Industry Information

Subject Librarian:
Suzanne Bell

Email:
sbell@library.rochester.edu

Phone:
585-275-9317

Industry/Market research reports

This is simply an alphabetical list, there is no preference implied by the order. Check the brief descriptions to help you narrow down which ones to try.

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Frost & Sullivan – Dates: Varies

Includes technical reports and market analysis on emerging, high-tech and industrial markets in 50 countries.

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Gartner – Dates: Varies

Contains reports on the IT industry and the impact of IT on businesses. Search by market, topic, or industry.

Click Tips for Gartner Alerts for help with Alert subscriptions.

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GBI Research – Dates: Varies

Includes marketing reports for pharmaceuticals, medical devices, energy, clean technology, and chemicals. Global coverage.

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Nid: 33537

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IBISWorld – Dates: Current

Outstanding new resource for industry research! Includes US, US special topics, and Global Industry Reports. Search by keyword or NAICS code. Market size, competitors, forecasts, valuation, & more.

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MarketLine Advantage – Dates: Current

Includes industry, company, and country reports. Market size, segmentation, competition, forecasts.

Nid: 33193

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Mintel Oxygen – Dates: Current

In-depth market research reports. Consumer products focus, with brands/products, some finance and technology. US & Europe.

Each user must create a personal account using a UR email address.

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NetAdvantage – Dates: Varies

Industry and company reports and data. Includes “Industry Surveys”.

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Plunkett Research – Dates: Current

Industry reports for a wide range of topics. Ex: advertising, consulting, investment banking, green tech, energy, logistics.

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Simmons OneView – Dates: 2008-2010

Includes consumer data on products, brand preference, attitudes and media

From off-campus, use VPN to avoid security certificate notices in connecting.

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Sport Business Research Network (SBRnet) – Dates: Current

Market research and industry news for sports equipment sales, participation, consumer expenditures and facilities.

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ThomsonOne.com – Dates: 1996 - current

Analysts' reports; can be used for industry/market research.

Product works exclusively with Internet Explorer browser.
See this brief tutorial for other important usage information.

Brief tutorial on ThomsonOne (worth looking at - interface on this database is pretty weird!)

Individual market research reports:

Advertising spending:

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Articles

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ABI/INFORM Complete – Via ProQuest – Dates: Varies

Articles from academic business journals and business trade publications; country, industry reports, some market data.

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Business Source Premier – Via EBSCO – Dates: Varies

Contains articles, company and industry reports, marketing reports, and country reports. Includes Harvard Business Review.

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Factiva – Via Factiva – Dates: Varies by publication

Contains articles on business, news, and companies worldwide, current and historical financial quotes, and company profiles.

Improve your search experience in Factiva with the tips in this handout: FactivaSearchTips.pdf

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LexisNexis Academic – Via LexisNexis – Dates: Varies

Full text articles from newspapers, magazines, selected journals, and reference books.

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LexisNexis News – Via LexisNexis – Dates: Varies

U.S. newspapers and wires, with option to also search world news, non-English news, new transcripts, etc.

Article database tutorials/tip sheets:

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Patents and intellectual property (IP)

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Google Patents – Dates: 1790 to current

Patents and patent applications from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Has a thumbnail viewer for drawings.

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FreePatentsOnline – Dates: 1974 - current

Full text and images of U.S. patents from 1974+, U.S. patent applications from 2001+, and European patents 2000+.

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USPTO Patent Database – Dates: 1790 - current

Full text and images of U.S. patents.

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Reaxys: Beilstein, Gmelin and Patent Chemistry on the Web – Dates: 1771-present

Identifies chemical compound properties, structures, and reactions with references to journal and patent literature of chemistry.

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Japanese Patent Office - Industrial Property Digital Library – Dates: 1922 - current

English machine translations of Japanese patents. Search using links under "Patent & Utility Model".

European Patent Office

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