LibGuides: Business Research Guide: Article Databases

Key Electronic Resources

ABI / INFORM Complete
Comprehensive Business Database with Full-text Journals

*ABI/INFORM Complete is the most comprehensive business database on the market. Offering much more than journal content, this diverse solution provides the right mix of content types to meet the needs of any business researcher. It provides over 6,800 journals (nearly 80% of which are in full-text).

*ABI/INFORM Complete covers key disciplines such as: Accounting, Economics, Finance, Information Technology, Management, Marketing, Operations, Real Estate, Risk Management, and Supply Chain. ABI/INFORM also offers coverage on hundreds of industries and focus areas such as oil, gas, mining, energy, environment, and healthcare management, and has an ever growing range of content from around the globe.

*Among the key titles included in ABI/INFORM Complete are: The Wall Street Journal (exclusive), Financial Times (exclusive), The Economist, Barron’s, Advertising Age, SSRN Working Papers, MIT Sloan Management Review (exclusive), The China Quarterly (exclusive), Management Decision (exclusive), Journal of International Business Studies (exclusive), and thousands more!
Morningstar.com Library Edition
Analysis and selection of stocks and mutual funds
Value Line Research Center
Timely info on stocks, mutual funds, options and convertibles

PRODUCTS INCLUDED:

Library Elite: Access 3,500 large and small & mid-cap company reports.

The Value Line Fund Advisor Plus: Reports and ranks on more than 20,000 mutual funds.

The Value Line Special Situations Service®: Offers more aggressive managers and individual investors recommendations on emerging growth stocks with exceptional long-term capital gains potential.

The Value Line Options Survey: Daily evaluations and ranks on about 200,000 options, 80,000 longer-term options (LEAPS), and more.

The Value Line Convertibles Survey: Provides analysis of over 600 convertible issues, nearly 120 warrants, and more in a timely, easy-to-use format.
Wall Street Journal
Current digital editions and searchable 4-year electronic archive (Log in with your APSU OneStop credentials to register for a personal account)

The APSU College of Business now sponsors access to the Wall Street Journal.

WSJ School-Sponsored Membership provides a school with a simple way to deliver individual WSJ digital memberships to students, faculty and staff. Each membership includes full WSJ.com access, WSJ mobile and tablet apps and a WSJ+ membership. Also accessible on WSJ.com is a 90-day archive of the print paper.

The school-sponsored education membership gives a 4-year archive for electronic content. In the “Advanced Search,” readers can search WSJ articles, blogs, videos and press releases. The search allows for up to a 4-year archive of results.

See https://libguides.apsu.edu/mobile for access to the WJS mobile apps

Membership Benefits for Students:
*Unlimited access to WSJ.com
*WSJ mobile and tablet apps
*Informative podcasts, featuring interviews with WSJ editors and notable influencers
*Curated newsletters with highlights, summaries and updates on the stories that matter to you delivered straight to your inbox
*WSJ+ Premium Benefits Program, with complimentary access to an unmatched selection of events, offers and experience

Learn how to use ABI/INFORM Complete

Off Campus Access

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If you have problems accessing resources from off campus, please call the Library’s Access Services Desk at 931-221-7978 or Ask a Librarian.

Electronic Resources for Business Research

ABI / INFORM Complete
Comprehensive Business Database with Full-text Journals

*ABI/INFORM Complete is the most comprehensive business database on the market. Offering much more than journal content, this diverse solution provides the right mix of content types to meet the needs of any business researcher. It provides over 6,800 journals (nearly 80% of which are in full-text).

*ABI/INFORM Complete covers key disciplines such as: Accounting, Economics, Finance, Information Technology, Management, Marketing, Operations, Real Estate, Risk Management, and Supply Chain. ABI/INFORM also offers coverage on hundreds of industries and focus areas such as oil, gas, mining, energy, environment, and healthcare management, and has an ever growing range of content from around the globe.

*Among the key titles included in ABI/INFORM Complete are: The Wall Street Journal (exclusive), Financial Times (exclusive), The Economist, Barron’s, Advertising Age, SSRN Working Papers, MIT Sloan Management Review (exclusive), The China Quarterly (exclusive), Management Decision (exclusive), Journal of International Business Studies (exclusive), and thousands more!
Annual Reviews (Current Editions & Electronic Back Volume Collection)
Bio-medical, Physical, and Social Sciences (including Economics)

*content spans the Biomedical, Physical, and Social Sciences (including economics)

*Recent editions of Annual Reviews (2009-2019) are provided as well as editions from the Annual Reviews Electronic Back Volume Collection (EBVC).

*Content dates range from 1932-2019
Business (Gale OneFile)
Coverage of all business disciplines, including accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management and strategy, business theory and practice

Users will understand the activities of companies and industries worldwide through business and trade publications, complemented by a selection of international, U.S., and regional news publications.

Gale will merge PROMT, European Business ASAP, Business Index ASAP, Business & Company ASAP, General Business File, Business International & Company Profiles into a single database called InfoTrac Business Collection.

This new consolidated database will comprise nearly 4,000 leading business and trade publications from international, US and regional news sources.
Business Expert Press (Ebooks)
Ebooks covering many areas of business, including supply and operations management, international business, social media, finance, accounting, public relations, and marketing strategy.

The Business Expert Press Digital Libraries are curriculum-oriented, unrestricted-use
ebooks for business students, written by
academic thought leaders who translate their real world business experience into accessible, issues-based course readings and reference materials for students
expecting to tackle management and leadership challenges during their professional careers.

APSU has access to the following collections:

• 2015 Digital Library (105 books)
• 2014 Digital Library (100 books)
• Digital Archive (235 books)
Business Full Text
Business

*lists citations, summaries, and full-text of journal articles and books in business

*covers items published from 1983, summaries since 1984, and full-text since 1994
Business Insights: Essentials
Business and Company Research

*Business Insights: Essentials features a completely updated, intuitive user interface that makes it easy for users to access in-depth information on U.S. and international businesses, industries and products. Users will be able to:

*Easily research companies, industries and business topics in the context of timely news and reports (See Company Finder)

*Instantly analyze and compare financial and statistical data with interactive charting tools (See Comparison Charts)

*Utilize data from Gale staple publications, including International Directory of Company Histories, Market Share Reporter, Business Rankings Annual, Encyclopedia of American Industries and many others

*Access company profiles and industry rankings, as well as brand and product information (See Industries)

*Access SWOT reports, fi nancial analysis tools, business associations, investment reports and market research reports

Subsumes content from General Business File ASAP and Business Index ASAP
Dissertations and Theses: Global
Doctoral dissertations and master’s theses in full-text from universities in 88 countries

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Global (PQDTGlobal) is the world's most comprehensive collection of full-text dissertations and theses. As the official digital dissertations archive for the Library of Congress and as the database of record for graduate research, PQDTGlobal includes millions of searchable citations to dissertations and theses from 1861 to the present day together with over a million full-text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. Over 2.1 million titles are available for purchase as printed copies. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full-text coverage for older graduate works. It also includes PQDT UK & Ireland content.

More than 70,000 new full-text dissertations and theses are added to the database each year through dissertations publishing partnerships with 700 leading academic institutions worldwide, and collaborative retrospective digitization of dissertations. Full-text dissertations are archived as submitted by the degree-granting institution. Some will be native PDF, some PDF image.

Each dissertation published since July, 1980 includes a 350-word abstract written by the author. Master's theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts. Simple bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1637. Where available, PQDTGlobal provides 24-page previews of dissertations and theses.

Subject coverage
• Business and Economics
• Medical Sciences
• Science
• Technology
• Agriculture
• Social Sciences
• Arts
• Humanities
eBook Collection: EBSCO (Business Collection)
Collection of 12,000 eBook titles suitable for business research

This collection offers more than 12,000 eBook titles selected to assist students and scholars with various business research, special project and entrepreneurial needs, and to help students understand general business concepts. Encompasses a variety of business topics, such as marketing, finance, supply chain management and entrepreneurship, with additional focus on career growth, personal development, communication and networking.

*Download options are available on your personal computer for transfer to a mobile device. See http://libguides.apsu.edu/ebsco_ebooks
Economics and Theory (Gale OneFile)
Infotrac Journals and eBooks on Economics

Provides academic journals and magazines focusing on topics in economics and related fields with an emphasis on titles indexed in the American Economic Association's EconLit bibliography.

Gale InfoTrac Power Packs are subsets of periodicals found in the Academic OneFile and General OneFile Databases. Each subject specific PowerPack Collection has the content needed by a unique category of researcher. This collection also contains some unique content not available within the databases listed above.
Entrepreneurship (Gale Business)
Resource for entrepreneurs and small business owners

Covers all aspects of starting and operating a business, including accounting, finance, human resources, management, marketing, taxes and more. Startups, established businesses, and business students can find answers in an easy-to-browse interface mapped to four key stages—plan, fund, start, and manage—to fit the research needs at any point in a business's development.

*Small Business Resource Center provides entrepreneurs and small business owners with a one-stop source for all the key information needs, including financing; financial planning; business plan creation; market analysis; sales strategy; tax planning and more.

*You'll find current topics, overviews, and tips and strategies from a combination of content, including full text periodicals and news sources, reference books, and links to websites that focus exclusively on small business topics.
Entrepreneurship (Gale OneFile)
Insights, tips, strategies, and success stories

Get insights, tips, strategies, and success stories from academic journals and magazines, including: Beverage Industry, Black Enterprise, Economist, Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, HR Magazine, Real Estate Weekly, Restaurant Business, Tea & Coffee Trade Journal, and more.

*Users will find 250 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals.

*The Small Business Collection is just a subset of magazines and journals available through Academic OneFile, but for those just seeking sources related to small business, this smaller collection may be easier to search because it will provide more focused results.
Hein Online Academic
Retrospective database providing full-text access to the archives of core legal journals and other legal materials. Includes federal laws, regulations, case law, and reports and opinions of the U.S. Attorney General

The HeinOnline Academic package was specifically created so universities may replace existing resources for a fraction of the cost. The academic research package features more than 100 million pages of content and covers more than 100 subject areas. With more historical content than any other database, HeinOnline provides access to 300+ years of information on political development and the complete history of the creation of government and legal systems around the world. Unveil the history of America with the U.S. Congressional Serial Set, equipped with unique tools to help users quickly locate specific content.

Includes U.S. Federal & State Case Law

HeinOnline Academic also includes Fastcase, a leading next-generation legal research service that features powerful “best-case-first” tools that make research faster than ever. This service provides subscribers access to a wide array of case law at the federal and state levels and enables users to access the full text of cases through their HeinOnline subscription without the hassle of using multiple research databases.

See https://home.heinonline.org/academic/ for a list of all collections included in the Hein Academic Package.

Subjects Include:
Political Science
History
Criminal Justice
Religious Studies
International Relations
Women’s Studies
Pre-law
Business/Economics
JSTOR
Multiple Subjects including history, literature, biology, political science, communication, business, and African-American studies

*Contains the full text of articles from scholarly journals

*Articles published from early 1900s to 2 or 3 years ago.

Austin Peay State University currently participates in the following JSTOR Collection(s):
Biological Sciences Collection
Life Sciences Collection
Arts & Sciences I Collection
Arts & Sciences II Collection
Arts & Sciences III Collection
Arts & Sciences IV Collection
Arts & Sciences V Collection
Arts & Sciences VI Collection
Arts & Sciences VII Collection
Arts & Sciences VIII Collection
Arts & Sciences IX Collection
Arts & Sciences X Collection
Arts & Sciences XI Collection
Arts & Sciences XII Collection
Arts & Sciences XIII Collection
Arts & Sciences XIV Collection
Arts & Sciences XV Collection

Austin Peay State University also subscribes to the following individual journal(s):
19th-Century Music
The American Biology Teacher
The American Mathematical Monthly
The College Mathematics Journal
Ethnomusicology
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education
Mathematics Magazine
The Mathematics Teacher
Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School
Nineteenth-Century Literature
Social Problems
Teaching Children Mathematics
SAGE Premier
Electronic access to over 900 peer-reviewed, full-text journals on a variety of topics, with content dating back to 1999.

*High-quality, interdisciplinary content – almost two thirds of the content in the SAGE Premier package is ranked in the 2011 Journal Citation Reports® (Thomson Reuters, 2012)

*15 journals received their first Impact Factor with the 2011 report and 7 journals increased their Impact Factors.

*SAGE is market leader (by number of ranked titles) in 6 key disciplines including Criminology & Penology; Education, Special; Social Issues; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary; Sociology and Urban Studies.

*9 journals ranked #1 in their categories.
Science Direct College Edition Journal Collections
Collection of journals covering Social Sciences, Humanities, Life Sciences, Health Sciences, Physical Science, and Engineering

*Contains over 1800 full text, peer reviewed journals

*Provides articles from journals in Social & Behavioral Sciences, Health & Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering

*Dates available include issues from the current year back to 1995 for most titles
WestlawNext (Campus Research)
Legal subjects, including laws and cases

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*Includes federal and state laws and court cases

*Covers laws, cases, and other legal materials

*Includes federal cases 1789 to present; Tenn cases 1945 to present

Business Insights: Essentials
Business and Company Research

*Business Insights: Essentials features a completely updated, intuitive user interface that makes it easy for users to access in-depth information on U.S. and international businesses, industries and products. Users will be able to:

*Easily research companies, industries and business topics in the context of timely news and reports (See Company Finder)

*Instantly analyze and compare financial and statistical data with interactive charting tools (See Comparison Charts)

*Utilize data from Gale staple publications, including International Directory of Company Histories, Market Share Reporter, Business Rankings Annual, Encyclopedia of American Industries and many others

*Access company profiles and industry rankings, as well as brand and product information (See Industries)

*Access SWOT reports, fi nancial analysis tools, business associations, investment reports and market research reports

Subsumes content from General Business File ASAP and Business Index ASAP
ABI / INFORM Complete
Comprehensive Business Database with Full-text Journals

*ABI/INFORM Complete is the most comprehensive business database on the market. Offering much more than journal content, this diverse solution provides the right mix of content types to meet the needs of any business researcher. It provides over 6,800 journals (nearly 80% of which are in full-text).

*ABI/INFORM Complete covers key disciplines such as: Accounting, Economics, Finance, Information Technology, Management, Marketing, Operations, Real Estate, Risk Management, and Supply Chain. ABI/INFORM also offers coverage on hundreds of industries and focus areas such as oil, gas, mining, energy, environment, and healthcare management, and has an ever growing range of content from around the globe.

*Among the key titles included in ABI/INFORM Complete are: The Wall Street Journal (exclusive), Financial Times (exclusive), The Economist, Barron’s, Advertising Age, SSRN Working Papers, MIT Sloan Management Review (exclusive), The China Quarterly (exclusive), Management Decision (exclusive), Journal of International Business Studies (exclusive), and thousands more!

County Business Patterns
Provides subnational economic data by industry based on U.S. Census data.
Current Industrial Reports
Provides periodic measures of industrial activity collected by the U.S. Census Bureau.
EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval)
Contains financial reports of U.S. corporations from reports submitted to the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Includes annual reports, quarterly reports, balance sheet, income statement, security activity and analysis and much more.
Industries at a Glance by the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Provides information about individual industries, workforce statistics, earnings, and workplace trends. Data is based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
North American Industry Classification System
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is the standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy.
Open Corporates
The largest open database of companies in the world.

Federal Reserve Economic History (FRASER)
FRASER is a digital library of U.S. economic, financial, and banking history—particularly the history of the Federal Reserve System.

Morningstar.com Library Edition
Analysis and selection of stocks and mutual funds
Value Line Research Center
Timely info on stocks, mutual funds, options and convertibles

PRODUCTS INCLUDED:

Library Elite: Access 3,500 large and small & mid-cap company reports.

The Value Line Fund Advisor Plus: Reports and ranks on more than 20,000 mutual funds.

The Value Line Special Situations Service®: Offers more aggressive managers and individual investors recommendations on emerging growth stocks with exceptional long-term capital gains potential.

The Value Line Options Survey: Daily evaluations and ranks on about 200,000 options, 80,000 longer-term options (LEAPS), and more.

The Value Line Convertibles Survey: Provides analysis of over 600 convertible issues, nearly 120 warrants, and more in a timely, easy-to-use format.

RMA Annual Statement Studies by Robert Morris Associates
Call Number: Reference Collection, Level 2 HF5681 .B2 R6
Uses balance sheets and income statements to calculate industry ratios that assist in determining company and industry financial strengths and weaknesses

American Community Survey (ACS)
The American Community Survey (ACS) helps local officials, community leaders, and businesses understand the changes taking place in their communities. It is the premier source for detailed population and housing information about our nation.
Archival Economic Data (ALFRED)
ALFRED® allows you to retrieve vintage versions of economic data that were available on specific dates in history. In general, economic data for past observation periods are revised as more accurate estimates become available. As a result, previous vintages of data can be superseded and may no longer be available from various data sources. Vintage or real time economic data allows academics to reproduce others' research, build more accurate forecasting models, and analyze economic policy decisions using the data available at the time.
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the nation’s premier system of health-related telephone surveys that collect state data about U.S. residents regarding their health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, and use of preventive services.
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Provides U.S. economic statistics.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Provides statistics relating to employment, benefits, pay, and more.
Community Facts by the U.S. Census Bureau
Contains facts about population, income, housing, and more.
Current Population Survey (CPS)
The Current Population Survey (CPS), sponsored jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), is the primary source of labor force statistics for the population of the United States.
Data.gov
Contains federal government datasets.
Data USA
Explore, Map, Compare, and Download U.S Data
ESRI Zip Code Demographic Info
Enter a ZIP Code and pick some topics to see what the power of location can reveal about any place in the US. Explore up to 10 different consumer spending, demographic, lifestyle, and behavioral trends and tap into spatial analytics to see your neighborhood like never before.
Eurostat
Contains key European Union statistics.
Federal Statistical Office of Germany
FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)
Provides historical U.S. economic and financial data.
General Social Survey
The GSS has been a reliable source of data to help researchers, students, and journalists monitor and explain trends in American behaviors, demographics, and opinions.
Geographical Economic Data (GeoFRED)
GeoFRED® allows you to create, customize, and share geographical maps of data found in FRED®. Easily access the details and adjust how the data are displayed. You can also transform the data and download it according to geographic category and time frame.
Harvard Dataverse
Searchable datasets submitted to Harvard.
IMF (International Monetary Fund) DataMapper
Contains datasets of key economic indicators covering country, region, and analytical groups.
IPUMS
IPUMS provides census and survey data from around the world integrated across time and space. IPUMS integration and documentation makes it easy to study change, conduct comparative research, merge information across data types, and analyze individuals within family and community contexts. Data and services available free of charge.
OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Data
Contains global economic data.
Our World in Data
Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems
Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)
The Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) is the longest running longitudinal household survey in the world.
Pew Research
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. We conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research. We do not take policy positions.
Statistics of U.S. Businesses
Provides national and subnational data on the distribution of economic data by enterprise size and industry
Survey of Current Business
Provides U.S. business data and statistical series covering personal income, inventories and sales, national income and product accounts, foreign direct investment in the United States, U.S. direct investment abroad, and more.
UNdata
Access to United Nations statistical databases.
World Bank Data
Provides free and open access to global development data

Business & Economics Video Collection (VAST)
Streaming video covering topics in business and economics

* Business & Economics brings together video in several formats, offering a unique look into the world of business and addressing the needs of scholars and faculty looking for an institutional resource for engaging content.

*Experience hours of online videos streamed to your desktop

*Embed the links in course packs, email, share them, put them in presentations

Academic Video Web Search: Use this Custom Google Search to find the best free academic videos.

Business Organizations, Terminology, and Websites

accountingWEB
A community site containing news, jobs, and articles for tax and accounting professionals
Alliance for Investor Education
Alliance for Investor Education site offering information about financial markets and investing
elaws by the Department of Labor
Provides employment laws assistance for workers and small businesses
Employment Laws: Disability & Discrimination
Provided by the Office of Disability Employment Policy of the Department of Labor
FINRA-Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
A not-for-profit organization's site providing information about saving and investing
Summary of the Major Laws of the Department of Labor