Key Resources - Social Sciences 355 - Regional Economic Development - LibGuides at Illinois Institute of Technology

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

Recommended Databases

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.
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.
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.

Recommended Data Sources

In general, when looking for data, ask yourself who would be interested in this information? A government agency? A nonprofit? A private company? Then try to discover what agencies, companies, or organizations fall under that category, and see if any of them have publicly available data.

U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Census Bureau serves America as the leading source of quality data about American people, business and economy.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics.
City of Chicago Data Portal
This open data portal provides access to government data on a municipal level for the City of Chicago - data covered includes building and business permits, crime data, and education and health related information for Chicago.
United Nations Data
Portal for United Nations data - contains statistics and data for countries around the world.

Find Industry Reports

Mergent Intellect This link opens in a new window
Mergent Intellect provides basic company facts on over 20 million North American companies and over 70 million global companies. Mergent Intellect provides essentially the same information as Hoovers Online using data from Hoovers and Dun and Bradstreet but with additional downloading capabilities not available through Hoovers Online.
MarketResearch.com Academic
Provides market intelligence on consumer demographics, market size and growth trends, industry forces and structure, product trends, competitive environment analysis, and company profiles.
MarketLine/Medtrack Company Profiles
Detailed company information, including company history, key employees, top competitors and SWOT analysis.

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.