Industry Research Guide: Finding Articles
A General Guide to Industry Research
Start Your Research
Finding articles in the industry fields can be comprehensive. Here are some tips that might be helpful to you:
- Start with databases that cover broader subjects, i.e. ProQuest, EBSCO, or Google Scholar.
- Reuse the subjects/keywords information from sample articles that fit in your research needs to do another search.
- Manage your articles by using one of the citation management tools Columbia University provides: EndNote, RefWorks, or Zotero.
Business & Industry Databases
- ABI/INFORM global . This link opens in a new window
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Search 1800 premier worldwide business periodicals for information on advertising, marketing, economics, management techniques, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more. Includes the Wall Street Journal. - Business source complete . This link opens in a new window
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"Business Source Complete ... [provides] full text for ... scholarly business journals and other sources, including full text for ... peer-reviewed business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database provides full text (PDF) for ... top scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost."--Ebscohost web site.
- Conference BoardResearch reports on issues in business and US and global economics. Includes studies of Fortune 500 companies, business trends, leadership, and forcasts of regional, national, and international economic conditions.
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Factiva provides access to global news and business information, including local newspapers, same-day newswires, company reports, and media programs. Provides company information including market data and competitors. - Nexis Uni. This link opens in a new window
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Contains access to hundreds of information sources including the full text of newspapers (foreign and domestic), magazines, wire services, newsletters, journals and broadcast transcripts.
Industry Reports and Surveys
- BMI ResearchProvides in-depth market research reports on 24 industries and 200 global markets, emphasizing emerging markets. Also provides extensive economic and political risk ratings and analysis, macroeconomic analysis and forecasts, and financial analysis of debt and equity. Also includes profiles for over 500 multinational companies and their subsidiaries, and intra-daily alerts on economic, industrial, and political developments, business deals, multinational joint ventures, and regulatory changes.
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GMID contains over a million demographic, economic and marketing statistics for 205 countries worldwide. The database also contains 6-year historic market size data for more than 330 consumer products in 52 countries, plus 5-year forecasts. - IBISWorld This link opens in a new window
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Business reports in five categories: industry market research, industry risk ratings, company research, global industry research, and economic and demographic data. - Standard & Poor's netAdvantage . This link opens in a new window
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Company information, including market snapshot, company quote, equity indexes page, the Outlook's market insight, S & P stock stock report, economic calendar, economic insight, industry in focus, and Stovall's sector watch. Also includes mutual funds, S&P industry surveys for the US, Europe, Asia and Latin America - Refinitiv workspace. This link opens in a new windowRefinitiv workspace provides access to financial data, news and content coverage in a highly customized workflow experience on your preferred device, at home or in the office. Unique workflows are currently available for students, investment bankers, and wealth advisors; additional workflows for analysts and portfolio managers, quants and developers, and traders are coming soon.
- Value Line . This link opens in a new windowValue Line provides investment research on stocks, mutual funds, options and convertibles, and offers a family of no-load mutual funds.
- Value Line. Investment survey--historical reports . This link opens in a new windowThe Value Line investment survey--historical reports contain backfiles with information on industries, the stock market, and the economy. The reports date back to 1998 and are made accessible in PDF format.