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Provides in-depth coverage of business conditions, trends, corporate strategies and tactics, management techniques, competitive and product information, and a wide variety of other topics.  Full text is provided for more than 600 of the business and management publications included in ABI-INFORM.  1971 to present.

All business databases available through ProQuest. Find information on accounting, taxes, banking, business in Europe and Asia, and more. Search in The Wall Street Journal and ABI-INFORM.  Coverage varies by database.

The most frequently used daily financial newspaper in the US, it provides business and financial news coverage, personal and company profiles, feature reporting, special reports, and regular columns.  Indexing and ASCII full text of the Wall Street Journal.  The full-text is searchable, with additional searchable fields including section, page, and special feature.  Indexing from 1/5/1982, and comprehensive full-text from 1/2/1984.

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This database covers more than 700 publications, mostly trade journals.  It's designed to help researchers study and compare specific trades and industries, including telecommunications, computing, transportation, construction, petrochemicals, and many others.  Mostly 1990's to present, though there are some journal titles for which coverage goes back to the 1980's and a very few going back to the 1970's.

Features cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts to 300 key publications in accounting, auditing, and financial management from the U.S. and overseas, including AICPA and FASB publications.  Also included are citations to relevant articles from over 800 newspapers, business journals, dissertations, and news magazines,making this database an authoritative resource for accounting and financial information.  There is only limited full-text (~200 titles).  Coverage is 1990 to the present for all publications, but a few publications are indexed as far back as 1971.

This archival site contains images of major print advertisements for a variety of commercial products.  Print ads are in digital format and can be searched by category, decade, year, brand name and title of magazines in which the print ads appeared.  Covers 1940 to present.

Numeric data only.  Produced by TNS-Media Intelligence (formerly called CMR or Competitive Media Reporting), Ad$pender provides advertising expenditure data for consumer products/services advertised within a universe of 11 consumer media formats.  The media formats covered are: ~200 consumer magazines, ~250 newspapers (national and smaller, also Sunday magazines), outdoor advertising, TV broadcasting (network, spot, and syndicated), and radio broadcasting (network and national spot radio).  Data can be retrieved by brand, product class/category, company name, etc.  The data are available monthly, quarterly and annually, for the period 1998 forward.

Categorized registry of Web resources that list or provide access to the full title of journal abbreviations or other types of abbreviated publication titles (e.g., conference proceedings titles).

Provides information about the financial services industry, banking trends, topics, issues, and operations with comprehensive coverage of important industry sources.  Complete bibliographic information--including abstracts--is available for more than 220 industry publications, newsletters, Bank Marketing Association's Golden Coin Awards competition entries, Stonier Theses, and School of Bank Marketing papers--plus citations to banking-related articles from American Banker, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.  Full-text articles are included for selected high-demand titles.  Citations are 1981 to present.  Limited full-text coverage beginning with 1994 material.

The Black Studies Center is comprised of several databases including the Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, International Index to Black Periodicals, the full text of the Chicago Defender 1910-1975 an influential black newspaper, and Black Literature Index.  Ultimately, Black Studies Center will also include ProQuest Dissertations for Black Studies.

Business, company and industry information in journal and newspaper articles; financial analysts’ reports; encyclopedias, directories and other reference books.  For industry information, it allows searching by both SIC and NAICS codes.  Indexing of articles 1980 to present.  Full-text starts mostly in the 1990s.  Financial analysts’ reports: a rolling 3 years, embargoed 3-4 weeks. Reference books: current editions.

Index to local and regional business magazines, newspapers, and newswires focused on business.  Especially good for researching smaller, local, and private companies.  1985 to present.

Full text access to weekly publications covering business in 40 cities across the U.S.

Provides full text from over 2,150 journals covering business, management, economics, banking, finance, accounting and much more.  In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 1,570 journals.  This database contains popular business publications such as Business Week, Forbes, and Harvard Business Review, and hundreds of scholarly, peer-reviewed journals.  Also included is Wall Street Words, a dictionary of financial terms, linked directly to words within the citations and full text.  Full text backfiles go as far back as January of 1990, while indexing and abstract backfiles go as far back as January of 1984.

Complete 1990 US census data down to census block group, projections of demographics and consumer spending, complete map boundaries for all block groups, and county statistics from 1790 to 1996.  Allows user to select, report, and map data.

Research on the latest issues in business management and on US and global economics, covering topics such as business outlook, leadership decisions, performance excellence, corporate governance, human resource management, productivity, economic indicators and analysis/forecasts of regional, national, and international economic conditions.  Full-text materials only, also some webcasts.  No time-series data.  Mostly 2000 to the present.  Research reports, 1996 to present; Conference Board Review, 2000 to present; Webcasts, 2004 to present; Economic Working Papers, 2000 to present; Annual surveys (compensation for top executives and outside board directors; corporate giving), 1998/9 to present; Canada publications, 1998 to present.

Provides corporate linkage information (hierarchy and ownership of corporate affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, etc.) for major private and public companies in the US and abroad.  It corresponds to the print publication Directory of Corporate Affiliations.  Current data only.

Tracks the flow of money in politics.  Includes political parties, candidates, action committees, lobbyists and more.

Brief information on the cultures in 181 countries.  Includes 25 categories such as Land & Climate, People, Customs & Courtesies, Lifestyle, Society, History, Religion, Family, and Economy.  Also has multimedia content such as typical greetings and the national anthem.  Current information only.

This resource is available to all residents of Milwaukee, including Marquette students who reside on or near campus.  You must have a valid Milwaukee Public Library card and personal identification number (PIN) to gain free access to this subscription database.

A comprehensive, indexed bibliography with selected abstracts of the world's economic literature, produced by the American Economic Association.  It includes coverage of over 400 major journals as well as articles in collective volumes (essays, proceedings, etc.), books, book reviews, dissertations, and working papers licensed from the Cambridge University Press Abstracts of Working Papers in Economics.  1969 to present.

Multi-disciplinary database produced in France which indexes over 4,200 journals in the humanities and social sciences since 1984.  The subject descriptors and the abstracts are in both English and French.  It is particularly strong in religion, art history, literature, psychology, philosophy, education, linguistics, archeology, information science, and sociology.  Included are bibliographic citations to books as well as book chapters, journal articles, conference papers, exhibition catalogs, reports, legislation, teaching materials, and french dissertations.  1984 to present.

Collection of scholarly journals from renowned Latin American and Spanish publishers.  This database offers full text content to many academic areas including business & economics, medical sciences, political science, law, computer science, library & information sciences, literature, linguistics, history, philosophy and theology.  This database provides full text (including PDF) for more than 200 scholarly Spanish language journals.  Coverage varies by publication.  Most are 1995 to present.

Original research related to Information Technology and Business and Industry.  Includes current news, research reports, and white papers all related to information technology and how it affects various areas of business.  Those focus areas include: application integration, communication services, customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise applications, health care, higher education, IT management and services, security, semiconductors, servers, wireless technologies, and more.  Requires Checkmarq login.

Included as part of Business and Company Resource Center.

A database of economic, financial, and demographic time series data.  The data can be downloaded to and used most easily with a spreadsheet package, but can be used in several other formats as well.  The database consists of four segments: 1. The BASIC ECONOMICS database contains approximately 6,000 monthly, quarterly and annual time series that date back to 1946 when available and end with the latest observations.  Data in this database consists of national-level information, taken from various Federal agencies such as the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Census, Labor Statistics, and the Federal Reserve Board, etc. as well as private organizations with their permission.  2. The BASIC WEEKLY database contains approximately 500 weekly time series that date as far back as 1959 where applicable.  Whenever possible, monthly counterparts are available in the DRI BASIC ECONOMICS database.  Financial variables, banking statistics, commodity prices, and other economic indicators from various Federal agencies and private organizations are included in this weekly database.  3 & 4. The DRI BASIC DAILY & FX (Foreign Exchange) databases are comprised of about 700 financial variables, commodity prices, interest rates and foreign exchange rates.  These data are uniquely stored at a weekday frequency where weekends are not included in the series.

Reviewing each year’s major events since 1972, Historic Documents reproduces official public statements; noteworthy court decisions; reports by governmental agencies, including some from the United Nations; special studies by public and private groups; and speeches by prominent figures.  The documents have introductions providing background, a summary, and indication of subsequent events.  The online version can be searched by keyword, title, and topic.  There is also a cumulative index.

Provides profiles of 12 million companies, with in-depth coverage of 40,000 of the world's top business enterprises.  The in-depth profiles include extracted financial information, SEC filings, and lists of people (VIP's), products/operations, and competitors.  Our subscription includes only the Pro Tools.

Electronic version of seven print volumes published between 1994 and 2002.  Provides information on the manufacture of a variety of items, from everyday household products to heavy machinery to sophisticated electronic equipment.  Includes step-by-step descriptions of processes and explanations of technical terms and concepts.  Covers a broad range of manufacturing areas including: food, clothing, electronics, transportation, machinery, instruments, sporting goods, and more.  Each volume has its own A to Z product listing.

This information analysis and media planning software from Interactive Market Systems provides a user-friendly interface to datasets from market research companies such as Simmons Market Research Bureau and Mendelsohn Media Research.  Marquette has access to three software modules: CrossTab, Cost Ranking and Reach & Frequency.  Here are their functions: CrossTab: allows the user to compare and contrast several variables (product, demographic or media information) across a selected population.  Cost Ranking: allows the user to sort and rank magazines or newspapers on any of eighteen variables, including percent coverage, composition, or CPM.  Reach & Frequency: allows the user to analyze demographic and product usage that are merged with probably reading and viewing habits using various databases.

ProQuest Asian Business provides the latest Asian and European business and financial information from key international publications including Far Eastern Economic Review, Asianweek, The Economist, Fortune, European Business Journal, and many more.  1986 to present.

This monthly publication is a standard source of international statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance. It reports, for most countries of the world, current data needed in the analysis of problems of international payments and of inflation and deflation, i.e., data on exchange rates, international liquidity, international banking, money and banking, interest rates, prices, production, international transactions, government accounts, and national accounts. Information is presented in country tables and in tables of area and world aggregates.  Only numeric data is provided.  1975 to present.

Investext features reports written by top analysts at over 1,000 leading investment banks, brokerage houses, and consulting firms worldwide.  Nearly 4,000 new reports are added each business day.

This full-text database contains in-depth and balanced articles dealing with contemporary issues and controversies.  Keyword and subject searching is available as well as being able to browse by topic.  A list of current hot topics is provided.  This resource (in addition to CQ Researcher) is an EXCELLENT starting point for research on contemporary topics.  September 25, 1995 to present.

This resource is available to all residents of Milwaukee, including Marquette students who reside on or near campus.  You must have a valid Milwaukee Public Library card and personal identification number (PIN) to gain free access to this subscription database.

Features a rich variety of full text sources providing up-to-date information on current events, business, law, and medicine.  It includes regional, national, and international newspapers; magazines; wire services; business publications (trade journals, corporate annual reports, tax sources); legal resources (law reviews, court cases, briefs, federal and state codes); government documents; medical information (medical journals); and reference sources (directories, biographical information).  Coverage varies by title; very good coverage from the early 1990s to present, with some coverage as early as the mid-1970s.

New software interface for Lexis Nexis Academic. Currently in Beta version, but should be totally functional, and will become the new interface by the end of Dec. 2009. Easier to search than current Lexis Nexis Academic version.

Features a rich variety of full text sources providing up-to-date information on current events, business, law, and medicine.  It includes regional, national, and international newspapers; magazines; wire services; business publications (trade journals, corporate annual reports, tax sources); legal resources (law reviews, court cases, briefs, federal and state codes); government documents; medical information (medical journals); and reference sources (directories, biographical information).  Coverage varies by title; very good coverage from the early 1990s to present, with some coverage as early as the mid-1970s.

Indexing and abstracting service to a wide variety of statistical information from the U.S. government, state governments and private sources.  Statistics cover such topics as: demographics, crime, economics, health, education, international trade, labor, environment, energy, etc.  Includes some links to full-text statistical tables.  Also, provides links to related statistical web resources.  For statistics from U.S. government 1973 to present for indexing/abstracting and 1994 to present for full-text of some items.  For statistics from state governments and private sources: 1980 to present for indexing/abstracting of statistical data and 1998 to present for full-text of some items.

Numeric data only.  Provides access to the data published in the journal Main Economic Indicators.&nbps; Here are the indicators covered: national accounts, industrial production, leading indicators, business surveys, domestic finance, deliveries, stocks and orders, construction, domestic trade, labor, wages, prices, foreign finance, interest rates, foreign trade, balance of payments, purchasing power parities.  This covers the 30 OECD-member countries (see http://www.oecd.org/pages/0,3417,en_36734052_36761800_1_1_1_1_1,00.html for list), plus some data for some additional non-member countries.  For information on sources, definitions, and methodology, go to: http://lysander.sourceoecd.org/vl=3523109/cl=17/nw=1/rpsv/statistic/s16_source.htm?jnlissn=16081234.  For a listing of the subject codes, go to: http://www.oecd.org/std/meiheira.pdf  Works best with Internet Explorer.

This database includes 36 full-text titles in the area of Management and Organization Studies.  Most journals are 1982 to present.

Numeric data only.  Provides survey data on the demographics, media use (i.e. radio, TV, and newspapers and magazines), product usage and brand preferences of a sample of ~25,000 US consumers.  The product areas covered are:  apparel, appliances, automotive, baby products, beverages, cleaning products, financial, food, health care products, insurance, personal care products, pet products, real estate, recreation, shopping, snacks, tobacco.  Covered in depth are: magazines, multimedia, and television.  For a help guide to the database, click here.  Spring 1995-Spring 1999.  (An academic, discounted subscription does not include current data.)

Numeric data only.  Provides survey data on the demographics, media use (i.e. radio, TV, and newspapers and magazines), product usage and brand preferences of a sample of ~25,000 US consumers.  The product areas covered are:  apparel, appliances, automotive, baby products, beverages, cleaning products, financial, food, health care products, insurance, personal care products, pet products, real estate, recreation, shopping, snacks, tobacco.  Covered in depth are: magazines, multimedia, and television.  For historical data use the CD-ROM version.  VPN required for off-campus access.

Provides survey data on the demographics, media use (i.e. radio,TV, and newspapers and magazines), product usage and brand preferences of a sample of affluent US heads of household.  ('Affluent' is defined as household income of $75,000 or more.)  From Mendelsohn Media Research.

Covers the following product areas, services and utilities: airline travel, business/personal, domestic/foreign, airlines flown; apparel, men's, women's and children's; artwork and collectibles; beverage alcohol; boat ownership; books; car rental, business/personal, companies used; cellular telephone usage; charge, credit or debit cards; cigars and cigar accessories; computers, PC's, laptops, software; cosmetics; cruises; cultural activities, spectator events; entertaining at home, or away from home; entertainment appliances; equipment, materials for home maintenance; fragrances; fresh floral arrangements; home fitness equipment; home furnishings; home improvement materials; hotel and motel stays, business/personal, domestic/foreign; household appliances; insurance; internet access, online services; internet purchases; internet usage; jewelry and watches; leisure activities; long-distance telephone usage, domestic/foreign, companies used; luggage; mail order purchases; media consumption, magazines, radio, television, cable; men's lotions and creams; occupational responsibilities; pens and mechanical pencils; photographic equipment and film; private clubs' memberships; public activities; real estate; securities; sports, athletic equipment; sports, athletic participation; travel to specific destinations; traveler's checks; vehicle ownership, leasing; windows.  Covers August 2000 survey only.

Comprehensive coverage for companies actively traded on the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ with enhanced product-level detail for 3,700 companies in the Healthcare, Technology, Media and Finance sectors.

Includes: U.S. and international company data and archives data, U.S. and international annual reports, institutional holdings data, insider trading data, FactSheets, FactSheets Express, expanded long-term debt, Experian National Business Database, equity and corporate bond portraits

Public company information; an online (.pdf format) version of the Mergent Manuals (formerly called Moody Manuals).  Annual company profiles include: company history, business description, lists of properties and subsidiaries, officers and directors, long-term debt, capital stock, the letter to shareholders, up to seven years of income statements and balance sheets (as reported), and cash flow statements, etc.  Covers over 35,000 global companies from over 100 countries.  For some companies, the entries go back to 1909.

From the Simmons Market Research Bureau, this study provides survey data on the demographics, media use (i.e. radio, TV, and newspapers and magazines), product usage and brand preferences of a sample of ~30,000 US consumers.  Covers almost 8,000 brands in these areas: alcoholic beverages; ailments and remedies; appliances; household items; home repair; auto products; services; business purchase influence; cats and dogs; computers; drinks; finance (banking, credit cards, insurance); food products; gum and snacks; haircare and shaving; household products; intermedia; kids' products (clothes, toys, baby care); license, vehicle, mileage; men's purchase of apparel; minicyles, mopeds, nopeds, motorscooters; motorcycles; personal care products; psychographics (lifestyle descriptors); radio listening; shopping, gifts, stores, restaurants; smoking; soap and laundry products; telephones; television viewing (non-cable and cable); travel; trucks, vans, SUVs; VCRs, TVs, stereos; vehicles; weekly travel by day, personal travel; women's purchase of apparel; women's toiletries and cosmetics.  1988 data only.

This resource is available to all residents of Milwaukee, including Marquette students who reside on or near campus.  You must have a valid Milwaukee Public Library card and personal identification number (PIN) to gain free access to this subscription database.

Coverage for nearly 400 newspapers.  The collection includes newspapers from the U.S., Canada and the U.K.  Specific newspapers covered in the collection include: The New York Times, The Washington Post, The London Times, The Atlanta Constitution, Indianapolis Star, Newport Daily News, The Bridgeport Post, and the Times (London).  Coverage varies by title.  Earliest coverage begins mid-1700s.  Database Coverage List

Coverage of 300 + National and International news sources including the following:  Chicago Sun Times, Chicago Tribune, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, New York Times, Star Tribune, Times of London, Wall Street Journal, Wisconsin State Journal.

Index and full text with images of newspaper articles.

Index and full text with images of newspaper articles.

Registration is required to access this database. Market research on countries, markets and companies: it provides country demographics and economic conditions; consumer lifestyle profiles; sales volume, value and forecasts for 350 retail products; major brands and companies.  Data can be downloaded into Excel spreadsheets.  Coverage of countries and dates varies from module to module.

Provides 45-65 page overviews of the history, economy, politics, and risk forecasts for 100 countries.  It provides 10 years of economic data, and prose description and analysis of the political players and situation written by experts.  Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.  Current year only.

Database of public opinion polls containing the full text of 400,000 questions and responses from 14,000 surveys conducted by 700 polling organizations since 1986 in the U. S. and 80 other countries.  Questions are individually indexed in one of 4,500+ topics and six search fields: topic, question text, universe, polling organization and response categories.  1986 to present.

Coverage varies widely over the history of the title.  Indexes articles and provides descriptive, nonevaluative abstracts.  Provides content summaries and tables of contents for book chapters and books.  Subject coverage includes basic and applied psychology, abnormal and clinical psychology, experimental psychology, human and animal development, social psychology, professional psychology and educational psychology.  Also includes bibliographic citations and abstracts of periodical articles, reports and dissertations, books and chapters.  1987 to present for books and chapters; 1872 to present for journal articles and other material.  VPN required if off-campus and also using RefWorks.

This is a two-in-one database, with information on advertising agencies and on companies which advertise.  It corresponds to the print publications Standard Directory of Advertising Agencies and Standard Directory of Advertisers.  The Agency Database contains detailed profiles of nearly 13,500 U.S. and international advertising agencies, including accounts represented by each agency, fields of specialization, breakdown of gross billings by media, contact information on agency personnel and much more.  The Advertiser Database contains exclusive information on over 15,500 U.S. and international advertisers who each spend more than $200,000 annually on advertising.  Each listing includes advertising expenditures by media, current agency, fiscal year-end and annual sales, contact information on key personnel, brand name info, S.I.C. classifications and other key data.  Current data only.

ReferenceUSA consists of two databases: a business directory and a consumer directory.  The business directory contains ~11 million records primarily for private and public companies.  In addition, it includes schools, non-profit organizations, and governmental bodies.  The main search categories are: company name, line of business, company size, geographic location, and type of officer.  It also traces and links corporate ownership, so that you can find out who owns whom.  The consumer directory contains ~180 million records for individuals.  It is searchable by name, address, and phone number.  Current information only.

Standard & Poor's Research Insight (North America) contains financial data on US and Canadian public companies and indexes. It is available in the Raynor Library Computer Lab and in the Straz Hall Computer Lab. It includes more than: 10,300 active and 9,400 inactive Companies; 900 Canadian Companies; 600 Indexes including the S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400, S&P SmallCap 600, S&P 1500, S&P Industry and Toronto Stock Exchange; 332 annual fundamental financial data items; 128 quarterly fundamental financial data items; financial data items specific to the financial services industry; prices, dividends and earnings information: company name, address and officer information; industry & geographic segment information; industry & economic sector value/growth indicator information; 20 years of annual information; 12 years of quarterly information; 20 years of monthly information.  Coverage is latest 20 years only.  Current data is also available via WRDS

The RiskMetrics Governance Database (formerly called the IRRC Takeover Defense Database) covers more than 4,000 companies and allows users to identify companies that have poison pills, anti-greenmail, classified boards, golden parachutes, and other devices designed to prevent hostile takeovers and weaken shareholder rights.

The RiskMetrics Directors Database provides details on the structure and practices of the boards of directors and about the board members themselves (independence, meeting attendance, stock ownership, etc.) at approximately 1,500 U.S. companies in the S&P 500, S&P MidCap, and S&P SmallCap indexes.

This resource offers a breadth of full-text IT related books.  Topics include: IT management, e-commerce/business, programming languages, graphics, hardware, multimedia, security and many others.  All of the titles are available in MARQCAT.  For a list by title Check MARQCAT.  Marquette has licenses for three simultaneous users.  If you have difficulty accessing this resource try again in a few minutes.

From the Simmons Market Research Bureau, this study provides survey data on the demographics, media use (i.e. radio, TV, and newspapers and magazines), product usage and brand preferences of a sample of ~30,000 US consumers.  Covers almost 8,000 brands in these areas: alcoholic beverages; ailments and remedies; appliances; household items; home repair; auto products; services; business purchase influence; cats and dogs; computers; drinks; finance (banking, credit cards, insurance); food products; gum and snacks; haircare and shaving; household products; intermedia; kids' products (clothes, toys, baby care); license, vehicle, mileage; men's purchase of apparel; minicyles, mopeds, nopeds, motorscooters; motorcycles; personal care products; psychographics (lifestyle descriptors); radio listening; shopping, gifts, stores, restaurants; smoking; soap and laundry products; telephones; television viewing (non-cable and cable); travel; trucks, vans, SUVs; VCRs, TVs, stereos; vehicles; weekly travel by day, personal travel; women's purchase of apparel; women's toiletries and cosmetics.  1988 survey data only.

Included in Web of Science which combines Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index in one source.  Indexes can be searched individually or combined.  Search by words in author, title, keyword, abstract, journal title and author affiliation fields.  A unique Cited Reference Search feature allows ‘forward’ searching by locating articles that have cited an older document.  VPN recommended for off-campus access.

Provides three types of information: Company profiles: in-depth analyses of the corporate social responsibility of public companies in the S&P 500 Index and the Domini 400 Social Index (total of ~660 companies), with ratings in seven areas:  community, diversity, employee relations, environment, non-US operations, product, and 'other'.  Involvement reports: comprehensive U.S. and International involvement lists covering the global publicly traded universe for seven controversial businesses or industries.  These are:  alcohol, contraceptives, firearms, gambling, military, nuclear power, and tobacco.  (This covers ~3,000 companies.)  b>Shareholder actions:  text of shareholder actions/resolutions and company responses.  Shareholder action reports go back to 1998; otherwise, current reports only.

A portal to the publications of the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development), an international, non-governmental organization that studies and helps to formulate economic and social policy.  These publications include books, journals and statistics on economics, business, social sciences, development, statistics, environment, education, agriculture, investment, finance, governance.  Includes full-text journals; full-text books and annual reports; and statistical databases.  The books are organized by the following subject areas, called themes: agriculture & food; development; education & skills; emerging economies; employment; energy; enterprise, industry & trade; environment & sustainable development; finance & investment; general economics & future studies; governance; international development; nuclear energy; science & information technology; social issues & migration; statistics sources & methods; taxation; territorial economy; transition economics; and transport.  1997 to present for full-text periodicals and books.  Statistical data can go back to the 1960’s depending on the variable, and can be available in monthly, quarterly or annual intervals (again, depending on the variable).  Works best with Internet Explorer.

Searchable news and market research from the National Sporting Goods Association and other industry sources on all aspects of sporting goods, sports equipment, participation, broadcasting and marketing.

A business, trade and economic information service provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Includes National Trade Data Bank, current and historical financial and economic data, international market research, trade opportunities, country analysis.  Coverage is current with some historical data.

Provides access to tabular information (i.e. statistical and rank information, and raw figures).  Subject emphasis is on business (companies, industries, products, countries and markets), but it also covers broader subject areas, such as trends and demographics.  Over 20,000 tables added per year; ~90% full-text and full-table coverage; US emphasis, but worldwide coverage.  Data is drawn from privately published statistical annuals, trade associations, non-profit research groups, government agencies, international organizations, industry reports prepared by investment research groups, and more than 1,000 periodicals (journals, trade magazines, newspapers, etc.)  1997 to present.

Thomson One Banker (T1B) is a portal to company information for approximately 12,000 US (the Disclosure dataset) and 13,000 foreign (the Worldscope dataset) public companies, representing about 96% of world market value in 50+ countries.  T1B also includes data about mergers & acquisitions in the Deals Analysis module.  Internet Explorer MUST be used for full functionality.  There are two interfaces: Thomson One Banker (the default), and Thomson Research.  The T1B interface can be used to: find pre-formatted information on currently active companies, or to perform screenings for companies based on various criteria.  Use the Thomson Research interface to research corporate documents (including full-text searching) for both active and inactive companies; you get to this interface from within the T1B interface by using the ‘Jump to’ drop-down menu feature (center of the top menu bar).  This will open a new browser window; it may also log you out of your Thomson One Banker session.  The database includes SEC (EDGAR) filings or documents; Annual Reports to Stockholders (and foreign equivalents); I/B/E/S tearsheets; and extracted financial data (spreadsheet format).  Indexing of SEC filings from 1968 to present.  Full text coverage: of SEC filings begins mostly in 1993, of US Annual Reports to Stockholders beginning mostly in 1997, of international company annual reports beginning in 1997, current I/B/E/S tearsheets only.  M&A Deals (mergers & acquisitions data) from 1985–present.

The complete digital edition of The Times (London) from 1785 to 1985.  Includes full facsimile images of either a specific article or a complete page.  The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching.

Wall Street Transcript is a journal (originally published in print, and it still is; it began publication in 1963) whose content consists of transcripts of interviews with CEO's and other high-level corporate executives, and transcripts of interviews with investment analysts and money managers.  The transcripts are generally 2000 - 4000+ words each (except for the analyst roundtables which are considerably longer).  1997 to present.

Wharton Research Data Services, or WRDS, is a web-based data management system that allows faculty and students to easily retrieve information from a wide variety of financial, economic, and marketing data sources.  In other words, it is a data hosting and interface service.  Marquette has access to subscription-based datasets and some free datasets available through WRDS.  Faculty and graduate students may also request individual accounts for storage space on the WRDS servers. Account Request