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Introduction
This is a guide to selected information on Industries available in the URI Libraries.
To find additional information, conduct a subject search in the library catalog using subject headings such as INDUSTRIES, AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES, ART AND INDUSTRY, CHEMICAL INDUSTRY, CULTURAL INDUSTRIES, DEFENSE INDUSTRIES, ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, ENERGY INDUSTRIES, HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES, LUXURY GOODS INDUSTRY, MINERAL INDUSTRIES, SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY, SERVICE INDUSTRIES, and AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIES.
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Articles & Databases
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- EconLit (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
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- What’s included? EconLit, produced by the American Economic Association, is the world's foremost source of references to economic literature, covering all fields of economics. Indexes journal articles, books, collective volume articles, dissertations, working papers, and book reviews. The database contains more than 1.2 million records.
- What dates are covered? 1886 - present
- Gale Directory Library (Gale) This link opens in a new window
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- What’s included? Gale Directory Library offers access to two titles: the Encyclopedia of Associations. National Organizations of the U.S., a comprehensive source of information on nonprofit membership organizations in the United States; and the Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media, which contains listings for radio and television stations, cable companies, and print media publications.
- D&B Hoovers (Mergent) This link opens in a new window
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- What’s included? Offers detailed company and industry profiles on over 188 million businesses, both public and private, around the world. Company profiles include description of business, company history, key financials and stock information, links to SEC filings, and list of competitors. Industry profiles offer industry description, competitive landscape, products and technology, finance and regulation, industry indicators and trends, and list of companies in the industry. Reports and data can be downloaded.
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- ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) This link opens in a new window
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- What’s included? The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) maintains and provides access to a vast archive of datasets in social sciences and related areas. Data files for use with statistical software, such as SAS, SPSS, and Stata, may be downloaded.
- What else should I know? While accessible from anywhere, users must initially create an account while on campus, and must access the database from on-campus at least once every six months.
- Mergent Online This link opens in a new window
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- What’s included? Covers over 10,000 U.S. publicly-traded companies and selected international companies. Unique information provided includes property owned or leased, long-term debt (loans and bonds), and details on all capital stock, with annual high/lows and outstanding shares. Also offers earning estimates, institutional holdings, insider trades, stockholder equity, up to 15 years of annual and quarterly financial statements, and downloadable annual reports.
- What else should I know? Archival information is provided for over 4,000 companies that were acquired, went bankrupt, or merged out of existence from 1995 onward. Key financial information from Dun & Bradstreet is also provided on over 400,000 global private companies. Users may perform custom searches and build reports, convert currency, and download financial information to a spreadsheet.
- Nexis Uni (LexisNexis) This link opens in a new window
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- What’s included? News, law, and business information service. Includes news from national and international newspapers; wire services and articles from hundreds of periodicals; and a number of other reference sources. All sources are full-text. Updated daily.
- ProQuest One Business This link opens in a new window
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- What’s included? Comprehensive business library containing millions of full-text items across scholarly and popular periodicals, newspapers, market research reports, dissertations, books, videos, and more.
- Statistical Abstract of the U.S. (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
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- What’s included? The authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States.
- What dates are covered? 1878 - Present.
- Value Line Research Center This link opens in a new window
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- What’s included? Encompasses information services covering the following types of securities: Common stocks of small, mid and large-cap companies, stocks of emerging growth companies, mutual funds, stock and stock index options, and convertible securities. Stock reports include current and historical data, income statements, balance sheets, and 3-5 year price and earnings projections. Also includes other stock evaluation tools and pre-set and custom model portfolios.
About this guide...
This guide was originally created by Andrew S. Turyn 7/1981, 5/1987. Revised by Andrée Rathemacher 9/1998, 5/1999.
Updated and reformatted by Madge Boldt, 9/2011. Revised by Ida D. McGhee, 12/2012. Andrée Rathemacher, 5/2013. Mark Matook, 3/2018. Amanda Izenstark, 10/2022.