Business Management

For more detailed information on business resources at the Libraries and for ways of getting personalized help, please visit the Business Research Guide.

Key Databases

The best first place to go if you're looking for research materials in this discipline.

Business source complete

Provides bibliographic and full text content, including indexing and abstracts for scholarly business journals back as far as 1886 and full text journ...

ABI/INFORM collection

Indexing, abstracts, and full-text of scholarly and trade journal articles in business, management, and trade. Also covers dissertations, SSRN working...

Business market research collection

Conduct company, industry, economic and geopolitical market research from 1986- with information from these sources: Hoover's Company Profiles (coveri...

Sources for Data

Data Axle - Reference USA are now Data Axle Reference Solutions. Business database with sections for U.S. busine...
ESRI business analyst online - Esri Business Analyst Online (BAO) is a Web-based solution that makes custom site evaluation and mar...
Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) - Provides objective and authoritative financial and market data on more than 13,000 international com...
Statista - Provides access to statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scien...

Industry Research

IBISWorld - span>ProcurementIQ has been merged with IBISWorld reports, giving a single platform for research rep...
Business source complete - Provides bibliographic and full text content, including indexing and abstracts for scholarly busines...

Company Research

PrivCo - Database of financial data on major privately-held companies. Includes private financials and revenu...
Standard & Poor's netAdvantage - Features Standard & Poor's market investment news, including market snapshot, company quote, equity ...

Finances and Markets

Morningstar investing center - A comprehensive stock database that includes financial data on companies traded on the New York Stoc...
Standard & Poor's netAdvantage - Features Standard & Poor's market investment news, including market snapshot, company quote, equity ...

Markets and Advertising

Mintel reports: USA - Offers research reports covering European, UK-specific, and US consumer markets. The reports analyse...
Frost & Sullivan - In-depth market research and strategy reports with European and global coverage of the following are...
Ad*Access - Presents images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian ...
Euromonitor Passport GMID -
Access to Euromonitor Passport GMID will end on 8-31-2025.
For alternative resources, see the following:
- Statista
- Sage Data
- IBISWorld
- Mintel Reports
If you have further questions or would like help finding similar data, please reach out to Shaun Bennett at sbennet@ncsu.edu
Market research and American business reports, 1935-1965 - This database is a source for American consumption history as well as the history of transnational m...
Statista - Provides access to statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scien...