LibGuides: Business: Articles

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Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, & JSTOR

Business Databases

General & Business-Specific Databases

*Academic Search Premier
A comprehensive index to scholarly journals and general periodicals in all subject and interdisciplinary areas, including full text.
*Business Source Complete
Includes full-text from scholarly journals and trade magazines covering all areas of business with case studies included. Provides MarketLine company profiles for international, private (some), and public companies.
*Corporate ResourceNet
Designed to meet the diverse information needs of today’s companies, this database contains full text articles from nearly 1,350 quality magazines and journals.
CQ Researcher: Business & Economics
Browse detailed reports by business topics including advertising, consumer behavior, economic crisis and development, manufacturing and industrial production, small business, and more.
Credo Reference: Business & Accounting Topic Pages
Browse topic pages with current information on a variety of business and accounting topics.
JSTOR
Includes full text of hundreds of scholarly journals in all disciplines dating back to the 1700s.

EBSCO databases marked with an asterisk (*) can be searched at the same time. Open one of the databases and locate the Choose Databases link found right above the search box. Place checks next to the databases starred here and click OK.

Industry & Company Databases

First Research
Includes profiles for over 900 industry segments offering critical analysis, statistics, and forecasts. Includes U.S. state profiles to monitor employment, business and real estate trends.
Hoover's
Provides access to company information, and gives insight into key executive profiles. Analyze industries, and view company fact sheets with financials.

News & Legal Databases

Nexis Uni
Provides full-text to articles from major US newspapers, international newspapers and other journals and magazines.
Newspaper Source
Provides selected full-text for 25 national (U.S.), 260 regional (U.S.) and international newspapers. Also offers full text television & radio news transcripts.
Regional Business News
Includes full-text coverage for regional business publications. Incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers & newswires from U.S. urban & rural areas.
Westlaw Next
A collection of news, business, and law related information. Shortcuts to Hoover's Company Profiles and Hoover's Basic Company Reports are also included.

Business Journal Titles

American Demographics (merged into Advertising Age)
Includes articles on national and international marketing, news about individuals in advertising, statistics on advertising and special reports.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Includes reports on news, ideas and trends affecting industry and the economy for those in business management, with national and international coverage.
Business Horizons
Contains original articles of interest aimed at academicians and practitioners of business, often with broad economic, social or political implications.
Consumer Reports
Presents articles on health, public safety, marketplace economics and the judicial & regulatory actions that affect consumers.
Harvard Business Review
Written for upper level management. Presents analysis of management problems and helpful commentary on advanced thinking and practice in all fields of management and administration.

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Additional Business Journal Titles

Futures Research Quarterly
Provides a forum for all who are professionally involved with the theory, methodology, practice and use of futures research.
Industry Week
A management magazine aimed at executives with management responsibilities in administration or finance, production, engineering, purchasing or marketing and sales.
Journal of Marketing
Publishes articles selected by blind review judged on their contributions to the advancement of the science and/or practice of marketing that provide new insights, new ideas or new empirical results.
Nonprofit Management & Leadership
Brings together knowledge about special needs, challenges, & opportunities of nonprofit organizations & offers insights on common concerns of nonprofit leaders in all settings.
Nonprofit World
For executives, boards, staff & volunteers of nonprofit organizations. Focuses on key result areas of managing & leading a nonprofit organization.