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Articles/Newspapers

Business Source Complete

Business Source Complete indexes and abstracts 4,450 scholarly business journals, of which over 3,600 are available in full-text. This database covers the subject areas of management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and marketing. It also includes other sources of full-text information such as country economic reports and detailed company profiles for 10,000 of the world's largest companies through Datamonitor.
EconLit

EconLit indexes scholarly journal articles, books, dissertations, and working papers throughout the field of Economics. Topics covered include economic development, forecasting, history, fiscal and monetary theory, business and public finance, healthcare economics, and international, regional, and urban economics.
Academic Search Complete

Our broadest, most general index to periodicals, Academic Search Complete provides abstracts for over 9,300 scholarly and popular periodicals, and full text for more than 5,300 of these. It covers virtually all academic areas of study, including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.
America: History and Life

America: History and Life (AHL) abstracts journal articles, book reviews, media reviews, and dissertations on all aspects of American and Canadian history from prehistory to the present. Sources in AHL are almost all in English and include state and local history journals as well as major history journals. Search the index by keyword and limit the search by desired time-period covered in the article. For additional help in searching use the link in AHL.

Indexes to Historic Newspapers and Magazines

New York Times Historical
Full text of the complete run of New York Times from 1851 to three years ago, with page images, individual articles, ads, and illustrations in downloadable PDF. It includes, and is searchable by, display and classified ads, cartoons, photos, maps, graphics, etc., editorials, obituaries, and commentary, as well as articles.
Chicago Tribune Historical
Full text image and indexing of the Chicago Tribune from its beginning in 1849 until 1994. The database delivers every page of every issue from cover to cover, with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF. It includes display and classified ads, comics and cartoons, photos, maps, graphics, etc., editorials and commentary, literary criticism as well as articles.
Washington Post Historical
Full text image and indexing of the Washington Post from its beginning in 1877 through 17 years ago. The database delivers every page of every issue from cover to cover, with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF. It includes display and classified ads, comics and cartoons, photos, maps, graphics, etc., editorials and commentary, literary criticism as well as articles.

Readers' Guide Retrospective
Oxford campus users only

20th Century Magazines

Below is a listing of magazines published in the United States in the 20th Century. If you want an index to these sources and to others, use the database, Readers' Guide Retrospective. Readers' Guide will only provide references to articles, not the full text of the article, and will not index advertisements.

America
- Print: SW Depository BX801 .A5 93(1955)-193(2005)
- Micro: Microfilm Storage 1(1909)-129(1973) [with gaps]
- Online: 1(1909)- present. Articles only.
American Mercury (briefly New American Mercury)
- Print: SW Depository 1(1924)-71(1980)
- Micro: None
- Online: None
Atlantic / Atlantic Monthly
- Print: King Periodical AP2 .A8 1 (1857)- present
- Micro: None
- Online: 1955- present. Articles only.
Business Week
- Print: SW Depository 1950-1980; King Periodical HF5001 .B89 1980 -
- Micro: Microfilm Storage 1929-1949
- Online: None historically
Christian Century
- Print: SW Depository 40:44(1923)-122:26 (2005), King Periodical BR1 .C45 123 (2006)-
- Micro: Microfilm Storage 78(1961)-96(1979)
- Online: 1993 - present. Articles only
Colliers/ Colliers Weekly
- Print: King Periodicals AP2 .C7 17(1896)-66(1920); SW Depository 67(1921)-139(1957)
- Micro: None
- Online: None
Commentary
- Print: King Periodical DS101 .C63 1(1945) -present
- Micro: Microfilm Storage 1(1945) - 48(1969)
- Online: Periodicals Archive Online 1938-1955; 1990 - present
Commonweal
- Print: SW Depository 1(1924)-51(1950) King Periodical AP2 .C6897 52(1950)-present
- Micro: Hamilton Campus 1(1924)-131(2004); Microfilm Storage 74(1961)-106(1979)
- Online: None historically
Consumer Reports
- Print: SW Depository 1(1936)-7(1942) (As Consumers Union Reports); 7(1942)-67(2002 (As Consumer Reports); King Periodical TX335.A1 C6 2006-present
- Print: Consumer Reports Buying Guide Issue SW Depository 1961 - 1999; King Reference TX 335 .A1 C62x 2000- present
- Micro: None
- Online: None historically
Crisis
- Print: SW Depository 78(1971)-103:2(1996)
- Micro: Microfiche/film Storage 1(1910)-82(1975)
- Online: None historically
Ebony
- Print: SW Depository 1(1945)-40(1985)
- Micro: Microfilm Storage 1(1945)-63(2008)
- Online: None
Economist
- Print: SW Depository 9(1851) - 317(1991); King Periodical HG11 .E2 318 (1992) -
- Micro: Microfilm Storage 222(1967)-375(June 2005)
- Online: None historically
Esquire
- Print: King Periodical AP2 .E845 58(1962)-present
- Micro: Microfilm Storage 61(1964)-89(1978)
- Online: None historically
Good Housekeeping
- Print: SW Depository Jly 1907,47(1908)-131(1950); King Periodical TX1 .G7 132 (1951) - present
- Micro: None
- Online: None
Jet
- Print: Current Issues Only
- Micro: Microfilm Storage 35(1968)-107/108(2005/06)
- Online: None
Ladies Home Journal (Ladies Home Journal and Practical Housekeeper)
- Print: King Perioidical AP2 .L135 82(1965) - present
- Micro: APS 6(1889)-24(1907);
- Online: None
Life Magazine
- Print: King Periodical AP2 .L54715 2:14(1937) -72(1972)
- Micro: Microfilm Storage 1(1936)-73(1972) , 1(1978)-23:6(May 2000)
- Online 1993- May 2000
Look
- Print: SW Depository 26(Jul 1962)-35(1971)
- Micro: None
- Online: None
The Nation
- Print: SW Depository 2(1866) - 271(2000); King Periodicals AP2 .N2 272 (2001) - present
- Micro: Microfilm Storage 1(1865)-217(1973)
- Online: The Nation Digital Archive 1865-
National Review
- Print: SW Depository 1(1855) - 16(1863); King Periodical AP2 .N3545 1:6(1955) - present
- Micro: Microfilm Storage 14(1862 - 19(1864)) ; 10(1961)-13(1962),19(1967)-22(1970)
- Online: 1955 - present. Articles Only/
New Republic
- Print: King Periodical AP2 .N624 1(1914)- present
- Micro: Microfilm storage 144(1961)-169(1973)
- Online: 1955 - present. Articles Only
New Statesman / New Statesman and Nation/ New Statesman and Society
- Print: King Periodical AP4 .N642 54(1957)- present; SW Depository 1(1931)-53(1957)
- Micro:
- Online
New York Times Magazine
- Print: Current 3 years
- Micro: NEW YORK TIMES on micro, 1857 -
- Online: None, not included in the digital collection
New Yorker
- Print: King Periodical AP2 .N6763 15(1940) -
- Micro: Microfilm Storage 1(1925)-15(1940),38(1962)-49(1974)
- Online: None historically
Newsweek
- Print: King Periodical AP2 .N6772 5(1935)-
- Micro: Microfilm Storage 3(1934)-145(Jun 2005)
- Online: None historically
Popular Mechanics
- Print: SW Depository 9:9(Sept 1907) - 19:5(May 1913), 112:2(1959)-161(1984); Science Periodical T1 .P66 162(1985)-present
- Micro: None historically
- Online: None historically
Progressive
- Print: King Periodical AP2 .P8655 12(1948) - present
- Micro: None historically
- Online:None historically
Readers Digest
- Print: King Periodical AP2 .R255 3(1925)- present
- Micro: Microfilm storage 80(1962)-129(1986)
- Online: None historically
Saturday Evening Post
- Print: SW Depository 203(1931)-251(1979);
- Micro: Microfilm Storage 1839-1885, Oct 1887-Dec 1961
- Online: American Periodical Series 1839-1788, 1831-1885; Ebsco 1931- present. Articles only
Saturday Review of Literature and Saturday Review
- Print: SW Depository 1(1924)-55(1973)
- Micro: Microfilm Storage 44(1961)-55(1973)
- Online: None historically
Scribners
- Print: SW Depository 1(1887)-104(1938),1939
- Micro:?
- Online: None historically
Sports Illustrated
- Print: Current issues only
- Micro: Microfilm storage: 1(1954)-103(2005)
- Online: None historically
Time Magazine
- Print: King Periodical: AP2 .T37 v.2 (1923 - )
- Micro: Microfilm Storage 1(1923)-4(1924), 89(1967)-165(Jun 2005)
- Online Archive 1923 -
Vogue
- Print: King Periodical TT500 .V7 115(1950)- present
- Micro: Science Storage Micro 161-162(1973),171(1981)-187(1997)
- Online: None historically
U.S. News and World Report
- Print: SW Depository 24:3(1948)-24:13(1948); King Periodical JK1 .U65 24:14(1948)-present
- MIcro: Microfilm Storage: 62(1967)-138(Jun 2005)
- Online: None Historically

Primary Sources

Ad* Access
Over 7,000 U.S. and Canadian advertisements covering five product categories - Beauty and Hygiene, Radio, Television, Transportation, and World War II propaganda - dated between 1911 and 1955.
Emergence of Advertising in HIstory
Duke University site. Over 9,000 images, with database information, relating to the early history of advertising in the United States.
AdFlip
Online archive of historic printed advertisements.
Vintage Ad Browser
Vintage Ad Browser was created in 2009/2010 and released in 2010, by Philipp Lenssen from Germany, currently living in China. This site aims to collect vintage ads from a variety of sources, including comic books, CD-Roms, websites, APIs, your submissions, book, magazine & comic book scans, and more. At the moment, this site contains 123,311 ads.
U. Penn Guide to Advertisements
Links to business advertising. Also a guide for political advertising.
Google Images
Youtube

Demographics

American men and women who they are and how they live
Ebook. Click on link. Tables and data, including a chapter on spending habits
Household Spending : Who Spends How Much on What
Data on spending.
Best customers demographics of consumer demand
Looks at specific products and has information on how much is purchased and demographics of those most likely to purchase the items
American Generations : Who They Are and How They Live
Chapters on income and spending.
American Generations : Who They Are and How They Live
chapters on income and spending also

SimplyAnalytics
4 simultaneous users

SimplyAnalytics is an Internet-based mapping application that enables users to develop interactive thematic maps and reports using thousands of demographic, business, and marketing data variables. Miami's subscription includes access to data from the EASI Standard Package (which includes data from the year 2000, 2010, Current Estimates, and Five Year Projections), the EASI Life Stages Package, the Experian SimmonsLOCAL, and the Nielsen Claritas PRIZMÂ Data Packages.

Research Studies

Pew Research Deomographic and Social Trends
General Social Survey
The GSS contains a standard 'core' of demographic, behavioral, and attitudinal questions, plus topics of special interest. Many of the core questions have remained unchanged since 1972 to facilitate time-trend studies as well as replication of earlier findings. The GSS takes the pulse of America, and is a unique and valuable resource. It has tracked the opinions of Americans over the last four decades.

Government Data

Consumer Expenditure Survey
Provides information on the buying habits of American consumers, including data on their expenditures, income, and consumer unit (families and single consumers) characteristics. The survey data are collected for the Bureau of Labor Statistics by the U.S. Census Bureau. The CE is important because it is the only Federal survey to provide information on the complete range of consumers' expenditures and incomes, as well as the characteristics of those consumers.
American Time Use Survey
Measures the amount of time people spend doing various activities, such as paid work, childcare, volunteering, and socializing.
US Census
Section on income.
Personal Income and Outlays
Personal Income data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis
American FactFinder
Database from the Census Bureau which includes data from the Decennial Census, Economic Surveys, and American Community Survey, among other sources.
Statistical Abstract of the United States - Historical Statistics
Statistics covering all aspects of the United States, 1789-2011.
Federal Reserve Economic Data
FRED. Economic data from the Federal Reserve and 60 other US and international sources.

Historical Statistics of the United States

Collected from governmental and non-governmental resources, this collection of data (also available in print) provides statistics on social, behavioral, humanistic, and natural sciences including history, economics, government, finance, sociology, demography, education, law, natural resources, climate, religion, international migration, trade and more.The online version allows for customization of data into tables.

Consumer Goods/Commodities

Global Market Information Database (Euromonitor)

GMID (also known as Euromonitor) contains more than 4,500 US and international full-text market research reports, offering in-depth strategic analysis for consumer, industrial and service sectors. It also has statistics on consumer market size data for over 300 product categories across 52 counties.

The value of a dollar : prices and incomes in the United States, 1860-2009
BEST Library, Reference, Basement | HB235.U6 V35 2009 | LIB USE ONLY
Cost of consumer goods throughout history. Also an earlier volume that includes the US pre-Civil War Era.

Background/Definitions

Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture
Ad Age History of Advertising Timeline
A 295-Year Synopsis of the Most Important Events in American Advertising, 1704 to 1999

Subject Guide

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