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Business News
Nearly 300 newspapers from Canada, including The Globe and Mail.
General Business
☆ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest) (Includes: ABI/INFORM Dateline; ABI/INFORM Global; ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry) – 65+ EIU Country Finance and Country Forecast Reports; Business Monitor International Reports, First Research Reports, EIU World Commodity reports, & 700 full-text case studies. Includes full-text access to The Wall Street Journal.
☆Business (ProQuest) With 1 click search 9 of ProQuest’s business databases. Includes scholarly articles.
☆Business Market Research Collection (ProQuest) Provides company, industry, and economic market research: Reports of market information and socio-economic data, analytical articles covering world and regional economic and political developments, and Hoover’s Company Profiles.
☆Business Source Ultimate (EBSCOhost) Comprehensive full-text coverage and indexing for scholarly business journals. In addition, detailed company reports information for the largest public and private companies. Data includes financials, subsidiaries, products, employees, industry information, case studies, SWOT analyses, market research reports, country reports, and more.
Mergent Intellect (Mergent) private and public U.S and international business data, company profiles, industry news, facts and figures, executive contact information, industry profiles, and much more. Includes First Research and Key Business Ratios.
NGO Database (WEB) A selected list of NGOs from Duke University’s Business School
Accounting & Finance
Access to S&P products including Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Mutual Fund Reports, Bond Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors, and Executives, and The Outlook.
Business Law
Database Tutorials
Search for books and ebooks in Primo.
Company & Industry Research Books
| Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management | REF HD 30.15 .B463 |
| Black’s Law Dictionary | REF KF 156 .B53 1979 |
| Business Planning Guide | HD 30.28 .B85 1988 |
Market Research Books
| The American marketplace: demographics and spending patterns | HA 214 .A6 1999 |
| Country and City Databook | Website |
| HC 110 .C6 M545 1998 | |
| The Baby Boom: Americans Born 1946 To 1964 | HN 60 .R868 1999 |
| Generation X: The young adult market | HC 110 .C6 M544 1999 |
| Americans 55 & older: A Changing Market | HQ 1064 .U5 A447 1999 |
| Editor & Publisher Market Guide | eBook |
You can search for journal articles in Primo and library databases (see databases tab).
Finding Journal Articles: detailed instructions for finding and accessing electronic and print journal articles.
Finding Journal Articles By Journal Title in Primo
1. Open E-Journals Search
2. Search for the Journal’s Title.
3. Click on the Journal in the search results.
4. Search inside the journal for keywords on the journal page.
Journal Titles
American Journal of Business
Leadership & Organization Development Journal
Journal of Organizational Behavior
Journal of Business Ethics
Organizational Development Journal
Trade Publications: magazines for working business professionals.
Databases to try:
ABI/INFORM Collection
Advanced Search: Choose Trade Journal under Source type
Business Source Ultimate
Advanced Search: Choose Trade Publication under Publication Type
Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection
Advanced Search: Choose Trade Journal under Source type
Newspapers & Magazines
Barron’s
Businessweek
Advertising Age
Economist
Financial Times
Forbes Magazine
Fortune Magazine (In Print only)
Harvard Business Review
Inc. Magazine
Wall Street Journal
Trying to determine if an article is published in a peer- reviewed journal?
- Click on the journal title in the database record to open the journal’s page (you may have to click a more or show all link to see peer-reviewed status):
2. Check the journal’s website for a description of the
editing process. This will also appear inside a paper issues or volumes of the journal.
- Google Finance: US and International Stock Market Data
- US Department of Labor: US inflation, employment, consumer spending, time use, and productivity data
- US Bureau of Economics: US and international inflation, GDP, employment, consumer spending,
- International Monetary Fund: International economic data
- UN Comtrade Database: international trade data from the United Nations
- Data.gov Business Data sets
Consumer information & Demographics
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (Economy Data)
- Polling Reports Website (Gallop, Pew, Harris Polls)
- The American Customer Satisfaction Index
- Consumer Expenditure Survey
- American Time Use Survey
- Demographic information by zip code
- Demographic information by neighborhood
- Census Business Builder (determines best business location)
Trends and Issues
- Pew Research Center (Economy & Work)
A nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes, and trends shaping America and the world - Nielsen Newswire (Markets and Finances)
Patents
Company Reports: Financial & Annual
- AnnualReports.com
- SEC International Registered and Reporting Companies
- EDGAR (Public Company Info)
- Biznar Search (Deep Web Search)
Other Research Guides
- Corporate Social Responsibility Guide (Rutgers)
- Guide to SEC Filings (Thomson Research)
- Business Plans Guide (Rutgers)
- Small Business Association Business Guide
- Understanding Types of Business Articles
- Best Business Websites Guide (according to business librarians)
Professional Development
Census Small Business Builder
Industry, community, and consumer spending information from census data to help you choose the location for a new business.
Business citations are usually APA Style. Check with your instructor on the style you should use for your course.
- UCLA Citing Business Sources (Chicago Style)
- Boston University Citing Business Sources (Chicago, APA, & MLA)
Note: links are provided as information sources only. The library does not check citations. Students can request help with citations through the CUAA Writing Center
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