LibraryGuides: BA101 Introduction to Business: Using Databases to Explore Topics

Use Databases to Find Articles and Business Publications

Databases allow you to search across multiple publications for articles on your topic. For the full list of electronic databases, included those listed in this section, visit the Library Databases page and use your Chemeketa username and password to log in.

The boxes on this page have information about two different approaches to searching. You could go directly into a Business Database, or you could search for your topic in a database such as ProQuest Central that has broad coverage of a variety of subjects. The video tutorial on using ProQuest is a nice introduction to database searching in general.

Business Databases

ABI/Inform Collection This link opens in a new window
Articles on business, economics, management, accounting, finance, and related topics.
Business Insights This link opens in a new window
Business news, journal articles, company histories, market reports, company profiles, business case studies, and industry information. Includes indexing to the Wall Street Journal (latest two years) and Oregon Business Magazine (1985-present).
Gale Business: Entrepreneurship This link opens in a new window
Business resources from Thomson Gale. Includes entire the Business Plans Handbook Series with hundreds of sample business plans created by working entrepreneurs.
Also included are the Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources, Encyclopedia of Management and Small Business Management — A Framework for Success. Also features dozens of titles from John Wiley & Sons' popular "For Dummies" series — such as Entrepreneurship For Dummies, and Business Contracts For Dummies, Home-Based Business For Dummies.
Small Business Resource Center includes nearly 200 business journals.

Selecting Library Databases and Using ProQuest Central

ProQuest Central
ProQuest Central searches for articles in more than forty subject area databases that include Business, Health and Medical, Social Sciences, Education, Science and Technology, and Humanities content. Search in all, or click on Databases (4) to select specific databases or subject areas to search within.

BA101 Introduction to Business

Database Search Tips

Company Histories

Market Information

Sample Business Plans

Getting Reference Help

Use Databases to Find Articles and Business Publications

Business Databases

Selecting Library Databases and Using ProQuest Central