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The Database Doesn't Have Full Text for My Article. Now What?

During your search, you may encounter times when the full text (PDF or HTML) of an article is not available in the database. Follow these steps to see how you may locate an electronic or print version of your article:

If PDF and HTML full text are unavailable, click in certain databases to locate print copies in Columbus State's library or electronic copies in another database, such as the Electronic Journal Center.
If you know the name of the journal in which the article appears, search the eResource Lookup to see if the journal is available online in one of the research databases.
If the article is not available at Columbus State's library or electronically through the research databases, search the OhioLINK catalog for print holdings at nearby college or university libraries.

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Find Popular Articles for Analysis

Use the following links to locate an article to illustrate an economic concept.

People Weekly
Online version of People magazine
Newsweek
Online version of a popular news magazine

Searching EBSCO databases

Use the EBSCOhost search box to find articles. This box will search Academic Search Complete, Business Source Complete, Newspaper Source, and Regional Business news research databases.

Sample searches:

gross national product

inflation

opportunity cost

supply and demand

Search Individual Databases

Search the following research databases for articles from scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers. When accessing the research databases and journals from off-campus, you will need to sign in with your name and Cougar ID.

Nexis Uni
A database offering a full range of credible sources for company information, including Hoover’s Company Profiles, Securities and Exchange Commission filings, and Standard & Poor’s Corporate Descriptions.
Factiva
Factiva offers global news and business information, including full text of the Wall Street Journal, same-day newswires, company reports, and media programs. It provides information on company markets and competitors. Access limited to three simultaneous users.
Newspaper Source
Includes the full text of 185 U.S. and international newspapers, as well as full-text television & radio news transcripts from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, NPR, and more.
Oxford Reference Business and Management
Contains dictionaries, language reference material, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press.
Oxford Reference Economics
Contains dictionaries, language reference material, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press.
Global Road Warrior
International trade and business travel information.

Electronic Journals

Here are a few academic economics journals available electronically:

Economics of Education Review
Encourages the development of sound theoretical, empirical and policy research, demonstrating the role of economic analysis in the solution or improved understanding of educational problems and issues.
Nursing Economics
Aims to advance nursing leadership in health care, with a focus on tomorrow, by providing information and thoughtful analyses of content and emerging best practices in health care management, economics, and policymaking.
Journal of Public Economics
Provides a forum for discussion of public policy of interest to an international readership.
Journal of Population Economics
Micro-level topics examine household behavior, including household formation, fertility choices, education, labor supply, and migration. Macro-level investigations address such issues as economic growth with exogenous or endogenous population evolution, population policy, savings and pensions, social security, housing, and health care.
Journal of Socio-Economics
A general economics journal whose calling card is its methodological open-mindedness and a strong commitment to economic rigor and economic or analytical significance as opposed to the simple use of mathematical proofs and statistical significance.

Journals in Print

Business First
Business news and the week's top stories from Columbus business and across the nation.
Also available online.
Barron's National Business and Financial Weekly
America's premier financial magazine. It provides in-depth analysis and commentary on the markets.
Harvard Business Review
Covers important business issues.
Business Week
The journal of business news and interpretation.
The Economist
Authoritative weekly newspaper focusing on international politics and business news and opinion.
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics
Publishes papers focusing on microeconomic theory, industrial organization and the microeconomic aspects of international trade, political economy, and finance. The journal publishes theoretical work as well as both empirical and experimental work with a theoretical framework.
Also available online.
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics
Focuses on studies of aggregate fluctuations and growth, and the role of policy in that context. Such studies often borrow from and interact with research in other fields, such as monetary theory, industrial organization, finance, labor economics, political economy, public finance, international economics, and development economics.
Also available online.