Business Research Guide

Library Databases for Business Research

Business Source Premier: Indexes over 3,600 scholarly business publications and provides full-text access to many titles. Good for finding journal articles on business, marketing, and economics. Includes industry and marketing reports.
Hoover's Online: Obtain information about specific companies, including news, analysis, financial data, competitors, company history, and product information.
Wall Street Journal, 1984-present: Provides full-text access to the past 20+ years of the Wall Street Journal, including "today's paper today".
JSTOR: JSTOR is a database of academic journals in various disciplines. FP subscribes to the Arts & Sciences II collection which lists economics as a particular strength.
LexisNexis™ Academic: Full-text articles and abstracts focusing on local, national, and international issues in the news. Includes both general news sources and business news sources.
Academic Search Premier: A good general-interest database which may be useful as a supplement to Business Source Premier for your business research.

The Times 1000: provides business news and case studies from the real world. Developed by the Times of London.

Hoover's Online: a subscription database with information on over 12,000 companies in the U.S. and the world
NASDAQ Company Financials: free access to company financials including balance sheets and cash flow of companies traded on the NYSE and NASDAQ.
Yahoo! Finance: free access to some US and international company financial data, as well as current trading prices.
Moneychimp.Com: guide to money and finance terminology.

Annual Reports Online
EDGAR Database of Corporate Information: information provided to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the branch of the federal government which investigates individuals and companies for securities fraud and insider trading.
Corporate Financials Online: relatively current information on US and international company financial and marketing data.
Financials.com: clearinghouse for free marketing, earnings, and stock-price data.

VIBES: Virtual International Business and Economics Sources
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Federal Reserve Board "Beige Book": current regional US economic conditions
Resources for Economists: guide to economic data and terminology sponsored by the American Economic Association
Economic Data and Links: recent economic data on the US economy

How Much is That?: Comparative value of currencies through time, 18th through 21st centuries
Economic Statistics Briefing Room at the White House
STAT-USA: US Dept. of Commerce site
FedStats: A page of US statistics maintained by the federal government

Advertising Age: Web site and full text online and shelved with the newspapers in the lower level of the library.
Barron's: Web site and the past year shelved in the lower level of the library.
Business NH: Web site and full text online (1993-present), with printed copies from 1984-present shelved on the lower level of the library.
Business Week: Web site and full text online and the past year shelved in the lower level of the library.
Entrepreneur Magazine: Web site and full text online

Forbes: Web site and full text online and the past year shelved on the lower level of the library.
Fortune: Web site and full text online and the past year shelved on the lower level of the library.
Harvard Business Review: Web site and full text online
Wall Street Journal: Web site and full text from 1982-present and the past six months shelved with the newspapers in the lower level of the library.

World Trade Organization: Monitors and enforces trade agreements; provides a forum for nations to establish international trade agreements.
The World Bank: Invests in the infrastructure of developing countries.

The International Monetary Fund: International body dedicated to fostering stability and eliminating poverty. Different from the World Bank in that it does not directly invest in the infrastucture of nations.
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: An organization of 30 nations committed to the free market and the democratic form of government.

GuideStar: Information on non-profit organizations including "Form 990" IRS documents
Center for Women's Business Research: A good source for statistics on women-owned businesses and advocacy for gender parity in the workplace.

American Economic Association: An academic organization with information about the study of economics.

U. Texas Advertising World: Lists of links to marketing and advertising resources.
Open Directory: Business: Lists of links categorized by business subject area