The list of Business Databases curated from the University Libraries "Databases A-Z" list with additional datasets available through the Wharton Data Research Service (WRDS) provided and maintained by the College of Business' IT Services staff.
MOST databases not marked (WRDS) are freely available to all faculty, staff, and students of FSU. If you desire access to WRDS datasets, click on the link, follow the instructions for signing up for a password and the COB will decide if you qualify for access.
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ABI/INFORM Dateline covers more than 140 local, city, state, and regional business publications as well as business-oriented newswire services across the U.S. and Canada. Sources include ColoradoBiz, Crain's Chicago Business, Manitoba Business, New Orleans CityBusiness, and San Diego Business Journal.
Subjects include:
Local and regional business information
Local company news
Local markets
Local employment opportunities
Benefits and compensation
Set up a My Research Account in ProQuest to save documents, searches, alerts and more (go to the top right corner of any ProQuest database).
Abbreviation: abi
Vendor: ProQuest
Coverage: 1971–Current
Subjects: Accounting, Business, Business Legal Studies, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Hospitality, Insurance, Management & Strategy, Marketing, MIS: Management Information Systems, Real Estate, Risk Management
Type: Indexes / Catalogs
ABI/INFORM Global connects business researchers with the full text of thousands of journals, including essential scholarly journals and the most important trade journals, dissertations, working papers, reports, news sources, and much more.
Subjects include:
Business
Economic conditions
Corporate strategies
Management theory
Management techniques
Business trends
Competitive landscape and product information
Accounting
Finance
Set up a My Research Account in ProQuest to save documents, searches, alerts and more (go to the top right corner of any ProQuest database).
Abbreviation: abi-global
Vendor: ProQuest
Subjects: Accounting, Business, Business Legal Studies, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Insurance, Management & Strategy, Marketing, MIS: Management Information Systems, Real Estate, Risk Management
Type: Indexes / Catalogs
ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry™ provides business professionals with critical information about companies, products, and executives as well as in-depth news and analysis of industry trends and developments. Users can study and compare specific industries such as food & drink, pharmacy, telecommunications, computing, transportation, construction, and petrochemicals.
Subjects include:
Pharmaceutical industry
Telecommunications industry
Computing industry
Construction industry
Transportation industry
Petrochemical industry
Food & drink industry
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Set up a My Research Account in ProQuest to save documents, searches, alerts and more (go to the top right corner of any ProQuest database).
Abbreviation: abi-trade
Vendor: ProQuest
Coverage: 1971–Current
Subjects: Accounting, Business, Business Legal Studies, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Insurance, Management & Strategy, Marketing, MIS: Management Information Systems, Real Estate, Risk Management
Type: Indexes / Catalogs
Gale Academic OneFile Select covers everything from art and literature to economics and the sciences. This resource for academic research integrates the full text of publications from across the disciplines and includes vocational/technical titles used by community college students, filling a specific need for curriculum-oriented collections.
Tutorials:
Video tutorials for Academic OneFile Select
Abbreviation: expanded-academic
Vendor: Gale
Coverage: 1980–Current
Subjects: *General / Multi-Subject
Type: Indexes / Catalogs
Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including nearly 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 13,200 journals and publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.
This database offers full-text coverage of information in many areas of academic study including, but not limited to: animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion & theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology and many other fields. Updated daily.
Find current and archived state, national, and international full-text articles on issues, events, people, government, and more with over 14,500 newspapers and other news sources including the Miami Herald (5/19/82–Current), Orlando Sentinel (4/1/85–Current), USA Today (7/1/87–Current), and Historical Newspaper Archives. Also includes: Access Business News, Access International News, Access Military, Government, and Defense, Access Newswires & Transcripts, and Acceda Noticias.
Log into NewsBank and create an account to save your search history, save articles, save searches, and create Email alerts.
To Create an Alert
Please note that FSU does not having a data-mining subscription with Newsbank. Downloading entire series or papers is prohibited.
Abbreviation: awn
Vendor: NewsBank
Coverage: 1903–Current
Subjects: Communication, Hospitality
Type: Newspapers and Newswires
Ad Age is a resource for advertising and marketing industry news, with data on marketers, ad campaigns, and advertising spending by company and industry wide. To access: 1) create an Ad Age account; 2) enter your @fsu.edu email; 3) select Check Eligibility; 4) register for an account. FSU has access to the Ad Age Digital Edition and Data Center.
Abbreviation: adage
Vendor: Crain Communications
Subjects: Communication, Demography and Population Studies, Marketing, Statistics
Type: Datasets/Statistics
Provides searchable, full-text access to original scholarly review articles. These review articles provide periodic examination of scholarly advances in various scientific fields as well as reviews of the current state of research in a field. Annual Reviews volumes are published each year for 46 focused disciplines within the Biomedical, Life, Physical, and Social Sciences. FSU has access to the Sciences and Economics collections.
Tutorials:
Website guided tour
The timeline below shows when specific topics are covered in the video.
00:00-00:46 min. - Annual Reviews Homepage and Login
00:47-01:15 min. - My Account Features
01:16-02:11 min. - Homepage Browse Features and Access Icons
02:12-02:30 min. - Journals Tab (Browse)
02:31-04:21 min. - Journal Homepage Features
04:22-05:13 min. - Table of Contents Page Features
05:14-05:42 min. - Abstract Page Features
05:43-06:41 min. - Full-Text Journal Page Features
06:42-08:45 min. - Content Box Features (Figures and References)
08:46-09:02 min. - Search Features
09:03-09:48 min. - Search Results Page and Filtering Options
Annual Reviews Mobile App
Abbreviation: annrev
Vendor: Annual Reviews
Coverage: 1932–Current
Subjects: Biological Sciences, Economics, Public Health
Type: E-Journal Collections, Historical / Primary Sources
ProQuest’s online version of APA’s PsycInfo covers journal articles, book chapters, books, technical reports, and dissertations in psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines, with comprehensive indexing and abstracts from 1805 to present.
Subject coverage:
Applied psychology
Communication systems
Developmental psychology
Educational psychology
Experimental human and animal psychology
Personality
Psychological and physical disorders
Physiological psychology and neuroscience
Professional personnel and issues
Psychometrics and statistics
Social psychology
Social processes and issues
Sports psychology and leisure
Treatment and prevention
Abbreviation: psycinfo
Vendor: ProQuest
Coverage: 1805–Current
Subjects: African-American Studies, Art Therapy, Communication, Communication Disorders, Early Childhood Education, Educational Psychology, Exceptional Student Education, Higher Education, Hospitality, Human Development & Family Science, Instructional Systems & Learning Technologies, Linguistics, Medicine, Music Education, Music Therapy, Psychology, Public Health, Social Work, Sociocultural and International Education, Sociology, Urban and Regional Planning, Women's and Gender Studies
Type: Indexes / Catalogs
Applied Science & Technology Source Ultimate is a comprehensive research database that covers a wide range of science and technology topics, including engineering, computer science, environmental studies, industrial technology, energy resources and robotics, as well as the business and social implications of new technologies.
Abbreviation: astsu
Vendor: EBSCO
Coverage: 1909–Current
Subjects: Engineering, Business
Type: E-Book Collections, E-Journal Collections
With coverage starting at the magazine’s first issue in 1929, the Bloomberg Businessweek archive provides coverage of labor, finance, marketing, management, and political issues that impact businesses.
Abbreviation: buweek
Vendor: EBSCO
Coverage: 1929–2010
Subjects: *General / Multi-Subject
Type: E-Journal Collections
Browse, read, and follow thousands of the library's journals, on the web and from your mobile device. Save your favorite journals and keep up with scholarly literature.
Abbreviation: browz
Vendor: Third Iron
Subjects: *General / Multi-Subject
Type: E-Journal Collections, Indexes / Catalogs
Business Expert Press (BEP) is a collection of concise, practical, action-oriented books for business students and practitioners. The collection consists of books in areas such as International Business, Strategic Management, Managerial Accounting, Corporate Communications, Financial Accounting, Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior. Business Expert Press books are available online 24/7 and may be read by multiple users simultaneously.
Abbreviation: igilib
Vendor: IG Publishing, Inc.
Subjects: Business, Economics
Type: E-Book Collections
This research database provides an extensive collection of business intelligence, combining reference content with respected business sources and full-text periodicals. Users can access detailed company profiles with company financial data, in-depth country overviews, SWOT analyses, and comprehensive industry profiles.
Abbreviation: bcrc
Vendor: Gale
Coverage: 1980–Current
Subjects: Business, Communication, Hospitality
Type: Datasets / Statistics, Encyclopedias & Dictionaries, Historical / Primary Sources, Indexes / Catalogs, Newspapers and Newswires, Reports
This database contains company, industry, economic and geopolitical market research from sources including Hoover's Company Profiles, OxResearch from Oxford Analytica, First Research Industry Profiles, and U.S. Industry & Market Reports.
Abbreviation: pqbmrc
Vendor: ProQuest
Subjects: Business, Finance
Type: Datasets / Statistics, Directories, Reports
Search hundreds of actual business plans compiled by entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses throughout North America. Includes templates, fictional business plans, and a listing of organizations, agencies, and consultants. This is the series of Business Plans Handbooks from #1 to the current issue (#59, 2024 and continuing).
Abbreviation: bphs
Vendor: Gale
Subjects: Business
Type: Directories, E-Book Collections
Business Source Complete is a scholarly business database, providing the leading collection of bibliographic and full-text content. As part of the comprehensive coverage offered by this database, indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back as far as 1886 are included. In addition to the searchable cited references provided for more than 1,300 journals, Business Source Complete contains detailed author profiles for the 40,000 most-cited authors in the database. This database is a strong source for full-text journals in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Additional non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.
Abbreviation: bscomp
Vendor: EBSCO
Coverage: 1886–Current
Subjects: Business, Business Legal Studies, Communication, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Hospitality, Insurance, Management & Strategy, Marketing, Real Estate, Retail Entrepreneurship, Sport Management, Urban and Regional Planning
Type: Datasets / Statistics, E-Book Collections, E-Journal Collections, Encyclopedias & Dictionaries, Proceedings, Reports
The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) produces hundreds of Discussion Papers each year. Major topics of research include development economics, economic history, financial economics, industrial organization, international macroeconomics and finance, monetary economics and fluctuations, macroeconomics and growth, international trade and regional economics, labor economics, and public economics.
CEPR is involved in research projects with partners across Europe and disseminates the network's research findings to the private and policy sectors. CEPR organizes approximately 250 meetings per year and produces Discussion Papers, reports, and eBooks.
Abbreviation: cepr
Vendor: Centre for Economic and Policy Research
Coverage: 1999–Current
Subjects: Economics
Type: Datasets / Statistics, E-Book Collections
Checkpoint Edge provides access to the full text of federal, state and financial estate information, including tax laws, regulations, and cases. Tax archives back to 1990.
Tutorials:
Quick Reference (20 page pdf)
Abbreviation: checkpt
Vendor: Thomson Reuters
Coverage: 1990–Current
Subjects: Accounting, Law
Type: Datasets / Statistics, Government Publications
The Chronicle of Higher Education provides news reports and editorials on all facets of higher education in the United States, Canada, and abroad, with reference lists of relevant research, books, seminars, workshops, fellowships, and grants; for senior administrative, business, and academic officers.
Abbreviation: chronicle
Vendor: Chronicle of Higher Education
Coverage: 1970–Current
Subjects: Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Educational Psychology, Higher Education
Type: Newspapers and Newswires
The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 265 world entities. The Maps tab includes maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, a Political Map of the World, a World Oceans map, and a Standard Time Zones of the World map.
Abbreviation: ciawfb
Vendor: Central Intelligence Agency
Subjects: Demography and Population Studies, Political Science
Type: Datasets / Statistics, Government Publications
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is the most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs. CIAO is also a widely-recognized source for teaching materials including original case studies written by leading international affairs experts, course packs of background readings for history and political science classes, and special features like the analysis of a bin Laden recruitment tape with video. All sections of CIAO are updated monthly.
Abbreviation: ciaonet
Vendor: Columbia University Press
Coverage: 1991–Current
Subjects: Asian Studies, International Affairs, Latin American & Caribbean Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Political Science, Russian & Eastern European Studies, Urban and Regional Planning
Type: Indexes / Catalogs
Computer & Information Systems Abstracts is part of Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Index. Topics covered include aeronautics, astronautics, communications, computer and information technology, electronics, lasers, solid-state materials and devices, space sciences, and telecommunications. By default, your search will be limited to Computer & Information Systems Abstracts content only. Deselect the checkbox to expand your search and get more results.
Set up a My Research Account in ProQuest to save documents, searches, alerts and more (go to the top right corner of any ProQuest database).
Abbreviation: compinfoabs
Vendor: ProQuest
Coverage: 1962–Current
Subjects: Computer Science, Instructional Systems & Learning Technologies
Type: Indexes / Catalogs, Proceedings, Reports
Search across over 3,400 of the world’s most impactful journals across 58 social sciences disciplines. More than 9 million records and 122 million cited references date back from 1900 to present.
Tutorials:
Web of Science LibGuide
Abbreviation: cpcissh
Vendor: Clarivate Analytics
Coverage: 1993–Current
Subjects: Communication, Urban and Regional Planning
Type: Indexes / Catalogs, Proceedings
Congress.gov is the official website for U.S. federal legislative information. The site provides access to accurate, timely, and complete legislative information for Members of Congress, legislative agencies, and the general public.
Abbreviation: thomas
Vendor: Library of Congress
Subjects: International Affairs, Law, Political Science, Public Administration and Policy
Type: Biographies, Directories, Government Publications, Historical / Primary Sources, Open Access
Systematic review management tool. Sign up for a FREE account: 1) Create a Covidence account with your FSUID and password. Existing Covidence users at FSU can switch to logging in with their FSUID by following these SSO for Existing Covidence Users instructions.
Abbreviation: covid
Vendor: Veritas Health Innovation Ltd
Subjects: Communication, Communication Disorders, Information Studies, Management & Strategy, Public Health, Urban and Regional Planning
Type: Citation Management
The CQ Press database combines many of CQ's most well-known government and political titles into a single searchable database. It includes such titles as the Political Handbook of the world, Elections A to Z, the Federal Regulatory Directory and the Washington Information Directory and covers such topics as International Affairs, Congress, Law and the Courts, Elections and Political Behavior, the Presidency and Politics and History.
Subjects:
American Government and Politics
Comparative Politics
History (General)
International Relations (General)
Middle East Politics
Political History
Politics & International Relations (General)
Politics (General)
Public Policy & Public Administration
Sociology (General)
Abbreviation: cqpr
Vendor: Sage Publishing
Coverage: 1998–Current
Subjects: Business, Earth Science, Geography, History, International Affairs, Latin American & Caribbean Studies, Management & Strategy, Political Science, Public Administration and Policy, Sociology
Type: Directories, E-Book Collections
Current Contents Connect is a multidisciplinary current awareness resource. Users can browse journals by discipline, browse an issue's complete table of contents, and set up alerts to be notified when new issues of a journal have been released.
Abbreviation: wokccc
Vendor: Clarivate Analytics
Coverage: 1998–Current
Type: Indexes / Catalogs
Value-added patent information from Derwent World Patent Index® as well as patent citation information from Patents Citation Index®. Derwent Innovations Index® facilitates rapid, precise patent searching, letting you conduct patent and citation searches of inventions in chemical, electrical, electronic, and mechanical engineering. Users can find additional descriptive information and coding to quickly grasp a patent's significance and its relationship to other patents; reduce duplication of R&D; track competitors' activities; detect and avoid patent infringement; and identify potential gaps in the marketplace and possible licensing opportunities.
Tutorials:
Derwent Innovations Index: Introduction (03:57)
Abbreviation: diidw
Vendor: Clarivate Analytics
Coverage: 1993–Current
Subjects: Engineering, Material Science
Type: Indexes / Catalogs, Patents / Trademarks
Gale Directory Library hosts a variety of directory products in the following categories: Government Entities, Libraries & Information Sources, Media Entities, Organizations, and Research Centers.
Included are the titles:
Directory of Special Libraries and Information Centers
Encyclopedia of American Religions
Encyclopedia of Associations - International Organizations
Encyclopedia of Associations - National Organizations of the U.S.
Encyclopedia of Associations - Regional, State and Local Organizations of the U.S.
Encyclopedia of Governmental Advisory Organizations
Gale Directory of Databases
Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media
Government Research Directory
International Research Centers Directory
Publishers Directory
Research Centers Directory
Abbreviation: gdlib
Vendor: Gale
Type: Directories
Also see: Theses and Dissertations at The Florida State University
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses covers every doctoral dissertation completed in the U.S. at accredited institutions for the last 150 years. Includes some master's theses and foreign language dissertations. Titles published since 1997 are available in PDF digital form full text.
You have access to:
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text: Business
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text: Health & Medicine
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text: History
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text: Literature & Language
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text: Science & Technology
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text: Social Sciences
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text: The Arts
Abbreviation: dissertations
Vendor: ProQuest
Coverage: 1637–Current
Subjects: *General / Multi-Subject
Type: Dissertations / Theses
A complete list of all EBSCO academic research databases of peer-reviewed, full-text journals that FSU subscribes to.
Abbreviation: ebhost
Vendor: EBSCO
Subjects: *General / Multi-Subject
Type: Indexes / Catalogs
Includes access to journals from Emerald’s Premier, Engineering, Management, Library & Information Sciences, Information & Knowledge Management, Case Studies, and Backfiles collections.
Subject areas:
Accounting and Finance
Built Environment
Business Ethics and Law
Economics
Education
Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Enterprise and Innovation
Environmental Management/Environment
Health and Social Care
Health Care Management/Healthcare
Human Resource Management
Industry and Public Sector Management
Information and Knowledge Management
International Business
Learning and Development
Library and Information Studies
Management Science/Management Studies
Managing Quality
Marketing
Mechanical & Materials Engineering
Operations and Logistics Management
Organization Studies
Performance Management and Measurement
Regional Management Studies
Sociology and Public Policy
Strategy
Tourism and Hospitality
Abbreviation: emerald
Vendor: Emerald
Coverage: 1994–Current
Subjects: Business, Education, Engineering, *General / Multi-Subject, Library & Information Science, Management & Strategy
Type: E-Journal Collections
Comprehensive source of detailed information concerning nonprofit American membership organizations of national scope. Covers more than 23,000 organizations in categories such as trade, business, and commercial; legal, governmental, public administration, and military; cultural; educational; veterans, hereditary, and patriotic; athletic and sports; fan clubs; and many more.
Tutorials:
Gale Directory Library - Encyclopedia of Associations (01:22)
Abbreviation: eofa
Vendor: Gale
Subjects: Business
Type: Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
Factiva.com, from Dow Jones, includes access to a wide range of information from newspapers, newswires, industry publications, websites, company reports, and more. The broad range of content provides both local insight and global perspective on business issues and current events—especially with regard to research requiring current information on companies, industries, and financial markets.
There is a 20 concurrent user limit.
Abbreviation: djfac
Vendor: Dow Jones & Company
Subjects: Business, Communication, Finance
Type: Newspapers and Newswires
A registry of state government produced databases for all 50 states, created and maintained by government documents librarians. GODORT is a resource for librarians and information professionals who work with and manage government information resources.
Abbreviation: fiftystate
Vendor: American Library Association
Subjects: Library & Information Science, Political Science
Type: Government Publications, Open Access
With coverage starting at the magazine’s first issue in 1917, the Forbes archive provides analysis on business leaders, politics, entertainment, technology, communication, culture, and style.
Abbreviation: forbes
Vendor: EBSCO
Coverage: 1917–2010
Subjects: *General / Multi-Subject
Type: E-Journal Collections
The FSU Digital Repository is a combined service of The Florida State University Libraries that includes both the Digital Library and the Research Repository. The Digital Library provides online access to thousands of unique manuscripts, photographs, pamphlets, rare books, historic maps, and other materials from across the FSU campus libraries, and beyond. The Research Repository provides open access to research products of Florida State University such as scholarly journal articles, educational materials, conference presentations, student theses and dissertations, research data, and more.
Abbreviation: curres-fsu
Vendor: FSU Libraries
Coverage: 1855-Current
Type: Historical / Primary Sources, Images, Indexes / Catalogs, Open Access
Google Scholar uses Google's search engine to provide a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. Using the link within Google Scholar, you may also link to resources that FSU owns. For more information, visit our Google Scholar LibGuide.
To access FSU resources from Google Scholar, please follow these instructions:
Abbreviation: gsch
Vendor: Google
Type: Citation Management, Indexes / Catalogs
Government Finance Statistics is a subset of the database International Financial Statistics which is a product of the International Monetary Fund. It includes all aspects of international and domestic finance, with history from 1948 forward.
Note: Access to the Government Finance Statistics Legacy Portal ends June 30, 2025. For questions or assistance, visit the Data Help page or contact DataHelp@imf.org.
Abbreviation: imf-gfs
Vendor: IMF
Coverage: 1948–Current
Subjects: Business, Finance, International Affairs
Type: Datasets / Statistics, Open Access
HeinOnline provides a searchable format and full-text access to a large and growing collection of legal journals from the time of their inception to a few years before present.
Tutorials:
Training Videos
Training Guides
User Guide (pdf)
Abbreviation: hein
Vendor: HeinOnline
Subjects: Business Legal Studies, History, International Affairs, Latin American & Caribbean Studies, Law, Middle Eastern Studies, Russian & Eastern European Studies
Type: E-Journal Collections, Government Publications, Historical / Primary Sources
Includes selected data from Hoovers company profiles, histories, key financial data, and competitor lists. This database contains proprietary information about more than 40,000 public and non-public companies and 225,000 key executives. Hoover's, widely recognized as a leader in company data, delivers in-depth industry analyses, information on a company's location, summary financials, top competitors, top officers, and more.
Subject coverage:
Company overview
Company history
Officers and board members
Competitors
Products and operations
Auditors
Rankings
Related industry information
Historical financials
Industry analyses
Abbreviation: hoovers
Vendor: ProQuest
Coverage: Current
Subjects: Business, Communication, Finance, Hospitality
Type: Directories
A collection of Industry Market Research and Industry Risk Ratings. Coverage includes over 700 U.S. industries in over 1100 industry-specific reports. Research reports contain trends, statistics and analysis on market size, market share of competitors, forecasting, and industry growth rates. Performance analysis includes emerging trends, recent production performance and 5-year forecasts. The U.S. Specialized Industry Reports series covers niche industries such as pawn shops, boat insurance companies, air gun manufacturers and circus operators.
Abbreviation: ibisworld
Vendor: IBISWorld
Subjects: Business, Communication, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Hospitality, Marketing
Type: Reports
IDEAS is the largest bibliographic database dedicated to Economics and available freely on the Internet. Based on RePEc, it indexes over 5,000,000 items of research, including over 4,500,000 that can be downloaded in full text.
Currently 14,011 institutions in 232 countries and territories are listed.
Florida State University, Tallahassee
College of Business
Department of Finance
Real Estate Research Center
Department of Economics
DeVoe L. Moore Center
Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy
Abbreviation: unrepec
Vendor: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Coverage: 1700–Current
Subjects: Economics
Type: E-Book Collections, E-Journal Collections, Open Access
Provides full-text access to Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings published since 1988 and all current and draft IEEE standards.
Topic areas:
Aerospace
Bioengineering
Communication, Networking & Broadcasting
Components, Circuits, Devices & Systems
Computing & Processing (Hardware/Software)
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics & Plasmas
Engineering Profession
Fields, Waves & Electromagnetics
General Topics for Engineers (Math, Science & Engineering)
Geoscience
Nuclear Engineering
Photonics & Electro-Optics
Power, Energy, & Industry Applications
Robotics & Control Systems
Signal Processing & Analysis
Transportation
Abbreviation: ieee
Vendor: IEEE
Coverage: 1988–Current
Subjects: Computer Science, Engineering, Material Science
Type: E-Book Collections, E-Journal Collections, Proceedings, Standards, Testing / Tutorials
Contains citations from scholarly and practice-oriented legal journals and other publications covering international law other than the United States, British Isles and British Commonwealth. Provided by The FSU College of Law Research Center.
Abbreviation: flp
Vendor: HeinOnline
Coverage: 1985–Current
Subjects: International Affairs, Law
Type: Indexes / Catalogs
Access to peer-reviewed journals published by The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).
Note: Access to INFORMS Journals via this link will end December 31, 2025. For other access options, use Journal Search. Click Additional Info below for a list of INFORMS journals that FSU subscribes to.
FSU subscribes to the following titles:
Abbreviation: informs
Vendor: INFORMS
Subjects: Computer Science, Information Technology, Management & Strategy, Marketing
Type: E-Journal Collections, Indexes / Catalogs
Protection of assets—physical or intellectual—is a concern for those ranging from the individual property owner to multinational corporations. Gale OneFile: Insurance and Liability connects researchers to hundreds of thousands of updated articles from leading journals including Business Insurance, Claims, Employee Benefit News, National Underwriter Life & Health, Pensions & Investments, Risk Management, and more.
Abbreviation: ilc
Vendor: Gale
Coverage: 1980–Current
Subjects: Insurance
Type: Indexes / Catalogs
IMF publishes a range of time series data on IMF lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators. Manuals, guides, and other material on statistical practices at the IMF, in member countries, and of the statistical community at large are also available.
Note: Access to the IMF Data Legacy Portal ends June 30, 2025. For questions or assistance, visit the Data Help page or contact DataHelp@imf.org.
Abbreviation: unimf
Vendor: IMF
Subjects: International Affairs, Statistics
Type: Datasets / Statistics, Government Publications, Open Access
IPOLL, from the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, is a full-text database of over 900,000 questions from national public opinion surveys since 1935 and updated daily. iPOLL includes survey results data from academic, commercial and media survey organizations such as Gallup, Harris Interactive, Pew Research Associates, ABC, CBS, Wall Street Journal and many more. Many data sets are available for download in ASCII or SPSS format.
Tutorials:
iPOLL Quick Guide (pdf)
Introduction to New Roper iPoll (02:01)
Conducting a Search in Roper iPoll (04:59)
Abbreviation: ipoll
Vendor: Cornell University
Coverage: 1935–Current
Subjects: Anthropology, Communication, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Demography and Population Studies, Economics, Geography, Human Development & Family Science, Information Studies, International Affairs, Law, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration and Policy, Public Safety and Security, Retail Entrepreneurship, Social Work, Sociology, Urban and Regional Planning
Type: Datasets / Statistics
The J. Walter Thompson Company archive stands alone as the single most complete and informative corporate record of the history of modern advertising. It includes the account files of some of the world’s biggest brands, such as Kraft, Kodak, Oscar Mayer and Pan Am.
Abbreviation: jwtada
Vendor: Adam Matthew Digital Ltd
Subjects: History
Type: Historical / Primary Sources
Journal Citation Reports (JCR) provides easy access to data that helps evaluate and compare scholarly journals, and includes specialties in the areas of science, technology, and social sciences. JCR provides citation data such as Impact Factor (most frequently cited) for more than 14,000 scientific journals and more than 6,000 journals in the social sciences.
Abbreviation: jcr
Vendor: Clarivate Analytics
Coverage: 1997–2016
Subjects: Anthropology, Business, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Demography and Population Studies, Economics, Human Development & Family Science, Information Studies, Law, Literature, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration and Policy, Public Safety and Security, Retail Entrepreneurship, Social Work, Sociology
Type: Citation Management, Datasets / Statistics
JSTOR is a digital library of academic content in many formats and disciplines. The collections include top peer-reviewed scholarly journals as well as respected literary journals, academic monographs, research reports from trusted institutes, and diverse primary sources. FSU has access to JSTOR’s Archive, Artstor, Primary Sources, and Global Plants collections.
Tutorials:
JSTOR on YouTube
How to search (04:20)
Primary Source Collection: 19th-Century British Pamphlets (00:51)
Abbreviation: jstor
Vendor: JSTOR
Coverage: 1665–Current
Subjects: Arts Administration, Art History, *General / Multi-Subject
Type: E-Book Collections, E-Journal Collections
Provides indexing for over 1,200 of the most highly regarded legal publications: major law reviews, legal newspapers, law specialty publications, bar association journals, and international legal journals. Includes topics such as tax, corporation Law, copyright, and more.
Abbreviation: legaltrac
Vendor: Gale
Coverage: 1980–Current
Subjects: Law
Type: Indexes / Catalogs
Congress produces a variety of publications as a bill moves through the legislative process on its way to becoming a law. A compilation of these full-text primary source publications produces a legislative history that is valuable to a wide variety of researchers. Legislative histories enable users to trace the development of a public law from its early consideration to its enactment, including development that spans more than one Congress.
Tutorials:
Legislative Insight LibGuide
Abbreviation: legi
Vendor: ProQuest
Coverage: 1866–Current
Subjects: Political Science, Urban and Regional Planning
Type: Government Publications
Delve into the pseudo-psychological world behind the advertising of some of America's biggest brands. What motivates people to buy and how can knowing that be used to sell? The collection is a treasure trove of information on some of America's best-known brands, containing thousands of reports commissioned by companies such as Philip Morris, Chrysler, Exxon, and CBS on consumer goods ranging from tobacco and broadcasting to cars and hotels.
Abbreviation: mrabr
Vendor: Adam Matthew Digital Ltd
Coverage: 1935–1965
Subjects: Business, Marketing
Type: Historical / Primary Sources, Indexes / Catalogs, Reports
Mergent Archives is an online database providing you with access to a vast, indexed collection of corporate and industry related documents. This resource contains more than 180,000 documents covering over 100 countries and industries and provides access to more than 85 years of Annual Reports for companies across the globe through Mergent Archives' historical annual report collection dating back to as early as 1925.
Abbreviation: mergenta
Vendor: Mergent
Coverage: 1925–Current
Subjects: Business, Entrepreneurship, Finance
Type: Datasets / Statistics, Reports
Mergent Market Atlas (formerly Mergent Online) offers powerful and intuitive search capabilities combined with an easy to learn and use interface providing access to a multitude of company, industry, country, index, ESG and economic data analysis tools and reports.
Abbreviation: markat
Vendor: Mergent
Subjects: Business, Communication, Entrepreneurship, Hospitality
Type: Datasets / Statistics, Directories, Reports
Mergent Online provides U.S. company data as well as international company data including U.S. company data for over 15,000 public companies and their SEC filings, U.S. annual reports, international company data for approximately 17,000 companies, international annual reports, FactSheets, and country information. Records may be retrieved by company name, product or service category, or tradename. Note: Mergent Online will be discontinued as of June 30th, 2025. It is being replaced by Mergent Market Atlas.
Abbreviation: mergenton
Vendor: Mergent
Subjects: Business, Communication, Entrepreneurship, Hospitality
Type: Datasets / Statistics, Directories, Reports
Mintel Reports offers product and industry market research reports covering U.S. and International marketplaces. Each report combines data and analysis of the competitive landscape, supply chain, market-share size and trends, and consumer profiles. Complex demographic issues are broken into easy-to-understand sections, explaining consumer behavior and demonstrating the structure of the market. Note: First-time users, create a Mintel profile with your @fsu.edu email address.
Industries covered include:
Automotive
Beauty
Consumer Electronics
Digital Media
Drink
Financial Services
Food
Foodservice
Health & Wellness
Household
Personal Care
Packaging
Retail
Sport & Entertainment Travel & Tourism
Tutorials:
Interactive Databook Training (10:39)
A 10-minute tutorial video on how to navigate Interactive Databook, how to explore demographics, and customize your own consumer data report.
Abbreviation: mintel
Vendor: Mintel International Group
Coverage: 2001–Current
Subjects: Business, Communication, Hospitality, Marketing
Type: Datasets / Statistics, Reports
MRI Simmons Catalyst is a consumer intelligence and discovery platform that provides information on consumer behaviors, brand consumer messaging, cross-channel marketing, and media planning tactics.
NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research) Working Papers is the full-text collection of U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research working papers written by its researchers on a range of economics topics. Presents papers on economic issues ranging from corporate finance, industrial organization and taxation to monetary economics, international finance and macroeconomics.
Abbreviation: nberwp
Vendor: National Bureau of Economic Research
Coverage: 1998–Current
Subjects: Business, Economics
Type: Datasets / Statistics, E-Book Collections
Log in with your FSU email address to access the NYtimes.com website and app. Navigate to https://www.nytimes.com, select Log In, and then the “Continue with work or school single sign-on” link. If you had a prior personal account, please contact the New York Times directly for assistance in canceling, before creating your FSU account. Find them at nytimes.com/help, or 1-855-698-1157, or edu@nytimes.com.
Abbreviation: nytcom
Vendor: The New York Times Company
Type: Newspapers and Newswires
Offers full-page images and article images from the New York Times newspaper from its first issue in 1851 to three years before the current date. This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand primary source accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
Abbreviation: nythist
Vendor: ProQuest
Coverage: 1850–Current - 3 years
Subjects: History
Type: Historical / Primary Sources, Newspapers and Newswires
NewsBank is a Web-based collection of primary source information from regional, national and international newspapers, newswires, government and international documents, regional business journals, and periodicals.
Please note that FSU does not having a data-mining subscription with NewsBank. Downloading entire series or papers is prohibited.
This database includes:
NPR Transcripts from 1990–Current
Broadcast Transcripts from Nightly News local and national
World & US Newswires
Current full text of major metro newspaper articles
Log into NewsBank and create an account to save your search history, save articles, save searches, and create Email alerts.
To Create an Alert:
Enter a search that you're interested in.
On the results page click on Set up an Alert.
Choose to create the alert as a registered user or without registering.
Specify the frequency by which you'd like to receive your alerts.
If there are new results, NewsBank will send them to you in an email.
Abbreviation: infoweb
Vendor: NewsBank
Coverage: 1789–Current
Type: Government Publications, Historical / Primary Sources, Newspapers and Newswires
Nexis Uni offers a simple, intuitive research experience with flexible search options and tools to help guide students through common research tasks. Nexis Uni offers the same trusted content collection of more than 17,000 news, legal and business sources that students and librarians alike have come to expect from LexisNexis, while also providing a better research experience.
Content:
Briefs, Pleadings and Motions
Cases
Company and Financial
Directories
Law Reviews and Journals
Legal News
News
Statutes and Legislation
Abbreviation: nexis
Vendor: LexisNexis
Subjects: Business, Business Legal Studies, Communication, Hospitality, Law, Psychology, Public Administration and Policy, Sociology
Type: Directories, Historical / Primary Sources, Newspapers and Newswires, Proceedings
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development provides access to publications (reports, research papers, policy papers, briefs, and datasets) and is a knowledge hub for regional and global engagement and best practices in public policy.
Tutorials:
User Guide
Subjects include:
Agriculture and Food
Development
Economics
Education
Employment
Energy
Environment
Finance and Investment
Governance
Industry and Services
Nuclear Energy
Science and Technology
Social Issues/Migration/Health
Taxation
Trade
Transport
Urban, Rural and Regional Development
Abbreviation: sourceoecd
Vendor: OECD
Subjects: Anthropology, Art, Business, Communication, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Demography and Population Studies, Economics, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Geography, Higher Education, Human Development & Family Science, Information Studies, International Affairs, Law, Music Education, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration and Policy, Public Health, Retail Entrepreneurship, Sociocultural and International Education, Urban and Regional Planning
Type: Datasets / Statistics, Directories, E-Book Collections, E-Journal Collections
Oxford University Press’s platform for research, this multi-disciplinary databases offers a single point of entry for access to scholarly and academic books and journals. FSU does not subscribe to all content. Note: Oxford University Press has retired the Oxford Legal Research Library platform and moved its content to Oxford Academic.
Abbreviation: oxac
Vendor: Oxford University Press
Subjects: *General / Multi-Subject
Type: E-Book Collections, E-Journal Collections, Indexes / Catalogs
Developed cooperatively with scholars and librarians worldwide, Oxford Bibliographies offers exclusive, authoritative research guides. Oxford Bibliographies combines features of an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia, giving researchers scholarship across a wide variety of subjects.
Subjects:
African Studies
African American Studies
American Literature
Anthropology
Art History
Atlantic History
Biblical Studies
British and Irish Literature
Buddhism
Childhood Studies
Chinese Studies
Cinema and Media Studies
Classics
Communication
Criminology
Ecology
Education
Hinduism
International Law
International Relations
Islamic Studies
Jewish Studies
Latin American Studies
Linguistics
Literary and Critical Theory
Medieval Studies
Military History
Music
Philosophy
Political Science
Psychology
Public Health
Renaissance and Reformation
Social Work
Sociology
Victorian Literature
Abbreviation: oxbib
Vendor: Oxford University Press
Subjects: Religion, Urban and Regional Planning, *General / Multi-Subject, Bibliography
Type: Encyclopedias & Dictionaries, Research Starter
Oxford Reference contains over 100 general and subject dictionaries, and language reference works published by Oxford University Press. The collection includes quotations, proverbs, place-names and other general reference works. Among the English language reference works are thesauri and a wide variety of dictionaries (e.g. grammar, abbreviations, idioms, eponyms, euphemisms). Foreign language dictionaries include German, Italian, and Spanish. Specialized subject dictionaries are available in a wide range of disciplines.
Please note: Oxford Reference only allows access for 5 FSU users at one time. If you are being asked for a username and password, please try to access the database later.
Subjects:
Archaeology
Art & Architecture
Bilingual dictionaries
Classical studies
Encyclopedias
English Dictionaries and Thesauri
History
Language reference
Law
Linguistics
Literature
Media studies
Medicine and health
Music
Names studies
Performing arts
Philosophy
Quotations
Religion
Science and technology
Social sciences
Society and culture
Abbreviation: oxfordref
Vendor: Oxford University Press
Subjects: *General / Multi-Subject
Type: Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
This database from Oxford University Press integrates important decisions on public international law from international courts and tribunals, domestic courts and ad hoc tribunals. Comprised of five modules (International Courts of General Jurisdiction, International Human Rights, International Criminal Law, International Investment Claims, and International Law in Domestic Courts), this online service is a single point of reference for all international law jurisprudence, providing access to a wide range of international law jurisprudence.
Tutorials:
How to Use Oxford Reports on International Law (08:21)
Subjects:
Air law and law of outer space
Diplomacy and consular relations
History of international law
Human rights
Immunities
Individuals and non-state actors
International co-operation
International courts and tribunals
International criminal law
International economic law
International environmental law
International humanitarian law
International law and international relations
International organizations
International responsibility
Law of the sea
Law of treaties
Relationship between international and domestic law
Settlement of disputes
Sources, foundations and principles of international law
Statehood, jurisdiction of states, organs of states
Territory
Theory of international law
Use of force, war, peace and neutrality
Abbreviation: interlaw
Vendor: Oxford University Press
Subjects: International Affairs, Law
Type: Encyclopedias & Dictionaries, Government Publications, Historical / Primary Sources
A cross-searchable library containing the full text of over 2,000 Oxford books in the areas of Economics and Finance, Philosophy, Political Science, and Religion. Includes full text and abstracts.
Subjects with full text:
Philosophy
Law
Religion
Political Science
Economics and Finance
Psychology
Tutorials:
Take a Tour (PowerPoint, PDF, and video available)
Abbreviation: oso
Vendor: Oxford University Press
Subjects: *General / Multi-Subject
Type: E-Book Collections, Indexes / Catalogs
With over 9.4 million records, this database provides access to individual papers presented at conferences worldwide, covering every congress, symposium, exposition, workshop, and meeting added to The British Library Document Supply Centre's vast proceedings collection.
Abbreviation: papersfirst
Vendor: OCLC
Coverage: 1993–Current
Subjects: *General / Multi-Subject
Type: Indexes / Catalogs
People's Daily is the most influential and authoritative newspaper in China. It is the official voice of the central government of the People's Republic of China. For the last 70 years, the People's Daily has published daily issues that provide the single location where the central government and the Communist Party of China announce their respective policies and disseminate governmental, political, and economic messages to the public and the world. Most importantly, since its inception the newspaper has been the true barometer of the political climate of Chinese society. Access limited to 2 users.
Abbreviation: renmin
Vendor: Ori Probe Information Service
Coverage: 1946–Current
Subjects: Asian Studies, History
Type: Historical / Primary Sources, Newspapers and Newswires
Testing and Education Resource Center provides a one-stop experience for test preparation for graduate/professional school standardized exams as well as tests that can be used to meet the statewide CLAS requirement for undergraduate students.
Prepare for standardized tests with books, online courses, and full-length practice tests for GED, SAT, ACT, AP, PSAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, TOEFL, U.S. citizenship, and more in Gale Presents: Petersons Test and Career Prep. Research undergraduate and graduate programs, finding tuition assistance, and exploring and preparing for careers whether youre entering the workforce for the first time or searching for new opportunities. A variety of interactive methods prompt personalized career recommendations and insight on programs, knowledge, skills, and ability. Search for jobs and create visually interesting rsums, cover letters, and websites that can be externally shared with prospective employers, using prebuilt templates.
Note: A user account is required to access this resource. When the Test and Career Prep website loads, click Log in or New User Signup.
Abbreviation: terc
Vendor: Gale
Subjects: Higher Education, Law, Medicine, Teacher Education
Type: E-Book Collections, Standards, Testing / Tutorials
PolicyMap is a U.S. national data and mapping tool that combines a curated, comprehensive geographic data library with simple, robust mapping and analytics tools. Create compelling maps of up to five layers, export trend charts with key benchmarks, download data for use in other tools, generate on-the-fly reports, and upload your own data to view it with ours.
Note: create or sign in to your personal user account to access PolicyMap.
Abbreviation: pcmap
Vendor: PolicyMap
Subjects: Communication, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Demography and Population Studies, Finance, Food, Geography, Law, Political Science, Public Health, Public Safety and Security, Social Work, Statistics, Urban and Regional Planning
Type: Datasets / Statistics, Directories, Government Publications, Historical / Primary Sources, Maps
Covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre. Each record contains a list of the papers presented at each conference.
Abbreviation: proceedings
Vendor: OCLC
Coverage: 1993–Current
Subjects: *General / Multi-Subject
Type: E-Book Collections, E-Journal Collections, Government Publications
ProQuest One Education is a comprehensive, multi-format destination for teaching, learning, and research in the field of education covering educational leadership, educational technology, pedagogy, education policy, special education, and many other areas.
Abbreviation: pqoned
Vendor: ProQuest
Subjects: Art Education, Early Childhood Education, Education, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Educational Psychology, Exceptional Student Education, Higher Education, Instructional Systems & Learning Technologies, Sociocultural and International Education, Teacher Education
Type: Dissertations / Theses, E-Book Collections, E-Journal Collections, Indexes / Catalogs, Reports, Streaming Video
From leading issues and events, like the U.S. Civil War, immigration, westward expansion, industrial developments, race relations, and World War I and II; to international, local and regional politics, society, arts, culture, business, and sports, ProQuest Historical Newspapers™ reveals the day-to-day news coverage to researchers and historical explorers, providing invaluable insights and information to users from a wide range of subjects. Historical coverage of 17 Southern newspapers, including the Tallahassee Democrat, is available.
Titles:
Asheville Citizen-Times (Asheville, NC)-1873-2009
The Daily News Leader (Staunton, VA)-1912-2011
The Daily News-Journal (Murfreesboro, TN)-TBD
Daily Press (Newport News, VA)-1898-2001
The Daily Times (Salisbury, MD)-1913-2011
Florida Today (Brevard County, FL)-1969-2006
The Jackson Sun (Jackson, TN)-TBD
The Leaf-Chronicle (Clarksville, TN)-TBD
Miami News (Miami, FL)-1904-1988
The News-Press (Fort Meyers, FL)-1911-2010
Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)-1892-2001
Palm Beach Daily News (Palm Beach, FL)-1976-2011
Palm Beach Post (Palm Beach, FL)-1916-2004
Pensacola News Journal (Pensacola, FL)-1956-2011
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)-1925-2000
Tallahassee Democrat (Tallahassee, FL)-1913-2008
The Tampa Tribune (Tampa, FL)-1895-2016
Abbreviation: usshist
Vendor: ProQuest
Subjects: Communication, History
Type: Historical / Primary Sources, Newspapers and Newswires
Bibliographic database of scholarly literature in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences APA PsycInfo covers journals, books, reviews, and dissertations.
Topics include:
Biological and Developmental Processes
Behavioral Neuroscience
Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science/Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement
Developmental Psychology
GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry
Journal of Comparative Psychology
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition
Journal of Psychophysiology
Neuropsychology
Psychology and Aging
Clinical
Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention
European Journal of Psychological Assessment
International Journal of Play Therapy
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Journal of Counseling Psychology
Journal of Latina/o Psychology
Journal of Psychotherapy Integration
Professional Psychology: Research and Practice
Psychoanalytic Psychology
Psychological Assessment
Psychological Services
Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy
Psychology of Violence
Psychotherapy
Rorschachiana
Schizophrenia Bulletin
Training and Education in Professional Psychology
Cognitive/Learning/Education
Dreaming
Journal of Educational Psychology
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology
School Psychology Quarterly
Core
American Psychologist
Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie exprimentale
Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne
History of Psychology
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology
Methodology: European Journal of Research Methods for the Behavioral and Social Sciences
Nordic Psychology
Psychological Bulletin
Psychological Methods
Psychological Review
Review of General Psychology
Translational Issues in Psychological Science
Zeitschrift fr Psychologie
Human Resources/Industrial/Organizational/Management
Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research
Journal of Applied Psychology
Journal of Diversity in Higher Education
Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics
Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
Journal of Personnel Psychology
Health
Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology
Families, Systems, & Health
Health Psychology
International Journal of Stress Management
Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
Rehabilitation Psychology
Social Psychology and Social Processes
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
Asian American Journal of Psychology
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology
Emotion
Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice
Journal of Family Psychology
Journal of Latina/o Psychology
Journal of Media Psychology: Theories, Methods, and Applications
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Motivation Science
Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts
Psychology of Men & Masculinity
Psychology of Religion and Spirituality
Psychology, Public Policy, and Law
Social Psychology
Abbreviation: psyapa
Vendor: American Psychological Association
Coverage: 1894–Current
Subjects: Art Education, Early Childhood Education, Education, Educational Psychology, Exceptional Student Education, Human Development & Family Science, Higher Education, Instructional Systems & Learning Technologies, Medicine, Music Education, Psychology, Sociology, Sport Psychology, Teacher Education
Type: Indexes / Catalogs
Psychological Experiments Online is a multimedia collection that synthesizes psychological experiments of the 20th and 21st centuries, fostering deeper levels of understanding for students and scholars alike. These experiments have far-reaching impacts on fields as diverse as sociology, business, advertising, economics, political science, law, ethics, and the arts.
Abbreviation: peo
Vendor: Alexander Street, a ProQuest Company
Coverage: 1962–2013
Subjects: Communication, Psychology
Type: E-Book Collections, Historical / Primary Sources, Images, Streaming Video
Regional Business News provides comprehensive full-text coverage for regional business publications, incorporating 75 business news magazines, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated daily.
Abbreviation: bwh
Vendor: EBSCO
Coverage: 1993–Current
Subjects: Business, Entrepreneurship, Hospitality, Urban and Regional Planning
Type: Citation Management, E-Journal Collections, Newspapers and Newswires
SAE Mobilus includes resources covering a wide range of technologies surrounding the aerospace, automotive, and commercial vehicle industries. Included are aerospace standards, ground vehicle standards, aerospace material specifications, technical papers, books, magazines, videos, and journals.
Sage Business Cases is a digital collection of business cases tailored to library needs—providing faculty, students, and researchers with unlimited access to more than 6,150 authoritative cases from over 120 countries. Sage curates interdisciplinary cases on in-demand subjects such as entrepreneurship, accounting, healthcare management, leadership, social enterprise, and more.
Abbreviation: skbc
Vendor: Sage Publishing
Subjects: Accounting; Business; Economics; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Management & Strategy; Marketing
Type: E-Book Collections
By bridging the gap between business fundamentals and practical applications, Data Decisions helps students develop the competencies to thrive in their courses, capstones, internships, and in the competitive job market post-graduation. Each exercise, or “Data Challenge,” is designed to give students hands-on experience in applying business fundamentals and data analysis methods to real-world scenarios through text, visualizations, interactive quizzes, and downloadable quantitative and qualitative data sets.
Abbreviation: sbdd
Vendor: Sage Publishing
Subjects: Business, Entrepreneurship, Management & Strategy, Marketing
Type: E-Book Collections
Sage Business Foundations is a digital resource designed to help students understand the key theories and practices underpinning business and management today. With an eye toward new and emerging perspectives on today’s global business landscape, students can gain both the theoretical knowledge and real-world insight needed for success.
The collection is organized in ten subject areas: Business Analytics, Business Communication, Business Ethics, Business Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Human Resource Management, International Business, Leadership, Marketing, and Organizational Behavior. Subject areas each contain 10-12 entries. Each entry includes two consistent, multi-part sections: Theory and Theory in Practice, and entries are further enhanced with a range of interactive, multimedia elements, including videos and scenarios, that engage students and enrich their understanding of the material.Abbreviation: skbf
Vendor: Sage Publishing
Subjects: Business; Entrepreneurship; Management & Strategy; Marketing
Type: E-Book Collections
Sage Campus supports the teaching and learning of skills and research methods through 280+ hours of structured online learning. The courses are self-paced and instructor-led, comprising an engaging mix of Sage-quality content, video, interactives, and formative assessments. The topics cover critical skills and research methods for across all stages of academic study: navigating information, data literacy, research skills, data science skills, and getting published. Note: Register or sign in to your personal account to access Sage Campus.
Abbreviation: scamp
Vendor: Sage Publishing
Subjects: Publishing, Data Management and Digital Scholarship; Data Analytics and Information Systems
Type: Testing / Tutorials
Explore a curated collection of United States statistics in Sage Data. With this dynamic tool, you can scan and search the contents of billions of datasets, compare and contrast variables of interest, and create customized views in tables, maps, rankings, and charts. Views also include descriptive summaries of the datasets and data sources. Datasets cover a wide range of subjects—business, finance, banking, economics, sociology, political science, demography, agriculture, education, international studies, criminal justice, housing and construction, labor and employment, energy resources and industries, and more. Sources include public, private/commercial, and nongovernmental organizations.
Subjects: Statistics and Data, Business, Finance, Economics, Sociology, Political Science, International Studies, International Relations, Demography, Agriculture, Education, Criminal Justice, Housing and Construction, Labor and Employment, Energy Resources and Industries, Climate and Weather.
Abbreviation: dpf
Vendor: SAGE Publishing
Subjects: Communication, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Demography and Population Studies, Finance, Food, Geography, International Affairs, Law, Political Science, Public Health, Public Safety and Security, Social Work, Statistics, Urban and Regional Planning
Type: Citation Management, Datasets / Statistics, Directories, Government Publications, Historical / Primary Sources, Maps
Sage Journals provides access to more than 1,000 peer-reviewed journals covering the humanities, social sciences, science, technology, and medicine.
Abbreviation: sagej
Vendor: Sage Publishing
Type: E-Journal Collections
A collection of over 250 Reference Titles. Sage Reference Online is a social science book platform, where you will find an expansive range of SAGE book and reference content.
An excellent tool on social science research methods includes over 1000 methods books, 1100 case studies, reference works, journal articles, and instructional video tutorials by world-leading academics from across the social sciences. In addition, the full-text titles from the Sage’s Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences series(“The Little Green Books”) and Qualitative Research Methods Series ("The Little Blue Books”) books are available.
Sage Skills provides tools to help students develop and practice the academic, personal, and real-world skills needed to successfully transition to campus and the workplace, through self-assessments, interactive scenarios, downloadable data and exercises, original videos, and expert insights.
Multidisciplinary index, with searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of the sciences. It indexes more than 5,700 major journals across 164 scientific disciplines.
Abbreviation: scie
Vendor: Clarivate Analytics
Coverage: 1900–Current
Subjects: *General Science
Type: Indexes / Catalogs
The electronic full-text version of approximately 650 traditional research journals published by Elsevier and Academic Press. These journals are primarily in the scientific, technical, and medical disciplines.
Domains:
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry
Computer Science
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Energy
Engineering
Materials Science
Mathematics
Physics and Astronomy
Tutorials:
Online tutorials
Abbreviation: sciencedirect
Vendor: Elsevier
Coverage: 1997–Current
Subjects: *General / Multi-Subject, *General Science, Anthropology, Atmospheric Science, Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth Science, Instructional Systems & Learning Technologies, Mathematics, Medicine, Nursing, Nutrition, Ocean Science, Physics, Public Health
Type: Citation Management, E-Book Collections, E-Journal Collections"
Scite, an AI-powered citation analysis tool, allows researchers to discover scientific literature and comprehend research findings more efficiently. By displaying the context of citations and indicating whether they provide supporting or contrasting evidence, Scite helps researchers understand how cited articles relate to the citing text. FSU Libraries provides a 1-year pilot subscription to Scite until March 6, 2026.
SciVal is an advanced analytics solution built on a core of Scopus data which enables the flexible evaluation of any research field, as well as the research performance of individuals, research groups, departments, institutions, and countries. SciVal applies advanced data science and techniques such as machine learning to provide meaningful insights from research information to support decision making.
An individual account is required to access SciVal. You may use your Scopus or ScienceDirect account or register by clicking the 'Register' or ‘Create Account’ link on the SciVal Login page.
Abbreviation: scival
Vendor: Elsevier
Type: Datasets / Statistics
Subjects: Publishing, Data Management and Digital Scholarship; Data Analytics and Information Systems
Scopus is an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature including scientific journals, books, and conference proceedings. Scopus provides a comprehensive overview of worldwide research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities, along with tools to track, analyze, and visualize research.
Spatial Hazard Events and Losses Database for the United States (SHELDUS) is a county-level hazard data set for the U.S. and covers natural hazards such thunderstorms, hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and tornados as well as perils such as flash floods, heavy rainfall, etc. The database contains information on the date of an event, affected location (county and state) and the direct losses caused by the event (property and crop losses, injuries, and fatalities) from 1960 to present.
New users must register for a SHELDUS account with an @fsu.edu or @business.fsu.edu email address. FSU has access to the SHELDUS database and aggregated data sets. Select from the Aggregate By Geography, Aggregate By Time Span, or Aggregate By Hazard drop-down menus before running your query.
Abbreviation: sheldus
Vendor: Arizona State University
Subjects: Insurance, Risk Management, Urban and Regional Planning
Type: Datasets / Statistics
SMA: Sports Market Analytics combines market research from the largest single research supplier to the industry, the National Sporting Goods Association; the U.S. Department of Commerce; various sports governing bodies; and full-text articles from 14 magazines and newsletters published by VNU, the world's largest sporting goods trade publisher, and newsletters provided by leading independent industry experts. Subjects covered include sporting goods industry, sports sponsorship and marketing, broadcasting, facilities, broadcasting and new media.
Single sport/product search include:
Archery
Backpacking
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball
Bicycling
Billiards
Bowling
Cheerleading
Camping/Hiking Climbing
Equestrian
Exercise/Fitness
Eyewear
Fishing
Footwear
Football
Golf
Gymnastics
Hunting/Shooting
Ice Hockey
Inline Skating
Lacrosse
Martial Arts
Motorsports
Paintball
Rugby
Running/Jogging
Scooter Riding
Skateboarding
Skiing
Snowboarding
Soccer
Softball
Tennis
Volleyball
Water Sports (All)
Winter Sports (All)
Women's Total Market
Wrestling
Abbreviation: sbrnet
Vendor: SBRnet
Subjects: Business, Communication, Marketing, Sport Management, Sport Psychology, Statistics
Type: Datasets / Statistics, Directories, E-Journal Collections, Government Publications
A multidisciplinary index, with searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of the social sciences. It indexes more than 1,725 journals spanning 50 disciplines, as well as covering individually selected, relevant items from over 3,300 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals.
Abbreviation: sssi
Vendor: Clarivate Analytics
Coverage: 1956–Current
Subjects: Anthropology, Communication, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Demography and Population Studies, Economics, Geography, Human Development & Family Science, Information Studies, Law, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration and Policy, Public Health, Public Safety and Security, Retail Entrepreneurship, Social Work
Type: Citation Management, E-Book Collections, E-Journal Collections, Indexes / Catalogs
This collection provides access to databases covering the international literature in the social sciences, including politics, sociology, social services, anthropology, criminology and education. Featured databases include IBSS, PAIS and Sociological Abstracts. Together, they provide abstracts, indexing and full-text coverage of journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, working papers and more, including deep indexing and full text from over 1000 important social science journals
Abbreviation: sspc
Vendor: ProQuest
Coverage: 1871–Current
Subjects: *General / Multi-Subject, Anthropology, Art, Art Education, Art Therapy, Communication, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Demography and Population Studies, Early Childhood Education, Economics, Education, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Educational Psychology, Exceptional Student Education, Higher Education, Hospitality, Human Development & Family Science, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration and Policy, Public Health, Public Safety and Security, Social Work, Sociocultural and International Education, Sociology, Sport Psychology, Teacher Education, Urban and Regional Planning, Women's and Gender Studies
Type: Indexes / Catalogs
An electronic journal service with over 410 full-text electronic journals published by Springer Nature. The journals are searchable and browsable by author, title, topic or individual issue.
Disciplines include:
Architecture & Design
Astronomy
Biomedical Sciences
Business & Management
Chemistry
Computer Science
Earth Sciences & Geography
Economics
Education & Language
Energy
Engineering
Environmental Sciences
Food Science & Nutrition
Law
Life Sciences
Materials
Mathematics
Medicine
Philosophy
Physics
Psychology
Public Health
Social Sciences
Statistics
Abbreviation: springer
Vendor: Springer Nature
Coverage: 1996–Current
Subjects: *General / Multi-Subject
Type: Citation Management, E-Journal Collections, Indexes / Catalogs
This database includes information about advertising and rates in all types of media sources. FSU has access to Multicultural & Inclusive Media, search media properties by the audiences they serve; Digital Networks & Ad Tech, digital insights and content overviews for websites and networks; and Newspapers, circulation and page rates for local and national papers.
Abbreviation: srds
Vendor: SRDS
Subjects: Communication, Demography and Population Studies, Marketing, Statistics
Type: Datasets/Statistics
The STASH PERMANENT COLLECTION keeps creative professionals and students inspired with the planet's largest online video archive of motion design, animation, and VFX projects. Curated by the editors of Stash Magazine, the Collection streams over 5,000 outstanding video projects including commercials, music videos, title sequences, brand films, game trailers, and short films—PLUS behind the scenes features and exclusive interviews with the creators.
Taylor & Francis eBooks is a single destination platform with books in science, technology, engineering, medical, humanities, and social science. Researchers can search content at both the book and chapter level, filter search results by subject area, publication date and year published, and create citations in APA format.
Tutorials:
T&F eBooks help
Abbreviation: tfeb
Vendor: Taylor and Francis Group
Subjects: *General / Multi-Subject
Type: E-Book Collections
The Transformation of Shopping brings together rich collections of primary source material from world-renowned institutions, enabling research into the vibrant sociocultural history of the retail industry with material from over 300 stores. Drawn from across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, trade literature, staff newsletters and photographs highlight the experiences of workers and consumers, offering exciting new insights into the ways in which stores shaped and influenced daily and working life.
Abbreviation: trshop
Vendor: Adam Matthew Digital Ltd
Coverage: 1830–1994
Subjects: History
Type: Historical / Primary Sources
Explore domestic life, leisure and material culture of nineteenth- and twentieth-century America.
Abbreviation: trdcam
Vendor: Adam Matthew Digital Ltd
Subjects: History
Type: Historical / Primary Sources
UNdata is a data access system to UN databases. The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) launched a new internet-based data service for the global user community. It brings UN statistical databases within easy reach of users through a single entry point. Users can now search and download a variety of statistical resources of the UN system.
Abbreviation: undata
Vendor: United Nations
Subjects: Demography and Population Studies, International Affairs
Type: Datasets / Statistics, Government Publications, Open Access
The Vanderbilt Television News Archive began recording broadcasts on August 5, 1968, with the mission to create, preserve and provide access to the news broadcasts from the U.S. national television networks. The database currently includes over a million records, including abstracts at the story level of regular evening newscasts and catalog records for each special news report. Streaming video of NBC material, ranging from August 5, 1968, to the present and CNN broadcasts beginning in 1995 is available. Current material is not available until at least 72 hours after the original broadcast.
Note: Due to copyright considerations, not all VTNA records include online streaming video content. FSU does not have access to the video loan service. Registering for a personal account does not enable additional access.
Abbreviation: vantna
Vendor: Vanderbilt University
Coverage: 1968–Current
Subjects: Communication
Type: Indexes / Catalogs, Streaming Video
VitalLaw provides expert content drawn from over 1,200 practitioners and 99 Am Law 100 firms. Advanced browsing, searching, and collaborating capabilities are included and the Practical Content Dashboard ensures quick, efficient access to more than 20,000 practical content tools and documents. Covering 16 practice areas, VitalLaw's in-depth expertise and analysis ensure you have what you need to proceed quickly—with actionable insights that lead to better outcomes.
Current Practice Areas Include:
Other Expert Content:
Abbreviation: vitlaw
Vendor: Wolters Kluwer
Subjects: Accounting, Business, Law, Public Health
Type: Government Publications
The Wall Street Journal is the financial newspaper of record. It is an indispensable source for business professionals, providing business and financial news coverage, personal and company profiles, feature reporting, special reports, and regular columns.
Also see: ProQuest (for today's edition back to Jan 8, 2010) Wall Street Journal Online
Also see: Wall Street Journal, Eastern edition
Abbreviation: wsj
Vendor: ProQuest
Coverage: 1984–Current
Type: Citation Management, Newspapers and Newswires
The United States financial newspaper of record offering in-depth coverage of national and international finance as well as coverage of hard news. Updates vary, current coverage 1889–2013.
Abbreviation: wsjh
Vendor: ProQuest
Coverage: 1889–2013
Subjects: History
Type: Historical / Primary Sources, Newspapers and Newswires
Use your FSU email address to create an account for access to the WSJ.com website and app. Faculty and staff must refresh their access (check your fsu.edu email) once a year.
Abbreviation: wsjcom
Vendor: Dow Jones & Company
Type: Newspapers and Newswires
WARC is a marketing information service that offers a comprehensive range of marketing information including case studies, research papers, conference reports, and authoritative industry data.
Abbreviation: warc
Vendor: Ascential Events (Europe)
Subjects: Business, Hospitality, Marketing
Type: Datasets / Statistics, Reports
WGSN (Worth Global Style Network) is the leading online trend-analysis and research service providing creative and business intelligence for the apparel, style, design and retail industries. Keywords: Trade Shows, Marketing, Retail, Celebrity, Buying, Visual, Merchandising, Business.
Note: FSU has access to the Fashion Module.
Abbreviation: wgsntex
Vendor: WGSN
Subjects: Business, Interior Design, Marketing, Retail Entrepreneurship
Type: Datasets / Statistics, Directories, Images, Streaming Audio, Streaming Video
Wiley Online Library features over 2,000 journals, over 27,000 books, and hundreds of multi-volume reference works, databases, and other resources. FSU does not subscribe to all content.
Tutorials:
Wiley Online Library Tutorials
Subjects include:
Agriculture, Aquaculture & Food Science
Architecture & Planning
Art & Applied Arts
Business, Economics, Finance & Accounting
Chemistry
Computer Science & Information Technology
Earth, Space & Environmental Sciences
Humanities
Law & Criminology
Life Sciences
Mathematics & Statistics
Mathematics
Statistics
Medicine
Nursing, Dentistry & Healthcare
Physical Sciences & Engineering
Psychology
Social & Behavioral Sciences
Veterinary Medicine
Abbreviation: wiley
Vendor: Wiley
Subjects: *General / Multi-Subject
Type: Citation Management, E-Book Collections, E-Journal Collections
Women's Wear Daily (WWD) delivers fashion and retail news, photography, analysis, in-depth features, profiles, opinions and coverage of the rich social and cultural scene that revolves around the fashion sector.
Note: there is a 5 concurrent user limit.
Abbreviation: wwd
Vendor: Fairchild Publishing, LLC
Coverage: One year before today's date.
Subjects: Business, Marketing, Retail Entrepreneurship
Type: Biographies, Images
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