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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.


  • 6776
    Datamonitor 360 – Current
    Includes industry, company, and country reports. Market size, segmentation, competition, forecasts.
  • 30974
    FirstResearch – Via ProQuest – Varies
    Includes industry reports for consumer products, technology, and most U.S. industries.
  • 30966
    Freedonia Industry Reports – Via ProQuest – Varies
    Includes reports for consumer products, manufacturing, health care and more. Includes forecasts. U.S. focus, some global.
  • 31420
    Frost & Sullivan – Varies
    Includes technical reports and market analysis on emerging, high-tech and industrial markets in 50 countries.
  • 32056
    Gartner – 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.

  • 32061
    GBI Research – Varies
    Includes marketing reports for pharmaceuticals, medical devices, energy, clean technology, and chemicals. Global coverage.

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  • 33193
    Mintel Oxygen – 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.

  • 6859
    NetAdvantage – Varies
    Industry and company reports and data. Includes “Industry Surveys”.
  • 6885
    Plunkett Research – Current
    Industry reports.
  • 32920
    Simmons OneView – 2007-2009
    Includes consumer data on products, brand preference, attitudes and media

    Access is by username and password; see Library page in SimonExchange or call the Business Library desk: 585.275.4482.
  • 30994
    Sport Business Research Network (SBRnet) – Current
    Market research and industry news for sports equipment sales, participation, consumer expenditures and facilities.
  • 6632
    ThomsonOne.com – 1996 - current
    Analysts' reports; can be used for industry/market research.

    Product works exclusively with Internet Explorer browser.
    To access analyst reports, click Screening & Analysis in lower left corner.

 

Individual market research reports:

 

Advertising spending:

  • Ad $ Summary
    A weird but great thing: this link will take you to a list of PDF files on the library's ftp server. The PDFs represent full books, that provide ad spending in all media categories, by company and by brand.

 

Articles


  • 6578
    ABI/INFORM Complete – Via ProQuest – Varies
    Articles from academic business journals and business trade publications; country, industry reports, some market data.
  • 6749
    Business Source Premier – Via EBSCO – Varies
    Contains articles, company and industry reports, marketing reports, and country reports. Includes Harvard Business Review.
  • 6638
    Factiva – Via Factiva – Varies by publication
    Contains articles on business, news, and companies worldwide, current and historical financial quotes, and company profiles.
  • 6571
    LexisNexis Academic – Via LexisNexis – Varies
    Full text articles from newspapers, magazines, selected journals, and reference books.
  • 6989
    LexisNexis News – Via LexisNexis – Varies
    U.S. newspapers and wires, with option to also search world news, non-English news, new transcripts, etc.

Article database tutorials/tip sheets:

 

Financial data for industries


  • 9762
    RMA eStatement Studies – Currrent
    Contains corporate financial ratios and other financial data aggregated by industry.
  • 30663
    Dun & Bradstreet - Key Business Ratios – Rolling 3 years of data
    Contains financial ratios for industries and services, arranged by NAICS and SIC industry codes.

 

Industry codes

 

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