Forecasting Research Guide

Finding Books

Reference Books

Audio/Visual

Periodical Search

Databases & Electronic Journals 

Webliography

 


Prepared by: Alice Abbott-Moore, Chet Watson, and John Watts

Library Liaison: Lois Tucker
(502) 456-6773

libsul@sullivan.edu

Updated April 2007

 

Finding Books:

 

Search the library catalog using a specific topic, such as business forecasting or sales management, or browse the following subject areas below.

 

To retrieve a listing of items within the Sullivan University library online catalog, click on the appropriate Library of Congress Subject Heading  with the corresponding Dewey Decimal number(s), in the box below, then click GO!


 


 

 

Also, Sullivan University Library offers the Library Alert service, which is designed to alert SUS students, faculty and staff of the latest titles @ the Sullivan University Louisville library! Sign up to be notified by e-mail when the library receives new books, videos, DVDs, etc., in the categories that interest you.

 

 

 

 

Reference Books:

 

Audio/Visual:

 

Periodical Search:

Use the periodical search function on the Catalog home page to find periodical titles indexed in our databases.  For example, if you have a citation to an article and want to see if it is available full-text in our databases, search for the journal title, and the system will lead you to the correct database.

Use the periodical search function on the Catalog home page to find relevant "Country Monitor" and "Economic Studies" reports for a country.  In the "title begins with" search box, type your country name, e.g. "France."  The results list will show all titles beginning with that word.  In this case, "France Country Monitor" and "France Economic Studies" are listed.   Click the link to the Business Source Premier database, click the most recent publication listed, and the table of contents of the issue will appear.

Periodicals: the following paper-format periodicals in the Sullivan University Library may be searched for articles in this subject area:

HSMAI marketing review  

JAX FAX Travel Marketing  

 

 

Databases & Electronic Journals:

 

If you are accessing these databases from off campus, please go to the Remote Access Page tab under the Databases menu. NOTE:  You MUST enter your Sullivan username and password to access the remote database passwords. Click here for more help logging in, or check with library staff for more information.

ABI/INFORM Research: This scholarly business periodicals database comprises nearly 1400 North American sources to provide information on advertising, economics, human resources, finance, marketing, computers and more. Fast access to information on over 60,000 companies. Now indexes The Wall Street Journal.

Relevant journals in this database:

Advertising Age

Chain Store Age

DSN Retailing Today

Franchising World

Industry Week 

Journal of Business Research

Journal of Forecasting

Marketing Science

Nation's Restaurant News 

Wall Street Journal

Academic Search Premier: An EBSCOhost® database indexing 4,450 scholarly /peer-reviewed journals back to 1975 and providing the corresponding full-text/full-image for articles in all academic disciplines. Updated daily.

Relevant journals in this database:

Fortune

Business Source Premier

This is the industry's most used business research database, providing the full text for nearly 8,200 serials. Business Source Premier provides full text back to 1965 and searchable cited references back as far as 1998. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost

Relevant journals in this database:

American Banker

American Demographics

Fortune

Harvard Business Review

Journal of Business Forecasting Methods & Systems,

Journal of Finance

Journal of Marketing

Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management,

Marketing Research

Marketing Science

  

 

Webliography (Internet Resources):

 

AdAge Data Center Provides advertising and marketing industry data.  Includes salary data.

Creating a Sales Forecast Contains steps to develop sales projections for a business plan.

Forecast and Plan Your Sales A guide to making a sales plan based on forecasts.  Includes information on plan assumptions and on avoiding pitfalls.

Forecasting for Marketing Research paper describing guidelines for forecasting for marketing.  Discussion includes an analysis of methods which are most effective for various kinds of forecasting.

Kentucky State Data Center Contains data on population, economy and business, education, employment, income and poverty for Kentucky.

Making a Market Forecasting Estimate Article describing a step-by-step process for making forecasting estimates.  Includes links to other articles and an “Ask the Experts” section.

Marketing-Demographics & Psychographics A research guide produced by DePaul University Library with some outside links available to non-DePaul users.

Marketing Demographics - Have You Listened to a Customer Today? An article by Paula Gamonal describing the information needed from customers in order to meet their needs.

Online Revenue Forecasting Demystified Summarizes steps to conducting sales forecasting for online companies.

Sales Forecasting Excerpt from book Business Excellence.  General concepts of forecasting applied to sales and marketing.

Sales Forecasting Audit Protocol Lists questions to consider when evaluating the effectiveness of  a forecasting plan.Structuring Sales Forecasting Problems Provides a list of various components of a forecasting plan and describes methods used for each component.

Three Methods of Sales Forecasting Discusses three methods of forecasting and describes best uses of each.  Also provides links to other resources on forecasting.

Top 10 Market Research Mistakes Provides information on common mistakes made in doing research for forecasting.

U.S. Census Bureau Contains statistical information from U.S. Census.  Includes information on businesses, economics, economics, foreign trade.

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