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Databases and Indexes - I through I

IBISWorld

IBIS World Industry Market Research Reports provide in-depth industry analysis for over 700 U.S. industries at the 5-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) level of detail. Reports average 25-30 pages, are updated 3 times annually, and contain: key statistics, market characteristics, segmentation, industry conditions, industry performance, key competitors, key factors, and industry outlook. (Note that UST does not subscribe to the linked industry risk, company research and economic/demographic information. This information is available from other sources).
 
ICPSR: Inter-University Consortium For Political & Social Research

ICPSR, the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, provides access to the world's largest archive of computer-based research and instructional data for the social sciences. The data holdings cover a broad range of disciplines, including political science, sociology, demography, economics, history, education, gerontology, criminal justice, public health, foreign policy, and law. A separate username/password is required for ICPSR. You must register using your UST email address in order for this resource to recognize you as an authorized user.
 
IEEE Computer Society

The IEEE Computer Society is the world's leading organization of computer professionals. You may either search the full text five titles subscribed to by UST or you can also search all of IEEE's premier collection of computing periodicals for abstracts only.
 
 
Index To Foreign Legal Periodicals

The Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals, produced by The American Association of Law Libraries, provides access to legal literature worldwide, covering all forms of foreign (non-Anglo-American) law. This includes comparative law and legal systems, such as Islamic law; socialist law; public and private international law; and transnational commercial law. The data is not limited by country of publication, but rather type of publication. Thus, while publications concerning British and American law are not included, British and American publications concerning foreign law are included. The types of documents covered include journal articles, congress reports, essay collections, yearbooks, and book reviews. The database encompasses all languages. Materials in Greek, Cyrillic, and East Asian vernacular are Romanized according to Library of Congress standards. Arabic and Hebrew titles are translated into English or French. Coverage begins with 1985.
 
Index To Legal Periodicals

Includes law reviews, bar association journals, university publications, yearbooks, institutes, and government publications. Coverage includes recent court decisions, new legislation, and original scholarship.
 
Index To Minnesota Business Periodicals

Index to articles published in the local business press including The Business Journal, Enterprise MN, MN Business, MN Real Estate Journal, Twin Cities Business, Upsize MN. Online indexing since 2001 (print index from 1977 available at OSF and Keffer Libraries).
 
Industry Sector Analysis Reports

Industry Sector Analysis Reports: In-depth profiles of a selected industry subsector in various countries.
 
Informe

A collection of indexed and full-text content from a variety of Spanish-language and bilingual periodicals. Contains more than 50 full text titles. It covers humanities, education, business, science, current issues, politics, economics, social science, health care, environmental issues and more.
 
Informs PubsOnline

Published by the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science this is a searchable database of 12 full text management journals which focus on decision sciences, information systems, supply chain management and operations research. The full text extends back to 2001 and the articles include all table and graphs and references with some links to other full text articles.
 
International Directory Of Business Biographies

Examines the career paths, business achievements, leadership styles, business strategies and industry impact of Fortune 500 and Global 500 corporate leaders, as well as entrepreneurs and other notable businesspeople through in-depth biographical narratives.
 
International Directory Of Company Histories

In-depth (3-4 page) articles on the history and development of over 4500 of the world's largest and most influential companies.
 
International Directory Of Films & Filmmakers

Features thorough coverage of legendary films, actors, actresses, directors, writers, and other production artists through detailed essays and commentary by experts. Entries include biographies, filmographies, comprehensive credits, production information, major awards, and bibliographies.
 
International Encyclopedia Of Communication

A definitive reference source in an interdisciplinary and dynamic field, this authoritative work is jointly published with the International Communication Association (ICA). Coverage includes theories, media and communication, research methods, concepts, and much more. The encyclopedia features sophisticated cross-referencing as well as a lexicon by subject area.
 
International Encyclopedia Of Organizational Studies

Offers a comprehensive overview of many of the major ideas, concepts, terms, and approaches that characterize this diverse field of organization studies. Illustrates the fluidity, dynamism, and innovation that now occur in organization studies-internationally. Examines how organizations are devices for structuring life and lives are structured by organizations.
 
International Encyclopedia Of The Social Sciences

Covers scholarship and fields that have emerged and matured since the publication of the original international edition. Highlights the expanding influence of economics in social science research and features new articles and biographies contributed by scholars from around the world on a wide array of global topics in the social sciences.
 
International Financial Statistics

International Financial Statistics is a standard source of economic and financial data for most countries of the world.
 
International Law In Domestic Courts

SEE Oxford Reports on International Law
 
International Marketing Insights Reports

Short profiles of specific foreign market conditions or opportunities. These reports mainly focus on specific projects, industry profiles, finance and marketing trends, regulation and import changes, trade show opportunities, or government policy updates.
 
International Medieval Bibliography

The International Medieval Bibliography (IMB) is the world's leading interdisciplinary bibliography of the European Middle Ages, covering Europe, the Middle East and North Africa in the period 400-1500.
 
IOPScience

The Institute of Physics is a leading international professional body and learned society with over 37,000 members, which promotes the advancement and dissemination of knowledge of and education in the science of physics, pure and applied. IOPscience is a new online service for journal content published by IOP. It contains more than 300,000 articles, from 1874 to the present day. It's been designed to give you easy access to scientific, technical and medical content.
 
Irish Times (1859 – 2006)

As part of the ProQuest Historical Newspapers collection, The Irish Times (1859–2007) and the Weekly Irish Times(1876–1958) provide full-text and full-image coverage from the perspective of Ireland’s “only independent newspaper”.
 
Issues & Controversies

Issues & Controversies explore more than 800 timely, in-depth, and objective articles on topics such as politics, government, business, education, and popular culture. It is updated weekly and provides links to a 13-year backfile. Also included here are links to key news coverage, encyclopedia and almanac, and many other unique features (i.e., pros and cons statements, timelines, primary sources, statistics, editorial cartoons, newspaper editorials, and issues from the headlines).
 
Iter: Gateway To The Middle Ages And Renaissance

ITER is an electronic bibliography of articles, essays, books, dissertation abstracts, encyclopedia entries and reviews relating to the study of the Middle Ages and Renaissance period (400-1700). The collected citations are from over 6,000 publications, including over 1,600 journals.