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Business Databases -- Articles
(see also Accounting and Taxation, Business--Directories, Business--Research Services and Reference Books, Company Information, International Business, Economics, Patents and Copyright, and Product Information)

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Indexes to Journals and Books:

Business Source Premier (Ebsco) Remote access available Full text available
Provides full text for nearly 8,350 scholarly business journals and other scholarly business publications, including more than 350 dating as far back as 1922. Offers information in nearly every area of business including management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and more. Also includes other sources of full text information such as country economic reports from the EIU, Global Insight, ICON Group, and CountryWatch, as well as detailed company profiles for the world's 10,000 largest companies. Updated daily.

ABI/INFORM Global (ProQuest) Remote access available Full text available
The premier business and management database providing extensive coverage of North America and the world. Find research on advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more. Also, information on 60,000+ companies. (See Using ProQuest Databases for searching tips)

ABI/INFORM Dateline (ProQuest) Remote access available Full text available
A unique resource focusing on hard-to-find local and regional business news coverage of large corporations, privately held companies, local start-ups, executive profiles, marketing, finance, and industry news. Provides access to business information not typically found in national news sources. Contains news and analysis, information on local markets, and more gathered from major business tabloids, magazines, daily newspapers, wire services, and city, state, and regional business publications. Covers 1985 to the present. (See Using ProQuest Databases for searching tips)

ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry (ProQuest) Remote access available Full text available
Search more than 750 business periodicals and newsletters with a trade or industry focus. Provides users with the latest industry news, product and competitive information, marketing trends, and a wide variety of other topics. Contains publications on every major industry, including finance, insurance, transportation, construction, and many more. Covers 1971 to the present. (See Using ProQuest Databases for searching tips)

Business & Company Resource Center (InfoTrac/Gale Group) Remote access available Full text available
Brings together in a single database company profiles, company brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.

Business & Company Resource Center (InfoTrac/Gale Group) Remote access available NOVEL Database Full text available
Brings together in a single database company profiles, company brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.

General BusinessFile ASAP (InfoTrac/Gale Group) Remote access available Full text available
Finance, acquisitions & mergers, international trade, money management, new technologies & products, local & regional business trends, investments and banking. Covers back to 1980.

Business and Company ASAP (InfoTrac/Gale Group) Remote access available NOVEL Database Full text available
Provides information on companies, markets, and industries by covering market trends, company overviews, mergers, acquisitions, business practices, economic indicators, and management theory & issues. Includes information from business and trade journals, newspapers, and company directory profiles. Covers 1980 to the present.

Lexis-Nexis Business (Lexis-Nexis) Remote access available Full text available
Company news, directory, and financial information. Industry and market news. Country and state profiles, statistics, and business analysis. Reference books, directories and business reference library. Accounting, auditing, and tax information sources. General news. Government and political news (national and regional). Biographical information. General medical and health topics; full-text of medical journals and newsletters; abstracts. Legal newspapers, journals, magazines, and newsletters from across the country; federal case law; U.S. Code, Constitution, and Court Rules; state case law, constitutions, statutes, and other legal materials.

Regional Business News (Ebsco) Remote access available Full text available
Provides comprehensive full text coverage of 75 regional business journals, newspapers, and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Updated daily.

Barron's (ProQuest) Remote access available Full text available
A weekly publication for investors. Provides in-depth articles examining companies and industries that are possible investment opportunities. (See Using ProQuest Databases for searching tips)

Business Dateline (FirstSearch) Full text available
Provides online articles from regional publications, Business Wire press releases, and major newspapers. Includes information about library resources that describe regional business activities and trends and major stories on local firms, their products, and executives. Includes Newsday from 1988-present and LI Business News from 1991-present.

Business and Management Practices (FirstSearch) Full text available
Contains online articles about the practical aspects of business management. Provides real-world know-how that focuses on how organizations make and implement decisions, develop and launch new strategies, and plan for change. Includes case studies and "how-to" articles. Searches for business concepts, industries, and specific departments within an organization. Includes: benchmarking planning, best practices, business plans, corporate culture, expansion, long range planning, quality control, reengineering, resources case studies and guidelines, technology.

Wall Street Journal (ProQuest) Remote access available Full text available
The financial newspaper of record offering in-depth coverage of national and international finance as well as first rate coverage of hard news. (See Using ProQuest Databases for searching tips)

LIUCat on the Web: Remote access available
The online public access catalog of Long Island University's six campuses. This can be searched from any computer. No password is needed.


Also of Interest:

Proquest Health Management (Proquest) Remote access available Full text available NEW!
Full-text information from leading scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, newspapers, and dissertations covering all aspects of health administration, including public health & safety, hospitals, finance, personnel management, insurance, population studies, labor relations, and law. (See Using ProQuest Databases for searching tips)

Emerald Fulltext (Emerald Insight) Remote access available Full text available
Provides full text access to almost 150 journals. Emphasis is on business, technology, and library & information science, but some coverage is also given to education, health, science, public policy, and criminal justice. Journals can be browsed issue by issue or searched by keyword.


Database descriptions are adapted from each database's website.




NOVEL Database NOVEL (New York Online Virtual Electronic Library) is a statewide virtual library provided free to the public by the New York State Library. It is currently a pilot project funded through a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant to the NY State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

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