LibGuides: MBA Library Guide: Find Articles

Searching for Articles

The Library Provides Access to Many Types of Articles

Lavery Library has a variety of databases and subscription in which you can use to search for articles from:

Newspapers
Scholarly and peer-reviewed journals
Trade magazines

Keep in mind, depending on your topic, you may need to refer to databases outside of your main field of focus. When this happens, you can find the full list of databases using the Databases A-Z link below.

If you have questions or want help starting your research, contact a librarian to set up a one-on-one consultation.

Databases A-Z
Link to full list of available Lavery Library databases.
Interlibrary Loan
Help with accessing articles not available through Lavery Library.

Getting Started with Searching

Start with the basics:

Researching Business Information
Tutorials and links for researching business topics.

Growing Your Research Skills

The two Guides listed below are great resources for helping you build your search skills. The first Guide is a basic overview of literature searching and the second Guide is intended to build upon your basic searching skills.

Searching the Literature
Use this Guide to learn how to get started searching for literature on your topic. Note, this link opens in a new tab.
Building Search Skills
The skills covered on this Guide are best learned after gaining a foundation of library search skills. Note, this link opens in a new tab.

Business Databases

Lavery Library's Business-related Databases: Full Listing

Popular Business Databases for Finding Research Articles, Trade Articles, SWOT Analyses, and Industry Reports

ABI/INFORM
Business topics; contains articles, company and executive profiles.
APA Psyc databases (PsycInfo, PsycTests, PsycArticles)
Search all three of our American Psychological Association (APA) databases at once: PsycInfo, PsycTests, and PsycArticles. Covers many disciplines related to psychology, including business, education, nursing, pharmacology, and law. Includes journals, psychological tests and surveys, books, student dissertations, conference presentations, and more.
Business Source Premier
Business topics; journal articles, reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses
ScienceDirect
Peer-reviewed journal articles; science, social science, and humanities topics
The ScienceDirect College Edition provides libraries with access to over 1200 peer-reviewed full-text journals in pharmacology, toxicology, pharmaceutics, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, microbiology, health sciences, immunology, neuroscience, psychology, social sciences, decision sciences, business, management, and accounting, economics, econometrics, and finance, environmental science and agriculture. Journal coverage dates back to 2002.
ProQuest Research Library
Articles from scholarly journals, popular magazines, and business publications
ProQuest Research Library provides abstracts, indexing, and full-text of articles from scholarly journals, popular magazines, and key business publications. The database covers more than 3,700 publications, with full-text from over 2,500 publications. Titles are from 1972 forward, and the database is updated monthly.
Scopus
Multidisciplinary database of peer-reviewed research literature such as scholarly journals, books and chapters, conference proceedings, and trade publications, along with metrics and analytical tools to work with those citations. Fields covered include the sciences, social sciences, health, arts, and humanities.
Oxford Journals
Journals covering life sciences, economics, law, humanities, medicine, math, and health sciences
Oxford Journals is a division of Oxford University Press, which is a department of Oxford University. We publish well over 200 academic and research journals covering a broad range of subject areas, two-thirds of which are published in collaboration with learned societies and other international organizations.
Sage Journals
Peer-reviewed journals; all topics.
"The SAGE Full-Text Collections are award-winning, discipline-specific research databases of the most popular peer-reviewed journals in Communication Studies, Criminology, Education, Health Sciences, Management & Organization Studies, Materials Science, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and Urban Studies & Planning published by SAGE Publications and participating societies.

These comprehensive databases include more than 246 journals, 240,000 articles, book reviews, and editorials, with all the original graphics, tables, and page numbers. The Collections provide researchers and students with a research environment that is easy to use and complete with the most up-to-date content and backfiles back to volume 1, issue 1."

Newspaper: Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal (Create Account)
If you are a Fisher student or a member of the faculty and staff, you can get free access to The Wall Street Journal. To activate your free student access, visit and select “student” account type.

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Activate your account through Lavery Library's institutional subscription to access all content on the WSJ site or app, including news, industry reporting, instructional materials, and more.

For historical access to Wall Street Journal articles:

Wall Street Journal, Eastern Edition (online)
Via our ABI/INFORM Global database for access to older Wall Street Journal articles

NYTimes.com

New York Times (Sign Up or Renew)
Create an account on NYTimes.com using Lavery Library's academic subscription, and you can access all content on their site.
Already have an account set up?
- Link to the New York Times (unlimited access on browser or mobile apps)
- Link to the New York Times “TimesMachine” for access to historical archives (limited to up to 5 PDF downloads per day, per user).

Newspaper: Rochester Business Journal

Rochester Business Journal (RBJ)
News covering Rochester's business community. Fisher has 5 user licenses -- click for login information.