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| S&P Industry Surveys |
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| S&P Stock Reports |
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| Value Line |
ISI Emerging Markets |
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DATABASE DESCRIPTIONS
| ABI/Inform Global | Scholarly/trade journals, business dissertations, 3,000 journals, 1971-. |
| ABI/Inform Dateline | Trade journals/regional newspapers. Hard-to-find local news, 1980s -. |
| ABI/Inform Trade and Industry | Trade journals/business newsletters. Industry focus, 1975 -. |
| Academic OneFile | Multidisciplinary journals. Journal and magazines in all fields, 1980 -. |
| Academic Search Premier | Multidisciplinary journals. Journal and magazines in all fields, 1975 -. |
| Alt-Press Watch | Newspapers, magazines, journals, alternative/independent presses, 1990s -. |
| America: History and Life | Journals in U.S. & Canadian history, prehistory to present, 1964 -. |
| American Firms in Foreign Countries | Directory - U.S. firms with substantial overseas operations; subsidiary/branch. |
| Biography Resource Center | Biographies/articles - about notable individuals, including business leaders. |
| Black Studies Center | Index to black periodicals and newspapers, and the Schomburg collection. |
| Black Thought and Culture | Books, essays, articles, speeches, and interviews. Earliest times to present. |
| Book Review Digest | Book review excerpts - fiction/nonfiction. Includes business book reviews, 1983 -. |
| Books 24x7 | Ebooks - corporate performance, professional development, IT guides/manuals. |
| Britannica Online | Encyclopedia - essays, videos, country snapshots, chronologies, quotations. |
| BuildingGreen Suite | Directory - environmentally safe products, by product type & manufacturer. |
| Business/Company Resource Center | Trade journals, plus company histories, rankings/data, industry reports. |
| Business Source Premier | Scholarly/trade journals, plus market, industry, and SWOT reports, 1965 -. |
| CAB Abstracts | Journals, books, reports on world development, tourism development. |
| Cabell's Publishing Directory | Business journal manuscript guidelines. Contacts, acceptance rate, review type. |
| China Data Online | Data - economic, social, science data from China Data Center, UMichigan. |
| Chronicle of Higher Education | Weekly newspaper of higher ed., news/trends in university education, 1995 -. |
| Cities of the United States | Current facts and data on 200 American cities. Describes industry & commerce. |
| CollegeSource Online | Current undergraduate & graduate college catalogs, 37 million course descriptions. |
| Columbia International Affairs Online | Scholarly publications on international affairs, including labor conditions worldwide. |
| Communication & Mass Media | Journals in communications, journalism, advertising, mass media, 1915 -. |
| Corporate Affiliations | Corporate family tree for 200,000 U.S. and international companies. |
| CorpTech Directory | Directory - US technology manufacturers. Includes custom product-level indexing. |
| CQ Researcher | Reports - political/social topics from Congressional Quarterly, 1991 -. |
| CRS Reports | Reports - public policy topics from Congressional Research Service. |
| D & B Industry Norms & Ratios | Industry Ratios - 14 solvency, efficiency, profitability ratios; seven asset ranges. |
| D & B Million Dollar Database | Directory - 1.5 million U.S./Canadian firms, sales > $5 million or employees > 65. |
| Directory of Proceedings | Directory - published conference, meeting, symposia proceedings, 1994 -. |
| Directory of Venture Capital | Domestic & international firms. Contacts, industry preferences, investment criteria. |
| Dissertations & Theses | Index to doctoral dissertations and master's theses, 1637 -. |
| EconLit | Index to journals, books, chapters, reports in economics & allied fields, 1969 -. |
| Education Complete | Journals - primary, secondary, higher ed.; Includes business education, 1986 -. |
| EIU Country Reports | Reports - economic, political, market conditions by countries. For risk analysis. |
| Encyclopedia of American Law | Essays - 5,000 legal topics. Covers history of labor law and landmark cases. |
| Encyclopedia of Corporate Crime | Essays - the history of white-collar & corporate crime in the United States. |
| Encyclopedia of US Economic History | Essays - era overviews, event/movement profiles, business & industry profiles. |
| Encyclopedia of Labor History | Essays - key events in labor history over the last 200 years. |
| Encyclopedia of Management | Essays - management theories and applications. |
| Encyclopedia of Social Welfare | Essays - the history of social welfare in Canada, Mexico, and United States. |
| Encyclopedia of the Great Depression | Essays - from the farm crisis of the mid-1920s through the New Deal. |
| Europa World Year Book | Reports - current political and economic information on 250 countries. |
| First Research | Current reports for 600 industry segments, from a market analysis perspective. |
| Facts on File World News Digest | News excerpts - fact-finder for major political, social, economic events, 1940 -. |
| Foreign Firms in the United States | Directory - foreign companies with U.S. operations; subsidiary/branches. |
| Forrester Research | Market reports for market managers. Internet, e-commerce, e-applications. |
| Gale Directory of Publications | Directory - print publishers, radio/TV stations, cable companies; By location. |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library | Reference e-books - business encyclopedias, handbooks, and directories. |
| Handbook of US Economic Indicators | Describes 284 economic indicators, their makeup, purposes, use, & availability. |
| Historical New York Times | Newspaper articles, 1851 - 1999. Historical business news; Includes ads/photos. |
| Historical Statistics of the U.S. | Data - quantitative facts on American history, population & economy, 1700s - . |
| History of World Trade since 1450 | Encyclopedia - focus on Industrial Revolution, rise of capitalism, globalization. |
| Hoover's Company Reports | Reports - Quick facts on major public/private companies worldwide. |
| Hospitality and Tourism Complete | Index to journals, magazines, and reports - restaurants, hotels, tourism industries. |
| IBISWorld Industry Market Reports | Reports - past, current, future performance of every U.S. industry; 5-year forecast. |
| Immigration and Illegal Aliens | Focuses on the social and moral issues surrounding immigration and illegal aliens. |
| Immigration and Multiculturalism | Primary source documents on immigration and multiculturalism. |
| Index to Current Urban Documents | City government reports - 500 cities in US and Canada; urban/city plans, 1972 -. |
| Industrial Revolution Reference Library | Essays and timelines - the machines, manufacturing process, energy resources. |
| International Company Histories | Essays/corporate chronologies on the Worlds' largest/most influential companies. |
| International Labor & Employment Law | Country-by-country analysis of legal issues in human resources. |
| iPOLL Databank | Public opinion polls asked in the U.S. since 1940 from 150 survey organizations. |
| ISI Emerging Markets | Reports, data, and articles on emerging market countries worldwide. |
| Journal Citation Reports | Data - research impact of 1700 social science journals, 5900 science journals. |
| Labor & Employment Law Library | Court decisions and legal news on all areas of labor law. |
| LegalTrac | Law reviews, legal newspapers, Bar Association journals, 1980 -. |
| Left Index | Left journals and newspapers. Focus on scholarly sources, 1982 -. |
| LexisNexis Environmental | Journals/magazines/newspapers - broad coverage of all environmental issues. |
| LexisNexis Academic | Daily newspapers, journals, company reports, laws, regulations, court decisions. |
| LexisNexis Statistical | Index to statistics published by the US government, state governments, NGOs. |
| Manufacturing & Distribution USA | Statistics on 500 NIACS industries in manufacturing, wholesaling, and retailing. |
| Massachusetts History Online | Articles in full-text gathered from 50 sources that directly relate to MA history. |
| Massachusetts Newsstand | Daily newspapers - 8 Massachusetts dailies, plus weekly business newspapers. |
| Mergent Online | Reports on public companies worldwide, properties, SEC filings, 15 yr financials. |
| MergerTrak | Daily merger news, transaction data for pending and completed acquisitions. |
| Minorities, Race, Ethnicity in America | Statistics and data analysis on race and ethnicity in America. |
| Morningstar Investment Center | Mutual fund and stock analysis and data. Industry aggregates. |
| NBER Working Papers | Economic working papers from the National Bureau of Economic Research. |
| PAIS Online | Scholarly publications on political science and public policy topics worldwide. |
| Readers' Guide Retrospective | Index to 375 US magazines - US history viewed through popular press, 1890-1982. |
| ReferenceUSA | Directory - 14 million US businesses; Search by type, location, size. |
| RefWorks | Citation management software - collect, store, organize citations in any style. |
| Regional Business News | Business newspapers from across US. Includes news from Crain Communication. |
| RIA Checkpoint | Accounting and tax documents - tax codes/rates, regulations, cases, IRS rulings. |
| Sage Journals Online | Scholarly journals in the social sciences from Sage Publications. |
| Social Law Library | Massachusetts laws/court decisions - judicial, administrative, building codes. |
| Social Policy: Essential Sources | Primary source documents on social issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. |
| Social Sciences Citation Index | Index to peer-reviewed journals - locate articles that cite a known author/work. |
| Sociological Abstracts | Index to scholarly publications in sociology and related fields, 1952 -. |
| SourceOECD | Books collections, journals, statistical databases from the OECD, 1998 -. |
| Sports Market Place Directory | Sport organizations, media, sponsors, events, manufacturers, retailers. |
| Springfield Republican | Daily newspaper - Western Mass. news; Hampden & Hampshire counties. |
| Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage | S&P publications - Industry Surveys, Register of Corporations, Stock Reports. |
| Trade Unions of the World | Directory and profiles of trade unions worldwide. Includes website URLs. |
| Value Line Investment Survey | Information and investment advice on 1,700 stocks in 100 industries. |
| Wall Street Journal | Daily financial newspaper of the U.S., index and full-text of all articles, 1984 -. |
| Wall Street Journal Archive | Daily financial newspaper of the U.S., all photos & ads in PDF, 1889 - 1985. |
| Westlaw Research | Law journals, encyclopedias, newspapers, case law, USCA, state laws/regs. |
| Women & Social Movements | Documents and chronologies of U.S. women's history in the United States. |
| WorldCat | Index to library catalogs - maintained collectively by 9,000 member libraries. |
| World Development Indicators | World Bank development data for 152 economies, populations > 1 million. |
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