Information Resources for Marketing

 

Tom Lutgen, Research Librarian for Business                               MGMT 187 (Instructor: Nivein Behairy)

tlutgen@uci.edu, 949-824-8159                                                                                          Spring Quarter 2006        

Market Research

Business Insights -- Global market analysis reports on the latest trends for the following industries: consumer goods, energy, finance, healthcare and technology.

 

Gartner Research -- A leading resource for comprehensive analysis and market intelligence for the global information technology industry. A UCInetID and password are required.

 

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Datamonitor MarketLine Business Information Centre -- A database of 10,000 company profiles of U.S. and international companies including a SWOT analysis on the major companies; over 2000 U.S. and international Industry Profiles with competitors, market shares, market size, and volume/value forecasts.

 

RDS TableBase Search for market size or rankings of products, services, and companies, extracted from trade publications. Please logout when finished.

 

Additional company and industry information and forecasts can be found in these resources from the Library’s Management Subject Guide.  Standard & Poor’s NetAdvantage, Investext Plus, IBIS World

 and Hoover’s Pro, and Dun & Bradstreet Million Dollar Database.

 

Consumer Research

MPA, Market Profile Analysis. Consumer and Business Demographic Reports. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Orange County, California, 2005 edition. Langson Library Reference HC107.C22.O7

This 6-volume set provides demographic data by zip-code and census tract for Los Angeles and Orange Counties, organized by category: Population and household factors; Education and labor force factors; Industry and occupational factors and business market factors.

 

Consumer Expenditure Survey -- Two surveys collected for the Bureau of Labor Statistics by the Census Bureau that provide information on the buying habits of American consumers, including data on their expenditures, income, and consumer unit (families and single consumers) characteristics.

 

American FactFinder (Census 2000) -- Data from the 1990, 2000 Decennial Censuses in addition to the Economic Census, American Community Survey, and the Population Estimates Program.

 

Psycinfo  -- This premier psychology resource includes articles and studies on all aspects of consumer behavior.

 

 

Consumer / Market Research Articles from Academic, Business & Financial publications

Business Source Premier -- Full-text articles and citations from over 8,000 academic journals and business and financial periodicals.

 

Factiva -- A source for global business news from newspapers (including the Wall Street Journal), magazines, newswires, and trade and industry publications.

 

LexisNexis Academic -- Business and industry news articles and a good source for historical financial data.