Patent Search Strategies
This video, created by the University of Wisconsin - Madison Libraries, offers strategies for conducting patent research using Google Patent Search (U.S.) and Espacenet (Europe).
Training Modules
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Statista for Market and Industry Research
In this learning module, you will be introduced to the tools offered by Statista, the premier stats portal. Find statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources on more than 600 industries. In addition to tables and charts, Statista also provides infographics, detailed industry dossiers, and digital market and consumer market outlooks.
General Business Research Databases and Newspapers
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ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window
This collection features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals such as The Economist and Sloan Management Review, country- and industry-focused reports and major news sources like the Wall Street Journal. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world, including expert market information and influential business news.
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Business Insights This link opens in a new windowDesigned around the research goals and workflows of a diverse business research community. Easily find information on companies, including financials, industries and more in the context of timely news, statistical data, and in-depth reports.
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Business Source Complete This link opens in a new windowArticles from academic journals, magazines, and trade publications, as well as current company, industry and region reports. Includes full-text of Harvard Business Review.
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IBISWorld This link opens in a new windowIBISWorld provides trusted industry research on thousands of industries worldwide by leveraging economic, demographic and market data.
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Wall Street Journal Online Edition This link opens in a new window
The Wall Street Journal, a national daily newspaper publishing news, information, commentary, and analysis with an emphasis on business and financial news. This online version includes access to Barron's Magazine, MarketWatch and the WSJ puzzles and games. It includes coverage of U.S. and world news, education, politics, technology, real estate, sports, health, and the arts. Requires creation of free account using campus email address.
Company Information & Competitive Analysis
Searching for a Company by Ticker Symbol
Choose the "Advanced Search" option in ABI/INFORM or the Business Market Research Database. Enter the symbol and select "Ticker symbol" from the selection menu, as shown in the example below.
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Business Insights This link opens in a new windowDesigned around the research goals and workflows of a diverse business research community. Easily find information on companies, including financials, industries and more in the context of timely news, statistical data, and in-depth reports.
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Statista This link opens in a new windowStatista is a service that aggregates data sets from over 18,000 public and proprietary sources. The service provides tools that allow you to create beautiful charts that can be downloaded as PDF, Excel, PowerPoint, or graphics formats. Statista sources cover business and industry as well as education, politics and social issues.
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SAGE Business Cases This link opens in a new windowSAGE Business Cases is a collection of global business cases from a variety of industries. Topics include Marketing, Operations Management, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, International Business, Human Resource Management and more.