B: The Magazine for Marketing Strategists
Council of Public Relations Firms
ClickZ: Marketing News and Expert Advice
GfK: Media Audience Measurement, Consumer Insights, and Market Solutions
Greenbook: The Guide for Buyers of Marketing Research Services
IEG: Consulting, Valuation, Measurement, Research and Training
Marketing Sherpa: Case Studies and More
Outdoor Advertising Association of America
POPAI: The Global Association for Marketing at Retail
The Association of National Advertisers
Career Research:
EDGAR Database of Corporate Information
Fed in Print: An index to Federal Reserve Economic Research
Idealist.org: Jobs with Non-profit Organizations
Jigsaw: Business Contact Directory
Knock ‘Em Dead: Interviewing Tips and Job Hunting
LinkedIn: Interconnected Network of Professionals (Requires Login)
PayScale Tools and Calculators: Salary Reports and Charts
Private Company Rankings and Lists
ThomasNet: Information on Manufacturers, Distributors and Service Providers
Top Lists of Resources by Industry
USPages: In Depth Info on Fortune 500 Companies
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
ZoomInfo: Business Information
Corporate Governance:
Ernst & Young: Governance and Reporting
European Corporate Governance Institute
Global Corporate Governance Forum
PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Governance Papers
Society of Corporate Secretaries & Governance Professionals
Trends in Corporate Governance
Company and Industry: International and Multinational Companies:
Department of Commerce: Bureau of Economic Accounts
Doing Business: Measuring Business Regulations
Newspapers online from around the world
PricewaterhouseCoopers Global Territory Sites
Demographics:
Current Population Table Creator
Government Statistics: Vanderbilt
Government Information: Vanderbilt
Surveys of Consumers (Requires Login)
The American Customer Satisfaction Index
United Nations Population Information Network
Ethics in Business:
Vanderbilt University Center for Ethics: Case Studies in Business Ethics
Analyst and Investment Reports:
The Wall Street Journal Online
Case Studies:
Arthur Andersen Case Studies in Business Ethics
Vanderbilt Center for Ethics Case Resources
Company and Industry: Private Companies:
National Association of Secretaries of State
Newspapers online from around the world
Regulatory Agencies: Executive Branch
Regulatory Agencies: State and Local Governments
Corporate Social Responsibilty & Corporate Reputation:
50 Largest Corporate Foundations by Total Giving
American Customer Satisfaction Index
Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Business for Social Responsibility
Caux Round Table: Moral Capitalism at Work
Corporate Social Responsibility
Cymfony: Market Influence Analytics
Marketing Pilgrim: Repuation Management
Stanford Center for Social Reputation
Economic Indicators:
Aruoba-Diebold-Scotti Business Conditions Index
Economic Indicators: GPO Access
The Federal Reserve Beige Book
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
U.S. Census Bureau Economic Indicators Briefing Room
Wachovia Economic Indicator Analysis
European Union:
Lex Mundi: Guides to Doing Business
PricewaterhouseCoopers Global Territory sites
World Bank – Doing Business In …
Yahoo! Finance: Major World Indices
Food & Beverage Industry:
Food & Beverage Development – North America
International Food Policy Research Institute
National Restaurant Asssociation
Computer Science And Engineering:
Counseling
Education:
Education Resources Information Center
Health and Medicine:
Contagion: Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics
History:
Ancient and Medieval:
DScriptorium: Digital Medieval Manuscripts
Egyptology on the World Wide Web
Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index
The Labrynth: Resources for Medieval Studies
The ORB: Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
Asia:
The Digital South Asia Library
East & Southeast Asia: A Directory of Internet Resources
Europe:
EuroDocs: Online Sources for European History
History of Germany: Primary Documents
History of Spain: Primary Documents
Holocaust: Meyer’s Holocaust Links
Holocaust: The Holocaust Chronicle
Institute of Historical Research
Nazi and East German Propaganda Archive
The Library of Iberian Resources
The Nizkor Project: a Holocaust Educational Resource
Virtual Library of Eastern Europe
Middle East:
History in the News: The Middle East
Islam and Islamic Studies Resources
U.S. Civil War:
Abraham Lincoln: A Resource Guide
American Civil War Collections
Freedmen and Southern Society Project
Secession Era Editorials Project
Tangled Roots: History of Americans with Irish Heritage and African Heritage
U.S. Civil War:
Tennessee Civil War Sourcebook
Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications: Soldiers & Widows
The American Civil War Homepage
The Gilder Lehrman Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition
United States Civil War Center
Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the Civil War
United States/North America:
Abraham Lincoln: A Resource Guide
Afro-American Sources in Virginia
Center for the Study of the American South
Cold War History: United States
Documenting the American South
Early Americas Digital Archive
George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress
Guide to African-American Documentary Resources in North Carolina
Historical Government Documents from World War II
Immigration to the United States, 1789 – 1930
I.N. Phelps Stokes Collection of American Historical Prints
POTUS: Presidents of the United States
Presidential Elections: 1860 – 1912
Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive
Tangled Roots: History of Americans with Irish Heritage and African Heritage
The American Colonist’s Library
The American Presidency Project
The American South Resource Center
The Geography of Slavery in Virgina
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
The Gilder Lehrman Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition
The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers
United States/North America:
The Papers of George Washington
The Renaissance Society of America
The Southern Historical Collection
The Vietnam Center and Archive
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database
U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Virtual Library of American Indians
World/International History:
Center for History and New Media
Cold War International History Project
Contagion: Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics
Foreign Relations of the United States
HyperHistory Online: World History
Institute of Historical Research
Meeting of Frontiers: U.S. and Russia
Oral History and Family History
Parallel History Project: Declassified Security Documents on the Cold War
The Harvard Project on the Soviet Social System