LibGuides: Business & Economics: Get Started

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Subjects: Business, Economics, Marketing Analytics, Social Sciences, Sociology

Welcome

This guide is intended to provide key resources and places to begin your research related to business and economics, including:

Company and/or industry research
Scholarly articles, books, and case studies
Magazines and news articles
Data & statistics

Use the tabs on the left to navigate if you have a specific topic you are researching, or start with a general search using one of the recommended databases below.

Recommended Databases

These databases are the ones we recommend for starting a general search on a Business or Economics-related topic. If you have a more specialized information you need, use the navigational tabs to find more specific resources to begin your search.

Business Source Complete
This is IIT's largest business-subject database. It provides full-text coverage of more than 2,200 scholarly business, management and economics journals. More than 10,150 substantial company profiles from MarketLine are also included, as well as case studies, SWOT analyses, Market research reports.
EconLit
An online resource for economic literature. Covering all fields of economics, including capital markets, country studies, econometrics, economic forecasting, environmental economics, government regulations, labor economics, monetary theory, and urban economics.
Academic Search Complete
Contains more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, the majority being peer-reviewed journals. It also provides an index to additional journals, books, reports, and conference proceedings. It covers a wide range of topics and is a good place to start researching a topic.

Course Specific Guides

If you're in a particular class and looking for your course guide, select the subject "Business" from our list of LibGuides and find your course number and name.

Google Scholar

Google Scholar is a popular way to search for scholarly articles, reports, books, and more. Make sure to connect your Google Scholar account directly to your library account to streamline your access to articles.

Google Scholar
Use Google Scholar to search for academic articles in a variety of disciplines. Make sure to link your Google Scholar to your IIT account in order to see when you have immediate access.
Google Tips Library Guide
Use our library's guide to link your Google Scholar account to IIT's library and make it easier to access articles and place MyILL requests.
This guide also contains tips on using operators to refine your search on Google Scholar.