LSBE Library Essentials

Finding Books
Business Periodical Databases
Other Periodical Databases
Financial Databases
Marketing Databases
Statistical Databases
Other Databases
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Finding Books

All-University Catalog Book Search
Search all U of MN campuses just as you would our campus. You can mark "Get-It" for any circulating book held at any campus, including UMD, and it will be pulled and held for you at our Circulation desk. You will be notified by email. UMD requests are usually filled within one day and requests from other campuses can take 2 to 4 working days. This is faster than Inter Library Loan as there is no intermediary processing your request. This is available for faculty, staff and students. FREE! All University of Minnesota book resources are now at your finger tips!!

Amazon Books
Find new and used books for sale, with previews, brief reviews and ratings.

Dissertations & Theses
Indexes all American doctoral dissertations since 1861 covering all subjects. Full-text of "Big Ten" University dissertations, from about 1997 to present, are available to UMD students, faculty, and staff.

eBooks on EBSCOhost
Access thousands of recently published books in electronic format, many business related. Each book is listed in the Library Catalog with a link to its location in eBooks on EBSCOhost. Only one person at our institution can view a particular book at a time—another user trying to view the same book will get a "busy" message—and readers can check out an electronic book for 48 hours. The first time you try to check out eBooks on EBSCOhost you must create a free account. On the main eBooks on EBSCOhost screen proceed to "Create Account" and follow the on-screen instructions.

Google Book Search
With this exciting and very new service, search for any keywords and discover which books are highly ranked for them. You may be able to find and read a few pages of the the scanned book in context.

Library Catalog
Search for books, government documents, reference books, videos and periodicals available in the Kathryn A. Martin Library using the Library Catalog.

WorldCat
Find over 330 million books, government documents, videos found in thousands of libraries. THIS IS OUR BEST SOURCE for finding and ordering materials through our free Interlibrary Loan service. Interlibrary Loans may require 1-3 weeks or more to fulfill.

Business Periodical Databases

Business Insights: Essentials
Company & industry news linked to electronic reference books. Contains histories, market shares, rankings, industry surveys, and investment reports.

Business Source Premier
Full text of over 3,400 business periodicals. This is our largest business database. It provides our best access to scholarly journals. It also has special industry reports, including "SWOT" analysis. Note the "company profiles" tab, which will allow you to access over 5,000 MarketLine Company Profiles.

Emerald Insight
A smaller business database with full text of scholarly journals in English, many of which are based in Europe.

Google Scholar
Indexes scholarly literature. Strong in the areas of medicine, engineering, the sciences, and business. Provides relevancy rankings based on the citation patterns of the articles. Sources are linked to Library electronic holdings via "Find It." This is your best first place to search for scholarly "peer reviewed" information.

ProQuest News
Contains the full text of newspaper articles from over 350 titles. Provides our only source of electronic access to the Wall Street Journal.

Regional Business News 
Regional Business News is a collection of full text newswires that incorporates news information from all over the world. Often news about regional business events, companies, products, and services are found here. Included in this database are A&G Information, Africa News Service, Inter Press Service, Resource News International, South American Business, M2 Communications, PR Newswire, Business Newswire, Canadian Corporate News, News Bytes News Network and Phillips Business Information Highlights. Information provided by these sources covers business, political, economic and other diverse, international news events. In order to maintain the most current collection of news, this database contains the most recent 30 days of information from each of these wire sources. Several hundred articles are added to Business Wire News database each day. 

Wall Street Journal (Eastern Edition)
Contains the full-text Wall Street Journal which has extensive coverage of stock markets, finance, investments and business-oriented news. This database version from Proquest includes business news and analysis, company news, regular columns, special reports, articles on the national and world economy, editorials and opinion, interviews, and Reuters news stories. Excludes charts and free standing tabular data, such as stock tables and other exchange listings.  
Full text coverage: Jan 2, 1984 - current

WestLaw News
Westlaw News contains more than 4,900 news and business information sources, including thousands of trade publications.

Other Periodical Databases

Academic Search Premier
An interdisciplinary index to academic journals; provides full-content for over 3400 titles. Many business topics can be researched here in cross disciplinary literature.

Duluth News Tribune
A searchable archive of the Duluth News-Tribune, with complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local businesses, business people, state industries, and economic issues. Covers 11/1995 - present.

JSTOR
Contains the complete backfiles of almost 600 scholarly journals, starting with v. 1, issue, 1. Some of the journals date from the 1600s. There are well over 3 million articles available. JSTOR is interdisciplinary, with almost 100 business related periodical titles. All full text.

MasterFile Premier
Contains popular and general interest magazines covering a broad range of disciplines. Many business topics can be researched here as well. Over 2600 titles are indexed, with over 1950 titles available in full text.

ScienceDirect (Elsevier)
Contains the abstracts or titles of 1800 scientific and social science journals from Elsevier Science. Access to the full text of articles is available for those journals subscribed to by the University of Minnesota. 282 titles are business related.

Financial Databases

BizMiner
BizMiner offers industry financial analysis benchmarks for over 5,000 lines of business and industry market trends on thousands more. Their market analysis reports are available at the national and local levels down to the zip code. Bizminer is a great resource to use when developing business plans, or for any sort of entrepreneurship initiatives where you need to measure peer performance in an industry. Types of reports:

• Industry Financial Profiles
• US & Local Market Research Reports (includes business failure rates)
• Area Demographic Profiles
• Sole Proprietor/Startup Profit & Loss
• Local Market Vitality Profiles
  
  

FactSet

Platform used to analyze financial data from global equity and fixed income markets. Coverage includes data on ownership and private equity and venture capital investments.

To get access, request an account using your UMD email. (requires 24 hours or more)

Use the Web Version

• Request an account using your UMD email address.
• Within 48 hours, you will receive a factset.net ID in your email.
• Go to https://my.factset.com, enter the factset.net ID, then click on the Register button. You will receive a one-time passcode for your first log in. Be sure to set your own permanent password.
• Once logged in, you will be walked through account customization and setup.

Install on a Workstation (optional)

• Follow all the instructions above. When done, you can install the FactSet Workstation by downloading from https://support.factset.com/workstation/.
  • Once the .MSI file has downloaded, double-click the file and click through the Next, Install and Finish buttons.
  • After the installation is complete, a FactSet Authentication box will pop up for you to type in your factset.net ID, then click Continue.
  • A one-time passcode will be emailed to your university email address.
    
    
    

Google Finance
Google Finance is an early beta product that offers a broad range of information about North American stocks, mutual funds, and public and private companies along with charts, news, and fundamental financial data. FAQ

Mergent Online
Provides business and financial information for 23,000 U.S. and international companies. Financials for 15 years, balance sheets, income statements "as reported" and can be downloaded to spreadsheet. Includes company overviews, histories financial ratios, and much more. Mergent Online IS OUR BEST SOURCE FOR COMPANY ANNUAL REPORTS.

Mergent/Moody's Manual Collection
Mergent / Moody's Online Manuals Collection provides extensive historical and current information for public companies worldwide, including history, chronology, acquisitions, mergers, spinoffs, properties, joint ventures, subsidiaries, officers and directors, consolidated income and balance sheets, long term debit, options, and other financial data. Includes the following manuals:

* Industrial Manual since 1920
* OTC Industrial Manual since 1970
* OTC Unlisted Manual since 1986
* Bank & Finance Manual since 1928
* Public Utility Manual since 1914
* Transportation Manual since 1909

MorningStar
Provides independent investment analysis of 1500 stocks and 2000 mutual funds. Includes current analyst reports for both particular companies and funds with an eye to what is happening in the industry. This is a highly regarded and unique source of financial information.

MSN Money
MSN Money is the comprehensive source for your money and personal finance needs. Read business news, get stock quotes, research investments, track your portfolio and manage your accounts in one place. MSN Money has personal finance planning centers for retirement, college, taxes, insurance, savings, and more.

NetAdvantage
Contains large Industry Surveys (and overviews of markets) for leading companies in 52 industries. Search by company or industry. Standard & Poor’s stock analysis is available for public companies.

Value Line
Provides the current relative rating for performance and safety together with estimated yields, the latest earnings, dividends and p/e data, guidance on current investment policy, analysis and forecasts of the national economy and the stock market. Value Line offers views on the economy and the stock market as well as on stocks of special interest. This is a highly regarded and unique source of financial information.

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How to read a Value Line Report

Yahoo Finance
You get free stock quotes, up-to-date news, portfolio management resources, international market data, social interaction and mortgage rate

Marketing Databases

BizMiner
BizMiner offers industry financial analysis benchmarks for over 5,000 lines of business and industry market trends on thousands more. Their market analysis reports are available at the national and local levels down to the zip code. Bizminer is a great resource to use when developing business plans, or for any sort of entrepreneurship initiatives where you need to measure peer performance in an industry. Types of reports:

• Industry Financial Profiles
• US & Local Market Research Reports (includes business failure rates)
• Area Demographic Profiles
• Sole Proprietor/Startup Profit & Loss
• Local Market Vitality Profiles
  
  

Business Analyst Online (BAO) is a Web-based solution that makes custom site evaluation and market analysis fast and easy. Utilizing extensive demographic, consumer spending, and business data, BAO provides detailed information and insights about consumers, their lifestyles and buying behavior, and businesses in your market area. With BAO, you can:

• Analyze trade areas, competition, supply and demand
• Evaluate sites
• Determine population within a specific drive-time or distance
• Identify and segment customers
• Reach your customers more effectively
• Explore markets in the US
• create an account and start using
  
  
  

Global New Products Database
The GNPD is a subsection of our Mintel database.  It monitors worldwide product innovation and new product activity in consumer packaged goods markets with data going back to 1996. GNPD Covers food, drink, household, beauty & personal care, healthcare, and pet sectors across key global markets.   The database's analysis tool is extremely useful to analyze trends in product claims, product ingredients, find competing products, and packaging trends. 

IBIS World Industry Reports provide industry market research reports on over 1,300 U.S. industries, plus Canada, China, and Global Industries. Each IBISWorld report includes:

• An overview of the industry structure
• The current industry performance and key external drivers
• The industry outlook and lifecycle
• Products and markets, including the supply chain, major markets and international trade
• Competitive landscape and market share
• Major companies
• Key statistics and data.

You can find reports easily by browsing by industry sector, by SIC or NAICS codes, or simply searching by keyword. These reports are vital to any research projects involving company or industry analysis.

Mintel Reports
Database containing over 600 consumer product and service marketing reports. Most are US and UK based. They are full of amazing detail and analysis. This is one of our better sources of consumer psychographic information. Note that first time users will have to create a free account.

Reference USA
Directory of U.S. business. Lists size of company, year established, type of business, credit rating, top personnel, yearly sales and more. Data can be searched by name of company, name of officers, geographic area, SIC, size, revenue or any combination.

SBRnet
SBRnet (Sports Business Research Network) provides resources related to the business of sports including industry-developed market research, government statistics, facility reports and news, international market publications, customized research, and directories.

Ulrichsweb
Ulrichs Periodical Directory contains nearly a quarter-million serial records, including: academic and scholarly publications, consumer magazines, electronic publications, monographic series, newsletters, newspapers, trade publications, 'zines, and many other types of serial publications. Contact information and advertising rates are also provided.

Statistical Databases

American FactFinder
The U.S. Census Bureau's source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data drawn from the official United States Census.

Statista
features 1.5 million statistics on over 80,000 topics from over 18,000 sources, categorized into 21 market sectors, on over 600 industries. This data is pulled from market research reports, trade publications, scientific journals, and government databases. Note that search results can be individual statistics or larger "dossier" reports. For each statistic, Statista provides available meta data including source, release date, number of respondents, and any other relevant details. Content is geared towards business and marketing statistical needs, with a focus on current (not historical) statistics. Ready made tables are available for download as images to insert into presentations. Data is downloadable in PPT, XLS, and PNG.

Other Databases

Alibaba.com
Alibaba.com is the world's largest marketplace for global trade and the leading provider of online marketing services for importers and exporters. It is the place for buyers and sellers to find trade opportunities and promote their businesses online. Alibaba.com is not a trading company but rather an online business platform, where you can search or post information to find potential business partners

Hoover's
the Hoover's Company Profiles contain information for more than 40,000 major public and private companies worldwide. It includes overviews and histories, financial and employment data, lists of products and key competitors, names of key officers, and contact information. We urge you to view the unique business information presented in this source.

Manta: Find Companies Home
Browse 63,778,867 companies in the U.S. and Worldwide by Business Category or LocationManta is the largest free source of information on small companies, helping business professionals promote their business, sell faster and make business connections.

Manta: Companies by Subcategories
Manta: Companies by Location
Manta: U.S. Companies
Manta: World Wide Companies

Manufacturing & Distribution USA
"A guide to economic activity in 458 manufacturing industries, providing analysis and synthesis of federal statistics. Up to 75 leading companies in each industry are ranked by sales, with addresses, number of employees, and other information. Selected business ratios are given for each industry.."

NationMaster
"NationMaster, a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD."

NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research
Contains the full-text of working papers from the National Bureau of Economics Research. The NBER covers four areas of empirical research: developing new statistical measurements, estimating quantitative models of economic behavior, assessing the effects of public policies on the U.S. economy, and projecting the effects of alternative policy proposals. Many of its publications, including its working papers, NBER reporter, and NBER digest, are available for download. NBER is updated frequently.

See also these two other sources of working papers:
Research Papers in Economics
EconPapers

Oxford English Dictionary Online
Considered to be the authority on the evolution of the English language. It is a guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over 500,000 words, both present and past.

OECD iLibrary
Contains full-text articles, books and monographs and statistics produced by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development(OECD). Full-text from 1998 forward; statistical data from 2000 forward . Subjects: Agriculture and food, education and skills, employment, emerging economies, energy, enterprise and trade, environment and sustainable development, finance and investment, general economy. Great for international business and economics topics. Updated quarterly.
See also OECD Statistcs

RKMA Marketing Research Handbooks
Richard K. Miller & Associates (RKMA) publishes 12 biennial business reference handbooks focused on marketing and the consumer marketplace. Each handbook includes market assessments and forecasts, sector trends, profiles of market leaders, and statistics. In addition to in-depth analyses, the handbooks include links to hundreds of websites for additional information. Online versions of these reports accessible to UMD faculty, students and staff via the links found in each description.

Wikipedia
A multilingual encyclopedia that is collaboratively edited and maintained by thousands of users via wiki software, and is hosted and supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. In addition to typical encyclopedia entries, Wikipedia includes information more often associated with almanacs, gazetteers, and specialist magazines, as well as coverage of current events. It has over 5.9 million entries, and is constantly growing. Many articles are long, detailed, with sources and related links. Wikipedia has been controversial because of its open collaborative nature, however it has received good marks in recent scholarly journals. This may be a good place to get an overview of business related definitions, topics or issues.
This is a good place to get an overview of business related definitions, topics or issues. The Wikipedia can help you to find and understand the “keywords” you will need to search our library’s many databases . You may not want to cite the Wikipedia as a source, but it may lead you to sources you can cite. Learn how to make the best use of this wonderful resource.

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