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Toolkit for STEM Business: Finding Suppliers

This guide was created by Becky Smith and Lindsay Taylor, MSLIS candidate 2022.

Finding Suppliers

Capital IQ
Mergent Online

After Entering the CapIQ platform, follow the following steps to find suppliers

Click Companies.
Type company name in box, then click the Search Icon
On left navigation bar, under Most Used, click on Suppliers (highlighted in yellow in screenshot)

Steps for finding suppliers for multinational companies in Mergent Online:

Access Mergent Online by clicking here.
Type name of company or ticker in search box
Once profile appears, click on Supply chain tab (highlighted), then click on Suppliers (underlined in red). See screenshot below.

Alibaba

Alibaba
A catalog that provides names of suppliers worldwide and by region. The searching is a bit different and pay attention to the left side bar in order to narrow your results (See Related Category). Screenshot below provides a simple way to search. Price ranges are provided for the products.

ThomasNet

ThomasNet
American suppliers only. You can search by product, category, company name. Prices for the products are not provided, but you will get company name, location, and types of products the company supplies.

Last Updated: May 15, 2022 8:24 PM
URL: https://guides.library.illinois.edu/stembusiness
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Subjects: Business, Engineering