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Additional Databases
Depending on your topic, you may need to utilize additional databases. These can be found at http://libraries.psu.edu on the A-Z Databases tab. If you need help in locating additional databases, ask!
Helpful Databases
Peer Reviewed
The databases in this group primarily contain peer-reviewed journals; HOWEVER, each also provides access to industry magazines that ARE NOT PEER REVIEWED. When searching in these databases, apply your PEER REVIEW or SCHOLARLY filters, which are found on the search screens. Be aware that pre-formatted citations in these databases are not always correct. You should always double check the formatting against an APA guide or other authoritative citation resource.
Scholarly Business and Industry Resources
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Business Source Premier This link opens in a new windowCovers virtually all disciplines in business and economics, including: accounting, economics, econometrics, finance, marketing, management, MIS, QMM and supply chain management.
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ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new windowSearch a complete database comprising full-text business periodicals and news sources from ABI/INFORM Global, Dateline, and Trade & Industry.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new windowDepending on your topic, you may find useful scholarly research in JSTOR, which focuses primarily on the social sciences. The collection contains scholarly journals and ebooks.
Scholarly Technology Resources
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IEEE Xplore This link opens in a new windowIEEE Xplore contains the full text of all IEEE & IET conference papers, and standards published since 1988 and all IEEE journals since 1884 & IET journals since 1988.
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Inspec (Ei Village 2) This link opens in a new windowInspec is a leading bibliographic information database covering the fields of physics, electronics, computing, control engineering and information technology.
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ACM Digital Library This link opens in a new windowFull text of every article ever published by ACM.
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ScienceDirect (Elsevier full text journal articles and electronic books) This link opens in a new windowPeer-reviewed research on a variety of technology-related topics.
Not Peer Reviewed
The databases in this group DO NOT PROVIDE PEER REVIEWED RESOURCES. They are primarily report databases which give you valuable information about a business, an industry, or type of technology. They will help supplement your scholarly sources. Most of these databases do not provide pre-formatted citations. You will need to gather the relevant information and develop the citations yourself. See the Citation Resources page for more help.
Business and Industry Reports
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Mergent Intellect This link opens in a new windowMergent Intellect provides company and industry information, company news, information on initial public offerings, and career and personal finance information.
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IBISWorld This link opens in a new windowAccess industry reports with graphics. Primarily for US companies/industries, but does have reports on specific international companies/industries.
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BCC Research This link opens in a new windowBCC Research provides in-depth market research reports covering technology, science, and healthcare sectors. Reports provide market size forecasts and projections as well as information on major players in the industry.
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Mintel This link opens in a new windowReports analyze market drivers, trends, market forecasts, market segmentations, demographics, and consumer attitudes and purchasing behaviors. Market Sizes provides market size, market share and segmentation data for global consumer packaged goods industries.
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Passport GMID (Euromonitor) This link opens in a new windowUseful for researching international companies and markets including demographic, macro-economic, and marketing data; industry statistics; statistics on brand and company rankings; comment on emerging industry, country, and consumer trends; consumer lifestyle statistics, future demographic reports.