Databases in Business
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Database details ABI/Inform

Scope: This database includes about 80% full-text articles from the business press, trade publications, academic journals, and newspapers (including full text of the Wall Street Journal). It is a great starting point for articles on broad business topics.
Notes: Some scholarly.
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Database details Business & Company Resource Center

Scope: Using a convenient arrangement on the screen, it brings together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. This is an easy-to-use database for beginners in the area of business research.
Notes: Thanks to Mel
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Database details Business Source Premier

Scope: Broad scope - includes academic journals, trade publications, magazines, books, market research reports, and product reviews.
Notes: Scholarly.
Full text: Some links to full text available.
 

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Database details Business Source Premier - Enhanced Search

Scope: Covers many types of full-text sources, including articles in journals and magazines, Datamonitor industry analyses, company overviews, country profiles, and market research information.
Notes: Some full text.
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Database details EconLit

Notes: Scholarly.
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Database details Emerald Management Xtra 40

Coverage: Varies by journal title; 1994-present for most.
Scope: 40 full-text business and management journals from Emerald Press
Notes: Scholarly
Full text: Some links to full text available.
 

Database details General Business File ASAP

Scope: Analyses of companies, industry events and trends as well as the latest in economics and politics. Offers access to broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, and journals.
Notes: Scholarly. Thanks to Mel
Full text: Some links to full text available.
 

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Database details Global Market Information Database

Scope: International socioconomic data, including industry statistics, consumer behavior statistics, and country information.
Notes: Formerly known as Euromonitor.
Full text: Some links to full text available.
 

Database details Google Scholar

Scope: You can check the availability of article full text from within Google Scholar - see how!.
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Database details Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe

Scope: NEWS: full text access to newspapers, magazines, trade journals, newsletters, news wires, and transcripts. News sources are never scholarly, but they can give you up-to-date information on current events. BUSINESS: access to financial and business information for specific companies. It's most accurate when you limit your search by sources, such as Hoover's Company Reports, S&P Corporate Descriptions, American Markeplace, and Tax Analysts Publications. LEGAL: you can search for legal information such as court decisions, legal codes, legal news, and law journals. The coverage includes information both at the state level and at the federal level.
Notes: Some scholarly.
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Database details Management & Organization Studies: SAGE Full Text

Scope: Includes the full text of 40 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, some journals going back 60 years.
Notes: Scholarly.
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Database details Mergent Online

Scope: Financial data on US and international publicly traded firms; includes annual reports, SEC filings, news, and other information.
Notes: Limit 7 users. Log off after using!
Full text: Some links to full text available.
 

Database details Million Dollar Directory - replaced by Ward's Directory

Scope: Ward's contains information on public and private companies in the US, Canada, and Mexico. Ward's is searchable through the Business and Company Resource Center.
Full text: Some links to full text available.
 

Database details Morningstar

Notes: Limit 1 user. Please log off when done.
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Database details Regional Business News EBSCO

Scope: 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.
Notes: Crains Detroit News
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Database details Ward's Business Directory via BCRC

Scope: This is a replacement for Million Dollar Directory. It contains information on public and private companies in the US, Canada, and Mexico.
Full text: Some links to full text available.
 

Database details Web of Science

Coverage: 1980 to present
Scope: Web of Science provides access to Science Citation Index (SCI) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI). These citation indexes contain references which have been cited by other articles. You can use these citations to undertake cited reference searching, that is, locating articles which cite an earlier publication.
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Database details Wilson Business Abstracts

Scope: Contains abstracts to articles in business and economics journals and magazines. Includes some full-text articles.
Notes: Scholarly.
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