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Welcome to UC Libraries! This guide is a good start for our Lindner Phd Candidates. Please contact the business and economics librarian if you have a specific research need.

Finding News, Articles, and Books

Search Summon
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Library Catalog
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Business Source Complete
Business database with full text for over 3¸600 serials¸ including over 1¸000 peer-reviewed business journals. Additional full text¸ non-journal content includes financial data¸ books¸ monographs¸ major reference works¸ book digests¸ conference proceedings¸ case studies¸ investment research reports¸ industry reports¸ market research reports¸ country reports¸ company profiles¸ SWOT analyses and more.
Coverage: 1886 - present
ProQuest Research Library
One of the most comprehensive databases available through the ProQuest online system¸ Research Library provides access to full-text journals across a wide range of subject areas¸ including business¸ education¸ literature¸ political science¸ and psychology. The database can be customized to meet the specific needs of many different types of libraries and information centers.Coverage: 1971 - present
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Global (PQDTGlobal) is the world's most comprehensive collection of full-text dissertations and theses. As the official digital dissertations archive for the Library of Congress and as the database of record for graduate research, 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 in PDF format. Over 2.1 million titles are available for purchase as printed copies. 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 - present
Access World News
A database of articles from 1,700 U.S. and international full-text information sources, mostly newspapers and wire services. Very useful for access to state-by-state coverage.
Coverage: late 1950"s - present

Cincinnati Business Courier
Great source for information on Cincinnati companies. Includes also other Business Journals from around the U.S. Includes also access to the Book of Lists which has rankings of companies in various industries and activities.
NOTE UC users need to create an account using a valid UC 6+2 email to access this resource.
Wall Street Journal

Finding Industry Information

IBISWorld
IBISWorld Industry Reports provide in-depth industry analysis for over 700 U.S. industries in all major U.S. industry sectors at the 5-digit level of NAICS . Reports are updated regularly¸ and contain: key statistics¸ market characteristics¸ segmentation¸ industry conditions¸ industry performance¸ key competitors¸ key factors¸ and industry outlook and forecast.
Coverage - Current
Mintel Reports
Market research reports primarily for the U.S. and covers a variety of sectors including beauty and personal¸ health and medical¸ electronic¸ consumer goods¸ lifestyles¸ travel and tourism¸ financial industry¸ internet industry¸ retail¸ and food & drink. Reports discuss market drivers¸ market size & trends¸ market segmentation¸ supply structure¸ advertising and promotion¸ retail distribution¸ consumer characteristics¸ and future and forecasts. Users will need to click on "I Agree" with the "Conditions of use" statement - each time they enter the database¸ and to establish and login into a profile with a UC e-mail address. Coverage: current
Passport (Euromonitor)
Includes sections on: Detailed market size data¸ Country marketing parameters¸ Marketing forecast data¸ Brand and company information¸ Business information sources¸ Marketing profiles¸ and Full text market analysis¸ International market intelligence reports¸ market direction reports¸ and Emerging market reports.

Full List of Industry Databases

Finding Company Information

MarketLine Advantage
Company¸ industry and country reports from Datamonitor. covers over 4000 industry profiles¸ 30¸000 companies within over 200 countries. Includes SWOT analysis for companies and Porter's Five Forces analysis for industries.Coverage: Current
ESG Manager on Campus
MSCI ESG Manager on Campus is an online ESG research platform designed to provide academic institutions with an integrated suite of tools to conduct research and analysis across a spectrum of environmental¸ social and governance (ESG) factors.
ProQuest Historical Annual Reports
Historical Annual Reports is a digital database of company annual reports from 800 of top North American companies. The database comprises over 150 years of reports¸ providing a rich source of information. All report text is searchable¸ and special indexing makes key data accessible for analysis and trending. Coverage: 1884 - present

Full List of Company Profile Databases

Hoover's Online
Hoover's Online is a database of public and private company reports and Industry studies. Search by: Company name¸ Ticker symbol¸ Keyword Person's last name. UC has access also to the Members Only sections which includes the Hoovers in-depth Company Profiles where you will find sales leads¸ business contacts¸ investment ideas¸ financial information and competitive intelligence information including a list of competitiors.
NOTE: KNOWN ISSUE WITH ACCESS PROBLEMS; TRY A DIFFERENT BROWSER, CLEAR HISTORY AND/OR TRY AGAIN.
Coverage: Current
Mergent Online (Moody's)
The following services are available from Mergent online: Company data¸ Company data archive¸ International company data¸ International company data archive¸ U.S. & International Annual reports¸ Industry reports¸ Equity reports¸ Corporate Bond Portraits¸ and Expanded long-term debt. Coverage: Current

Finding Statistics

Sage Data : powered by Data Planet
Sage Data (formerly Data-Planet Statistical Datasets) provides easy access to an extensive repository of standardized and structured statistical data. ... With the ability to instantly chart, map, and compare billions of indicators at the county, MSA, census-tract, state, and country level, Data-Planet is revolutionizing statistical research.
Coverage: 1909 - present
Insider Intelligence
Insider Intelligence (formerly eMarketer) contains two main segments¸ 1) Market research on E-Business¸ E-commerce¸ and Online Marketing. Each report combines eMarketerâ€™s original analysis with aggregated data from leading market research firms¸ such as IDC¸ Gartner¸ Forrester¸ Yankee Group¸ government¸ non-profit¸ and academic sources. 2)The eStat portion of this database has statistics and graphs on Internet-related topics. Documents in the eStat Database are accessible by Basic and Advanced Search and browseable by subject and data (interactive chart).
Coverage: Current

Bibliographic Management

Citation Management Software
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ORCID
ORCID is a non-profit organization that provides researchers with a unique digital identifier. These identifiers can be used by editors, funding agencies, publishers, and institutions to reliably identify individuals in the same way that ISBNs and DOIs identify books and articles. Thus the risk of confusing your identity with another researcher with the same name is eliminated. The ORCID website provides researchers with a page where your comprehensive research activity can be stored.
OSF
OSF is a free, open source web application that connects and supports the research workflow, enabling scientists to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of their research. Researchers use OSF to collaborate, document, archive, share, and register research projects, materials, and data. OSF is the flagship product of the non-profit Center for Open Science.

More Help! Data, Trainings, Workshops and More!

Research & Data Services
UC Libraries provides access to a wide range of Research Data and GIS services and resources for the campus community. Informationists and librarians are available to assist researchers in managing and preserving research data, finding and acquiring external data, and in utilizing GIS techniques and software. The library also provides a variety of computing and collaboration spaces to support researchers.
Library Trainings and Workshops
UC Libraries offers a variety of workshops for UC faculty, staff, and students.
Sage Campus Trial
UC Libraries is running a trial for Sage Campus, a platform for online learning of skills and research methods. The trial will run from August 19 to November 22, 2024.

Courses cover topics such as: Research Planning, Getting Started with Data, Collecting Managing Data, Analyzing Data, Report Findings, Getting Published, Information Literacy