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APA PsycINFO
APA PsycINFO is a specialized database focusing on behavioral and social sciences, providing access to a vast collection of psychological literature and research in the form of journal articles, books, dissertations, and technical reports. An essential resource for researchers in psychology and related fields.
Business Source Ultimate
Full text for more than 2,300 journals, including more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications. Full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics.
MarketResearch.com Academic
Provides market intelligence on consumer demographics, market size and growth trends, industry forces and structure, product trends, competitive environment analysis, and company profiles.
MIT Press Direct
MIT Press Direct provides access to the digital content published by MIT Press, one of the world's leading academic publishers. It offers a comprehensive collection of ebooks and journals across various fields including science, technology, arts, and social sciences.
PrivCo
PrivCo contains financial data and intelligence on major privately-held companies, allowing researchers to find private company financials, ownership structures, growth trends, and other key business information.
Regional Business News
Regional Business News provides full-text coverage of regional business publications from around the United States and Canada allowing users to access news, articles, and other content from local and regional business journals, newspapers, and magazines.
Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is a prominent American business and financial newspaper. Create an account to access content directly on the newspaper's website, including news articles, analysis, and commentary on business, financial markets, and economic issues.

Free-Access Websites

EDGAR
EDGAR is the government repository public companies use to file forms with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The 10-K forms in this database will contain a section for sales and marketing data and plans. Searchable by company name or ticker nu
Library of Congress Company Research page
Has links to many different books, journals and websites.
State & County Quick Facts
This site offers efficient access to facts about people, business, and geography from the U.S Census. QuickFacts tables are summary profiles showing frequently requested data items from various Census Bureau programs.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
U.S. Census Data Tools & Apps
Find information using interactive applications to get statistics from multiple surveys.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Public Search
The USPTO's database includes the full text of all patents issued since 1790. All patents are searchable by patent number and classification number. The USPTO's database includes the full text of all patents issued since 1790. All patents are searchable by patent number and classification number. Patents issued since 1976 are searchable by keyword in the full text of the patent. Images are in TIFF format, which requires a special plug-in for your browser, such as "alternatiff" (alternatiff.com). If you can't install a TIFF reader, US patents can be converted to Adobe PDF format and downloaded at pat2pdf.org.

USA Trade Online
Export and import information on more than 18,000 commodities worldwide.