Business Research Guide: Essential Resources
Advice
The resources listed on this page are broad and deep enough to support research on a wide spectrum of business topics. The remaining tabs of this guide provide expanded opportunities for business research:
- Deeper resources in fields such as accounting, economics, and marketing--see Specialty Resources
- Resources focused on specific companies, industries, and geographic markets--visit Companies & Industries and Countries
- Resources supporting faith-learning integration--see Faith & Business
- Resources for selected business courses--click on Courses
Databases
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Business Source Complete (Business Search Interface) A large, multifaceted business database. Contains full-text journal articles, case studies, company profiles, country reports, industry reports, SWOT analyses, business author profiles, and more.
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ABI/INFORM Collection Contains a wide range of business content, including full-text journal and news articles; company data; economic data; case studies; and reports on industries, countries, economies, and markets.
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Data-Planet Compilation of statistical data from government and private sources. Data sets pertain to areas such as banking, finance, and insurance; industry, business, and commerce; labor and employment; price and cost of living; and stocks and commodities. Data can be aggregated in time series (by day, month, or year), data points can be correlated with one another, and results can be output to tables and graphs.
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Emerald Insight Full-text journals in the broad discipline of management, including accounting, finance, human resources, marketing, health care management, and library/information science
For more information, please view this video tutorial on Emerald Database.