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Full text articles from thousands of business, marketing, and management scholarly and trade journals dissertations, working papers, and major business news sources including The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and Financial Times. Includes over 50 million company records, 450,000 working papers, and 10,000+ business case studies.

Profiles of 30 million businesses and executives, 7 million jobs, 2 million new businesses, 240 million residents, and 12 million health care professionals. Access restricted to current Michigan residents.

Full text articles from 4,000 leading business and trade publications. Also includes select articles from international, national, and regional news publications.

Full text articles from academic journals, periodicals, newswire, and other media outlets. Also includes over 430,000 company profiles (refreshed daily), 2,000 SWOT analysis reports (refreshed quarterly), 8,500 market share and business rankings, and thousands of interactive LiveCharts.

Full text articles from 148 business journals and magazines, including 52 peer-reviewed titles, on topics such as product evaluations, interviews, corporate profiles, statistical rankings, and book reviews. Also contains citations for over 280 journals as well as over 600,000 corporate names with cross references to specific industries and countries. 

Over 1.6 million pages of scholarly articles, court decisions, legislative histories, and government documents arranged by topic including the archives from the National Sports Institute of Marquette University and materials on the Athlete Agents Act.

Over 28,400 full text books on all aspects of business from top publishers like Harvard University Press. 

Full text articles from over 250 business journals, magazines, reference books, and case studies. Also includes thousands of company profiles and over 600 videos.

Authoritative directories on associations, media companies, publishers, and private and public companies from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Results can be narrowed using sidebar filters by award, company type, country, media type, publication type, region, section, subject, and state. Up to 1,000 results can be emailed or exported as a .csv file to Microsoft OneDrive, Google Drive, or direct download.

Full text articles from over 8,400 journals and citations for over 14,000 publications. Also includes complementary reference, newspaper, and audio content.

Manuscript, printed, and visual primary source materials from over twenty key libraries and more than a dozen companies and trade organizations around the world depicting the history of fifteen major commodities and examining the ways that they have changed the world. Commodities include chocolate, coffee, cotton, fur, opium, oil, porcelain, silver and gold, spices, sugar, tea, timber, tobacco, wheat, and wine and spirits.

Full text legal research articles from over 2,600 scholarly journals and government documents including congressional documents, treaties, constitutions, presidential documents, and case law. Also includes content specific to Michigan law such as session law, statutes, attorney general reports, bar journals, and a historical archive.

Full text of over 250,000 resources on information and other forms of national security. Use the "In Focus" drop-down menu to browse by topic. Use the "Collections" drop-down menu and select "Research Tools" to find statistics.

Industry market research and risk ratings on over 700 U.S. industries. Each report includes key statistics and analysis on market characteristics, operating conditions, current and forecast performance, and major industry participants.

Full text from over 160 legal reference books and over 20,000 legal forms on how to handle many legal issues such as bankruptcy, divorce, and name changes.

Full text articles from over 1,100 law journals and 395 law reviews as well as citations for over 1,370 titles.

Full text articles from over 200 journals and citations for over 1,200 major law reviews, legal newspapers, specialty publications, Bar Association journals, and international legal journals. Also includes federal and state cases, laws and regulations, legal practice and taxation, as well as British Commonwealth, European Union, and international law.

Compiles over 3,600 entries from journals and magazines on company, brand, and product market shares. Data is organized by SIC and NAICS codes and covers both public and private sectors.

Detailed descriptions of companies, industries, and mutual funds including stock and bond issues, earnings estimates, and dividend and split history. Also includes industry survey information on trends, forecasts, major players, market share, key ratios, and statistics.

Full text articles from over 175 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within in the United States and Canada. Also includes over 842,000 television and radio transcripts. 

Reports on issues in critical IT, legal, and physical security, including case studies, best practices, and compliance guidance. Only results with an SMP icon can be accessed.

Reports on issues in critical IT, legal, and physical security, including case studies, best practices, and compliance guidance. Only results with an SMP icon can be accessed.

Research on consumer attitudes, product and brand preferences, media consumption habits, and demographic and lifestyle characteristics from the National Consumer Study of over 25,000 American adults including over 7,500 Hispanics.

Full text articles and chapters from 400 journals, 450 reference books, and 170 videos on small business topics. Tools include startup kits, case studies, state-specific demographic data, and U.S. tax forms.

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Comprehensive tax facts and expert analysis from sources such as RIA including research articles, editorial insights, productivity tools, news updates, and marketing resources.

Full text content from over 388 journals and magazines covering associate degree program topics such as counseling, biotechnology, cosmetology, fashion design, forensics, graphic arts, health information technology, law enforcement, and veterinary assistance.

Millions of full text articles and thousands of full text ebooks across disciplines including health, physical sciences, social sciences, and the humanities.