Search Subject Specific Databases
These specialized databases can help you discover business content such as data that you will not see in HOLLIS. They also provide features for searching more efficiently that aren't available in HOLLIS.
- Business Premium Collection (Harvard login) Business and management articles and reports
- EconLit (Harvard login) Indexes articles in over 450 economics journals as well as books, book reviews, chapters in books, dissertations and working papers from 1969 to the present.
- Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) (Harvard login) Country profiles and data.
- FactSet (Harvard login) Platform used to analyze financial data from global equity and fixed income markets.
- IMD World Competitiveness Online (Harvard login) "IMD World Competitiveness Online is a unique and comprehensive database on the competitiveness of nations. It includes time series from the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook, the leading annual report published by IMD since 1989, from the IMD World Talent Ranking and from the IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking."
- MSCI ESG Research (Harvard login) Provides research, ratings and analysis of corporate management of environmental and social risk factors.
- Thomson ONE (Temporary COVID Access) Features market quotes, earnings estimates, financial fundamentals, press releases, transaction data, corporate filings, ownership profiles and research from Thomson Financial. HKS affiliates have direct temporary access to the Thomson ONE database (ordinarily, we must physically go to HBS's Baker Library to access the database). Please follow the instructions for the "Alternative Link for Harvard University affiliates," using the link above. NOTE: You must use Internet Explorer (IE) to access Thomson ONE. NOTE ALSO: You must pay careful attention to the IE settings to access ThomsonONE. Stanford Business School has a list of Troubleshooting Tips that can help: https://libguides.stanford.edu/thomson-one
Also see our Fast Answer: Which company database should I use?
Mapping Tools (US Data)
These three tools contain thousands of U.S. data points and have built-in mapping tools:
- PolicyMap (Harvard login)Web-based GIS that captures data through custom demographic maps, tables, reports and an analysis tool called Analytics. You can incorporate your own data and use thousands of indicators already available including demographics, home sale statistics, health data, mortgage trends, school performance scores and labor data like unemployment, crime statistics and city crime rates.
- SimplyAnalytics (Harvard login)Mapping tool for the United States that enables the creation of maps and tables that incorporate data such as population, age, race, income, employment, and education. In addition, Harvard subscribes to premium content including Experian Simmons Local for market research data and D&B for business demographics.
- Social Explorer (Harvard login)Presents historical census data for the United States through the use of interactive maps and reports. Currently provides access to data back to1940 at census tract, county, state and national level.
Baker Library Research Guides & Resources
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Bloomberg – Current and historical financial information on individual equities, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, and futures for both international and domestic markets. During the COVID-19 shutdown, students can request data by contacting the Baker Library Research Librarians at Ask a Librarian.