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  • ABI/INFORM Complete  
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    (in ProQuest database) articles from scholarly and trade sources, newspapers, and dissertations, on business conditions and trends, management practice and theory, corporate strategy and tactics, and the competitive landscape worldwide.
  • Academic OneFile  
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    peer-reviewed, scholarly articles on all topics, including management, finance, marketing and economics.
  • Accounting & Tax  
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    articles on accounting, tax management, auditing, tax and financial law, governance, and risk management.
  • AdAge Datacenter  
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    (click on DATACENTER tab to begin) - analysis of global advertising spending; digital media statistics; detailed data on advertising agencies, media companies and top marketers and advertisers; Hispanic marketing.
  • Alternative Energy eTrack  
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    NEW! covers the alternate/renewable energy industries : wind, hydro, solar, ocean, geothermal, biofuels, fuel cells, nuclear, carbon trading, etc. Includes research and business news, deals, company and industry analysis, forecasts and market intelligence data for over 100 countries. No downloading available but copy/paste is possible.
  • Applied Science and Business Periodicals Retrospective  
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    (1913 - 1983) covers the important events, issues and trends in the history of business and industry, plus the most important historical sources in the applied science and technology field for the early/mid 20th century.
  • Bank Regulatory via WRDS
    accounting data for bank holding companies, commercial banks, savings banks, and savings and loans institutions.
  • Barclay Hedge Fund Directory  
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    (you will need to log in with your Andrew ID and PW.) A.pdf directory covering 2,784 international hedge funds in the U.S. Also includes ranking tables grouped by hedge fund strategy.
  • Berkeley Electronic Press  
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    peer-reviewed articles in economics, business, law, engineering and political science.
  • Bloomberg  
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    terminal located in rm. A1 in Tepper lower level – financial information system providing analysis and quotes for equities and indices, current company, industry and market news, and economic data for the countries of the world.
  • Business Source Premier  
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    academic and trade journals and magazines in all business disciplines; also industry reports, company profiles, and country economic reports. Special feature: online access to the Harvard Business Review.
  • CareerLeader  
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    a business career self-assessment program.
  • CareerSearch  
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    identifies companies based on geography, company size, revenue, and other criteria; has job-related news, listings, and contacts.
  • CCH Omnitax
    Laws, regulations, documents and guides to federal, state, and international taxation and estate planning.
  • CISDM Hedge Fund Data via WRDS  
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    part of WRDS - provides information on over 3700 active Hedge Funds and over 660 active CTAs and CPOs. In addition, the database covers 3800 inactives. For each fund in the database, detailed information related to investment strategy and style, historical monthly returns, assets under management, leverage, minimum initial investment, and fee structure is provided.
  • Compass  
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    Tepper's database of alumni and recruiters, maintained by the COC.
  • Compustat via WRDS  
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    in WRDS – from Standard & Poor’s, one of the most extensive databases of business financial data, covering over 80,000 global firms dating back to the 1950s. (The Netadvantage database contains a subset of this data, somewhat easier to use.)
  • Conference Board's Business Knowledge Research  
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    authoritative research reports on issues in business management and U.S. and global economics.
  • Corporate Affiliations
  • CRSP (Center for Research in Security Prices) via WRDS  
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    in WRDS - monthly and daily quotations for stock prices, indices, US Government bonds, and mutual funds; current and historical.
  • CUSIP Master File  
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    in WRDS - CUSIP numbers, standardized descriptions and additional data attributes for over 5 million corporate, municipal and government securities in North America.
  • Datamonitor (formerly MarketLine)  
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    profiles of companies, industries, and countries, often containing SWOT and 5 forces analysis; also covers M&A and financial deal activity, and market data on a number of consumer products.
  • Datastream  
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    historical accounting and financial data for equities, market indices, company accounts, macroeconomics, bonds, foreign exchange, interest rates, commodities and derivatives from both developed and emerging markets.
  • Dun & Bradstreet's Million Dollar Database  
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    directory with basic data on millions of companies worldwide; search by industry, company size, geographic areas and other variables, and download resulting lists in spreadsheet or report format.
  • EconLit  
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    electronic form of the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) providing citations and abstracts for economics research from journals, books, conference proceedings, dissertations, and working papers.
  • Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) reports in ProQuest database  
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    how to find them: in the search box at the top, enter the country name, and in the box where it says "Publication title" enter: eiu.
  • Engineering Village  
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    engineering, communications, computer science, IT, operations research, environmental science, and more.
  • eStatement Studies  
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    covering over 700 industries, with two components: Financial Ratios Benchmarks providing industry norms, and Industry Default Probabilities and Cash Flow Measures. You can download the data and compare a company's financials to their industry.
  • Frost & Sullivan  
      
      
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    Detailed market reports and analysis on technology aspects of many industries. (Many reports are read-only, but you can request a .pdf from rwerner@andrew.cmu.edu. For academic use only. Not every feature is available.)
  • Gartner Core Research  
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    research reports on a detailed range of technology products and services.
  • General OneFile  
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    a general news database, with a very wide range of publications.
  • Goldsmith's-Kress Library of Economic Literature  
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    digital collection for researching the literature of economics from the period 1460-1914, providing access to thousands of works from: the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature at the University of London Library, the Kress Library of Business and Economics at Harvard, the Seligman Collection at Columbia and libraries at Yale.
  • Historical Annual Reports  
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    .pdfs of annual reports for 800 US companies, some going back to 1844. These are the reports mailed out to shareholders, and so provide not only financial data, but narrative and pictorial snapshots of companies through time.
  • Hoover's  
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    directory of US and International companies, public and private, with extensive information on each company, including profiles, competitors, financials, and executives.
  • IBISWorld  
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    in-depth industry market research reports with analysis, data, conditions, segmentation, market share, primary companies, and outlook for over 700 industries in the US.
  • IEEE Explore  
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    technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics
  • INFORMS PubsOnline  
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    access to 12 journal titles published by INFORMS, the professional association for operations research and management science.
  • International Financial Statistics  
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    time series data used in economic analysis, including exchange rates, international liquidity, international banking, currency, interest rates, prices, production, trade, government accounts, and national accounts, from the IMF.
  • Interview Mastery  
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    useful tips on interviewing skills.
  • Investext via Thomson ONE  
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    analyst reports on companies and industries from top investment banks and research firms. NOTE: Click on "Screening & Analysis on the left, and then "Research." Must use Internet Explorer browser.
  • JSTOR  
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    peer-reviewed scholarly ,journals in all disciplines including management, finance, marketing and economics (not including last 3-5 years, however.)
  • Leadership Directories  
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    identifies leaders in corporations and financial institutions, government, associations, non-profits, law firms, judicial and foreign representatives, and the media.
  • LexisNexis Academic  
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    interdisciplinary, international database of over 18,000 sources including newspapers, journals, wire services, newsletters, reports, blogs, case law, government documents, transcripts of broadcasts, and reference works.
  • LexisNexis Corporate Affiliations  
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    corporate hierarchies and linkages for all major public and private companies and their subsidiaries worldwide. Provides business descriptions, basic financials, detailed competitor listings, brands, and service firms. Creates lists of foreign firms operating in the US and vice versa, has historical data back to 1993, tracks mergers and acquisitions, and provides executive and board member listings.
  • LexisNexis Statistical, now called ProQuest Statistical Insight  
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    index to thousands of statistical publications on all topics. Much of the data is available here also; the rest is on microfiche in Hunt Library
  • LexisNexis Statistical Datasets now called ProQuest Statistical Datasets  
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    voluminous demographic, industry, and economic data with mapping and report-generating capability. Includes (in the EASI Market Planner folder) hundreds of datasets on consumer demographics and usage/spending patterns for products and services.
  • Marquis Who's Who  
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    profiles of 1.4 million of accomplished individuals worldwide, from all fields of endeavor including: government, business, science and technology, the arts, entertainment, and sports.
  • MarketLine - now Datamonitor  
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    profiles of companies, industries, and countries, often containing SWOT and 5 forces analysis; also covers M&A and financial deal activity, and market data on a number of consumer products.
  • Materials Business File  
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    articles on industry news, product and process developments, plant development and construction, international trade, government regulations, and management issues related to high technology industries.
  • Mergent Archives  
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    historical and current annual reports in .pdf format for over 5,000 companies, some going back to 1925 (use "Annual Report Search" tab) - equity and industry reports as well.
  • Mergent Economics
    thousands of time series datasets in economics from 1982 to the present, for the US, Canada, Australia and the UK.
  • Mergent Online  
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    has descriptive information and 15 years of financial data for US and foreign companies, both active and inactive. Mergers & acquisitions, SEC filings, institutional holdings, earnings estimates, joint ventures, long-term debt, bond ratings, capital stock, insider trading, and thirty years of historical stock prices are provided. Also includes industry and equity research reports, pdfs of US and international company annual reports from 1997, and quarterly fact sheets for US companies.
  • Mergent WebReports  
      
      
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    provides the searchable scanned copies of pages from Moody's (later Mergent) Corporate Manuals, 1909 to the present. (Use this link for latest news reports.) These contain detailed descriptions of all significant public companies worldwide: financial statements, histories, properties, mergers and acquisitions, operations, subsidiaries, officers and directors, stocks and bonds.
  • OECD Economic Outlook  
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    economic analysis, working papers and data from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
  • Option Metrics via WRDS  
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    historical price and implied volatility data for the US equity and index options markets.
  • Oxford Handbooks Online - Business & Management  
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    specially commissioned essays by leading scholars offering thorough introductions to topics in the discipline for scholars, advanced students, and practitioners.
  • Passport GMID  
      
      
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    provides data on consumer market sizes, industry sectors, consumer lifestyles, companies and brands in over 200 countries – current, historical, and forecasted. Both raw data and written reports are available.
  • Private Equity see Thomson ONE  
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    contains both venture capital funds, private equity firms, funded companies, and their executives in the US, Europe, and Asia, as well as an analytics source for fund performance, commitments, disbursements, and statistics. NOTE: click on "Screening & Analysis" on the left. Must use Internet Explorer browser.
  • ProQuest  
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    searches several databases together, including ABI/INFORM (above) the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and hundreds of other US national newspapers. Also has industry reports (including First Research from Hoover's), and EIU Viewswire country reports.
  • ProQuest Statistical Datasets  
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    voluminous demographic, industry, and economic data with mapping and report-generating capability. Includes (in the EASI Market Planner folder) hundreds of datasets on consumer demographics and usage/spending patterns for products and services.
  • ProQuest Statistical Insight  
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    index to thousands of statistical publications on all topics. Much of the data is available here also; the rest is on microfiche in Hunt Library
  • PsycInfo  
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    covers Psychology and related fields, with relevance for organizational behavior. effectiveness, climate and structure; as well as marketing, working conditions, economics, communication, motivation, etc.
  • Roper Center for Public Opinion Research  
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    a wide variety of public opinion surveys and other resources , ranging from the 1930s to the present.
  • Roubini Global Economics  
      
      
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    (formerly RGE Monitor) daily cogent analysis of key economic and financial developments - research reports on markets, finance and banking, the economy, global regions, and geostrategic issues. Developed by renowned New York University economist Nouriel Roubini.
  • Scopus  
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    Giant academic database containing peer-reviewed journals, book series, and conference proceedings - coverage of scientific, medical, technical and social science (management and economics) topics. Citation searching is a feature.
  • SDC Platinum - Deals Intelligence module
    only accessible from dedicated terminal on the first floor of Hunt Library. From Thomson/Reuters, essential research source for historical and current worldwide M&A transactions; also has customizable League Tables.
  • Social Sciences Citation Index in Web of Science  
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    encompasses the scholarly literature in economics and other social science disciplines, used primarily to discover linkages among research publications and researchers.
  • SRDS Local Market Audience Analyst  
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    uses Claritas/Nielsen data to define and correlate target markets, their behaviors and lifestyles. Geographic, demographic, and psychographic data. Note: must use Internet Explorer browser.
  • Standard & Poor's Netadvantage
    Standard & Poor’s services and publications including Industry Surveys, Compustat Excel Analytics, Stock Reports, Bond Reports, Mutual Fund Reports, Corporation Records, Security Dealers of North America, The Outlook, Trends and Projections, and more.
  • Testing & Education Reference Center  
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    has current study guides and practice tests for graduate school exams - MCAT, LSAT, GRE - and the TOEFL, as well as a graduate school search feature.
  • Thomson ONE VentureXpert/Private Equity  
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    AKA VentureXpert/Private Equity, contains venture capital funds, private equity firms, funded companies, and their executives in the US, Europe, and Asia, as well as an analytics source for fund performance, commitments, disbursements, and statistics. NOTE: click on "Screening & Analysis" on the left (VC firms are included.) Must use Internet Explorer browser.
  • Thomson ONE Analyst Reports (formerly Investext)  
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    analyst reports on companies and industries from top investment banks and research firms.NOTE: Click on "Screening & Analysis on the left, and then "Research." Must use Internet Explorer browser.
  • Thomson/Reuters company information and news  
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    Open Market Views for news, deal activity, corporate events, and economic indicators. Open Company Views for company data. NOTE: must use Internet Explorer browser.
  • TRACE  
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    (in WRDS) FINRA's corporate bond market price dissemination service, providing transaction data for corporate bonds - investment grade, high yield and convertible debt.
  • Value Line Investment Survey  
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    stock reports offering financial performance data, projections, rankings, analyst consensus, beta, key ratios, and commentary on 3,500 stocks; short industry surveys; and views on the economy from a famed independent investment analyst service.
  • Vault/Career Insider  
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    company insider information, occupational overviews, internship programs, career and interviewing practice guides, message boards, etc.
  • VentureXpert via Thomson ONE  
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    contains both venture capital funds, private equity firms, funded companies, and their executives in the US, Europe, and Asia, as well as an analytics source for fund performance, commitments, disbursements, and statistics. NOTE: click on "Screening & Analysis" on the left (VC firms are included.) Must use Internet Explorer browser for this to work.
  • Wall Street Journal  
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    use this is for current issues - historical issues (1851-2006) are here.
  • Web of Science  
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    same as Social Sciences Citation Index above, encompasses the scholarly literature in economics and other social science disciplines, used primarily to discover linkages among research publications and researchers.
  • Wetfeet  
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    independently-researched reports on leading companies, industries and career advice topics. To download guides, find password here.
  • Who's Who  
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    same as Marquis Who's Who - profiles of 1.4 million of the most accomplished individuals worldwide, from all fields of endeavor including: government, business, science and technology, the arts, entertainment, and sports.
  • World dataBank formerly World Development Indicators  
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    from the World Bank, provides datasets for more than 700 development indicators, in areas such as finance, communications, the environment, education, labor, health, and economics, for 208 countries and 18 country groups, from 1960 to the present. Try the new beta version.
  • WRDS  
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    a uniform web interface to current and historical datasets in finance, economics and banking, from multiple sources. Some of those are: Standard & Poor’s Compustat, the Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP,) Mergent, Dow Jones, the Federal Reserve, and the Chicago Board of Options Exchange.
  • These databases come to you courtesy of
    Carnegie Mellon University Libraries
    Tepper Computing Center
    and the
    Career Opportunities Center
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