Real-time online access and full-text search of extensive financial information for publicly traded firms. Allows users to not only view the latest SEC filings of more than 68,000 companies, but search historical filings, from the start date of each company's existence, by keyword, phrase and name. The database provides easy searching, downloading, printing of financial data, directors and executives, insider transactions, etc. The service includes real-time SEC EDGAR filings, EDGAR archives through 1994, PRE-EDGAR Historical Index (listing) of all SEC filings to 1966, regulatory documentation and more. The mass download feature allows you to obtain up to 700 filings at once. [more]

This CD-ROM database, also known as ABI Business Periodicals OnDisc, provides indexing to articles from business magazines, trade publications and scholarly journals. The database is used with a CD collection of fulltext articles or abstracts and is many times the only source for finding electronic versions of older articles. It can only be used in the library at public computer #9. [more]

This database provides comprehensive coverage of accounting and tax information found in scholarly and peer-reviewed journals as well as accounting or tax news in newspapers and magazines. The scope is international and the focus is primarily accounting policies and standards. Related topics are covered, including profiles of accounting firms and updates on state and federal legislation or regulations. [more]

The Accounting Research Manager (ARM) is intended for financial reporting professionals. It includes analytical accounting, auditing, and SEC information with links to FASB, AICPA, SEC, EITF, IASB, PCAOB, OMB, and Sarbanes-Oxley. It is authoritative and provides proposal-stage literature, plus comment and advice from financial reporting experts. [more]

ACORN is the online catalog of materials owned by all the libraries at Vanderbilt. Use the catalog to find books, journals or other materials and to find out where these items are located. Through ACORN, you can see if Vanderbilt has access to an electronic version of a magazine or journal and learn which database to use to get it fulltext. Even if you don't know the title or author of a book, ACORN can be searched by subject to identify items that deal with a specific topic. [more]

This free website provides access to the largest collection of the fulltext glossy annual reports companies prepare for current and prospective stock holders (as opposed to the 10K report which is a required filing by the SEC). The focus here is on current reports rather than historical but there is a lot of information about corporate image, branding, and the story the company wants to tell about their history and their direction for the future. You can search for reports by company name, ticker symbol, exchange, industry, and industry sector. [more]

Asia-Studies Full-text Online provide thousands of full-text reports on 53 countries. Data is provided by research institutions and includes information relating to business, government, economic, and social issues. Covers all of Asia, Australia/New Zealand, the Americas Pacific Rim countries, and the Pacific islands. [more]

Here information can be found on nonprofit membership organizations in all fields. It covers major international organizations and U.S. national, regional, state, and local organizations. Entries for each organization include contact information, descriptions of the organization, number of members, budget and other information. The database allows searching by association name, acronym, keyword in name, location, subject terms, SIC codes, etc. Trade associations in particular can be a very valuable resource for data about an industry. Check their descriptions to see if the association collects statistics or if they have a library that collects data. [more]

Catalog of Nashville Area Library Consortium. The Athena Catalog is the shared catalog of several Nashville area libraries. A patron at any participating library can simultaneously search the library catalogs of a number of area institutions. [more]

Locate real-time and historical information on economic conditions, market data and public companies worldwide. Information is available on governments, mortgages, money markets, bonds, commodities, stocks, and currencies. This resource is used in most companies and institutions that manage equities, commodities, and currencies. Two dedicated Bloomberg terminals with full API capabilities which allow for custom downloading and creation of reports are available in the Walker Management Library and Owen Computer Lab. Online tutorials are available on the terminals and Bloomberg now offers certification in different financial management areas with tests that can be taken on the Bloomberg terminals. [more]

Business & Industry is a broad business information database that focuses on facts, figures, events and market information about companies, industries, products and markets. It covers all industries and is international in scope. B&I draws content from a large number of trade and industry publications, regional, national and international newspapers, business dailies and newsletters. This is a good database to search for recent events about a company or industry and tends to have very good coverage of marketing topics. It is also useful for finding information about regional company and industry news. [more]

Business Insights, formerly known as Reuter's Business Insight, provides market studies on 5 broad industry sectors: Consumer Goods, Energy, Finance, Healthcare, and Technology. Some reports are global while others are specific to a region. Each report, which varies in length from 50 to 200 pages, is compiled by in-house market analysts and provides forecasting to explore all major issues, threats and opportunities. The reports also provide incisive and actionable strategic recommendations. The majority of reports in this database are available for download through our subscription without additional charges. Prices included for the reports indicate the cost for non-subscribers. [more]

BSP provides coverage to virtually all subject areas related to business, including management, marketing, economics, finance, accounting, and international business. In addition to covering the major scholarly business journals, BSP also covers company reports, SWOT analyses, working papers, country reports, industry reports and other searchable categories like case studies, book reviews, product reviews, speeches, and interviews. This database is the exclusive online provider of many major journals like the Harvard Business Review, but it does not contain the fulltext of the Wall Street Journal (see Factiva for WSJ). [more]

CareerSearch covers U.S. (public and private), Canadian, and international companies, universities, and non-profit organizations. The database is primarily designed to aid individuals in identifying job prospects based upon selected criteria such as location, industry, SIC codes, and other elements. It does not include job announcements. It usually contains the names of Human Resource Managers and top executives, as well as basic company information. The database can also be used to identify competitors by industry and SIC code, making it useful for company competitive analysis or the development of business plans. [more]

CCH is a leading provider of tax and business law information. This database covers the legal aspects of securities, banking, bankruptcy, international business, government contracts, products liability, and more. It provides access to regulations, laws and compliance tools for major areas of business. Under the securities tab, you'll find the SEC Accountant’s Module, which includes FASB and GASB information, as well as the US Master GAAP Guide. [more]

The Financial Markets Research Center at Vanderbilt (FMRC) provides access to this database. It is a database containing about 340 annual and 120 quarterly income statement, balance sheet, flow of funds and supplemental data items on a large number of companies. [more]

This database includes computer-related product introductions, plus news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology. [more]

The Conference Board is a highly respected not-for-profit organization that conducts research on business management and trends. While they cover a broad range of business topics, they are well known for their annual reports on top-executive compensation and corporate giving. They also produce the monthly Consumer Confidence Index, a widely quoted economic indicator. Includes reports on international business as well as U.S. [more]

Covers general economic trends and outlook, political environment, marketing U.S. products and services, leading sectors for U.S. exports and investments, and trade regulations and standards. Usually 50 or more pages long. [more]

This database is made available by the Financial Markets Research Center at Vanderbilt (FMRC). Produced by the University of Chicago's Center for Research in Securities Prices, the CRSP database contains daily and monthly price, volume, and return data for NYSE, ASE, and NASDAQ stocks. [more]

Dun & Bradstreet Million Dollar Database (D&B) provides directory information on over 14 million businesses. You can search by a number of variables to identify businesses by name, industry, geographic location, number of employees, ownership structure, sales, as well as the names of the top executives. The database is useful for company research for projects but also for job prospecting. For each company, you will find the headquarters location as well as some branch, subsidiary, or division locations. To be included in this database, companies must have sales in excess of one million dollars or employ more than twenty people. Our subscription covers Domestic U.S. companies only. [more]

Datastream provides historical data for financial markets worldwide. It also contains an extensive collection of historical country economic and time series data. [more]

The Dissertation Abstracts database contains more than 1.5 million listings for doctoral dissertations and master’s theses. Includes extensive coverage of North American graduate schools, with coverage of some European universities. Citations for dissertations from 1980 forward also include 350-word abstracts, written by the author. Citations for master’s theses from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. Titles published since 1997 have 24 page previews available in PDF format. Vanderbilt users may purchase dissertations directly from UMI through this database; they may also borrow dissertations without charge through the Heard Library Interlibrary Loan office. [more]

EconLibrary contains broad coverage of economic and business journals. Use it to identify articles published in 500 scholarly journals in this field. The database does not include the full text of the articles, but the articles may be found in other databases, in print format or through interlibrary loan. This database also contains citations from many of the top finance journals as well. [more]

EconLit is a comprehensive, indexed bibliography with selected abstracts of the world’s economic literature, produced by the American Economic Association. It includes coverage of over 400 major journals as well as articles in collective volumes (essays, proceedings, etc.), books, book reviews, dissertations, and working papers which have been licensed from the Cambridge University Press Abstracts of Working Papers in Economics. [more]

This is the free database of public company filings collected by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Find the full-text of company annual 10-K reports, quarterly 10-Q reports, proxy statements, prospectus, etc.. The EDGAR Archive allows you to find filings for companies from 1994-present. Filings prior to 1994 are not available in electronic format, but may be purchased by contacting the Public Reference Room at the SEC. The entire EDGAR database filings can also be searched using our LIVEDGAR database, which offers more search options and functionality. [more]

EIU Country Data (through the Economist Intelligence Unit) is a source of economic indicators and forecasts providing data series on economic structure, foreign payments, external debt stock, external debt service, external trade, trends in foreign trade, and quarterly indicators. The data covers 115 countries with extensive data - over 700,000 data points -- with most data going back to 1980 with forecasts several years in the future. Annual, quarterly, and monthly data is available. [more]

EIU Country Profiles (through the Economist Intelligence Unit) provides an annual analysis of country history, politics, infrastructure, and economy, including trade. Provides basic data (such as population statistics, climate, language), statistics, and selected bibliography. Thirty countries are represented. Older reports or reports from other countries not listed in this database can be located in our Business Source Premier database. [more]

EIU Country Reports (through the Economist Intelligence Unit) analyzes current trends and provides two-year forecast. Covers political and economic outlook, economic forecast, as well as analysis of key political and economic policies, including foreign trade. Includes statistics. Quarterly reports, with monthly updates for larger economies. Covers about 30 countries. Older reports or reports from other countries not listed in this database can be located in our Business Source Premier database. [more]

This database contains market research reports that focus on how e-commerce and the Internet affect business and industry. Coverage includes 21 different industries and several business functions. The eStat portion of this database has statistics and graphs on Internet-related topics. Running approximately 200 pages, each report combines eMarketer’s original analysis with aggregated data from leading market research firms, such as IDC, Gartner, Forrester, Yankee Group, government, non-profit, and academic sources. [more]

Formerly known as MCB Press, Emerald Group Publishing Limited has created this full-text searchable database of their journal titles. It contains 110 scholarly, peer-reviewed management journals from all different areas of business. The majority of the journals are available fulltext from their inception to present. [more]

This is an online encyclopedia that contains information in the fields of business, economics, education, psychology, and statistics. [more]

This directory includes 550,000 companies in 35 European countries. It allows searches by company name, product, or business sector to get the address, phone number, line of business, and general workforce size of a company. It is similar to the Thomas Register database of companies in the United States. [more]

This is a general subject database, provided by the Heard Libraries. Use it to identify articles on a broad range of subject areas, including some business. [more]

Factiva is a multi-functional database. It is primarily used to find the full-text of business publications, including magazines, trade publications, and newspapers. It has full-text coverage of the Wall Street Journal. It is a good source for international and local business news, which typically isn't covered in other databases. Also included in this database are company profiles and financial quotes. [more]

FAOSTAT is a free online multilingual database currently containing over 1 million time-series records covering international statistics in the following areas: production, trade, food balance sheets, fertilizer and pesticides, land use and irrigation, forest products, fishery products, population, agricultural machinery and food aid shipments. Run by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAOSTAT is currently the world’s largest and most comprehensive statistical database on food and agriculture. [more]

Produced by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), FARS provides online access to FASB and AICPA original pronouncements: FASB Statements, Interpretations, Technical Bulletins, and Concepts Statements; ARBs 43-51; APB Opinions and Statements; and AICPA Accounting Interpretations and Terminology Bulletins. FARS also includes abstracts from the Emerging Issues task force, and implementation guides. [more]

Faulkner's is a virtual library of clearly-written reports covering such key technology areas as IT infrastructure, telecom, data networking, wireless communications, security, enterprise systems, the Internet and World Wide Web, as well as technology vendors. Each technology area covered has reports about the marketplace, implementation guides, standards reports and product and company profiles. [more]

FRASER, the Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research, is a site that currently features historical material from seven publications: All Bank Statistics 1896-1955 (published 1959), Annual Statistical Digest (issues from 1970-2000), Banking and Monetary Statistics 1914-1941, Banking and Monetary Statistics 1941-1970, Business Statistics Supplement to the Survey of Current Business (issues from 1932-1965), Concordance of Statistics (issues from 1978-2000), Economic Indicators (issues from 1948-present) and more. [more]

FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) is a database of U.S. economic time series from a multitude of government agencies. It includes charts of data series and data on banking and finance, but also has statistics on labor, consumer price index, GDP, imports/exports, etc. This widely used free database is updated regularly and allows 24/7 access to regional and national financial and economic data. [more]

The Frost & Sullivan database provides access to international, regional and country specific market research reports. Key industries included are: aerospace & defense, chemicals & materials, consumer products, electronics, energy & power systems, environmental & building controls, foods, and information & communication technologies. This information is presented with a focus on markets, companies, consumers, technologies, research and development, and industry trends. [more]

A resource guide to to all products traded on 90 international exchanges data includes: Exchange Listings, Key Contacts, Trading Hours, Contract Size, Trading Unit, Contract Months, Delivery, Trading Style, Minimum and maximum Price Fluctuations, Position Limits, Last Trading Day, Notice Days, Settlement, Strike Price Increments, Expiration Date, Exercise Style, Automatic Exercise, IOSCO Roster And Links, Exchange Holiday Calendar, Regulatory Actions/Eligibility, Volume Data Spreadsheets [more]

Gallup Brain includes more than 100,000 questions--and millions of Americans' responses--from every Gallup public opinion poll conducted in the United States since 1935. The Gallup Organization regularly polls Americans on current topics and the issues that most affect them. The database also includes full text of the Gallup Poll Tuesday Briefing. The Gallup Brain is updated weekly and includes all current and historical Gallup analysis of the data. [more]

The Gartner database includes executive summaries, perspectives/research briefs, research notes, and special reports on IT-related issues. It also spotlights key technologies, products, trends, market opportunities, industry developments, vendors, products and services.  It is widely considered an authoritative source on IT data, analysis and opinion. It includes information on topics such as customer relationship management, data management, supply chain management and much more! Please note that we have a limited subscription with Gartner that does not provide access to all areas of this database, particularly some of the specialized industry research. [more]

Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and business trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to a combination of trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full text and images available. Includes some Investext brokerage reports, but they are usually older reports. See Reuter's Research On Demand database for more up-to-date brokerage reports. [more]

Similar to the General Business File ASAP database, this database provides the same types of information, but with more of an international focus. It includes some publications from other countries as well as articles about other countries published in U.S. sources. Includes the full-text of the Financial Times. Includes some Investext brokerage reports, but they are usually older reports. See the Reuter's Research On Demand database for more up-to-date analyst reports. [more]

GDF Online has external debt and financial flow data for the 136 countries that report public and publicly-guaranteed debt to the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System. The time series for 218 indicators run from 1970 to 2000, with contractual obligations data until 2010. The indicators include external debt stocks and flows, major economic aggregates, and key debt ratios as well as average terms of new commitments, currency composition of long-term debt, debt restructurings, and scheduled debt service projections. [more]

Euromonitor's Global Market Information Database (GMID) contains 1M+ demographic, economic and marketing statistics for 205 countries. The historic and forecast data enable you to analyze trends from 1977-2016 with 6 years of historical data and 5 year forecasts. Unique country rankings help you to gauge one country's position in the world relative to another. For each country, GMID covers economic data, and, lifestyle indicators such as disposable income, consumer trends, eating and drinking habits, home ownership statistics and health data. It also includes 4,500 market research reports on industries, consumer lifestyles and retailing for 71 countries. [more]

Hoover's has basic information on 12 million worldwide companies and in-depth profiles of more than 40,000 public and private companies. Basic company information comes from Dun & Bradstreet. Before purchasing D&B information from this database, please check to see if it is available for free in our D&B Million Dollar Database. Each Hoover's in-depth profile may include company description, historical profile, competitors, financials, products/operations, industry information, and biographies of executives. IPO Central provides information on initial public offerings. Our license provides access to the Hoover's Pro version only, not Pro Plus or Premium. [more]

The Financial Markets Research Center at Vanderbilt (FMRC) provides access to this database. It provides Wall Street earnings per share forecasts by analysts and the consensus data derived from these forecasts for more than 3,500 publicly traded companies in the U.S. Coverage period includes 1990-2000. Contact the FMRC for more recent information. [more]

IFS Online is published by the International Monetary Fund and is a standard source of international statistics related to finance - both domestic and international. Data is provided to help analyze international payments, rates of inflation and deflation, exchange rates, international liquidity, international banking, monetary policy, interest rates, prices, production and government and national accounts. Please note that pop-up blockers on your computer may prevent this database from working correctly. Please disable them while using this database. [more]

IIBP Full Text includes current and retrospective bibliographic citations and abstracts from scholarly journals and newsletters from the United States, Africa and the Caribbean--and full-text coverage of core Black Studies periodicals. See the database's title list to see which periodicals are included. Most IIBP Full Text records are in abstract format yet full text is included for many of the titles. Coverage is international in scope and multidisciplinary--spanning cultural, economic, historical, religious, social, and political issues of vital importance to the Black Studies discipline. Examples of some of the full text journals are: African Business; Black Enterprise; Journal of Black Psychology; and the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. [more]

iPOLL offers full-text, question-level summary data from public opinion polls from major survey research organizations in the United States, including the Gallup Poll, Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, Harris, the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, USA Today, The Washington Post, and the Associated Press. [more]

The ISI Web of Knowledge provides access to the Web of Science (Science Citation Index Expanded for 1965 to present and Social Sciences Citation Index for 1990 to present), Current Contents Connect, and BIOSIS Previews as well as Journal Citation Reports (Science Edition for 1998-2001 and Social Sciences Edition for 2000-2001). Contains complete bibliographic data as well as author abstracts for approximately 70% of the articles in the sciences and 65% of the articles in the social sciences since 1992. Each citation also includes a list of references cited in the source article. It is possible to retrieve a list of works that have cited a specific author or a specific earlier work. SCI Expanded covers over 5,800 major science and technical journals and SSCI covers 1,730 leading social sciences journals across a wide range of disciplines, including some business journals. [more]

JSTOR, The Scholarly Journal Archive, is a digital archive for major scholarly journals. The electronic backfiles begin with the first issue of each journal. The most rececent five years of published issues are not available in this database. Areas covered are the core journals in the following disciplines: Business, Economics, Finance, Statistics, Anthropology, Asian studies, Ecology, Education, History, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physical Science, Population studies, and Sociology. You can search the entire database, search selected journals, or browse the journal table of contents. [more]

Jupiter Research Center is a leading analyst of electronic commerce and the Internet, and the ways in which these new technologies affect companies' business practices. Jupiter reports contain useful proprietary data and analysis. Topics span a wide range of industries and include competitive intelligence on industry trends and forecasts, best practices, and strategic management. [more]

Catalog of Vanderbilt and 15 other southeastern academic libraries. Kudzu is a consortium of southeastern research libraries featuring a catalog that enables users to search the holdings of all the member libraries (plus the Center for Research Libraries) simultaneously. Vanderbilt-affiliated patrons can place requests for materials held by the other libraries, and requested items are delivered on an expedited basis. This service makes it possible for Vanderbilt faculty, students and staff to make use of a much broader collection of library resources to supplement Heard Library's collections. [more]

Data on more than 35 million private and public companies in U.S. and worldwide. The Company Dossier aggregates company information and data from many sources to provide company profiles, contacts, executives, products, competitors, financials, legal Information, including intellectual property and recent company news. Create lists, compare and search by a number of options including legal counsel, auditor, geography and financials, SIC or NAICS. [more]

LexisNexis Legal Research provides access to legal articles from magazines, journals, and law reviews. It also includes all US Federal case law and the states’ high court and appellate court decisions. This database provides access to US federal and state codes and regulations, including the US Constitution and Code of Federal Regulations. Included is a section that allows users to search US Tax Law. Some international legal materials are included in this database, particularly legal guides for Canada and the European Union. [more]

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LexisNexis Statistical contains statistical information from over 130,000 publications. Includes statistics from the U.S. government, major international intergovernmental organizations, professional and trade organizations, commercial publishers, independent research organizations, state government agencies, and universities. Users may limit searches to include economic, demographic, and geographic information, or by data published on daily, weekly, monthly, or annual bases. [more]

This international database is an "international abstracting and indexing tool designed for library professionals and other information specialists. LISA currently abstracts over 440 periodicals from more than 68 countries and in more than 20 different languages." [more]

Indexes articles and book reviews in more than 200 library and information science periodicals published in the United States and elsewhere. Full text coverage for selected periodicals is included. Books, chapters in collected works such as conference proceedings, library school theses, and pamphlets are also indexed. [more]

LIVEDGAR is a comprehensive and up-to-date database containing securities data as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. It is keyword searchable and more user friendly than the free EDGAR database provided by the SEC. You will find advanced features that allow you to quickly access information on SEC Filings (back to 1967), Merger & Acquisition data, SEC Staff Reviews and Library, Annual Reports, Company News, Quotes and Financials. [more]

Another of the Financial Markets Research Center at Vanderbilt (FMRC) databases, this dataset contains daily observations of variables measuring trade and quote properties for securities. Filters are applied to the Trade and Quote data (TAQ) before the MMS variables are calculated. [more]

Locate detailed company, industry, and country profiles published by Datamonitor Market Research. This database includes 10,000 reports on public and private companies, both U.S. and international. Reports feature: business description, history, major products and services, locations and subsidiaries, top competitors, SWOT analysis (top 1,000 companies only). The industry profiles contain: Market overview, value, segmentation, share, and forecasts, competitive landscape, and leading companies. [more]

MarketResearch.com Academic is a database that provides access to the fulltext of marketing studies produced by a variety of research firms. If you are looking for studies on the demographics of a certain market - Gen Y or Active Seniors, for example - then this is a great database. It has marketing research studies and/or case studies on different markets from acne medications to snack food to health care for children to restaurants to the herbal supplement market. Market research reports cover the following major industries and categories: business services, consumer goods, food and beverage, demographics, heavy industry, life sciences and technology and media. [more]

This database provides biographical information for over 1,000,000 newsworthy American and international figures in the areas of business, education, entertainment, government, health care, law, religion, and science. [more]

Mergent Online (formerly FIS Online) provides access to detailed corporate financial histories (including capital changes) and operational histories for international public companies. Mergent has company financial reports (income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and retained earnings reports) dating back 15 years/quarters and includes financial ratios. Mergent also provides company overviews, joint venture information, property descriptions, subsidiaries, officers/directors, long-term debt, and capital stock. Customized reports on a company or multiple companies can be created and data can be downloaded into Excel. The database also includes newswire headlines and annual reports (most recent 15 years). The industry reports are updated regularly. A new addition to this database are country reports containing statistical data. [more]

Mintel offers market research reports focused on the consumer in the U.S., U.K., European, and some Asian markets. They cover a variety of sectors such as: consumer goods, leisure and travel, personal finances, technology and electronics, retail, clothing, and food, food service, and drink. Each report combines data & analysis of the competitive landscape, market-share analysis and consumer profiles. Complex demographic issues are broken into easy-to-understand sections, explaining consumer behavior and demonstrating the structure of the market. Reports include market drivers, market size and trends, market segmentation, supply structure, advertising and promotion, retail distribution, consumer characteristics, and market forecasts. A highlight of Mintel is the inclusion of Simmons National Consumer Survey (NCS) , a leading authority on the behavior of the American consumer. [more]

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The National Bureau of Economic Research concentrates on four types of empirical research: developing new statistical measurements, estimating quantitative models of economic behavior, assessing the effects of public policies on the United States economy, and projecting the effects of alternative policy proposals. The working papers series offers access to the latest economic research. [more]

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Poll questions and responses from more than 14,000 national, state, local and special public opinion polls and surveys conducted by 700 polling organizations in the United States and 80 other countries. [more]

Use PROMT (Predicast Overview of Markets and Technology) to research companies, the products and technologies they produce, and the markets in which they compete. Includes summaries and full text from nearly 1,000 business and trade journals, industry newsletters, newspapers, market research studies, news releases, and investment and brokerage firm reports. It is international in scope and outlook. [more]

A multi-disciplinary database, ProQuest has full text availability for nearly 2,000 journals in all academic fields. Users can search the entire database or individual modules (such as Newspapers) in such areas as arts, business, education, health, humanities, law, psychology, science and social science. Full text is available for about one half of the journals included, with graphics available for many of the full text articles. It includes same-day, full-text coverage of the Wall Street Journal. [more]

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This database is a useful tool to help locate information on psychology. While it does not include the full-text of materials, it provides a way to search for articles, book chapters and books dealing with psychology. Subject coverage includes basic and applied psychology which covers marketing, advertising, organizational analysis, and human relations, as well as other psychology areas such as abnormal and clinical psychology, experimental psychology, human and animal development, social psychology, professional psychology, and educational psychology. [more]

Reuter's Research on Demand, formerly MultexNet, provides access to research reports created by analysts from top brokerage houses, investment banks, and financial research firms. These reports cover a wide array of information including detailed analysis of market share, projected sales and earnings, current and projected financial performance, and companies' research and development expenditures. These are also a good source for current industry information and projections. It does not include reports from Merrill Lynch. [more]

Standard and Poor's Net Advantage provides fulltext access to a variety of S&P publications including the electronic full text versions of the Standard & Poor’s Industry Surveys. Covers 52 different industries (usually the larger industries like Retail, Apparel and Footwear, Airlines, Computers, Biotech, Pharmaceuticals, etc) and the reports are updated every 6 months. The surveys contain information about current trends, how the industry operates, key ratios and statistics for each industry, and then how to analyze a company in a particular industry. The last section provides comparative financial data in tabular format for the top companies in the industry. S&P NetAdvantage also includes Stock Reports, Corporation Records as well as detailed information on mutual funds, bonds, dividends, earnings, and a directory of corporations and executives. [more]

Science Direct offers access to more than 2,000 scientific, business, technical and medical peer-reviewed journals, the majority coming from Elsevier. Academic Press is also covered by the database. You will find available fulltext articles from the journals that the libraries subscribe to as well as indexing and abstracts of non-subscribed titles. The recently added backfile of the Business collection is an invaluable archival source for business research. There are unique features that allow you to set up your own personal profiles which will enable you to save searches and create alerts for new issues. [more]

SDC Platinum offers the most comprehensive data available on mergers & acquisitions, global new issues (IPO and private placement), and venture capital. The search interface requires precise queries but provides a large range of data points. Information can be downloaded to a spreadsheet format. [more]

Provides Access to contract specifications on 650 equity-based products, single-stock, ETF and narrow-based index futures and options on 17 global exchanges and broad-based index futures and options on 44 worldwide exchanges. [more]

Simmons is a consumer research company specializing in marketing information to clearly identify and position brands, products and all media types. This database details the behaviors of American consumers based on Simmons' national survey data. You will be able to construct a search that profiles the usage and preferences of consumers using detailed lifestyle categories and demographics. Simmons also collects information on children, teenagers and Hispanic consumers. We have an academic subscription to this resource, meaning that the most recent survey data available is 2001. [more]

Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research and is composed of a number of specialized research networks in each of the social sciences. Each of SSRN's networks encourages the early distribution of research results by publishing submitted abstracts and by soliciting abstracts of top quality research papers around the world. The SSRN eLibrary consists of two parts: an Abstract Database containing abstracts on over 128,100 scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers and an Electronic Paper Collection currently containing over 99,100 downloadable full text documents in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. [more]

SOCRATES is a comprehensive research database, measuring the social and environmental performance of corporations. The database contains social, environmental, and governance research on more than 4,000 companies in 50+ global markets. KLD evaluates over 3,000 U.S. corporations for social and environmental performance on more than 280 data points covering community relations, corporate governance, diversity, employee relations, human rights, products, and the environment. SOCRATES contains information about current and historical shareholder actions, including the exact text of proxy resolutions, compiled by the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR). It is useful to monitor up-coming shareholder resolutions for companies in your portfolio; follow the responsiveness of companies over time to shareholder resolutions; and know the issues that active shareholders are pursuing You can generate lists of shareholder resolutions filed on a particular issue or with a company since 1998. [more]

Sports Business Research Network (SBRnet) provides full-text articles with news and market research information from sports industry sources. It includes market reports on international sporting goods equipment for 35 countries, export and import statistics, etc. It features trade magazines and newsletter pages dealing with finance, licensing, fashion, women's and youth sports, marketing, sponsorship, research reports, sports broadcasting, and ratings. [more]

SpringerLINK contains over 400 fulltext multi-disciplinary journals and books published by Springer-Verlag and other publishers. You may browse the entire list of journals and select individual titles or search the entire database. You can also browse the Online Library in Business and Economics, which contains over 100 business journals. [more]

The Statesman’s Yearbook Online, formerly SYBWorld, is a good source of information on countries of the world. The 192 country profiles cover: political parties and leaders, population, economics, trade, industry, climate, natural resources, military capabilities, education and legal systems, culture and communications, health and environment, international affairs. Expanded coverage of world events, biographies of key figures, and special profiles of regions, states, and cities. Updated monthly; accessible through an interactive, map-based interface. [more]

This easy-to-use database contains tables and text excerpted from numerous publications. Along with simple keyword searching, users can also limit searches by choosing from lists of concept terms, marketing terms, countries, industries, and document types. If you're looking for a ranking of products or companies in table format, this is a great resource to begin your search. You can select to view the table only- or you can select the full text article which includes the table within the context of the original article. [more]

The Financial Markets Research Center at Vanderbilt (FMRC) provides access to this database. This New York Stock Exchange database contains intraday transactions data (trades and quotes) for all securities listed on the NYSE, AMEX, and NASDAQ National Market System and SmallCap Issues from 1993 to present. Due to the large size of this dataset, it is only available on DVDs. Please contact the FMRC, http://fmrc1.owen.edu/, to gain access to this dataset or see the Market Microstructure database, which is a summary of the TAQ data. [more]

This is an enhanced web site for Thomas Register, the world's most comprehensive directory of US and Canadian manufacturers, listing over 168,000 industrial product and services companies. The most comprehensive resource for industrial information. This is a free service but you must register. You can search by Keyword, Product/Service, Company or Brand and location. [more]

This database pulls some data from multiple databases (I/B/E/S, Worldscope, SDC, Datastream and other Thomson databases) to provide company financials, company profiles, and financial market data. The Deals portion of the database provides current information (including League Tables) on Mergers & Acquisitions, Equity, Bonds and Loans. You get historical research and statistics as well as forecasts. You can analyze the performance of a company individually or compare it to industry averages. [more]

Vault provides access to industry and career guides, including employer profiles. Also included are books and reports that offer advice on consulting case interviews, financial interviews, and career trends. Review the message boards to pose questions and find out what it's really like to work at a company or in an industry. [more]

Produced by the World Bank, World Development Indicators provides direct access to more than 550 development indicators, with time series for 208 countries and 18 country groups from 1960, where data are available. [more]

Westlaw Campus Research--Legal is a Web-based legal research tool for undergraduate and graduate students who need to research law-related issues." This database contains the complete laws and statutes of the federal government and all 50 states; all federal regulations published in the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations; the American Jurisprudence encyclopedia; KeyCite® (a resource to help determine what is still considered "good law"); American Law Reports; and a collection of articles from a wide range of law reviews and journals. Westlaw Campus Research--Legal also gives easy online access to selected "Legal Guides," "Famous Documents," and "Pre-Law" resources. [more]

The WetFeet Insider Guides are independently-researched reports on leading companies, industries and career advice topics that are known for providing "inside information" that is hard to obtain from other sources. Restrictive digital rights management allows each user to download one, single copy of each of the Insider Guides to his/her computer. [more]

Provides access to publications from John Wiley and Sons, Inc. It features journals, online books and more. You will be able to identify, retrieve, download or print full text documents in the business, scientific, medical, technical and professional specialties. [more]

The World Bank e-Library is a full-text information resource for social and economic development. It is made up of World Bank publications (books, reports and other documents) and Policy Research Working Papers. There are selected titles from the 1980s and 1990s, and all published titles are included since 2000. The collection also consists of new titles as they are published, and information not available in print. This site provides access to more than 14,000 World Bank documents, previously known as World Development Sources. "The types of documents you will find include: Country Economic & Sector Work (in-depth background, strategic priorities, and direction for lending activities); Project Documents (loan documents released to the public according to the (project cycle); and Research & Working Papers (working papers & informal series from departments around the Bank)." [more]

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US Central Intelligence Agency's World Factbook provides national-level information on countries, territories, and dependencies, but not on subnational administrative units within a country or supranational entities like the European Union. [more]

WorldCat is the OCLC Online Union Catalog, containing more than 35 million records describing items owned by U.S. libraries and libraries around the world; each record contains library holdings. It is produced by the OCLC Online Computer Library Center. [more]

The World Trade Organization's International Trade Statistics database contains interactive access to the most up-to-date WTO trade statistics, and annual publication including detailed analysis and tables (leading traders, trade by sector and product, regional trade, LDCs, etc.). It includes time-series data. [more]