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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]

Companies & Industries

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]
 
ReferenceUSA
In-depth information on millions of U.S. and international companies. The International Businesses module includes industry reviews/data, RMA ratios, STAT-USA, and other important business data sets. [More info]
 
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
Industry-leading research on companies, industries, stocks, bonds, funds, and the economy. [More info]

Economics

Journal of Economic Literature
Indexes journals, books, and working papers on economics
 
ReferenceUSA
In-depth information on millions of U.S. and international companies. The International Businesses module includes industry reviews/data, RMA ratios, STAT-USA, and other important business data sets. [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

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]

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]
 
SAGE Premier
More than 500 scholarly e-journals from many fields, including business [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.