Finding Patents
Finding Articles

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Finding Patents

US Patent and Trademark Office  - Provides text and page images of US patents back to 1974.  Includes information on patents from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Europe, and Japan.    ***PLEASE NOTE:***  In order to view and print the page images of the patents, it is necessary to download a TIFF plugin.  This plugin is very easy to download and is available through the USPTO web site. Look under the middle column under "Search Aids" and click on the plugins and viewerslink for instructions on how to download the plug-in.

LexisNexis Academic Legal Research - Patents - Search all US patents from 1971 to present or the manual of classification.  Look for Design, Plant, or Utility patents.  Use the Manual of Classification (Patents) to search for patents by class.  Please note:  this database is a text file; it does not contain images.  Note:  for patent information by company name, see the "Company Dossier" link, search for a company, and then look under "Intellectual Property."

PatentCafe - Find patents, as well as information about licensing, digital rights, definitions related to intellectual property, news articles, and other information.


Research Articles

The following databases are especially good for finding research articles related to technological change and economic development. Please note:  not all databases use the same index terms.  Try "technological innovations" as well as "technological change."

EBSCOhost - Business Source Complete - Many articles available in full-text.  See also, EBSCOhost's "Academic Search Premier" for additional articles, especially on scientific topics. 

Econlit - Available through EBSCOhost.  The most complete economics literature resource available;  it provides information on almost all areas of economics, dating back to 1969. 

Expanded Academic Index - Many articles in full-text

Journal of Economic Literature via JSTOR. - Uses extensive coding system to identify topics within  economics.  For example under Technological Change, see:

• 031 - General
• 031 - Innovation and Invention:  Processes and Incentives
• 032 - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
  
  

NBER Working Papers - working papers on many economic topics.

ProQuest  - many articles in full-text. Includes the Wall Street Journal.