Marketing & Business Environment

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MAIN INDEXES AND DATABASES
ABI/Inform via ProQuest	1905-present	Indexes 1400+ scholarly and trade journals in accounting and all business-related fields.
Business and Industry via RDS	1994-present	Indexes 1,850+ trade journals and selected industry-related documents.
Wall Street Journal via ProQuest	1986-present	Contains citations, abstracts, and full-text articles from the Wall Street Journal.
Business NewsBank via NewsBank	1993-present	Articles from 400+ U.S. newspapers, newswires, and local business journals covering companies, industries, executives, and products.
Business and Company Resource Center via GaleNet	Varies	Indexes 5,000+ scholarly and trade journals, popular magazines, and newspapers in business and industry. Also includes company profiles, company brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, and more. Predicast's PROMT, Newsletters ASAP and Thomson Financials' Investext Plus databases are fully integrated in this database.
General Business File ASAP via InfoTrac	1980-present	Indexes 1,000+ scholarly and trade journals, popular magazines, and newspapers in business, industry, economics and politics. Also covers broker research reports and company directory listings.
Business Full Text via WilsonWeb	1982-present	Indexes 650+ major magazines and scholarly journals in business. Full text coverage begins in 1995.
Review of Marketing Science via Berkeley Electronic Press	2003-present	A peer-reviewed journal of marketing, available online only.
SPECIALIZED INDEXES AND DATABASES
Academic via LexisNexis	Varies	Full-text access to a wide range of news, business, legal, medical, government, statistical, and reference information; federal and state case law.
Associations Unlimited via GaleNet	Current	Directory information for over 156,000 international, U.S., national, regional, state, and local non-profit organizations. Incorporated into Gale's Directory Library.
Bankruptcies; SDC Platinum via UP - ERC	1980-1988, limited; 1988-present, full	Based on SEC documents, bankruptcy court filings, reorganization plans, and news sources, provides data searchable by various factors, from company name to creditors, securities, financial profile, etc. Includes U.S. companies with assets of $1million (1980-88) or, after 1988, public with $10 million or private with $50 million in assets. Available through computers near windows in ERC (Green Library, 2nd floor).
BNA Core Plus with Tax Management Package via Bureau of National Affairs	Varies	Bureau of National Affairs newsletters, reporters, and reference libraries.
Consumer.gov via Consumer.gov	Current	Consumer information from the federal government. Includes categories, such as food, health, product safety, money, home & community, children, carrers & education, technology, and transportation.
DataStream via UP - ERC	1971-present	Statistics and timeseries in the areas of business, economics, and finance. Available at the Electronic Research Center, Green Library, 2nd floor, University Park Campus.
EIU.com (Economist Intelligence Unit) via EIU	1996-present	Analysis and forecasts of the political, economic and business environment for many countries, plus how to do business in most countries.
Encyclopedia of Business and Finance via Gale Virtual Reference Library	2001	Online reference encyclopedia covering five general areas: finance and banking; accounting; marketing; management; and information systems. Designed for the nonspecialist, providing practical professional expertise as well as the work of noted scholars.
Gale E-Commerce Sourcebook via Gale Virtual Reference Library	2003	TCombines a variety of information, including how-to topics in e-commerce and directory listings of companies, services, associations, and government agencies related to e-commerce, to provide the most relevant information and resources. Organized into three sections: how-to topics, directory information, and a listing of the top 250 e-commerce companies worldwide.
GMID: Global Market Information Database via Euromonitor	Varies	An online business information system providing business intelligence on countries, consumers and industries. It offers integrated access to statistics, market reports, company profiles and information sources. 205 countries are researched, with extended coverage of 52. Primary emphasis is on consumer impact rather than investors. Search by industries, countries, companies, or regions. Please read the agreement and select button ACCEPT to enter GMID.
Hoover's Company Records via ProQuest	Current	Covers more than 40,000 public and non-public companies and 225,000 key executives. Contains in depth industry analyses, information on a company's location, company overview, summary financials, top competitors, rankings, company history, products and operations, auditors, top officers, and more. Best to search via ABI/Inform then use the links from the abstracts.
Investext Plus via InfoTrac	1982-present	Provides hundreds of investment house reports on companies and industries from over 500 brokers in North America, Europe, Asia/Pacific, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East.
LiveEDGAR via Thomson-West/GSI	Varies	A comprehensive collection of content that ranges from a listing of SEC filings dating back to 1967 (including all EDGAR filings), Annual Reports to Shareholders from 33,00 companies in 115 countries, complete SEDAR filings (Canada), and No-Action letters as early as 1971. Also has information on mergers & acquisitions, registrations, and prospectuses since 1996. Additional libraries include a comprehensive SEC library as well as a company news, quotes, & financials database.
Mergent Online via Mergent Online	1994-present	Corporate reports on 20,000+ U.S. & international corporations plus financial search engine. Formerly FIS Online.
NTDB: National Trade Data Bank via STAT-USA	1990-present	U.S. import and export statistics, Country Commercial Guides, Market Research reports, Best Market reports, and other reports related to international commerce.
Regional Economic Information System via UP Gov Docs	1969-1994	Official annual personal income estimates for residents of the U.S. by state, MSA, state metro / non-metro portions, BEA economic area, and county.
SDC Platinum: Bankruptcies via UP - ERC	1980-1988, limited; 1988-present, full	Based on SEC documents, bankruptcy court filings, reorganization plans, and news sources, provides data searchable by various factors, from company name to creditors, securities, financial profile, etc. Includes U.S. companies with assets of $1million (1980-88) or, after 1988, public with $10 million or private with $50 million in assets. Available through computers near windows in ERC (Green Library, 2nd floor).
Standard and Poor's NetAdvantage via Standard and Poor's	Varies	Full text of 12 Standard & Poor's investment publications covering managment, corporation data, industry data, mutual funds, and investment analysis.
STAT-USA via STAT-USA	Current	Financial and economic data, daily trade leads, important statistics and international trade documents. Access to State of the Nation and Globus & NTDB.
Statistical via LexisNexis	Current	Indexes statistical data from U.S. government, international, professional, and other organizations.
TWST: The Wall Street Transcript via TWST.com	July 1997-present	Provides transcripts of investment-related roundtables and CEO presentations.
World Trade Atlas via UP Gov Docs	Current	Statistical data for U.S. imports and exports worldwide.
World Trade Atlas: U.S. State Export Edition Online via Global Trade Information Services	1996-present	Statistical data for U.S. exports by state, worldwide and by country.
RELATED INDEXES AND DATABASES
Ethnic Newswatch via ProQuest	1990-present	Articles from U.S. ethnic, minority and native presses. Search interfaces are available in English and Spanish.
INFO-LATINOAMERICA via BiblioLine	1988-present	Indexes 1,500 international scholarly journals, newspapers, magazines, newsletters, television and radio broadcasts for articles on Latin America. Only 1 user at a time can access this database.
Social Sciences Full Text and Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective via WilsonWeb	1907-present; Full text: 1995-present	Indexes international scholarly journals and popular magazines in the social sciences. Full text coverage begins in 1995. Allows to search Social Sciences Full Text and Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective concurrently.
INTERNET SITES
Business Information Center: Marketing		FIU Libraries
Business Information Center: Statistics & Statistical Resources		FIU Libraries
Internet Sources for U.S. Corporate, Industrial, and Economic Information		UNC-Charlotte Library
Virtual International Business and Economic Sources		UNC-Charlotte Library
Global Edge Resource Desk		MSU Center for International Business Education and Research