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Subject: Business (General) databases
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Business (General) titles
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ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry
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Business indexing/full-text database that covers trade journal articles back to 1975. On the ProQuest platform.
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American Business: Mercantile Newspapers
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Historical newspapers covering business, industry, and international trade. Supports research of early American history, environmental studies, quantitative historical analysis, labor history, ethnic studies, and economics. Includes newspapers from more than 40 states published between 1783 and 1900.
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American Consumer Culture
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Searchable database containing “Market Research and American Business” and “Trade Catalogues and the American Home.” On the Adam Matthew platform.
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Asian & European Business Collection
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This database provides information pertinent to the study of business and finance topics across Asia and Europe, including academic journals, newspapers, newswires, and magazines.
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Business (Gale OneFile)
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Business Collection provides full-text coverage of all business disciplines including accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management and strategy, as well as business theory and practice. Users will understand the activities of companies and industries worldwide through nearly 4,000 leading business and trade publications, updated daily. Complementing these titles is a selection of international, U.S., and regional news publications. On the InfoTrac platform.
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Business E-books Online
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Collection of business textbooks and reference materials. On the Alexander Street platform.
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Business Education in Video
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Video collection of executive interviews, corporate training video, case studies, How To features and documentary films that focus on all aspects of the global business environment. Subjects covered include globalization, operations & logistics, management, marketing, finance, strategy, entrepreneurship, macroeconomics, microeconomics, international business, negotiations, ethics, cross-cultural communication, technology, and more.
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Business Insights: Essentials
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Provides detailed company and industry profiles including SWOT reports, market share reports, and financial reports; thousands of company histories and industry essays from Gale's core business collection; and deep research coverage with scholarly journals, business news, and more.
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Business Insights: Global
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Business Insights: Global provides access to timely case studies, full-text articles, and robust data sets coupled with authoritative references and tools for analysis. This unique resource empowers users to not only research topics but also to interpret their research. Deep business intelligence powered by statistical data lets researchers spend less time searching and more time connecting their discoveries to practical applications.
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Business Market Research Collection
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Conduct company, industry, economic and geopolitical market research with information from these sources: Hoover's Company Profiles - covering 40,000 global public and non-public companies including financials, competitors, officers, and more; OxResearch - succinct articles covering regional economic and political developments of significance; US and Worldwide Industry & Market Reports from Barnes Reports - covering global industries in depth; and Snapshots - market research overviews on 40+ industries and 40 countries.
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Business Source Complete
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Major business indexing/full-text database that covers journal articles and other business sources back to 1965. On the EBSCOhost platform.
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Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database
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Canada's business reference - scholarly journal articles, trade publications, dissertations, books, newspapers, and magazines.
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Center for Security Studies Resources (formerly ISN )
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International relations indexing/full-text database that covers ISN's publications, podcasts, policy briefs, etc. On the ISN platform.
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Checkpoint Edge
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Tax accounting indexing/full-text database on U.S. taxes, including IRS regulations, court rulings, IRS publications and laws with analysis. On the Thomson Reuters platform.
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Data Planet
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Data Planet simplifies data analysis by providing an all-in-one resource for social science researchers and students to access statistics relevant to their areas of study. On the Sage platform.
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Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800
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Multidisciplinary full-text database, based on Charles Evan's American Bibliography, that reproduces all books, pamphlets and broadsides published the American colonies and the United States between 1639 and 1800. On the Readex platform.
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Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819
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Multidisciplinary full-text database, based on Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker's American Bibliography, 1801-1819, that reproduces all books, pamphlets, and broadsides published in the U.S. On the Readex platform.
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Economics and Theory (Gale OneFile)
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Database of over 7 million business and economics articles, including topics such as the gasoline supply, state trends in property taxes, personal savings rate, subprime bailout, Asian business, the federal reserve system, accounting practices, interactive advertising, and domestic policy. It is aimed at researchers who are starting a business, marketing a product, developing policy, analyzing trends, constructing economic models, investing for the future, researching rates, and more.
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EDGAR
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Database of information filed by public companies with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), as well as information provided by mutual funds (including money market funds), exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and variable annuities.
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Entrepreneurship (Gale Business)
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Database of sample business plans, journals, multimedia content, and more, covering all major areas of starting and operating a business: financing, management, marketing, human resources, franchising, accounting, taxes and more.
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Entrepreneurship (Gale OneFile)
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Ideal for business schools and entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship is updated daily and provides insights, tips, strategies, and success stories. Users find more than 500 subject-appropriate, active, full-text periodicals, including: Beverage Industry, Black Enterprise, Economist, Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, HR Magazine, Real Estate Weekly, Restaurant Business, Tea & Coffee Trade Journal, and more.
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Equality State Almanac 2010
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Wyoming full-text statistical source from the Economic Analysis Division of the Department of Administration and Information. Published in 2010. Downloadable in PDF format, which provides the only searching capability. On the EAD website.
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Euromonitor Passport
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Online market research tool monitoring international industry trends, market size, and market share for a wide range of products.
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Factiva
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A global digital business aggregator that includes communications, technology, linguistics and political science content from newspapers, magazines, trade journals, blogs, and other sources.
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Filmakers Library Online
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Multidisciplinary video-streaming platform presenting award-winning documentaries and independent films. The collection contains 1,019 films and 806 hours of content. Transcripts are available for 87% of the collection. On the Alexander Street Press platform.
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Financial Times Historical Archive
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Advisory Editor: Professor Richard Roberts, King’s College London The Financial Times Historical Archive delivers the complete searchable run of the Financial Times.
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Gale Business Plan Builder
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Planning tool for starting, managing, and optimizing a business or nonprofit enterprise, featuring a dashboard to walk users through the steps of developing a business plan. Requires creation of a personal login account. On the Gale platform.
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GuideStar
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Database compiling organizational and financial information about IRS-registered non-profit organizations.
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Historical Annual Reports
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Business full-text database that includes U.S. company annual reports from 1800s to present. On the ProQuest platform.
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Hospitality and Tourism (Gale OneFile)
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The Hospitality, Tourism & Leisure Collection provides coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism field. It is comprised of more than 500 industry journals and current and relevant reference content. This special collection allows for focused study of all areas of the hospitality industry, including the cultural aspects of travel and leisure activities, the economic impact of tourism and more. The curious traveler also will find a wealth of information, from content on state parks to information on planning a vacation, to fulltext travel guides from Fodor’s and Hunter Publishing.
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Hospitality and Tourism Complete
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Hospitality and tourism indexing/full-text database that covers journal articles back to 1965. On the EBSCOhost platform.
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Human Resource Management Online
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Human Resource Management Online maps 4,000 learning items to the modern human resource management syllabus. It includes textbooks, book chapters, cases from well-known case providers, corporate training video, sample business documents, and executive-oriented research reports.
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IBISWorld
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Database of industry market research and risk ratings reports. Initial personal registration is required to access this resource.
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Insurance and Liability (Gale OneFile)
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Protection of assets--physical or intellectual--is a concern for those ranging from the individual property owner to multinational corporations. The Insurance & Liability Collection connects researchers to hundreds of thousands of updated articles from leading journals, including: Business Insurance, Claims, Employee Benefit News, National Underwriter Life & Health, Pensions & Investments, Risk Management, and more.
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International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)
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Social science indexing database that covers journals, books and book chapters back to 1951. On the ProQuest platform.
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International Business Online
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International Business Online maps 4,000 learning items to the modern international business syllabus. It includes textbooks, book chapters, cases from well-known case providers like the Kellogg School of Management, corporate training videos, sample business documents and research reports. Aperian Global and Atma Global, providers of corporate training for international business professionals, are our primary partners.
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J. Walter Thompson: Advertising America
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Database containing the J. Walter Thompson Company Archive which documents the history, operation, policies and accomplishments of one of the world's largest and oldest advertising firms. On the Adam Matthew platform.
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Market Research and American Business, 1935-1965
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Searchable database containing the complete market research reports of Ernest Dichter. On the Adam Matthew platform.
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Mergent Online
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Business reference database that covers US and international companies, including their government filings. On the Mergent platform. Simultaneous user limit of 3.
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Natural Gas Information Statistics (International Energy Agency)
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Database of annual data of gas supply, demand, trade and consumption by end-use sector for the OECD countries individually and for the OECD regions. Includes trade data reported by origin and destination, as well as data on world-wide historical gas demand and supply.
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NTIS [National Technical Information Service] National Technical Reports Library
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Technical report database covering reports from research sponsored by the U.S. government back to 1964. Access to full text requires creation of free personal account.
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Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context)
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Current events full-text database the collects materials (articles, reference books, media) on controversial issues. On the Gale In Context platform.
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OurEnergyPolicy.org
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Database aggregating and indexing publicly available reports, white papers, studies, journal articles, and other materials aboutenergy policy. Topics include: Biofuels, Climate Change, Coal, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Hydropower, Legislation, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Oil, Regulation, Solar, Technology, Wind and more.
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Oxford Scholarship Online
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Oxford platform featuring academic ebooks on subjects such as religion, economics, classical studies, political science, physics, literature, and linguistics.
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Periodicals Archive Online (Collections 1-10)
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Multidisciplinary indexing database that includes articles from 1802 to 2000. On the Chadwyck-Healey platform.
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Periodicals Index Online
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Multidisciplinary indexing database that indexes journal articles from 1665 to 1995. On the Chadwyck-Healey platform.
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PRISMA (Publicaciones y Revistas Sociales y Humanísticas)
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Social science and humanities indexing/full-text database that covers journal articles from Latin America back to 1991. On the Chadwyck-Healey platform.
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ProQuest Central
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Database platform that includes 100-some other indexing, full-text and reference databases (listed separately). On the ProQuest platform.
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ProQuest One Business
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Comprehensive business library containing millions of full-text items across scholarly and popular periodicals, newspapers, market research reports, dissertations, books, videos and more.
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ReferenceUSA
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A business and consumer research database that contains business listings and statistics.
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SAGE Knowledge
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Provides access to e-books, reference works, and streaming videos in the subject areas of business & management; counseling & psychotherapy; criminology & criminal justice; education; geography, earth & environmental science; health & social care; media, communication & cultural studies; politics & international relations; psychology; and sociology.
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ScienceDirect Journals and Ebooks
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Multidisciplinary collection of library-licensed journals and ebooks from Elsevier and related publishers.
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SimplyAnalytics
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SimplyAnalytics enables users to quickly create professional quality thematic maps and reports using thousands of U.S. demographic, business, health and marketing variables. SimplyAnalytics contains extensive data including the Census dating back to 1980, American Community Survey (ACS), consumer spending from the (CEX), and over 20 million detailed business profiles from D&B. Users also have access to premium data modules from MRI-Simmons providing extensive consumer behavior and brand data, Claritas' PRIZM Premier marketing segmentation system, ConneXions and P$YCLE segmentation systems, and Financial CLOUT data. Additional premium data provided by Nielsen includes Retail Market Power and Consumer Buying Power, and additional Health and consumer information from EASI's MRI/Lifestages and Health Care datasets. Data is available at all levels of geography. Access limited to 3 simultaneous users.
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SRDS [Standard Rate and Data Service] Products
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Marketing reference database that lists consumer magazines, direct marketing lists, local media, newspapers, radio stations, TV and cable. Also includes the annual SRDS Circulation publication compiling and analyzing circulation data for print media, and the Claritas 360 tool for analyzing and reporting on consumer demographic data. On the SRDS platform.
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Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
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Business reference database that provides company, industry and mutual funds, all with stock, bond and financial data.
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Taylor & Francis Ebooks
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Collection of ebooks on a wide variety of topics, including titles in the scientific, technical, and medical fields formerly hosted on the CRC NetBASE platform.
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The Lens
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Database of global patent documents.
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Trade Catalogues and the American Home
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Searchable database containing trade catalogues and records of consumerism in America, 1850-1950. On the Adam Matthew platform.
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Value Line Investment Survey
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Investment reference database that provides information on stocks, mutual funds, options and convertibles back to 1998, all with financial data back to 1931. On its own platform.
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VitalLaw
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This CCH/Wolters Kluwer platform includes the Standard Federal Tax Reporter, Federal Estate and Gift Tax Reporter, an S Corporations Library, and the Tax Professional Library.
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Vocations and Careers (Gale OneFile)
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This database contains a collection of periodicals supporting vocational education and career research. It provides support for finding the right career, enrolling in an appropriate institution of learning or training, searching for a job, and advancing in one's career through continuing education.
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Wall Street Journal Recent, 2008-3 months ago
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Historic full-text newspaper that covers 2008 to 3 months ago. Part of the ProQuest Historical Newspaper series.
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Wall Street Journal, 1889-1996
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Historic full-text newspaper that covers 1889 to 1996. Part of the ProQuest Historical Newspaper series.
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Women's Wear Daily Archive
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The Women's Wear Daily Archive allows users to explore trends and influences on the fashion and beauty industry through the years. It contains the full run of past print issues and supplements and will be updated biannually with more recent issues.
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World Development Indicators
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Economics statistical database of world-wide development data from officially-recognized sources. On the World dataBank platform.
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WRDS [Wharton Research Data Services]
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Economic statistical database derived from a number of standard sources (including Compustat, CRSP, IBES, 13F, and others), and with multiple delivery options. Access requires creation of a personal account with WRDS.
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Wyoming Economic Analysis Division
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Website for the State of Wyoming's Economic Analysis Division. It contains reports and data related to revenue, cost of living, economic summaries and indicators, and population estimates, as well as Consensus Revenue Estimating Group (CREG) forecasts.