Business Databases from Northwestern University Library A to Z

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Below is a list of Northwestern University Library databases for business research.

ABI/Inform Global (ProQuest)
Citations and abstracts of articles from more than 1,800 U.S. and international English-language business and management journals. Full-text available for more than 750 selected sources. Covers topics such as accounting and auditing, advertising and sales, data processing and information management, economics, finance and financial management, law and taxation, management science, marketing, and human resources.

Academic Universe aka Lexis Nexis Academic
Legal, news and business information service which contains several thousand full-text publications. These include regional, national and international newspapers, news wires, magazines, trade journals, law reviews, statutory, administrative and case law and business publications.

AdSpender
Advertising expenditure data for company brands by media outlets over a rolling five year period. Outlets include television (network, cable, spot, syndication, Hispanic), radio (national, spot, local), magazines (consumer, business to business, local, Sunday, Hispanic), newspapers (national, local, Hispanic), internet, and outdoor.

American FactFinder
Includes census data and statistics from the Dicennial Census as well surveys and censuses from various Federal agencies, such as the American Community Survey, Economic Census, Population Estimates Program, Annual Survey of Manufactures, American Housing Survey, Foreign Trade Statistics, and others.

Asia-Studies.com
Covers the study of modern Asia Pacific. Brings together full-text reports from the region's research institutions covering 53 countries on a multitude of business, government, economic, and social issues.

Associations Unlimited
Descriptions of and contact information for associations, societies and organizations in the United States.

Business & Industry Database
Citations, abstracts, and some full-text articles covering business and industrial news and research from nearly 1000 major U.S. and international trade journals, general business publications, and national & regional newspapers and newsletters.

Business Source Premier
Full text and bibliographic information from regional, national and international business and trade journals. Industry and company profiles from Datamonitor, market research reports from MarketWatch and country reports from CountryWatch.

CCH Internet Tax ResearchNetwork
Full-text access to state and federal tax laws.

Censtats
Statistics, demographic information and other data for the US from several Census Bureau databases. Includes county business patterns, construction and building permits, census tracts, occupation data, international trade data and more.

Chicago Tribune
Complete content of the daily newspaper from 1985 to the present.

ChicagoBusiness.com
Powered by Crain's Chicago Business, website provides select Chicago-area business news and information including company lists and rankings. For the full text of Crains Chicago Business, go to Find e-Journals and search the journal title.

China Data Online
Comprehensive online database focusing on economic statistics of China,
arranged by regions and categories. Includes monthly and yearly reports on
China's macroeconomic development, statistical databases about China's
population and economy at the provincial, county, and city level, and
financial indicators of more than 568 industrial branches. Also includes
statistical yearbooks, industrial and marketing surveys, and an atlas of China.

Company Annual Reports 1972-1984
Available through Lexis Nexis

Company Annual Reports 1984 – 1995
Available through LexisNexis

Country Commercial Guides
These reports from the U.S.Department of Commerce and Export.gov present a comprehensive look at countries' commercial environments, using economic, political and market analysis.

DRI Basic Economics
US macroeconomic time series data including national income and product accounts, consumer and producer price indexes, money supply, interest and exchange rates, manufacturing and trade statistics, population and labor statistics, business conditions indicators, energy statistics, banking statistics, commodity prices, and other economic indicators from Federal and private organizations. The above link takes you to a page providing instructions for downloading and installing the DRI client on your own computer.

EconLit
Citations and abstracts to articles from more than 400 economics journals as well as citations from edited collections, dissertations and working papers licensed from the Cambridge University Press Abstracts of Working Papers in Economics. Produced by the American Economic Association.

Economist Intelligence Unit
Database of country-level intelligence prepared by the Economist Intellligence Unit. Includes commerce, finance and economic reports on countries authored by EIU analysts as well as newsletters from various world regions. Search by country, by title of publication, or by words or phrases within the documents.

Europa Online
Covers political and economic information on over 250 countries and territories from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.

EXAC
Citations, abstracts and full-text of articles across a variety of academic disciplines. Includes some news and popular press magazines as well as some scholarly journals.

Factiva
Business, financial and general news from thousands of US and foreign sources as well as various reports and financials for publicly-traded companies. Sources include a variety of media types including newswires and news transcripts.

Gartner Intraweb
Online service providing product and market research reports for the information technology industry as well as reports on technologies used within various spheres of business and e-commerce.

GMID
Euromonitor's Global Market Information Database offers research reports on a variety of consumer products and services. Coverage is global with over 200 countries researched.

Health Source: Nursing / Academic Edition
Citations, abstracts and full-text medical and health articles providing scholarly information about health care, including health care management.

Hoover's Online
Contains company information and financials, SEC filings, IPO information, competitive analysis. Provides company lists filtered by R&D expenditures, income growth and other factors.

International Financial Statistics
Contains approximately 32,000 time series covering more than 200 countries and areas; exchange rate series for all Fund member countries, plus Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles; major Fund accounts series; and most other world, area, and country series from the IFS World Tables.

Internet & Personal Computing Abstracts
An index to articles in popular and professional computing magazines, including news, product and vendor guides, and reviews of software, hardware and books.

Investext Plus
Analyst reports on companies and industries from over 500 brokers worldwide. Also includes Mergent history & debt reports and trade association reportsfrom over 50 major industries.

ISI Emerging Markets
Business news and intelligence, and company, industry, financial, economic and political information from emerging market countries in Latin America, Asia and Europe. Includes corporate profiles, financial statements, industry and analyst reports, capital market quotes and indices, macroeconomic statistics and forecasts, legal and regulatory information, and opinion polls.

JSTOR
Digitized, full-text versions of core scholarly journals across disciplines.

Jupiter Research
Database is comprised of research covering emerging consumer technologies. Coverage is international.

Lexis Nexis Academic
Legal, news and business information service which contains several thousand full-text publications. These include regional, national and international newspapers, news wires, magazines, trade journals, law reviews, statutory, administrative and case law and business publications.

Lexis Nexis Statistical
Statistical information from a variety of sources, including the U.S. government, research firms, trade associations, university studies, and international agencies.

MarketResearch.com Academic
Market research reports covering business services, consumer goods, food and beverages, demographics, heavy industry, life sciences and technology and media. ACCESS RESTRICTED to the Northwestern University community. Each user is responsible to use these electronic resources for individual, noncommercial use, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information.

Materials Business File
Citations and abstracts focusing on industry news, international trade data, government regulations and management issues related to the metals and materials industries.

Mergent News Reports
Information on companies such as M & A transactions and other capital changes, changes in leadership, earnings and recent financials, and contract updates. Current week only.

Mergent Online
Financial and background information on 30,000 US and foreign public companies, including annual reports. Information comprises that of all of the Mergent/Moody's Manuals except for the Municipal & Government Manual. Current information only. However, spreadsheet financials date back 15 years, annual reports date back to 1996 or 1997, and SEC filings date back to 1993.

Mergent Webreports
An archive of corporate and industrial related documents. Webreports contains more than 180,000 documents covering over 100 countries and industries using an easy to navigate and reliable system.

Mintel Market Research Reports
First-time users must create a login profile. Covers US, European and some Asian markets in the following: automotive, consumer lifestyles, food, household, media, retail, beauty, health, drink and tobacco, leisure, technology, clothing, electrical goods, travel, life stages, personal finances, and miscellaneous. Each user is responsible to use these electronic resources for individual, noncommercial use, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information.

National Bureau of Economic Research
Working papers and journals from NBER.

Pratt's Guide to Venture Capital Sources
Click on above link and use supplied password. Enter Venture Economics site, then click on Pratt's Guide. Database is searchable by name, firm type, investment activity, geographic and industry preferences, stage preferences, and other criteria.

PsycINFO
Citations and abstracts to articles in the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines, including that of marketing and communications.

RDS TableBase - Contains company and industry information such as size, share and rankings, all in statistical table format. Statistics are culled from associations, government agencies, articles and surveys.

Reference USA
Directory information on over 12 million U.S. businesses. Searchable by multiple criteria.

ScienceDirect
Full-text of Elsevier journals covering the sciences and social sciences. Includes many titles in business, management, and accounting.

SourceOECD
SourceOECD is the online publications portal of the Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development.

Standard & Poor's Netadvantage
Database of searchable content for several S&P publications, including the Industry Surveys, Bond Guide, Corporation Records, Dividend Record, Earnings Guide, Mutual Fund Reports, The Outlook, Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, Security Dealers of North America, Stock Guide, and Stock Reports.

SRDS (Standard Rate and Data Service)
Database of media rates and information consists of cataloged entries of more than 100,000 U.S. and international media properties that are updated monthly. Access includes Business Publication Advertising Source, Direct Marketing List Source, Radio Advertising Source, Interactive Advertising Source, Newspaper Advertising Source, Consumer Magazine Advertising Source and TV and Cable Source.

Stat-USA/Internet
Access to US economic data as well as internation market research reports, Best Market Reports, country analysis and other documents related to international trade.

Statistical Abstract of the United States
Contains a wealth of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States from across multiple federal agencies. Covers population, health, education, law enforcement, government finances, labor, income, business enterprise, agriculture, natural resources, construction, trade, manufactures, trade, arts, recreation, and comparative international statistics.

Thomas Register
Product information for US and Canadian manufacturing companies and the food service industry derived from the Thomas Register and the Thomas Food Industry Register.

Thomson Research (formerly Global Access)
Financial information from publicly-traded U.S. and global companies.

Transport
Citations to articles in transportation planning,operations, systems & technology.

Value Line Investment Survey
Investment analysis on over 1,700 companies, including stock price data and performance, business description, and detailed operating information. Latest 3 months only.

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Last updated: 04/15/08