Database for Industry Reports and Forecasts
- IBISWorld Industry Reports This link opens in a new windowU.S. industry market research & industry risk ratings. Contains trends, statistics & analysis on market size, market share of competitors, & industry growth rates. Includes emerging industry trends as well as recent production performance.
- Marketscope Advisor This link opens in a new windowExtensive market commentary, independent investment analysis, real-time news & extensive data about a broad range of asset classes & sectors.
- Mergent Online This link opens in a new windowSuite of information resources for in-depth business & financial research. Contains corporate information covering thousands of U.S. & foreign public companies. Includes access to Investext, which provides reports written by analysts at investment banks, brokerage houses, & consulting firms.
- Statista This link opens in a new windowData on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas of interest & markets. Learn more about this database.
- Value Line Research Center This link opens in a new window
Information about investments, including stocks, mutual funds, options, & convertible securities, as well as special situation stocks.
Other Databases for Market and Industry Conditions
- ABI/INFORM This link opens in a new window
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Full text of business & financial journals, including essential scholarly journals & the most important trade journals. - Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
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Full-text for thousands of journals, covering all disciplines of business. (Coverage: Varies according to journal, some back to 1922.) - Business Insights: Global This link opens in a new window
Full-text company & industry intelligence on global corporations.
- Mergent Intellect This link opens in a new windowProvides access to private & public U.S & international business data, industry news, facts & figures, executive contact information, & industry profiles.
Residential Search: Find address & other contact information on individuals.Demographics Search: Demographic reports on a geographic area of your choice. Data includes statistics on the area's population, including age, race, gender, income & more. - Reference Solutions This link opens in a new windowA source for business and residential data in the United States.
Industry Trends
Use the following databases to research trends in the market and industry.
- Statista This link opens in a new windowData on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas of interest & markets. Learn more about this database.
- Passport This link opens in a new window
A global market research database providing statistics, analysis, reports, surveys & breaking news on industries, countries & consumers.
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- Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
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Full-text for thousands of journals, covering all disciplines of business. (Coverage: Varies according to journal, some back to 1922.) - ABI/INFORM This link opens in a new window
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Full text of business & financial journals, including essential scholarly journals & the most important trade journals.
Newspapers
- Global Newsstream This link opens in a new windowRecent global news content, as well as archives. Content from newspapers, newswires & news sites in full-text format. Provides large collections of news from the U.S., Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America & Australia.
(Coverage: 1980 --) - Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Full-text information from news, business, & legal sources, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. Though not required, you have the option to create a personal account that will give you access to special features such as alerts, saved searches, folders, history, annotations & more.
Market Segment Information: Spotlight on Statistics- A BLS Report
The Bureau of Labor Statistics provides "Spotlights on Statistics" on selected market segments. The Bureau also provides detailed reports on selected industries. Examples,"Self-employment in the United States" and "Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores." Select the link to the Archives to access various spotlights on statistics.
Industry At A Glance Report
The Bureau of Labor Statistic produces reports on industries- Industry at A Glance. These reports have detailed Industry data, including state, county, and metropolitan area data.