Emerson College Library: Business Studies: Best Bets

Databases

The following Library databases contain articles from journals, magazines, newspapers and trade publications. Sometimes you will find the full text of an article, but many times you will only find a citation and abstract for an article. To locate the full text of an article, search for the title of the journal or magazine in the Full-text Finder.

ABI/Inform Complete
More than 3,100 full-text titles covering business and economic conditions, corporate strategies, management techniques, as well as competitive and product information. Includes journals, trade journals, newspapers, dissertations, and more.
Business Insights
Company histories and financials, market shares, and industry profiles. Includes journal and newspaper articles. Coverage 1980 to the present.
Hoover's Online
Company and industry information, including financial data, company histories, news, and analysis.
MarketLine Advantage
Company and Industry profiles, including SWOT and Porter’s Five Force Analyses. Company profiles include history, competitors, financials (including cash flow, balance sheets, ratios), subsidiaries. Industry profiles include market value, volume, segmentation, and forecast. Country reports provide analysis of the country’s political, economic, social, technological, and environmental structure. Formerly known as Datamonitor 360.
Statista
Provides current data, detailed analysis, consumer attitudes, and infographics on a variety of topics and industries. Examples of coverage include agriculture, advertising (including adspend and ad reach), book and digital publishing, radio, television, public relations, health, hospitality, consumer goods, and much more. Also offers Market Outlooks (market size, forecasts, and indicators for the digital economy), and Country Profiles with key socioeconomic indicators.

Publications

Full text access via Emerson College. Browse individual publications by keyword, subject, geography, author, etc.

Boston Business Journal
A full-text edition of the weekly Boston Business Journal and annual Book of Lists, as well as access to the Business Journals and Books of lists of over 40 other metropolitan centers in the United States.

Economist
Weekly newsmagazine of world politics and current affairs, business, finance and science published in London, England
Fast Company
"Aims to empower the innovators to challenge convention and create the future of business." - Ulrich'sweb Periodical Directory
Financial Times
Provides extensive news, comment and data analysis for the global business community.

New York Times
Full text access to the New York Times, 1980 - present. Excluded: photos, infographics, and advertisements from the newspaper. For full content of newspaper, consider the student / educator discount for NYT digital.
Wall Street Journal
Full-text articles of the Wall Street Journal from 1984 to the present.

FLO Library Catalog

Search the FLO Library Catalog to find books and media materials.

Google Finance

Google Finance
"Google Finance offers a broad range of information about stocks, mutual funds, public and private companies."