Business Databases from Northwestern University Library A to Z
ABI/Inform
Global (ProQuest)
NU Community
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
NU Community
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
NU Community
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
Unrestricted
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
NU Community
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
NU Community
Descriptions of and contact information for associations, societies and organizations
in the United States.
Business & Industry
Database
NU Community
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
NU Community
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
NU Community
Full-text access to state and federal tax laws.
Censtats
Unrestricted
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
NU Community
Complete content of the daily newspaper from 1985 to the present.
ChicagoBusiness.com
Unrestricted
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.
Country Commercial
Guides
Unrestricted
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
NU Community
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
NU Community
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
NU Community
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
NU Community
Covers political and economic information on over 250 countries and territories
from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.
EXAC
NU Community
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
NU Community
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
NU Community
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
NU Community
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
NU Community
Citations, abstracts and full-text medical and health articles providing scholarly
information about health care, including health care management.
Hoover's Online
NU Community
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
NU Community
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 NU Community
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
NU Community
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
NU Community
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
NU Community
Digitized, full-text versions of core scholarly journals across disciplines.
Lexis
Nexis Academic
NU Community
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
NU Community
Statistical information from a variety of sources, including the U.S. government,
research firms, trade associations, university studies, and international agencies.
MarketResearch.com
Academic
NU Community
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
NU Community
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
NU Community
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
NU Community
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.
Mintel
Market Research Reports
NU Community
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
NU Community
Working papers and journals from NBER.
Pratt's
Guide to Venture Capital Sources
NU Community
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
NU Community
Citations and abstracts to articles in the professional and academic literature
in psychology and related disciplines, including that of marketing and communications.
Reference
USA
NU Community
Directory information on over 12 million U.S. businesses. Searchable by multiple
criteria.
ScienceDirect
NU Community
Full-text of Elsevier journals covering the sciences and social
sciences. Includes many titles in business, management, and accounting.
SourceOECD NU
Community
SourceOECD is the online publications portal of the Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development.
Standard & Poor's
Netadvantage
NU Community
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.
Stat-USA/Internet
NU Community
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
Unrestricted
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
NU Community
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)
NU Community
Financial information from publicly-traded U.S. and global companies.
Transport
NU Community
Citations to articles in transportation planning,operations, systems & technology.
Value
Line Investment Survey
NU Community
Investment analysis on over 1,700 companies, including stock
price data and performance, business description, and detailed
operating information. Latest 3 months only.
For further assistance, contact:
Carol Doyle
Reference and Instruction Librarian
Schaffner Library
(312) 503-6618
c-doyle4@northwestern.edu
