Research Guides: Prof. Anderson's Writing Guide: 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
Type company name and select “CO company entity” field. Provides fulltext of 1,300 scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, and international business dating back to 1886. SWOT analyses available on companies by searching SWOT and company name.

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

Business Insights
Brings together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry information.
Hoover's Online
Covers public, private, and international companies. Includes overviews, major industry trends, industry links, and IPO information.

Search Statistics Articles
The arXiv is a permanent, freely available digital library of research articles (or e-prints) in physics, mathematics, computer science, and quantitative biology maintained at Cornell University.

The Front for the arXiv is an overlay maintained at UC Davis. It was started in 1998 as a front end for the mathematics section.

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 (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)

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
From EBSCO, a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database with over 7,000 scholarly publications.

Science Direct
Search this database by Subject Areas (Business Management & Accounting), (Economics, Econometrics & Finance), by Journal or by Keyword.

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides fulltext of 1,300 scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, and international business dating back to 1886.
Economics and Theory This link opens in a new window
EconLit This link opens in a new window
EconLit is a source of citations and abstracts to economic research dating back to 1886. It provides links to full-text articles (in other databases or on the web) in all fields of economics, including capital markets, country studies, econometrics, economic forecasting, environmental economics, government regulations, labor economics, monetary theory, urban economics and much more.

World Bank Open Knowledge Repository
Search by Topic, Country, Region all freely accessible publications of the World Bank.
IEEE Xplore Digital Library
The IEEE Xplore digital library is a powerful resource for discovery and access to scientific and technical content published by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and its publishing partners. Find articles and conference proceedings on Economics & Business topics.

Through NYPL: Westlaw
The New York Public Library's Thomas Yoseloff Business Center has some databases on site in midtown Manhattan.
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Please check the Yoseloff Business Center's website for instructions about how to access its range of resources. Those who work in, live in, or go to school in NYC can get a NYPL card. https://www.nypl.org/library-card

JSTOR
Scopus
Largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources with smart tools to track, analyze, and visualize research.

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

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

Statista This link opens in a new window
Excellent source for market research data, including market share statistics. Categorized into 21 market sectors, Statista.com 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.