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Online Databases
and Websites in Business and Economics  
Business News
Citation Guides - correct
format for proper documentation
Databases -
scholarly material, citation only and full text
General Web Resources - selective sites in all aspects of business
& economics
Industrial Reports
Massachusetts - local business and
economics resources
Quick Reference -
quality, credible, and timely reference
resources -mostly all are free
Statistical Data
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Web Directories - subject guides
to selective and carefully chosen sites on the Web
Web Search in a Nutshell -
getting started in library research
Subscription Databases Available
Only to the WSC Community:
Business Source Premier
- the industry’s most used business research database, providing
full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more
than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. Full text
coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing,
management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. This database
is updated daily.
- Also consider the
multi- disciplinary
Academic Search
Complete
- which indexes
both popular and academic periodicals in all subject areas.
Many full text in HTML or PDF format.
Search Tips (PDF)
- Also consider the
Regional Business News.
This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for
regional business publications. Incorporates
coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires
from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States
and is updated on a daily basis.
General Business File ASAP
- Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and
trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics.
Access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications,
newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full text and
images available. Coverage from 1980 to present.
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Academic
One File
Also consider this multi-disciplinary database
that indexes peer-reviewed, full text articles available in HTML or PDF formats from
the world's leading journals and reference sources. Also has full text
New York Times content back to 1995, hundreds of podcasts and
transcripts from radio and television broadcasts.
Search Tips
(PDF)
Funded
by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the six Massachusetts Regional Library Systems.
Public Affairs International. Public
affairs and world issues with coverage from 1972 to the present. An
index to over 1/2 million articles, books, government documents,
Internet sites and documents from more than 120 countries. Obviously useful for global issues
in business and economics.
Newspapers
- our Web page with links to daily and searchable archives of online
newspapers such as Ebsco's Newspaper Source
and Lexis-Nexis..
Also links to wire and television news services. Two archive databases,
Massachusetts Newsstand with coverage of 14 major state papers
and National Newspapers with coverage of 27 important U.S.
newspapers full text, including the New York Times and
Washington Post.
ProQuest National Newspapers. contains the
full text of the Wall Street Journal from 1984 to present.
International Directory of Business Biographies -
4 volumes, St. James Press, 2005. Search through our online subscription
to the Biography Resource Center for profiles of business leaders
worldwide.
 Mergent Online
(Moody's Manuals) -
comprehensive suite of
authoritative financial information. Contains data
and annual reports for 10,000 public companies and their SEC filings;
international companies and their annual reports.
Expanded, in-depth, and detailed
descriptions of public companies as they appear in the Mergent Manuals.
ABI/INFORM
- offers business and
financial information for researchers at all levels. The database
includes in-depth coverage for over 2,860 publications, with more than
1,885 available in full text. Coverage includes business conditions,
management techniques, business trends, management practice and theory,
corporate strategy and tactics, and competitive landscape.
Also provides information on 60,000 companies.
Please note that
this database is offered via the First Search Service
and can only be accessed from
the library computer next to the Reference Desk.
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Other Web
Resources - selective list of free sites
General
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Annual Reports -
look for a company alphabetically,
by company name, ticker symbol, sector,
industry, exchange, and by index. Reports can be
viewed in either HTML or PDF format.
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Brookings Institution - non-profit
public policy organization with high-quality, independent research
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Business.com -
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Business.gov - managed by the U.S.
Small Business Association
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Currency Converter
- for 164 currencies, filtered for validity
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Economic Policy Institute -
nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that seeks to
broaden the public debate about strategies to achieve a prosperous and fair
economy
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EDGAR - the Electronic
Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system, performs automated
collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions
by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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Financial Data Finder -
database of websites targeted for finance researchers and scholars
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Hoovers Online - company
directories and other corporate information
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Rand Economic Policy Center - non-profit
with objective analysis
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Thompson's Register of Manufacturers -
(Requires free registration) search companies by product or company name.
ThomasNet is the free version and allows you to do your preliminary
searching or job estimation
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Thomas: Legislative Information -
Information about the activities of the U.S. Congress, primarily from
1995 to the present. Some material from earlier years and some historical
documents are also included.
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Trade.gov - the website of the
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. Provides
information on trade promotion, investment, and compliance with trade laws
and agreements.
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Urban Institute - non-partisan economic
and social policy research
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Business
News and General Interest
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Industrial Reports
Massachusetts
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Statistical Data
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American
Fact Finder - From the U.S.
Census Bureau. Offers population, housing, economic and geographic data.
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Bureau of Economic Analysis -
Provides information on economic growth,
regional development, and the United State's role in the world economy. This
Website makes available articles and statistical data from the BEA's
international, national, and regional programs on production, purchases,
prices, personal income, government finances, inventories and balance of
payments. Issues of
the monthly Survey of Current
Business are also available beginning in 1994.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics -
Many labor topics covered including
statistical data, the economy at a glance, regional information and
research. Statistical data series chronicle employment and unemployment,
prices and living conditions, compensation and working conditions, and
productivity. Issues of the BLS' Monthly Labor Review are available
from 1988 to the present.
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Economic Data - FRED -
Provides up-to date financial and
economic data, historical U.S. economic and financial data, including daily
U.S. interest rates, monetary and business indicators, exchange rates,
balance of payments and regional economic data.
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Economic Report of the
President -
- Fed Stats -
one stop shopping for Federal Statistics; collects
statistics from over 100 U.S. government agencies
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Historical
Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970
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Statistical Abstract -
published since 1878, the authoritative and comprehensive summary of
statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United
States.
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USA.Gov - easy, one-step access to all
online U.S. Federal Government resources
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USA Trade Online - offering the
most U.S. foreign trade data
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US
Industry & Trade Outlook 2000 -
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United States
Economic Indicators -
Available from April 1995 forward, this monthly compilation is prepared for
the Joint Economic Committee by the Council of Economic Advisors and
provides economic information on prices, wages, production, business
activity, purchasing power, credit, money and Federal finance.
More
U.S., International, and state government sources
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Web
Directories
There are excellent subject
directories on the web. that can point you to the best online
resources in specific areas of business and economics. These
human guides to the Internet are a great way to find the best of the
Web, and often find sites that can't be accessed by search engines.
The best ones to use
for scholarly material are:
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Librarians
Internet Index - Provides
a well-organized point of access for reliable, trustworthy,
librarian-selected Internet resources. Covers a broad range of
subjects, has both a topical directory arrangement and search capabilities.
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InfoMine - Virtual library of
scholarly Internet resources. Features
well organized access; notable for its
collection of annotated and indexed links.
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Academic Info -
gateway
to freely available academic resources on the web,
with annotated entries. General links, related topics, in
the news sections.
More
subject directories on the web
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