Business & Technology Databases

The following databases are suggested for beginning your research in business, management, and computer & information studies. Please use our Find Articles page for a complete list of all available databases.

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ABI Inform Global
"ABI/INFORM Global^TM is one of the most comprehensive business databases on the market. It includes in-depth coverage for over 2,860 publications, with more than 1,885 available in full text. ABI/INFORM Global offers the latest business and financial information for researchers at all levels. With ABI/INFORM Global, users can find out about business conditions, management techniques, business trends, management practice and theory, corporate strategy and tactics, and competitive landscape."

Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management Library
"Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management Library is comprised of 12 volumes, with over 4,400 entries, each covering major subject areas including the fields of Accounting, Business Ethics, Finance, Human Resource Management, Entrepreneurship, International Management, Management Information Systems, Managerial Economics, Marketing, Operations Management, Organizational Behavior and Strategic Management. Each volume provides concise definitions and explanations of the key concepts in their area and gives overviews and succinct presentations of the most important issues with entries ranging from extended explorations of major topics to short definitions of key terms. Bringing together specially commissioned and carefully edited entries from an international team of the best scholars and teachers, the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management Library will be a vital reference point for students, researchers, academics and practitioners in each area of interest. In addition to the 12 volumes of the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management , this database also features a series of Blackwell business and management focused handbooks, companions and Strategic Management Society titles.

Business Source Premier Instructions (pdf)
"Business Source Premier, designed specifically for business schools and libraries, provides nearly 3,800 full text scholarly publications, including more than 1,100 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to the full text, this database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 4,600 journals. This database offers information in nearly every area of business including management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and more. The database also includes other sources of full text information such as country economic reports from the EIU, DRI-WEFA, ICON Group and CountryWatch and detailed company profiles for the world's 10,000 largest companies. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost."

Business Searching Interface
Search Business Source Premier with the new Business Searching Interface.

EconLit with Full-Text
"Produced by the American Economic Association, EconLit indexes and abstracts more than 550 international economic journals. EconLit source material includes journal articles, essays, research papers, books, dissertations, book reviews, and working papers. The database contains more than 350,000 records and covers subjects from accounting, consumer economics, monetary policy, labor, marketing, demographics, modeling, economic theory, planning, and more. Years of coverage are 1969-present with approximately 26,000 records added annually."

Health Business FullTEXT Elite
Health Business FullTEXT Elite provides comprehensive journal content detailing all aspects of health care administration and other non-clinical aspects of health care institution management. Topics covered include hospital management, hospital administration, marketing, human resources, computer technology, facilities management and insurance. Health Business Elite contains full text content from nearly 450 journals such as Behavioral Health Management, H&HN: Hospitals & Health Networks, Harvard Business Review (available back to 1922), Health Care Financing Review, Health Facilities Management, Health Management Technology, Healthcare Executive, Healthcare Financial Management, Marketing Health Services, Materials Management in Health Care, Modern Healthcare, and many more. The majority of full text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1965, and in some cases, earlier. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.

IEEE Computer Society Journals
Access to the full-text of the periodicals Professional, Software, Security and Privacy, & Software Engineering.

Lexis/Nexis Academic
News magazines [domestic & foreign, English & non-English language], newswires, television transcripts, blogs, company information, SEC filings, court cases, & law reviews.

Regional Business News
"Regional Business News incorporates 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Included in this database are Arizona Business, Business North Carolina, Crain's New York Business (and other Crain Communications editions), Des Moines Business Record, Enterprise Salt Lake City, Fort Worth Business Press, Orange County Business Journal, Westchester County Business Journal, etc."