Library Guides: PADM 594 (Beckett-Camarata): Research Topics: Journals, Reports and Data

Accessing Journals, Reports and Data and Literature Review

Accessing E-Journals

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Additional articles can be acquired through Inter Library Loan if they are not available through the University Libraries.

Browse Penn State eJournals by Title

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Business Source Premier
business articles

An essential article database for business research providing the full text for more than 2,000 periodicals, including about 1,000 scholarly journals. Covers virtually all disciplines in business and economics, including: accounting, economics, econometrics, finance, marketing, management, MIS, QMM and supply chain management.
CINAHL (Cumulative Index for Nursing and Allied Health)
nursing and allied health journal

One of two major databases for nursing, providing references to over 1,800 nursing and allied health journal articles in addition to citations for book chapters, nursing dissertations, association publications, educational software, conference proceedings and selected full-text for state nursing journal articles, legal cases, patient education material, research instruments, standards of practice, critical paths, nurse practice acts, drugs, clinical innovations and government publications. References for alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and health sciences librarianship are also included. Coverage: 1982 - Present. Updates: Monthly.
ACM Digital Library
ACM full text

Full text of every article ever published by ACM. ACM recommends Chrome for access.

Reports

Data Sources

Data.gov
"The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government."
American FactFinder
A tool using information from the United States Census and other national population surveys.

PolicyMap
an online mapping application

PolicyMap (www.policymap.com) is an online mapping application created by The Reinvestment Fund and contains over 15,000 indicators related to housing, education, mortgage originations, jobs and more. It’s fast, efficient and captures data in visually powerful ways through custom maps, tables and reports.
UNdata
Statistics from international intergovernmental agencies

UNSTATS provides data on a wide range of social and economic data series from 30 specialized international intergovernmental agencies including POPIN, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, UNICEF, and WHO. Data can be displayed in HTML or downloaded in Excel or CSV format.

Literature Review Resources