Research Guides: Economics: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Databases

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Access World News
--[UCI] Full-text information from over 600 U.S. and over 700 international sources, each offering diverse viewpoints on local, regional and world issues.
Bloomberg Terminals
--[UCI- Authorized Affiliates] Physical terminal(s) with special keyboard(s), funded and managed by the Paul Merage School of Business. In-depth, company profiles; real-time news; current and historical financial and industrial data; real estate data; U.S. and international economic indicators; and quotes and technical analysis on U.S. and international securities. Historical coverage varies.
Business Source Complete
--[UCI] Covers virtually all business subjects. Thousands of full-text and bibliographic entries for scholarly business journals. Also includes trade publications, news, conference proceedings, industry reports, country reports, company reports, and monographs. Updated daily.
Cheetah (formerly CCH Intelliconnect)
--[UCI] Expertise from WK attorney specialists including analysis and explanations; curated primary sources (laws, regulations, and cases) with history lines and notes. Current Law Practice Areas Include: Antitrust; Advertising; Banking & Consumer Finance; Blue Chip; Cybersecurity; Employee Benefits; Gov. Contracts; HR; IP; Labor, Payroll; Pension; Products Liability & Insurance; Property & Construction; Securities & Corporate; Tax; Transportation.
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
--[UCI] Columbia International Affairs Online is the world’s largest online resource of documents and articles devoted to research, analysis, and scholarship on international politics and related fields, including security studies, global finance, diplomatic practice, humanitarian law, global governance, development studies, and environmental studies. 500,000+ pages aggregated from 300 international publishing institutions, full-text articles from government research organizations, independent think tanks, university analysis centers, and scholarly journals.
Conference Board
--[UCI] Includes research reports on key business topics; annual surveys entitled Top executive compensation, Corporate contributions, Directors' compensation and Board practices, and CEO challenge; backfiles of data from 1998 and selected earlier reports; Executive action series of topical reports on issues of current concern; StraightTalk which is in-depth analysis of critical economic topics and forecasts of the U.S. economy, interest rates, and foreign exchange rates; Topline data on business executives expectations, consumer confidence, consumer internet barometer, country indicators and help-wanted index; PowerPresentations; the Conference Board review; and reports from the Conference Board of Canada.
CQ Researcher
--[UCI] In-depth coverage of the most important issues of the day. Reports are written by experienced journalists, footnoted and professionally fact-checked. Full-length articles include an overview, historical background, chronology, pro/con feature, plus resources for additional research. Graphics, photos and short "sidebar" features round out the reports. Shorter "Hot Topics" articles provide a solid introduction to subjects most in demand by students.
East India Company Archive
--[UCI] A unique collection of India Office Records from the British Library, London. Containing royal charters, correspondence, trading diaries, minutes of council meetings and reports of expeditions, among other document types, this resource charts the history of British trade and rule in the Indian subcontinent and beyond from 1600 to 1947. (The UCI Libraries has Module I: Trade, Governance and Empire, 1600-1947.)
EconLit
--[UCI] Bibliographic citations, with selected abstracts, to international literature on economics since 1969.
Europa World Plus
--[UCI] Information on hundreds countries and territories, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. A source of statistics on area and population, health and welfare, agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, industry, finance, external trade, transport, tourism, communications media, education, and politics.
Factiva
--[UCI] Worldwide full text coverage of local and regional newspapers, trade publications, business newswires, press release wires, media transcripts, news photos, and business-rich Web sites.
Gallup Analytics
--[UCI] Access is limited to one user at a time! Aggregate data is available for: Findings from the World Poll (2006-present); Findings from the US Daily Poll (2008-2017). Microdata is available for the Gallup Poll Social Series (GPSS), a set of public opinion surveys designed to monitor U.S. adults' views on numerous social, economic, and political topics. Introduced in 2001, the GPSS is the primary method Gallup uses to update several hundred long-term Gallup trend questions, some dating back to the 1930s. The series also includes many newer questions added to address contemporary issues as they emerge.
Global Commodities
--[UCI] Manuscript, printed, & visual primary source materials for the study of trade in 15 commodities around the world. Coverage from c1500 to the present day. The commodities are: Chocolate, Coffee, Cotton, Fur, Opium, Silver & Gold, Spices, Sugar Tea, Timber, Tobacco, Wine & Spirits.
Global Financial Data
--[UCI] Financial and economic data provided in ASCII or Excel format. Data includes: long-term historical indices on stockmarkets; Total Return data on stocks, bonds, and bills; interest rates; exchange rates; inflation rates; bond indices; commodity indices and prices; consumer price indices; gross domestic product; individual stocks; sector indices; treasury bill yields; wholesale price indices; and unemployment rates covering over 200 countries.
GuideStar Pro
--[UCI] GuideStar specializes in nonprofit company intelligence. Its covers 2.7 million nonprofits and it features: Current financial data, IRS forms, and visualizations of financial trends for nonprofits. A directory to search for nonprofits by size, cause, and location. A directory to search for people in leadership roles at nonprofits.
IBISWorld
--[UCI] Industry research reports for 700+ US industries. Reports consist of 30 to 40 pages of key statistics and analysis on market characteristics, operating conditions, current and forecast performance, major industry participants and more.
MarketLine Advantage
--[UCI] Access Note: At the bottom of the "Sign in" box, look for “If you have IP Access,” and use the Click Here button to enter. International in scope. Company profiles, including SWOT analyses. Country profiles, including PESTLE analyses. Industry profiles, including Porters 5 Forces. Also includes product intelligence, business news and opinion.
ICPSR Data Archive
--[UCI] The world's largest archive of computerized social science data.
IMF eLibrary
--[UCI] A licensed supplement to the open access data portion of the IMF site. Access to the IMFʹs periodicals, books, working papers and studies, and data and statistical tools.
JSTOR
--[UCI] Journal Storage database. Back issues of selected scholarly journals in business, economics, political science, demography, mathematics, and other fields of the humanities and social sciences.
Key Business Ratios
--[UCI] Industry balance sheet and income statement information, along with ratios, organized by SIC codes.
Mergent Archives
--[UCI] A vast collection of historical business documents. Includes: Historical Annual Reports of US/Canadian/European companies dating back to the early 1900's. Every Moody's Manual published since 1909, offering corporate histories, business descriptions, and detailed financial statements. Municipal & Government Manuals dating back to 1919. Historical reports on major industries in North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia/Pacific. Ford Equity research reports, up to 3 years.
Mergent Intellect
--[UCI] A comprehensive company database, powered by Dun & Bradstreet. All of the same company data as Hoovers, but allows for downloading. Includes 70+ million private and public US Businesses, and 245+ million global companies.
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic)
--[UCI] Over 5,800 full-text sources, including foreign and U.S. newspapers, magazine and trade journals, broadcast transcripts, company financial information, industry and market news, federal and state case law, law reviews, medical news and abstracts, and state and country profiles.
Nielsen Datasets
--[UCI- Limited Affiliates] For PhD students and tenure track faculty only! The UCI Libraries' subscription includes the Consumer Panel dataset and the Retail Scanner dataset. Data is from a partnership between Nielsen and the Kilts Center for Marketing at the Chicago Booth School of Business.
OECD iLibrary
--[UCI] All publications and datasets released by OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development), International Energy Agency (IEA), Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), OECD Development Centre, PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), and International Transport Forum (ITF) since 1998.
PAIS Index
--[UCI] Public Affairs Information Service. Quarterly-updated records for millions of journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, research reports, conference papers, web content, and more, from 120+ countries. Covers "the realm of public policy," i.e. literature of the academic social sciences, such as economics, finance, law, education, the military, political science, public administration, international law and relations, the environment, demography, public health, science and technology, etc.
Passport
--[UCI- Authorized Affiliates] A market research database that is global in scope. Includes consumer market size, lifestyle, and spending on over 330 consumer products (volume and value) in 52 countries.
PitchBook
--[UCI- Authorized Affiliates] Data and research covering the private investment market, including venture capital, private equity, and M&A transactions. Information on companies, deals, investors, and funds. Use PitchBook to establish benchmarks, identify and analyze competitors, and search investor details. Users must create an account with their UCI email address. Download limits apply.
PolicyMap
--[UCI] Visualize over 15,000 indicators related to demographics, housing, crime, mortgages, health, jobs and more. Data is available at all common geographies (address, block group, census tract, zip code, county, city, state, MSA) as well as unique geographies like school districts and political boundaries.
Polling the Nations
--[UCI] Access is limited to 4 simultaneous users. Database of public opinion polls containing the full text of hundreds of thousands of questions and responses from thousands of surveys conducted in the U.S. and 80 other countries. Only polls using statistically valid sampling and methods are indexed. Each question is individually indexed in one of more than 4,500 topics and six search fields Results may be downloaded or printed. Includes survey data from many organizations including Harris Poll and YouGov.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global
--[UCI] The world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1743 to the present day. It also contains a significant amount of new international dissertations and theses.
ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
--[UCI] Authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political and economic conditions of the United States. Coverage is 1790-present.
Prowessdx
--[UCI] Financial time-series data for 30,000+ Indian companies. Coverage includes public and private companies, with stock price data for listed companies. Annual Reports of companies, stock exchanges, and regulators are the principal data sources. From the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE). At the top right login fields, click on 'Register.' After you register, you’ll get an email with a temporary password. Use that to log in and then accept the terms of use.
PsycINFO
--[UCI] Journal coverage includes international material from 2,100+ periodicals in 27+ languages. Many journals are available in full-text. Material covers psychology and related disciplines, e.g., education, social work, law, criminology, social science, and organizational behavior. 98% of the material is peer-reviewed.
RateWatch Scholar
--[UCI- Authorized Affiliates] Information for U.S. financial institutions for research and analysis. Data covers over 96,000 branch locations, depending on time period and data type, all provided voluntarily. Data is gathered from institutions of all types and sizes, including banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations, etc.
Roper iPoll
--[UCI] Provided by the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at Cornell University, Roper iPoll is the largest collection of poll data anywhere—from 1935 to present. Contains data from U.S. and international polling firms with broad topical coverage of opinions and behavior on social issues, politics, pop culture, international affairs, and more. Questions, charts, demographic crosstabs, and dataset downloads are immediately available,
S&P Capital IQ
--[UCI- Authorized Affiliates] A comprehensive company intelligence database, offering granular financial and capital structure information on millions of companies worldwide, including data and graphs for historic stock prices, searchable SEC filings, mergers & acquisitions activities, and venture capital/private equity data Also features biographic and professional connection information for millions of business practitioners.
ScienceDirect
--[UCI] Scientific research that contains abstracts, tables of contents, and full text of articles in the sciences, technology, medicine and social sciences.
SimplyAnalytics
--[UCI] Lets users quickly create professional-quality thematic maps and reports using demographic, business, and marketing data for the United States. Licensed premium content includes Experian Simmons Local and Nielsen Claritas PRIZM for market research data, findable in the Variables menu.
Social Explorer
--[UCI] Visually analyze and understand the demography of the U.S. through the use of interactive maps and data reports. Display the demographic change that has occurred in the U.S. since 1790 through the present, for the country over all down to the level of the county.
Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
--[UCI] Working papers spanning the social sciences and beyond. The UCI Libraries has site subscriptions to all Networks with premium content (listed alphabetically): Accounting * Cognitive Science * Corporate Governance * Economics * Entrepreneurship * Financial Economics * Health Economics * Humanities * Information Systems & eBusiness * Innovation * Legal Scholarship * Management * Political Science * Social Insurance * Sustainability
Sociological Abstracts
--[UCI] Abstracts and indexes international literature in sociology and related disciplines, from 1952+. Topics include social structure; demography, economic development; environmental interactions; family and social welfare; management and complex organizations; mass phenomena and political interactions; policy, planning, forecast and speculation; radical sociology; rural and urban sociology; social development; social differentiation; social psychology; business, education; etc.
Statista
--[UCI] A statistics portal that integrates thousands of diverse topics of data and facts from a wide range of sources onto a single platform. Sources of information include market research, trade publications, scientific journals, and government databases. In addition to tables and charts, Statista also provides infographics and studies on selected industries and topics. Learn this Search: Find Statistics Uniworld This link opens in a new windowAccess available to all on-campus. Off-campus access requires VPN (active UCInetID). Global company directory in which every company within the database has at least one foreign subsidiary. Find both U.S. firms operating in foreign countries, and foreign firms operating in the U.S. Searchable on criteria including: industry, employee count, and revenue. Learn this Search: Distributors Learn this Search: List of Companies Value Line Investment Survey This link opens in a new windowAccess available to all on-campus. Off-campus access requires VPN (active UCInetID). Financial measures for over 6,000 stocks, 18,000 mutual funds, 200,000 options, and other securities. Learn this Search: Financial Ratios Vivvix (Formerly Ad$pender) This link opens in a new windowAccess available to all on-campus. Off-campus access requires VPN (active UCInetID). A database of advertising expenditures and occurrence information for millions of brands. Web of Science (WoS) This link opens in a new windowAccess available to all on-campus. Off-campus access requires VPN (active UCInetID). Global citation database provides access to the Science Citation Index expanded from 1900 to the present, Social Sciences Citation Index from 1956 to the present, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index from 1975 to the present. Web of Science: Derwent Innovations Index This link opens in a new windowAccess available to all on-campus. Off-campus access requires VPN (active UCInetID). Combines unique value-added patent information indexed from various patent issuing authorities. Ability to search across clearly written patent titles and abstracts that highlight the novelty, use, advantage, and claims of each invention.
TRANSPORT Database
--[UCI] 1 user at a time; try later if refused. An index that combines the following databases: Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS), International Transport Research Documentation (ITRD) from OECD; and TRANSDOC from ECMT. A comprehensive source of international air and surface (road, rail, and marine) transportation information, from 1968 to the present. Records are from research reports, books, articles from journals and reviews, theses, standards, specifications, conference proceedings, etc.
Uniworld
--[UCI] Two directories: 1) American firms operating in foreign countries 2) Foreign firms operating in the United States.
Urban Studies Abstracts
--[UCI] Thousands of bibliographic entries of key relevance to the discipline including urban affairs, community development and urban history.
Vivvix (formerly Ad$pender)
--[UCI] Advertising expenditures and occurrence information for millions of brands across a variety of national-level media, with data going back 5 years.
Web of Science
--[UCI] Encompasses the Science Citation Index (1945+), Social Science Index (1956+), and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975+). Provides author, keyword, and cited reference searching to more than 1700 leading social science journals. Also known as Web of Knowledge.
Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS)
--[UCI- Authorized Affiliates] Important databases in: finance, accounting, banking, economics, management, marketing and public policy. WRDS at UCI is funded and managed by the Paul Merage School of Business.
World Bank eLibrary
--[UCI] The full collection of all publications and research including: Books published since the 1990s. All Economic Review (WBER) and Research Observer (WBRO) since 1996. All Development Outreach issues. All Policy Research Working Papers since 1995. All content is made available immediately upon release.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
--[UCI] Abstracts and indexing of the international literature of political science and international relations, along with complementary fields, including international law and public administration/policy.

What is a database, anyway?
Broadly speaking, a database is a resource that contains information, presented in a way that's organized and retrievable. For the databases that you encounter on this guide, think of each one as a focused collection of info. They offer content including: written reports, numeric data in spreadsheets, charts/graphs/images, video, or a mix of content.

This Databases page links to economics-related database licensed at UC Irvine. That means UCI pays to sponsor campus-wide access to these databases; it's analogous to someone buying a Netflix subscription for their family.

Why are there so many?
Each database specializes in different things, and the different database vendors are all competing against each other. Using that streaming services analogy, if you want to watch all the content, you'd have to subscribe to many vendors, e.g. Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus, etc.

Which ones are the best for my research?
It depends on your topic. One database could be great—relevant(!)—for company research, and it could also be terrible—irrelevant(!)—for country research, and vice-versa.

If you already know the name of a database that you want, then start on this Databases page.
If you're beginning research and you want database recommendations, then explore the subject dropdown menus,
shown in ALL CAPS. These menus recommend databases for common topics within a broad subject. For example, to get info on an industry, look under the INDUSTRIES & COMPANIES subject menu.