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Data Sources provided by UK Libraries: Business

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  1. Advertising Redbooks. (now known as Winmo) . Subject area(s): Business, Marketing.
  2. Explore Census Data. . Subject area(s): Business, Statistics, Political Science, Sociology.
  3. Annual Reviews. Both text and data mining explicitly permitted. Subject area(s): All disciplines.
  4. Corporate, Municipal and Government Manual Collections (from Mergent Archives). . Subject area(s): Business, Economics, Finance.
  5. CRB Commodity Yearbook Archives. . Subject area(s): Business, Economics, Finance.
  6. CRB Commodity Yearbook Archives (through Mergent Archives). . Subject area(s): Business, Economics, Finance.
  7. Dun and Bradstreet's Key Business Ratios. . Subject area(s): Business, Finance.
  8. Economic Indicators (ECONI). . Subject area(s): Business, Economics, Finance, Statistics.
  9. Economic Surveys (OECD). . Subject area(s): Business, Economics, FLIE (countries).
  10. EDGAR (sec.gov). . Subject area(s): Business, Finance.
  11. First Research Industry Intelligence. . Subject area(s): Business, Economics, Finance.
  12. IMF eLibrary Data (International Monetary Fund). . Subject area(s): Business, Economics, Finance, FLIE (countries).
  13. International Financial Statistics (Country Selection). . Subject area(s): Business, Finance, FLIE (countries).
  14. International Monetary Fund Data. . Subject area(s): Business, Economics, Finance, FLIE (countries).
  15. Kentucky Statistics. . Subject area(s): Business, Economics, History, Political Science, Public Health, Sociology, Statistics, Transportation.
  16. Key Business Ratios. . Subject area(s): Business, Finance.
  17. Mergent Archives (Corporate, Municipal and Government Manual Collections). . Subject area(s): Business, Economics, Finance.
  18. Mergent Bondviewer. . Subject area(s): Business, Economics, Finance.
  19. Mintel. . Subject area(s): Business, Finance, Marketing.
  20. MRI+ Access. . Subject area(s): Business, Communication, Journalism, Marketing.
  21. OECD Economic Outlook. . Subject area(s): Business, Economics, FLIE (countries), Foreign Affairs.
  22. OECD Economic Surveys. . Subject area(s): Business, Economics, FLIE (countries), Foreign Affairs.
  23. OECD Factbook. . Subject area(s): Business, Economics, FLIE (countries), Foreign Affairs.
  24. OECD Papers. . Subject area(s): Agriculture, Business, Economics, Education, Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Finance, FLIE (countries), Foreign Affairs, Political Science, Sociology, Statistics.
  25. OECD Science, Technology and R&D Statistics. . Subject area(s): Business, Economics, Engineering, Patents, Statistics.
  26. Statista. . Subject area(s): Business, Economics, Humanities, Languages, Social Sciences, Sciences Statistics.
  27. U.S. International Trade Statistics. . Subject area(s): Business, Economics, FLIE (countries), Political Science.
  28. USA Trade Online. . Subject area(s): Business, Economics, FLIE (countries), Political Science.
  29. Value Line. . Subject area(s): Business, Finance.
  30. World Development Indicators (WDI) Online. . Subject area(s): Business, Economics, FLIE (countries), Foreign Affairs.
  31. World Energy Outlook (1994-2014). . Subject area(s): Business, Economics, Engineering, FLIE (countries), Foreign Affairs.