Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Aranne Library - Yaatz October 2009 Electronic Databases in the Fields of Economics and Business Administration Table of Contents Type of Database Page 1. Databases dedicated entirely to economics or business administration: a) Subject-oriented databases 2 b) Company information databases 6 2. Multidisciplinary Databases that include economics and/or business administration 8
1. Databases Dedicated Entirely to Economics and/or Business Administration Subject-Oriented Databases: ABI/Inform Archive Complete - (ProQuest) Subjects covered: Historical information on business, management, marketing, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, company news, etc. Materials indexed: Historical journals and newspapers Years covered: 1905-1985. Click on "ABI/Inform Global" and select from list. ABI/Inform Dateline - (ProQuest) Subjects covered: Local and regional marketing and industry news Materials indexed: Local and regional newspapers, wire services and business publications Years covered: 1985-. Click on "ABI/Inform Global" and select from list. ABI/Inform Global - (ProQuest) Subjects covered: Business, management, marketing, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, company news, etc. Materials indexed: Journals and newspapers (partial coverage). ABI/Inform Trade and Industry - (ProQuest) 2
Subjects covered: Industrial news, products, marketing trends, insurance, transportation, etc. Materials indexed: Journals and newspapers. Includes EIU Country Data Reports datasets of over 370 economic variables. (partial coverage). Click on "ABI/Inform Global" and select from list. Accounting - (Lexis-Nexis) Responsibility: Lexis-Nexis Group. Reed Elsevier Subjects covered: Accounting Materials indexed: Accounting journals and guides Geographic area: Primarily United States Print-out includes: Bibliographic citation, full-text Access to the database: Library homepage Electronic databases Lexis-Nexis. Select "Business" Accounting and Tax (ProQuest) Subjects covered: Accounting and taxation Materials indexed: Journals and newspapers Years covered: Periodicals: 1905- Newspapers: 1971- Banking Information Source (ProQuest) Subjects covered: Banking, finance Materials indexed: Journals, magazines, newsletters 3
CBCA Business (ProQuest) Responsibility: Canadian Business & Current Affairs Subjects covered: Business, finance, company news Materials indexed: Journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters and French Geographic area: Canada Full-text: 1985- Country Profiles - (Lexis-Nexis) Responsibility: Lexis-Nexis Group. Reed Elsevier Subjects covered: Business opportunities, risk reports and economic and political news on specific countries Materials indexed: Various reporting services, e.g., BBC Worldwide Monitoring, Global Insight, World Business Opportunities Print-out includes: Bibliographic citation, full-text Access to the database: Library homepage Electronic databases Lexis-Nexis. Select "Business" EconLit Responsibility: American Economic Association Subjects covered: Economic development, history of economics, regional, urban and national economics, monetary theory, finance, human resources, business administration Materials indexed: Journals, books, dissertations, conferences, research reports Languages: Mainly English Years covered: 1969- Print-out includes: Bibliographic citation, material type, key words, geographic locations, selected full-text Nivut Isky Responsibility: Heartsell Subjects covered: Management, leadership, marketing, sales, customer service, employee motivation, entrepreneurship, etc. Materials indexed: Articles. Video-taped lectures Languages: Articles in Hebrew. Lectures in English. Print-out includes: Full-text 4
OxResearch (ProQuest) Responsibility: OxResearch Subjects covered: Analytical articles on world and regional economic and political developments. Materials indexed: OxResearch Country Profiles; OxResearch Daily Brief Service; OxResearch Individual Profiles; OxResearch Research Studies Years covered: current ProQuest Asian Business and Reference (ProQuest) Subjects covered: Asian business and financial news Materials indexed: Journals, magazines, trade publications, newspapers Geographic area: Asia ProQuest European Business (ProQuest) Subjects covered: European business, finance and economics Materials indexed: Journals, magazines, trade publications, newspapers Languages: Mainly English Geographic area: Europe ProQuest Research Library Business Module (ProQuest) Subjects covered: Business, management, economics, finance, marketing Materials indexed: Journals, magazines Languages: Mainly English 5
Snapshot Series (ProQuest) Responsibility: Snapdata International Group Subjects covered: Market research reports Materials indexed: Snapshot International Group Series reports Years covered: 2001- Tax and Accountancy - (Lexis-Nexis) Responsibility: Lexis-Nexis Group. Reed Elsevier Subjects covered: Accounting and taxation Materials indexed: Legislation, cases, journal articles, newspapers, treaties and international agreements Geographic area: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland Years covered: Current Print-out includes: Bibliographic citation, full-text Access to the database: Library homepage Electronic databases Lexis-Nexis. Select "Tax and Accountancy" from entry screen Company Information Databases: ABI/Inform Archive Complete (ProQuest) Subjects covered: Historical information on business, management, marketing, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, company news, etc. Materials indexed: Historical journals and newspapers Years covered: 1905-1985. Click on "ABI/Inform Global" and select from list. ABI/Inform Global (ProQuest) 6
Subjects covered: Business, management, marketing, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, company news, etc. Materials indexed: Journals and newspapers (partial coverage). CBCA Business (ProQuest) Responsibility: Canadian Business & Current Affairs Subjects covered: Business, finance, company news Materials indexed: Journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters and French Geographic area: Canada Full-text: 1985- Company Dossier - (Lexis-Nexis) Responsibility: Lexis-Nexis Group. Reed Elsevier Subjects covered: Financial information on public and private companies. Comparisons between companies Materials indexed: Business news and reporting services. Print-out includes: Full-text Access to the database: Library homepage - Electronic databases Lexis-Nexis. Select "Business" Company Profiles - (Lexis-Nexis) Responsibility: Lexis-Nexis Group. Reed Elsevier Subjects covered: Financial information on public and private companies. Materials indexed: Company reports, stock reports, reports to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, etc. Includes Hoover's Company Profiles, Disclosure Reports, Standard and Poor's Corporate Descriptions, Worldscope, etc. Languages: Mainly English. Print-out includes: Full-text Access to the database: Library homepage - Electronic databases Lexis-Nexis. Select "Business" 7
Hoover's Company Records (ProQuest) Responsibility: Hoover's Subjects covered: 40,000 public and nonpublic companies Materials indexed: Hoover's Company Records Years covered: current ProQuest Asian Business and Reference (ProQuest) Subjects covered: Asian business and financial news Materials indexed: Journals, magazines, trade publications, newspapers Geographic area: Asia ProQuest European Business (ProQuest) Subjects covered: European business, finance and economics Materials indexed: Journals, magazines, trade publications, newspapers Languages: Mainly English Geographic area: Europe 2. Multidisciplinary Databases that Include Economics and/or Business Administration Biography Resource Center - (Gale) Responsibility: Gale Group Subjects covered: Biographical information on important people in all fields. Mainly 20 th century on Materials indexed: Encyclopedias, biographies, journals 8
Years covered: Sources from 1927-, with most from 1990- Print-out includes: Dates of birth and death, nationality, profession, bibliographic citation, abstract or full-text. May be searched by name, profession, nationality, ethnic group, birth or death date, place of birth or death, sex. Canadian Newsstand (ProQuest) Subjects covered: General, including financial and business news Materials indexed: Newspapers and French Geographic area: Canada CBCA Complete (ProQuest) Responsibility: Canadian Business & Current Affairs Subjects covered: General, including financial and business news Materials indexed: Journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters and French Geographic area: Canada Full-text: 1985- Dissertation Abstracts - (ProQuest Dissertations and Theses) Subjects covered: General Materials indexed: Theses and dissertations, mainly US Languages: Multilingual Years covered: PhD.: 1861- (abstracts from 1980); M.A.: 1894- (abstracts from 1988) Print-out includes: Bibliographic citation, university, degree, advisor, language, subject and abstract. From 1997, also the work's introduction EBSCO Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) Responsibility: EBSCO Subjects covered: Social sciences, humanities, science, technology 9
Materials indexed: Academic journals, popular magazines, newspapers, books Languages: Primarily English Print-out includes: Bibliographic citation, abstract. Some full-text Gale Academic Onefile (Gale) Responsibility: Gale Group Subjects covered: Social sciences (including economics and business administration), humanities, science, technology Materials indexed: Academic journals, popular magazines, newspapers Years covered: 1980- Print-out includes: Bibliographic citation, abstract. Some full-text International Bibliography of the Social Sciences Responsibility: London School of Economics and Political Science Subjects covered: Economics, anthropology, education, gender studies, geography, human rights, law, political science, sociology, etc. Materials indexed: Journals, selected book chapters Languages: Multilingual Years covered: 1951- Print-out includes: Bibliographic citation, abstract JSTOR Responsibility: JSTOR Subjects covered: Economics, finance, anthropology, ecology, education, history, linguistics, literature, mathematics, philosophy, political science, demography, sociology, statistics, Asian studies, African-American studies Materials indexed: Journals Languages: Primarily English Years covered: Volume 1 of each journal to 3-5 years ago Print/save options: Save, print Leisure Tourism Database 10
Responsibility: CAB International Subjects covered: Hospitality management, marketing, market analysis, e-commerce Materials indexed: Journals Languages: Multilingual Years covered: 1973- Print-out includes: Bibliographic citation, abstract MUSE Responsibility: Johns Hopkins University Press and the Johns Hopkins University Milton Eisenhower Library Subjects covered: Economics, marketing, art, literature, linguistics, history, politics, education, gender studies, anthropology, demography, religion, librarianship, mathematics, medicine, psychology, sociology, homosexuality, women's studies Materials indexed: Journals Languages: Primarily English Years covered: 1993- Print-out includes: Full-text National Newspaper Abstracts - (ProQuest) Subjects covered: General, including financial and business news Materials indexed: Wall Street Journal, New York Times, USA Today Geographic area: United States Years covered: Wall Street Journal: 1982- Full-text: 2/1/1984- New York Times: 1980- Full-text: 1/6/1980- USA Today: 1989- Full-text: 17/2/1997-. Click on "ProQuest Research News - (Lexis-Nexis) Responsibility: Lexis-Nexis Group. Reed Elsevier Subjects covered: General news. Industry news. To select industry or country, click on "Add Index Terms Show" Materials indexed: Newspapers, magazines, news briefings. News sources can be selected by country. Print-out includes: Full-text 11
Access to the database: Library homepage - Electronic databases Lexis-Nexis Periodicals Archive Online Subjects covered: Humanities, art, social sciences, economics, finance, business administration Materials indexed: Journals Languages: Multilingual Years covered: 1665-2000 Print-out includes: Bibliographic citation, full-text ProQuest Newspapers - (ProQuest) Subjects covered: General, including financial and business news Materials indexed: 924 Newspapers (including the New York Times, the Jerusalem Post and the Times of London) Languages: Primarily English. (New York Times: 1/6/1980-; Jerusalem Post: 21/10/1988-; London Times: 18/4/1992-). Click on "ProQuest Research ProQuest Research Library (ProQuest) Subjects covered: Economics, business, finance, humanities, history, social sciences, political science, law, women's studies, art, education, health, psychology, military studies, science Materials indexed: Journals, magazines and newspapers Years covered: 1980's- Print-out includes: Bibliographic citation, abstract, subject headings, full-text for most of the articles PsycInfo Responsibility: American Psychological Association Subjects covered: Psychology including consumer behavior, personnel management, organizational behavior and more Materials indexed: Journals, books Languages: Multilingual 12
Years covered: 1887- Social Sciences Citation Index - (WOS) Responsibility: Institute for Scientific Information Subjects covered: Social sciences, including economics and business Materials indexed: Journals Languages: Multilingual Years covered: 1965- Print-out includes: Bibliographic citation, abstract, language, material type, researcher's address, articles cited, related records Szold Institute Database (Research in Education and the Social Sciences) Responsibility: Henrietta Szold Institute, Jerusalem Subjects covered: Israeli sociology, psychology, welfare, demography, criminology, education, labor and management, politics and government Materials indexed: Books, journals, surveys, research reports, conference papers, Hebrew language theses and dissertations Languages: Hebrew, English, and selected materials in other languages Geographic area: Israel Years covered: 1976- Print-out includes: Bibliographic citation, language, keywords, material type, Hebrew language abstract, responsible institution Print/save options: Save, print Access to the database: Beta version: Library homepage Electronic Databases (from the Library's computers only.) Older version (coverage to 8/2005): Library CD-Rom network. You may sign up for a librarian-guided search at the Yaatz reference desk if you need help with searching in Hebrew. ULI-Theses Responsibility: Israel Inter-University Library Network (MALMAD), Jewish National and University Library Subjects covered: Israeli theses and dissertations in all fields Materials indexed: Theses and dissertations located in Israeli university libraries Languages: Mostly Hebrew Print-out includes: Author, title, code(s) of owning library(ies). (Search by author, title, keyword, thesis advisor or thesis institution) Access to the database: Library homepage National Union Catalogs and Databases. Open ULI, open "Select Base/Catalog", select "Theses Only" 13
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory Responsibility: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts/ProQuest Subjects covered: Journals and newspapers in all fields Materials indexed: Journals and newspapers Languages: Multilingual Years covered: Current Print-out includes: Publication name, publisher, country, ISSN number, Dewey Decimal number, status (active or inactive), frequency, year first published, type of publication, previous names, language, price, circulation, subjects, special issues, where indexed, editors, description, e-mail and Internet addresses World Bank E-Library Responsibility: World Bank Subjects covered: Economics, agriculture, communications, development, education, energy, environment, finance, health industry, infrastructure, law, poverty, transport, water and more Materials indexed: World Bank journals and reports WorldCat (OCLC) Responsibility: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. Subjects covered: General Materials indexed: Library catalogs including: books, computerized databases, computer programs, films, slides, newspapers, journals, manuscripts, maps, musical scores, sound recordings, video recordings Languages: Multilingual, including some Hebrew Years covered: 1000 BCE- Print-out includes: Bibliographic citation, material type, language, subject headings 14