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Start Your Research Here! (Business)

The databases below are recommended by the Research Librarian for Business.

If you need any assistance, please contact a librarian using the information in the Need Help? box to the right OR chat with a librarian live 24/7 using the chat widget on the right.

ABI/INFORM Complete This link opens in a new window
ABI/INFORM Complete includes full‐text journals and sought‐after titles from the business press as well as key trade publications, dissertations, conference proceedings, and market reports.

Resources cover business, economic conditions, corporate strategies, management theory, management techniques, business trends, competitive landscape and product information, accounting, finance, and other business-related disciplines.
Business Full Text This link opens in a new window
Full-text of articles dating back to 1995; additional content includes indexing and abstracts for publications dating back to 1982.

Subject coverage includes accounting, acquisitions & mergers, advertising, banking, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, communications, economics, entertainment industry, finance, financial services, government regulations, industrial relations, insurance, international business, investments, marketing, retail trade, small business and much more.
Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
Business Source Premier provides full text for journals, including full text peer-reviewed business publications. This database provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998.

Full-text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics.

Additional Business Databases for Your Research

Mergent Online This link opens in a new window
Company information (U.S. and international), including SEC filings, annual reports, earnings, debt, and industry reports.
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage This link opens in a new window
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage provides access to company information that includes a description of the company, stocks & bond issues, earnings estimates, dividend and split history and more.
Value Line Investment Survey This link opens in a new window
The uncontested authority in reliable, unbiased information, the "valueline" site provides access to accurate and insightful investment research on companies, industries, markets and economies. From the latest data, sophisticated tools and proven ranks to expert analysis and guidance, Value Line gives you the power to evaluate investments with confidence.

Username: VLLibrary
Password: VLLibrary (Note: case-sensitive)
Checkpoint This link opens in a new window
Checkpoint provides fast access to thoroughly integrated and up-to-date research materials, editorial insight, productivity tools, online learning, news updates, and marketing resources.
Kantar Media SRDS This link opens in a new window
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Directory of advertising by area & type (print, radio/TV, web); overviews of local markets. Local Market Audience Analyst has market segment data. Chrome browser required for Claritas data.

If you have a visual impairment or fine motor impairment, some of the features of the Kantar SRDS database may not be accessible, but a librarian can assist you. For assistance, please contact Tim Held, Reference and Instruction Librarian, at 209-644-6555 or theld@csustan.edu. Also please register with Disability Resource Services in order to receive other services.
Market Share Reporter This link opens in a new window
Presents comparative business statistics. Each entry features a descriptive title; data and market description; a list of producers/products along with their market share; and cites original sources.
Westlaw This link opens in a new window
Online legal research database that provides access to case law, state and federal statutes, administrative codes, newspaper and magazine articles, public records, law journals, law reviews, treatises, legal forms and other information resources.

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Need help for your Business 3100 project?

For research help contact business librarian Tim Held:

209-664-6555

theld@csustan.edu