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Business Research Guide

Best Bet Databases in Business

ABI/INFORM Global
Academic and trade journals. Full-text of Ph.D. business dissertations. 1971 – present.
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Business Source Premier
Largest collection of business journals in the world. Includes market, industry, and SWOT reports. 1965 to present.
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IBISWorld United States
Reports on the past, current, and expected performance of every U.S. industry. Reports organized by five-digit NAICS code.
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Mintel Reports
Market reports. Retailing, healthcare, technology, and tourism markets. Includes market drivers, size, segments, advertising.
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LexisNexis Academic
Massive database of US and international newspapers; case and statutory law and law reviews; business periodicals, 1980-present.
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Additional Databases in Business

ABI/INFORM Dateline
Local and regional business news from small city daily newspapers, e.g., Daily Hampshire Gazette. Mid-1980s to present.
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ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry
Trade journals and industry newsletters. Industry news archive. Mid-1980s to present.
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Academic OneFile
A large, interdisciplinary collection of scholarly, professional and trade journal articles, 1980-present.
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Academic Search Premier
A good starting point: articles from key journals in many scholarly disciplines, with some trade journals and magazines, 1975-present.
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Advertising Red Books
Directory of national advertisers and advertising agencies. Identify media expenditures by type and client accounts. Current.
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American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries
A directory searchable by several parameters. Useful for jobseekers.
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Biography Resource Center
Brief biographies from Who's Who and other sources. Current.
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Business and Company Resource Center
Trade journals, company directory, company histories, market share rankings, industry reports. 1980 to present.
Also known as: Business Rankings Annual
International Company Histories
Market Share Reporter
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Business Plans Handbook
Model business plans for small businesses. Each plan includes a market profile, personnel plans, and projected finances.
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Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities: Business & Psych
The publishing policies and guidelines of scholarly journals in economics, management, marketing, accounting, psychology, psychiatry, and related fields.
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Corporate Affiliations
Corporate family tree for public and private companies - parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, joint ventures, divisions.
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CorpTech Directory
Directory of American technology manufacturers, public and private. Custom indexing for product-level research.
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CQ Researcher
Well-documented full text overviews of current issues, including bibliographies and chronologies. Produced by Congressional Quarterly, 1991-present.
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D&B Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios
Solvency, efficiency, and profitability ratios across seven asset ranges. Compare industry to company performance.
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EIU Country Reports Online
Reports on current economic, political and market conditions in 200 countries. Includes 12-18 month macroeconomic forecasts.
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Faulkner Advisory for IT Studies: FAITS
Market reports on IT infrastructure, telecommunications, wireless, data networks, security, enterprise systems, internet.
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First Research
Current industry data.
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Foreign Firms Operating in the United States
A directory searchable by country of origin, type of business, and more. Useful for jobseekers.
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Forrester Research
Technology and market research reports. Focus on technology marketing to business and consumers. Reports for IT professionals.
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Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media
International coverage of radio, television, cable, newspapers, magazines, and journals. Includes ad rates, circulation statistics, and key personnel. 2010 edition.
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General BusinessFile ASAP
Bibliographic citations and abstracts to articles in 1000 business and industry journals - 700 titles in full-text. Also includes company profiles and investments reports. Strong coverage of trade and regional business publications.
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Global Market Information Database (GMID)
Data tables for 205 countries. Focus on consumer lifestyle, spending, country economics and demographics. 1977 to present.
Also known as: Euromonitor
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Global Road Warrior
New
Travel guide with an emphasis on logistics and business etiquette.
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Historical Annual Reports
New
Annual reports of 800 leading US companies from as early as 1844.
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Hoover's Company Capsules and Profiles
Brief reports on 15,000 public and private companies. Quick facts and company histories.
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ISI Emerging Markets
News, company and industry reports, macroeconomic statistics and forecasts for 80 emerging market countries. 1995 to present.
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Journal Citation Reports
A tool that measures the comparative impact of scholarly journals, 2003-present.
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Labor and Employment Law Library
Full-text state and federal statutes, regulations and case law in the field of labor and employment law, 1965-present.
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MarketResearch.com
Market reports. Focus on business services, consumer goods, food/beverage, heavy industry, technology and media.
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Massachusetts Newsstand
Searchable full text of thirteen local Massachusetts newspapers. To search a single paper, click Browse Publications, then Show All Publications.
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Mergent Online
Company reports on public companies worldwide. SEC filings from 1993. Annual reports from 1997. Financials for 15 years.
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Morningstar Investment Research Center
Provides analysis, rating, and historical performance of stocks, funds and industries.
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Plunkett Research Online
New
Market and industry research.
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PolicyFile
Full text policy papers from think tanks, research institutes, and agencies.
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ReferenceUSA
Company directory - 14 million U.S. and Canadian businesses. Search by business type, location, and size.
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Regional Business News
Business news from 75 regional business newspapers. Coverage of all metro and regional markets. 1992 to present.
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RIA Checkpoint
Tax law and documentation for accountants and tax professionals: guides, professional practices, analysis, and tax planning material, 1990 - present.
Also known as: Checkpoint
RIA Academic Advantage
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Sage Journals Online
More than 485 journals in business, humanities, social sciences, and science, technology and medicine, 1999-present.
Also known as: Communication Studies: Sage Fulltext Collection
Political Science: Sage Fulltext Collection
Urban Studies & Planning: Sage Fulltext Collection
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SimplyMap
New
Create a personal account to use the database.
A tool for creating maps illustrating hundreds of social, economic and climatic variables.
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Social Sciences Citation Index
Works poorly with Safari.
Provides indexing and citation tracking for journals in all the social sciences, 1956-present.
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Socrates
New
The database measures the ecological impact of corporations.
Also known as: Global Socrates
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SourceOECD
Books, reports and data on OECD countries, Coverage from 1998 to present, with data sets back to the 1960s.
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Sports Business Research Network
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Full-text sporting goods news published since 1997, and sports market data published since 1993. Includes information relating to licensing, finance, retailing, fashion, professional sports, motor sports, sponsorship, and sports broadcasting.
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Sports Market Place Directory
Searchable, current listing of sports organizations, agencies, and facilities.
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Springer Extra Materials
Video and data files and other material supplementing some books published by Springer. Search by ISBN.
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SpringerLink
Full text books, 2005-present, and current journals from science publisher Springer, mainly in English.
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SRDS Advertising Source Online
Works with IE 6 and above.
Directory of advertising rates for business and consumer magazines, newspapers, and radio/TV.
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Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
S&P publications – including Industry Surveys, Corporation Records, The Outlook, and S&P Stock Reports.
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Statistical Abstract of the United States
Authoritative statistics from several U.S. agencies on society, trade, the government, and much more. Current.
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Value Line Investment Survey
Individual stock reports present past performance, current status, and outlook, for 3500 stocks, including small and mid-cap issues.
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Venture Capital & Private Equity Firms Directory
Current, searchable listing of domestic and international sources of business capital.
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Wall Street Journal
Searchable full-text of the financial paper of record from 1985 to present. Earlier years on microfilm can be requested on 3rd floor.
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Westlaw Campus Research
Legal encyclopedias, law reviews, and legal treatises; case, statutory, and regulatory law; newspapers and magazines; business data, 1980's-present.
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WISERTrade
New
An international trade database including four U.S. state level export series, U.S. exports and imports by customs district and by individual port, EU, Canadian, and Japanese trade statistics. Data is searchable by multiple product code systems including HS, SIC, NAICS, and SITC. Retrieval may be formatted as lists, tables, maps, or graphs.
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World Development Indicators Online
Bank international development indicators, 1960-present.
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WorldCat
Works poorly with Safari and OS 10.5.
The combined catalogs of most U.S. libraries. Material not owned by UMass Amherst can usually be borrowed through Interlibrary Loan.
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