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Google Scholar - Free resource for scholarly articles, which can be linked to MIT Libraries for full text and cited references
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- Web of Science - Top-tier peer reviewed journals in engineering, social science and management topics
- EBSCO Social Science Databases - Search Business Source Complete, Econlit, Academic Search Complete, and Political Science Complete, Evironment Index, Agricola, Anthropology Plus, Gender Studies Abstracts, Urban Studies Abstracts, LGBTQ+ Source and Education Source
- ABI/Inform - Find articles from major business publications and trade publications
- Compendex - Covers engineering research journals. Also includes Inspec, for electronics, computing, robotics research
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Agricultural and Environmental Science Collection - Scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications.
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Books & Theses
- Search our Collections - Narrow results to books
- WorldCat - Search libraries worldwide to order through interlibrary loan
- MIT Theses - At top of page, click "limit search to" and choose "MIT theses"
- 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.
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
Market Research
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
Researching Policy
- Congressional Research ReportsThe Congressional Research Service (CRS), a federal legislative branch agency located within the Library of Congress, serves as shared staff exclusively to congressional committees and Members of Congress. CRS approaches complex topics from a variety of perspectives and examines all sides of an issue. Staff members analyze current policies and present the impact of proposed policy alternatives.
- CQ ResearcherOriginal, authoritative reports on newsworthy social and political issues covering topics in public policy, law, civil liberties, international affairs, economics, health, education, the environment, technology, and more
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Selected sources
- CRB Commodity YearbookProvides commodity data including supply & demand, production & consumption, as well as pricing going back to 1939. Click "CRB" in the left margin for access.
- PanjivaImport and export data for millions of products worldwide. Accounts must be requested; contact sharmash@mit.edu.
- Shipping Statistics YearbookPrint resource. Most recent 5 years can be found in Barker Library
- World Trade Organization Trade and Tariff DataLinks to WTO databases and links for finding trade agreements, tariff statistics, and environmental info
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- Click the Confirm button to make the reservation.
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