International Survey of Business & Economics University Faculty: Use of Library Provided Databases

The report looks closely at how business and economics faculty use major databases oriented towards their subject maintained by major business and economics university libraries. The study also gives detailed data and commentary on how they evaluate the range and quality of the databases in their library, and which training methods they find preferable – classes, seminars, videos, peer to peer instruction, one on one sessions with librarians, etc. The study also gives detailed data on the extent of support for paper vs. digital information formats. The report gives detailed use data on a broad range of databases, including Statista, Wharton Research Data Services, EconLit, Google Scholar, Bloomberg, ABI-Inform, Business Source Complete, Factiva, IBISWorld, and DataStream.