Research Guides: Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness: Find Articles

Article Databases

When off-campus, first log into the MSU Virtual Private Network before clicking on a database.

You must be a current MSU faculty member, staff member, or student to access the resources below, unless otherwise indicated.

Scopus
This multidisciplinary database is "the world’s largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature."
- Over 80 million records of journal articles, conference papers, and more
- Good coverage of all areas of STEM, as well as scocial sciences, engineering, and business.
- Offers sophisticated tools to track, analyze and visualize research
AgEcon Search
A free, open access repository of full-text scholarly literature in agricultural and applied economics. Includes conference papers, working papers, and journal articles.
Academic Search Premier
A multidisciplinary research database that indexes thousands of journals, magazines, and trade publications. Primary coverage back to the 1990s, but some content goes back much further.
Business Source Complete
Provides abstracting and indexing for over a thousand journals and full text for nearly 4,000 journals covering business, management, economics, finance, banking, accounting, and much more. Coverage back to the 1920s and beyond.
AGRICOLA
Indexes USDA publications, core journals in agricultural and related sciences, and items acquired by the National Agricultural Library (NAL) and cooperating institutions. Primary coverage is back to 1970, with some coverage back to the early 1900s.
Google Scholar
Indexes the websites of commercial publishers, governments, universities, and other organizations. It can be very useful when trying to find a PDF of a specific article.
- Remember, for a good literature review, Google Scholar should be seen as a supplement rather than a substitute for other library databases.
- If you see a “Find It@MSState Libraries” on the right, then click on that link to get the full article.
- When off-campus, you can get more access to full articles by using the MSU VPN.
JSTOR
"JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines." Provides full-text access to core economics journals such as the American Economic Review and the Journal of Economic Perspectives.

Note: Academic Search Premier, Agricola, and Business Source Complete can be searched together by clicking on Choose Databases at the top.

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Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness

Article Databases