Subject Guides: Business Career Research Guide: Research Industries

Industry Reports

IBIS World This link opens in a new window
Reports on over 1,000 industries. View the tutorial to learn more about how to access executive summaries to prepare for interviews.
For educational use only. Content may not be disclosed or resold to outside companies.
Mergent Intellect This link opens in a new window
Select the First Research option to find overviews and outlook on industries. Also includes Call Prep questions to prepare for job searching and interviews. Check out the tutorial for more guidance.
Mintel This link opens in a new window Reports on consumer markets and trends. Segmentation, branding, positioning, and psychographics. Rich insight into consumer behavior and lifestyles. Coverage is deepest for the U.S.
eMarketer This link opens in a new window Data about advertising, media, and consumer behavior on the internet and mobile devices.
Frost and Sullivan This link opens in a new window In-depth industry and market research covering aerospace, transportation, chemicals, materials, food, electronics, energy, environment, construction, healthcare, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, information technology, and communications.
Gartner This link opens in a new window News, reports, and analysis for information technology (IT) markets.
Data from Gartner may NOT be shared outside of the University.
Euromonitor International Passport This link opens in a new window Alternate title: GMID. An integrated on-line business information system providing key business intelligence on countries, consumers, lifestyles, markets and companies. Excellent for market research, international business case studies, scenario planning and comparative analysis. Formerly known as Global Market Information Database (GMID).
For research or private study for academic purposes only. Only students, faculty, and staff may access.

Trade Publications

To gain insight, try searching for: industry of choice AND trends

ProQuest One Business This link opens in a new window An intuitive and comprehensive business library containing millions of full-text items across scholarly and popular periodicals, newspapers, market research reports, dissertations, books, videos, and more.
Factiva This link opens in a new window Global news and business information service including Dow Jones and Reuters newswires, The Wall Street Journal, and thousands of other national and international newspapers in multiple languages. Also provides financial market data and company information.
No Systematic Downloading. Factiva may not be used for data mining, text mining, or trend analysis functions.

Business Career Research Guide: Research Industries

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