Data & Statistics for Business: Home
Purpose of Research Guide
This guide curates research and information sources for business. Use the side menu to navigate to relevant sources.
Want guidance?
- Email a business research consultant/librarian:
Nancy Lovas, Davis Library: nancy64@email.unc.edu
Kenan Flagler Research Librarian: Researchtools@kenan-flagler.unc.edu - Schedule a consultation appointment with a business librarian.
Using the Library Catalog & Article Databases to Find Data
Using the Library Catalog for Finding Data
UNC Libraries have collections of datasets available for academic and research use by UNC affiliates. On the catalog Advanced Search screen, scroll down until you see the search bar labeled "Resource Type." Click your cursor into the Resource Type search bar and select "Dataset -- Statistical" to browse or search datasets.
Using Articles for Finding Data
When you need data for a topic, one search strategy is to look for research articles on your topic that use data. You can find out where those articles got their data from, and try out their sources to find similar data.
UNC Catalog Search with Links
Search for Articles: UNC Databases
- Business Source PremierCovers scholarly articles for all business subjects: marketing, management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and more. Also includes financial data, MarketLine company profiles, Harvard Business Review articles, SWOT analyses, and more.
- ABI/INFORM CollectionArticles from academic journals, trade publications, market and industry research reports, general business magazines. Topics covered include leadership, management, economics, banking, finance, accounting, international business and economics.
- FactivaContains major global newspapers, business newspapers and magazines, trade and industry journals, prominent newswires, and network broadcast transcripts. In the Companies/Markets tab, there are global company reports, limited industry reports, and market data. The results pages allow robust filtering, and there is live chat help.
- Academic Search PremierFind information on academic areas of business, social sciences, humanities, general academic, general science, education and multi-cultural topics; resource provides access to major popular and scholarly journals with many full-text articles.
- EconLitAccess research articles, citations, and abstracts on economics, accounting, capital markets, econometrics, economic forecasting, government regulations, labor economics, monetary theory, urban economics, and more. Major index to economic literature from the American Economic Association.
- Nexis UniCovers general, regional, and international news, company and financial information, legal information (including law reviews, case law and legal rulings), and other topics such as biographical information. Many files are full-text.
- Entrepreneurial Studies SourceMagazines, academic journals and reference works on entrepreneurial topics, as well as case studies, thousands of company profiles, and 600 videos with transcripts and related articles from the Harvard Seminar Series and Vator.TV.
- Social Science Research NetworkSSRN is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research and is composed of several specialized research networks in each of the social sciences. Authors often post articles and book chapters in SSRN before they are published in a scholarly journal. Papers are frequently available on SSRN for download without charge and without a subscription.
- ProQuest Business Market Research CollectionContains company records and analysis of major global and regional economic and political developments.
Business Research Consultant
Nancy Lovas
Contact:
Davis Library
Subjects: Accounting, Banking, Business, Company Information, Country Economics, Country Information, Economic Data/Statistics, Economics, Economics Literature, Entrepreneur/Small Business Information, Global Business, Industry Information, Investment Information, Marketing, Patents, POLI: Political Science, Political Science