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Places to Start

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
This multi-disciplinary database indexes over 13,000 journals and provides full-text for 4,700 journals.
Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
Indexes scholarly business journals and other sources with full text for more than 2,300 journals. Also includes industry & market research reports and country reports. Covers all areas of business, including accounting & taxation, banking, finance & insurance, economics, human resources, management, marketing, operations management, and public administration.
Economic Census This link opens in a new window
Published every five years, this census provides a detailed portrait of the U.S. economy.
IBISWorld for Academic Institutions This link opens in a new window
The United States' most comprehensive collection of industry market research and industry risk ratings.
Includes:
Access to 700 US NAICS Industry Reports
Access to 700 US NAICS iExpert Reports
Access to 750+ US Specialized Industry Reports
Access to 750+ US Specialized iExpert Summaries
Access to 200+ US Business Environment Profiles
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
A digital archive containing the full-text and full-page views of hundreds of journals. JSTOR's Arts & Sciences Archive Collections (1-10) and Life Sciences Archive Collection are available at UNK.
Individuals not affiliated with UNK may access content through a paid, personal JPASS account. Limited, free access is also available by registering for JSTOR's Register and Read program.
Mergent Online This link opens in a new window
Financial reports for over 25,000 publicly-listed U.S. companies and 35,000 non-U.S. companies. Includes the D&B Private Company Database of 20 million private companies. Also includes corporate histories, executive biographies, company annual reports, and industry reports for North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. Country profiles include economic data for over 100 countries. Financial reports may be customized and exported to Excel, PDF, or MS Word.
USA Trade Online This link opens in a new window
A service of the U.S. Department of Commerce, it provides current and cumulative U.S. export and import data on more than 9,000 export commodities and 17,000 import commodities worldwide.
Users must be on campus and be logged in by a library staff member. The login and password may not be shared according to the access terms of Federal Depository Library Program.
World Bank Open Data This link opens in a new window
Provides free and open access to a comprehensive set of data about development in countries around the globe, including statistics on economics, education, environmental, gender, health, nutrition, and population topics.
U.S. Major Dailies This link opens in a new window
US Major Dailies provides access to the five most respected U.S. national and regional newspapers: The New York Times (1980-present), Washington Post (1987-present), Los Angeles Times (1985-present), Chicago Tribune (1985-present), and the Wall Street Journal (1984-present).

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Scopus This link opens in a new window
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. You may set up a free account to: 1) save your searches; 2) set up email alerts; 3) save documents to lists; and 4) review your author profile.
Scopus is a good starting point for finding articles on almost any topic. It contains over 47,000,000 records to scholarly publications, trade publications and conference proceedings. Scopus is an excellent database for cited reference searching. It does not contain full text articles, but users can get access to full text by using the Get It button.