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General Business Research Databases and Newspapers

ABI/INFORM Complete
This comprehensive database features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals such as the Economist, country-and industry-focused reports, and downloadable data. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world.

Full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals, such as the Economist, country- and industry-focused reports, and downloadable data. Its international coverage gives a complete picture of companies and business trends.
Statista
Statista is a service that aggregates data sets from over 18,000 public and proprietary sources. The service provides tools that allow you to create beautiful charts that can be downloaded as PDF, Excel, PowerPoint, or graphics formats. Statista sources cover business and industry as well as education, politics and social issues.
Wall Street Journal
Comprehensive coverage back to 1984 is available from the world's leading financial newspaper through the ProQuest database. You get complete Wall Street Journal articles through our database.
U.S. Patent Search (Google)
Search and read the full text of patents from around the world.

If you need help getting started, read the tips posted on this page: http://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/support-centers/patent-and-trademark-resource-centers-ptrc/resources/seven

Starting a Business

Small Business Resource Center
Search this database to learn how to start, finance or manage your small business. Resources include sample business plans, how to guides, articles and websites.
Legal Information Reference Center
Providing exclusive online full text for many of the top consumer legal reference books, Legal Information Reference Center contains more than 225 full-text publications and thousands of legal forms (ex. LLC and partnership agreement templates).
Reference USA
Reference USA helps users create marketing plans, conduct competitive analysis, raise funds, and locate people. It provides reatime access to 24 million businesses and 262 million consumers.

Company Information & Competitive Intelligence

ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry
Features trade and industry-focused information contained in journal articles, market reports, industry reports and news. With ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry users can study and compare specific trades and industries, including telecommunications, computing, transportation, construction, petrochemicals and many others.

Net ID required for off-campus access.
Business Insights: Essentials
Designed around the research goals and workflows of a diverse business research community. Easily find information on companies, industries and more in the context of timely news, statistical data, and in-depth reports.
EDGAR: Securities and Exchange Commission
EDGAR is the database of filings received by the SEC. It include information on U.S. companies that trade securities on U.S. stock exchanges and have more than $10 million in assets whose stock is held by more than 500 owners. Private companies with more than 500 shareholders or have made a public debt offering more than $1 million are also listed.
Reference USA
Reference USA helps users create marketing plans, conduct competitive analysis, raise funds, and locate people. It provides reatime access to 24 million businesses and 262 million consumers.

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Choose the "Advanced Search" option in ABI/INFORM or the Business Market Research Database. Enter the symbol and select "Ticker symbol" from the selection menu, as shown in the example below.

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