Introduction to Business Resources
This online tutorial is designed to provide business students with information about specific library resources which would be useful to their studies. The tutorial is designed to allow student to work through it from beginning to end or enter it at any point.
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Introduction to Business Research ResourcesExplore the library's main business resources for company information, industry information, consumer information and business statistics, and business news.
Most-Used Electronic Business Resources
The following databases allow for the broadest, most comprehensive, and most easily-accessible coverage of business topics.
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Business Source Complete This link opens in a new windowCovers management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and more. Indexes articles from scholarly journals, trade publications, business magazines, and business newspapers with many available as full-text. Includes Datamonitor Industry Profiles, Datamonitor Company Profiles, and SWOT analyses.
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Factiva This link opens in a new windowIndexes over 9,000 business news sources including newspapers, journals, magazines, newswires, and company press releases. Coverage is regional, national, and international. Also includes company and stock information.
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Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowIncludes searchable, full-text of many general regional, national, and international newspapers, as well as many specifically devoted to business. Also includes a section on company dossiers (which includes the ability to produce lists of companies sharing certain characteristics), company profiles, SEC filings, accounting publications, and country profiles.
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Statista This link opens in a new windowStatista integrates statistical data on over 80,000 topics from over 22,000 sources onto a single platform, providing researchers direct access to quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas of interest or markets. It also provides data on market forecasts, white paper studies, dossiers, industry reports, digital market outlooks and consumer market outlooks. Sources include market reports, trade publications, scientific journals, and government databases. Charts can be downloaded in PNG, PowerPoint, Excel or PDF formats or embedded in web pages and used in papers or presentations.
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Mintel Academic This link opens in a new windowMore than 600 report titles dealing with consumer and market reports covering U.K., European, U.S. and international consumer markets are added to Mintel every year. Also includes daily news articles on corporate, product and advertising activity; market share and drivers; forecasts; and leading company information.
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IBISWorld This link opens in a new windowIBISWorld reports contain key statistics and analysis for over 700 U.S. industries, including industry performance and outlook, competitive landscape, market share and characteristics, and more. Browse by industry or search by keyword to access these comprehensive reports.
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First Research Industry Intelligence This link opens in a new windowProvides access to over 900 Industry Segments, updated regularly with monthly statistics and indicators as well as quarterly trend updates. Also includes State Profiles to monitor monthly employment, business and real estate trends in each of the 50 US states.
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Wall Street Journal (Eastern Edition) This link opens in a new windowSearchable full text access to the Wall Street Journal from 1984 to the present.
- Wall Street Journal Online: UK Libraries and the Student Government Association (SGA) have partnered with the WSJ to provide school-sponsored memberships to all students, faculty and staff. Through the partnership, members have full digital access to WSJ.com and through the app. Additionally, curated career content can be found at students.wsj.com. To activate your complimentary subscription, visit wsj.com/UKentucky. Once you create a user name and password, you will be able to sign on to the paper's website and apps.
Business and Economics Liaison
Jennifer Horne
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What's New
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IBISWorld This link opens in a new windowIBISWorld reports contain key statistics and analysis for over 700 U.S. industries, including industry performance and outlook, competitive landscape, market share and characteristics, and more. Browse by industry or search by keyword to access these comprehensive reports.
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Wall Street Journal (Digital Edition) This link opens in a new windowUK Libraries and the Student Government Association (SGA) have partnered with the WSJ to provide school-sponsored memberships to all students, faculty and staff. Through the partnership, members have full digital access to WSJ.com and through the app. Additionally, curated career content can be found at students.wsj.com. To activate your complimentary subscription, visit wsj.com/UKentucky. Once you create a user name and password, you will be able to sign on to the paper's website and apps.
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Statista This link opens in a new windowStatista integrates statistical data on over 80,000 topics from over 22,000 sources onto a single platform, providing researchers direct access to quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas of interest or markets. It also provides data on market forecasts, white paper studies, dossiers, industry reports, digital market outlooks and consumer market outlooks. Sources include market reports, trade publications, scientific journals, and government databases.
Information about Business Information Resources
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Strauss's Handbook of Business Information: a Guide for Librarians, Students, and Researchers, 4th EditionThis new 2020 edition of Strauss's guide helps users to find current information for and about businesses of all kinds--both private and public, U.S.-based and international--related to finance, investment, industries, and entrepreneurship. It contains explanation and instruction on the key facets of business information and provides detailed descriptions of key resources within both broad and specific categories.
