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American Factfinder

American Factfinder provides population, housing, economic, and geographic data and maps for the United States and individual states, counties, and municipalities.

Proquest Statistical

Proquest Statistical provides electronic access to tables and citations to statistics produced by the U.S. federal, state and local governments, international governmental organizations, and non-governmental organizations.

WDI Online

WDI Online produced by the World Bank includes statistical data for over 550 development indicators and time series data from 1960-2000 for over 200 countries and 18 country groups. Data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators.

Consumer Expenditure Survey

The Consumer Expenditure Survey consists of two surveys, the quarterly Interview Survey and the Diary Survey, that provide information on the buying habits of American consumers, including data on their expenditures, income, and consumer unit (families and single consumers) characteristics.

RDS Business Reference Suite

RDS Business Reference Suite includes full-text articles from trade and industry publications, regional, national and international newspapers, business dailies, and management journals. Use the TableBase feature to find data/statistics on consumer expenditures for various product categories. 

Survey of Consumer Finances

The Survey of Consumer Finances is a triennial survey of the balance sheet, pension, income, and other demographic characteristics of U.S. families. The survey also gathers information on the use of financial institutions.

MARKETRESEARCH.COM

Marketresearch.com is a market research database that provides information on products, trends, regions, demographics, and companies.

Mintel Reports

Mintel Reports is a market research database with reports, news, and company information. NOTE: The first time you use the database you will need to create a company profile.

Passport GMID: Global Market Information Database

Passport GMID provides demographic, economic and marketing statistics for 205 countries, as well as detailed income, expenditure and lifestyle statistics. Access 4500 consumer lifestyle reports.

Simply Map

Simply Map is a web-based mapping application that lets users create professional-quality thematic maps and reports using demographic, business, and marketing data. NOTE: You will need to create an account (username and password) the first time you use this resource.

United Nations Statistical Division

The United Nations Statistical Division compiles and disseminates global statistical information including economic, demographic, and social statistics.

U.S. Population Projections

The U.S. Population Projections provides projections for resident populations by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origins.

Factiva

Factiva contains more than 25,000 sources including The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, and the Dow Jones and Reuters newswires.

MarketLine Business Information Center

MarketLine company reports contain in-depth company information, including key executives and biographies, analysis, latest news, rankings, and financial deals.

Standard & Poor's Netadvantage

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage provides qualitative and quantitative research and analysis covering 55 industries.

Dun & Bradstreet's Million Dollar Database

U.S. Public and Private Companies. Can search by geography, industry codes, size criteria and more. Click on "Advanced Search". Select desired field name and enter your criteria. Then hit "Add to Criteria" button. Continue adding all desired criteria, then click on "Run Search". Various output options.

Hoover's Online

International. Public and Private Companies. Can search by geography, size, industry codes, financial data and more. Select "Build A List" on the right and select desired criteria.

LexisNexis Academic

LexisNexis is international in scope and contains public and private company information, including contact information, recent stock activity, financials, executives, current news, and competitor lists.

Business Source Premier

Business Source Premier contains full-text for more than 2,300 journals and company, country, industry, and market research reports.

Factiva

Factiva contains more than 25,000 sources including The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, and the Dow Jones and Reuters newswires.

ThomsonONE

This resource is only available using Internet Explorer. ThomsonONE provides a collection of company information, reports, and financial statements for more than 70,000 public and private businesses worldwide.

Annual Statement Studies: Financial Ratio Benchmarks

The print Annual Statement Studies: Financial Ratio Benchmarks available at the Business/SPEA Information Commons Reference Desk (HF5681.B2 R6) provides composite financial data on manufacturing, wholesaling, retailing, service and contracting lines of business.

Bureau Labor Statistics

The Bureau of Labor Statistics provides labor and productivity costs as well as wage information for various industries. Other applicable demographic and consumer data as well.

Dun & Bradstreet Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios

The print Dun & Bradstreet Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios available at the Business/SPEA Information Commons Reference Desk (HF5681.R25 I525) provides financial information and ratios for over 800 different lines of business in all size ranges and including private and publicly owned companies.

Financial Studies of Small Business

The print Financial Studies of Small Business available at the Business/SPEA Information Commons Ciruclation Desk (HD2346 .U5 F55) provides financial information and ratios small business categories.

APA Citation Guide