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Business Research
This guide is intended to serve as a multipurpose tool for those doing general research in Business.
Subject Guide
Michael Coffta
Contact:
AL 219
570-389-4124
Subjects: Accounting, Business, Business Education, Computer & Information Systems, Computer Science, Economics, Film, Finance, General (Interdisciplinary), Instructional Technology, Law / Legal, Management, Mathematics & Statistics, Philosophy, Profesional Sales and Marketing, Science/Tech/Math, Social Sciences
Finding Articles
In order to find articles in a database, you must effectively communicate your information need to the database.
General Guidelines:
- Keep your first search simple
- Avoid using long phrases, sentences, or sentence fragments
- Use quotes (" ") to distinguish between phrases and keywords
- Use the search operators to form your search
- Observe the subject headings used by the database to group together articles, etc. on a given topic
Business/Economics Databases
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ABI/INFORM GlobalIndexes over 3,000 business periodicals and newspapers with full text for for more than 2,000 (including the Wall Street Journal).
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ACM Digital LibraryIncludes ACM Guide to Computing Literature, a full-text collection of all ACM publications, including journals, conference proceedings, technical magazines, newsletters and books, and a curated collection from other publishers.
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Business Source CompleteOur largest business database, BSC provides the full-text for more than 3,800 full-text journals, including nearly 2,000 peer-reviewed journals. Includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.
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CCH Answer ConnectFederal, state, and international tax service from Commerce Clearing House. (Formerly called CCH IntelliConnect)
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Company ProfilesMarketline/Medtrack company profiles provide qualitative and quantitative summary information, including revenues, key facts, SWOT analyses, and company histories.
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EconlitProvides comprehensive information on accounting, capital markets, econometrics, economic forecasting, government regulations, labor economics, monetary theory, urban economics and much more. 1.1 million records, 1886 - Present.
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IBISWorldIncludes reports on over 700 US industries and over 8,000 publicly traded US companies. Search one of three databases: Industry Market Research, Industry Risk Ratings, and Company Research.
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Newspaper SourceSelected full text for 40+ national (U.S.) and international newspapers,full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 389 regional (U.S.) newspapers.
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Regional Business NewsProvides comprehensive full text coverage of 80 regional business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
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Wall Street JournalThe financial newspaper of record offering in-depth coverage of national and international finance. All citations are full text. 1984 - present.
See Me in Sutliff!
Need Help with your Research?
For the Spring 2022 semester, I will be available for research consultations in the Sutliff Hall Center for Financial Analysis (SH 123).
Mar 4 - April 29
Fridays
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
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