Databases and E-resources at the Library of Congress
Search by database title or by subject. Find Business and other resources.
National Library of Medicine
PubMed, others.
Dialog $ $ $ PAY PER USE
Searches the Deep Web in these categories: Business, Intellectual Property, Science and Technology, News & Trade Journals, Market Research. Can subscribe or pay per incident.
(Non-database) software:
Data Harmony $ $ $
Taxonomy software, create thesauri, indexes.
Leave a Comment » | 
CI, Research Databases | Tagged: CI Resources | 
Permalink
Posted by thatfigures
Passport GMID – International marketing data
Leave a Comment » | 
CI, Research Databases | Tagged: CI Resources | 
Permalink
Posted by thatfigures
Dialog
Searches the Deep Web in these categories: Business, Intellectual Property, Science and Technology, News & Trade Journals, Market Research. Can subscribe or pay per incident.
Factiva iworks
from Dow Jones – Business data
Leave a Comment » | 
CI, Research Databases | Tagged: CI Resources | 
Permalink
Posted by thatfigures
Free (but limited) versions of subscription sites:
Hoovers.com
Free limited version of this business database
Morningstar.com
Free version of this database of investment tools (stocks, funds). Stock quotes, historical data, news fee
FREE – Government Resources – FREE – (from the LoC Bus., Econ. & Industry webpage)
Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services
Provides an early indication of sales by retail companies compiled by the Census Bureau of the Dept. of Commerce.
African Development Bank
Provides economic analysis and reviews of political and social developments in African countries.
AgEcon Search: Research in Agricultural and Applied Economics
Scholarly research in the field of agricultural economics including: agribusiness, food supply, natural resource economics, environmental economics, policy issues, agricultural trade, and economic development.
AIER Cost-of-Living Calculator
The calculator uses the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to compare dollar values from one year to another.
Asian Development Bank Economics & Statistics
Thru its online publications, ADB provides a comprehensive economic analysis of economies in developing Asia and the Pacific.
Bank for International Settlements Financial Statistics
Provides finance statistics to promote greater monetary and financial stability.
BEOnline Plus
Free Internet resources selected and annotated by The Library of Congress reference staff
BizSeer
BizSeer catalogs and indexes academic business documents.
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Bureau of Economic Analysis, an agency of the Department of Commerce, provides estimates for national, international, regional and industry aspects of the United States economy.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Statistics on inflation & consumer spending; wages, earnings, & benefits; productivity; employment & unemployment, and occupations.
Career Guide to Industries
Information on available careers by industry, including working conditions, employment outlook, and lists of organizations that can provide additional information.
CenStats Databases
The Census Bureau’s CenStats provides access to demographic and economic information.
Census Bureau Business Glossary
Definitions for commonly used business terms in U.S. Census Bureau publications.
Census Bureau Data
Demographic statistics collected by the United States Department of Commerce.
CISDOC – Occupational Safety and Health database
The International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre (CIS) database contains about 65,000 citations covering occupational accidents and diseases.
Commodity Statistics and Information
USGS supplied statistics and information on the worldwide supply of, demand for, and flow of minerals and materials essential to the United States economy, the national security, and protection of the environment.
Concise Encyclopedia of Economics
TA broad collection of essays that provide an understanding of what economists actually think on a wide range of issues—and why.
Consumer Action Handbook
A guide from the Federal Consumer Information Center to help with consumer problems and questions.
Directory of Development Organizations
Provides descriptions and contact information for 43,500 development organizations, including NGOs, trade unions, faith-based organizations, indigenous peoples movements, foundations and research centres.
Directory of Published Proceedings
Citations to papers and poster sessions from major scientific meetings around the world.
EconData.Net Guide to Regional Economic Data on the Web
Contains links to individual economic data sources, sorted into ten subject categories.
Economagic.com : Economic Time Series Page
A comprehensive site of free, easily available economic time series data (primarily US) useful for economic research.
Economic Indicators.gov
Provides timely access to the daily releases of key economic indicators from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Census Bureau.
EconPapers
Collection of over 200,000 searchable on-line Economics working papers, journal articles and software, nearly half of which are available in full text.
EDGAR : SEC Database of Corporate Information
EDGAR contains financial data of publicly held companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
EEOC Special Reports
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Special Reports on various topics based on data from the EEO-1 survey, charge data, and/or other sources.
EIA Country Analysis Briefs
Provides an energy situation overview for countries, as well as world oil market and environmental data on energy production and usage.
Encyclopedia of Law & Economics
Full text reference work that attempts to survey the whole law and economics literature in nearly 5,000 pages.
Eurostat
Provides access to statistical information on the European Union, the EU Member States, the euro-zone and other countries.
FAOSTAT
Provides access to over 3 million time-series and cross sectional data relating to food and agriculture.
Fed in Print
Online index to Federal Reserve economic research publications.
Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research
FRASER is a searchable electronic archive of economic statistical publications and data.
FoodMaster
Database listing equipment, ingredients, supplies, and services for the food and beverage industry, along with detailed catalog product data.
Frasers Canadian Trade Directory
Directory for wholesale industrial electronics, wholesale industry suppliers, or any kind of industrial goods & services in Canada.
Gatt Digital Library
Contains over 59,000 public documents and 300 publications of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
Globalization and Labor Standards Bibliographic Database
The GALS database contains abstracts of recent English language law journal articles exploring international labor standards and rights in the global economy.
Glossary of Business Terms
Search or browse a list of standard business terms and their definitions.
Glossary of Economic Terms
Contains standard definitions for terms commonly used by the Federal Reserve Banks.
GPO Access
GPO Access provides access to Federal Government Information Databases in over 70 applications provided by the US Government Printing Office.
Green Book
Program descriptions and historical data on a wide variety of social and economic topics, including Social Security, employment, earnings, welfare, child support, health insurance, the elderly, families with children, poverty and taxation.
GuideStar : National Database of Nonprofit Organizations
GuideStar provides detailed financial and directory information on thousands of IRS-recognized nonprofit organizations.
Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970
Contains annual, time-series data with national coverage on almost any aspect of United States economics, population or infrastructure since the government began recording statistics.
Home Economics Archive
HEARTH is a core electronic collection of books and journals in Home Economics and related disciplines published between 1850 and 1950.
ILOLEX – Database of International Labour Standards
Full-text database of ILO conventions and recommendations, ratification information, comments of the Committee of Experts and the Committee on Freedom of Association, discussions of the Conference Committee, representations, complaints, General Surveys, and numerous related documents.
IMF Direction of Trade Statistics
The Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS) database presents figures on the value of merchandise exports and imports by trade partners as well as trade flows between major areas of the world.
INSEE
Economic, census, and demographic statisical data for France gathered by the Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques.
Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD)
Full text of articles and books concerning developing countries published or funded by OSTROM / IRD.
Intellectual Property Digital Library Database
Provides access to intellectual property data, including patents and trademarks, hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization.
International Trade Show & Exhibition Database
The J-messe database provides comprehensive information on trade shows and exhibitions around the world.
Investopedia.com Dictionary
Dictionary of more than 4,500 business terms.
ITC DataWeb
US International Trade Commission (ITC) Interactive Tariff and Trade database provides international trade statistics and United States tariff data.
Labor Market Information Center
Allows users to explore current wages and occupational trends, search for detailed wages, identify fast growing occupations, uncover occupations with the most openings, and locate occupations with the largest employment.
Labordoc
Labordoc is the International Labour Office (ILO) Library’s catalogue containg over 350,000 references to the world’s literature on labour and employment.
LABORSTA – Database of Labour Statistics
Covers official core labor statistics and estimates for over 200 countries.
Local Employment Dynamics
The Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) compiled by the Census Bureau measure the performance of the local economy – where jobs are, for what kind of workers, how much workers can expect to make and employers expect to pay them.
London Gazette Archive
An official newspaper of record in the United Kingdom for publishing legal notices, including insolvency (bankruptcy) notices.
Market Access Database
Provides text of trade barriers in 34 non-European Union countries, and trade statistics between EU and these nations.
Material Safety Data Sheets
The MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheets) is designed to provide workers with safety information on chemicals that they are exposed to in the workplace.
Mineral Industry Surveys
Mineral Industry Surveys (MIS) conducted by the USGS are periodic on-line statistical and economic publications designed to provide timely statistical data on production, distribution, stocks, and consumption of significant mineral commodities.
Minerals Yearbook
Reviews the mineral and material industries on approximately 90 commodities and over 175 countries.
NATLEX
NATLEX contains over 55,000 records covering over 170 countries and territories on national labour, social security and related human rights legislation.
Newsweek Media Research Index
Browsable bibliography of over 700 studies found in journal articles, conference papers and books, covering Magazine Research, Newspaper Research, Out-of-Home Research, Radio Research, Television/Cable Research, and Intermedia Research.
North American Transportation Statistics Database
Provides information and statistics on transportation and transportation-related activities among Canada, the United States and Mexico, both within individual countries and between the countries.
Occupational Safety and Health Standards
Provides a comprehensive resource for current United States OSHA standards and compliance-related information.
Oxford Latin American Economic History Database
OxLAD contains statistical series for a wide range of economic and social indicators covering twenty countries in the region for the period 1900-2000.
PolicyMap
A geographic information system which allows users to create custom maps, tables, and charts on topics such as demographics, real estate, crime, money & invoce, jobs, education, energy, and public investments.
Producer Price Index
PPI is a family of indexes from the Department of Labor that measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers of goods and services.
RAND Publications Online
A topical listing of online publications by RAND, a nonprofit research organization.
Registry of U.S. Government Publication Digitization Projects
Contains links to projects that include digitized copies of publications originating from the U.S. Government.
RN & WPL Database
Search for registered identification numbers (RN) issued by the Federal Trade Commission for approximately 10,000 US businesses engaged in the manufacture, importing, distribution, or sale of textile, wool, or fur products.
Social Science Research Network
The SSRN abstract database contains information on over 100,100 scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers.
Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
Comprehensive collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States.
Stockbrokers Glossary
Browsable glossary of commonly used terms found in stock investing.
Technical Reports and Working Papers in Business and Economics
Links to working papers and technical reports in the social sciences made available online by leading research institutions.
Thomas Register
ThomasNet contains detailed product and directory information for US and Canadian manufacturing companies.
Trade Data Online
Provides United States and Canadian export/import data with over 200 countries.
TRANweb
The transportation article file database contains abstracts for magazine articles, conference papers, and other material on transportation and law enforcement topics.
TRIS Online: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
TRIS Online provides access to almost 450,000 records of published transportation research.
UK Data Archive
Curator of the largest collection of digital data in the social sciences and humanities in the UK.
UNdata
Search a variety of UN statistical resources covering a range of subject areas.
United States Patent and Trademark Office
The US Patent and Trademark Office databases provide extensive information on patents and trademarks.
UrbanInfo Database
Comprehensive national statistics on urban development collected for the United Nations Human Settlements Programme.
USA Counties
Files include all of the data published for counties in the latest editions of the State and Metropolitan Area Data Book and the County and City Data Book.
Value of Construction Put in Place
United States national data (monthly and annual) showing value of all public and private construction, by type — residential, industrial, office, commercial, religious, educational, institutional, infrastructure, and source — private, public, state & local, and federal.
Vascoda
Vascoda is a German gateway for scientific and scholarly information.
WISQARS
The Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System for the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control databases provide injury-related mortality data useful for research and for making informed public health decisions.
Working America Job Tracker
Database of more than 60,000 companies listing information about executive compensation, oversea job outsourcing, and violations of labor safety and health standards.
WTO International Trade Statistics
World Trade Organization detailed data on merchandise and services trade patterns worldwide.
ZapConnect.com
Medical product and service information in the Medical Device Industry.
Zimmerman’s Research Guide
An online encyclopedia containing brief descriptions and links for legal and business terms.
1 Comment | CI, Research Databases | Tagged: CI research | Permalink
Posted by thatfigures
