Research Guides: Consumer Behavior, Professor Wong: Databases

Top Databases for Company Information

Search on Company Name or Ticker Symbol to find company profiles and articles on companies.

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides fulltext of 1,300 scholarly business journals covering management, marketing, banking and accounting. SWOT analyses available on companies by searching SWOT and company name.
Hoover's Online
Covers public, private, and international companies. Includes overviews, major industry trends, industry links, and IPO information.

Wall Street Journal via ProQuest
Full text of the Wall Street Journal from 2010 to present.

Business Insights
A fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.

NexisUni
See Box below. Click on Advanced Options. Select "Hoover's Company and Insustry Reports". Search on Company Name for report on company with financials, competitors, brands, etc.

Statista This link opens in a new window
Categorized into 21 market sectors, Statista provides access to quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas of interest or markets.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Excellent source for background articles on concepts such as BCG Matrix, SWOT Analysis, etc.
Encyclopedia of Global Brands 2013
e-Reference book contained in Gale Virtual Reference Library. Contains lengthy profiles on major public, private and international companies and brands.

Company Websites - Investor Relations
SEE ABOVE LINK: VIDEO TUTORIALS - COMPANY INFORMATION. Companies usually post their Annual Reports and 10-K reports on their website, along with other recent SEC filings.
SEC Filings on Lexis Nexis Academic
See Box below. Search on Company Name. Click on Advanced Options. Select SEC filing(s), such as 10-K.
SEC Filings (Edgar Database)
Search for SEC filings of publicly traded U.S. companies, and select international companies.
How to Read a 10K Report (from Edgar SEC Database)

To find databases, go to the Library Home Page at www.lehman.edu/library/.

Some data sets in this resource are not available to Lehman College but you may be able to pull some data sets from this without paying a fee.

Watch short video tutorials on how to search each of the major business databases for company information

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