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Brief Description: Users have campus-wide access to selected Economist Intelligence Unit reports on over 50 countries.

Access Restrictions: Students, Faculty, Staff, and Walk-In Alumni and Visitors may use.

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APA Style

European HQ: who needs it? Business Europe. (20 Sept. 2000). Retrieved

September 26, 2000, from The Economist Intelligence Unit database: <http://iisweb01.babson.edu/authenticate.asp?DEST=http://db.eiu.com/>

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MLA Style

"European HQ: Who Needs It?" Business Europe 20 Sept. 2000. The Economist

Intelligence Unit. Babson College Horn Lib., Babson Park, MA. 26 Sept. 2000 <http://iisweb01.babson.edu/authenticate.asp?DEST=http://db.eiu.com/>.

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There are four ways of finding documents on EIU.com.

1. Scan the welcome page to view recently updated reports in html or pdf.
2. Search feature finds articles in all EIU reports and newsletter subscribed to.
3. Navigate by title for a menu of all report titles.
4. Navigate by country to select from a complete list or use menus to select a country from a regional list.

The country page has links at the top for major reports that we subscribe to; choose the most current report or click on Archive for previous issues. For all countries, you will have a selection of recent articles.

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On the welcome page, find the advanced search link next to the red Search icon.  Here you can enter words or phrases and limit your search with menus for country & region, publication title, and time frame.  Use lower case letters or the search will be case-sensitive.

Click here for help with searching.

Large reports in hmtl have a Document Sections menu as well as a link to the Full Report.  Note that most reports are quite long, so please conserve paper by downloading the report.  Click on File ... Save As and add the .htm extension to the file name.  To open the file later, run Windows Explorer and double-click on the file.

At EIU.com users have campus-wide access to selected Economist Intelligence Unit reports on over 50 countries. For a complete list of titles enter the web site and choose All Titles on the left side bar. For countries that we subscribe to, the following reports are available:

Country Monitor 
Global coverage of economic and political events      Update frequency: Weekly

Country Finance
Coverage of 45 international financial markets.  Includes banking and investment, tax laws, and equity and debt financing.                        Update frequency: Annually

Country Commerce
Practical reference guide to the specific operating conditions, commercial laws and business regulations in 55 countries.                       Update frequency:  Annually

Country Report
In-depth reports that provide analysis and trends on the political, economic and financial situation within the country. Includes detailed two-year forecasts and 3-5 year retrospective data.
Covers 62 countries                                              Update frequency:  Monthly

Country Profile
Outline of a country's economic and political status and background. Covers 62 countries                                                              Update frequency:  Annually 

In addition, we have access to more country information in the following newsletters :

• Business Asia
• Business Eastern Europe
• Business Europe
• Business Latin America

Updated July 20, 2007
By  Kristin Djorup