Finding scholarly articles, trade publications, and business news is an important part of business research. These sources can help you support your arguments, analyze companies and industries, and stay informed about trends in the field.
Types of Business Articles
Scholarly Journals
Peer-reviewed publications that contain research articles, theory, or case studies. They are good sources for academic research and citing in papers.
Trade Publications
Articles written by and for professionals in a specific industry. These focus on trends, practices, and real-world applications, making them ideal for assignments, projects, business plans, and presentations.
News Sources
Business-focused newspapers and magazines that report on current events, markets, companies, and policy. They are helpful in offering real world examples and timely news.
"Newspaper grape purple" by NS Newsflash is licensed under CC BY 2.0 .
Most Library online resources can be accessed from off campus by current UD faculty, staff, and students. When using links on these pages, you may be prompted for your UDelNetID and password. Please report any issues you encounter while accessing Library databases, e-journals, or e-books.
Journals, investment reports, directory listings and newswire releases, as well as indexing of national newspapers.
Excellent source of information on management theories, business law, key industries, mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, international trade, new technologies, small and emerging companies, marketing and advertising, job-hunting strategies, and banking.
Partial Open Access. Search engine specifically for scholarly publications. You can access the full-text of articles from open access and preprint publications, but you must be logged in to your UDel email account in order to access subscriptions provided by the UD Library.
Google Scholar is only one of many ways to identify and access scholarly publications. Consult the Databases page or the Electronic Journalspage for other possibilities.
Vendor Lyrasis. Publisher LexisNexis.
Regional business publications for the U.S. and Canada. Content provided by leading publishers in business news, including The Washington Post, PR Newswire US, and more. Resources include newspapers, radio and television news transcripts, trade publications, magazines and newswires. (Coverage: 1984 --)
A discipline-wide collection of global business cases from a variety of industries. Topics include Marketing, Operations Management, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, International Business, Human Resource Management and more.
Many cases are accompanied by instructor-only teaching notes with suggested teaching strategies, target audience, and possible responses to discussion questions that can help facilitate classroom discussion.
Books and other materials not held by the UD Library may be obtained by Interlibrary Loan. This service is available to UD faculty, students, and staff.
Requests may be submitted by going to Interlibrary Loan.