Business Databases A - F
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ABI/INFORM GlobalABI/Inform includes full-text articles from business journal and some newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal
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Access World News Research Collection: 2021 EditionProvides current and archived news content from more than 12,000 United States and international newspapers, news services, magazines, blogs, transcripts, and more. Date coverage varies with individual newspaper. See the Newspapers Research Guide [ link https://researchguides.uic.edu/newspapers/top ]
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Africa Development IndicatorsADI is the most detailed collection of data on Africa, containing over 1,600 indicators, covering 53 African countries and spanning the period 1961 to 2010.
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Bloomberg ProfessionalBloomberg terminals are available for current UIC students in the CME Training Lab in Douglas Hall and one terminal in the Library's IDEA Commons. Users need to sign up for an account.
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Business Source CompleteBusiness Source Complete provides full-text to a large number of business sources, including business journals, trade publications and business magazines.
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CheckpointComprehensive resource for research into taxation. Note: access to titles limited to 35 simultaneous users. May not be compatible with Firefox. See also RIA Checkpoint
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Cook County ConnectDemographic data for Cook County. Includes geospacial data and well as ESRI Business Analyst.
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D&B HooversReplaces both D&B Business Browser and Hoover’s Online. Good company and industry information. Includes public and private companies worldwide. Usually includes a SWOT Analysis.
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EconLit with Full TextEconLit with Full Text contains all of the indexing available in EconLit, plus full text for nearly 600 journals, including the American Economic Association journals with no embargo.
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Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)International economic and market data; country data and analysis. UIC subscription doesn't include Industry Reports. May not be compatible with Firefox.
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Entrepreneurial Studies SourceThis database provides insight into topics relevant to entrepreneurship and small business with full text for more than 125 periodicals, 135 reference books, case studies, company profiles and videos with transcripts.
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FAITSTopical coverage areas include IT infrastructure,
telecommunications, wireless technology,
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Firsthand (See also reference under Vault)Use to research employers, industries and career subjects. Ranks and reviews companies and internship opportunities. Provides resume and interview advice.
Business Databases G - M
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Gartner ResearchGartner Research provides access to research and analysis on information technology (IT) technologies, practices, and strategies performed by the Gartner Group. The University of Illinois Administrative Information Technology Services subscribes to this database. Selected reports are available for students, faculty and staff of the University of Illinois.
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Global Economic MonitorGEM provides daily updates of global economic developments, with coverage of high income- as well as developing countries.
Provides in-depth histories of companies that are significant in an industry or geographic location. Useful for students, job seekers, historians and investors.
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LinkedIn LearningFormerly Lynda.com. Offers over a thousand video tutorials on leading software topics including Adobe products, Apple products, Microsoft products, Drupal, video editing, audio editing, operating systems and much more.
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Mergent ArchivesAccess to the full run of Mergent Manuals, formerly known as Moody's Manuals, 1909 to present; the Municipal and Government Manual, 1918 to present; and historical annual reports, 1925 to present. Includes D&B Million Dollar Directory back to 1959.
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Mergent IntellectDesigned to build and download lists of public and private companies.
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Mergent OnlineThis opens a pop-up window to share the URL for this database
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Mintel AcademicU.S. and European market research reports and data on consumer products and trends, covering forecasts, consumer attitudes and behavior. Includes Mintel Reports, Market Sizes for market share and forecasts, and GNPD (Global New Product Development, for trends in nutrition, packaging, and ingredients.
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Nexis UniNexis Uni will replace LexisNexis Academic in the near future. Note: Off campus users need to create a profile to access. See LexisNexis Academic for description.
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Business Databases P - Z
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Passport GMID (Euromonitor International)An online market research tool that tracks industry trends, macroeconomic and socioeconomic information using raw data, contextual reports and visual tools. Coverage includes 26 different consumer industries in 100 countries, macroeconomics and socioeconomics in 210 countries globally, and COVID-19 monitoring.
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PitchBookSearch thousands of private equity and venture capital deals by hundreds of criteria. Use PitchBook to establish benchmarks, find real time data on deals, identify and analyze comparables, and search investor details.
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PrivCoBusiness and financial data on major, non-publicly traded corporations, including family owned, private equity owned, and venture backed companies. Users need to sign up for an account on campus using their UIC email address.
If you already have a PrivCo account go to privco.com and sign in.
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Redbooks (now Winmo)See Winmo.
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SimplyAnalyticsSimplyMap is now SimplyAnalytics. Mapping application that allows users to customize interactive maps & reports using thousands of data variables. To save your searches, you need to sign up for an account using your UIC email address. Access restricted to 5 concurrent users.
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StatistaFind statistics, consumer survey results and industry studies from over 22500 sources on over 60000 topics on the internet's leading statistics database.
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TechnavioProvides access to more than 17,000 market research reports covering wide variety of industries including technology, aerospace, healthcare, retail, information technology, communications services, transportation and many more industries.
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Uniworld OnlineProvides listings for American firms and their locations in other countries and firms based in other countries with locations in the United States. Can be used to track foreign subsidiaries or for job and internship opportunities.
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Winmo (formerly Redbooks)Covers both advertising agencies and advertisers. For advertising agencies, gives basic company information, media specialties and list of clients. For advertisers, includes basic company information, products, where they advertise and advertising budgets.
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World Bank eLibrary (E-books)The World Bank eLibrary provides access to a growing collection of more than 5,000 ebooks, journal articles, and working papers from the world's most authoritative source on international development as they are published.
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World Development Indicators (WDI) OnlinePublished by the World Bank. The primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially-recognized international sources. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates.