LibGuides: LRU 382: COVID Class- A Liberal Arts Exploration of the Coronavirus Pandemic: Business/Economic

Highlighted Library Databases for Business and Economics

Library databases require a LRU login.

ABI/INFORM Collection

The most comprehensive ABI/INFORM™ database, this comprises ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry, and ABI/INFORM Dateline. The database features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals such as the Economist, country-and industry-focused reports, and downloadable data. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world.
Business Source Premier

This database offers an intuitive and efficient platform for exploring country economic data, company profiles, industry insights, and market research.
Entrepreneurial Studies Source
Full text articles, reference books, case studies and company profiles. Includes videos from the Harvard Faculty Seminar Series and Vator.TV.
Entrepreneurship Database

This database bridges theory with practice, covering a wide spectrum of resources useful to educators, researchers, students and practitioners. Content ranges from the scholarly - including journals, dissertations, working papers and conference proceedings - to a full toolkit of practical guides, templates, forms, sample business plans and tips from successful entrepreneur in a wide range of formats - from video to downloadable Word and Excel files, as well as traditional text and PDFs.
Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal was founded in July 1889. Ever since, the Journal has led the way in chronicling the rise of industries in America and around the world. In no other period of human history has the planet witnessed changes so dramatic or swift. The Journal has covered the births and deaths of tens of thousands of companies; the creation of new industries such as autos, aerospace, oil and entertainment; two world wars and numerous other conflicts; profound advances in science and technology; revolutionary social movements; the rise of consumer economies in the U.S. and abroad; and the fitful march of globalization.

Open Search Databases

Open Search Databases do not require an LRU login. Content from the Directory of Open Access Journals is freely available; other search tools may have limited access to free content.

Google Scholar
Freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines.

Resources from the Web

National Bureau of Economic Research
A private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.
U.S. Small Business Administration: COVID-19
From the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) information on loans and other forms of assistance to small businesses,
USA.Gov
Guide to government information and services. Find information on topics such as: government agencies and elected officials; health; housing and community; jobs and unemployment; money and shopping; travel and immigration.
World Economic Outlook: April 2020: The Great Lockdown
From the IMF, presents IMF staff economists' analyses of global economic developments during the near and medium term.