Session 13:  Economics, Business and Leadership

When you visit the OU Library's LORA "Search by Subject" list, you will find that Business is a listing, as is Economics.  Leadership, which some consider to be a sub-area of Business, is not a separate listing.

Business

For Business databases, use the LORA service subject classification and find these resources:

ABI/INFORM Complete (1/1/1971 - present)
Database covering business and management topics with information on more than 60,000 companies as well as executive profiles, reports on market conditions, and in-depth case studies of global business trends. Includes Snapshots North America, Oxford Analytical Research (OxResearch), Hoover's Company Records. Full text available.

Business & Company Resource Center
Fully integrated resource that covers detailed company and industry news and information, bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Some full text available.

Business Source Elite (1/1/1984 - present)
Business Source Elite covers business, management, economics, banking, finance, and accounting. Materials indexed include scholarly and peer-reviewed journals. Some full text available.

Conference Board's Research Database
Indexes research reports on the latest issues in business management and US and global economics, includes studies of F500 companies on business trends, leadership decisions, performance excellence, corporate governance, HR, productivity, CRM and more. Economics material includes US and global economic indicators and analysis and forecasts of regional, national, and international economic conditions. Full text available.

EconLit (1/1/1969 - present)
Indexes literature focusing on economics. Materials indexed include books, chapters, working papers and dissertations, and abstracts to journal articles.

LexisNexis Academic
A collection of databases available from LexisNexis, covering a wide range of news, business, legal, medical, and reference databases. Some full text available.

LexisNexis Statistical Universe
Access statistics produced by the federal and state government, international intergovernmental organizations, professional and trade organizations, commercial publishers, independent research organizations, and universities. Includes the Congressional Information Service (CIS), the American Statistics Index (ASI), Statistical Reference Index (SRI), and Index to International Statistics (IIS). Some full text available.

Tax Research NetWork (CCH)
CCH's leading federal, state and financial, and estate planning tax content. Full text available.

Choose first these databases for general searches of the periodical literature in Business:  ABI/Inform and Business Source Elite.

Economics

As Economics and Business are related to one another in a theory (economics) and practice (business) relationship, when you check for databases under "Economics" in LORA, you will find the same databases listed.

Leadership

Although Leadership can be considered a sub-domain within Business, it is also found in the literature of Political Science (public administration), Education, and almost ANY social science discipline or professional area.  DO NOT limit your searching to just Business if some aspect of leadership is your topic!