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1. Subject-Specific Databases

Business Source Elite  (EBSCO) Provides full text from over 1000 business journals and citations/abstracts from over 1600 business journals.  (1984 to date)

Corporate ResourceNet  (EBSCO) Contains articles and company directory information useful for business research including full text articles from over 1,300 sources.  (1985 to date)

Hoover's Online (Pro subscription) Company & business information; includes public, private, and international companies, industries, and key people.

Knight Ridder Collection  (EBSCO) Contains full text articles from 100 newspapers for the past 90 days.

Regional Business News (EBSCO) Contains full text from 75 business publications from all over the USA, such as Arizona Business, Crain’s New York Business, Des Moines Business Record, Orange County Business Journal, etc.

Value Line Investment Survey  (Standard Edition) A comprehensive source of information and advice on approximately 1,700 stocks, more than 90 industries, the stock market, and the economy.

2. Other Databases which may provide additional resources:

Books in Print
Includes records of book and video titles, publishers, and distributors plus full text of book reviews.

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) Covers education, computer sciences, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences, and other fields.  Offers full text for nearly 3,500 scholarly publications, almost 2,600 of which are peer-reviewed.  (1975 to date)

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EBSCO) Allows searching of over 25,000 full text records of this encyclopedia.

InfoTrac OneFile  Articles from periodicals, newspapers, and newswires on the arts and humanities, education, business, science, current events, social sciences, law, health care, computers, technology, environmental issues, and hobbies and general interest topics.  (1980 to date)

MasterFILE Premier (EBSCO) Provides abstracts and indexing for over 2,500 periodicals, full text for over 1,900 periodicals, and Magill Book Reviews and reference sources.  Covers general reference, business, general science, multi-cultural, and other subjects.  (<1984 to date)

PsycINFO  (EBSCO) Contains citations and some full text.  Indexes journal articles from over 1,700 periodicals, book chapters, books, dissertations, technical reports, and information about the psychological aspects of related disciplines such as medicine, sociology, education, business, and law.  (1887 to date) 

Expanded Academic ASAP  (InfoTrac) Provides citations, abstracts, or full text articles from scholarly and general-interest publications.  Use this database to find information on the arts and humanities, current events, social sciences, and science and technology.  (1980 to date)

JSTOR  Provides access to the full text of articles in more than 300 journals from their first issue to within the last 3 to 5 years.  Over 25 subject areas include African American studies, Asian studies, business, ecology, education, history, literature, mathematics, philosophy, political science, population studies, sociology, and statistics.

Newspaper Source (EBSCO)  Provides full text for 23 national and international newspapers, more than 200 regional US newspapers, and television and radio news transcripts. 

OCLC FirstSearch  Includes the following databases with citations/abstracts:

ArticleFirst Index of articles from nearly 12,500 journals.
ECO Electronic Collections Online. Index of over 3000 academic journals.
UnionLists OCLC Union Lists of Periodicals.
WorldCat Books and other materials in libraries worldwide.
Dissertations Dissertations accepted at accredited US institutions.
GPO U.S. government publications.
InternetPCAbs Internet & Personal Computing Abstracts.
NewsAbs Significant items in over 50 national and regional newspapers.
PAIS Materials on public affairs.

PapersFirst An index of papers presented at conferences.
PerAbs Periodical Abstracts. General topics and radio/TV transcripts.
Proceedings An index of worldwide conference proceedings.
SIRSResearcher Social, scientific, economic, and political issues worldwide.
WilsonSelectPlus H.W. Wilson articles in science, humanities, and business.

Project Muse  Provides access to the full text of almost 200 journals covering the past 3 years for most titles in the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others.

ProQuest Newspapers  Provides access to local, regional, and national newspapers with abstracts, citations, and full text.  Covers business (including the Wall Street Journal), arts and humanities, science and technology, general reference, and health care.  (<1970 to date)

3. More Resources:

TOPCAT     This is the electronic index of the holdings of eight libraries making up the SWITCH consortium.  Request library materials, including copies of journal articles, from member libraries for delivery to the CUW circulation desk -- books and audiovisuals are no charge, articles are 15 cents per copied page.  Visit http://caspian.switchinc.org/~tutorials/ for a tutorial on using TOPCAT.

Other Libraries     If you need library materials the SWITCH consortium does not have, you can search area libraries' electronic catalogs for them, visit the area library, and check out up to 3 items at a time with an InfoPass; please ask a CUW librarian to issue you this.  If area libraries do not have the materials, you can submit an Interlibrary Loan Request (book requests are $5.00 apiece and articles are 15 cents per copied page; allow two weeks for delivery).

Web Resources       Consult a librarian for suggestions on locating Web resources related to your specific topic.     
Selected  business web resources (SOURCE:  CHOICE. July 2002 Special Issue 39) are:

Please consult a librarian with questions on any of the above resources or for further suggestions.