Business Databases by Category

The Wall Street Journal is contained within the ABI/INFORM Complete databases.

Local and regional business news coverage of large corporations, privately held companies, local start-ups, executive profiles, marketing, finance, and industry news. Contains news and analysis, information on local markets, and more.

Provides the latest industry news, product and competitive information, marketing trends,and a wide variety of other topics. Contains publications on every major industry, including finance, insurance, transportation, and construction.

Search historical issues of the Los Angeles Times (1881-2012).

The Los Angeles Times (1985-current) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back from 1986 - present. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.

The Los Angeles Times (1881-1994) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.

Provides selected full text for over 180 regional U.S. newspapers, international newspapers, newswires, newspaper columns and other sources as well as indexing and abstracts for national newspapers.

Comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas.

International Newsstream provides full-text news content outside of the US and Canada, with archives dating back decades featuring newspapers, newswires, and news sites. It contains information from more than 660 of the world's top newspapers, including The Times (London), The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, and The Daily Telegraph.

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Sign in using your La Verne email. Academic Video Online (Alexander Street), delivers more than 66,000 video titles spanning the widest range of subject areas including anthropology, history, business, counseling, dance, ethnic studies, gay and lesbian studies, film, opera, religion, theatre, and more.

Streaming educational videos in the humanities, social sciences, education, business and the arts from publishers such as Films for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Cambridge, and Meridian.

A multi-disciplinary collection of documentary and educational films with a focus on societies, politics, culture and media.

Stanford University has hosted the Stanford Executive Briefings monthly business forum for over twenty years. CEO's, professors, innovators and other experts share their knowledge in areas of expertise and research on critical issues in these videos produced by Kantola productions.

Business Education in Video features executive interviews, corporate training video, case studies, How To features and documentary films that focus on all aspects of the global business environment. We focus on currency of content, high relevancy to business education and business as a global reality for all firms, small to large. Subjects covered include Globalization, Operations & Logistics, Management, Marketing, Finance, Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, International Business, Negotiations, Ethics, Cross-cultural communication, Technology, and much more.

Current Affairs in Video features award-winning films and documentaries emphasizing detailed analysis and discussion of the critical political issues of the day. From the AIDS crisis in Africa to the worldwide impact of European economic instability, the growing interconnectedness of our world has informed a set of global priorities. This collection, growing to more than 500 hours of content allows students and scholars to view global events and trends through an interdisciplinary, multi-regional lens with a focus on core areas such as environmental policy; health policy; human rights, international justice and terrorism; institutional corruption; migration and the global economy; poverty; religious tension and conflict.

Environmental Studies in Video will contain 500 hours of film covering all realms of environmental studies, particularly ethics, policy, economics, law, sociology, planning, and environmental science. The collection addresses specific topics including alternative energy, pollution control, eco-design, sustainability, farming and agriculture, the food industry, LEED certification, waste issues, and climate change.

Health and Society in Video defines and explores today’s latest medical progress in health and wellness issues and their impact on society--with hundreds of premium documentaries, profiles, reports, and interviews.

A collection of more than 1,500 streaming videos. Public performances are permitted as long as it is not for commercial benefit (i.e. no admission costs are charged and no profit is made from the screening).

Stanford University has hosted the Stanford Executive Briefings monthly business forum for over twenty years. CEO's, professors, innovators and other experts share their knowledge in areas of expertise and research on critical issues in these videos produced by Kantola productions.

Includes the following main categories: Business and Economics, Community, Education, Energy and Environment, Government Finance, Health and Socioeconomic, and Population and Demographics.

Categorized into over 20 market sectors, Statista provides access to quantitative facts on agriculture, finance, politics, and many more areas of interest. Sources of information include market researchers, trade publications, scientific journals, and government databases.

Quality reference resources from across the social sciences and humanities, including Blackwell Companions and Handbooks, and reference materials such as dictionaries, encyclopedias and concise companions.

An online collection of dictionaries, handbooks, encyclopedias, etc.

Guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past; traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books.

Over 170 fully-indexed, cross-searchable dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works. Contains references to journal articles, books, government documents, and statistical directories.

Contains the full text of the 8-volume print edition and is updated at least four times a year with new articles and updates to existing articles.

Hosting more than 4,700 titles, SAGE Knowledge includes an expansive range of SAGE eBook and eReference content. Covering: sociology, law, education, healthcare, counseling and more.

A social sciences literature review tool covering more than 330 topics introduced by renowned academics. It guides users through the seminal pieces in the literature, while providing a new perspective to the field.

This tool is designed to help you create research projects and understand the methodology. Includes over 600 books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and handbooks, the entire "Little Green Book" and "Little Blue Book" series, 2 major works collating a selection of journal articles, and newly commissioned videos.

Academic Writer (formerly APA Style Central) features three independent but integrated centers that provide expert resources necessary for teaching, learning, and applying the rules of APA Style.

AP Stylebook Online takes the Stylebook -- A-Z guide to usage, spelling and punctuation -- and adds internet functionality to make it a convenient tool.

Provides the latest industry news, product and competitive information, marketing trends,and a wide variety of other topics. Contains publications on every major industry, including finance, insurance, transportation, and construction.

Delivers comprehensive international business intelligence. Includes Global Histories, SWOT Reports, Thomson Reuters Company Financials and Investment Reports, Market Share Reports, and Industry Research Essays.

Lists financial data for selected industries.

Comprehensive company, industry, and market information on 12 million companies and indepth coverage of top business enterprises.

GuideStar provides nonprofit information, connecting people and organizations with data on 2.4 million current and formerly IRS-recognized nonprofits.

Global coverage of 130M public and private businesses. Includes Annual Revenues, Corporate Family Tree, Key Contacts, Analyst Reports, SWOT reports, stock data, and financials.

Categorized into over 20 market sectors, Statista provides access to quantitative facts on agriculture, finance, politics, and many more areas of interest. Sources of information include market researchers, trade publications, scientific journals, and government databases.

In-depth coverage of business and economic conditions, management techniques, theory, and practice of business, advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers and 60,000 + companies with business and executive profiles.

This resource includes full-text academic journals published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in many East Asian and South Asian countries. The subjects cover major areas of study, including business, science, technology, engineering, social sciences, education, and humanities.

This database includes full-text academic journals published in East and Central Europe. The subjects cover major areas of study, including business, science, technology, engineering, social sciences, education, and humanities

This collection will bring together at completion over 1,200 hours of videos that retrace the history of fashion, clothing, and costume worldwide. Students and researchers can access a remarkable collection covering the major fashion weeks in Milan, Paris, New York and London, as well as Miami swim and New York bridal collections. Topical segments visit events like the Met's Costume Exhibits, CFDA Awards, and feature interviews with top designers, models, and celebrities of the fashion world.

A business reference tool examining countries, consumers and industries. The database is comprised of three areas - statistics, reports and comments.

PrivCo is the premier financial data platform on major privately-held companies. PrivCo provides accurate financial and business data and news and media content on over 500,000 major private companies globally (generally defined as having at least $10 million in annual revenue, or with substantial institutional capital funding).

GuideStar provides nonprofit information, connecting people and organizations with data on 2.4 million current and formerly IRS-recognized nonprofits.

This database provides full-text academic journals by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in Turkey. Major subject areas of study are represented, including business, science, technology, engineering, social sciences, education, and humanities.

India Database is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary resource providing full-text scholarly journals, all published in India. These scholarly sources support many academic fields, such as business, medicine, science, technology, social sciences and humanities.

This resource provides full-text academic journals by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Major subject areas of study are represented, including business, science, technology, engineering, social sciences, education, and humanities.

This database provides information pertinent to the study of business and finance topics across Asia and Europe, including academic journals, newspapers, newswires, and magazines.

This resource includes full-text academic journals published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in many East Asian and South Asian countries. The subjects cover major areas of study, including business, science, technology, engineering, social sciences, education, and humanities.

(2003-Present) Extensive market analysis on more than 1000 top industry segments. Each report consists of key statistics and analysis on market and competitive landscape characteristics, operating conditions, business challenges, industry trends, current and historical industry growth, and more.

New users must register and set up an an account (do not use S&P site to register). Click here to Request an Account. S&P Capital IQ provides historical information on companies, markets, transactions, and people worldwide. It can be used for complex financial statement analysis, comparable analysis, sector analysis, and charting.

With distribution data for nearly 2,700 of the top publishers in North America, Media Intelligence Center is the industry’s trusted source for cross-media data and analytics.

Search ABI/INFORM Dateline, Global and Trade & Industry in one search to find scholarly and trade journal articles, dissertations, market reports, industry reports, business cases and global& trade news.

In-depth coverage of business and economic conditions, management techniques, theory, and practice of business, advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers and 60,000 + companies with business and executive profiles.

Provides full text for nearly 4,000 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,100 peer-reviewed journals in a wide variety of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975.

Provides full text for nearly 3,600 scholarly business journals, including full text for nearly 1,050 peer-reviewed business publications. Coverage includes subject areas related to business dating as far back as 1922.

This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. There are over 2900 journals.

Citations and abstracts of doctoral dissertations and master theses (including doctoral dissertations of La Verne students), spanning from 1743 to the present day and offering full text for works added since 1997, along with selected full text for works written prior to 1997.

Covers several different subject areas and comprising of: Academic Search Premier, Business Source Primier, Regional Business News, ATLA, Communication and Mass Media, Alt Health Watch, Newspaper Source, etc.

JSTOR is a 'high-quality, interdisciplinary archive of scholarship, is actively preserving over one thousand academic journals in both digital and print formats' in the areas of language, literature, mathematics, music, anthropology, sociology, art, education, sciences, business, and political science.

This resource brings together complete ProQuest databases across all major subject areas, including Business, Health and Medical, Social Sciences, Education, Science and Technology, and Humanities.

Covers core disciplines across the social sciences including sociology, social work, anthropology, politics, aging, addictions, urban development and minority studies. Includes over 930 titles, with more than 640 available in full text.

This collection contains databases covering the international literature in the social sciences, including politics, sociology, social services, anthropology, criminology and education. Provides abstracts, indexing and full text coverage of journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, working papers and more, including deep indexing and full text from over 1000 social science journals.

A full-text periodical database with 45 APA (American Psychological Association) journals in psychology and related disciplines. List of journals available full-text.

Access to full-text journals across a wide range of subject areas, including business, education, literature, political science, and psychology.

International, peer-reviewed journals, including high-impact research titles published on behalf of over 400 scholarly and professional societies. Its interdisciplinary coverage spans subject areas including business; humanities; social sciences; science, technology, medicine; and many more.

Full text of journals covering: science, business, economics, finance, accounting, law, life sciences, humanities, mathematics, social sciences, etc.

India Database is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary resource providing full-text scholarly journals, all published in India. These scholarly sources support many academic fields, such as business, medicine, science, technology, social sciences and humanities.

The Military Database provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications, and more. It covers topics across all government and military branches, including international relations, political science, criminology, defense, aeronautics and space flight, communications, civil engineering, and more.

This database provides information from over 400 psychology and related publications.

Provides access to international literature in psychology and related disciplines such as psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work from professional journals, books, and reports.

Covers core disciplines across the social sciences including sociology, social work, anthropology, politics, aging, addictions, urban development and minority studies. Includes over 930 titles, with more than 640 available in full text.

Provides the full-text of more than 270 journals in sociology and social work.

An interdisciplinary database including a wide range of journals and ebooks.

Full text of journals covering: science, business, economics, finance, accounting, law, life sciences, humanities, mathematics, social sciences, etc.

A business reference tool examining countries, consumers and industries. The database is comprised of three areas - statistics, reports and comments.

This database contains company, industry, economic and geopolitical market research from sources including Hoover's Company Profiles, OxResearch from Oxford Analystica, and Snapshots.

This alternative health database provides in-depth coverage in the subject areas of complementary and alternative medicine dating back to 1990.

Provides full text for the top nursing and allied health literature available and covers a wide range of topics including nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines.

Provides information on a full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to coverage of alternative and complementary medical practices.

Includes information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.

This database provides nearly 600 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals.

The U.S. National Library of Medicine's digital archive and index of biomedical and life sciences journal literature, providing free access to the full text of articles.

The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, Includes Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Health Technology Assessment Database, and NHS Economic Evaluation Database.

This resource includes journals and magazines covering a wide range of health subjects, from sports injuries to women's health, from food and nutrition to midwifery, from eye care to dentistry.

Health & Medical Collection provides comprehensive journal coverage of clinical and biomedical topics, consumer health, health administration and more. It contains over 1,500 publications with almost 1,300 available in full text.

Health Management Database provides resources within the field of health administration. Topics include insurance, law, personnel management, ethics and public health administration.

This resource provides healthcare information covering nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine, and much more. It contains more than 850 titles, with over 715 titles in full-text.

This database provides public health information and research. It contains over 800 publications with over 500 in full-text and covers a wide variety of disciplines ranging from social sciences and biological sciences to business.

Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and more. With coverage dating back to 1857 and full-text back to 1865, providing full text for over 1,800 journals indexed in MEDLINE.

A full-text database of law and other journals, legislative history, US government information, treaties, classic treatises, and much more.

Provides complete coverage of legal information and includes indexing of over 1,025 legal journals, law reviews, yearbooks, institutes, statutes, bar association publications, university publications, and government publications.

Indexing and selective full-text for all major law reviews, law journals, specialty law and bar association journals and legal newspapers.

Growing digital archive of government documents and legal materials.

Contains summaries of more than 190,000 law enforcement and criminal justice publications including books, governmentreports, research reports, and unpublished research. It also includes content from 189 journals.

Provides theoretical and practical information on criminal justice, law enforcement, corrections, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law and industrial security, from U.S. and international scholarly journals,correctional and law enforcement trade publications, crime reports, crime blogs and other relevant material.

Offers full-text articles from over 460 journals. It also includes hundreds of recent, full-text, dissertations, and thousands of working papers from the Political Science Research Network.

RIA Tax research materials, state and federal.

Provides theoretical and practical information on criminal justice, law enforcement, corrections, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law and industrial security, from U.S. and international scholarly journals,correctional and law enforcement trade publications, crime reports, crime blogs and other relevant material.

A full-text database of law and other journals, legislative history, US government information, treaties, classic treatises, and much more.

ICPSR maintains a data archive of more than 500,000 files of research in the social sciences. Note: You must create an Account using this LINK in order to download data sets from on or off campus.

Indexing and selective full-text for all major law reviews, law journals, specialty law and bar association journals and legal newspapers.

Growing digital archive of government documents and legal materials.

Taylor & Francis provides online access to a broad range of journal content in 14 subject areas such as Anthropology & Archaeology, Arts & Humanities, Behavioral Science, Criminology & Law, Education, Sociology and more.

Provides access to top accounting journals, reference reports, proceedings, dissertations and more, including over 2,300 publications with hundreds in full-text.

Lists financial data for selected industries.

Contains the full text of the 8-volume print edition and is updated at least four times a year with new articles and updates to existing articles.

RIA Tax research materials, state and federal.

On-line access to Value Line's leading publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities as well as special situation stocks.

Provides access to top accounting journals, reference reports, proceedings, dissertations and more, including over 2,300 publications with hundreds in full-text.

ProQuest Career & Technical Education provides vocational information. The database includes nearly 600 titles, with more than 500 available in full text for quick access to virtually any technical topic.

Covers sport, health, fitness and sports medicine. Provides access to 700,000 fulltext and bibliographic references such as sport medicine, physical education, coaching & training, corporate wellness, engineering and health.

This database contains over 140 titles, with more than 115 available in full text. Subject areas include telecommunications, computer applications, data communication, data transmission systems, information theory, and wireless communications.

A web-based, multi-cultural database with information on all aspects of cultural and social life with diverse topics ranging from religious beliefs, bringing up children, causes and cures of diseases, to economic and political behavior.

Contains cultural, business and travel data, as well as maps and photos of 175 different countries.