LibGuides: Sustainability: Home

Introduction

This is a guide to some of the most important electronic resources in the field of Sustainability Studies. Contact the Faculty Librarian for more information and assistance.

Statistical eResources with datasets on Sustainability

Barometer on China’s Development 中國發展數據庫
包含了中國各縣市行政區域，自改革開放以來的經濟發展、社會規劃、政治發展的多面向指標數據庫，讀者可循研究的地區、變項和年份需要，向設立數據庫的中國研究服務中心申請數據。
eiu.com
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Provides full-text access to reports published by the Economist Intelligence Unit, covering a wide range of business information. Titles include Country Forecast, China Premium Country, China hand, CountryData, Market Indicators and Forecasts, and Global Forecasting Service.
MSCI (formerly KLD and GMI)
This corporate governance historical dataset (formerly GMI Ratings) is updated annually and contains approximately 225 unique data points organized into four primary categories for approximately 3,000 US companies.
It comprises KLD Social Ratings Database, MSCI ESG KLD Stats Data Set. The Domini 400 SocialSM Index (DS 400 Index), which is recognized as the first social investment benchmark. It contains social ratings for the 3000 largest publicly traded US companies with high Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) ratings.
MSCI also comprises the GMI Ratings formerly Corporate Library which is a source of comprehensive objective corporate governance, compensation, and critical company information. It contains information on over 4,000 U.S. companies and over 40,000 corporate executives and directors compensation.
OECD iLibrary
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Coverage: 1998 - present
Online access to OECD's publications, including books, journals, series, working papers, and statistical databases.
World Competitiveness Online
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Coverage: 1987 - present
Compiled by the Institute for Management Development (IMD), it provides annual reports on the competitiveness among 57 countries by analyzing economic performance, government efficiency, business efficiency and infrastructure.
WDI Online
Coverage: 1960 - present
Statistics form the World Bank's WDI contains more than 800 development indicators.

Citing Reference

APA (American Psychological Association) style

APA citation style refers to the rules and conventions established by the American Psychological Association for documenting sources used in a research paper

The Chicago Manual of Style Online

The Chicago Manual of Style Online is completely searchable and easy to use, providing quick answers to your style and editing questions. The Q&A content is fully searchable along with the content of The Chicago Manual of Style. The Chicago Manual of Style Online also provides convenient Tools, such as sample forms, letters, and style sheets.

MLA (Modern Language Association) style

MLA (Modern Language Association) style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities.

Key Databases

Source: United Nations

Key Databases:

Academic Search Ultimate
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Coverage: 1975 - present
A multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,500 journals.
Business Source Complete
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Business Source Ultimate works for your students like a solid business plan – it offers an unprecedented wealth of peer-reviewed, full-text journals and other resources that provide historical information and current trends in business that spark discussion on future developments and changes in the business world.
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GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment.

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