MEGI Databases A-Z
To see a full list of the library’s databases in all subjects, please click here.
ABI/Inform (ProQuest) – Scholarly, trade, industry, newspaper and magazine articles.
Academic OneFile (Gale) – Scholarly journals from every business and economics discipline.
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) – A multi-disciplinary database with many scholarly articles.
American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries
Blackwell Reference Online – Specialized encyclopedias and handbooks on topics like cross-cultural management, entrepreneurship, mediation and macroeconomics.
Bloomberg – A powerful financial database, available at a terminal near the MEGI Reference Desk.
BNA Tax Management Library – For access inquire at the MEGI Reference Desk.
Bureau of Economic Analysis – US National Economic Accounts.
Bureau of Labor Statistics – National employment and economic statistics, including the consumer expenditure survey.
Business and Industry (RDS)-GALE – Trade publications.
Business Source Premier (EBSCO) – Scholarly, trade, industry, newspaper and magazine articles. Includes Harvard Business Review.
BSP – Enhanced Interface – EBSCO’s Business Source Premier, but with easier searching for company, industry, and country profiles and market research reports.
Cabell’s Directories – A directory of periodicals.
Census Bureau Economic Information
Census Bureau’s Fact Finder – A user-friendly window into the Census.
Census Data & Demographics – The Internet Public Library’s collection of links to demographic sites.
Census Data: Historical – The University of Virginia’s tool for analyzing historical census data.
CCHInternet – Tax research. For access inquire at the MEGI Reference Desk.
CIA World Fact Book – Country profiles.
Conference Board – Research reports on the latest issues in management and economics.
County & City Data Books – The University of Virginia’s tool for exploring local demographics.
Credo Reference (xreferplus) – Business, accounting, and economics dictionaries and encyclopedias.
CRL’s Business Collections – The Center for Research Library’s obscure, historical, and international collections in business.
Directory of Obsolete Securities – Not available off campus. Click on auto log on.
Doing Business – The World Bank’s profiles and rankings of countries’ regulatory environments, or “ease of doing business.”
EconLit (EBSCO) – Scholarly literature in economics.
Economagic.com – Economic time series.
Economic Indicators – Charts and tables on the American economy.
Economic Report of the President
Economic Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture
Economic Statistics Briefing Room – Easy access to data from various federal agencies.
Economy in Latin America – By the University of Texas at Austin.
EDGAR – The Securities and Exchange Commission’s database of public companies’ filings.
eMarketer – Understand the online marketplace. Statistics, trends, and analysis on internet and digital marketing and media.
Energy Information Administration – Energy statistics, from nuclear to coal to oil. Includes data on gas prices.
Europa World Plus – An onlince encyclopedia with demographic, economic, and political profiles of nations and regions around the world.
Export.Gov – The US government’s export portal. A great starting point when searching for opportunities and solutions.
Factiva – Thousands of newspapers. Local, international, foreign language. The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Fortune, Business Week, etc.
Gale Directory Library – A collection of directories of wholesalers, consultants, nonprofits, publishers, associations, etc., and titles like Brands and Their Companies and Market Share Reporter.
Gale Virtual Reference Library – Key sources like the Business Plans Handbook, Encyclopedia of Business and Finance, Encyclopedia of Major Marketing Campaigns, etc.
Gartner – Market research and analysis of the IT industry.
Global Development Finance – From the World Bank
Global Market Information Database – Marketing and demographic reports on dozens of industries in hundreds of countries. From Euromonitor.
Global Road Warrior – The ultimate guide for the business traveler, plus etiquette and culture.
IBIS World – Industry research reports on over 700 industries.
IMF International Financial Statistics – Data from 1945 covering employment, GDP, imports, exports, consumer price index, interest rates, etc.
International Monetary Fund – Country data and the World Economic Outlook.
International Trade by Commodity Statistics
Investext Plus (Gale) – Investment reports from hundreds of brokers on thousands of companies and industries.
Journal Citation Reports (ISI) – Citation statistics.
JSTOR – An archive of many journals.
Liber8 – The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’s portal to international, national, and regional online economic information.
LexisNexis Academic – Business – Newspapers, country and state profiles, company and industry information.
Making of the Modern World – The Goldsmiths’-Kress Library of Economic Literature 1450-1850. 11 million pages of historical documents covering economics, commerce, finance, etc.
MarketResearch.com Academic – Extensive market reports on consumer goods and services, including healthcare.
Mintel Reports – Extensive marketing reports, focusing on US and Western European consumer markets.
MintGlobal – Financial, ownership, and competitive information on 40 million companies.
Morningstar – Stocks and mutual funds information and analysis.
MRI+ – Mediamark Research Inc. Detailed advertising and marketing data.
NBER Working Papers – National Bureau of Economic Research.
NetAdvantage – Standard & Poor’s source for information and analysis on stocks, bonds, funds and industries.
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) – Find an industry’s NAICS code.
Occupational Outlook Handbook – The US Dept. of Labor’s profile and forecast for various occupations.
ORBIS – The original interface to MintGlobal.
Oxford Reference Online – Several accounting, business, and economics dictionaries.
Palgrave Dictionary of Economics – A comprehensive encyclopedia for topics in economics and a good source for biographies of important economists.
ProQuest Entrepreneurship – Guides, templates, business plans, case studies, market research, industry news, and video clips.
RefWorks – Helps you collect and organize your research sources and constructs bibliographies.
Regional Business News (EBSCO) – Regional business newspapers.
RIA Checkpoint Tax Servcie – Tax research database.
Safari Tech Books Online – Access to hundreds of leading technology books.
Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI): Web of Science – Identify where an article has been cited.
SRDS Media Solutions – A media directory for advertising.
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Codes – Find the SIC code for an industry.
Technology Research Database (CSA)
Thomas Global Register – A directory of manufacturers and distributors around the globe.
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers – ThomasNet, a directory of American manufacturers.
TradeStats Express – The Department of Commerce’s database for trade statistics.
U.S. Commercial Service Market Research Library – A good place to find international market research, including Country Commercial Guides.
Ulrichsweb – A directory of periodicals.
UNdata – Provides statistics on economics, demographics, trade, etc., gathered from a variety of international organizations.
United Nations Comtrade Database – Provides commodity trade statistics for free. However, data cannot be downloaded.
Utah Demographic and Economic Data – From the Governor’s Office
Value Line Research Center – Analysis of companies and industries for financial investment.
Vault Online Career Library – Career and company profiles and outlooks for prospective employees.
Web of Knowledge (ISI) – Including Web of Science. Indexes academic literature in many disciplines and features tools for citation analysis.
Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) – CRSP, Compustat, and other databases of securities and financial market information.
WoPEc – Electronic Working Papers in Economics.
World Bank eLibrary – All the World Bank’s monographs as ebooks.
World Development Indicators – From the World Bank
WorldCat (FirstSearch) – A combined library catalog for most North American and many international libraries. Book records will link back to BYU’s holdings or to the Interlibrary Loan form.
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