
Business Collection provides coverage of all business disciplines, including accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management and strategy, as well as business theory and practice. Users will understand the activities of companies and industries worldwide through business and trade publications, complemented by a selection of international, U.S., and regional news publications.

Business Insights: Global is a unique source for international business intelligence offering the most comprehensive and convenient way to find case studies, in-depth statistical data coupled with deep research, and the ability to compare global economies, countries and industries.



Provides full text for over 8,000 scholarly business journals and other sources in nearly every area of business, including management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and more. The database also includes other sources of full text information such as country economic reports from the EIU, and detailed company profiles for the world's 10,000 largest companies.



Full text articles from over 200 journals covering all areas of communication and media and indexing and abstracting for many more.

Small Business Collection provides access to academic journals and magazines perfect for both business school students and entrepreneurs. The database offers content that includes insights, tips, strategies and success stories


Nexis Uni Dossier allows you to browse in-depth company profiles and industry reports with the best intelligence available through LexisNexis® services. Content includes:
Company information
Business directories, Hoover’s® company information, ICC financial information, the MERGERSTAT® database, SEC filings, Standard & Poor’s® corporate information, and more. When you research a particular company, you will also find their particular NAICS and SIC codes on the company profile.
Intellectual property information
U.S. patents, trademarks, and copyrights
News
The past two years of news from thousands of global publications and same-day news from more than 85 publications
Legal information
Cases (most recent 12 months), CourtLink® Strategic Profiles, Martindale-Hubbell® Law Directory information, Mealey’s™ newsletters


Newspaper Source™ provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 national (U.S.) and international newspapers, including Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Times (London), Toronto Star, etc. The database also contains selective full text for more than 370 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full-text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, NPR, etc.


Provides a wide range of full-text news, business, legal, and reference information. For industry information use both the News and Business TAB. Company profiles can be found under the Business TAB.

Citations and abstracts of articles from journals in Psychology and other social science disciplines including Anthropology, Education, Medicine, Nursing, and Psychiatry, from mid-19th century to present. Also includes citations to books and book chapters from 1987 to present.

Use the Company Profiles form in Lexis Nexis to search over a dozen company directories, including:
- Access Disclosure
- America's Corporate Finance Directory
- Experian Business Reports
- Hoover's Company Records
- CoreData US Institutional Database
- Nelson's Public Company Profiles
- Standard & Poor's Corporate Register
Note on Finding DUNS, CUSIP, and Tickers
Most of the directories listed above include the stock market ticker symbol for each company listed. The Standard & Poor's Corporate Register is your best source for all three company identifiers.


Bizminer contains basic data on industry financial ratios, balance sheet and profit & loss statement. It also contains US, State, Metro, and down to county level market statistics and sales-per-square-foot data for limited companies.
MarketingCharts and its partners keep tabs on a broad set of metrics in the marketing, advertising and publishing world - from the top 10 online retailers to ad spending by medium. Most datasets are updated at least once a month. Some source data is available in Excel format.


A statistics portal for market data, market research, and market studies. Provides access to statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources on over 600 industries.
The Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan "fact tank" that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It does not take positions on policy issues.


Statistical Abstract of the United States is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States.
Older print volumes can be found in General Collection HA202 .A32.



Many articles in the database will include demographic statistics. The trade journal "American Demographics" is also searchable in this source.
MyBestSegments ZIP Code Look-up lets you view your neighborhood’s household segments within any ZIP Code. Typically, a ZIP Code has over a dozen segments present, but to view your neighborhood’s top five segments, along with a descriptive snapshot about each segment’s characteristics for any Claritas segmentation system, simply enter your 5-digit ZIP Code. Subscription required to access the full database.
Use the Zip lookup tool to identify the top three lifestyle characteristics of a zip code. A subscription is required to access the full database.


A statistics portal for market data, market research, and market studies. Provides access to statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources on over 600 industries.
The Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) program produces monthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services.
Provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Census offers numerous sources regarding population, income and housing. One of the most useful areas will be the American Factfinder. You can look at the population and spending patterns by state, county, city, or zip code.


This EBSCOhost eBook collection provides access to over 138,000 titles covering a wide variety of subject areas. It is comprised of the following sub-collecctions:
eBook Academic Collection
eBook Clinical Collection
eBook Community College Collection
eBook High School Collection
eBook K-8 Collection
eBook Public Library Collection


A growing ebook collection offering online, full-text access to over 70,000 titles in all academic subject areas.
Cabell Publishing, Inc. produces directories of publishing opportunities in the following areas:
- Accounting
- Economics and Finance
- Management
- Marketing
A leading information resource for people involved in marketing, market research, advertising , promotion and other marketing-related areas.

Janet Romine
Associate Dean of Libraries for Research & Instruction
Tel: (660) 785- 7418
Email: jiromine@truman.edu