Databases: Business: Economics

Bizminer VCU

Industry financial analysis and market trends for thousands of lines of business in national and local markets.

Business Source Complete VCU

Coverage: 1886 - present

Bibliographic and full text content from scholarly business journals and other sources including peer-reviewed business publications. Indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back as far as 1886.

Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities VCU

Search and select journals most likely to publish your manuscript. Covers business, computer science, education, health administration, nursing, psychology and psychiatry. Includes submission guidelines, circulation, contacts, and acceptance rates.

Conference Board Research Online Collection VCU

The Conference Board's research online collection

Dissertations and Theses Full Text (ProQuest) VCU

Coverage: 1637 - present

Full text for most dissertations from 1997 to the present. Includes full text for some earlier dissertations, along with over 2.4 million dissertations and theses citations from around the world.

EconLit VCU

Coverage: 1969 - present

The American Economics Association's bibliography of economic literature. Coverage includes journals, books, and dissertations.

Economia y Negocios VCU

Coverage: Early 1980s - present

Keywords supplied in Spanish and English. More than 73,000 records provide coverage for more than 320 Spanish and Portuguese-language periodicals published in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Spain, the United States and elsewhere.

Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences VCU

Full text reference guide for those working in quality control, economics, probability and statistics as well as for those applying statistical methods in any discipline. Updated annually, with revisions and new articles added quarterly.

GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources) VCU

Coverage: 1990s - present

Covers emerging green technologies, the environment, sustainability, energy systems, agriculture, climate change, population, and more.

Hoover's VCU

Comprehensive company, industry, and market intelligence. In-depth coverage of the world's top businesses. Includes product/brand name listings, subsidiaries, financial data, key people, and more.

IBISWorld VCU

Reports for all 723 U.S. industries categorized by NAICS. Includes market size, competitors, forecasting, business valuations, benchmarking. Includes business environment and global industry reports.

Left Index VCU

Coverage: 1982 - present

Covers the diverse political, economic, social, and cultural literature of the left. Also covers some historically significant early left publications.

Mergent Horizon VCU

Provides dynamic screening, comparison, and analysis of a company and its sector, customers, suppliers, and products. Underlying classification system maps relationships among companies.

Mintel VCU

Full-text market research reports covering US and global consumer markets. Reports analyze market share, segmentation, and trends. Upon first login register with your VCU email address.

Mintel Global Market Navigator VCU

Market size, market share, and forecast data for thousands of consumer goods categories worldwide.

Morningstar Investment Research Center VCU

Analysis on stocks, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds. Includes market information and a tool to create investment portfolios.

New York Times VCU

Coverage: 1851 - 2006

More than a newspaper for an American city, the New York Times is an international record of national and world news, as well as personal stories of how events affect individuals.

Opposing Viewpoints in Context VCU

Coverage: 1980 - present

Full text access to differing points of view on current social issues. Includes essays, overviews, primary source documents, biographies, articles, tables, charts, graphs, podcasts, and images.

Passport GMID (Global Market Information Database) VCU

Coverage: 1977 - present

International marketing data and research. Provides statistics and analysis across industries, countries, and consumers. Includes over 18,000 full market reports.

SimplyMap VCU

Coverage: 1980 - present

Allows users to create thematic maps and reports using extensive demographic, business, and marketing data.

USA Counties

Demographic and economic statistical data for each county in the United States. Files include data published for 1997 population estimates and over 500 items from the 1980 & 1990 Census of Population and Housing, and economic censuses to 1977.

USA Trade Online Cabell

Coverage: 1992 - present

Trade data from the US Department of Commerce, including detailed import and export data by port for 18,000 commodities worldwide.

World Bank Data Catalog VCU

Lists World Bank data sources. Includes databases, pre-formatted tables and reports. Users may select countries, indicators, and years to search. Results may be exported in a variety of formats.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts VCU

Coverage: 1975 - Present

Citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, economics, law, and public administration and policy.

WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services) Libraries

WRDS is a data management service which enables users to access databases to which VCU subscribes (Compustat). Access limited within the libraries to VCU students, faculty, and staff.