Industry Surveys

• NetAdvantage
  Industry surveys, financial information for thousands of US and global companies and much more.


• Business Source Complete 
  Industry reports, company profiles, market research reports, SWOT analyses and more. Articles about thousands of companies.


• IBISWorld Industry Reports
  Industry reports, covering over 700 U.S. industries. Reports include key statistics, market characteristics, segmentation, industry conditions, key factors, key competitors and outlook. Updated regularly.


• GMID (Global Market Information Database)
  Over 1 million demographic, economic and marketing statistics for 205 countries, including industry reports. Search entire database or browse by industry or country. From Euromonitor.


• Business Insights Interactive
  Strategic management reports of various industries, covering 5 broadly defined areas: Energy, Consumer Goods, Finance, Healthcare, and Technology.
  

Public Companies

• NetAdvantage
  Industry surveys, financial information for thousands of US and global companies and much more.


• Investext Plus
  Full-text reports on companies, industries and global markets prepared by expert analysts at world’s top brokerage firms, investment banks, research firms and trade associations. They include relevant data, charts, graphs, and analysis. Must use Internet Explorer on a PC; Mac not supported.


• Orbis
  Over 35 million public and private companies worldwide. Each company overview has 16 sections including: financial data, merger and stock data, alliances, and ratings. Disable pop-up blockers.


• ReferenceUSA Business, Residential, Healthcare & TechUSA
  Detailed directory information for millions of U.S. businesses. Search by company name, NAICS and SIC codes, sales, number of employees, ticker symbol, and more. Data includes corporate linkage, SEC filings, Fortune 1000 rankings, and more.

Articles about Public & Private Companies

• Business Source Premier
  Industry reports, company profiles, market research reports, SWOT analyses and more. Articles about thousands of companies.


• Factiva
  Global news and business information articles. Includes Dow Jones Interactive and Reuters Business Briefing.


• LexisNexis Academic
  Company financial reports; company profiles; SEC filings & reports; corporate directories; business articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, wires & transcripts; industry reports.

Bloomberg Commands

The Park Library has a Bloomberg terminal for class use. Here are some handy commands:

• ATSL <GO> Information on auto sales;
• CNFC <GO> Information on U.S. consumer confidence
• CPI <GO> Information on the Consumer Price Index;
• ECI <GO> Information on Employment Cost Index;
• ECO <GO> An economic calendar that lets you know about upcoming economic reports;
• EMPR <GO> Employment statistics;
• ESNP <GO> An economic snapshot;
• FED <GO> For news on the Federal Reserve Board;
• FODG <GO> Factory orders and durable goods;
• FOMC <GO> For news on the Federal Open Market Committee;
• GDP <GO> Information on the gross domestic product for numerous countries;
• HMHK <GO> Ben Bernanke testimony;
• HSST <GO> Housing sales and starts;
• INPD <GO> Information on industrial production;
• PINC <GO> Information on personal income;
• PMIN <GO> Purchasing manager index;
• RTSL <GO> Information on retail sales;
• TRBL <GO> Information on the trade balance;
• WEI <GO> World equity indexes. Watch how markets around the world fluctuate.