Articles
Discipline Specific
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1918- .
Provides current and historic abstracts and many full-text articles from over 2,800 business and management journals, including hundreds of titles from outside the U.S. Covers finance, management, marketing, accounting, business conditions, and other business topics.
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Indexes trade publications covering companies, products, markets, and technology for all manufacturing and service industries. Use the SIC codes to search for a specific industry or choose a broad industry from the "industry" field drop-down box. Many articles are full-text.
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Full text 1995- Abstracting and indexing 1982-
Wilson Business Full Text is part of Wilson OmniFile. It covers all aspects of contemporary business, from the broad areas of accounting, taxation, foreign trade, advertising, banking, public relations, government regulations, real estate, acquisitions and mergers, insurance, communications, management, marketing, entertainment, healthcare, hospitality, tourism, oil and computers, to specific industries, businesses, trades and topics of current interest and concern. It also includes citations to book reviews, interviews, biographical sketches, new-product reviews, corporate profiles and obituaries. Additional information at Wilson's Website.
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Provides worldwide full-text coverage of local and regional newspapers, trade publications, business newswires, media transcripts, news photos, business-rich websites, investment analyst reports, market research reports, country and regional profiles, company profiles, and historical market data from nearly 8,000 sources in 22 languages from 118 countries. Note: Number of simultaneous users is limited.
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1960's-
Citations and abstracts from over 500 scholarly research and industry news publications relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism. International in focus, subject areas cover hotel management, leisure & business travel, food service & beverage management, tourism, event management, gaming, hospitality law, market trends, research, demographics, and more.
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Indexes special issues of magazines. Special issues are any regularly published special editorial content from over 3,000 trade magazines, e.g. Supply Chain Technology News, World Oil, Hoosier Banker. Examples of special issues include: industry outlooks, overviews, or surveys; statistical issues; company ranking lists; buyers guides; salary surveys; product/industry focus issues; membership directories; who's who registers; tradeshow specials; etc. Many special issues are available on the Internet and are designed to be interactive/searchable and provide greater content than the printed versions. Additional information for the magazines' websites are also inlcuded: industry links, market report, buying guides, dictionary, or archives. Also contains Gary Price's List of Lists (LOL) in the right frame of the website. LOL has selective free webpages from trade magazines arranged by industry.
Background Information
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources
This guide identifies yearbooks, directories, manuals, encyclopedias, periodicals, and statistics, for over 1100 business-related topics and industries.
Location: Ref. Desk Z 7164 .C81 E93
General Reference Resources
Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios
Balance sheet and income statement norms and financial ratios based on a sample of Dun & Bradstreet credit reports. Arranged by SIC code this source may include industries not in the other sources.
Location: Ref. Desk HF 5681 .R25 I525
Overviews & Analysis
http://0-www.ibisworld.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/industry/home.aspx
Industry market research reports from over 700 United States industries. Each report is 25-30 pages in length, contains key statistics, and is updated regularly.
Data & Statistics
Data Resources
http://censtats.census.gov/
Provides access to the following U.S. government databases: County Business Patterns, USA Counties, Annual Survey of Manufacturers, ZIP code Business Patterns, International Trade Data and Occupation by Sex, Race & Hispanic Origins.
Global Market Information Database (GMID)
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Global in scope, Euromonitor's GMID provides lifestyle statistics and reports; market data and analysis; company profiles, market share, and performance indicators; and market forecasts. Details include expenditure patterns, brand ranking, viewing time per medium and demographics. Use the search box in the upper left corner to find an industry.
Location: various
Statistical Resources
Manufacturing and Distribution U.S.A.
A comprehensive statistical overview of industries arranged by SIC code. Through the use of tables and graphics it illustrates trends, provides selected ratios and product share details as well as a list of the leading companies for that industry.
Location: Ref. HD 9721 .M364
Primary Source Materials
Reports
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1995- .
Provides full text of approximately 40,000 analyst reports, covering more than 11,000 companies and over 50 industries. Investext reports contain in-depth information on companies and industries, including industry trends, market share, and emerging technologies.
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
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Various
Company information for publicly-traded and some private corporations. Also includes over 50 U.S. industry surveys. Print equivalents include Standard & Poor's: "Stock Reports" "Company Profiles" "Bond Guide" "Corporation Records" "Mutual Fund Reports" "Security Dealers of North America" "Register of Corporations, Directors & Executives" "Industry Surveys" "The Outlook"
http://0-www.valueline.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/myvl/myvalueline.aspx
Evaluations and comparisons of 92 industries. Investment information and performance ratings for 1500 stocks are also included. Select "Lookup by Industry" in the left frame, then select PDF (not the name of the industry) to see industry overview. Earlier copies since 1980 are in the Government Documents and Microforms Department on the first floor (Microfiche 119).
Specialized Resources
Classification Systems
North American Industry Classification System
http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naicstab.htm
With the release of the Economic Census starting in 1999, the federal government will be using NAICS as their only classification system, replacing SIC
Location: Ref. Desk HF 1041.5 .N674