will help you investigate your market, your competition, and your business
environment through reports, periodicals, data collections, and on the
web.
Archive of social sciences data. Data primarily from survey of public opinion. NOTE: Register for a free account with your CMU email address for full access to Roper iPoll content.
Use the library catalog to find these. In the search box, change "Any Field" to "Subject" and type in:
Example:
Find market size, industry leaders, statistics, current status, future trends, histories and profiles of the industries here. If you look up the NAICS codes for your industry first, this will be a bit easier.
Often the best reports on industries, such as an annual review, appear in their trade journals - found in these databases. Use search terms such as “market,” “forecast,” “trends,” “industry overview,” etc. along with your own market identifier, i.e. “organic food."
Shopping is changing fast, and Google knows what your customers search for and how they behave: 
Major competitors are covered in "Industry overviews" section above. For more complete listings of companies in an industry see:
