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Credo Reference: Business, Finance, and Economics
Credo Reference helps you start your research in business, finance, or economics with dictionaries of terms, historical and biographical materials, and information on best practices.
IBISWorld
- IBISWorld
IBISWorld provides trusted industry research on thousands of industries worldwide. Our in-house analysts leverage economic, demographic and market data, then add analytical and forward-looking insight, to help organizations of all types make better business decisions
ProQuest Entrepreneurial and Business Databases
Some databases for finding scholarly journals and articles about small business and entrepreneurship.
- Business Market Research Collection Database (ProQuest)
This database contains company, industry, economic and geopolitical market research from three sources, including Hoover's Company Profiles, OxResearch from Oxford Analystica, and Snapshots. - Entrepreneurship Database (ProQuest)Information for entrepreneurs and researchers that includes business start-up plans, video clips, journals, business cases, and more.
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
- U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)Helping small business owners and entrepreneurs pursue the American dream. The SBA is the only cabinet-level federal agency fully dedicated to small business and provides counseling, capital, and contracting expertise as the nation’s only go-to resource and voice for small businesses.
NC Live Business Information Center
- Business Information Center
Resources for market research & business data, small business development, business research, business magazines, and more.
Databases for Entrepreneurial Research
Other databases providing industry and market research information.
- ABI/INFORM CollectionThis ProQuest database provides business research from journals, trade publications, market research reports, dissertations, and working papers.
- ACCESSNCStatistical, analytical and mapping tool designed to aid economic and community development decision making.
- Business Link North CarolinaBusiness Link North Carolina (BLNC) provides business owners with information and resources available from the State of North Carolina to assist their companies, from start-ups to major employers. BLNC business counselors help callers with information about registering a business with the state, business and occupational licenses, tax requirements, government contracting, business plans, tax information to marketing and access to capital.
- Morningstar Investing CenterIncludes research and independent opinions on thousands of mutual funds, stocks, and hundreds of ETFs.
- ReferenceUSAReference and research tool providing instant, real-time access to accurate, in-depth information on 24 million U.S. businesses and 235 million U.S. residents. ReferenceUSA makes it faster and easier to find new business opportunities, research executives and companies, find news articles, conduct job searches, research papers, locate addresses and phone numbers, conduct market research and much more.
Entrepreneurial and Business Scholarly Journals
Some scholarly journals to search for finding articles about small business and entrepreneurship.
- Academy of Entrepreneurship JournalPublishes theoretical and empirical manuscripts on entrepreneurship and small business, to advance the knowledge, understanding, and teaching of entrepreneurship throughout the world.
- American Journal of EntrepreneurshipA publication of the Southern Academy of Entrepreneurship, Inc. offering an eclectic, cross-disciplinary entrepreneurship research experience.
- Entrepreneurship: Theory and PracticeAcademic journal on entrepreneurship, family-owned businesses, and small business management.
- Entrepreneurship Research JournalProvides information about business, economics, and management.
- Global Journal of EntrepreneurshipPublishes theoretical or empirical works in Entrepreneurship, applied research or studies in Entrepreneurship Education, and Qualitative research in Entrepreneurship of value to practicing entrepreneurs.
- International Entrepreneurship and Management JournalProvides information about business, economics, and management.
- Journal of Business and EntrepreneurshipProvides information about business and economics, as well as small business practice.
- Journal of Entrepreneurship EducationPublishes manuscripts on entrepreneurship education as well as articles from the conferences on topics concerning the free enterprise system. Its primary objective is to address the issues faced by entrepreneurs and free enterprise educators in their efforts to achieve success for their students. Subjects of interest include any area of entrepreneurship and/or free enterprise education which would be of interest to faculty or educators.
- Journal of International EntrepreneurshipProvides information about business and economic history, economics, general business, and history specialties.
- Journal of New Business Ideas and TrendsProvides information on new business ideas and trends.
- Journal of Research in Marketing and EntrepreneurshipProvides information about business and economics.
- Small Business Institute JournalProvides information about small business and economics.