LibGuides: Thunderbird Challenge Lab: Summer 2023: ASU Business Databases

ASU Business Databases

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The following databases are popular business-related resources for beginning your research.

ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1923+
Maximum concurrent users: Unlimited
This comprehensive business database merges the content of ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry, ABI/INFORM Dateline, ABI/INFORM Archive and The Wall Street Journal, Eastern Edition. It includes articles from thousands of English-language publications worldwide covering business, management, and related areas as well as case studies, annual reports, Experian company credit information, country reports, industry reports, commodity reports, conference papers, and dissertations.
IBISWorld This link opens in a new window
Maximum Concurrent Users: Unlimited
IBISWorld has industry reports for over 1000 US Industries, as well as global industry reports, especially ones for the UK, Australia, Canada, and China.
Mintel Academic Reports This link opens in a new window
Maximum Concurrent Users: Unlimited
Consists of full-text market research reports covering US consumer markets and selective examples of non-US markets. Each report analyzes market share, segmentation, and trends along with providing comprehensive demographic profiles and consumer patterns. Includes Simmons data and other proprietary information otherwise difficult to obtain.
Alternate titles: Mintel Oxygen
Requirements: Before using this database you must review and accept the terms and conditions. Click "I agree" to proceed. The first time you visit Mintel Oxygen click "Create a personal profile". Enter your name and school email address. Choose a password of at least five characters and click create profile. Next time you visit, sign in with your profile email address and password.
Orbis This link opens in a new window
Coverage: Varies
Maximum Concurrent Users: Unlimited
Contains detailed company financial data, original filings, ownership and subsidiary information, Marketline company and industry profiles, business intelligence and M&A deal data on all public companies plus many private companies worldwide. ORBIS is the expert search interface to Bureau Van Dijk financial data.
Alternate titles: Academic Business Package
Passport This link opens in a new window
Note: This resource requires ASU authentication while accessing on-campus.
Maximum Concurrent Users: Unlimited
Contains information on key business intelligence on countries, companies, markets and consumers. It is an integrated on-line information system covering over 360 markets and 227 countries including socioeconomic profiles and reports for 850 cities of the world.

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Follow the link below for a complete list of ASU Library's databases in business.

ASU Library Business Databases
All of the business-related databases available to Thunderbird and ASU students.

Gartner Research

Arizona State University faculty, students and staff have access to Gartner Research. Among the research that can be found in Gartner are items on:

Technology products, services, and trends
Global IT industry perspectives
IT management and organizations
IT strategies and governance
Business-IT issues
Real-world case studies

Gartner is known for Hype Cycles that track the adoption of types of technologies, such as Emerging Technologies, Smart Government, and Human-Computer Interaction and their Magic Quadrants that provide a graphical competitive positioning of four types of technology providers in fast-growing markets: Leaders, Visionaries, Niche Players and Challengers.