LCOB PhD Research Guide

Digitized Wall Street Journal (3 month Embargo). Can also access Wall Street Journal current edition from Proquest.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

MERGENT Equity Portraits combines MERGENT's database of fundamental company information with stock price¸ volume and other data to paint a detailed picture of over 10¸000 U.S. firms. Each portrait features a complete analysis of the firm's financial health¸ in-depth industry analysis and text commentary to provide perspective on the firm both in absolute terms¸ as well as relative to industry peers. Each Equity Portrait Contains: historical stock price and volume data; detailed annual and quarterly financial data; detailed industry and segment analysis; text discussion of the firm's recent results and its future prospects; short business description; review of firm's investment potential; insider buys/sales and institutional holdings and Real-time news stories. Unique Features of Equity Portraits include: MERGENT's data with coverage of over 10¸000 U.S. firms; analysis of a firm's prospects. A firm's outlook may be "weak"¸ "relatively weak"¸ "stable"¸ "relatively improving" or "improving"; textual descriptions of recent results; textual descriptions of forecast information; in-depth analysis available in Industry Overview¸ Rankings and Watch Signal sections; multiple perspective on a firm's valuation and prospects. Coverage: Current

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

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 (formerly eMarketer) contains two main segments¸ 1) Market research on E-Business¸ E-commerce¸ and Online Marketing. Each report combines eMarketer’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