Subject
Guide: Business (General)
Databases
The online and CD-ROM databases serve as indexes to the literature, primarily
periodicals. They include citations, abstracts and, sometimes, full-text depending
on the type of database. See Database
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Country Analysis / Economics / Statistics
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EIU.com [Country intelligence only] (Economist
Intelligence Unit)
Full-text of various EIU publications that provide
business intelligence such as country analysis, industry trends and
management strategies for
countries worldwide.
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WorldData (Economist Intelligence Unit)
Global database of economic and market figures and forecasts on 150 countries
and 45 regions. Data comparison between countries in various
industry sectors can be compiled and downloaded.
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NBER Working Papers (National
Bureau of Economic Research)
The NBER is a nonprofit economic research
organization with representatives from the leading U.S. research universities
and major national economics
organizations. This database contains full text NBER working papers covering
all aspects of economic research including all working papers since 1975.
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GLOBUS & NTDB (Stat-USA)
A service
of the U.S. Department of Commerce, includes current and historical trade-related
releases, international market research, trade opportunities
and country analysis. Key components include U.S. domestic data such
as GDP, CPI and international data such as U.S. Import and Export Price
Index and United Nations Trade Leads.
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SourceOECD (Organization of Economic
Co-operation and Development)
Provides access to all OECD published monographs,
annual reports, and periodicals from 1998 to the present in PDF-format
searchable full text.
Statistical databases can go back to 1960. Key titles are OECD Economic
Outlook and Economic Policy Reforms.
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Industry and Company Financial Information
| Title and Description of Database |
CompuStat via
WRDS: Wharton Research Data Services
Wharton Research Data
Services provides access to historical financial data from
CRSP and CompuStat. ComputStat covers over
30,000 companies and includes security prices and trading volume,
income statement and balance sheet items.
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Hoover’s Company Records (via
ProQuest)
Hoovers by D&B provides detailed company information
on more than 40,000 public and private companies. It also includes
industry analyses, company headquarters addresses and contacts,
financials summary, top competitors, and key executives information.
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LexisNexis Academic Business section includes SEC stock reports, bankruptcy
reports, industry and market news, company profiles for U.S.
public and private companies and international company reports.
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Livedgar
Includes publicly
traded companies’ information with
SEC filings in USA from 1967 or SEDAR filings in Canada from
1997, Merger& Acquisition information, agreements, annual
reports and other news regarding companies and the individuals
involved with them.
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Value Line
Provides access to Value Line's leading publications on stocks,
mutual funds and convertible securities as well as detailed investment
information on companies and industries.
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NetAdvantage (Standard & Poor's)
Provides full text investor/business information from several
S&P’s popular publications: Stock Reports, Industry
Surveys, Corporation Records, Register, Stock Reports, Earning
Guide, The Outlook and Dividend Record.
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Business Journals / News / Articles
| Title and Description of Database |
ABI/Inform Complete (ProQuest)
Indexes
and abstracts thousands of business publications including
full text of Hoovers and Wall Street Journal.
The main collections consist of the following.
ABI/Inform Global 
Indexes 1000 premier worldwide business periodicals providing information
on advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation,
computers, and more. Key publications include Wall Street Journal (Eastern
Edition)(1984 – current), EIU ViewsWire (2003 – current).
ABI/Inform Dateline
Indexes local and regional
business news coverage of large corporations, private companies,
executive
profiles,
marketing, finance, and industry news.
Key publications from South Florida such as Florida Trend, Smart Business
Broward/Palm Beach. Coverage: 1985 to current.
ABI/Inform Trade & Industry
Provides searching of more
than 700 publications for trade and industry information. This
database
contains publications on major
industries including finance, insurance, transportation, construction, and
many more. Coverage: 1971 – current.
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Emerald Management Xtra (Emerald
Group)
Full-text articles from selected Emerald journals covering
human resources, marketing, management and business operations.
Key titles include European Journal of Marketing, International
Journal of Operations & Production Management.
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General Business File ASAP (Gale
Group)
Provides major company performance analysis and industry
events and trends.
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Business Full Text (WilsonWeb)
Provides citations, abstracts and selected full-text articles
from business-related periodicals. Key publications include The
New York Times, Business Section (1993-current), The
Wall Street Journal (1993-current).
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Accounting and Taxation
| Title and Description of Database |
LexisNexis Academic
Business section includes SEC stock report,
bankruptcy reports, industry and market news, company profiles
for U.S. public and private companies and international company
reports.
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Tax Research Network (CCH)
Provides tax code interpretation by legal and accounting experts,
and current news related to specific tax and accounting subjects.
Coverage: Federal Tax Archives (1978 – current); State
Tax Archives (1999- current): International Tax Information
(1999 – current).
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Historical Business Information
| Title and Description of Database |
ABI/Inform Archive (ProQuest)
Full images of articles from historical business journals.
Covers corporate strategies, accounting, management techniques,
marketing, ethics, case studies and more. Coverage: 1950 – 1985.
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JSTOR
JSTOR Business Collection
offers full text searching of more than 50 journals, many of
which were published in the 1950’s.
Coverage: 1954 – 2001.
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