Databases by Subject - Industry
See also Business & Management, Economics and Company.
| Database Title | In Quick Find | Description | Coverage | Some Full Text | Restricted to...† |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ABI Inform |
Provides abstracts of articles from international professional publications, academic journals, and trade magazines on business and management topics.Titles Indexed |
1971- |
N |
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Business and Industry |
Indexes business information sources: trade magazines, newsletters, general business press, and international business dailies. Titles Included | Search Tips |
1994- |
N |
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Business Dateline |
Citations on regional business activities and trends as well as major stories on local firms, their products and executives. Titles Included | Search Tips |
1985- |
N |
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EBSCOhost Business Source Premier |
Includes full text for 2,300+ business journals, indexes 3,300+ titles, as well as industry reports and company profiles from Datamonitor. Journals Included | Other Sources | Tutorial |
1922- |
Y |
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Emerald |
Contains over 25,000 management articles as well as a range of engineering, applied science and technology journals. |
Varies |
Y |
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Searchable through the Gale Virtual Reference Library, this electronic book provides industry snapshots. |
Current |
Y |
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Gartner IntraWeb |
Full text research and analysis reports on computer hardware, software and related information technology industries. |
Current |
Y |
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General BusinessFile ASAP |
InfoTrac database includes business and industry articles, company directory listings, and investment analysts' reports on major companies and industries. Titles Included |
1980- |
Y |
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Google Scholar |
Google search for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports on all topic areas. Use to find articles from academic publishers, professional societies, prepublication repositories and universities. |
Varies |
Y |
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HighWire Press |
From Stanford University, includes Web versions of 920+ journals in biological, physical, medical, and social sciences. Titles Included | Search Tips |
Varies |
Y |
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Hoovers |
Company and industry overviews, profiles, competitors, and IPO Central. Help Center |
Current |
Y |
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Online archive of complete backruns of scholarly journals in a variety of academic fields. Titles Included | Search Tips |
1800s- |
Y |
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LEXIS®-NEXIS® Academic |
Full text news, legal, business, and biographical information. Titles Included | Search Tips |
Varies |
Y |
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Regional Business News |
Search regional business news. Titles Included |
Varies |
Y |
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Standard & Poor's Research Insight - Compustat |
Compustat current and historic financial company data on global corporations. Use Research Insight an analytical software to screen for companies by wide range of investment and financial criteria. |
Quarterly |
Y |
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Thomson One Banker Analytics |
Find global company financial information provided from Thomson, I/B/E/S, Disclosure, Worldscope, includes current/historical SEC filings, spreadsheet-ready financials, and more. This resource must be viewed using Internet Explorer. Search Tips | Manual |
Current |
Y |
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Wall Street Journal - ProQuest |
Full text of newspaper of offering coverage of global business, financial, and industry news and politics. |
1984- |
Y |
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Reference Web Sites
Additional Web Sites
- For more Business, Company & Industry resources visit the Boston Public Library and register for an eCard. Any student, faculty or employee may get a BPL eCard or full Borrowers card.
Industry Analysis: Size & Data Sources
- Bureau of Labor Statistics | International Labour Organization
- Census Economic Indicators | Global Economic Indicators
- County Business Patterns - businesses by industry to Zip Code level | See also Statistical Agencies (International)
- Economic Census 2002 | More Census data - industry sales, size, establishments
- Federal Reserve of Boston - New England Indicators Database
- Export.gov Market Research
- Industry Information Resources
- Industry Trade Data and Analysis, Office of Trade and Industry
- Yahoo! Industry Center
- CorporateInformation: Research Links by Country & Industry
More databases: A-Z | By Topic | By Course
†Off Campus?
indicates that access is restricted to the WPI domain
(130.215.*.*), which includes computers at WPI's Worcester campus. Faculty, staff, and students with a WPI
network account may use the proxy
server to access this resource from off
campus.
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