Library

Electronic Resources (A-Z)

You may be prompted for your USC UNIX username and password, particularly if you access these databases from off-campus or off-network. This is the same as your USC Web Mail or BlackBoard login. Please call (213) 740-5555 if you need assistance with your USC login. Additional databases are available on the USC Libraries web site.

Business Resources

Database Name

ABI/Inform
Articles from business journals, magazines and newspapers. Available through ProQuest.

AcademicOne (formerly Expanded Academic)
Articles from journals, magazines and newspapers on a wide range of subjects including business. Includes the General Business File ASAP database.

Bloomberg
Specialized workstation. See library staff or Center for Investment Studies for access information.

BoardEx
Detailed information on board members of publicly-listed firms. See library staff for access information.

Boardview (Available through Marshall network)
Economic statistics and other indicators. Go to: Start menu ->All Programs -> Library Resources

Business and Company Resource Center
Company and industry profiles, rankings, market research, articles and Datamonitor industry reports.

CompactD / WorldScope (Available through Marshall network)
US and international financial data from company filings, last update July 2006.
Go to: Start menu --> All Programs --> Library Resources

Conference Board
Management and economic research from the Conference Board.

Datastream
A financial statistical database available for Faculty and PhD research via Citrix on the Marshall Network. Please contact the Marshall Help Desk for access.

EconLit
Journals, books and working papers in economics.

EIU Country Reports
Contains Country Reports, Country Profiles and Country Commerce Reports from the Economist Intelligence Unit. Click on "Enterprise Client Access."

Electronic Journals
Browse ejournal subject headings in Business and Economics to find articles from business journals, magazines and newspapers.

Emerald Journals
Articles from key journals in the fields of management, information science and engineering.

Expanded Academic ASAP
Replaced by the larger AcademicOne database.

Factiva
Articles and company information from journals, magazines and newspapers, plus company profile information. Only three concurrent users allowed

Forrester
Market, industry and consumer research from the technology consulting firm

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Encyclopedias and reference works on a variety of subjects. Includes company histories and business plans handbooks.

Gartner IntraWeb (USC UNIX webmail password required for access)
Technology research. Use "Advanced Search" to locate "research we own."

General Business File ASAP
Articles from business journals, magazines and newspapers.

Global Financial Database
Historical financial data covering a wide range of markets, indices and statistics.

Global Market Information Database (GMID by Euromonitor)

International company, country, industry and market information.

Global Road Warrior
Business travel guide and country background information.

Historical Annual Reports
ProQuest's compilation of annual reports from over 800 companies dating back to 1844.

Hoover's
Company and industry profiles, business news, biographies and IPO information.

IBISWorld
Detailed market research and analysis on over 700 U.S. industries as well as Global Industry Reports, China Industry Reports and Business Environment Reports.

ISI Emerging Markets
Coverage of emerging economies in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America.

Investext
Analyst reports from by brokerage firms, investment banks and other organizations. Includes historical reports back to the 1980's.

JSTOR
Historical archive of scholarly journals in all disciplines.

LexisNexis Academic
News articles as well as business, medical and legal information.

LexisNexis Statistical
Offers three major sources of statistical data tables, publications and links.

Los Angeles Times (Current)
Full text available through ProQuest from 1985.

Los Angeles Times Historical
Full text available through ProQuest from 1881 to 1984.

MarketResearch.com Academic
Selected market research reports for a wide range of industries, services and products.

MedTrack
Company fundamentals, drug development news, and patent information on biomedical companies worldwide.

Mergent Online
US and international company data, annual reports, and financial data.

Mergent WebReports
Online access to scanned images of the Moody's/Mergent manuals. These provide financials, corporate histories, business descriptions, and information on subsidiaries, officers, and municipal debt in some cases back to the early 1900's.

Million Dollar Database
Extensive database of larger US and Canadian companies from Dun & Bradstreet.

Mint Global
US and international company information from Bureau van Dijk including Datamonitor market research and company reports (same content as Orbis with a different interface). "Switch Mints" to Mint US to gain access to Freedonia research.

Morningstar Direct (Available through Marshall network)
Global investment database and analystics. See library staff or Center for Investment Studies for access information.

NBER Working Papers
Research from the National Bureau of Economic Research.

New York Times Historical
Full text available through ProQuest from 1851 to 2001.

NewsBank InfoWeb
Full-text news resource covering over 500 global news sources.

Orbis
US and international company information from Bureau van Dijk including Datamonitor market research and company reports (same content as Mint Global with a different interface).

OSIRIS (Web version)
Publicly listed company information from Bureau van Dijk.

OSIRIS Historical DVD's (Available through Marshall network)
Publicly listed company information with historical data from Bureau van Dijk.

ProQuest
Articles from the ProQuest databases including ABI/Inform and others. Includes the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Los Angeles Times as well as scholarly articles and trade publications.

RAND California Statistics
Statistics and documents on California economic and public policy issues.

Reference USA
Directory database of over 14 million US businesses.

SDC Platinum
Data on mergers and acquisitions, IPO's and venture capital funding. Access via Citrix on the Marshall network. See library staff for access or click here.

SEC EDGAR
Company filings with US Securities and Exchange Commission.

SimplyMap
Web-based mapping application enables non-technical users to quickly create thematic maps and reports/tables using extensive demographic, social, business and marketing data.

Source OECD
Online library of OECD statistical databases, books and periodicals.

SBRNet (Sports Business Research Network)
Market research and industry news for the sports industry.

SRDS
Advertising rates and data for magazines from Standard Rate and Data Service.

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
Business, investment and financial information including industry surveys.

STAT-USA/Globus
U.S. business, economic and trade information from US government sources.

TableBase (RDS)
Business statistics and tables extracted from a wide range of articles. Instructions on exporting to Excel available here.

USA Trade Online
Detailed statistics on US imports and exports from US government sources.

ValueLine
Access to Value Line's publications covering industries, stocks, mutual funds.

Vault
Information on careers, employers, job search advice, salary info, employee message boards and more. Available through the Marshall Career Resource Center and CONNECTSC at the Career Planning & Placement Center.

Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS)
Collection of databases designed for quantitative analysis of financial data.

Wilson Business Full Text (formerly OmniFile)
Articles from a wide range of business journals, magazines and newspapers.

Wilson Business Periodicals Index Retrospective 1913-1982
Provides indexing and citations to articles from a wide range of historic business journals. Full text of the articles may be available in print or electronic form through the Library collections or Interlibrary Loan.

World Development Indicators
Key national and regional development statistics from the World Bank.

Zephyr
International M&A, IPO and venture capital deals with links to company information from Bureau van Dijk.

|back to top |

Other Reference Resources

Database Name

Biography Index

Books In Print

Ebrary

Encyclopedia Britannica

jake

Melvyl

netLibrary