Overview of Main Business Databases Available
via the CSUEB Library

ABI/INFORM

Provides access to articles from over 1,000 business publications worldwide.
Many of the articles are available full-text.
Coverage includes trade and professional periodicals, as well as a good selection of scholarly & research journals.
Has some company information, but this is not its main strength.

Excellent source of information about individual companies.
Best source from the Library for full-text investment company reports about the company you’re researching.
Other information provided for most companies includes:
- Company Profile
- Company Financials
- Company History
- News/Articles about the Company
- Company Products
- Company Rankings
- Information about the Industry to which the Company belongs
- Suits & Claims involving the Company
- Trade Associations related to the Company
Can be searched for information on industries -- either by description (e.g., “book publishing”) or by SIC/NAICS number (e.g., 2731/511130) -- although coverage here is not as strong as for individual companies (at least currently).
Can also be searched for articles on other business topics.
Most articles are available full-text.

Provides full text for nearly 7,800 scholarly business journals and other sources, including full text for over 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications.
Includes detailed company profiles for the world's 10,000 largest companies from sources such as the Plunkett's Manuals and Datamonitor.
Includes SWOT analyses for many companies.
Includes country economic reports from the EIU, Global Insight, ICON Group and CountryWatch.

Excellent starting point for current business news & company information.
Provides detailed financial data and company information (including descriptions and company histories) on publicly-held companies available on U.S. stock exchanges.
Includes full text articles from hundreds of sources (investment magazines; trade and industry journals; newspapers; wire services, etc.).
Offers direct links to 10-K reports & other SEC filings.

Most information available in GBF is also available in Business and Company Resource Center (see above) – including investment company research reports.
GBF allows searches to be limited to articles available in full-text and/or in refereed (i.e., scholarly) journals. BCRC is not currently able to do either.
General Business File is at present a better choice for looking for articles on a general business topic, or articles about industries; Business & Company Resource Center is a better starting point for researching a specific company.

Provides financial and other data on over 40,000 public and private corporations.
Entries for individual companies include:
- A fact sheet (with basic directory information)
- Company overview
- Company history
- Major officers & employees of the company (including name; title; age; and, for top execs, salary & bonus)
- Major products & operations (lines of business, brands, divisions, # of stores/locations, etc.)
- Competitors
- Financial data (balance sheet & incomes statement information for most recent 3 years, when available)

Excellent source for information about public & private U.S. companies, and major international companies.
Excellent source for full-text articles from magazine, trade journals, newspapers, wire services, and transcripts of selected broadcast programs.
Comprised of five sections, or libraries (not all of which are business-oriented):
- News
- Business
- Legal Research
- Medical
- Reference
The Business Library is subdivided further, into:
- Business News> (articles)
- Company Financials (financial & directory information of U.S. public companies, U.S. private firms, & international companies)
- Compare Companies (identify companies that meet a variety of criteria)
- SEC Filings and Reports (Annual Reports, 10Ks, 10Qs, proxy statements, etc.)
- Industry & Market (articles from the trade journal literature for 25 industries)
- Accounting (accounting journals & literature)
- Directories (trade show information, etc.)
Business-related articles are available both in the Business News part of the Business Library, and in the General News part of the News Library.

Provides online access to the data once available only in the printed Moody’s Manuals.
Includes basic company information and in-depth financial data on publicly-traded corporations -- both for the most recent year & for the previous 10-15 years.
Includes pre-calculated financial ratios for companies.
Offers direct access to SEC filings on the EDGAR system.

A service of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Provides authoritative information from the federal government about the U.S. economy; import/export data & foreign trade statistics; and background information about foreign countries and trade opportunities worldwide for U.S. businesses.
Divided into two main parts:
- State of the Nation -- provides current and historic economic data and statistics for the U.S.
- Globus & NTDB (National Trade Data Bank)-- provides international trade statistics, information on international marketing opportunities for U.S business, and background information about other countries.

Offers news and analysis of political, economic, business and environmental trends on countries of the world.
Also includes statistical database with data series for 192 countries on topics such as:
- Standard of Living
- Life Expectancy
- Employment
- GDP
- Trade Balance
Provides 5-year macroeconomic forecasts for the 192 countries being covered by CountryWatch.
Has a variety of maps -- thematic (e.g., crops, green house gases, country risk) or physical (e.g., Mid-East, Balkan region, Time Zones)



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