Thanks to Ruby Loredo, MLIS student intern and Geisel Library staff member, who contributed extensively to this page.
Mergent Market Atlas has arrived. This platform replaces Mergent Online, but it will provide the same information and then some. Mergent Market Atlas still provides easy access to current and historical company financials, ratios, business segments, descriptions, sustainability, officers and directors. There are added ESG and economic data contents. It is especially useful for company, industry, index, SEC filings, and other reports.
It's here: A new interface for all EBSCO databases, and a special Business Searching Interface upgrade for Business Source Complete. The new interface for BSC is fresh-looking and arranged better for efficient searching and finding most-requested magazines and journals. There is also an upgrade for Regional Business News.
Would you like to read the business news from Silicon Valley, San Francisco or Seattle? What about Boston, Pittsburgh or Atlanta? We now have access to the 44 U.S. geographies published by the American City Business Journals. They come with their associated Book of Lists, rankings of top organizations across many business categories for their respective cities. Regional business news is especially useful for job hunters, those doing market research on companies and studying economic development. Co-funded by the Library and the Rady School of Management. Featured contents:
Note: The San Diego Business Journal is sourced from a different publisher and online vendor, as is a few of the other Southern California titles. See this dedicated link for SoCal business news feeds and Books of Lists.
This guide will walk you through the most useful UC San Diego resources for market research. Guide content is arranged by tasks shown in the left nav bar.
NEW LOOK - this layout is new and easier-to-navigate. If you are a returning user, you will be able to find the same trusted contents with tabs oriented on the side now. There are updated listings for e-books, audiobooks, interwoven throughout.
Below are the top three popular resources that serve a number of research needs.
GBI is a great first-stop for business and management information. It includes information on companies and industries from business and trade journals, academic journals, industry reports, newspapers, newsletters, and classic business reference sources. Search on a company name. In the search results, click on individual companies to open well-organized company profiles.
Dates of coverage vary, some journals back to early 20th century. Abstracts and full text in virtually all subject areas related to Business, Management and Finance. Journal and magazine articles; also books, industry reports, company profiles, SWOT analysis, much more
IBISWorld contains U.S. and global industry market research reports, including a specialized collection of China Industry Reports. It also provides U.S. business risk ratings, and selected economic and demographic data. Contents are downloadable as full reports or selected elements, such as SWOT analyses, statistical tables and graphs.
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