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ABI/Inform Complete
In depth coverage on business conditions, management techniques, business trade, management practice and theory, corporate strategy and tactics, and competitive markets. Includes Wall Street Journal.
Business Source Premier (alternate interface)
Covers all disciplines of business (e.g. marketing, management, MIS, accounting, finance and economics), with over 2,000 journals plus company profiles and SWOT analyses; industry, country and market research reports.
Lexis Nexis Academic
Company and financial information from Hoovers, Investext, Standard & Poor's, Dun & Bradstreet, Datamonitor, SEC/EDGAR, Disclosure, Worldscope and Mergerstat.
- Search for Company Profiles or Compare Companies
- McClatchy-Tribune Business News

Key Publications in Business

Wall Street Journal: Website | Archive via ProQuest Newspapers (1982-Present)
Harvard Business Review: Website | Archive via Business Source Premier (1922-Present)
The Economist: Website | Archive via Business Source Premier (1990-Present)
Entrepreneur: Website | Archive via Business Source Premier (Aug2003-Present)
Bloomberg Businessweek: Website | Archive via Business Source Premier (Dec 30, 1996-Present, former title: BusinessWeek)

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Books on business have call numbers in the 330's and 650's. Reference books are on the main floor in the Reference Room. All other nutrition books are located on the lower floor, right side.

Other Relevant Databases

Business Abstracts with Full Text
Full text access to 500+ key publications, including both business magazines and scholarly journals, covering a wide variety of industries.
Banking Information Source
Trade publications and scholarly journals covering the financial industry.
Hoover's Company Records
Profiles of more than 40,000 companies, 600 industries, and 225,000 key executives.
Newspaper Source Plus
Full text access to over 1,000 newspapers (national, regional, and international) with over 38 million articles. Also includes over 900,000 transcripts from television and radio news programs.
Regional Business News
Full text for nearly 100 regional US and Canadian business publications.
Small Business Resource Center
Covers all major areas of starting, operating and maintaining a business from financing, management, marketing, accounting, taxes, etc. Includes the entire Business Plans Handbook Series, which contains hundreds of sample business plans created by real-life entrepreneurs.
Reference USA Directories & OneSource Company Research
Directory of U.S. businesses. Search by company, brand or product; executive name, title or gender; business/industry type; location (city/state/county/radius); # of employees; sales volume; public or private ownership; headquarters or branch locations; financial data. Use OneSource for more in-depth information on a company or executive.
Sage Premier Journals
Full text, peer-reviewed articles on management and economics.
Science Direct
Scholarly journals in business, management, accounting, finance and economics.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
Over 750,000 downloadable full text dissertations and theses, covering a wide range of graduate research topics, including all areas of business.

Recommended Websites

General Information

Small Business Administration

Services and planning tools to support small businesses.

GlobalEDGE Business Knowledge

Great resource for global business. Country and U.S. state information, industry analysis, links to case studies collections, data. Free registration required for some sections.

Bplans.com: Business Plans

Over 500 free sample business plans, plus tips for writing one.

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

Tracks positive and negative impacts of 5,000+ companies across 180 countries, including discrimination, environment, poverty & development, labor, trade, health & safety, security.

Better Business Bureau

Evaluates businesses against standards of fairness and best practices, and investigates consumer complaints.

Business Pages In Depth

Links to business sections of U.S. and international newspapers.

Seeking Alpha

News and analysis on stocks and market trends, written by investors. Includes quarterly earnings call transcripts for over 1500 public companies, including the S&P 500.