Economics and Accounting Databases
Business Databases:
EconLit
Covering over 600 journals in the field of Economics, this database is published by the American Economic Association. While not a full-text resource, you can use the Journal Finder link to locate full-text.
ABI/Inform Global on ProQuest
Includes 1800 business titles and provides coverage of over 60,000 companies.
ABI/Inform Dateline on ProQuest
Includes coverage of local and regional business news and other market reports.
ABI/Inform Trade & Industry on ProQuest
Trade and industry database with a focus on marketing and competitive information.
To search all at once, choose ProQuest Direct
Business Source Premier on Ebsco
Covers over 8,000 journals, magazines, and newspapers in all areas of business. Also provides country economic reports, company profiles and analyses, and industry reports.
Regional Business News
Provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications.
Directories and Company Information:
ReferenceUSA (American Business Directory)
Business directory covering 12.5 million companies and 125 million residents. Provides access and lineage for nearly all of the companies in the US. Use the basic search to find a particular company and then look at the holdings (subsidiaries and brances) of the company. Use the custom search to find all the companies (by SIC or NAICS) in a geographic region such as county, city or state.
Mergent (Moody's) Financial Records Online with Annual Reports
Financials for 31,000 companies with 74,000 annual reports. Domestic and international companies are included.
Disclosure Business File on LEXIS-NEXIS
Search LEXIS-NEXIS for financials and news articles on companies and business topics.
Business and Marketing Links
Links to useful websites.
General Resources
These multi-subject databases allow you to search in journals and magazines on a variety of topics.
Each will include some economics, financial and accounting-related titles.
Academic Search Premier
A multi-subject database with mostly scholarly sources.
Research Library from ProQuest
Includes articles from scholarly and popular sources on a variety of subjects. Contains significant full-text.
OneFile on InfoTrac
Provides some full text in addition to citations for millions of articles on a variety of subjects.
JSTOR Arts & Sciences
Full text archive of major journal titles in several subjects. Narrow searches to only economics journals with the Advanced Search.
SSRN - Electronic Library
SSRN eLibrary consists of two parts: an Abstract Database containing abstracts on over 76,100 scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers and an Electronic Paper Collection currently containing over 52,000 downloadable full text documents. While there are many historical resources, there are also many current papers with a concentration in the area of Economics.
Data Sources:
NC Economic Development Information Systems - EDIS
Extensive numerical data about NC and its counties.
OECD Economic Outlook
OECD Economic Outlook is the OECD's twice-yearly assessment of the economy. Released in May and November of each year, it comprises a general assessment, written by the OECD's Chief Economist, a series of short, concise reviews on each member country, some reviews on key non-member economies, a set of thematic chapters focussing on topical economic issues, and a renowned statistical annex.
STAT-USA - State of the Nation Database
Leading and lagging economic indicators, consumer confidence and more. Stat-USA is the initial publication site for this current data on the economy.