Online Databases:
Business & Economics


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Academic Search Premier


On-Campus | Remote Access
"The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier contains indexing for over 8,000 publications, with full text for more than 4,450 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles."
Expanded Academic ASAP


On-Campus | Remote Access

For college-level and adult researchers and advanced high school students
(1980 - present)

* Comprehensive periodical database covering all academic disciplines
* Millions of full-text articles from 2000+ scholarly, refereed and professional journals and selected general interest magazines
* Indexing of additional professional and general periodicals

Academic OneFile


On-Campus | Remote Access
Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of all academic disciplines, Academic OneFile is authoritative and comprehensive. Millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, including full-text coverage of the New York Times since 1995. Updated daily.
Business & Company Resource Center


On-Campus | Remote Access
Business and Company Resource Center is a fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Predicast's PROMT and Newsletter databases are fully integrated in this database. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.
Business Source Premier


On-Campus | Remote Access
"Business Source Premier is the industry's most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. Business Source Premier is superior to the competition in full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost."
Career eBook Collection


On-Campus | Not available remotely

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For high school students through adults Customized collection of more than 250 electronic books for vocational needs

  • Titles focused on career selection, resume and cover letter writing, interviewing, changing careers, test-taking strategies and more
  • Keyword and phrase searching possible in an individual title or across the entire collection
  • Features include embedded dictionary and thesaurus, a linked table of contents, page bookmarking and note-taking
  • Communication & Mass Media Complete

    On-Campus | Remote Access
    "Communication & Mass Media Complete provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media. CMMC incorporates the content of CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along with numerous other journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study to create a research and reference resource of unprecedented scope and depth encompassing the breadth of the communication discipline. CMMC offers cover-to-cover ("core") indexing and abstracts for over 390 journals, and selected ("priority") coverage of 200 more, for a combined coverage of nearly 600 titles. Furthermore, this database includes full text for 285 journals."
    Computer Source


    On-Campus | Remote Access
    "This database contains more than 300 full text journals and magazines covering topics such as computer science, programming, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, information systems, robotics, and software. Computer SourceT provides a balance of full text technical journals and full text consumer computer titles."
    General BusinessFile ASAP


    On-Campus | Remote Access
    For college-level and adult researchers and advanced high school students
    (1980 - present)

    * Articles from academic and general business, industry & management periodicals, newspapers and newswires (3300+ indexed titles; 2600+ full-text)
    * Investment and broker research reports Company directory listings

    LegalTrac


    On-Campus | Remote Access

    For college-level and adult researchers and advanced high school students
    (1980 - present)

    * Index to law and legal periodicals with selected full-text articles
    * Indexing of over 1400 titles; full-text articles from 100+ titles
    * Major law reviews, legal newsletters, bar association journals and international titles
    * Law-related articles from over 1,000 additional business and general interest titles

    LexisNexis Academic


    On-Campus | Remote Access
  • Provides access to more than 6,000 news, business, and legal sources
  • Offers full-text of newspaper, magazine, journal, and wire service articles; television and radio broadcast transcripts; blog postings and other Web publications; biographical information; foreign language news publications; law reviews; federal and state cases and codes; Canadian and European Union court cases and legislation; and patents
  • Also includes LexisNexis Company Dossier; company profiles; SEC filings; country profiles; and Shepard's Citations service for federal and state court cases going back to 1789

  • Opposing Viewpoints In Context


    On-Campus | Remote Access

    Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues. Drawing on the acclaimed Greenhaven Press series, the new solution features continuously updated viewpoints, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

    Regional Business News

    On-Campus | Remote Access
    "This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis."
    Small Business Resource Center


    On-Campus | Remote Access

    Search this database to learn how to start, finance or manage your small business. Resources include sample business plans, how to guides, articles and websites.

    Vocations, Careers and Technical Education Collection



    On-Campus | Remote Access

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    "Finding the right career, enrolling in an appropriate institution of learning or training, searching for a job, advancing in your career through continuing education — these are high stakes tasks in today’s world. Vocations and Careers Collection makes it easier for researchers by providing content that is updated daily from nearly 400 journals — from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals."

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    Last modified: 6/16/10