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Credo Reference
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An online collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries and other reference books from publishers such us Blackwell, Cambridge University Press and Collins. The database covers a range of subjects including arts, food and beverage, history, language, literature, medicine, psychology, science, social sciences and technology. Credo contains a variety of multimedia features.
Encyclopedia of Business and Finance
Encyclopedia of the Global Economy
Sage eReference
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A collection of eight encyclopedias from Sage publication. The database allows users to search and browse titles by subject covering areas such as family studies, psychology, social issues and sociology. Titles include encyclopedia of African religion, encyclopedia of counseling, encyclopedia of gender and society, encyclopedia of human relationships, and encyclopedia of social Problems.
Taylor and Francis ebooks
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E-Books

Edward Elgar
More than 400 books in economics.

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960 e-books in Business, Economics, Environment, Innovation & Technology, and Public & Social.

Open Access

ACCA
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants research reports.
BRASS
ESRC Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society.
Centre for Business Research
University of Cambridge
CEP
Centre for Economic Performance London School of Economics and Political Science.
Economists Online
From the Nereus consortium.
Harvard Business School
Institute for Fiscal Studies
Institute for International Economics
International Monetary Fund
International Monetary Fund
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Free working papers full text with a searchable index.
Judge Business School, Cambridge
Kiel Institute of World Economics
LUMS working papers
Lancaster University Management School working papers.
Manchester Metropolitan University Business School
Marketing Science Institute
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Organization for the Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
RePEc (Research Papers in Economics)
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All languages. A collaborative effort of hundreds of volunteers in 72 countries to enhance the dissemination of research in economics. The heart of the project is a decentralized database of working papers, journal articles and software components.
Social Science Open Access Repository (SSOAR)
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Limited to German authors publishing in German and other languages.
Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

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Article Databases

ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window A business database that includes in-depth coverage for over 2,770 publications with more than 1, 840 available in full text and appearing in academic journals, dissertations, EIU Views Wire, trade magazines, Wall Street Journal- Eastern Edition and other newspapers. It offers the latest business and financial information and covers the areas of business conditions, management techniques, business trends, management practice and theory, corporate strategy and tactics, competitive landscape, industry conditions worldwide and more.
Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window A multidisciplinary database, covering a wide array of subject areas ranging from astronomy, biomedicine, engineering, health, and literacy to mathematics, women's studies, zoology and more. The database includes magazines, peer reviewed and scholarly journals, trade publications, newspapers, reports, books and videos. Availability: Full-text and bibliographic citations Date Coverage: 1890 - present

Business Insights: Essentials
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A business database bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, industry overviews and statistics, associations, news and full-text periodical articles. It covers domestic and international companies. It contains information from reference sources, company directories, encyclopedias, market share reports, newspapers, magazines and journals. Searches can be done by company name, ticker symbol, industry code (SIC/NAISC), brand name, or geographic area.

Business Source Ultimate This link opens in a new window A scholarly online business database, providing a collection of bibliographic and full text content from more than 1,100 peer-reviewed and business related journals. Coverage: 1886-
EconLit With Full Text This link opens in a new window CORE A bibliographic database with selected abstracts compiled by the American Economic Association. It includes journal articles, books, book reviews, dissertations, and working papers licensed from the Cambridge University Press Abstracts of Working Papers in Economics. It covers economic theory, capital markets, history and management, labor and international economics, public and business finance, and more.

EIU Country-Reports
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Published by Economist Intelligence Unit, it provides current and projected analysis of political, policy and economic trends within country reports. Quarterly and annual statistics from reliable sources are included.
Emerging Markets (WRDS)
Financial Times Historical
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The Financial Times Historical Archive, 1888-2006, is the complete searchable facsimile run of the world's most authoritative daily business newspaper. It includes in addition to the regular newspaper, special supplements and the Financial Times magazine. Its editorial reports, analyses of finance and industry and events of artistic and cultural significance are of high standard. Every article and advertisement printed in the paper can be searched and browsed individually and page by page

JSTOR This link opens in a new window Provides complete archives of core scholarly journals which have been digitized, starting from the very first issues. Date coverage of JSTOR is based on a "moving wall" of three to five years between the date of the last issue available in JSTOR and the most recently published issue of the journal.

Lebanon News and Reports Index
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Lebanon News and Reports Index is a database of articles and reports citations covering current conditions in Lebanon, and to a lesser extent the Middle East. You can search the index to find citations of articles and reports published in English, French and Arabic. Subject Indexing is done in English. Title, name and place are searchable in Arabic as well .
LexisNexis Academic
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Lexis-Nexis Academic provides full-text and citation access to information in news, business, medical, and legal disciplines.

ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window The largest aggregated full-text database totaling more than 11,500 titles with over 8,500 titles in full text, including 800 full-text newspapers.

RePEc (Research Papers in Economics)
Open Access
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A collaborative effort of hundreds of volunteers in 70 countries to enhance the dissemination of research in economics and related disciplines. The database provides citations for working papers, discussion papers, research report, conference papers, journal articles, books, book chapters and software components. It also contains information on individual professionals and institutions such as economics departments, research institutes, and governmental institutions/centers.
Scopus
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A multidisciplinary navigational tool that contains records going back to the mid 1960s, offering newly-linked citations across the widest body of scientific abstracts available in one place. Coverage includes more then 14,000 peer-reviewed titles from over 4,000 international publishers, proceeding, trade publications as well as patents.
Wall Street Journal Historical
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The Wall Street Journal (1889-1993) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection provides access to articles, charts, stock tables, graphics, photos, advertisements, maps, comics and political cartoons.

Web of Science This link opens in a new window Web of Science is a multidisciplinary database indexing conference proceeding and articles gathered from thousands of high impact scholarly journals..

World Bank Data
World Bank eLibrary
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A fully searchable portal of over 5,000 documents consisting of World Bank publications and Policy Research Working Papers, plus each new book and paper as they are published. The collection provides access to full-text books, reports, journals, working papers and other formal documents from the World Bank.
Zawya
Accessible at the Reference Desk and Lobby area, Jafet Library.
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Zawya is the leading Middle East business information company. It covers detailed information on the top 10,000 companies in the Middle East. The service provides industry news, macroeconomic reports, country statistics, stock market data as well as specialized databases such as IPO, Sukuk and Private Equity monitors. Zawya offers access to key newswires, newspapers and magazines such as Zawya Dow Jones, Dow Jones, AFP, Financial Times, Arab News, The Daily Star, Al-Ahram Weekly, Monday Morning, Middle East Times, Economist, Gulf Business, Banker Middle East and much more.

Company Financials/Investments Data

WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services) This link opens in a new window A data research platform and business intelligence tool. WRDS provides the user with one location to access data covering numerous financial, economic and marketing disciplines including Accounting, Banking, Economics, ESG, Finance, Healthcare, Insurance, Marketing, and Statistics. Availability: Statistical data Date Coverage: Varies Note: First time users will need to register. more ...
AUB Libraries subscribes to three databases in WRDS:
COMPUSTAT WRDS: Provide financial data for active and inactive US publicly traded companies.
COMPUSTAT Global: Provides financial data on more than 16,000 non-US and non-Canadian companies.
Eventus: Eventus software performs event studies that compute abnormal returns for specific corporate actions using data read directly from CRSP stock databases. WRDS has created several Eventus web queries that allow the user to execute different Eventus programs such as Basic Event Study; Eventus Alternative; and Output for Cross-sectional Analysis.

Availability: Statistical data
Coverage: Varies
Note: First time users will need to register.
Your request will be reviewed by a WRDS representative at your institution. If approved, you will receive an e-mail message with instructions for setting your account password. If you have not received an e-mail message within 5 business days, please contact your WRDS Representatives:
- Mayssa El-Husseini: me107@aub.edu.lb

EDGAR
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing gives a comprehensive summary of a public company's performance.

Passport: Euromonitor International This link opens in a new window Passport is a global market research database providing statistics, analysis, reports, and breaking news. The database includes country fact files, lifestyle statistics, market data, consumer products and economic indicators. Passport database provides data on consumer markets, foreign trade, industrial markets, IT and telecommunications, population and households, resources and environment, retailing, service markets, and more. The history and forecast data allows the analysis of data from 1977-2020. Statistical data can be downloaded into Excel spreadsheets or in a chart style. Passport contains: A range of consumer trends and lifestyle indicators such as disposable income availability, consumer expenditure, consumer prices, eating and drinking habits, household profiles, home ownership statistics, media access and health data. Market research reports on industries, consumer lifestyles and retailing as well as company profiles and country reports. Availability: Statistical data and full-text Coverage: Current

Country Statistics and Analysis

ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window Use the Browse option and go to the Country Report section A business database that includes in-depth coverage for over 2,770 publications with more than 1, 840 available in full text and appearing in academic journals, dissertations, EIU Views Wire, trade magazines, Wall Street Journal- Eastern Edition and other newspapers.

Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window Select Country Reports as Publication Type

Africa Development Indicators
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Africa Development Indicators (ADI) provides a detailed collection of development data on Africa. It contains over 1,600 indicators, covering 53 African countries. Data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, infrastructure, governance, partnership, and environmental indicators.
Doing Business

Passport: Euromonitor International This link opens in a new window GMID is a global statistical database from Euromonitor. It includes country fact files, lifestyle statistics, market data, consumer products and economic indicators. It provides data on consumer markets, foreign trade, industrial markets, IT and telecommunications, population and households, resources and environment, retailing, service markets, and more. The history and forecast data allows the analysis of data from 1977-2020.

Government Finance Statistics-IMF
IMF Regional Economic Outlook Reports
International Financial Statistics (IFS)
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It is the International Monetary Fund's principal statistical publication. It reports, for most countries, time series data on exchange rates, balance of payments, international liquidity, money and banking, interest rates, prices, production, international transactions, government accounts, national accounts and population.
LexisNexis Academic
Use the Easy Search-Country Research search widget.
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Lexis-Nexis Academic provides full-text and citation access to information in news, business, medical, and legal disciplines.
OECD Factbook
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A statistical yearbook presenting a wide range of key statistics of the OECD countries. It contains more than 100 indicators covering a wide range of areas including economy, agriculture, education, energy, environment, foreign aid, health and quality of life, industry, information and communications, population/ labor force, trade and investment, taxation and public expenditure. The data is accompanied by explanatory analysis, tables, and figures to enable cross-country comparisons.
Population Information Network (ESCWA)
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This free source constitutes comprehensive population information. It guides users to international, regional and national population information through hyperlinks. It provides national and regional needs for population information in Western Asia. ESCWA Population and Development Team serves as the regional institutional basis to host the POPIN Western Asia website.

UNdata This link opens in a new window A data access system to the United Nations databases. It provides access to data produced or collected by major United Nations organizations as well as estimates and projections. In addition to data, the database provides short country profiles, definitions from glossaries such as Demography and Environment Glossary, and links to National Statistical offices through Country Data services.

Word Bank Global Development Finance
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A repository for statistics on the external debt of developing countries derived from loan-by-loan records. It presents reported or estimated data on the total external debt of 128 individual countries that report to the World Bank's Debtor reporting System (DRS).
World Bank Data
World Bank eLibrary
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A fully searchable portal of over 5,000 documents consisting of World Bank publications and Policy Research Working Papers, plus each new book and paper as they are published. The collection provides access to full-text books, reports, journals, working papers and other formal documents from the World Bank.
World Bank Global Economic Monitor (GEM)
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The World Bank's Global Economic Monitor (GEM) data set provides real- and financial sector indicators in daily, monthly, quarterly and annual frequencies for developing and high-income countries, and regional and global aggregates.
World Development Indicators
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A primary database for development indicators published by the World Bank. The database provides a comprehensive statistical data of more than 900 time series indicators for over 200 countries. Data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators from 1960 onwards. Results can be scaled by percentage and viewed by country, series or date. WDI allows several data export format including excel.

Country Reports

ABI/Inform Global
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A business database that includes in-depth coverage for over 2,770 publications with more than 1, 840 available in full text and appearing in academic journals, dissertations, EIU Views Wire, trade magazines, Wall Street Journal- Eastern Edition and other newspapers.

Business Source Ultimate This link opens in a new window Choose "Country Reports" from the Browse content box to the right. A scholarly online business database, providing a collection of bibliographic and full text content from more than 1,100 peer-reviewed and business related journals. Coverage: 1886-

EIU Country-Reports
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Published by Economist Intelligence Unit, it provides current and projected analysis of political, policy and economic trends within country reports. Quarterly and annual statistics from reliable sources are included.

Industry and Market Studies

ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window Use the Advanced Search option and type Industry Report as the Document Type. A business database that includes in-depth coverage for over 2,770 publications with more than 1, 840 available in full text and appearing in academic journals, dissertations, EIU Views Wire, trade magazines, Wall Street Journal- Eastern Edition and other newspapers.

Business Insights: Essentials
Use the Advanced Search option and select "Industry Overviews" in the Content Area. Includes Gale industry encyclopedias.
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A business database bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, industry overviews and statistics, associations, news and full-text periodical articles. It covers domestic and international companies.

Passport: Euromonitor International This link opens in a new window Passport is a global market research database providing statistics, analysis, reports, and breaking news. The database includes country fact files, lifestyle statistics, market data, consumer products and economic indicators. Passport database provides data on consumer markets, foreign trade, industrial markets, IT and telecommunications, population and households, resources and environment, retailing, service markets, and more. The history and forecast data allows the analysis of data from 1977-2020. Statistical data can be downloaded into Excel spreadsheets or in a chart style. Passport contains: A range of consumer trends and lifestyle indicators such as disposable income availability, consumer expenditure, consumer prices, eating and drinking habits, household profiles, home ownership statistics, media access and health data. Market research reports on industries, consumer lifestyles and retailing as well as company profiles and country reports. Availability: Statistical data and full-text Coverage: Current

Manufacturing & Distribution U.S.A.
NAICS from Census.gov
SIC from OSHA
UNcomtrade (Commodity Trade Statistics) 1962-
Trade statistics from over 200 countries
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Data may be visualized in graphs, tags, tables and maps downloaded directly in an Excel spreadsheet. The atabase is continuously updated. Whenever trade data are received from the national authorities, they are standardized by the UN Statistics Division and then added to UNcomtrade.

Internet Links

AEAweb
Provided by the American Economic Association.
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Information for economists provided by the American Economic Association.
Arab Society of Certified Accountants (ASCA)
Arab World Economy and Finance Web Sites
Middle East
Biz/ed
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Website for students and educators in business studies, economics, accounting, leisure, sport & recreation and travel & tourism.
BNET
News, CBS
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interactive business network
Business Planet
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Doing business in 183 economies.
Central Bank Websites
CIA - The World Factbook
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Information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
Company Insight Center
News
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From Bloomberg Business. Search over 42,000 public and 322,000 private companies worldwide. Find stock quotes and charts, news and press releases, financials and key competitors.
Corpfin
News
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Monthly review of market and company activity from Experian Business Information.
Country Briefings
From the Economist.
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Includes news, country profiles, forecasts and statistics.
Economics A-Z
From the Economist
EH.net
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Website owned and operated by The Economic History Association to provide resources and promote communication among scholars in economic history and related fields.
ESCWA
Middle East
Forbes Lists
Rankings
Fortune Rankings
Rankings
Global Forecasting Service
From the Economist Intelligence Unit.
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Global economic forecasts.
Registration is necessary.
Institute of International Finance - MENA
International Development Research Centre
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Canadian Crown corporation that works in close collaboration with researchers from the developing world in their search for the means to build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies." Offers Free online books. Examples of titles: Research for Development in the Middle East and North Africa (2000) edited by Eglal Rached and Dina Craissati; Managing Water Demand: Policies, Practices, and Lessons from the Middle East and North Africa Forums(2005) by Ellysar Baroudy, Abderrafii Abid Lahlou, and Bayoumi Attia; and Water Management in Islam (2001) edited by Naser I. Faruqui, Asit K. Biswas, and Murad J. Bino.
Intute - social sciences
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Provides free access to high quality resources on the Internet. Each resource has been evaluated and categorised by subject specialists based at UK universities.
Khan Academy
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"The Khan Academy is a not-for-profit organization with the mission of providing a high quality education to anyone, anywhere."
MarketingCharts
Rankings
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Charts and data for marketers in web and Excel format
Middle East Economic Survey
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
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Banking, market and financial details by country.
Moody's Analytics
Economic and market analysis.
ReportLinker
Annual Reports
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Search engine for over 1.2 million official industry reports, company profiles and market statistics.
Zawya Middle east News

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