A number of courses within the School of Business require students to research companies and industries. Additionally, many business professions require similar research, so it may be helpful to begin building your understanding of this type of research and the tools (and databases) available to you now. Use the tabs at the top of this box to navigate through various library databases for conducting company and industry research.
Open the Mergent Market Atlas database below, and select a Mergent Market Atlas video tutorial based upon your research needs.
Information on companies including company financials, profiles, annual reports, 10-Ks, quarterly reports, descriptions, history, property, subsidiaries, and names of officers and directors.
Featuring profiles of more than 40,000 companies, 600 industries, and 225,000 key executives, Hoover’s™ Company Records provides easy access to the most thorough and up-to-date business information available. This comprehensive database gives users the whole picture, including company overviews, company histories, officers and board members, competitors, products and operations, auditors, rankings, related industry information, and historical financials.
Click on a recommended database below to search by keyword (often the name of the company or industry) for relevant articles.
Articles from scholarly business journals back as far as 1886 with content from all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, management information systems, production and operations management, finance, and economics.
ProQuest One Business is a complete business library containing millions of full-text items across scholarly and popular periodicals, newspapers, market research reports, dissertations, books, videos and more.
