Economics Research Guide

The Harvard Business Review is available as part of the Library's subscription to Ebsco Business Source Elite. HBR is available in Ebsco from 1985 to the present. Articles are available as both text and pdf files.

There are two ways to get access:

From Library's website

1. Go to the Library website: https://www.lib.iastate.edu/ (or Click on the ISU link on the Business Home, then click on 'Library' at the iastate.edu page).

2. Select 'Indexes & Abstracts' from the Collections pane

3. Select Business Source Elite and enter the database (if you're off campus you'll need to sign is with your ID and PIN number).

4. At the Business Source Elite default search screen do the following:

1. Click on the Advanced Search tab.
2. Enter Harvard Business Review in the search box and change the search field to 'SO - Source Publication.'
3. You can enter other search terms in the other boxes to search a specific topic. If you do the search now, you'll get a list of all the HBR articles, with the most recent articles first.
4. If you enter other terms with the search, you will get only results for and Harvard Business Review, again arranged with the most recent items first.
5. You can limit your search by date and other fields to make your search more precise.