Pfeiffer Library: Business & Management: Search Options

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Are you looking for a specific database? Try our A to Z list.

These library provided databases are your best bets! Again, make sure you know your university credentials to utilize these resources off-campus.

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Full-text coverage plus indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals, including Harvard Business Review.
Mergent Online This link opens in a new window
Provides business information, including financial reports, company news and securities data. Contains company data and annual reports for both U.S. and international companies. U.S. company data includes SEC (EDGAR) filings.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis®—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790.

These free web resources may also prove useful.

EDGAR This link opens in a new window
EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval) provides automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

NAICS: North American Industry Classification System
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is the standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy.
Industry Statistics Portal
Provides business data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Resource searching is available by NAICS code or title.
FRED Economic Data
Updated regularly and allows 24/7 access to regional (St. Louis) and national financial and economic data.

UNdata This link opens in a new window
From the United Nations, this international database is searchable and includes several different types of statistics, including population, business, health, and housing.

Everything International
Everything International (Ev-In) is intended as an electronic library of resources for faculty, students, and practitioners in the field of international business.
World Bank Open Data
Free and open access to data about development in countries around the globe.
CIA World Factbook
Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for more than 265 world entities.
International Monetary Fund
The IMF's primary purpose is to ensure the stability of the international monetary system—the system of exchange rates and international payments that enables countries (and their citizens) to transact with each other.
International Labor Organization
The unique tripartite structure of the ILO gives an equal voice to workers, employers and governments to ensure that the views of the social partners are closely reflected in labour standards and in shaping policies and programmes.

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