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Salem State College Library

Business Databases at Salem State

Nancy Dennis
Business Reference & Instruction Librarian
nancy.dennis@salemstate.edu
978-542-6218        

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EBSCO
(Off campus users: connect via the proxy/portal)
Database: Business Source Premier.
Displays holdings of some 8,350 scholarly and news oriented business journals.
National and regional coverage. See the "Company Profiles" tab for access to
the Datamonitor Company Profiles. These provide both basic and indepth company
analyses.

FirstSearch
(Off campus users: connect via the proxy/portal)
Database: Disclosure. Find under: "List all Databases."
Contains information about all public company filings including annual reports,
company summary information, and shareholder reports. Includes information
from public documents maintained by the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission. Offers daily updates of stock trading reports. Displays full text of
documents.

FirstSearch
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Database: Worldscope Global. Find under: "List all Databases."
Provides names, addresses, ticker symbol, stock exchange, SIC Codes, and
basic product overviews of companies worldwide.

Gale InfoTrac   
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Databases: "Company ProFiles" selection within either General BusinessFile
ASAP or Business and Company ASAP. Find under: "Advanced Search"
in either database.
Provides articles about the company and subdivisions; parent company profile;
subsidiaries' profiles; investment reports about the company; and SIC code-based
descriptions of industries in the profile. Identifies SIC Codes for the company.

Hoover's
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A highly reputable, one-stop source for company research. Provide snapshots and
in-depth coverage of companies in addition to industry profiles; executive biographies;
news; and investor information. Among the special features are "Build Company List"
and "Build Executive List."

LexisNexis
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Database: Business Directories and Reference. Find under: "Academic Search
Forms: Business: Directories."
Lists contact information for companies, while confirming the company's name and
spelling. Lists ticker symbols, SIC and NAICS Classification Codes; personnel;
parents; and subsidiaries.    

LexisNexis
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Database: Compare Companies.  Find under: "Academic Search Forms: Business."
Searches Hoover's Company Reports, Hoover's Handbook of American Business
and other sources to facilitate comparisons by sales, net income, employees, and
location.

LexisNexis
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Database: Company Profiles. Find under: "Academic Search Forms: Business."
Gives information on executives, competitors, product lines, and revenue from
Hoover's Company Reports, Standard & Poors Corporate Descriptions, and
other sources. Searchable by company name, ticker symbol, or SIC Code;
number of employees; state; total revenue; and date.

LexisNexis
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Database: SEC Filings and Reports. Find under: "Academic Search Forms:
Business."
Provides EDGAR filings, annual & quarterly reports & proxy statements.

Reference USA  
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Find under: "Databases by Name" section of SSC Library Web Page.
An electronic telephone directory and direct marketing tool. "Custom Search" lets
you compile lists by name (company, executive, and ticker symbol); business size
(employees and sales volume); geography; and other specified criteria.

News

Answers to Go
(Off campus users: connect to Answers to Go)  
Database: NewsBank. Find under: "Databases by Name" section of SSC Library
Web Page. Provides full-text coverage of the Boston Globe (1980 to current);
Boston Herald (1991 to current); and Worcester Telegram & Gazette (1989 to current).

EBSCO
(Off campus users: connect via the proxy/portal)
Database: Business Source Premier
Displays holdings of some 8,350 scholarly and news oriented business journals.
National and regional coverage.

EBSCO
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Database: Newspaper Source
Full text for nearly 30 national (U.S.) and international newspapers, television
and radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional
(U.S.) newspapers. National and regional coverage.

FirstSearch
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Database: Business Dateline. Find under: "List all Databases."
Covers regional business activities and trends and major stories on local firms,
their products, and executives. Sources include regional publications, Business
Wire press releases, and major newspapers.

FirstSearch
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Database: BusIndustry (Business and Industry). Find under: "List all Databases."
Contains important facts, figures and key events for international public and
private companies, industries, products, and markets for manufacturing and
service industries. Covers all the primary business information sources -- from
leading trade magazines, newsletters, and the general business press to
international business dailies.

Hoover's
(Off campus users: connect via the proxy/portal)
A highly reputable, one-stop source for company research. Provide snapshots and
in-depth coverage of companies in addition to industry profiles; executive biographies;
news; and investor information. Among the special features are "Build Company List"
and "Build Executive List."

LexisNexis
(Off campus users: connect via the proxy/portal)   
Database: Business News. Find under: "Academic Search Forms: Business."
Business articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, wires & transcripts.
Users can focus on business news sources or choose from national and
international sources. Business sources include: general business news; industry
news; mergers and acquisitions; and Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News.

LexisNexis
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Database: Industry and Market News. Find under: "Academic Search Forms:
Business." Covers news from 25 industries. Users can view sources covered for
each industry.

LexisNexis
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Database: News. Find under: "Academic Search Forms: News."
Articles from regional, national, and international newspapers, magazines,
journals, wires & transcripts. Users can search categories, or select individual
titles like Boston Globe or New York Times.

Proquest
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Databases: The Historical Boston Globe; The New York Times Historical;
and The Wall Street Journal Historical. Find under: "Databases Selected."
Covers the Globe from 1872 to 1922; the Times from 1851 to 2001;
and the Journal from 1889 to 1987.

FirstSearch
(Off campus users: connect via the proxy/portal)
Database: Disclosure. Find under: "List all Databases."
Contains information about all public company filings including annual reports,
company summary information, and shareholder reports. Includes information
from public documents maintained by the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission. Offers daily updates of stock trading reports. Displays full text
of documents.

FirstSearch
(Off campus users: connect via the proxy/portal)
Database: WorldScope. Find under: "List all Databases."
Gives business descriptions, key ratios, financial information, and officers of
companies worldwide. Sources of data include: annual reports, disclosure
statements, newspapers, and wire services. Full text documents provided.

Gale InfoTrac
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Databases: Either General BusinessFile ASAP or Business and Company
ASAP; Go to: "Advanced Search" and select Investex.
Provides abstracts or full text of investment reports and forecasts for more than
11,000 US and international companies and for 53 industries prepared by Wall
Street and international brokerage firms.

Hoover's
(Off campus users: connect via the proxy/portal)
A highly reputable, one-stop source for company research. Provide snapshots and
in-depth coverage of companies in addition to industry profiles; executive biographies;
news; and investor information. Among the special features are "Build Company List"
and "Build Executive List."

LexisNexis
(Off campus users: connect via the proxy/portal)   
Database: Company Financial Reports. Find under: "Academic Search Forms:
Business."
Gives detailed company financial reports from Disclosure Reports; NAARS
Annual Reports 1984-1995; NAARS Annual Reports 1972-1984; and Stock
Reports.

LexisNexis
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Database: SEC Filings and Reports. Find under: "Academic Search Forms: Business."
Provides EDGAR filings, annual & quarterly reports & proxy statements.

Broader and Deeper Coverage

EBSCO
(Off campus users: connect via the proxy/portal) Database: Business Source Premier.
Displays holdings of some 8,350 scholarly and news oriented business journals.
National and regional coverage.

FirstSearch
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Database: BusManagement (Business Management). Find under: "List all
Databases."
Contains online articles about the practical aspects of business management.
Provides real-world know-how that focuses on how organizations make and
implement decisions, develop and launch new strategies, and plan for change.
Includes case studies and how-to articles.  Searches for business concepts,
industries, and specific departments within an organization.

FirstSearch
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Database: WilsonSelectPlus. Find under: "List all Databases."
Provides full text articles in many business topics including accounting,
advertising, auditing, banking, economics, finance, foreign investment,
insurance, international trade, investment analysis, management, marketing,
real estate, taxation, and telecommunications.

Gale InfoTrac
(Off campus users: connect via the proxy/portal)
Database: General Business File ASAP.  
Analyzes company performance and activity, industry events and trends as
well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to a combination
of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company
directory listings with full text and images available

Gale InfoTrac
(Off campus users: connect via the proxy/portal)
Database: Business and Company ASAP.
Provides information on companies, markets and industries. From market trends,
mergers and acquisitions to current management theory and company overviews.
Accesses business and trade journals, newspapers and company directory profiles
with full text and images.

Hoover's
(Off campus users: connect via the proxy/portal)
A highly reputable, one-stop source for company research. Provide snapshots and
in-depth coverage of companies in addition to industry profiles; executive biographies;
news; and investor information. Among the special features are "Build Company List"
and "Build Executive List."

JSTOR
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Provides full-text coverage of scholarly journals in all disciplines, including business,
law, psychology, and public policy and administration. 

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LexisNexis
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Database: Accounting. Find under: "Academic Search Forms: Business."
Searches the contents of  "Accountant's Liability." Included are in-depth discussions
of breach of contract, negligence, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and violations of
various state and federal securities laws. Unresolved issues are noted and the
conflicting case law is examined.

LexisNexis
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Database: Tax Law.  Find under: "Academic Search Forms: Legal Research."
Searches the contents of  Tax Lawyer, the IRS Bulletin, tax regulations and more.

FirstSearch
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Database: EconLit (Economics Literature). Find under: "List all Databases."
Produced by the American Economics Association. Covers 1,279 titles from
1969 to the present.

Hoover's
(Off campus users: connect via the proxy/portal)
A highly reputable, one-stop source for company research. Provide snapshots and
in-depth coverage of companies in addition to industry profiles; executive biographies;
news; and investor information. Among the special features are "Build Company List"
and "Build Executive List."

LexisNexis
(Off campus users: connect via the proxy/portal)
Database: Biographical Information. Find under: "Reference: Biographical."
Searches documents which contain biographical sources, people-related
news sources and selected biographical stories, obituaries and business-related
stories covering company executives.

FirstSearch
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Database: BusOrgs (Business Organizations). Find under: "List all Databases."
Covers business and trade organizations. Includes abstracts in most records
describing the organization's products and services and giving other information
about the organization, such as founding date, membership size, and publications.