Business FAQ
Business and Historical Literature Aggregators
Combine the directions below for searching for a specific company with additional keywords such as company profiles, corporate profiles, etc.
- ABI/InformEnter your company's name in the search box and choose Company/Org from the drop-down menu.
- America: History and LifeHistory of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Use the CO Company Entity field to focus on articles about a specific company.
- Business Source CompleteEnter your company's name in the search box and choose CO Company Entity from the drop-down menu.
Full-text Newspapers & Magazines
- Business Week Archives, 1929-2000Use the CO-Company Entity field to look for articles that focus on your companies of interest, and the Cover Story checkbox to find particularly in-depth articles.
- Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2020Search for your companies of interest in the Document Title field, or use the by document type: Cover option to look for issues where articles about your firm are mentioned on the cover page.
- FactivaProvides access to over 32,000 sources of national and international news
- Forbes archiveFull text for the complete archive of Forbes, beginning with its first issue in 1917 and ending in December 2000
- Fortune Magazine ArchiveCover-to-cover coverage of Fortune magazine content from 1930-2000.
- Newsbank Access World NewsSearchable fulltext of international and U.S. national, regional, and local newspapers. Coverage for current issues (i.e., yesterday in most cases) with extensive backfiles.
- New York Times (1851-2019), ProQuest Historical NewspapersSearch for your companies of interest in the TI Title field, and use the Front Page Article Document Type to find more in-depth articles.
- Wall Street Journal (1889-2011), ProQuest Historical NewspapersSearch for your companies of interest in the TI Title field, and use the Front Page Article Document Type to find more in-depth articles.
Historical Periodical Indexes
- Applied Science & Business Periodicals RetrospectiveCombined HW Wilson journal article indexes covering a broad range of general business and trade publications: Industrial Arts Index (1913-1958), Business Periodicals Index (1958-1982), Applied Science & Technology Index (1958-1983).
- Readers' Guide RetrospectiveProvides comprehensive indexing of the popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States, such as Time, Newsweek, New Republic, National Review, and many others. Covers 1900-1982. Contents reflect the history of 20th century America.
Related Guides
Business Research Librarian
Marcella Barnhart
Contact:
Lippincott Library
Van Pelt/Dietrich Library Center
3420 Walnut Street
2nd floor, room 256
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Van Pelt/Dietrich Library Center
3420 Walnut Street
2nd floor, room 256
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-898-8755
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