Business Subject Guide

Primary

  • ABI-INFORM on Proquest
    • A leading business database with full-text available for many titles including the Wall Street Journal 
  • Blackwell Fulltext Journals
    • A fulltext journal collection of over 800 journals from Blackwell Publishing covering a wide range of subject areas such as business, computing, economics, health sciences, humanities, law, life and physical sciences, mathematics, medicine, social and behavioral sciences, and the arts.
  • Emerald Fulltext Journals 
    • A journal collection from Emerald of over 100 fulltext journals covering subjects including management, HRM, international business, library science, and engineering.
  • FirstSearch
    • A large collection of databases, some are full text. Search each of the following databases or seach by journal title to see which database indexes your specific title. Be sure to search the following databases:
      • AltPress Index
      • Wilson Business
      • ArticleFirst
      • ECO
      • Wilson Select Plus
  • INFOTRAC DATABASES
    • General Business File ASAP
      • An InfoTrac database providing access to business information such as company performance and activity, industry events and trends, as well as the latest in management, economics, and politics.
    • General Reference Center Gold
      • Full-text general database through InfoTrac (1980- ).(See Journal Titles list.)
    • Computer Database
      • An InfoTrac database giving access to computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications, and the application of technology.
    • Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac)
      • An InfoTrac database filled with full text and images for a broad collection of academic disciplines.
    • InfoTrac Custom 150 Full Text Newspapers
      • Including the Grand Rapids Press and other Michigan newspapers, plus the New York Times.
    • InfoTrac OneFile
      • A broad database covering a wide range of topics with millions of full text articles.
    • LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe
      • Search full text newspapers, company news and financial info, International/Federal/State legal information, medical and health information (some abstracted), as well as general reference resources. See Journal Titles. Check out these two LexisNexis Sections Business News
    • STAT-USA
      • A service of the U.S. Department of Commerce - U.S. business, economic, government, and trade information.
  •  JSTOR
    • The Arts & Sciences I Collection includes 119 complete back runs of many of the core research and society published journals in economics, history, political science, sociology, ecology, mathematics, and statistics, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences. See the journal list.
  • Project Muse (for on-campus users)
    • Provides online, worldwide, institutional subscription access to the full-text of about 200 scholarly journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and mathematics. See Journal Titles list.

Secondary

  • eBooks Michigan
    • A collection of almost 18,000 eBooks available to Michigan libraries. The state "owns" 1 copy of each book and the checkout time is 6 hours. You must create a free account before accessing the titles.
  • FACTS.com
    • Includes Facts On File World News Digest, Issues and Controversies On File, and Reuters On-Line News Service (last 2 weeks).
  • IDEAL (International Digital Electronic Access Library)
    • 174 full text journals through Science Direct.

Other Resources

  • RefWorks
    • A personal database that allows you to download references from online databases and then formats them for use in bibliographies and research papers. You will need to create an individual account the first time you use this service. Click here for Help Using RefWorks.
  • Ulrich's Periodical Directory
    • Online guide to information about periodicals. Use this to find out if a periodical is peer reviewed (called refereed in this database).