Business Databases
Business Databases
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Access World News (Newsbank)
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This is a database of news sources, including the Miami Herald, Palm Beach Post, and the Sun Sentinel; also featuring a wide variety of international, national, and other local papers.
Research diverse perspectives, topics in areas such as Political Science, English, Sociology, Humanities, Business, International Studies, and more.
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ABI/INFORM Collection (Global, Archive, Dateline, Trade & Industry)
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This resource enables one to search multiple ABI databases: ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Archive Complete, ABI/INFORM Dateline, and ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry.
Funded by Florida Virtual Campus.
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Business Education in Video
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Business Education in Video features executive interviews, corporate training video, case studies, "How To" features and documentary films that focus on all aspects of the global business environment. Subjects covered include Globalization, Operations & Logistics, Management, Marketing, Finance, Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, International Business, Negotiations, Ethics, Cross-cultural communication, Technology, and much more.
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Business (Gale OneFile)
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Business (Gale OneFile) provides full-text coverage of all business disciplines including accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management and strategy, as well as business theory and practice.
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Business Insights: Essentials
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Formerly Business & Company Resource Center. Includes company profiles, company brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and full-text articles.
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Business Source Premier
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A research database with full-text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance, and economics.
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Country Commerce
This database changed title. Please see EIU Viewpoint.
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DemographicsNow (Gale Business)
Gale discontinued this database as of March 29, 2025.
For related demographic content please see Gale Business Insights
and ProQuest's Statistical Abstract of the United States.
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EDGAR Database of Corporate Information
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Open Access
The US Securities and Exchange Commission's official database of required filings from US public companies, including 10K reports, etc.
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Entrepreneurship (Gale Business)
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This database covers all aspects of starting and operating a business, including accounting, finance, human resources, management, marketing, and tax. It supports prospective and current entrepreneurs as well as business students. The interface is mapped to four key stagesplan, fund, start, and manage.
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FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)
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Open Access
This site offers a wealth of economic data and information to promote economic education and enhance economic research. The widely used database FRED is updated regularly and allows 24/7 access to regional and national financial and economic data.
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Hoover's Company Profiles
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Find up to date proprietary editorial content covering more than 40,000 public and non-public companies and 225,000 key executives. Hoover's, widely recognized as a leading provider of corporate data, delivers in depth industry analyses, information on a company's location, summary financials, top competitors, top officers, and more.
Funded by Florida Virtual Campus.
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IBISWorld
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IBISWorld is a comprehensive collection of Industry Market Research. Reports consist of 30 to 40 pages of key statistics and analysis on market characteristics, operating conditions, current and forecast performance, major industry participants, and more.
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Key Business Ratios
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Key Business Ratios (KBR) provides immediate online access to competitive benchmarking data. This powerful tool lets researchers examine industry benchmarks compiled from D&Bs database of public and private companies, featuring 14 key business ratios (users choose a one-year or three-year set of ratios) for public and private companies in 800 lines of business.
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Mergent Online
This subscription will not be renewed; it will be ending June 30, 2025.
Please see LSEG Workspace Campus for a similar resource.
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Regional Business News
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Provides comprehensive full-text coverage for regional business publications, including business journals, newspapers, and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
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Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context)
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This database covers today's hottest social issues, from offshore drilling to climate change, health care to immigration. It includes pro/con viewpoint essays, topic overviews, primary documents, biographies, periodical articles and more. This is a good source for students to start research or analysis of an issue, to complete writing assignments, prepare for a debate, or create a presentation.
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Sage Business Skills
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SAGE Business Skills helps students develop and practice real-world skills to
transition from campus to the modern workplace through interactive self assessment, virtual scenarios, downloadable data, and expert insights. Supporting a range of courses, a self-guided journey to gain career-ready skill sets for professional success.
Funded by Florida Virtual Campus.
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Standard & Poor's (S&P) NetAdvantage
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Standard & Poor's Net Advantage provides nine of its most popular publications: Stock Reports, Industry Surveys, Corporation Records, Register, Stock Guide, Bond Guide, Earnings Guide, The Outlook, and Dividend Record.
Funded by Florida Virtual Campus.
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Statistical Abstract of the United States
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The Statistical Abstract of the United States is a comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political and economic organization of the United States.
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Thomas Register
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Open Access. Free/instant membership may be required for access.
Over 158,000 companies indexed by name, product and service classifications, and specific brand names. Links to online supplier catalogs, company web sites, and summary company profiles.
Corporate Philanthropy
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20 Inspiring Corporate Philanthropy Examples
Corporate philanthropy, or the practice of businesses giving back to their communities through charitable donations and social impact initiatives, is more important than ever. Not only do philanthropic companies help to address pressing social and environmental issues, but it can also have a positive impact on the businesses themselves.
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Aly Sterling Philanthropy
Samples of corporate philanthropy.
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Charity Navigator
Use our ratings to find and support nonprofits that align with your passions and values.
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DonationMatch
Corporate philanthropy and corporate social responsibility
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Double The Donation
The word is out – Double the Donation maintains the largest, most comprehensive, and most accurate matching gift database. We know size matters because we’re in the business of helping donors submit matching gift requests.
Your donors will search for subsidiaries, brand names, and local offices. They will misspell company names. The comprehensive nature of the Double the Donation database ensures that no matter what your donors search, they find the right company.
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Non-profit Quarterly
Although philanthropy has some commonalities with charity, not all charity is philanthropy, although there will always be overlap.
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Selflessly
Selflessly makes it easy for employees to discover aligned charities, donate on demand, track their contributions, and even prepare for tax season. Employees report feeling empowered when they give back. They desire giving to be easy. And, they feel grateful when giving programs are provided by their workplace.
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Career Information Resources
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Occupational Outlook Handbook
The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. The Handbook is revised every two years.
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O*NET Online
Job descriptions and outlooks
NAICS Industry Codes
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NAICS
NAICS Association, LLC offers an array of highly reliable and valuable resources to assist companies in determining all things pertaining to NAICS and SIC Codes. This includes a Free Search Engine and Drill-down tools to assist in assigning appropriate Codes to any business as well as a look-up tool which allows you to check your Dun & Bradstreet listing.
