Information on nearly 24 million companies, including large and mid-sized companies in the US and Canada, and worldwide.
Information on nearly twenty-four million companies, including large and mid-sized companies in the United States and Canada, and hundreds of thousands of companies world-wide. Includes contacts and emails, analysis of company operations, actions and changes, plus additional data points such as technologies (software, etc.) used at a company. OneSource aggregates and enhances content from over 30 diverse content providers representing 2,000 separate information sources including Reuters, CorpTech, Investext, RMA Industry Ratios, StatUSA.
Reports (20-40 page PDFs) on both private and public companies.
Thomson Research
AVAILABLE TO WALK-IN USERS AT KRESGE. Access to firms' annual reports and 10-Ks as well as analyst reports from major investment banks like Credit Suisse and JP Morgan.
Mergers and acquisitions activity for companies around the world. Find M&A activity by industry sector, M&A activity by firm, or reports on individual deals.
Thomson ONE Banker
AVAILABLE TO ROSS USERS ONLY. Company financials but most important for private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) investment. What firms invest in a particular sector, what companies in a particular sector have received investments, individual companies' investment history.
Profiles over 105,000 U.S.-based foundations, describing programs, areas of funding, types of support, geographic emphasis, trustees & officers, application process, deadlines, high, low & average grants, and lists of recent grants made. Also provides access to recent tax returns for private foundations as submitted to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (Form 990-PF's).
Full text index to scholarly journals and trade magazines.
Business Source Complete (Ebsco)
AVAILABLE TO WALK-IN USERS AT KRESGE. Full text access to scholarly journals and trade magazines, but with a business focus. Includes full text access to the Harvard Business Review (HBR).
Provides access to market research reports and market forecasting in advanced materials, biotechnology, chemicals, energy, healthcare, sensors, plastics, nanotechnology, and other emerging technologies.
Covers international industries and developing countries. Industries range from agribusiness to tourism and include unique industries like metals and mining.
Seven hundred specific industry reports for US industries, with a manufacturing focus. Also includes reports for global industries and industries in China.
Industry reports on consumer goods industries and consumer attitudes. US and Europe focus.
Plunkett Research Online
AVAILABLE TO ROSS USERS ONLY. Lower level of research geared toward high school and undergraduate users. Covers thirty-one specific industries ranging from advertising, branding & marketing to wireless, wi-fi, RFID & cellular.
55 broad industry reports ranging from advertising to transportation.
Databases for Specified Industries
Automotive News Data Center
AVAILABLE TO ROSS USERS ONLY. Includes statistics on auto production.
Alternative Energy eTrack
AVAILABLE TO ROSS USERS ONLY. Great projections for very specific industry segments. Information not exportable or available in PDF, only available in "print screen."
Requires authentication with University of Michigan Library. Includes "hype cycle" and "magic quadrant" reports.
Restricted to: UM Constituents Only. Technical Notes: You must log in using your University Library account information. Use Policy: When using material from this database in reports and presentations, vendor contract requirements dictate that you must include the phrase, "Used with permission of (name of database)."
Reports on ebusiness and Internet strategies, wireless communications, application development, IT asset management and related fields. Useful for tracking technology advancements and trends, strategic planning, competitive analysis, market awareness, implementation support and product and vendor evaluation.
Frost & Sullivan
AVAILABLE TO ROSS USERS ONLY. Analysis on a huge range of manufacturing and engineering sectors. Information ranges from brief reports to hundred page industry analysis.
American Hospital Directory
AVAILABLE TO ROSS USERS ONLY. Search for information about number of beds per hospital or geographic breakdown of hospitals.
FREE TO ALL USERS. 6000+ US hospitals with information about number of beds, type of services offered, top zip codes of most patients treated, teaching/non-teaching status, profit/non-profit organization, as well as financial information such as average cost for certain procedures.
Health Devices International (Sourcebase)
AVAILABLE TO ROSS USERS ONLY. Information about medical products and manufacturers, contact suppliers, purchasing decisions, and mergers and acquisitions in the medical device industry.
Medical eTrack
AVAILABLE TO ROSS USERS ONLY. Great projections for very specific industry segments and also includes information on companies within each industry segment. Information not exportable or available in PDF, only available via "print screen."
