This guide is intended to help you know more about Library and other resources on the topic of Economics in the Middle East. Use this guide as your starting point, come to the Library or Ask a Librarian for more resources and help.
This site is designed to make World Bank data easy to find, download, and use. All of the data found here can be used free of charge with minimal restrictions.
ABI/INFORM CollectionThis link opens in a new windowABI/Inform Complete is a business database, that provide access to titles related to business and financial information, management techniques, business trends, management practice and theory. The database includes scholarly journals, trade journals, newspapers, dissertations, working papers, business periodicals, annual company reports, market research reports and more.
Availability: Full-text and bibliographic citations
Date Coverage: 1912 to present
Wall Street Journal (First-time users must create an account)This link opens in a new windowAvailability: Full-text
Date Coverage: 2010 to present
Note: Users of the American University of Beirut have a 90-day expiration cookie placed on their account. This means that if you do not click on the link located in the Libraries’ page within 90 days, you will lose access to the Wall Street Journal. This process was put into place, by WSJ, not only to ensure that legitimate and current students and professors are able to use the site license but also when students leave AUB, their access will automatically drop off as well.
For issues published before 2010, use the following databases:
- ProQuest Central (1998-2010)
- Wall Street Journal – Historical (1889-1998)
First-time users must create an account and sign-in using their AUB email.
Access expires after 1 year. To regain access, you need to renew your subscription from On-Campus through the below link:
https://ezproxy.aub.edu.lb/login?url=https://partner.wsj.com/enter-redemption-code/AUBDPCZF2DG
Passport: Euromonitor InternationalThis link opens in a new windowPassport 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
Business E-books OnlineThis link opens in a new windowA collection of online books, textbooks and reference materials in business education. Included e-books come from reputable publishers. Specialized areas of interest include strategic management, human resources management, marketing strategies, entrepreneurship, finance, consumer behavior and more. Majority of works are published in 2011 or later.
Availability: Full-text
Date Coverage: Varies
EconLit With Full TextThis link opens in a new windowEconLit, the American Economic Association database, is the primary source to economic literature. Contains nearly 600 English journals and many non-English journals in economics & finance. Includes journal articles, books, book reviews, dissertations, and working papers. It covers all fields of economics including economic theory, econometrics, economic forecasting and much more.
Availability: Full-text and bibliographic citations
Date Coverage: 1969 to present
JSTORThis link opens in a new windowJSTOR, a digital library for scholars, researchers and students, provides access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines including business, economics, humanities, medicine, mathematics, science, and social sciences. Library's subscription includes the following collections: Arts & Sciences, Business, Global Plants and Life Sciences.
Availability: Full-text
Date Coverage: 1665 to present
Wiley Online LibraryThis link opens in a new windowWiley Online Library allows searching of articles from hundreds of electronic journals published by Wiley and related companies, as well as a vast and growing collection of reference works and other books. 115 of the journal titles are accessible from volume one. Content is multidisciplinary .
Availability: Bibliographic citations and selected full-text
Date Coverage: Varies
Business Source UltimateThis link opens in a new windowOffers access to peer-reviewed, full-text journals and other resources that provide historical information and current trends in the business world. Features reports, company information and company profiles. Bloomberg.com is also searchable through Business Source Ultimate.
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EventusThis link opens in a new windowA dataset that helps perform event study estimation and testing using the CRSP database or other stock return data.
International Business OnlineThis link opens in a new windowInternational Business Online maps 4,000 learning items to the modern international business syllabus.
It includes textbooks, book chapters, case studies from well-known case providers like the Kellogg School of Management, corporate training videos, sample business documents and research reports. Primary partners are Aperian Global and Atma Global. Subjects covered include: assessing and analyzing foreign markets, economic and socioeconomic forces, ethics, sustainability, and social responsibility, foreign direct investment and international trade theories, global human resource management, global marketing, global strategy and management, international finance and accounting, international monetary system, political and legal forces. 80% of works are published in 2009 or later.
Availability: Full-text and videos
Coverage: Varies
Features: Direct link to RefWorks (Citation Management Software)
Business Source UltimateThis link opens in a new windowOffers access to peer-reviewed, full-text journals and other resources that provide historical information and current trends in the business world. Features reports, company information and company profiles. Bloomberg.com is also searchable through Business Source Ultimate.
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LexisNexis AcademicThis link opens in a new windowLexis-Nexis Academic provides full-text and citation access to information in news, business, medical, and legal disciplines. The service covers newspapers, magazines, wire services, and SEC filings such as 10-K's and 10-Q's. Research areas cover top news topics; foreign language news sources; company and industry news; medical and health topics; accounting, auditing, and tax information.
Availability: Full-text
Coverage: 1975 to present
The vast majority of the titles on LEXIS-NEXIS Academic (Lexis-Nexis) are available in full text, with a limited number available in abstract form.
Research areas in LEXIS-NEXIS Academic (Lexis-Nexis) cover top news, general news topics, and news transcripts; foreign language news sources; company, industry, and market news; legal news; company financial information; general medical and health topics and medical abstracts; accounting, auditing, and tax information.
Availability: Full-text
Coverage: 1975 to present
