There are many times when people are looking for information that may be more nebulous, or where filings and websites only provide some information - like biographies of the executives, information on intellectual property, marketing/advertising information, corporate strategy, and clients. Using information found in filings, web pages, and other published sources along with searching current news and trade publications can provide a more detailed picture. Search on:
Executive names. Executive names are used in article and search on them will provide more information on an executive, but there may be interviews that reveal what is going on at the executive level like strategy and how they see the company as well as more general ;articles looking at the company.
Product names. Searching on product names is a good way to find out more about a specific product.
Product lines/divisions. Since some companies may have a full product line or division that dominate, focusing a search on that is good for finding more about that and if that is a more niche industry or a subsector, it is a good way to find out about that area and the company's position in it.
Company name along with its top competitor(s). Adding other company names to a search on a company's name because it might provide insight on how the target company and its competitors feel about that target company and the industry landscape.
There are databases for searching news and trade publication and both can be helpful for those researching both public and private companies; the Library of Congress subscribes to many of them. However, check to see what your local public library subscribes to for access. The subscription resources marked with a padlock are available to researchers on-site at the Library of Congress. If you are unable to visit the Library, you may be able to access these resources through your local public or academic library.
Delivering over 6,800 journals, nearly 80% of which are in full-text, ABI/INFORM Complete is a comprehensive business database. Offering much more than journal content, this diverse solution provides the right mix of content types to meet the needs of any business researcher. ABI/INFORM also offers coverage on hundreds of industries and focus areas such as oil, gas, mining, energy, environment, and healthcare management, and has an ever growing range of content from around the globe. ABI/INFORM Complete provides researchers with diverse publication types that meet the requirements of core business programs and corporate libraries. With annual reports from nearly 1,000 leading North American companies, downloadable data sets from the Economic Intelligence Unit, market research reports, dissertations, business cases, and current news from The Wall Street Journal and Financial Times, researchers will be equipped with the tools to respond to changing market conditions and prepare for emerging areas of interest.
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Provides bibliographic and full text content for thousands of the most important scholarly journals, magazines, and trade publications covering all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. The database also contains detailed author profiles for the 40,000 most-cited authors in the database. Additional full text content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses, faculty seminars (videos), and more. Indexing and abstracts for 1,300 scholarly business journals date back to 1886.
Factiva is a vast full text archive of publications and up-to-the-minute reports and news focusing on global developments and business. Combines over 35,000 sources from the Dow Jones Interactive and Reuters Business Briefing to provide premium business content from 200 countries and in 26 languages. Factiva is very strong in trade journals and company reports. Requires username/password; see reference staff for assistance.
More than 7,100 full-text titles and 3,600 refereed journals, and hundreds of newspapers
More than 500 travel guides, including hundreds of Fodor's titles
The full collection of National Public Radio programs from 1990 to the present, including searchable transcripts
Full-text of the New York Times from 1985 to the present, updated daily
The ability to translate articles into 11 different languages, helping ESL researchers
More than 3,000 full-text titles recommended by Bowker's Magazines for Libraries and access to a range of additional new collections created to fill subject-specific curricular needs.
Contains over 6,000 news, business, and legal sources, including deep backfiles and up-to-the-minute stories in national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources. Use the included Company Dossier module to retrieve detailed company information and financial performance measures or identify and compare companies matching specific criteria. Areas covered include:
NEWS Full text of hundreds of newspapers, magazines, and newswires from the U.S. and around the world Hard-to-find broadcast transcripts from the major television and radio Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch and other foreign-language newspapers and magazines
LEGAL Comprehensive coverage of US federal and state case law and statutory law Law review articles from over 500 publications Legal news from more than 300 legal newspapers, magazines, and newsletters Patents from 1971 forward
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PressReader provides instant online access to today's newspapers and popular periodicals from around the world in full-color, full-page format. The ever-expanding collection currently includes more than 6,000 U.S. and international titlesfrom over 100 countries in over 60 languages. Just like reading a print edition, viewers can browse articles and other key content, such as pictures, advertisements, classifieds, and notices. The service also provides up to a 60-day backfile and the ability to perform keyword searches across all titles and the entire backfile.
Proquest US Newsstream enables users to search the most recent premium U.S. news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format. US Newsstream offers exclusive access to the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and co-exclusive access (with Factiva) to The Wall Street Journal, as well as access to one of the largest collections of local and regional newspapers.
are available to researchers on-site at the Library of Congress. If you are unable to visit the Library, you may be able to access these resources through your local public or academic library.
