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  • ABI/INFORM Collection
    Scholarly business research database. Features The most comprehensive ABI/INFORM™ database, this comprises ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry, and ABI/INFORM Dateline. The 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. articles newspapers magazines articles scholarly journals
  • Academic Search Premier
    Provides abstracts, indexing, and full-text for journals covering the social sciences, humanities, education, and more. Coverage: 1985-. articles newspapers magazines articles scholarly journals multi-subject databases news current events
  • Advertising Age Datacenter
    Advertising Age is one of the world’s leading news sources for the fields of advertising and marketing. To use Datacenter, select the corresponding tab located at the top of the page. The AdAge.com Datacenter is a useful source of statistics, facts, and special studies related to advertising and marketing. data statistics
  • America’s News
    America’s News features national, regional and local news content that delivers multiple perspectives from more than 3,650 U.S. news sources including the Winston-Salem Journal. Covers a range of popular topics including business, health, politics, careers, entrepreneurship and much more. Coverage: 1980s-. articles newspapers magazines news current events

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  • BCC Research
    Market research and analysis. Coverage provides detailed market size forecasts that incorporate the major economic, scientific, and technological developments in industrial, pharmaceutical, and high technology organizations. reports
  • BizMiner
    BizMiner produces industry statistical reports, with industry financial analysis benchmarks for over 5,000 lines of business and industry market trends on thousands more. Market analysis reports are available at the national and local levels down to the zip code. BizMiner is for educational, non-commercial use only; systematic copying and/or distribution of BizMiner content is prohibited. company industry research reports
  • Business Journals
    You will need to create an account using your WFU email to access this resource. Find the latest breaking business news, updated throughout the day, this week’s top stories from 46 Business Journals including the Greensboro/Triad Business Journal and the Charlotte Business Journal, and other popular features from the print edition. articles newspapers magazines
  • Business Source Premier
    Includes abstracts, indexing, and full text from international business periodicals like the Harvard Business Review. Also includes Datamonitor company profiles. Coverage: 1886-. articles newspapers magazines articles scholarly journals company industry research country research

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  • Capital IQ
    The Capital IQ platform provides research, data, and analysis on private and public companies. Covers areas of corporate finance, including investment banking, equity research, asset management and more. Users will need to create an account with their WFU email in order to access Capital IQ. Click “new user”, in the upper right corner of the Capital IQ landing page to get started. data statistics
  • Credo Reference
    Credo Reference includes over 650 titles with particular emphasis on subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks. Also included are over 1,100 short reference videos, nearly 450,000 high-resolution art images, photographs and maps across all subject areas. encyclopedias reference
  • Cypress Resume
    Easy-to-use resume building tool with a built-in writing process and automatic formatting. careers personal development encyclopedias reference

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  • Data Axle Reference Solutions
    (Formerly ReferenceUSA) Provides addresses and sales information for over 14 million U.S. business establishments and organizations. It is searchable by state, city, zip code, area code or yellow page keywords. Search by SIC or NAICS code if you need to get a list of companies within an industry. Limited credit-rating information also available. Coverage: current year. careers personal development company industry research encyclopedias reference
  • Data Planet
    With Data Planet, you can scan and search the contents of billions of datasets, compare and contrast variables of interest, and create customized views in tables, maps, rankings, and charts. Views also include descriptive summaries of the datasets and data sources. Coverage: Details not available. data statistics
  • Directory of Open Access Books
    A searchable index to peer-reviewed monographs and edited volumes published under an Open Access business model, with links to the full texts of the publications at the publisher’s website or repository. Coverage: 1985-. books e-books multi-subject databases

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  • IBISWorld
    Provides extensive reports on 300 industries and numerous companies. Includes size, trends, market share, descriptions of key participants and more. Coverage: Details not available. company industry research reports

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  • Market Research and American Business Reports, 1935-1965
    An insight into the American consumer boom of the mid-20th century through access to the complete market research reports of Ernest Dichter, the era’s foremost consumer analyst and market research pioneer. Coverage: 1935-1965. primary sources reports
  • Mergent Corporate Manuals
    Mergent Archives is an online database featuring a vast, indexed collection of more than a century’s worth of global corporate and industry related documents. This collection contains hundreds of thousands of reports covering over 100 countries and industries. Coverage: 1909-present. company industry research data statistics
  • Mintel Reports
    Marketing and consumer research reports. Focuses on the USA and Europe. Each user must be a current affiliate of WFU and must create a personal profile. Coverage: Details not available. reports
  • Morningstar.com Library Edition
    Includes three tools: Stock and Fund Selector, Reports, and X-Ray. Use these tools to select stocks or mutual funds, review Morningstar analysis, and determine how your stocks and funds work in an overall investment plan. Coverage: Details not available. company industry research reports

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  • PolicyMap
    A U.S. national data and mapping tool and analytics platform with multidisciplinary applications related to social sciences, urban studies, real estate and housing analysis, community and economic development, public administration, public health, policy and political science, education, business, economics, statistics, and geography, among others. data statistics
  • ProQuest Central
    ProQuest Central provides access to databases across all major subject areas, including business, health and medical, social sciences, arts and humanities, education, science and technology, and religion. The collection includes thousands of full-text scholarly journals, newspapers, magazines, dissertations, working papers, and market reports all together on a powerful, user-friendly platform. articles newspapers magazines articles scholarly journals multi-subject databases
  • ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global
    ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Global (PQDTGlobal) is a comprehensive collection of full-text dissertations and theses. PQDTGlobal includes millions of searchable citations to dissertations and theses from 1861 to the present day together with over a million full-text dissertations that are available for download.  The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full-text coverage for older graduate works. It also includes PQDT UK & Ireland content. Coverage: 1861-. books e-books theses dissertations
  • ProQuest Entrepreneurship Database
    This database bridges theory with practice, covering a wide spectrum of resources useful to educators, researchers, students and practitioners. Content ranges from the scholarly – including journals, dissertations, working papers and conference proceedings – to a full toolkit of practical guides, templates, forms, sample business plans and tips from successful entrepreneur in a wide range of formats – from video to downloadable Word and Excel files, as well as traditional text and PDFs. Coverage: 1987-. articles newspapers magazines articles scholarly journals
  • ProQuest Recent Newspapers
    Contains 18 newspapers with coverage beginning in the late 2000s through present with a three-month embargo. Titles include Barron’s, LA Times, Newsday, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, and more. articles newspapers magazines articles scholarly journals news current events

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  • SAGE Books
    Explore research social science monographs, classroom texts, and professional development titles. books e-books
  • SAGE Business Cases
    This collection of case studies spans the globe, including all business types and the gamut of business and management topics. Instructors have access to teaching notes that can include PowerPoint presentations, learning objectives and discussion questions, and in-depth case analyses. Contact krstevs@wfu.edu or ritchiem@wfu.edu for instructor access. company industry research
  • SAGE Reference
    Authoritative encyclopedias and handbooks in the social and behavioral sciences. encyclopedias reference
  • SAGE Skills: Business
    This offering of comprehensive, easy-to-use, and interactive resources supports students in gaining the skills relevant to their academic and professional success. Develop and practice real-world business and professional skills needed to transition from campus to the modern workplace. Relatable narratives of real workplace experiences allow for practical context to be applied to academic content, preparing students to navigate professional opportunities and challenges. encyclopedias reference
  • SAGE Video
    With new and original video productions, including contributions from our book and journal editors and authors across the world, SAGE Video offers quick definitions, short tutorials, and in-depth interviews for a range of academic viewpoints. It also features extensive footage of practitioners in real-life professional settings designed to illustrate best practice and provide a unique insight for students to master the theory, skills, and techniques needed to succeed. video multimedia
  • Simmons Insights
    Simmons Insights includes advanced reporting analytics, data visualizations, and business intelligence applications with comprehensive profiling that enable clients to build proprietary data dashboards and custom analyses. Five concurrent users may access Simmons Insights. data statistics
  • SimplyAnalytics
    Map thousands of demographic, business, and marketing data variables. Coverage limited to the United States. Coverage: Details not available. data statistics encyclopedias reference multi-subject databases
  • SIRS Discoverer
    Designed specifically for elementary and middle school students, SIRS Discoverer offer articles, nonfiction books, images, activities and websites curated for educational relevance, age appropriateness, and readability. curriculum resources k-12 encyclopedias reference
  • Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science)
    “Social Sciences Citation Index indexes over 1,700 journals in the social sciences including anthropology, communications, history, law, management, political science, psychology, sociology, and women’s studies. It provides bibliographic data, author abstracts, and cited references. Social Sciences Citation Index is most useful for searching for articles that cite a known author or work. Citation searching also allows a researcher to use a given work as a subject term in order to identify more recent articles about the same topic.” Coverage: 1956-. articles scholarly journals
  • SPORTDiscus
    Citations and some abstracts from periodicals, books, conference proceedings, dissertations and theses, research papers, etc. SPORTDiscus covers the areas of: sports, physical fitness, sport science and recreation. Access is limited to four simultaneous users. Coverage: 1830-. articles scholarly journals
  • Sports Market Analytics
    SMA is a single resource for analytics of sports marketing trends, brand preferences, general media habits, sponsorship, social media, fantasy, eSports, participation, and sports equipment and footwear. Coverage: 1996-. data statistics
  • Statista
    Find statistics, consumer survey results and industry studies from over 18000 sources on over 60000 topics on the internet's leading statistics database. data statistics encyclopedias reference multi-subject databases

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  • New Winmo
    Find data on advertising agencies, advertisers, key contacts, ad spends, media types, and more with this sales prospecting tool formerly known as the Advertising Red Books
  • WorldCat
    The world’s most comprehensive bibliography, with millions of bibliographic records representing 400 languages and covering information from 4,000 years of knowledge. Includes holdings information from the world’s libraries. Coverage: 1200-. books e-books encyclopedias reference multi-subject databases

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