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A fulltext database spanning academic disciplines with coverage of popular press and scholarly publications, including peer-reviewed journals. At the top of the list due to size and coverage.

Business journals, industry journals, company information, and market research. Full text and citations/abstracts.

Original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news. Use the Browse Reports tab to see:

• Reports by date
• Pro/Con Reports

Indexes Congressional publications including Congressional research and hearings from 1789 to the present, linking to full text when available.

Provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including articles, theses, books, and abstracts. In Google Scholar, when UM Libraries has article access, you will see a link to Full text. If a resource is not free or linked to UM Libraries click on More.

General and business news. International scope. Excellent source for newspapers and news blogs. Full text. At the top of the list due to size and coverage.

Includes more than forty U.S. and international newspapers. Selective full text for regional U.S. newspapers. Tip: when a New York Times article appears in your results, you may prefer to skip FIND IT and go directly to LexisNexis Academic for the same article.

Statista is one of the leading statistics companies on the internet. With a team of over 200 statisticians, database experts, analysts, and editors, Statista provides users with an innovative and intuitive tool for researching quantitative data, statistics and related information.

This database includes an AI powered tool. For more information see the Statista Research AI information page.

The ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States. Be sure to check the source for a statistical table. You may be able to go to the website of that source.

Influential daily business newspaper. Full text.

Includes social media topics.

Scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism.

Social science article database with an emphasis in child and adolescent psychology and counseling.

Comprehensive source of full text for sports & sports medicine journals

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