Business & Industry
Description: |
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. |
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Location: |
online |
Who has access: |
All current Vanderbilt University students, faculty, and staff have access, but only the Owen community has off-campus access. Users can go into any Vanderbilt library and use this resource. |
Simultaneous users: |
5 simultaneous users |
Coverage: |
1994 - present |
Type of content: |
It includes over 60% full-text coverage. The remaining records include informative abstracts which highlight the key information and facts discussed in the text. |
How much info is in this resource: |
There are 300,000 stories added each year. It also includes coverage from over 900 trade and business publications covering business events in over 190 countries around the world. |
How often resource is updated: |
daily |
RSS feeds or journal alerts: |
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Tips & tricks: |
http://rdsweb2.rdsinc.com/help/bi_search.html |
Connect to: |
Business & Industry |
Additional Information
- Use of this database implies acceptance of our Copyright and Licensing Restrictions.
- Need help accessing this resource from off-campus? Take a look at the Troubleshooting Tips page.
- Don't know where to begin? Check out the How do I begin my research? page for information on how to get started researching various topics and use citation information.
- Librarians have created Research Guides (A-Z) on various subjects to help guide you to helpful business or career resources.
- Do you know the name of a database that you'd like to use? Browse Databases (A-Z) to locate a known resource and get more information.
- The Databases by Subject page can help direct you to similar resources by topic.
- Additional databases are also available through the Jean & Alexander Heard Library.
- Want to browse electronic journals? Check out the E-Journals (A-Z).
Need help? Ask
a Librarian for more assistance.

