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Library Research Guide
Global Business & Transportation
TMGT 9100: Graduate Capstone Course
Topic: Pros & Cons of "Flag of Convenience" Regime |
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Research into contemporary issues such as Flags of Convenience in the international maritime and transportation areas involves three separate types of activities. Online research involves utilizing search engines, looking through sites created by governments, international organizations, advocacy groups, news organizations, and so on. Database research uses the resources available from the Stephen B. Luce Library website (such as Ebsco, Marine Technology Abstracts, and TRID) to perform in-depth examinations of various subjects. Print publication research requires students to come to the library to use the many books, periodicals and other print materials available. Any book not in the Luce Library collection may be requested from another library via Interlibrary loan. |
I. Suggested Sources for Online Research
The following sites represent our librarians’ suggestions for places to look online to find relevant information. The list is divided into subject areas. Please remember that this resource is meant to be a starting point and should not be considered exhaustive. |
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 Security, Safety, and Legal Rights at Sea
- International Transport Workers’ Federation
- The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) is an international trade union federation of transport workers' unions. Any independent trade union with members in the transport industry is eligible for membership of the ITF. 690 unions representing over 4.5 million transport workers in 153 countries are members of the ITF. It is one of several Global Federation Unions allied with the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). ITF has powerful influence on wages and condition of one particular group of workers, seafarers working on ships flying Flags of Convenience (FOCs)
- International Labour Organisation
- The ILO is the international organization responsible for drawing up and overseeing international labour standards and is a “tripartite” agency of the United Nations. Its mission is to promote the safety and rights of international laborers, particularly in social and work-related issues.
- ILO Maritime Labour Convention
- Provides text of the MLC and further guides and sources
- YaleGlobal Online
- Publications from the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization. Discusses the social, security, and financial aspects of an increasingly-global society, trade agreements, and world relations
- Seafarers’ Rights International
- Dedicated to protecting the innate rights of international seafarers and works towards improving international standards for their legal protection.
- MARISEC
- Maritime International Secretariat Services provides annual reports on Flag State Performance
- Representing the “voice of international shipping,” the ICS and ISF disseminate and publish press releases on a variety of topics for ships’ operators on security, safety, and regulations at sea.
- United Nations Website
- Paris MoU
- The organization consists of 27 participating maritime Administrations and covers the waters of the European coastal States and the North Atlantic basin from North America to Europe.
- Annually more than 24.000 inspections take place on board foreign ships in the Paris MoU ports, ensuring that these ships meet international safety, security and environmental standards, and that crew members have adequate living and working conditions. This site provides information on inspections, bans, detained ships, ships in detention, ship risk profile, annual reports and press releases
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Transportation
- International Transport Forum
- A strategic think tank for the transport sector
- MARAD
- The Maritime Administration is the agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation dealing with waterborne transportation. Its programs promote the use of waterborne transportation and its seamless integration with other segments of the transportation system, and the viability of the U.S. merchant marine. The Maritime Administration works in many areas involving ships and shipping, shipbuilding, port operations, vessel operations, national security, environment, and safety.
- Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, U.S. Congress
- Transportation Security Administration
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Official/Government Sites for Countries with Ship Registry
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Country Profiles, Economic, and Approach to FOC Conditions
- United States House of Representatives
- Reporting from Congress on the position of the United States with reference to national and international policies, documents and transcripts reveal national viewpoints on a variety of topics which affect international labor relations.
- Library of Congress
- Search bills, resolutions and treaties
- European Industrial Relations Observatory Online
- Representing and monitoring European industrial relations, the EIRO forms a network with research institutions to stay abreast of current trends and events impacting European labor organizations.
- U.S. Department of State
- Business including background notes on countries
- World Economic Outlook Database
- This International Monetary Fund database supplies economic-time-series data for nominal GDP (at market and purchasing parity exchange rates), real GDP, per capital GDP and inflation. Data in spreadsheet format is available for series dating back to 1970; aggregate data for the world and country-specific data are included.
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Environmental Concerns
- SeaWeb
- Explores some of the environmental impacts of human industry and shipping on the world’s oceans
- Environmental Justice Foundation
- Monitors and reports on the negative impact of modernization on the land, sea, and air and activities which could counter those effects.
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Culture and Society
- ExecutivePlanet
- This Web site gives advice on business negotiation, entertaining, conversation, and general business etiquette for countries that are U.S. trading partners. It includes practical information about business attire and forms of address. A local author, often from a consulting agency or research institute, writes each country page.
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Global Statistics
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics
- The UNESCO Institute provides statistical data and country profiles that focus on four themes: culture and communications, education, literacy, and science and technology.
- Social Indicators
- The United Nations Statistics Division compiles tables of the latest indicators of social development for housing, health, education, illiteracy, income and economic activity, youth and elderly population, urban and rural population, and unemployment.
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Foreign Labor Market
- Foreign Labor Statistics
- Foreign labor statistics, gathered by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics from national statistical offices and international agencies, provide comparative country data on productivity, unit labor costs, compensation, labor force, employment and unemployment, and consumer prices.
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- OECD's work is based on continued monitoring of events in member countries as well as outside OECD area, and includes regular projections of short and medium-term economic developments. The OECD Secretariat collects and analyses data, after which committees discuss policy regarding this information, the Council makes decisions, and then governments implement recommendations. They provide data and analysis on a variety of topics including maritime issues and work to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world.
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Foreign Trade Policy
- International Trade Centre
- The ITC produces comprehensive country market analysis profiles with trade statistics, analytical reports on the demand for imports and the supply of exports, and links to trade information sources. The International Trade Centre (ITC) is an agency of the World Trade Organization and UNCTAD.
- US International Trade Administration (Department of Commerce)
- Information on U.S. international trade policy, including information on fair trade and compliance with trade laws and agreements.
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Accounting and Tax Policies
- World Trade Organization
- World Trade Organization (WTO) web page on trading, inclduing trade statistics, goods schedules, tariff data, and more
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II. Suggested Resources for Database and Periodical Research |
The Stephen B. Luce Library offers a variety of full-text databases to complement your queries. These databases incorporate contemporary and historical articles, statistics, reports, and interviews on a multitude of topics and are also searchable by keyword, author, title, or subject. If a specific article is not available in full-text format, you can request it through the Luce Library’s Interlibrary Loan system, ILLiad.
Click here for a listing of business periodicals, organized by subject headings. |
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- Academic Search Complete
- Academic Search Complete is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,400 journals
- Business Source Premier
- Business Source Premier is the industry’s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 8,800 serials, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications. Business Source Premier is superior to the competition in full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics.
- Newspaper Source Plus
- Newspaper Source Plus includes more than 860 full-text newspapers, providing more than 35 million full-text articles. In addition, the database features more than 857,000 television and radio news transcripts
- GreenFILE
- GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records.
- Military & Government Collection
- Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites. The Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for more than 400 titles.
- Regional Business News
- This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis.
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- Business and Company Resource Center
- Business and Company Resource Center is a fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.
- Business Economics and Theory
- With a strong emphasis on titles covered in the EconLit database, this collection provides academic journals and magazines focusing on topics in economics. Perfect for business classes, users will find more than 150 full-text journals to support their research
- Business and Company ASAP
- Providing researchers with information on companies, markets and industries. From market trends, mergers and acquisitions to current management theory and company overviews. Access business and trade journals, newspapers and company directory profiles with full text and images
- Business and Company Resource Center with Investext Plus
- Business and Company Resource Center is a fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Thomson Financials' Investext Plus database is fully integrated in this database. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. Because each library creates its own eBook collection, the content you see may vary if you use the database at different libraries (your school, your public library, or your office).
- General Business File ASAP
- Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full text and images available.
- Insurance and Liability Collection
- Protection of assets is a concern for all: from the individual property owner to the multinational corporation, all have a vested interest in ensuring the retention of their assets, be it physical or intellectual. This collection, of journals, takes a broad view of this multimillion dollar industry, covering such topics as labor relations, mortgage banking, legal issues, and more.
- Military and Intelligence Database
- Both the historian and reporter on the frontline will find useful information in this collection, composed of content from over 400 journals, which covers all aspects of the past and current state of military affairs. Key subjects covered include: socioeconomic effects of war, governmental policies, the structure of armed forces, and many more.
- New York State Newspapers
- Search this database of 28 newspapers published in the state of New York, including the New York Times and the New York Post.
- Opposing Viewpoints In Context
- Opposing Viewpoints in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues. Drawing on the acclaimed Greenhaven Press series, the new solution features continuously updated viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
- War and Terrorism Collection
- A definitive periodical collection of hand selected titles for analysts, risk management
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- ABI/INFORM Global
- Business, Finance, Economics: journals, company profiles, Wall Street Journal Most scholarly and comprehensive way to explore and understand business research topics. Search nearly 1800 worldwide business periodicals for in-depth coverage of business and economic conditions, management techniques, theory, and practice of business, advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more. Expanded international coverage. Fast access to information on 60,000 + companies with business and executive profiles. Now includes The Wall Street Journal.
- ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry
- Business, Economics: trade and industry periodicals and newsletters. Search more than 750 business periodicals and newsletters with a trade or industry focus. Provides users with the latest industry news, product and competitive information, marketing trends, and a wide variety of other topics. Contains publications on every major industry, including finance, insurance, transportation, construction, and many more.
- National Newspapers (27)
- Includes coverage of 27 newspapers including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, plus other important U.S., international and minority interest papers
- Barron's: A weekly publication for investors. Provides in-depth articles examining companies and industries to spotlight possible investment opportunities.
- Chicago Tribune: Provides reporting and analysis of regional, national, and international news. Coverage: 1985-current
- Los Angeles Times: Major daily newspaper from Los Angeles. With the nation's largest editorial department, it offers extensive coverage of national, international, and local news.
- New York Times: Full-text coverage of the US newspaper of record. Offers superb coverage of national and international news, plus coverage of important speeches and documents, Supreme Court decisions, and presidential press conference transcripts.
- Wall Street Journal: The financial newspaper of record offering in-depth coverage of national and international finance as well as first rate coverage of hard news
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- The Homeland Security Digital Library is the nation's premier research collection of open-source resources related to homeland security policy, strategy and organizational management. The HSDL is sponsored by the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s National Preparedness Directorate, FEMA.
- HSDL is available by Full Collection - over 96,000 documents related to homeland security policy, strategy, and organizational management from a wide variety of sources including federal, state, and local governments; international governments and institutions; nonprofit organizations and private entities.
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- This JSTOR collection includes full-text articles from the complete back runs of 118 journal titles in various disciplines, including many of the core research and society published journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as titles in the more science-oriented fields of ecology, mathematics, and statistics.
- Keyword searches on the topic of Flags of Convenience result in hits from The American Journal of International Law and International Organization, for example.
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- Lloyd's List is the leading daily publication for authoritative coverage on the shipping industry, including global shipping, logistics, global trade, marine insurance, and admiralty law.
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Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
- This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scholarly journals with the aim to cover all subjects and languages. There are now 50 journals in the directory on topics in business and economics.
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- Include books and book chapters on “flags of convenience.” Enter search phrase "flag of convenience" for a listing of books/book chapters.
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IngentaConnect (Citation and Abstracts Only)
- A comprehensive collection of academic and professional publications. Please note that this is citation and abstracts only.
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- Contains 707 scholarly full-text scientific and medical journals. ScienceDirect offers full text access to over 700 Elsevier Science journal titles that cover areas including science, medicine and technology.
- Searching for Flags of Convenience finds national and international results from Marine Policy and Marine Pollution Bulletin.
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- The Marine Technology Abstracts database contains bibliographic information providing a reference and description for over 90,000 technical articles, reports, books, conference and transaction papers and other material on all aspects of maritime technology, dating back as far as 1940 and drawn from all major marine engineering publications, published worldwide in at least 10 languages.
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- TRID is the world's largest and most comprehensive bibliographic resource on transportation research information. It is produced and maintained by the Transportation Research Board. TRID covers all modes and disciplines of transportation and contains more than 900,000 records of published research. Over 64,000 records contain links to full-text documents.
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Google Scholar (mostly citation and abstract, some full-text)
- Search citations for scholarly journals and legal opinions on “flag of convenience.” See a librarian for information on how to locate full text of articles.
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III. Suggested Resources for Print Publication Research |
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Books
The most efficient way to find books relating to your subject is to perform a search of our online catalog, the Sextant. Click here to view tutorials with search tips!
- Sextant searches
- Keyword search terms:
- Flags of convenience
- Ship regulation
- International maritime law
- By Subject:
- Flag state
- Flags of convenience
- International Transport Workers’ Federation
- Maritime Law
- Merchant marine
- Military policy
- Nationality of ships
- Ship transfers to foreign registry
- Ship transfers to foreign registry -- Economic aspects
- Ships -- Registration and transfer
You can also browse the following sections in the circulating (2nd. floor) and reference (1st. floor) collections.
- Potential relevant call numbers:
- Social Sciences:
- HA 1 – 5000 (Statistics, including country census stats)
- HB 1 – 4000 (Economic theory, Demography)
- HC 10 – HD 9999 (Economic conditions and history)
- HD 6475 (International trade unions)
- HE 635 – HE 999 (Transportation and Communications – Shipping)
- HE 582 (Maritime Economics)
- HE 736 (Ocean shipping)
- HE 594 (Shipping rates)
- HF 1 – 7000 (Commerce, Marketing, Import/Export)
- HG 1 – HJ 9999 (Finance)
- Political Science:
- JX 4400 – JX 4449 (International Maritime Law)
- Law:
- K4150 – K4226 (Laws regarding Water Transportation, Navigation and Shipping)
- Technology:
- TA 900 – TA1280 (Transportation Engineering)
- Naval Science:
- VK 1 – VK1661 (Technical aspects of Navigation)
- VK221 (Manning of vessels)
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Print Periodicals
Print periodicals from the last two years are arranged alphabetically near the circulation desk. Older periodicals may be found further towards the back of the library in the bound periodicals collection. Our bound periodicals may not be checked out, but you use our photocopier for 15 cents a page. The titles below may have relevant articles to examine. |
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- American Shipper
- Fairplay International Shipping Weekly
- Fairplay Solutions
- International Bulk Journal
- International Transport Journal
- Journal of Commerce
- Journal of Navigation
- Journal of Transport Economics and Policy
- Lloyd’s List
- Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly
- Lloyd’s Ship Manager
- Lloyd’s Shipping Economist
- Marine Engineer’s Review
- Marine Business Journal
- Maritime Policy and Management
- Ocean News and Technology
- Seatrade
- Shipping statistics and market review
- Tradewinds
- Transportation International
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IV. Instructions to Students |
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Librarian Assistance
For one-on-one reference assistance with a librarian, visit the library in person. Ask to speak to the librarian at the desk and identify yourself as a graduate student working on the Capstone Project.
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Requesting Interlibrary Loan
Interlibrary loan (ILL) is a service that allows SUNY Maritime College students, faculty, staff, and administrators to request books, periodical articles, and other research items from other local, national, and international libraries. In addition, Maritime college community experience enhanced ILL services through the Library's membership in local resource sharing consortiums such as IDS.
- Click here for further instructions and to log in/create your ILL account.
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| Updated January, 2012. |
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