LibGuides: Business Research: Business Databases and Publications

Business Databases

Library Databases Helpful for Business Research

Searching in Library databases is one of the quickest and most efficient ways to locate credible and reliable information that is not locked behind a paywall.

Central Search by EBSCO
Central Search by EBSCO is a one-stop shop for searching almost all library and database content. Uses simple searching and full-text linking to get you to resources faster! Central Search aggregates results from many of Smiley Library's largest databases and is interdisciplinary in scope.
Business Source Elite
This database provides full-text coverage of top business, management and economics journals and periodicals. These valuable publications cover topics such as accounting, banking, finance, international business, marketing, sales and more.

Business Subject Guide

Check out Smiley Memorial Library's Business Subject Guide for links to more resources!

Business Source Elite Overview

Business Publications Available Through the Library

Prominent Business Publications Available through Library Databases

Below is a list of several prominent business publications from which articles are available in full text through the Library's databases. Please note that this list is not exhaustive and is just a small sample of what is available.

Academy of Management Review
Peer-Reviewed Academic Journal | Articles selected through anonymous review, reviews, syntheses, applications and critiques focused on organizational and management theory aimed at members of the Academy of Management.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Entrepreneur
Articles, interviews, business profiles, financing, marketing, advertising and legislative news of note aimed at the small business owner or those planning to start a new or additional business.
Fast Company
Provides information which empowers innovators to challenge convention and create the future of business
Forbes
For corporate officers and other major executives in business interested in developing management insight through review of the nation's largest corporations.
Fortune
Harvard Business Review
Written for upper level management. Presents analysis of management problems and helpful commentary on advanced thinking and practice in all fields of management and administration.
Inc.
Presents articles on financial & personnel management, marketing, administration, sales and operations for executives & managers of small to mid-sized companies.
Journal of Banking & Financial Economics
Peer-Reviewed Academic Journal | Aim is to provide a space for the increasing flow of academic research concerning banking, financial institutions, money and capital markets within which they function.
Journal of Marketing
Peer-Reviewed Academic Journal | Publishes articles selected by blind review judged on their contributions to the advancement of the science and/or practice of marketing that provide new insights, new ideas or new empirical results.
MIT Sloan Management Review
Refereed articles, commentary and reviews by management academics, consultants and practitioners on what's most useful in current management theory and practice, and cross-functional perspectives on management issues written for professional managers.

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Includes some peer-reviewed content