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Economics and Business Administration

Locate the best sources for your business research.

Business Databases

Helpful databases for business research:

How to Login if You are Off-Campus

  • Users who are off-campus will need to log in with their Blackboard credentials in order to access the databases and other resources offered by the Library. Students, faculty, and staff will be prompted to authenticate via Blackboard.
  • If you are having trouble logging in with Blackboard, the Library may refer you to Information Technology Services for assistance.

Finding Business Information on Companies - Video Tutorial

Ram Search

EBSCO Search Box

Ram Search

Search for articles, books, journals, and more!

Google Scholar

Google Scholar is full of scholarly articles, not all of them free. You can set it search the Library's databases, which will make more free options available. Click on the 3 lines in the upper left-hand corner. Then click on bottom option - Settings. See below.

shows options available after clicking on 3 bars in left corner - click on bottom option - settings

Google Scholar

Search for scholarly journal articles with the search engine Google Scholar. Google Scholar is connected to Whittemore Library's databases, so an article from your search results should be availabe full-text from our library if you see and click on the link,  "Find it @ Framingham State", to the right of the article.

More Business Databases

Full-text Journal Finder

If you have a citation and would like to know if the journal article is available full text and online, type the journal name in the Full-Text Journal Finder.

E Journals & Print Journals at FSU

E-Journals:  
Enter the title of the journal you need
in the Full Text Journal Finder
to link to the journal if it is available online
through a database and/or the publisher.

Print Journals   (paper, microfilm and microfiche):

To find a listing of where a print journal, magazine, or newspaper is located (either upstairs in the Periodicals Area
on the Upper Mezzanine (UM) or downstairs in the Lower Reading Room [LRR] one flight down from the main floor in the Lower Mezzanine).

1.  Enter the title of the journal you need
in the Full Text Journal Finder  (see link above)

2.  For a list of F.S.U.'s print periodical holdings (paper or microforms), look for the F.S.U Periodical Holdings List, in the red binders
You can find those red binders in the Periodicals Area and at the Reference desk.  
 

3.  Search the MLN Online Catalog for individual periodical titles.