Sometimes it's challenging to choose a right database to start your search among so many available resources, and it's often hard to remember all features for various databases. This chart includes BIS subscribed key databases and their various features such as company overview, industry analysis, and market research reports, etc. Click on the database name to directly go to the database. You will need your NetID and password to login.
| Database | Company Overview | International Companies | Private Companies | Company Financial | Bond Information | Ratios | Investment Analysis | Industry Analysis | Country Reports | Articles/ News | Market Research Reports | SWOT Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BCC Research | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||||
| Business Source Ultimate | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Capital IQ (GIES only) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
| Emerging Markets Information Service | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
| Hoover's | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||||||
| IBISWorld & Procurement IQ (supplier data) | ✔ IBISWorld international includes companies in China only | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||||
| Refintiv Workspace |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
| Nexis Uni | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
| Passport Global Market Information Database | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
| PrivCo | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
| ProQuest One Business | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
For simple searching, you can try Business- Easy Search. This is a good place to start when you aren't certain where to go first. Type your phrase in the box, enclosed by parentheses, eg "Corporate Sustainability Reporting". It searches 4 of the major business-related literature databases for your convenience: Proquest One Business, Business Source Complete, Scopus, and Academic Search Complete". If you want to get more specific, using subject fields, the directions are below for ProQuest One Business, EBSCO Business Source Complete, and LexisNexis Academic Universe.
BIS also has Best Bets, a database of frequently asked questions on a topic level. You can search the entire database or click on one of the areas of finance, accounting, economics, labor, companies, industries, etc. and look at the lists of questions. NOTE: This is not the place to do a company search on a specific company. Instead, it is a tool which will lead you to sources on how to find information on companies or industries.
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To search for company profiles, select the company info box on the home page and select Company Profile from the drop-down to search for a company by name.
Access this resource directly through the UIUC proxy link above.
This is a comprehensive database of scholarly journals, magazines, trade publications, newspapers, books, reports, dissertations, and working papers. To get database help, click here and then click on various links in the left-hand navigation column such as 'Basic Search' or 'Advanced Search: Database Specific.'
For example, to search for industry statistics and reports: Search for an industry name as a subject or enter/look up NAICS code; choose "statistics/data report" as "document type"; click search.
