E-Databases

Operating conditions, commercial laws, and business regulations of approximately sixty countries worldwide. Provides detailed analysis on business environment, regulatory framework, trading risks, key economic indicators, and chief trading partners, country finance.

Comprehensive economic and financial time-series database covering 150 countries and 6,500 different data series. Includes data on stock markets from 1690, exchange rates from 1590, interest rates from 1700, commodities from 1500, and inflation from 1264.

#	INDUSTRY/COMPANY INFORMATION	COMMENTS
1.	S&P Industry Surveys	Overviews of over fifty major industries in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
2.	Orbis (16 Million Companies' Database)	Includes Amadeus (European companies), Bankscope, ISIS (Insurance Companies), Icarus (D&B U.S. and Canadian companies), Jade (Japanese companies), Osiris (listed companies), Zephyr (M&A).
3.	OneSource Global Business Browser	Includes company profiles, news, business and trade articles, analyst reports, executive profiles, industry intelligence, and financial data. Strong U.S. coverage
4.	Mintel	Provides market and consumer research across multiple international markets and U.S. categories.
5.	Conference Board	News and in-depth analysis of economic topics and annual surveys for executive compensation and corporate contributions.
6.	Morningstar Mutual Funds	Tracks, rates, and analyzes over 10,000 mutual funds including monthly and annual historical data.
7.	Gartner Group	Offers information technology-related research, news, analysis, and trends
8.	Frost & Sullivan	International industry-specific databases including healthcare, telecom, IT, transportation, electronics, and semiconductors
9.	Forrester	Research and analysis focusing on new media, computing, software, networking, telecommunications, and the Internet
10.	Jupiter Research	Research on how the Internet and other technologies are changing traditional consumer industries.
11.	Hoover's Online	Global Company database, includes Dun & Bradstreet profiles of SME co.s. Good for sales prospecting lists.
12.	Amadeus	A database of 5.6 million public and private companies in thirty-one European countries, including much of Eastern Europe. 5 years financial+ Co. information.
13.	Bank Scope	Information on public and private banks throughout the world. Consolidated financials and other Co. info.
14.	Best's Insurance Reports	Company profiles of property, casualty, life and health insurance companies in the United States and Canada
15.	Icarus (Dun & Bradstreet)	Contact info, sales and no. of employees, activities (U.S. SIC and NAICS), management, co’s bank and accountant, shareholders, subsidiaries, and news.
16.	ISIS	Detailed reports on public and private insurance companies around the world
17.	Factiva	News and information on industries, companies, and business and management topics.
18.	InfoTech Trends	Market data on computers, peripherals, software, storage, the Internet, and communications equipment
19.	Sports Business Research Network - SBRNet	Searchable full-text news and market research statistics by sports-sporting goods, distribution channels, consumer demographics, brand share, markets etc
20.	TableBase	Data focuses on companies, industries, and demographics both nationally and internationally.
21.	Medical and Healthcare Marketplace Guide MHMG Login	Reports on trends, developments, scientific advancements, and company activities in the medical and healthcare industry.
22.	Thomson Research-Investext	Brokerage and investment reports, forecasts, statistics, in-depth financial analyses, and assessments of management/marketing strategies on companies and industries worldwide.
23.	Thomson Research	Full-text SEC filings, U.S. and international company annual reports, and downloadable financial statements for U.S. and international companies
24.	CompuStat Global	Authoritative U.S. and International Fundamental Financial Data. 5600+ US/Canadian mid & large cap co.s, 16000+ other global co.s.
25.	Worldscope	Financial information for non-U.S. public companies, updated monthly.
26.	I/B/E/S History	Historical earnings estimates for nearly 30,000 global companies. US from 1976, International from 1987.
27.	Standard & Poor Products	List of all financial and economic databases and research from S&P. Exhaustive in nature, alphabetic.
28.	Thomson Financial	Exhaustive list of all financial and economic products from Thomson financial. Alphabetic listing.

#	OTHER RELATED RESOURCES	COMMENTS
1.	ABI/Proquest	Summaries and citations from over 1,000 academic management, marketing, and general business journals.
2.	EconLit	A comprehensive indexed bibliography with selected abstracts of the world's economic literature, from American Economic Association. 600+ journals.
3.	Social Science Research Network	Covers new scholarship in accounting, economics, finance, information systems, legal scholarship, management, marketing, negotiations and social insurance
4.	Board Analyst	Allows screening and reporting on corporate boards and board members. board, sex, age, other affiliations, Also shares owned, other governance related information.
5.	Business Source Complete	Citations, summaries, and full text of articles from academic journals, magazines, and trade publications. Current company, industry and region reports.
6.	CareerSearch	Provides information on over one million public and private U.S. companies to aid in finding job leads.
7.	CCH Research Network	Covers major aspects of US business law and corporate organization. Part of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business publishing.
8.	CUSIP/ISID Plus	CUSIP numbers and ISID global identifiers for over 525,000 issuers and over 7 million securities, including both active and inactive instruments
9.	Galante's VC & Private Equity Directory	Searchable directory covering firms coordinating and providing private equity funding from seed stage to buyouts.
10.	LexisNexis LexisNexis India	Access to thousands of news, business, legal, and medical publications and information sources. Country specific site available.
11.	*The Making of the Modern World*	Images from 61,000 works of literature on economic and business published from 1450 through 1850
12.	Value Line	Information and advice on stocks, industries, mutual funds, options, and convertibles. US/Canada focused.
13.	Vault Online Career Library	The inside scoop on what it's like to work for the profiled companies. Over 1,000 career advice articles on diverse management and related topics.
14.	VentureXpert Web	Information on venture funds, private equity firms, executives, venture-backed companies, and limited partners.
15.	Zephyr	Various deal types are covered including M&A activity, IPOs, joint ventures, and private equity deals.
16.	Institutional Investor Journals	Current and back issues of quarterly publications covering research on global investment and finance
17.	Institutional Investor Magazine	Articles and complete backfile from the Americas and International editions, their hedge funds publication Alpha Magazine, and the All-American Research team.
18.	Wilson Web	Indexes business magazines, and trade and research journals.
19.	JSTOR	Full text of more than 500 academic journals covering a wide range of disciplines.
20.	Bloomberg Financial Markets (Professional)	Current and historical financial information on individual equities, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, and futures for both international and domestic markets.
21.	Execucomp	Tracks executive compensation in S&P 1000 firms since 1992. Salary, bonus, and stock options.
22.	Capital IQ	Data on public and private companies, investment firms, capital transactions, and people.
23.	Governance and Directors Database (IRRC)	Research on corporate governance, proxy voting, and corporate responsibility issues. 199-2004. S&P 1500.
24.	Nelson’s Directory of Investment Managers	Descriptions include investment strategies, vehicles and products offered. Profiles over 1,700 firms and over 7,000 products with assets totaling over $23 trillion.
25.	Nelson's Directory of Investment Research	institutional research firms, U.S. public companies, and international public companies. Information on over 9,000 analysts who work at more than 700 firms and follow over 13,000 public companies around the world.
26.	Datastream	Historical, global coverage of equities, stock markets, commodities, futures, currencies, options, bond markets, company financials, and economic data.
27.	SDC Platinum (Securities Data Company)	Detailed information on new issues, mergers and acquisitions, syndicated loans, private equity, and more for the global financial marketplace from 1970's.
28.	OptionMetrics Ivy DB	Historical price and implied volatility data for the U.S. equity and index options markets
29.	Thomson StreetEvents	Access to company and industry conference call events coverage and their transcripts. Primarily US.
30.	Technical Analysis Programs(TAP)	TAP is an investment analysis tool for making presentations with flair. It provides in-dept analysis of funds and markets from Standard & Poor's Fund Services' data