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Business Research Guide: Industry Information

This guide highlights core print and electronic Library resources in the area of Business and it links to relevant web resources. Use this guide as your starting point, come to the library or Ask a Librarian for more resources and further help.

INDUSTRY RANKINGS

Business rankings annual
Business and Company Resource Center
Select the Industry Search and type the desired NAICS or SIC code; Enter the industry description if you do not know the NAICS or SIC of your industry e.g. Apparel).

Standard & Poor’s (S&P): Ratings (WRDS)

INDUSTRY AND MARKET RESEARCH STUDIES

UN Comtrade Database
Commodity Trade Statistics. Data compiled by the United Nations Statistics Division covers approximately 200 countries and represents more than 99% of the world's merchandise trade

Statista (To have access users have to select American University of Beirut from the Institution login dropdown page)

EMIS Intelligence (Emerging Markets Information Service) - Industries
Delivers company and industry information together with relevant news, research, and analytics for developing markets.
Statistics Canada
The national statistical office. It provides key information on Canada's economy, society and environment

INDUSTRY OVERVIEWS

Lexis Nexis Academic
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Browse Sources
Publication Type
Industries & Markets
Industry Directories & Profiles

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Cover top news, company, industry, and market news; legal news; company financial information; general medical and health topics and medical abstracts; accounting, auditing, and tax information.
Gale industry encyclopedias in Business and Company Resource Center
Use the Advanced Search option and select "Industry Overviews" in the Content Area

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A business database bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, industry overviews and statistics, associations, news and full-text periodical articles. It covers domestic and international companies.
Manufacturing & Distribution U.S.A.
UNcomtrade (Commodity Trade Statistics) 1962-
Trade statistics from over 200 countries

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Data may be visualized in graphs, tags, tables and maps downloaded directly in an Excel spreadsheet. The atabase is continuously updated. Whenever trade data are received from the national authorities, they are standardized by the UN Statistics Division and then added to UNcomtrade.

INDUSTRY AND MARKET RESEARCH STUDIES

UN Comtrade Database
Commodity Trade Statistics. Data compiled by the United Nations Statistics Division covers approximately 200 countries and represents more than 99% of the world's merchandise trade

Statista (To have access users have to select American University of Beirut from the Institution login dropdown page)

EMIS Intelligence (Emerging Markets Information Service) - Industries
Delivers company and industry information together with relevant news, research, and analytics for developing markets.
Statistics Canada
The national statistical office. It provides key information on Canada's economy, society and environment