Business Spanish

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How do I locate full text of newspapers from Latin American and Spain online that will help me get current information about my industry?

LexisNexis Academic (searchable, but not browsable)
http://0-www.lexisnexis.com.library.muhlenberg.edu/us/lnacademic
Includes an array of major newspapers (based on hard-copy) from Spain and Latin America. Updated daily. Archive back to early 90s. Watch especially for these papers in LexisNexis: El Pais (Spain), Nacional (Venezuela), Mercurio (Chile).

El Pais(browsable and somewhat searchable)
http://www.elpais.com/
Digital version of the premier newspaper of the Spanish-speaking world.

Excelsior
http://www.nuevoexcelsior.com.mx/
Influential Mexican paper.

La Jornada
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2007/08/29/index.php
Highly influential Mexican paper.

Clarin
http://www.clarin.com/
Respected Argentine paper.

El Nacional
http://www.el-nacional.com/
Major Venezuelan paper. Consider in light of current politics.

News and Newspapers Online
http://library.uncg.edu/news/
Digital versions of newspapers from around the world. Organized by country and then by city/region.

How do I locate trade and scholarly journals (in English) on industries in Latin America and Spain?

Business Source Elite
NOTE: Access from the Trexler Library website > Databases A to Z

PRISMA
NOTE: Access from the Trexler Library website > Databases A to Z

How do I locate in-depth reports of industries in Latin America and Spain?

Marketline
ACCESS: Trexler Library website >Online Reference Shelf

U.S. Commercial Service Market Research Library (http://www.export.gov/mrktresearch/index.asp)
U.S. Dept. of Commerce's "Country Commercial Guides" and other country-specific economic reports.

OR...

Stat-USA
ACCESS: Trexler Library website >Online Reference Shelf
Subscriber access to the U.S. Dept. of Commerce's Country Commercial Guides and other country-specific ecnomomic reports. See the section under "Globus & NTDB" called "Country Commercial Guides." May contain data on advertising and distribution related to specific industries.

How do I locate consumer (market) studies for a specific country?

Passport Reference (from Euromonitor)
ACCESS: Trexler Library website >Online Reference Shelf
Proprietary consumer lifestyle reports written by Euromonitor staff.

How do l locate relevant trade associations, government agencies, business directories, etc.?

LANIC (Latin American Network Information Center)
(http://lanic.utexas.edu/subject/countries/)
A directory of associations for all Latin America countries.

LexisNexis Academic
http://0-www.lexisnexis.com.library.muhlenberg.edu/us/lnacademic
You will need the Standard Industry Classification (http://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/sicsearch.html) to use the company directory (dossier).

Citing sources

For tips on citing print and electronic sources, visit Trexler Library's Citation Guides for Print and Electronic Resources. NOTE: Access from the Trexler Library website > Citation Guides.

For automated citation, try the shareware Zotero (http://www.zotero.org/).