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Most Useful Places to Search: Business

ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Business
Description: Research database from ProQuest containing full text.
Contents: Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journal Articles; Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Newspapers; Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Magazines; Trade/Professional Articles; Company Reports; Industry Reports

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Business
Description: Research database from EBSCOhost containing full text.
Contents: Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journal Articles; Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Newspapers; Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Magazines; Company Reports; Industry Reports; SWOT Analysis; Country Reports

Business Insights: Global This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Business
Description: Research database from Gale Cengage Learning containing full text. Mainly focused on the U.S. for industry profiles and international focus for company reports.
Contents: Trade/Professional Articles; Company Reports; Industry Reports; SWOT Analysis; Case Studies; Market Share Reports
Company Dossier via Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Business
Description: Research database from LexisNexis containing company, industry, and executive information. To access, select Menu from the drop-down menu on the Nexis Uni homepage then select Company Dossier
Contents: Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Newspapers; Company Reports; Financials; Industry Reports; Executives Directory

Morningstar Investment Research Center This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Business, Accounting, Finance
Description: Research database containing data, research, and analyst reports on company financials, mutual funds, stocks, and exchange-traded funds.
Contents: Company Reports; Financials; Industry Ratios; Stock & Fund Analyst Reports
PrivCo This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Business, Finance, Entrepreneurship
Description: Research database containing private company information, private equity and M&A deals, and investors search.
Contents: Company Reports; Financials; Private Equity Deals; M&A Deals

IBISWorld This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Business, Economics, Entrepreneurship
Description: Research database containing a collection of industry market research and industry risk ratings on over 1300 U.S. industries.
Contents: Industry Reports; Industry Ratios; Market Share Reports
Passport by Euromonitor This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Business, Economics
Description: Research database from Euromonitor containing global market information. Includes industry, economic, and consumer statistics and analysis by country.
Contents: Company Reports; Industry Reports; Statistics / Datasets; Consumer Reports; Country Reports

If you've been out of school for a while or want a refresher on doing academic research, start with these:

Lion's Guide to Research & the Library
LMU's award-winning introductory tutorials on doing academic research. 4 sections cover developing a research question and finding books, articles, and other types of information.
Research Strategies
LMU librarians' guide to more advanced search strategies. 5 strategies covered are: developing a topic, choosing keywords, analyzing search results, filters, and citation chasing.

Financial Times (Online)
CBA offers access to FT.com. Go to ft.com/lmu and use your LMU email address to create an account.
Capital IQ
CBA offers access to S&P's Capital IQ, provider of financial research, ratings, and market indices. Visit www.capitaliq.com and click on “New User” to create an account.
Bloomberg Terminals
CBA offers access to 12 Bloomberg Terminals located in the Finance Learning Lab in Hilton. Students also have the ability to become Bloomberg Market Concepts (BMC) certified. Three more Bloomberg terminals have been placed in the William H. Hannon Library on the second floor. These three terminals can be accessed during library operating hours.