ABI/INFORM® is the gold standard for business and management information. The ABI/INFORM family includes these offerings:

ABI/INFORM Complete™, the full suite of ABI/INFORM databases, including:

• ABI/INFORM, with business and management publications aggregated in databases sized to the needs of different libraries:
  • ABI/INFORM Global™
  • ABI/INFORM Research™ (a subset)
  • ABI/INFORM Select™ (a smaller subset)
• ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry™
• ABI/INFORM Dateline™
• ABI/INFORM Archive™

They’re available in toto through ABI/INFORM Complete, and also as standalone databases.

About ABI/INFORM Indexing

For more than 30 years, ABI/INFORM has been consistently, thoroughly, and accurately indexing and abstracting articles from the top business publications. We’ve set the information in a way that allows researchers to reliably construct a search that finds all the articles they want. ProQuest employs professional editors to review every article in ABI/INFORM and apply index terms. The ABI/INFORM editors execute the most inclusive selection policy which brings the most articles to the users, while carefully managing its source list to offer balanced subject coverage. There are over 35 searchable fields to ensure powerful search capabilities.

ABI/INFORM Complete™

Featuring over 4,055 journals, ABI/INFORM Complete™ is the most comprehensive business database on the market today. The combination of products forms a business database package that offers more than 2,965 full-text titles covering business and economic conditions, corporate strategies, management techniques, as well as competitive and product information. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world. ABI/INFORM Complete is used at major business schools including Harvard, Michigan, Wharton, Northwestern, and Chicago.

ABI/INFORM Complete consists of:

• ABI/INFORM Global™
• ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry™
• ABI/INFORM Dateline ™
• ABI/INFORM Archive™
• The Wall Street Journal, Eastern Edition

Included in ABI/INFORM Complete is ABI/INFORM Archive. This retrospective companion to ABI/INFORM provides cover-to-cover full images, complete with illustrations and advertisements. The database contains complete runs of key business and management journals, providing a unique historical perspective on hundreds of topics, including corporate strategies, management techniques, marketing, product development, and industry conditions worldwide. Titles include:

• Academy of Management Journal
• Foreign Affairs
• Nation’s Business
• Thunderbird International Business Review
• Journal of Marketing

Furthering our scope of content, we’ve signed agreements with major publishers including:

• Springer Verlag
• Sloan Management Review
• Sage Publications
• Palgrave Macmillan
• Oxford University Press
• MCB UP Limited (Emerald)
• Kluwer Academic Publishers

ABI/INFORM Complete has also expanded to include non-periodical content like:

• EIU ViewsWire—Coverage of business and economic events from across the globe
• ProQuest Business Dissertations—Access to over 18,000 full-text doctoral dissertations and master’s theses
• Author Profiles from Scholar Universe—Broad range of author and institution information, with links to articles found in ProQuest®
• Business Cases enhance the connection between library research collections and the classroom. There are over 5,200 documents available in ABI/INFORM from the following publishers Ivey, Thunderbird, Idea Group, and Darden
• The Wall Street Journal, Eastern Edition—Full-text access to the premier business newspaper in North America, with backfile coverage to 1984
• Linking to Safari Business Books Online™ is the “expressway to the best” for business users—linking the world’s foremost business indexing to the top business monographs

ABI/INFORM Global™

ABI/INFORM Global™ is one of the most comprehensive business databases on the market. It includes in-depth coverage for over 2,890 publications, with more than 1,920 available in full text. ABI/INFORM Global offers the latest business and financial information for researchers at all levels. With ABI/INFORM Global, users can find out about business conditions, management techniques, business trends, management practice and theory, corporate strategy and tactics, and competitive landscape.

Included in ABI/INFORM Global is ABI/INFORM Archive™. This retrospective companion to ABI/INFORM provides cover-to-cover, full-images complete with illustrations and advertisements. The database contains complete runs of key business and management journals, providing a unique historical perspective on hundreds of topics, including corporate strategies, management techniques, marketing, product development, and industry conditions worldwide. Titles include:

• Academy of Management Journal
• Foreign Affairs
• Nation’s Business
• Thunderbird International Business Review
• Journal of Marketing

Furthering our scope of content, we’ve signed agreements with major publishers including:

• Springer Verlag
• Sloan Management Review
• Sage Publications
• Palgrave Macmillan
• Oxford University Press
• MCB UP Limited (Emerald)
• Kluwer Academic Publishers

ABI/INFORM Global has expanded to include non-periodical content like:

• EIU ViewsWire—Coverage of business and economic events from across the globe
• ProQuest Business Dissertations—Access to over 18,000 full-text doctoral dissertations and master’s theses
• Author Profiles from Scholar Universe—Broad range of author and institution information, with links to articles found in ProQuest
• Business Cases enhance the connection between library research collections and the classroom. There are over 5,200 documents available in ABI/INFORM from the following publishers: Ivey, Thunderbird, Idea Group, and Darden
• The Wall Street Journal, Eastern Edition—Full-text access to the premier business newspaper in North America, with backfile coverage to 1984
• Linking to Safari Business Books Online™ is the “expressway to the best” for business users—linking the world’s foremost business indexing to the top business monographs

ABI/INFORM Research™

ABI/INFORM Research™ is a resource that professionals count on for today’s business information. ABI/INFORM Research delivers over 1,780 journals, with more than 1,180 available in full-text. It covers a variety of business-related subject areas including financial, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, and more. Titles include:

• Advertising Age
• Strategic Finance
• MIS Quarterly
• Business Week
• Leadership & Organization Development Journal

ABI/INFORM Select™

ABI/INFORM Select™ is a source for acquiring business news and information. ABI/INFORM Select delivers over 510 journals, with more than 400 available in full text. Users can research industry and economic conditions, business tactics, market strategies, and more. Titles include:

• Forbes
• Journal of Advertising
• Broadcasting & Cable
• Industry Week
• Strategy & Leadership

ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry™

With hundreds of additional full-text titles, ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry™ is the perfect companion to the business and management content in ABI/INFORM. It’s the source professionals rely on for major trade and industry news. It includes in-depth coverage of companies, products, executives, trends, and other topics for more than 1,250 publications, with over 1,125 in full-text. With ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry, users can study and compare specific trades and industries, including telecommunications, computing, transportation, construction, petrochemicals, and many others.

Titles include:

• Candy Industry
• Airline Industry Information
• Global Cosmetic Industry
• Hospital Business Week
• R & D

ABI/INFORM Dateline™

ABI/INFORM Dateline™ delivers over 190 journals, with more than 170 available in full text. It includes hard-to-find local and regional business publications with news about local companies, analysis, information on local markets, and more. ABI/INFORM Dateline allows users to research employment opportunities, compile data on benefits and compensation, learn about corporate strategies, and other topics from a local and regional perspective. ABI/INFORM Dateline includes major business tabloids, magazines, daily newspapers, wire services, and area business publications.

Titles include:

• Crain’s Chicago Business
• Business Journal – Central New York
• Smart Business Pittsburgh
• Sacramento Business Journal
• Texas Business Review