Use this link to get to the UCSD subscription to The Economist online, which covers recent contents. We also have a special link for The Economist Historical Archive (covers 1823-2015).
This nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization surveys senior business executives worldwide for research with a focus on five areas: public policy, economy, sustainability, human capital and marketing and business communications. Their site includes research reports on key business topics and annual surveys. If you are on the UC San Diego network, our subscription gets you access to reports and dashboards, including the Environmental, Social and Governance Section (special interest group and research such as Total Impact Valuation: Insights from 10 Trailblazers) and and Diversity and Inclusion sub-section, with reports like Defining and Measuring Inclusion.
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 ex
923-present. Access to summaries, bibliographies and analysis of current and controversial social, political, business and economic issues. From the Congressional Quarterly, a private, nonpartisan organization tracking public policy issues. Sample topic: ESG Investing (Sept. 27, 2019 issue)
This encyclopedia contains nearly 900 entries about topics related to the social and ethical aspects of business. Entries cover theory (agency theory, stakeholder theory, corporate social responsibility), recent events (Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002), topics (consumers, environment), and people of historical significance to the field (Milton Friedman).
This reference provides reliable definitions and explanations of key concepts of CSR and includes short definitions and longer articles that summarize key theories, providing a review written by experts in the field. Example of longer articles: Environmental Audit; Business Cases for Sustainability; Sustainability Risk Management.
News and Academic Sources
These are the top resource that cover news about your company's sustainability activities. They also provide articles about industry practices.
Dates of coverage vary, some journals back to early 20th century. Abstracts and full text in virtually all subject areas related to Business, Management and Finance. Journal and magazine articles; also books, industry reports, company profiles, SWOT analysis, much more
This ProQuest site includes coverage of WSJ Eastern Edition, 1984-present; WSJ Online, 2010-present; and WSJ: The Magazine, 2011-present. This PQ version has a powerful and precise search engine for finding specific items or topics.
Factiva.com provides access to over 16,000 global sources including: * 1,000+ Global and local newspapers * 3,000+ Journals and magazines * 30,000+ Company Reports. Factiva.com delivers content in 27 languages, from Arabic to Vietnamese.
Scroll down on the landing page to the Newsstand: US section for the latest content of Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Barron's & more.
Nexis Uni contains thousands of full-text sources including newspapers, wires, transcripts, newsletters, magazines, trade journals; also industry news, company information, law reviews, court decisions, statutes. Coverage dates vary. International and U.S. sources. (Previously called Lexis Nexis Academic).
Offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. It contains more than 2.5 million records from more than 2,350 domestic and international titles dating back to 1888. Formerly Environment Index.
Finding Older Articles
These databases will help if you need to find articles from further back in time.
Covers 1913-1983. This resource indexes almost 400 science and technology periodicals. This database is great for historical coverage of how a company, product or industry was covered in the popular business and technical press over time.
Search by subject or browse 2,600+ full-text titles, predominantly scholarly journals and books in social sciences, history, humanities, and science and mathematics, to their earliest issues. Many titles extend as far back as late 19th or early 20th centuries; most recent 3-5 years often not included. JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.
AR provides scholarly review articles that may serve as starting points for research, or to keep up with research trends in a field. Each article attempts to convey the research output of a discipline or topic, and reports the nature of the research, in terms of its empirical findings, theoretical development, methodology or historical development.
Full text database of newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press. Provides a valuable new source of coverage, viewpoints and perspectives to complement and challenge the coverage of the mainstream media.