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Business Source Complete
Business Source Complete is the world's definitive scholarly business database with more than 3,800 full-text journals, including nearly 2,000 peer-reviewed journals, this database is the essential tool for business students. It covers all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, banking, finance, and more.
CountryWatch
CountryWatch provides a variety of facts on over 192 countries, from basic information such as statistics and important persons, to maps and currency converters, to encyclopedic resources on history and economy. This database is extremely valuable for the history major or any student researching the United States.
Hoover’s
D&B Hoovers delivers insightful information on more than 130 million businesses, both public and private, around the world; including the UK, Europe, Asia Pacific and emerging markets.

Search by Company Name, Executives, Industry or by using Conceptual Search and Business Signals.

Business data includes Annual Revenues, Employee Counts, Corporate Family Tree, Key Contacts, Analyst Reports, SWOT reports, stock data, financials and other vital information.
Nexis Uni
Nexis Uni contains access to more than 15,000 news, legal and business sources, including national and international journals, newspapers, blogs, television and radio broadcasts, legal sources for federal and state cases and statutes, business information and news on U.S. and international companies and executives, and more. Includes access to the full text of the Tennessee Code Annotated.
U.S. Major Dailies
US Major Dailies provides access to five respected US national and regional newspapers including The New York Times and Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune. The titles offer researchers thorough coverage of local, regional, and world events. The content is available by 8am each day and provides archives stretching as far back as 1985.
Regional Business News
Content for Regional Business News is provided by leading publishers in business news including The Washington Post, PR Newswire US and more. Key resources include newspapers, radio and television news transcripts, trade publications, magazines and newswires with full-text content for more than 100 regional U.S. and Canadian business publications and coverage spanning more than 20 years.
S&P Global NetAdvantage
Tip: Works best in Internet Explorer or Firefox. Broad spectrum of industry, company and investment analysis including S&P Industry Surveys, Stock Reports (S&P Equity Research), and new “Markets” tab with drill downs to industry and sub-industry key ratios, benchmarks, constituents, etc. Company data covers a global universe of over 3 million private and public companies.
Statista
A searchable database of statistics, studies, dossiers, infographics and more, covering thousands of topics in areas such as business, education, finance, media, politics, society, and technology. Statista gathers data from over 20,000 sources, including market reports, trade publications, scientific journals, and government databases.

Is it Peer Reviewed?

Ulrich’s Periodical Directory
Use Ulrich's to see if the article you want to use for your paper comes from a peer-reviewed or "refereed" journal. Peer-reviewed journals show an icon a of a referee's shirt in the column next to their names.

Find Articles in Major Business Publications

LMU libraries provide full-text access to articles from Forbes magazine. You can access them one of two ways:

Search the library's Full Text Journal Finder by title.
Select "Forbes" from the list of results. It should be the first one. A list of three options should appear to the right. These are the companies that the library subscribes to Forbes through. You will see that our subscriptions goes back farther with some than others.
Select one of these links:
1. The first link will take you to a landing page for Forbes. You can browse issues by year using the links to the right. Or you can click on "Search within this publication," which will take you to another page where you can enter in search terms.
2. The other links will take you to Nexis Uni, where you can enter in search terms to search Forbes.

Or:

Search the library catalog for "Forbes."
From the first result, click on the green "Access Journal" button. A pop-up menu will appear with several links. These are the companies that the library subscribes to Forbes through. You will see that our subscriptions goes back farther with some than others.
Select one of the first four links:
1. The first two links will take you to a landing page for Forbes. You can browse issues by year using the links to the right. Or you can click on "Search within this publication," which will take you to another page where you can enter in search terms.
2. The other two links will take you to Nexis Uni, where you can enter in search terms to search Forbes.

LMU libraries provide full-text access to articles from Havard Business Review. You can access them one of two ways:

Search the library's Full Text Journal Finder by title.
Select "Harvard Business Review" from the list of results. It should be the first one. A list of options should appear to the right. These are the companies that the library subscribes to Harvard Business Review through. You will see that our subscriptions goes back farther with some than others. The first link is the best as it provides access to the most articles.
Select the first link. This will take you to a landing page for Harvard Business Review. You can browse issues by year using the links to the right. Or you can click on "Search within this publication," which will take you to another page where you can enter in search terms.

Or:

Search the library catalog for "Harvard Business Review."
It should be the first result. If you don't see it, from the options on the left, narrow your search results down to "Journal, Magazine."
Click on the green "Access Journal" button. A pop-up menu will appear with several links. These are the companies that the library subscribes to Harvard Business Review through. You will see that our subscriptions goes back farther with some than others.
Select the first link. This will take you to a landing page for Harvard Business Review. You can browse issues by year using the links to the right. Or you can click on "Search within this publication," which will take you to another page where you can enter in search terms.

LMU libraries provide full-text access to articles from Financial Times. You can access them one of two ways:

Search the library's Full Text Journal Finder by title.
Select "Financial Times, The" from the list of results. It should be the last one. A list of options should appear to the right. These are the companies that the library subscribes to Financial Times through.
Select any of these links. They will take you to a landing page for Financial Times. From there you can browse issues by date (note that the most recent month is not available). You can also enter search terms in the "Search within publication" bar to the right.

Or:

Search the library catalog for "financial times."
It should be the second result. If you don't see it, from the options on the left, narrow your search results down to "Journal, Magazine."
Click on the green "Access Journal" button. A pop-up menu will appear with several links. These are the companies that the library subscribes to Financial Times through.
Select any of these links. They will take you to a landing page for Financial Times. From there you can browse issues by date (note that the most recent month is not available). You can also enter search terms in the "Search within publication" bar to the right.

LMU libraries provide full-text access to articles from The Wall Street Journal. You can access them one of two ways:

Search the library's Full Text Journal Finder by title.
Select "Wall Street Journal" from the list of results. It should be the first one. A list of options should appear to the right. These are the companies that the library subscribes to The Wall Street Journal through.
Select the first of these links. It will take you to a landing page for The Wall Street Journal. From there you can enter search terms or browse issues by date.

Or:

Search the library catalog for "wall street journal."
It should be the first result. If you don't see it, from the options on the left, narrow your search results down to "Journal, Magazine."
Click on the green "View Online" button. A pop-up menu will appear with several links. These are the companies that the library subscribes to The Wall Street Journal through.
Select the second of these links. It will take you to a landing page for The Wall Street Journal. From there you can enter search terms or browse issues by date.

LMU libraries provide full-text access to articles from The New York Times. You can access them one of two ways:

Search the library's Full Text Journal Finder by title.
Select the fourth "New York Times" link from the list of results. Another link should appear in a box to the right.
Select the link. It will take you to a landing page for The New York Times. From there you can enter search terms or browse issues by date.

Or:

Search the library catalog for "new york times."
It should be the first result. If you don't see it, from the options on the left, narrow your search results down to "Journal, Magazine."
Click on the green "Access Journal" button. A pop-up menu will appear with several links. These are the companies that the library subscribes to The New York Times through.
Select the first of these links. It will take you to a landing page for The New York Times. From there you can enter search terms or browse issues by date.

LMU libraries provide full-text access to articles from Bloomberg Businessweek (2010-present) and Businessweek (1996-2010). You can access them one of two ways:

Search the library's Full Text Journal Finder by title.
Select the first link from the list of results. Another link should appear in a box to the right.
Select the Bloomberg Businessweek link. It will take you to another landing page. From here you can either search within the publication or browse issues by year and date. NOTE: The library's holdings on this page include the full range of both Bloomberg Businessweek and Businessweek. These are the same serial, which underwent a title change in 2010.

Or:

Search the library catalog for "Bloomberg Businessweek."
It should be the first result. Do not use any of the results under it, although they may have the same title.
Click on the green "View now" button. This will take you to another landing page. From here you can either search within the publication or browse issues by year and date. NOTE: The library's holdings on this page include the full range of both Bloomberg Businessweek and Businessweek. These are the same serial, which underwent a title change in 2010.

LMU libraries provide full-text access to articles from The Economist. You can access them one of two ways:

Search the library's Full Text Journal Finder by title.
Select Economist, The from the list of results. It should be the third one. A list of several options should appear to the right. These are the companies that the library subscribes to The Economist through. You may see that our subscriptions go back farther with some than others.

Select one of these links:
The first link should take you to the landing page for The Economist. You can browse issues by year using the links in the scroll down menu. Or you can enter search terms in the "Search within this publication," bar--be sure to use the bar on the far right side of the page and not the one at the top!

Or:

Search the library catalog for The Economist. As too many results will come up, you will need to further restrict your results by format in the left hand column to "Journal, Magazine." Then you can click on the green "Access Journal" button in the first result. A pop-up menu will appear with several links. These are the companies that the library subscribes to The Economist through. You may see that our subscriptions go back farther with some than others.

Select one of the links:
This should take you to a landing page for The Economist. You can browse issues by year using the links in the scroll down menu. Or you can enter search terms in the "Search within this publication," bar--be sure to use the bar on the far right side of the page and not the one at the top!

LMU libraries provide full-text access to articles from Fortune magazine. You can access them one of two ways:

Search the library's Full Text Journal Finder by title.
Select Fortune from the list of results. It should be the fourth one. Another link should appear to the right: This is the company that the library subscribes to Fortune through.

Select the link:
This should take you to the landing page for Fortune. You can browse issues by year using the links on the left side of the page. Or you can click on "Search within this publication," which will take you to another page where you can enter in search terms.

Or:

Search the library catalog for "Fortune." As too many results will come up, you will need to further restrict your results by format in the left hand column to "Journal, Magazine." Then you can click on the green "Access Journal" button in the first result. A pop-up menu will appear with two links that are close to the same.

Select one of the links:
This should take you to a landing page for Fortune. You can browse issues by year using the links on the left side of the page. Or you can click on "Search within this publication," which will take you to another page where you can enter in search terms.

Featured Journals

MIT Sloan Management Review

Refereed articles, commentary and reviews by management academics, consultants and practitioners on what's most useful in current management theory and practice and cross-functional perspectives on management issues written for professional managers.

Journal of Business Research

Journal of Business Research is organized to address concerns in the fields of Marketing, Social psychology, Advertising, Industrial organization and Context (language use). The main emphasis of Journal of Business Research is the subject of Marketing, focusing on Consumer behaviour. The majority of Social psychology studies are focused on the issues of Affect (psychology).

Journal of Business Ethics

Journal of Business Ethics mainly tackles studies in Business ethics, Public relations, Quality of Life Research, Social psychology and Corporate social responsibility. Research in Business ethics tackled falls within the umbrella of Law. It facilitates discussions on Public relations that incorporate concepts from other fields like Business education, Philosophy of business and Information ethics.

Management Science

Management Science focuses largely on the fields of Mathematical optimization, Microeconomics, Operations research, Marketing and Econometrics. The research on Mathematical optimization discussed in the journal draws on the closely related field of Algorithm. The works on Microeconomics deal in particular with Incentive.

International Journal of Production Research

International Journal of Production Research mainly deals with areas of study such as Mathematical optimization, Operations research, Production (economics), Supply chain and Scheduling (production processes). The studies on Mathematical optimization discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Algorithm and Scheduling (computing), Flow shop scheduling, Job shop scheduling. While Operations research is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Production manager and Process (engineering).

Business Strategy and the Environment

The concepts of Marketing, Sustainability, Sustainable development, Industrial organization and Accounting are tackled in the journal. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Marketing, it also covered topics in Stakeholder, Corporate social responsibility, Process (engineering) and Process management. Stakeholder theory is a major topic of Stakeholder research presented in it.

Journal of International Business Studies

The journal generally zeroes in on subjects such as International business, Organizational culture, Marketing, Multinational corporation and New business development. In Journal of International Business Studies, Industrial organization, Finance, Foreign direct investment, Economic system and Market economy are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in International business research. The research on Industrial organization featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Emerging markets and Transaction cost.

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Interlibrary Loan

Interlibrary loan (ILL) lets patrons borrow materials from other libraries. Request items through your library, which will search, request, and facilitate borrowing. Learn more below:

Locating Peer Reviewed Articles

"Peer-reviewed" journals require expert review before publication, ensuring higher scholarly and methodological standards. In contrast, magazines, trade journals, and newspapers are typically non-peer-reviewed, with content reviewed only by editors or non-experts, lacking the rigorous evaluation of peer review.

MyLMU

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Evidence Based Practice

Evidence-based practice uses the best available research, clinical expertise, and patient values to make informed decisions and improve outcomes in healthcare and other fields.

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