Core Library Databases for Company Information
- EBSCO Business Searching Interface
The Business Searching Interface (BSI) is EBSCO's highly focused user interface created especially for the business searcher. Business Searching Interface provides an easy way to both browse and search for company profiles, industry information, country economic data, and market research.
- MarketLine Advantage
Company, industry and country information for US and global business. Includes in-depth analyst reports and statistics.
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
The database formerly named LexisNexis Academic is now called Nexis Uni! Contains full-text newspapers, business information, and legal publications, including current news, company profiles, industry information, and federal and state laws and legislation.
Selected Websites Covering the Retail Industry & Stores
- National Retail Federation News (NRF)News, trends, and insights in retail.
- Retail DiveOnline daily newsletter covering trends and information in the retail industry. Includes retail tech, e-commerce, in-store operations, marketing, and more.
- NRF NXTRetail's Ecommerce and Digital Marketing Event
- The Business of Fashion (BoF) [Limited Free Access]Fashion news and analysis from around the world.
Finding Company Reports or Profiles
Offers reports on over 100,000 companies from all over the world. Company reports vary in size and content, but many are quite extensive and include Key Competitors, a SWOT Analysis, Company Histories, and key employees and biographies.
Select Company Profiles from the search box drop down menu and then type in the name of your company and press search. From the results, click on your company and use the navigation bar on the left to find the company profile, financials, news, research reports, and SWOT analysis.
Contains a wealth of company information from a variety of sources (MarketLine, Hoover's, and more), but it can be challenging to locate it all.
Start your search for company information in the Company Dossier. You can find the Company Dossier by clicking on the array of dots next to Nexis Uni, then selecting Company Dossier (as shown in the screenshot below). This will bring you to the "Find a Company" tab. From here, you can search for a company by company name, ticker symbol, DUNS number, dossier ID, or KVK number.
Once you locate your company's dossier, you can explore a vast amount of information using the tabs on the left navigator bar, including brands, competitors, company history, news, a financial overview, industry overview, investment research, trademarks, and legal case.
EBSCO's Business Searching Interface features company profiles by country and by industry. Simply scroll down to the "Explore featured content" subheading to get started. You can also browse country reports, industry reports, and SWOT analyses.
