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Research by Subject: Business and Public Administration

Miller Nichols Library Subject Guides | Online Databases | Digital Collections | Librarian Subject Specialists

This page contains links to resources in business, including accounting, business administration, and public administration.

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F = Full text or some full text.
R = Remote / off campus access available. (Note: Access may be restricted.)
W = Free on the Web.
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F R ABI/INFORM Dateline (ProQuest), 1985 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text
Business, company information from local and regional sources.
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ABI/INFORM Global (ProQuest) 1971 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us.
Selected full text 1985 - present.
Business, management, product information.
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F R ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry (ProQuest) 1971 - present.     delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text.
Business and industry.
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F R Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) 1975 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text 1975 - present.
Science, technology, humanities, public administration, social sciences.
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F R Academic Universe See LexisNexis Academic
F R American Accounting Association journals (Atypon) 1999 - present; coverage varies by title.     delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text 1999 - present; coverage varies by title.
Accounting and tax journals.
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F R ArticleFirst (FirstSearch) 1990 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Links to full text 1997 - present.
Business, science, humanities, social sciences, technology.
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F R Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost) 1922 - present; coverage varies by title    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text 1922 - present; coverage varies by title.
Business, companies, and economics.
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F R Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities. Current edition.     delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text.

Manuscript guidelines for peer-reviewed journals in business, education, and psychology.
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F R ContentsFirst See ArticleFirst
  W CUFTS Journal Search Current edition    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Online journal locator.
Link to a description of the database. Provider: Free on the Web
F R EconLit (EBSCOhost) 1969 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Links to full text 1995 - present.
Note: UMKC access to this database has switched to EBSCOhost.
Economics journals, books and working papers.
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F R Economagic Current edition.     delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text.
Economic times series data.
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F W EDGAR 1994 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings free on the web.
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F R Gale Virtual Reference Library (InfoTrac)    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text.
Electronic reference books.
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F W Google Scholar     delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Access for UMKC students, faculty and staff. All others should use the link detailed here.
Links to full text.
A search engine providing results from a variety of scholarly resources.
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F R Historical Statistics of the United States (Cambridge University Press) Millenium Edition Online.     delicious logo Save to del.icio.us   New 
Data sets range from 1790 through late 20th century.
Quantitative data on numerous topics in American history.
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F R

International Financial Statistics Online 1948 - present.     delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text 1948 - present.
International statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance.
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F R JSTOR 1838 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text. Coverage varies by title.
Multidisciplinary database.
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F R Kansas City Star (NewsBank) 1991 - present.     delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text 1991 - present.
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F W KCResearch (Kansas City Public Library) 1990 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text 1990 - present.
Research about issues in the bi-state area surrounding Kansas City.
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F R LexisNexis Academic 1969 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text 1980 - present.
Current topics, industry, politics, law.
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F R London Times See Times Digital Archive
F R Marquis Who’s Who on the Web Current edition    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text.
Biographical information.
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F R Mergent Online 1990 - present    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text 1990 - present.
Global company financial data.
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F R New York Times (1851-2004) (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) 1851-2004.     delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text 1851-2004.
Provides page-by-page full-text access to The New York Times.
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  W New York Times Article Archive September 18, 1851 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Indexes and provides the first paragraph only of articles from the New York Times.
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F R OmniFile V Full Text (Wilson) 1982 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text 1994 - present.
Science, technology, humanities, social sciences, business.
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F R Oxford Reference Online Premium (Oxford University Press) Current edition.     delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text.
Online access to 170 Oxford reference books.
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  R PAIS International (CSA) 1972 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Political, social and public policy issues with an international scope.
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  R Public Administration Abstracts (EBSCOhost) 1974 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Public administration.
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F W PubMed 1951 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Links to full text.
Citations to biomedical articles. Many entries include links to full text.
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F R Regional Business News (EBSCOhost) 1990 - present; coverage varies by title    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text; coverage varies by title.
Business.
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  R Sage Public Administration Abstracts See Public Administration Abstracts
  R Sage Urban Studies Abstracts See Urban Studies Abstracts
F R ScienceDirect    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us Coverage varies by title.
Selected full text.
Multidisciplinary. Electronic journals.
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F R STAT-USA/Internet Current edition.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text.
Business and economic data.
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F W ThomasNet Current edition.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text.
Company and product information.
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F R Times Digital Archive (InfoTrac/Gale) 1875 - 1985.     delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text 1875 - 1985.
Provides page-by-page access to The Times of London.
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  R Urban Studies Abstracts (EBSCOhost) 1973 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Urban studies.
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F R Value Line Research Center (Value Line) Current edition.     delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text.
Note: If you see a welcome screen with a line that reads "To continue and log in, please click here," click on the word "here" and you will be taken to the database.
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F R Who's Who on the Web See Marquis Who’s Who on the Web
F R Wilson Business Full Text See OmniFile V Full Text
F R World Development Indicators Online. Current edition.     delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text.
Data on national and regional economies worldwide.
Link to a description of the database.

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Digital Collections - Business

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Advertising | History | Labor Relations

Advertising

Ad*Access
(scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/)
Images and information for 7000 advertisements from US and Canadian newspapers and magazines, 1911-1955.  (J. Walter Thompson Co. Competitive Advertisements Collection)


History

Ad*Access
(scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/)
Images and information for 7000 advertisements from US and Canadian newspapers and magazines, 1911-1955.  (J. Walter Thompson Co. Competitive Advertisements Collection)

Bridgeport [Connecticut] Working: Voices from the 20th Century
(www.bridgeporthistory.org/)

The Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850 - 1920 (EAA)
(scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/eaa/)
This site presents over 9,000 images, with database information, relating to the early history of advertising in the United States. The materials, drawn from the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University, provide a significant and informative perspective on the early evolution of this most ubiquitous feature of modern American business and culture.

Steelmaker-Steeltown: U.S. Steel Gary Works Photograph Collection, 1906-1971
(www.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/steel)

Steam and Electric Locomotives of the New Haven Railroad
(railroads.uconn.edu/locomotives/)
(www.lib.uconn.edu/teams/digicoll/collections.htm)
Project Manager: Laura Katz Smith, Curator for Business, Railroad, Labor and Ethnic Heritage and Immigration Collections, Archives & Special Collections, Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries
Project Summary: This digital collection provides online access to over 460 black-and-white photographs that document steam and electric locomotives owned and operated by the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad from the 1870s to the mid-1900s.


Labor Relations

E-Archive - Catherwood Library at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations - Cornell
(www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/e_archive/default.html?page=about&CFID=1878712&CFTOKEN=85652655)
The Martin P. Catherwood Library at Cornell's School of Industrial & Labor Relations collects key materials on workplace issues by special arrangement with government offices, commissions, task forces, and non-governmental associations. The Electronic Archive has established itself as a unique repository for materials that encompass any and all aspects of the employer-employee relationship. Many items, like the Glass Ceiling Commission materials, are officially archived at this site. Researchers can rely on these items remaining available for years to come. Access is free to the public.

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