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Databases for Business & Economics

A list of popular business & economics databases by topic

Below are the most-popular databases for looking for scholarly articles, trade publications, and business magazines.

If you are looking for a specific publication, it is more efficient to search for the title of the journal using Library Search.

Business Source Complete

Business Source Complete
Provides full text access of more than 3500 journals, trade publications, magazines, company reports, and more, in the disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, banking, finance and more.

Also useful for finding company profiles, industry profiles, and SWOT analysis for companies.

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I often refer to Business Source Complete as the “Google of Business Information”. Regardless of your topic, Business Source Complete is bound to have something for you. It’s great for company and industry news, academic journals, trade publications, and much more.

Econ Lit

EconLit
A comprehensive database of the world's economic literature, covering over 400 major journals, as well as articles in the collective volumes, books, book reviews, dissertations, and working papers.

Factiva

Factiva
A wonderful resource when looking for articles on a company, topic, industry, and more. The database provides full-text access to over 9,000 publications. Especially useful when looking for articles about industries and companies in other countries.

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Our license only allows for 6 concurrent users

Nexis Uni

Nexis Uni
Nexis Uni (previously known as LexisNexis Academic for ages) is a great source for company or industry news, company profiles, legal cases, financials, family trees, accounting publications, law journals, and more.

SPORTDiscus

SPORTDiscus
A good place to find articles on sports business. Note that in addition to sports business publications, you will also find publications that deal with sports medicine, exercise science, coaching, and sports education topics. SPORTDiscus also contains publications for niche sports activities and markets, such as Backpacker, Cross Country Skier, Equus, Dirt Biker, and many more.

Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal publishes business and finance new from around the globe. Users need to create a WSJ account during their first visit. Once you create your WSJ account, you can read the content on your computer or via smartphone app.

For historical access to WSJ articles, see below.

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Electronic access to the Wall Street Journal back to 1984 is provided via the library’s subscription to Proquest Newspapers.

Does not include listings for stocks, bonds, funds, etc.
Earlier years are available on microfilm. Alden Library has issues beginning in 1927. See ALICE for complete holdings and locations at other campuses.
Wall Street Journal may also be found by searching Factiva, although the Proquest search interface is arguably easier to use.

Subjects: Business and Economics