Information Technology Division
George C. Gordon Library

Databases by Subject - Industry

See also Business & Management, Economics and Company.

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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

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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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ebrary

26,000+ full text books on many topics: Business & Economics, Computers, Technology & Engineering, Humanities, Life & Physical Sciences, Social & Behavioral Sciences, and Datamonitor Industry Reports. Current Y
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Emerald

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Contains over 25,000 management articles as well as a range of engineering, applied science and technology journals.

Titles Included | Search Tips

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

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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

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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

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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

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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 and 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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Standard and Poor's Research Insight - ExecuComp

80 different compensation related data items on public corporations top 5 executive officers. Varies Y
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Wall Street Journal - ProQuest

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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

Industry Analysis: Size & Data Sources

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