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  b. Select LUMS LIBRARY E-DATABASES icon from the desktop
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  d. Select/double click appropriate database icon

 

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Business Periodicals on Disc (CD-ROM), Research Edition 1971 - 1987 (index) 1988-1998 (Fulltext) - BPO has been a premier source of business information for more than 30 years. The database contains full text and abstracts of major business journals that help researchers track business conditions, trends, management techniques, corporate strategies, and industry-specific topics worldwide.

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The Complete All India Reporter (AIR) Supreme Court on CD-ROM 1950-2007 - It covers the entire AIR Supreme Court on one disk. It facilitates to search by statute, by nominal, by page number, by name of Judges and even by combination of any of these. In addition you have specially customized search - search by cases referred.

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Econlit (CD-ROM) Econlit is a comprehensive, indexed bibliography with selected abstracts of the world's economic literature, produced by the American Economic Association. It includes coverage of over 400 major journals as well as articles in collective volumes (essays, proceedings, etc.), books, book reviews, dissertations, and working papers licensed from the Cambridge University Press Abstracts of Working Papers in Economics. Over 99% of the articles are in English or include English summaries. Generally, all articles from all publications are indexed, including notes, communications, comments, etc.

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Encyclopedias - BRITANNICA the must reference and research tool.

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High Courts on CD-ROM 1975-2007 [All India Reporter (AIR) - Cri.L.J.] - It brings the full text in the paged format so that the law practitioners able to get contents of a specific page from AIR books (Indian High Court and Cri.L.J. section) in the electronic format. It also refers to the Indian High Court Act under which the Case has been decided with all the modifications in the acts and sections on year-by-year basis.

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IEEE's LEOS Journal Collection - LEOS (Lasers and Electro-Optics Society) CD-ROM journal collection includes the 1999 issues of the Journal of Quantum Electronics, Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Journal of Lightwave Technology, Photonics Technology Letters, and the LEOS Newsletter. Also included is a cumulative index for 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999 including title, author, and abstract.

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International Political Science Abstracts (IPSA) - It provides abstracts (not full text) from approximately 900 journals and yearbooks in the fields of political science, international relations, public administration, and public law from 1989 to date. The database is updated four times a year.

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Jamal's Yellow Pages of Pakistan - Jamal's Yellow Pages (JYP) is a complete up-to-date source of information on all sorts of business activities operating in Pakistan. With a very intuitive and easy to use interface, the software helps in getting business addresses and contacts in a flash. Not only this, JYP serves as direct marketing agent as well, with full facility to export data to different other formats.

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National Trade Data Bank -The Export Connection - National Trade Data Bank (NTDB) surveys the economic and demographic conditions of over 250 countries using the central intelligence agency World Factbook. It reviews market research reports from U.S. foreign commercial service and gets exchange and interest rate data from Federal Reserve Board. It also includes the census data on Merchandise Trade Exports and Imports. NTDB spots trends and identify markets, the data is arrayed two ways: by country of origin or destination for each commodity, listed by 10-digit harmonized system code, and by top 100 commodities traded with each country. It also gives the Foreign Traders Index.

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UNIDO Industrial Demand-Supply Balance Database - covers 58 countries and areas. The data is arranged according to the ISIC (Rev. 2) at the 4-digit level that provides for the inclusion of 81 industries in the manufacturing sector. Information is presented by country, year, and industry. Each of the following items is covered: domestic output, imports from the world, exports to the world, consumption, imports from developed countries, imports from developing countries, exports to developed countries, exports to developing countries (all in current US Dollars).

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UNIDO Industrial Statistics Database - The database contains time series data starting with 1981 to the latest available year for approximately 102 countries. The data are arranged according to the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC) at the 4-digit level, which provides for the inclusion of 81 industries in the manufacturing sector. Information is presented by country, year, and industry. Each of the following items is covered: number of establishments, employment, wages and salaries, output, value added, gross fixed capital formation, and number of female employees. The data are originally stored in national currency values at current process. The system allows for data conversion from national currency into current U.S. dollars using the average period exchange rates as given in the International Financial Statistics (IFS).

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VISTA - Vital Information Total Analysis - provides access to historical database of the companies' published accounts, including half-yearly, since as far back as 1990. The database carries historical stock price, trading volume, summary of the director's report, name of the auditors, CEO, principal products, etc. We receive weekly updates. VISTA enables the analyst to perform, in a windows based and user-friendly environment, a comprehensive analysis on fundamentals of a company, in relation to other companies in the sector. One could analyze various sectors also, on a wide variety of parameters and ratios.

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World Bank World Data 1994 - includes World Bank data for over 200 countries, more than 700 time series on national accounts, balance of payments, trade, external debt and finance, social and natural resources, including the current Social Indicators of Development, World Tables, and World Debt Tables. National Accounts data from 1960 and Social Indicators from 1965 reminder from 1970 through the most recent estimates.

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World Development Sources (WDS) - contain information collected by the World Bank from its developing country members related to the Bank funded projects. WDS CD-ROMs also include economic and sector papers that provide the macro and sectoral background to a country. Specific types of documents are: Economic Reports and Sector Reports, Staff Appraisal Reports and Project Appraisal Reports, Technical Annexes, Global Environment Facility Project Documents, Operations Evaluation Department (OED) Reviews & Studies, OED Impact Evaluation Reports.

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World Trade Almanac - is designed to provide international traders with a blueprint for success in foreign markets. The Almanac provides useful information on a variety of subjects from economics to travel for 100 of the world's leading trading nations. It is structured in a logical, easy-to-follow format, which allows ready comparison of the business environments of different countries so traders can gain a good understanding of the overall conditions and requirements of doing business in these countries. The World Trade Almanac CD-ROM contains separate documents with information on the top 100 countries in the world. There are also separate documents for an overview, the Dictionary of International Trade, and the Dictionary appendix.