BUSINESS RESEARCH GUIDE
Electronic Data and Statistics

Library databases provide time series data on companies, industries, markets and countries. For data in the public domain, visit the Census Bureau American Factfinder website and other U.S. government data websites. Library databases by data type:

Company Data:	Mergent, Business Rankings, D&B, Hoover's, IBISWorld, ISI, Market Share Reporter, S&P.
Industry Data:	D&B, GMID, IBISWorld, ISI, SBRNet, S&P, STAT-USA.
Market Data:	GMID, IBISWorld, ISI, Market Share Reporter, Mintel, SBRNet.
Country Data:	EIU Country Reports, GMID, ISI, STAT-USA.

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Business Rankings Annual
Compilation of "top 10" business rankings. Access: Part of the Business & Company Resource Center (BCRC). Go to BCRC, click Advanced Search. Select "Rankings" from the drop-down menu.

Dun & Bradstreet's Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios
D&B ratios assess a firm's strengths and weaknesses as compared to those of competing businesses or an entire industry. Fourteen solvency, efficiency, and profitability ratios are provided across seven asset ranges.

EIU Country Reports
Reports on the latest economic, political, and market conditions in countries worldwide. Each report provides an economic outlook for the next 12-18 months.

GMID: Global Market Information Database
Collection of over one million data tables of demographic, economic and market statistics for 205 countries worldwide. Includes consumer lifestyle indicators. Coverage: Data trends from 1977, forecasted to 2015.

Hoover's Company Profiles
Brief reports on more than 13,500 public and private companies. Quick financial facts about major public and private companies.

IBISWorld United States
Industry statistics, market characteristics, market segmentation, current conditions, major players, market share, key success factors, performance analysis, and five-year performance forecasts.

ISI Emerging Markets
Data and statistics for industries, companies, and markets in 80 emerging market countries in Asia, Latin America, Africa, Middle East, and Central/Eastern Europe. Title List

Market Share Reporter
Compilation of market share data on companies, products, and services. Access: Part of the Business & Company Resource Center (BCRC). Go to BCRC, click Advanced Search. Select "Rankings" from the drop-down menu.

Mergent Online
Financial reports on 11,000 U.S. public companies and 17,000 non-U.S. companies. Includes 15 years of balance sheet and income statement data.

Mintel Reports
Current U.S. and international market reports. Focus on retailing, healthcare, technology, and tourism markets worldwide.

SBRnet - Sports Business Research Network
Annual sporting goods market data - from 1993 to present. Includes data on sports participation and consumer sporting goods purchases.

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
Standard & Poor's publications including S&P Industry Surveys, Corporation Records, Dividend Record, Earnings Guide, Mutual Fund Reports, Stock Guide, and Stock Reports.

STAT-USA
U.S. Department of Commerce collection of exporting reports, guides, and data from 15 U.S. agencies. Includes the National Trade Data Bank, Country Commercial Guides, and a large collection of foreign market research reports.

Data in Journals and Newspapers

 

Business researchers should also review trade journal articles for current data on companies, industries and markets. Start article research with Business Source Premier.

ABI/Inform Global. Academic and trade journals. Search example: sub(music and retail).

ABI/Inform Trade and Industry. Trade journals and newsletters. Search example: sub(music and retail).

Business & Company Resource Center. Focus on trade and regional publications. Click the Articles icon.

Business Source Premier. The largest full-text collection of scholarly and trade journals in the World.

ISI Emerging Markets. Market news from emerging market countries.

LexisNexis Academic. Daily newspapers, trade journals, newsletter, news wires, broadcast transcripts.

NewsBank. Full-text of three Massachusetts daily newspapers from Boston, Springfield and Pittsfield.

Wall Street Journal. Full-text/full-image of every WSJ article - 1889 to present.