LibGuides: Alumni Resources Guide: Databases Available On Campus (Wellesley)

Overview of Section

This section lists the databases available on campus in Wellesley at the Horn Library. Please present your Alumni OneCard at the Library's Information Desk to obtain alumni login credentials when you arrive. (Contact the Alumni Office at alumrel@babson.edu to obtain an Alumni OneCard.)

This section is broken down into the following sections (use the subject tabs to navigate between sections):

Company Information
E-books & Audiobooks
General Research (Articles & More)
Industry Research
International Research
Law & Legal Research
Marketing Research
Statistics & Data

There are also many useful business resources available free to the public online and/or through public libraries. Please refer to the next tab of this guide, "Resources Available Off Campus," to view the Library's guides to these resources.

Alumni Databases Available On Campus

AtoZdatabases This link opens in a new window
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Use this directory to search for U.S. companies and healthcare professionals to compile targeted lists for job searches or course assignments.
Business Source Premier - EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly business journals in all business disciplines; plus company, industry, market research, and country reports and analyses. Includes Harvard Business Review.
GuideStar This link opens in a new window
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Find information on the people, programs and finances of more than 1.7 million recognized nonprofits.
Standard & Poor's Net Advantage This link opens in a new window
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Financial and operating data on global public and private companies plus S&P Industry Surveys, Stock Reports (S&P Equity Research), Use this as a compact version of CapitalIQ.
Uniworld This link opens in a new window
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Identify and download lists of companies and their subsidiaries, both foreign and domestic.

Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
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Extensive ebook collection covering the arts, business, education, health & medicine, history & political science, literature & language, religion & philosophy, social science, science & technology.
eBook Collection- EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
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Search e-books on a variety of topics.
Gale Ebooks This link opens in a new window
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Find an online encyclopedia and/or a specialized reference source.

Business Plan Research Guide

Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window
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Access thousands of articles in the liberal arts and sciences subjects.
Academic Search Premier - EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
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Find articles from scholarly publications, magazines, and trade journals in the liberal arts and business/management.
Biography in Context This link opens in a new window
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Search for biographical information on the world's most influential people.
Britannica Online Academic Edition This link opens in a new window
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Find topical overviews across all subjects. Also includes historical timelines. Best for liberal arts topics.
Chronicle of Higher Education This link opens in a new window
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Online edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education with forums and other services.
Chronicle of Philanthropy This link opens in a new window
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Online edition of The Chronicle of Philanthropy plus philanthropy statistics & rankings, grants listings, job openings, and directory of support services.
Communication & Mass Media Complete - EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
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Find scholarly citations and articles about the communications and mass media fields.
Conference Board This link opens in a new window
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Search for research reports on business management topics and analysis and forecasts of US and global economic conditions.
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
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Find contemporary issues affecting the public at large.
EconLit - EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
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Find articles from hundreds of economics journals.
Emerald Insight This link opens in a new window
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About 165 academic and professional journals primarily from MCB University Press. These journals often provide a European perspective with strength in marketing, operations, services industries, and general management.
Environmental Studies and Policy This link opens in a new window
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Search this collection for coverage of environmental issues and policies, including diverse perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policy makers, as well as corporate interests.
ERIC - EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
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Find abstracts to articles about educational research and practice.
Gale Business: Entrepreneurship This link opens in a new window
Resources on how to start, finance, or manage your small business including sample business plans, how-to guides, articles and websites.
Gale Business: Insights This link opens in a new window
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Find global company SWOT analyses and histories, market share rankings, industry reports, and news articles.
Gale Databases This link opens in a new window
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Find an array of databases in the business, science, and social science disciplines.
Gale Directory Library This link opens in a new window
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Find older directories of industry and professional associations (2018), consulting firms (2011), research centers (2009), brands, and companies (2008).
GreenFILE - EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
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Find information on all aspect of the human impact on the environment.
Gun Regulation and Legislation in America This link opens in a new window
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This new HeinOnline collection includes over 500 titles, key compiled federal legislative histories, relevant congressional hearings, CRS Reports, Supreme Court briefs, and more. Check the information guide for tips on finding the full text of articles not available on HeinOnline.
Historical Newspapers - ProQuest This link opens in a new window
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Historical archive of The New York Times (1851-2013) and The Wall Street Journal (1889-1999), and the Black Newspaper Collection
Hospitality and Tourism This link opens in a new window
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Search this collection for well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism field.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Provides full-text of over 2,300 journals in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, and math. Includes thousands of ebooks from academic publishers as well as more than 39,000 research reports from over 140 policy institutes around the world.
Medline - EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
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Search for authoritative medical information (National Library of Medicine) on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and more.
MLA International Bibliography - EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
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Detailed bibliography of literature, language & linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts, & more.
NBER Working Papers This link opens in a new window
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Papers on a range of economics topics written by economic researchers; helpful for economics research papers.
Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
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Comprehensive historical & current dictionary of English.
Oxford Scholarship Online This link opens in a new window
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E-books about economics and finance topics, helpful for economics research papers.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
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Find scholarly journals from arts, humanities and social sciences delivered full text, with no embargo.
ProQuest One Academic This link opens in a new window
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Great source for articles & reports covering all business-related topics as well as social sciences. Includes Hoover's Profiles, WSJ, NYT, many Massachusetts newspapers, and more.
PsycARTICLES - ProQuest This link opens in a new window
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Find full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology.
PsycINFO 1887-Current- EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
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Find abstracts and indexing for 1,500 key titles in psychology.
Science Direct This link opens in a new window
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Find business, science, social science, technology, and medical articles.
Serials Directory - EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
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Provides bibliographic information & current pricing structures for almost 212,000 U.S. and international titles.
Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law This link opens in a new window
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A collection of legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world. This includes every statute passed by every colony and state on slavery, and more. Check the information guide for tips on finding the full text of articles not available on HeinOnline.
Social Science Research Network (Student/Staff access no login required) This link opens in a new window
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Access abstracts of scholarly working & forthcoming papers as well as the full text of published scholarly papers across the social sciences.
Ulrichsweb This link opens in a new window
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Compile lists of magazines by subject or look up publisher information for U.S. and international magazines.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
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Use to conduct cited reference searches by title, author and publication or search the rankings of high impact scholarly journals. Includes Journal Citation Reports.

Disruptor- Global Data This link opens in a new window
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Disruptor tracks emerging tech-enabled opportunities across all industries by providing information on start-ups, tech-led innovations, latest technology trends, influencers, consumer insights, and venture capital portfolio investments.
SBRnet Sports Business Research Network This link opens in a new window
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Find sports market research and industry news, sports participation, consumer expenditures & brand preferences, marketing, facilities and teams.
Plunkett Research Online This link opens in a new window
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Find analysis, research, statistics and trade associations for major industries including top companies.

Global Road Warrior This link opens in a new window
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The ultimate Business Travel Guide
UN Comtrade This link opens in a new window
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Detailed commodity trade statistics from 1962 onward for most countries of the world. Best data source for analyses of commodity trade trends between countries or regions.

National Survey of State Laws This link opens in a new window
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Provides an overall view of some of the most-asked about and controversial legal topics in the U.S.: abortion, the right to die, gun control, marijuana, marriage, capital punishment, and many other areas. Check the information guide for tips on finding the full text of articles not available on HeinOnline.
Westlaw This link opens in a new window
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Answers legal questions as it includes cases, statutes, codes, constitutions, dictionaries, encyclopedias, legal commentary, journals and guides.

Claritas 360 (formerly Claritas Segmentation & Market Solutions) This link opens in a new window
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For Access Click the Claritas 360 Link on SRDS Homepage
Understand your target audience by locating demographics and lifestyle information by DMA
SRDS (Standard Rate & Data Service) This link opens in a new window
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Find media rates and data for traditional media, out-of-home, and digital media.
Winmo This link opens in a new window
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Find information about advertising spending by media type for companies and their brands, as well as relevant contact information at companies and agencies.

Historical Statistics of the United States This link opens in a new window
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Long statistical runs of data are available on social, behavioral, humanistic, and natural sciences.
Statistical Abstract of the United States- ProQuest This link opens in a new window
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Helpful starting point for finding demographic, economic, business, health, political, social, etc. statistics on the US. Also includes some comparative international statistics.