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Business Indexes
General Indexes Useful for Business Research
Specialized Indexes and Databases
ABI / INFORM
Contains over 800,000 citations to articles on business topics from 1,000 U.S. and international publications. The file is updated weekly and coverage is from 1971. Provides full text of some articles.
Academic Universe (Lexis-Nexis)
The Business module indexes articles and provides full text. Also provides links to company financial reports, including SEC filings.
Business Abstracts
The basic periodical index for all fields of business, indexing over 300 major periodicals. Milner Library subscribes to over 95% of these journals; full text is available for many articles through Find It.
Business Source Elite
Covers over 950 journals in all areas of business, with fulltext available for many articles in PDF format.
Predicasts F & S Index (Floor 4 Index Table 1)
Comprised of three sets: United States, Europe, and International. Each set has two sections: industry/product and company. Each index contains citations from hundreds of financial publications, business oriented newspapers, trade magazines, and special reports. Topics covered include acquisitions and mergers, new products, technological developments, operating results, and social and political factors affecting business.
Regional Business News
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.
Wall Street Journal Index (Floor 4 Index Table 1)
Provides subject indexing for the Wall Street Journal and Barron's, a weekly business newspaper.
Worldscope
Provides company descriptions and basic financial information for companies in many countries. Only available to Illinois State University faculty and students.
Academic Search Premier
Covers 1,250 journals and periodicals covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, and much more. Provides citations, abstracts, and full text.
Article First
A multidisciplinary index; includes many business publications.
Electronic Collections Online (ECO)
Full text from a variety of subject areas and journals. Note: Full text is available only for periodicals Milner Library subscribes to.
Periodical Abstracts
Indexes and provides full text for general and academic journals, covering business, current affairs, economics, literature, religion, psychology, women's studies, and others from January 1987- present.
WilsonSelect Plus
Contains full text for articles from core business journals as well as core journals from other disciplines.
Accounting and Tax Index (Floor 4 Index Tables)
Primary index for articles on taxes, auditing, and accounting.
Communnication & Mass Media Complete
Covers publications in the fields of communnications and mass media, including busness and marketing aspects of these fields.
EconLit
Economic Literature. Indexing and abstracts of over 400 journals, books, dissertations, and working papers. Updated monthly. Provides abstracts.
Global Market Information Database
Provides marketing and economic statistics and data as well as lifestyle reports for countries and regions worldwide.
IBISWorldUS Industry Research reports covering 700 Industries and 98% of GDP. Each report contains analysis and data on key statistics, industry structure including supply/demand chain, market characteristics, product and customer segments, cost structure industry conditions, key drivers, major players and market share, recent performance and 5-year revenue forcasts.
International Bibliography of Economics (Floor 4 Z 7164 .E2 I58)
Indexes over 2,500 journals in many languages.
Journal of Economic Literature and Index of Economic Articles (Floor 4 Index Tables)
The Index of Economic Articles is the primary index to identify articles in economic journals and in collective volumes. The Index is kept current by the Journal of Economic Literature. The JEL is divided into four parts: articles, an annotated listing of new books, contents of current periodicals, and a subject index of all article listings with a classification system. There is also an author index. The electronic version of this valuable database is EconLit. It indexes and abstracts articles in over 400 journals, as well as books, dissertations, and working papers from January 1969 to the present.
Public Affairs Information Service International
Indexes articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories about public affairs.
SourceOECD
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development provides books, periodicals, and statistical databases on economic and social topics concerning its 30 member countries. Books are available from 1998 in 6 themes: Development; Emerging Economies; Finance & Investment; Industry, Service & Trade; and Transition Economies. Statistics are available in 25 topical areas.
STAT-USA
Provides business, trade, and economic information from the federal government, incorporating over 300,000 reports and statistical series.
Statistical Universe
Statistical data produced by the US government; important international intergovernmental organizations; and knowledgeable professional and trade organizations, business organizations, commercial publishers, independent research organizations, state government agencies, and universities. Includes American Statistics Index and Index to International Statistics. Coverage period variable.
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