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All Business & Finance Databases
Business news and analysis on local companies and markets to global economic trends. Includes regional publications, dissertations, working papers, key business publications such as The Economist, country- and industry-focused reports, and downloadable data.
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News, trade journals, and academic articles covering the trends and history of financial topics influencing important accounting, tax, banking, and financial issues of the day.
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Business and finance students will find information on companies, economies, markets, international trade, and overall business conditions and practices throughout these regions.
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Basic information, definitions, and current information on such topics as marketing, business plans, branding, and others. Available in multiple languages. Text-to-speech available.
Company, industry, economic, and geopolitical market research with information from Hoover's public and non-public companies reports on financials, competitors, officers; OxResearch - regional economic and political news; Barnes Reports - global industries.
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Actual business plans compiled by, and aimed at, entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses. Presents sample plans taken from businesses in the manufacturing, retail and service industries which serve as examples of how to approach, structure and compose business plans. Available in multiple languages. Text-to-speech available.
Access full-text articles for thousands of business journals, including peer-reviewed, scholarly business publications; company and industry profiles from Datamonitor; market research and country reports. Available in multiple languages. Text-to-speech available in HTML format.
Scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, reports, radio and television transcripts, news, dissertations, and more publications from Canadian sources.
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Find information about your potential customers. Build a report that contains demographics, business data, consumer spending data, and workforce data from a selected geographical area.
Provides detailed, comprehensive information on a wide range of industries in every realm of American business. Typical entries include an overview; description of the industry's size, status, organization and structure; discussion of its history, development and current conditions; profiles of pioneers in the field; trends and long-term outlook; leading companies; employment outlook; a bibliography of further reading sources. Available in multiple languages. Text-to-speech available.
Provides industry overviews, history, and status of new industries, business segments that are pioneering new technologies and those introducing break-through marketing strategies or implementing innovative means of serving new markets. To start, enter a keyword or drop down the Table of Contents. Available in multiple languages. Text-to-speech available.
Chronicles the history, development and current status of the world's most high-profile industries. The encyclopedia includes comprehensive, international coverage organized by industry, providing a unique blend of overview and outlook. The work consists of approximately 125 detailed profiles of major global industries, such as mining, pharmaceuticals, motor vehicles and many others. Simply enter a keyword, or drop down the Table of Contents. Available in multiple languages. Text-to-speech available.
Search encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for the arts, environmental issues, world religions, native American nations and cultures, biographical information on important and interesting people, history, medical topics, animals, and literary criticism. Available in multiple languages. Text-to-speech available.
Full-text publications and thousands of legal forms. The full-text legal reference books are provided through Nolo, the nation's oldest and most-respected provider of legal information for consumers and small businesses. Text-to-speech available.
Training video courses to learn technology, creative, and business skills. Courses include web development, video and audio production, presentation skills, leadership and management strategies, animation, photography, and technology skills for teachers. Courses can be taken on any desktop, laptop or tablet.
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Provides business statistics of worldwide market shares for a variety of producers and products. Cites original sources. Available in multiple languages.
Provides fast and easy access to Morningstar Mutual Funds.
Comprehensive full-text coverage for regional business publications incorporating newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the U.S. This database is updated daily. Available in multiple languages. Text-to-speech available in HTML format.
A web-based mapping, analytics, and data visualization application that includes demographic data from the US Census, the American Community Survey (ACS), consumer spending data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CEX), and D&B's Premium business directory. Users also have access to the MRI-SimmonsLOCAL consumer behavior dataset and the Claritas PRIZM Premier marketing segmentation system. Data is largely available down to the block group level, and custom locations can be created.
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Business students will find market and consumer data, which offers statistics and reports, market insights, consumer insights and company insights in German, English, Spanish, and French. Available in multiple languages.
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Information and advice on approximately 1,700 stocks, more than 90 industries, the stock market, and the economy.
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