Databases by Subject
Business & Public Administration Research Guide
Business & Public Administration
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Business Insights: Global (Gale)
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Company and industry profiles including SWOT reports, market share reports, and financial reports, as well as company histories, case studies, scholarly journals, and company news. | Partial | Yes | more information | |
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Business Source Premier (EBSCO)
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Articles, market, industry and SWOT analysis reports, studies, and other business news. | Partial | No | more information | |
| Capital IQ |
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Financial information on companies, equities, fixed income, industry reports, SEC filings, interest rates, commodities, screening for stocks and mutual funds and more. **Note: Requires registration with your Drake email address.** | No | No | more information | |
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EconLit (EBSCO)
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Citation search for journal articles on economics. | Partial | No | more information | |
| Mergent Intellect |
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Mergent Intellect provides private company data on over 100 million privately held global companies (plus 145 million inactive global companies). Intellect allows the end user to download up to 2,000 records at a time to a spreadsheet. This service also contains information on over 220 million individuals through White Pages Pro and executive contacts on over 90 million professional decision makers. Also included is global family tree information, census data, access to First Research Industry Reports covering 900+ industries and demographic data from Nielsen. | No | No | more information | |
| PrivCo - Private Company Financial Intelligence |
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PrivCo is a source for business and financial data on non-publicly traded corporations. | No | No | more information | |
| Richard K. Miller eBooks |
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Business handbooks focused on marketing and the consumer marketplace. | Partial | No | more information | |
| Sage Data |
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Formerly Data Planet Statistical Datasets. Statistical data in a wide range of subject areas, with tools for searching, analyzing and visualizing. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Statista |
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Online statistics portal providing access to data from market and opinion research institutions, as well as from business organizations and government institutions. Includes many easily-cited authoritative infographics. | No | No | more information | |
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Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones)
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Full access to all Wall Street Journal content via their website (Current 4 years). Requires a one-time registration with your Drake email address | No | No | more information | |
| Wall Street Journal (Proquest) |
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Full-text of the newspaper's eastern edition, 1984 - present. | Yes | No | more information |
Other Resources
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Academic Video Online (AVON) (ProQuest)
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Documentaries, educational films, and news clips in many subject areas. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Bloomberg Businessweek Archive (EBSCO)
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Bloomberg Businessweek, 1929-2000 | Yes | No | more information | |
| Business Plans Handbook |
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Collection of business plans compiled by entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses throughout North America. | No | No | more information | |
| Cabell's Journalytics |
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Publishing opportunities by journal title and subject area, including submission process, type of review, acceptance rates, and more. | No | No | more information | |
| CountryWatch |
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Political, economic, and cultural information about every sovereign country in the world. | No | No | more information | |
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CQ Researcher (CQ Press)
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Discussions of current, controversial public policy issues. It offers pros & cons, background information, and in-depth analysis on a variety of topics, issues, and controversies currently in the news. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Credo Reference |
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Reference articles covering all major academic subjects. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Forbes Magazine Archive (EBSCO)
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Forbes Magazine, 1917-2000. | Partial | No | more information | |
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Fortune Magazine Archive (EBSCO)
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Fortune Magazine, 1930-2000. | No | No | more information | |
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Global Issues (Gale in Context)
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A resource for international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. | No | Yes | more information | |
| International Directory of Company Histories |
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Detailed information on more than 11,000 companies worldwide. Includes all volumes. | Yes | No | more information | |
| International Historical Statistics |
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Statistical compendium covering the years 1750-2010 (with annual updates). Includes all statistical tables as Excel spreadsheets, which can be downloaded for further analysis. Topics include population, national accounts, labor force, agriculture, external trade and industry. Each section has a full description of the sources used to compile the statistics. | No | No | more information | |
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Market Share Reporter (Gale)
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Comparative business statistics, with detailed overviews of international companies, products and services. | No | Yes | more information | |
| Mergent Archives |
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Mergent Archives provides a vast historical collection of company, industry and country information. Access the Moody's/Mergent Digital Manuals consisting of the following manuals: Industrial, Over the Counter Unlisted, Over the Counter Industrial, Transportation, Bank & Finance, Public Utilities, International and Municipal & Government starting in 1909 to current. Key Business Ratios starting in 1979 to current. D&B Country Risk Profile/Riskline Reports detailing essential political, economic and commercial information on over 130 countries worldwide beginning in 2001 to current. | No | No | more information | |
| Mergent Key Business Ratios |
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Key Business Ratios (KBR) lets researchers examine industry benchmarks compiled from D&B®’s database of public and private companies, featuring 14 key business ratios for public and private companies in 800 lines of business. | No | No | more information | |
| Mergent Online: Country Insight |
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Provides up-to-date political, economic and commercial information on over 130 countries worldwide, including risk assessment. Easily downloadable in PDF format. | No | No | more information | |
| MRI-Simmons Insights Platform |
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Provides access to consumer demographic, psychographic, brand preference, and media data from the Simmons National Consumer Survey.**Maximum of 10 simultaneous users.** | No | No | more information | |
| New York Times |
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New York Times access 1851-present. Direct access to virtually all NY Times content from that time period. Requires a separate, one-time registration. For details, visit http://researchguides.drake.edu/nyt | No | No | more information | |
| Oxford Scholarship Online Ebooks |
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eBooks in humanities, sciences, business, and social sciences. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Springer eBooks |
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A collection of electronic books in a variety of subjects. You also have the option to order a personal print copy of eBooks owned by Drake (2010-present) for $24.99 (regardless of the actual book price). These "MyCopy" books are soft-cover b/w print copies that are mailed to your address. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Statistical Abstract of the United States (ProQuest)
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Authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States. | No | No | more information | |
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Very Short Introductions (Oxford)
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Concise introductions to a wide range of subjects. | Yes | No | more information | |
| World DataBank |
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Access to nation-by-nation (or aggregate) statistical data. | No | No | more information |