Find items in UIC Library collections, including books, articles, databases and more.
Find items on the UIC Library website, including research guides, help articles, events and website pages.
In general, you will be looking for:
business description and industry classification
financial data
company history
company ownership
intellectual property
news
Replaces 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.
Limited to 50 simultaneous users. May not be compatible with wireless devices.
Designed to build and download lists of public and private companies.
Business 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.
Note: you can also create a PrivCo account by connecting through UIC's VPN service. To install, go to AnyConnect VPN and make sure you select the Library-Resources group.
ABI/INFORM is an extensive business research database with full-text articles from business journals, business and trade magazines and newspapers.
Provides current and archived news content from more than 13,800 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 ]
(1984-present)
Using NAIC codes, use these databases to map company locations: