Selected Journals
Searching Article Databases
Articles are specific in scope and can also provide information on current trends and issues. Article databases listed here are available through the library and allow you to search hundreds of journals, magazines or newspapers for information on a variety of topics.
Learn the basics of searching for articles in business databases in our short video below, or refer to our Research Tips guide for for examples of how to search article databases effectively, like using single words or short phrases.
(Sample video content from Business Source Ultimate database used by permission of EBSCO Publishing.)
Business Article Databases
- ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new windowABI/INFORM Collection is a comprehensive business database, which contains journals, business periodicals, dissertations, and country-and industry-focused reports.
- Business Source Ultimate This link opens in a new windowBusiness articles, market research reports, company SWOT analyses.
- Canadian Business & Current Affairs (CBCA) This link opens in a new windowCanadian journals and magazines.
- Emerald Publishing This link opens in a new windowArticles on management strategy, leadership, marketing, human resource management.
- Factiva This link opens in a new windowGlobal business and industry news service. Also find company profiles, including downloadable financials (5 yrs) and stock quotes (2 yrs).
Technavio industry reports can be found by typing: rst=technv AND your industry keyword - Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowA simple way to search selected scholarly literature, with links for UBC users to fulltext.
- Nexis UniArticles and full text news, government, legal, finance and business information services.
- Warc : World Advertising Research Center This link opens in a new windowArticles from leading advertising journals and unpublished papers, on communications, marketing methods, consumers.
Suggested Searches
Here are some subjects to use in article databases:
- Shipping | Water transportation | Maritime transportation | Marine transportation | Transportation, water
- Shipping of goods | Freight handling | Materials handling | Freight transportation | Deep sea freight transportation | Marine cargo handling
- Cruise Ships | Cruise industry | Ocean travel | Deep sea passenger transportation | Sailing | Ferries | Port and harbor operations | Harbors | Ports
Additional Databases
- RITA (Research and Innovative Technology Administration)Free searchable database from the U.S. National Transportation Library.
- TRB Publications IndexContains over 50,000 papers, articles, and reports published by the Transportation Research Board, Highway Research Board, Strategic Highway Research Program, or the Marine Board from 1923 to present.
- TRID This link opens in a new windowThe TRID Database contains almost half a million records of references to books, technical reports, conference proceedings, journal articles and on-going research in the field of transportation.
