For more databases and resources, try these research guides:

• Companies

• Country Data

• Finance & Investment

• Industries

• Market Research

• Standards

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Article Databases

• Start with BartonPlus - megasearch of MIT scholarly literature databases. Wide coverage of social science and management
• Google Scholar - set Library Links (in Settings) to MIT to get full text of articles we own and Web of Science citation counts
• Compendex/Inspec  - for engineering and related topics
• Web of Science - searches just the top tier peer-reviewed journals in each discipline
• Scopus: Covers nearly 22,000 titles from over 5,000 publishers, of which 20,000 are peer-reviewed journals in the scientific, technical, medical, and social sciences (including arts and humanities).
• ABI/Inform  - news and scholarly articles on management, trade, and industry

Books & Theses

• Barton - MIT Libraries' classic catalog (books are also in BartonPlus results)
• WorldCat - Search libraries worldwide 
• MIT Theses - includes links to electronic copies of theses in DSpace@MIT
• MIT SCM Theses and Capstone Projects
• Dissertations and Theses - (other universities) - citations of theses back to 1861. Full text of most theses from 1997 - present.

E-journals and Databases

• Vera -  Search Vera for electronic, journals, newspapers or databases by title.  Does not contain articles or books.

Company research

• Orbis - Contains information on public and private companies worldwide. It can be used to research individual companies, or to screen for companies meeting certain financial, geographic or operating criteria
• D&B Hoovers - searchable directory of millions of public and private U.S. and international companies

Country research

• EIU Country Intelligence - political, economic, & business climate for 200+ countries
• Passport - consumer data for 200+ countries
• World Development Indicators - demographic & infrastructure data on 200+ countries

Industry research

• Fitch Connect - reports on 30+ industries in 100+ countries. Industry sector, economic, political and company research, including political and economic risk analysis.
• IBISWorld Industry Reports - detailed industry reports for US, China
• EMIS - reports & data on emerging markets in Asian, Latin American, African, Middle Eastern countries

News

• Nexis Uni - international & U.S. news sources, trade publications, legal information
• Global Newsstream - international & U.S. news sources
• Factiva - international & U.S. news sources, trade publications

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