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Multipurpose Resources

Company, Industry & Country Research Resources

Business Source Complete
Bibliographic and full-text content from peer-reviewed business journals, covering all disciplines of business including marketing, management, accounting, banking, finance, and more.
ABI/INFORM Complete
Abstracts, full-text journals and periodicals on business, finance, and management topics. Includes all content in ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Dateline, and ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry. Includes full-text access to The Wall Street Journal.
Passport GMID (Global Market Information Database)
In-depth reports providing statistics and analysis on consumer, industry, and service markets around the world.

globalEDGE
A great place to "research nearly any international business question." From the International Business Center at Michigan State University (IBC), it covers history, economy and political conditions and more for over 200 countries.

Company Research Resources

Dow Jones Factiva
Comprehensive, full-text up-to-the-minute news and business source from Dow Jones and Reuters. Includes national, international, and regional newspapers, both current content and archives, periodicals, podcasts, newswires, and more.
Plunkett Research Online
Analysis and market research for important industry sectors. Includes trend analysis, statistics, organizations, company profiles, information for job-seekers, and ability to create custom reports.
Data Axle
Data Axle, formerly ReferenceUSA, provides research on businesses including data summaries by neighborhood, city or state and by type or size of business. Users can conduct market research for similar or competitive businesses in a specific locality.
PrivCo
Business and financial data on major, non-publicly traded corporations, including family-owned, private equity-owned, venture-backed, and international unlisted companies.

International Directory of Company Histories
Call Number: eBook
Accurate and detailed historical information on the development of the world's largest and most influential companies.

Industry Research Resources

IBISWorld
Provides access to Industry Reports: analyses of U.S. industries categorized by NAICS, and to ProcurementIQ: full-text procurement reports on indirect purchasing lines and products.

WWD
Direct, online access to WWD, the “Bible” of the fashion industry. (limited to 10 concurrent users)

Warc
Global advertising and marketing trends, including market intelligence, case studies, conference reports, articles, expenditure data, profiles of major brand owners, and consumer insight.
Mintel
Full-text market research reports covering US and global consumer markets. Reports analyze market share, segmentation, and trends. Upon first login register with your VCU email address.

Country Research Resources

CIA World Factbook
Provides information on 266 world entities. A great place to learn about your country's people, history, economy and transnational issues.
World Bank - Data
Search or browse World Bank data including trade and economic indicators.
Doing Business (World Bank)
Objective measures of business regulations for 183 economies.
OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation & Development) Data
Source of global macroeconomic and trade data.
globalEDGE
A great place to "research nearly any international business question." From the International Business Center at Michigan State University (IBC), it covers history, economy and political conditions and more for over 200 countries.
NationMaster: Country Info-Stats
Compares country statistics on a range of topics including economy, industry & labor.
Country Report on Human Rights - US State Dept.
Covers individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international agreements.

Britannica Online
Access to Encyclopaedia Britannica, news, magazines, journals, web sites, research tools, and multimedia.
Research Tip:Search by country name to find comprehensive profiles that include history, government and economy

Global Business Research Guide
A collection of resources for researching global markets, countries, trade data, and more, curated by VCU's Business Librarian.

WWD
Direct, online access to WWD, the “Bible” of the fashion industry. (limited to 10 concurrent users)

New York Times via nytimes.com
Use this link to register for a free account. Important source of reporting information, and opinion on politics, finance, health, science, culture, the arts, sports, and fashion in the U.S. and abroad. See ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times with Index for issues back to 1851.

Wall Street Journal (via ABI/Inform)
Business news from the US and around the world.

Dow Jones Factiva
Comprehensive, full-text up-to-the-minute news and business source from Dow Jones and Reuters. Includes national, international, and regional newspapers, both current content and archives, periodicals, podcasts, newswires, and more.

Forbes Magazine
Covers domestic and international business topics. Content included in Business Source Complete & Factiva
Fortune Magazine
Multinational business magazine. Content included in Business Source Complete
National Retail Federation
Worlds largest retail trade association includes the apparel industry. Features industry news, a podcast and access to Stores Magazine.

Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) import/export research guide
Resources on trade in the apparel industry.
(some resources may be limited to FIT students)
GlobalEDGE Apparel & Textiles: Trade Statistics
Top 10 apparel import and export countries and products.
Harmonized tariff schedule of the United States
"Provides the applicable tariff rates and statistical categories for all merchandise imported into the United States; it is based on the international Harmonized System, the global classification system that is used to describe most world trade in goods."
Office of the United States Trade Representative
Browse for information about trade agreements between the US and other countries.
Sourcing Journal
A hub of global news and information, relied upon by leaders in the textile, soft goods, and apparel industries. It connects the readers with industry resources, expert commentary, and up-to-the-minute analysis of breaking news.
Thomasnet.com
The Thomas Register is a directory of US-based suppliers and manufacturers.
Davison's Textile Blue Book
Davison's Textile Blue Book is an annual directory of mills, dyers, finishers, converters and jobbers in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Central America. It also includes various suppliers to the textile industry including machinery, chemicals, supplies and services.