Research Guides: Business: Recommended Resources

Multidisciplinary Databases

These databases can be used by students and faculty in any subject area. They contain information on a wide variety of topics!

Academic OneFile (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Explore a comprehensive database of premier periodical resource on multidisciplinary subjects. Gale Academic OneFile, provides millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources—including thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN as well as videos from BBC Worldwide Learning.
NOTE: Access limited by IP to users located in Tennessee.
Resource provided by Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL).

Includes:
Full-text content,
Scholarly / Peer-Reviewed Publications,
Magazine / Popular Publications,
Trade Publications
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR is an online library of journals, academic ebooks, images, and primary sources. JSTOR helps you explore a wide range of scholarly content with additional research tools and features. ArtSTOR is included in JSTOR.
ProQuest Research Library This link opens in a new window
provides an international mix of scholarly, professional, and consumer periodicals that cover over 150 subjects, including business, the sciences, medical, technology, literature, the arts, and history. Research Library is updated daily with new content and includes a deep backfile, providing users with deeper historical context. A key multidisciplinary resource, Research Library is built on renowned ProQuest vocabulary and indexing and brings all of these resources together through a single user-friendly interface.

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Ebooks

eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
e-Books on a variety of academic subjects from leading academic publishers and university presses. Collection is primarily monographs but includes some reference titles.
eBooks (Gale) - TEL Collection This link opens in a new window
Reference book collection. Suitable for general audience. Gale Virtual Reference
NOTE: Access limited by IP to users located in Tennessee. Resource provided by Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL).
Libby eBooks & AudioBooks This link opens in a new window
Collection of eBooks and audiobooks available for checkout and downloading.
Sign in to Libby with your Vol State username and password to borrow an eBook or audiobook. To read books on your mobile device download the Libby app.

Streaming Media

Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
A multidisciplinary collection of streaming videos. AVON includes films from Sony Picture Classics, A&E Television Network programs, and thousands more videos from reputable and well known publishers. Alexander Street's products are curated, discipline-focused, primary-source collections, websites, and streaming media for learning and research.
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Streaming video collection. Master Academic Video Collection includes Ken Burns' documentaries, newsreels, TED talks, and programs from BBC, PBS, History Education, HBO, and many more producers of quality programs. Closed-captioned with transcripts

Find articles in databases

These databases focus on business-related topics and resources and you will find articles from magazines, trade publications, and academic journals.

For help on using specific databases found in this guide go to Help with recommended databases

Business Abstracts with Full Text (HW Wilson) This link opens in a new window Business articles from journals, trade publications, and magazines.EBSCOhost database collection. Part of OmniFile. 
Business (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window Understand the activities of companies and industries worldwide through leading business and trade publications. Updated daily for business, news and trade publications in all business disciplines.NOTE: Access limited by IP to users located in Tennessee. Resource provided by Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL).
Economics and Theory (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window Offers instant access to full-text academic journals and magazines—with a strong emphasis on titles covered in the EconLit bibliographic index. Content is useful for starting a business, marketing a product, developing policy, analyzing trends, constructing economic models, investing for the future, researching rates, and more. Exclusive features, including Topic Finder, InterLink, and a mobile-optimized interface, support and enhance the search experience. NOTE: Access limited by IP to users located in Tennessee. Resource provided by Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL).

Find business data websites

Websites

For business research there are many credible, free resources available on the web. Use these recommended resources to find U.S. or international business information.

EDGAR
Find company filings for public corporations required by the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC).
U.S. government website.
NASDAQ
Financial news and information on companies whose stock is traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
Company website.
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
Financial information and the latest NYSE stock and indices prices.
Company website
U.S. Department of Commerce
Find information on trade, economic development, technology, entrepreneurship and business development, environmental stewardship, and statistical research and analysis in the U.S.
U.S. government website

International Business Info

Business Culture Complexity Index
A league table and world heat map illustrating the potential complexity/ease of doing business in the top 50 economies of the world.
Commisceo Global Consultancy is UK based international consulting group
globalEDGE
Web-portal provides information on global business activities. Michigan State University
International Trade and Tariff data
Databases and publications provide access to data on trade flows, tariffs, non-tariff measures (NTMs) and trade in value added.
World Trade Organization (WTO)

Streaming videos

Streaming videos, like books, can help you better understand topics presented in class. These links take you to the business "section" of the library's streaming video collections – Academic Video Online and Films on Demand.

Bloomberg News Channel (Academic Video Online) Collection of short videos from Bloomberg News. The channel has many news stories on business topics. You can also launch searches for other videos in the database.
Business & Economics Collection (Films on Demand) Search videos in the Business & Economics Collection. Or you can expand your search to include all videos in Films on Demand. Closed-captioned with transcripts.