Electronic Resources: Business and Economics

Resource Name Source Description
Acxiom Directories - Biz FirstSearch Contains business listings from printed U.S. phone directories. Updated quarterly.

From the FirstSearch screen, click on:

  • Database Area: General & Reference
  • AcxiomBiz
Business & Industry FirstSearch Provides abstracts and selected full-text articles covering facts, figures and key events for international public and private companies, industries, products, and markets for manufacturing and services. 1994 - present. Updated daily.
Business Dateline FirstSearch Provides information on regional business activities and trends. Topics include company profiles, corporate strategies, financial services, health care, human resources, manufacturing, marketing, real estate, retailing, service industries and transportation. January 1985 - present. Updated weekly.
Business Organizations, Agencies, and Publications Directory FirstSearch Provides names, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, contact persons, and other information for more than 25,000 organizations and agencies serving business and industry worldwide. Updated annually.
Disclosure Corporate Snapshots FirstSearch Provides corporate and financial information for companies on U.S. stock exchanges. Updated weekly.
Dow Jones Interactive

IN DEVELOPMENT

PLEASE CLICK "EXIT" BUTTON IN UPPER LEFT CORNER WHEN FINISHED. NUMBER OF CONCURRENT USERS IS LIMITED.

(Web version)

The Academic version currently available to VIVA users includes:

  • BUSINESS NEWSSTAND: allows users to browse current news stories from selected newspapers, magazines, newswires
  • PUBLICATIONS LIBRARY: allows full-text searching of about 5,500 newswires, newspapers, magazines and trade journals.
  • COMPANY & INDUSTRY CENTER: allows users full-text access to a variety of company reports, highlighting financial information. Users may also compare a specific company's performance against the industry as a whole.
  • DOW JONES BUSINESS DIRECTORY: provides a searchable collection of reviews of high-quality business Web sites.

Access to the Historical Market Data Center (histories on securities, dividends and exchange rates) at this time is only available from the telnet connection to Dow Jones News/Retrieval Service (below). Custom Clips (a customizable news delivery system) is also not available.
Dow Jones News/Retrieval Service (Telnet version) Includes international news and information, business newswires, major and regional news publications, business and trade publications, international newspapers and newswires, and quotes, market data and analyses.
Economics, Business, Law and Finance full-text journals IDEAL (Academic Press) Journals Includes full-text of journal articles. The Adobe Acrobat reader, which can be downloaded without charge, is required to view and display journal articles.
EconLit FirstSearch Provides indexing for economics publications. January 1969 - present. Updated monthly.
Finance/Accounting Literature Database McConnell LAN Provides indexing for finance, accounting, real estate, and insurance journals.
FINDEX: Worldwide Directory of Market Research Reports Internet Database Service
(Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)		 Provides summaries of market research reports and related publications from over 900 publishers worldwide. Topics include agriculture and chemicals; business and finance; construction; consumer durables and non-durables; computers and electronics; defense and security systems; energy and utilities; health care; publishing and entertainment; retailing and consumer services, transportation., company profiles, and surveys of entire industries. Updated quarterly.
General BusinessFile InfoTrac SearchBank Provides indexing for recent business and management publications. Includes investment analysts' reports and directory listings for companies. Selected full-text articles. 1995 to the present, with access to backfile (1980-1994). Updated weekly.
Global Access Disclosure Incorporated Provides detailed financial information about U.S. and international companies. Global Access includes the full-text of financial reports filed by companies with the U.S. government. Certain financial statistics, such as Price and Earnings Data, are separated into easily accessible charts, and some may be downloaded into Microsoft Excel (a spreadsheet program).
Materials Business File (MBF). Internet Database Service
(Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)		 Provides coverage of industry news, international trade data, government regulations and management issues related to the metals and materials industries are the focus of this database. Updated monthly.
Market Research Internet Database Service
(Cambridge Scientific Abstracts) 		Provides indexing to market research around the world.
STAT-USA
An agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic and Statistics Administration, STAT-USA produces, maintains, and disseminates the most extensive government-sponsored business, economic and trade information data bases availableanywhere in the world. Includes National Trade Data Bank (NTDB), Economic Bulletin Board, Global Business Procurement Opportunities and the Bureau of Economic Analysis Economic Information.
Wilson Business Abstracts FirstSearch Provides indexing for business magazines. Topics include accounting, banking, economics, finance, insurance, investments, management, marketing, personnel, small business, and taxation. Indexing from January 1986 - present, abstracts from June 1990. Updated monthly.
Worldscope GLOBAL FirstSearch Provides business and financial information for individual companies. Updated weekly.
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Last updated: June 4, 1998