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Scholarly/Peer-Reviewed/Refereed Articles - It's All the Same

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Also, check these sites for a quick view of what a scholarly article looks like, in regards to format and content:
Anatomy of a Scholarly Article
How will I know if an article/journal is peer-reviewed
 

Business Databases Overview

Dictionaries/Encyclopedias

Associations and Organizations

Government Data and Sites

  • Fedstats
    Statistics by subject from the US federal government
  • CIA World Factbook
    Provides info. on history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
  • USAGov
    Connects users to all U.S. Government information and services. Searches government information, services, and online transactions. Provides a topical index and links to state and local government, and contacts with government officials.
  • Statistical Abstracts
    Summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States
  • American FactFinder
    Search interface for finding data from the US Census in the form of maps, tables, and reports.
  • Statistics of US Business
    Provides national and state-level data on numbers of businesses and employees, broken out by industry. Excludes data on self-employed individuals, employees of private households, railroad employees, agricultural production employees, and most government employees.
  • Access NC
    NC Dept of Commerce's economic development resource for businesses seeking to locate and expand.
  • Employment Security Commission of North Carolina
    Helps employers find the staff they need to carry out their business, serves as a career resource center for workers at all skill levels and age groups and supplies labor market data to government officials, researchers and others.
  • O*Net OnLine
    Detailed descriptions for use by job seekers, workforce development and HR professionals, students and researchers.
  • U.S. Government Data Site
    Find, download, and use datasets that are generated and held by the Federal Government. Provides descriptions of datasets.
    Video Tutorial
  • FRASER
    Federal Reserve Archive of Economic History

Web Resources

  • Business Plans and Profiles Index
    Business plans by type of business
  • Google Scholar
    An alternative tool to search for articles in O'Kelly Library
  • Monster
    Career resources from across the U.S.
  • Finance Glossary
    Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary. Use Find function on page to help you navigate through the site to find the terms you're looking for.
  • International Trade Centre
    Used to scan world market for opportunities to diversify products, markets, and suppliers. A must have for detailed statistical information on international trade flows.
  • InvestorWords
    Great definitions in an easy to browse format.
  • Investopedia
    Definitions, glossaries, tutorials and tools.
  • Thomas Register
    Useful for who makes what by state or company name and downloadable CAD models.
  • List of Lists
    Gary Price's List of Lists - Ranked listings of companies, people and resources.
  • Yahoo! Finance
    News, stocks, bonds, fund and all things finance.
  • Zip Code Statistics
    Points to resources for finding zip code statistics in various categories like business, education, political and health info by zip code.
  • Marquis Who's Who
    Profiles of the most accomplished individuals from all fields of endeavor. Search by name, gender, occupation, geography, hobbies and interests, religion and much more.
  • More Business Resources - Bizologie
    Free resources for business research including sites, tools and tactics for doing business research.

  • UNCG Business Resource Collection
    Another librarian's view on best resources. Great source

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Newspapers

  • The Wall Street Journal
    Considered the preeminent publication for business news and information on financial markets worldwide.
  • The New York Times (1851-2007) with Index (1851-1993)
    Provides first-hand accounts and coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
  • Regional Business News
    Business journals and newspapers covering metropolitan and rural areas within the U.S.
  • Historical Black Newspaper Collection
    Includes Chicago Defender (1910-1975), Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005), New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993) and The Baltimore African-American (1893-1988)
  • Financial Times
    For anyone wanting to understand the context of global trade and finance, this database of financial and economic news offers access to articles and features, unbiased financial, economic and political news.
  • Noticas Financieras
    News service produced in conjunction with publishing organizations in Latin America and provides full-text, real-time financial and business news from Latin America.
  • Internet Public Library Newspapers
    Local papers in various countries.

Videos

  • Business and Economics Video Online
    Focuses on the study, analysis, and application of commerce. Includes case studies, documentaries, interviews, biographies, lectures, and instructional videos.
  • Films on Demand
    Can be filtered by subject areas of Business & Economics and Health & Medicine for relevant videos from sources such as CNBC, NOVA, BBC, PBS and more.
  • PBS Video Collection
    Full-length documentaries and other videos from the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and UNC-TV.
  • Plunkett Research Vlogs
    Market research, industry trends analysis, business commentary, and industry statistics.
  • Videos Libguide
    All video collections subscribed to by O'Kelly
  • Youtube EDU Business Videos
    Broad set of educational videos that range from academic lectures to inspirational speeches. Quick lessons from teachers, course lectures from top-tier universities.
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