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Business Resources & Research
Indexes and Full-Text Databases
| Indexes and Full-Text Databases |
Finding Journal ArticlesTo begin a project that requires current business information, you can use the following electronic databases and online resources. All are available on campus at LSc-University Center however some are specific to individual partner libraries. In those cases, you will have to use some sort of authentication process and a login/password for access. If you have any difficulty, ask a librarian for assistance. |
| Academic
Search Premier (SHSU
Proxy Server or On
LSC-UC Campus) "Full-text database of peer-reviewed academic journals, offering critical information from many sources found in no other database. Not only does it contain full-text articles from over 2,940 scholarly publications, but one can also find abstracts and indexing for nearly 3,930 scholarly journals. The journals offered cover nearly all areas of study-including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, etc." |
| Academic
and Statistical Universe (LexisNexis)
(SHSU Proxy Server) Primarily full-text coverage includes general news, legal news & law reviews, country profiles, company information, medical abstracts, biographical information, & federal case law. |
| Business
Search Premier (SHSU
Proxy Server or On
LSC-UC Campus) "Provides citations and abstracts from 3,010 national and regional journals, magazines, and newspapers in the business fields of accounting, marketing, finance, banking, international business, management, etc. Includes over 750 peer-reviewed journals. Provides selected full text to over 1,300 journals." |
| Business
& Company Resource Center (SHSU
Proxy Server or On
LSC-UC Campus) "Find dynamic and up-to-date company and industry intelligence of more than 300,000 companies. Displays company profiles, including parent/sibling relationships, industry rankings, products and brands, current investment ratings, and financial ratios and much more." |
| Regional
Business News (SHSU
Proxy Server or On
LSC-UC Campus) "Updated daily, Business Wire News provides comprehensive full-text for 35 international newswires and 49 regional business publications." |
| MasterFile
Premier (SHSU
Proxy Server or On
LSC-UC Campus) "MasterFILE Premier offers information on a broad variety of subjects, including general interest, multi-cultural, business, and much more. Searchable full-text for over 1,850 popular periodicals, including Consumer Reports and Business Week." |
| netLibrary "Search through thousands of titles on-line, find a book, open it and read it on your computer!" Set up a login & password when you are on campus at LSC-UC library so you can use from home or work. Ask the librarian for more information. |
| WilsonWeb
OmniFile (SHSU
Proxy Server or On
LSC-UC Campus) Wilson OmniFile is a composite of formerly separate FULL-TEXT databases in the fields of Business, Education, General Science, Humanities Abstracts, and Social Sciences, as well as general periodicals. OmniFile enables interdisciplinary searches across subject areas, as well as limiting by subject area. . Provides full text content as far back as 1994, abstracting as far back as 1984, and indexing as far back as 1982. |
| Associations
Unlimited (SHSU
Proxy Server) The Encyclopedia of Associations (EA) series has been the premiere source for information on associations and professional societies for 40 years." |
| Advertising & Marketing ** [Return to the top ] ** |
| Advertising World The Department of Advertising at UT Austin created this well known advertising website which supplies an extensive collection of advertising links on the web. |
| Emergence
of Advertising in America:
1850-1920 "The Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850 - 1920 (EAA) presents over 9,000 images, with database information, relating to the early history of advertising in the United States. The materials, drawn from the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University, provide a significant and informative perspective on the early evolution of this most ubiquitous feature of modern American business and culture." |
| American
Demographics Online version of the magazine. |
| KnowThis.com "Marketing Virtual Library contains a wealth of information, resources, and reference for professionals, academics and students in traditional and internet marketing, advertising, selling, e-commerce, market research, PR and more." |
| Ad Age's Links Advertising Age online. Especially useful is the link "Ad Age Dataplace." |
| ADSlogans
Unlimited "...home of the Advertising Slogan Hall of Fame, runs the world's most comprehensive advertising slogans database archive. A unique global resource for advertisers and ad agencies, comprising many thousands of English-language commercial advertising slogans, business, company, product or brand marketing slogans, taglines or tag lines, claims, straplines, theme lines, endlines, payoffs, signatures, base lines, slogos (the slogan by the logo) and catchphrases. These are often unregistered, and hard to find in standard trademark registers or directories." |
| Advertising
Educational Foundation "Provides articles aimed at improving the perception and understanding of the social, historical, cultural and economic role of advertising." |
| Brandweek.com "A comprehensive resource featuring news and information on recent developments in the world of brand advertising and management." |
| AdFlip.com
"The world's largest archive of classic print ads." Coverage is 1940's to recent. |
| Company
& Industry Market Research United States Government export portal |
| MarketResearch.com Commercial web site |
| Advertising
History: Google Web Directory |
| Business Meta Sites ** [Return to the top ] ** |
| Business
& Economic Resources An excellent selection of library reviewed web sites at University of North Carolina-Charlotte. |
| Business
Resources From Duke University library. |
| Business
Resources at Library of Congress "Business Reference Services is the starting point for conducting research at the Library of Congress in the subject areas of business and economics. Here, reference specialists in specific subject areas of business assist patrons in formulating search strategies and gaining access to the information and materials contained in the Library's rich collections of business and economics materials." |
| Business.com News, research, and contacts for 10,000 public companies and 44,000 private companies. Covers over 28 industries. |
| CEOExpress A meta site with links to many different types of business information |
| Internet
Intelligence Index "The Internet Intelligence Index is designed to help you gather information from a wide variety of public services, in support of your competitive intelligence efforts. It contains links to over 600 intelligence-related Internet sites, covering everything from macro-economic data to individual patent and stock quote information." |
| Price's
List of Lists "The List of Lists is a database of ranked listings of companies, people and resources freely available on the Internet. Content comes from a number of sources including: Specialissues.com, Gary Price's "ResourceShelf" and individual users of the LOL." |
| BizLink "Bizlink is a highly selective list of top quality Internet sites, electronic resources and print business materials. Bizlink is your electronic pathway to the latest business data - from company and industry information to international trade leads to recent mutual fund quotations. Bizlink will guide you in your search for breaking business news, a personal financial plan, a company marketing strategy or a new job. Integrate the Internet into your research on: Companies; Investments & Personal Finance; Industries; Starting a Business; International Business; Business Forms; Marketing & Demographics; Careers; Taxes; Patents & Trademarks." |
| MBA101.com Comprehensive business research web site aimed at professionals and MBA students. |
| Company Research ** [Return to the top ] ** |
| 10k
Wizard Searchable database of SEC filings. Searching allowed by company name, industry, SIC, CIK, form type. |
| Annual
Reports Library "A resource for finding and evaluating Annual Reports." |
| CAROL Company Annual Reports On Line -- International and USA |
| CorporateInformation Contains 20,000 free company profiles and research reports. Searching is also available by state, country and industry. Other information provided includes currency exchange rates and news stories. |
| EDGAR
Database of Corporate Information Official US Securities and Exchange Commission Web site. Financial filings from public companies. |
| IndustryWatch.com Provides timely and detailed information on over 50,000 public and private companies. |
| Hoover's
ONLINE Basic capsule information is free plus the free links to SEC filings and corporate news makes it a useful "one stop" shop. |
| Kompass
-- international directories --
(basic information is free) "The American School Counselor Association is the national organization that represents the profession of school counseling. ASCA focuses on providing professional development, enhancing school counseling programs, and researching effective school counseling practices. Our mission is to promote excellence in professional school counseling and the development of all students." Links to ASPA position statements and National Standards for School Counseling Programs. |
| Thomas
Register of American Manufacturers |
| Wright's
Investor's Service Detailed analysis of over 20,000 companies. Can search by company, country and industry. |
| Excite
Finance Use to quickly locate company financial information online. Tools to create charts; provides historical data. |
| Yahoo!
Finance Use to quickly locate company financial information online. Tools to create charts and industry comparisons. The historical price table will also provide historical dividends and provides a nice download feature that makes importing the data into a spreadsheet easy. |
| Industry Analysis & Information ** [Return to the top ] ** |
| BigCharts.com "Perhaps the best site for charts. The Interactive charting has many different options for information and style of display and has a nice Printer Friendly Format that produces a nice black on white chart along with some basic quote and fundamental data. Company Profile, Analyst Estimates and Insider information from CBS MarketWatch. SEC Filings from Edgar Online." |
| Business.com News, research, and contacts for 10,000 public companies and 44,000 private companies. Covers over 28 industries. |
| Plunkett
Research Ltd. "Find business information, competitive intelligence, market research, market and industry analysis, industry statistics, and industry trends here." Although this is a subscription service, some excellent free information is available. |
| Yahoo!
Finance Use to quickly locate company financial information online. Tools to create charts and industry comparisons. The historical price table will also provide historical dividends and provides a nice download feature that makes importing the data into a spreadsheet easy. |
| International Business ** [Return to the top ] ** |
| Country
Reports "Country information from around the world. A resource for business, tourists, students and teachers." |
| globalEdge A comprehensive global business resource at Michigan State University. |
| World
Trade Organization (WTO) Worldwide business and trade information including trends. |
| Virtual
International Business & Economic
Sources A monthly bibliography of the most recent educational research from an extensive collection of journals. The searchable and browsable service covers over 200 educational topics. |
| Term Identification (Glossaries) ** [Return to the top ] ** |
| Investopedia Both encyclopedia and dictionary of investing and business language. |
| Washington
Post Business Glossary The glossary contains more than 1,250 business terms, organized and cross-referenced for your convenience. You can search the glossary for a particular word or search the full text of the glossary to find every reference to a word or phrase. |
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