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Industry Overviews and Analysis
Economic Census
Free online resource
http://www.census.gov/econ/census02/
— The Economic Census provides a detailed portrait of the nation's economy once every five years, from the national to the local level. Includes key industrial statistics such as the number of establishments, number of employees, payroll, and measure of output. A list of Economic Census Industry Series can be found at: http://www.census.gov/econ/census02/guide/INDSUMM.HTM.
Investext Plus 
University of Iowa access only
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— Investment, company, and industry reports from over 500 brokers in North America, Europe, Asia/Pacific, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. All company and industry reports are provided in full-page .pdf format.
Mergent Online
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— Includes industry profile reports with information on current environment, key references, market trends, and forecasts.
NetAdvantage (Standard & Poor's)
Pappajohn Business Building access only
http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/sandp/netadvant
— Under Quick Links, Industry Survey, select from major industries such as advertising, electric utitlities, etc. Each survey includes a discussion of the current environment, an overall profile of the industry, as well as a glossary of terms and a list of references to additional resources. Many charts and tables are included.
Trade Associations and Trade Shows
Associations Unlimited
University of Iowa access only
http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/gale/au
— Contains descriptions of approximately 120,000 international and U.S. national, regional, state, and local membership organizations in all fields.
Directory of Business Information Resources
Book: Reference, HD 2425 .D46
— Lists trade associations, newsletters, magazines / journals, trade shows, directories, databases, and websites by industry. Also provides a listing of special issues of magazines.
Market Research
MarketResearch.com Academic
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— Visitors to this site have access to extensive, detailed, market-research reports ranging from 200 to 400 pages in length with charts, tables and graphs. These reports include information on a range of consumer products, as well as consumer profiles and demographics.
Mintel Reports
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http://proxy.lib.uiowa.edu/login?url=http://academic.mintel.com
— Mintel presents over 600 published market-research reports on European, U.K.-specific, and U.S. consumer markets.
Snapshots: the Market Research Toolbox
University of Iowa access only
http://proxy.lib.uiowa.edu/login?url=http://www.snapdata.com
— Market research reports for the United States, Canada, China, and Mexico are available on this site. In the upper box, under "University of Iowa", click on "My Reports" in order to access the service.
Demographics
U.S. Census Bureau
Free online resource
http://www.census.gov
— Use American FactFinder for population, housing, economic, and geographic data. The State and County Quick Facts database provides statistical profiles of states, counties, and select cities. Another excellent reference resource is the Statistical Abstract of the United States (http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract.html).
State Data Center of Iowa
Free online resource
http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/specialized-services/datacenter/
— "The State Data Center of Iowa is your source for population, housing, business and government statistics about Iowa, including data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Iowa state agencies, and other state and federal sources."
Iowa City Community Profile
Free online resource
http://www.icgov.org/default/?id=1369
— Demographic profile of Iowa City and the surrounding area.
Demographic Information for the Greater Cedar Rapids Area
Free online resource
http://www.priority1.com/Documents/Demo2006.pdf
— A project of the Economic Development Division of the Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce.
News and Articles
ABI/INFORM Global (ProQuest)
University of Iowa access only
http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/proquest/abi
— Search 1000 premier worldwide business periodicals for information on advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more. Also, information is available on 60,000+ companies.
Business Source Premier
University of Iowa access only
http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/ebsco/bizpremier
— Includes full text articles from over 3,000 journals in the fields of business, management, economics, finance, banking, accounting - including all issues of the Harvard Business Review. This database is on the list of EbscoHost databases.
Factiva
University of Iowa access only
http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/factiva
— Try Factiva for business news from nearly 8,000 sources from 118 countries in 22 languages. Same-day full-text articles and indexing of The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Washington Post, The Globe and Mail, Financial Times, Handelsblatt, Les Echos, South China Morning Post, Australian Financial Review, Sydney Morning Herald, Straits Times, Yomiuri Shimbun, and local newspapers from around the globe. Newswires include Dow Jones, Reuters, The Associated Press, Asia Pulse and more than 120 other industry, press release and local newswires. More than 800 sources are available on or before the date of publication.
Last update: September, 2006.
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