LibGuides: Engineering: Business Research for Engineers

Business Research

You're looking for a job and want to learn about a particular business or industry? You've got a great new product or technology that you want to take to market? You want to research the market for a product or industry? These are some information sources that can assist you.

Company and Industry Information

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
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Comprehensive index to publications and information on business topics.

Gartner Portal
Insights on current technology trends, vendors, and technology-enabled business strategies.

Gale Business: Insights This link opens in a new window
Contains current company and industry information as well as full text from business periodicals. Includes industry rankings, company profiles and histories, market share data, and investment research reports.
Mergent Online This link opens in a new window
Contains corporate and financial information on over 35,000 U.S. and foreign public companies, both active and inactive. Also includes access to the Dun & Bradstreet Private Company Database, which has information on millions of private companies.
referenceUSA This link opens in a new window
Contains detailed information on more than 14 million companies located in the United States plus 1.5 million companies in Canada. TOLEDO-LUCAS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY RESOURCE - Get a public library card here.

ThomasNet
(formerly Thomas Register of American Manufacturers)
ThomasNet provides a yellow pages of products and services, including links to product catalogs.
IQS Directory
A listing of manufacturers and suppliers serving major segments of the OEM industrial manufacturing marketplace.