Business Research Guide

Mergent Online offers research and analysis for more than 15,000 USA and 20,000 international companies, including annual reports and executive biographies. It allows you to build customized reports for companies of interest, create comparisons with competitors, and download the information as spreadsheets.

An easy-to-navigate company profile database that also offers news and some market and industry information. Good for research on nonprofits as well.

A directory of public & private companies. Searches can produce results from most small businesses and include information on income, number of employees and location. Learn more about locating companies in ReferenceUSA.

Full text content from over 15,000 sources, including print and digital journals, newswires, blogs, and broadcasts from television and radio. Coverage spans local, regional, national, and international newspapers. Also included are legal resources featuring federal and state case law and statutes, along with detailed business information on U.S. and global companies and executives.

Full-text coverage from over 32,000 sources to monitor global business developments, including news, companies, markets, industries, and emerging trends. This includes continuously updated content from U.S. and international newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal and Barron’s, along with newswires, trade publications, websites, blogs, and multimedia resources. Produced by the Dow Jones Service. Access limited to 1 user at a time.

An EBSCO database with all subject areas related to business. Particularly useful are the Marketline industry profiles.

Good for information on industry and some companies. Provides indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals in addition to trade magazines and newsletters. Also includes full text information like: financial data, books, SWOT analyses, and more.

CCH’s extensive federal and state tax libraries, featuring an integrated daily tax news service and a powerful suite of productivity tools and practice aids. Also includes in-depth coverage of international taxation, accounting and auditing, financial and estate planning, and nonprofit sector issues. Access limited to 35 users at a time.

Industry surveys, financial reports on stocks, mutual funds, and bonds, corporate filings, a registry of businesses, a directory of directors and executives, along with various other tools for business analysis.