Guides: Business: Business Writing (ENL 3080)

Business and Industry Databases

ABI/INFORM Collection [Proquest] This link opens in a new window
Includes full‐text journals and key trade publications, dissertations, conference proceedings, and market reports
AtoZdatabases.com This link opens in a new window
Detailed information on 30 million businesses and executives and 2 million new businesses. Includes data on over 200 million residents as well as new movers/homeowners. Special features include a background and criminal history search. Information provided on U. S. healthcare professionals. Includes a jobs database and email marketing.
Business Collection [ProQuest] This link opens in a new window
Searches 10 ProQuest business databases simultaneously. Including ABI/Inform; Accounting, Tax, & Banking; Asian & European Business; Business Market Research; Canadian Business & Current Affairs; Career & Technical Education; EconLit; India Database; International Bibliography of the Social Sciences; Research Library: Business.
Business Market Research Collection [ProQuest] This link opens in a new window
Provides company, industry, and geopolitical macroeconomic market research from Hoover's, OxResearch, and Snapshots Series.
S&P Global Market Intelligence This link opens in a new window
Individual account registration required with your @udmercy.edu email.

Provides company research & investing information. Find executives and the latest company news.

Academic Search Complete [Ebsco] This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. Also includes monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.
ERIC [Ebsco] This link opens in a new window
Education Resource Information Center provides access to the education literature & research back to 1966
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
the largest single periodical resource available, bringing together complete databases across all major subject areas, including Business, Health and Medical, Language and Literature, Social Sciences, Education, Science and Technology, as well as core titles in the Performing and Visual Arts, History, Religion, Philosophy, and includes thousands of full-text newspapers from around the world.
Proquest Psychology Collections This link opens in a new window
This links to and searches the following ProQuest databases:

ProQuest Psychology Database
PsycARTICLES
PsycINFO
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Scopus is a good starting point for finding articles on almost any topic. It contains over 47,000,000 records to scholarly publications, trade publications and conference proceedings. Scopus is an excellent database for cited reference searching. It does not contain full text articles, but users can get access to full text by using the Get It button.

Business Market Research Collection [ProQuest] This link opens in a new window
Use Hoover's for company information. Click on Browse and then Company Records.
S&P Capital IQ This link opens in a new window
Individual account registration required with your @udmercy.edu email.

Provides detailed company financial information for US and international public and private companies and investments firms.

EDGAR (SEC Filings)
EDGAR, the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system, performs automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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Annual Reports are often referred to as 10-K reports.

S&P Capital IQ This link opens in a new window
Individual account registration required with your @udmercy.edu email.

Provides detailed company financial information for US and international public and private companies and investments firms.

Newsbank : America's News This link opens in a new window
Contains many prominent American newspapers including The Detroit News going back to 1999.

Gale Directory Library This link opens in a new window
Provides access to over 250 online directories that can be searched individually or jointly

Better Business Bureau
Data.gov
U.S. government's open data project where you will find data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations, and more.
Economic Indicators (Census)
GuideStar
Search GuideStar for the most complete, up-to-date nonprofit data available.
MarketWatch
MarketWatch provides the latest stock market, financial and business news. Get stock market quotes, personal finance advice, company news and more.
NAICS Codes
National Center For Charitable Statistics
Designed as a portal for nonprofit practitioners, researchers, and policymakers to download and explore data, this is the home for all NCCS publications.
SIC Codes
U.S. Department of Commerce
U.S. Small Business Administration
Yahoo Finance

American Psychological Association: APA Style
On this site, you will find tutorials, FAQs, and other resources to help you improve your writing, master APA Style, and learn the conventions of scholarly publishing.
Fairfield University Citation Guides
The links point to brief informational guides for creating accurate citations.
Purdue University Online Writing Lab: Research and Citation
The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, and we provide these as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue. Students, members of the community, and users worldwide will find information to assist with many writing projects. Teachers and trainers may use this material for in-class and out-of-class instruction. These OWL resources will help you learn how to use MLA, APA, Chicago, and Turabian styles
University of Wisconsin Madison Writing Center
This section provides a quick resource for citing references in papers using the MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian and others.
Utah Valley University Writing Center
Provides citation information for MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian, and ASA styles.

Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the U.S. Department of Labor is the principal federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy. It collects, analyzes, and disseminates essential economic information to support public and private decision making.

DemographicsNow This link opens in a new window
Robust and highly-detailed demographic data. Ideal for gaining consumer and market insight as you consider opening a business, finding an untapped audience for your products, analyzing the shifts and needs of a given population, and more. Reporting capability allows you to rapidly produce a variety of compiled reports to help you make informed and accurate decisions.

Statistical Abstract of the United States
U.S. Census Bureau
The Census Bureau's mission is to serve as the nation’s leading provider of quality data about its people and economy.
The World Factbook
The World Factbook provides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.