Several databases offer special features to help you place your research in context with today's economic environment.
- In Mintel, look for the Economy in Crisis section under what's hot. In addition to brief news items, there are full text market research reports on topics like the Budget Shopper, DIY in a Down Economy, or Weddings in the Recession.
- Track economy recovery with daily updates Dow Jones Factiva. Look for the Financial Crisis page on the News Pages drop down list.
- ABI/Inform recently added a number of new subject terms, including the American Recovery & Reinvestement Act 2009-US, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act 2008-US, food prices, and many more--all retrospectively indexed so researchers can compare similar events though time. You can also search with recession, bailouts, or economic crisis as your keywords.
- Try the term financial crisis in Business Source Complete, and try a keyword search with global financial crisis 2008-2009 in the library catalog for books on the topic.
You can access all of these resources from the VCU Libraries homepage. Look for the Databases A-Z list or the Catalog search box.
Please contact Bettina Peacemaker (828-8960) of you have any questions.