Economics and Business Databases
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Article Indexes and Databases | Informational and Statistical Databases
Article Indexes and Databases
Business Source Premier 1965 – current
A comprehensive index of indexing and abstracts for over 3,800 periodicals, most full text. Coverage of marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance, econometrics, economics, international business, and more.
Academic Search Premier 1988 – current
Indexes articles in 2400+ journals. Citations and abstracts with some fulltext. Popular and scholarly resources.
EconLit 1969 – current
Indexes the most scholarly literature in the field of economics including journals, books, and conference proceedings. Published by the American Economics Association.
The Economist 2000 – current
Electronic version of The Economist magazine.
JSTOR late 1800’s – most recent 5 years
Fulltext archival access to many scholarly periodicals. An excellent source for early issues of the major scholarly academic journals in economics, political science and history. Includes 10 important economics journals. JStor does not cover the most recent 3-5 years of any journal.
LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe 1977 – current
Access to articles in popular newspapers and magazines from as early as 1977 to present. Also contains law reviews, federal and state court cases and statutes. Full text.
NBER Working Paper Series November 1994 – current
NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research) working papers focus on empirical research such as the development of new statistical measures, effects of public policy on U.S. economy, and estimating quantitative models of economic behavior. The papers are searchable by subject and available fulltext.
PAIS Archive 1915 – 1976
Index to articles, books and major government documents in the fields of political science, public affairs, economics and international relations.
PAIS International 1972 – current
Index to articles, books and major government documents in the fields of political science, public affairs, economics and international relations.
Regional Business News 1993 – current
Indexing and full text for regional business publications from around the U.S. including Denver Business Journal, ColoradoBiz, Colorado Springs Business Journal and Pueblo Business Journal.
Social Sciences Abstracts 1983 – current
Index to periodical article citations in sociology, anthropology, economics, political science, and history.
SPORTdiscus 1975 – current
Covering all aspects of sport, fitness, recreation, and related fields.
SBRnet 1993 – current
Combines market research, full-text articles, and news on the sporting goods and sports marketing industry.
Web Of Science 1900 – current
Citation-based searching in all disciplines. Includes Science Citation Index (1900-present), Social Sciences Citation Index (1956-present), and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present).
Informational and Statistical Databases
The Economist Intelligence Unit Database Access 1996 – current
Current political and economic analysis of 126 countries.
Historical Statistics Of The United States 1600s – current
Annual time series of the U.S. population, economic indicators, social conditions, and government. From colonial times to the present.
Hoover's Online current
Company financial information with links to official company web pages.
Inter-University Consortium For Political And Social Research
Provides large data sets such as public opinion polls, attitude surveys, health information, results of research projects. Data may require use of specialized software such as SPSS or SAS.
International Financial Statistics 1948 – current
Provides users with time series which summarize each country’s balance of payments, with collateral data on its principal components (trade and reserves), and data on the principal cause and effect elements (monetary expansion and contraction, government surpluses and deficits, production, prices and interest rates).
Mergentonline 1989 – current
U.S. and International company and industry information. 15 year financial backfile. Reports can be downloaded into Excel.
Morningstar.com current
Up-to-date prices for stocks, mutual funds, and ETFs (exchange traded funds). Analyst reports. Morningstars strength lies in its analysis of mutual funds. The Portfolio X-Ray tool lets you choose a group of stocks and funds to judge the balance of investments in a portfolio.
SourceOECD 1998 –
Statistical databases and monographs published by OECD – Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
SBRnet 1993 – current
Combines market research, full-text articles, and news on the sporting goods and sports marketing industry.
Index to U.S. and some international statistical found in print and online publications. Online connections to selected statistical tables.
UN Statistics Division Common Database 1958 – current
Statistical compilation for the United Nations. Contains selected data series from 30 specialized international sources, including labor, agricultural, nutritional and industrial statistics. Years of coverage vary with data series/countries selected.
Analyzes and rates stocks and industries.
WDI Online 1960 – current
500 time-series indicators for 210 economies plus regional and income groups. Retrievable data in spreadsheet format, display maps and graphs, and export data.