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Business & Economics databases

 

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Primary Databases

Business Source Premier
A good place to start for most business research topics. Covers all areas of business, including management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and more [More info]
 
General Business File ASAP
Another good starting point for business research. Covers a variety of full-text sources for research on a global range of business and management topics, industries, and companies [More info]
 
ABI-Inform [password required]
U.S. and international articles on business and management [More info]
 
LexisNexis Academic
Business resources include full-text articles from newspapers, journals, and magazines; accounting information; company information; and business directories. [More info]
 
Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition)
Via ProQuest Newspapers [More info]

Company information

Business & Company Resource Center
Detailed company and industry news and information [More info]
 
LexisNexis Academic
Includes company financial reports, company profiles, SEC filings & reports, business directories, and a Compare Companies feature. [More info]
 
Minnesota Fact Book Online
This database has been discontinued by the database provider.
 
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
Industry-leading research on companies, industries, stocks, bonds, funds, and the economy. [More info]
 
Worldscope [password required]
Basic financial information on public companies worldwide [More info]

Economics

Journal of Economic Literature
Indexes journals, books, and working papers on economics
EconLit on FirstSearch [password required] (index only) [More info]
Journal of Economic Literature via JSTOR (full text, 1969-three years ago) [More info]

Investments

Morningstar Mutual Funds Online [password required]
Provides access to updated full-page reports on all 1,600 funds covered in Morningstar Mutual Funds [More info]
 
Value Line Research Center
Information about stocks, mutual funds, options, and convertible securities [More info]
 
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
Industry-leading research on companies, industries, stocks, bonds, funds, and the economy. [More info]
 
Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition)
Via ProQuest Newspapers [More info]
 

Regional business information

Business Dateline [password required]
Regional business information [More info]
 
James J. Hill Reference Library's BizToolkit
A suite of business reference tools from the James J. Hill Reference Library [More info]
 
Minnesota Fact Book Online
Detailed information on more than 2,500 of Minnesota's public, private, and nonprofit companies. Available on HillSource. [More info]
 
Regional Business News
Provides full-text coverage of regional business journals, newspapers and newswires from metropolitan and rural areas across the United States [More info]

Other business databases

Business & Management Practices [password required]
Practical aspects and approaches to business management [More info]
 
Business & Industry [password required]
Business and industry facts, figures, and key events [More info]
 
Business Organizations [password required]
Organizations that serve business and industry [More info]
 
Management & Organization Studies: A SAGE Full-Text Collection
A high-quality collection of about 41 scholarly journals [More info]

Databases for related fields

CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
Full-text documents related to theory and research in international affairs. Includes coverage of topics related to international business. [More info]
 
PAIS International
Indexes publications about public policy and social issues from 120 countries [More info]

More general databases with some coverage of business & economics

GreenFILE
Indexes information about environmental concerns, including the impact of corporations on the environment [More info]
 
JSTOR
An archive of scholarly full-text journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences [More info]
 
ScienceDirect
Nearly 2,000 full-text journals, mostly from scientific, medical, and technical fields [More info
Another option: browse business journals in ScienceDirect

E-Books and other resources

Collections of online encylopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, etc.:
 
For additional resources, see our subject guides for business and economics.