eResources - Purdue University Libraries

CareerSearch provides access to a powerful networking database of over 4 million companies nationwide. Our database is compiled from the most respected, industry-specific sources.

Current

CASSI (Chemical Abstracts Serials Source Index)

CASSI stands for Chemical Abstracts Serials Source Index.

CCH Internet Human Resources Network

Full text legal research on employment law, benefits, human resource management, payroll and health law.

Current law

Yes

CCH Internet Research Network

Use for securites, banking, trade, federal energy, transporation and product liability and safey laws in legal information.

Varies

Partial

CCOHS Occupational Health and Safety Databases

The CCOHS Academic Support Program (ASP) is a tool for environmental and occupational health and safety and contains a wealth of data and information on various chemicals. This program includes MSDS, FTSS, CHEMINFO, RTECS®, Canadiana,CISILO, HSELINE, OSHLINE® with NIOSHTIC®/NIOSHTIC-2, and as well as several free resources.

Yes

Census of Agriculture

The Census of Agriculture is the source of consistent, comparable, and detailed agricultural data for every county in America.

1992 - 2002

Yes

CensusCD 1980

U.S. Census demographic data.

Partial

CensusCD 1990 Maps

U.S. Census geographic data.

Partial

CensusCD 2000 Blocks

Population and racial data for every Census Block in America.

Partial

CensusCD 2000 Redistricting

Population and racial data for every geography in America (above Block).

Partial

CensusCD 2000 Short Form

U.S. Census Short Form data.

Partial

CensusCD 2000 Short Form Blocks

U.S. Census Short Form data.

Partial

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) Discussion Papers

Access to research papers published by the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR).

Partial

Chemical Abstracts (SciFinder Scholar)

Chemical and related scientific information.

1907 - present

Partial

Choices 3 Available only in Krannert Library

Choices 3, produced by the Simmons Market Research Bureau, includes demographic and psychographic data from a nationwide survey called "National Consumer Study" (NCS). It surveys the buying and media habits of the American public.

Partial

Commodity Price Bulletin

Commodity prices.

1960-

Yes

Compendex

Engineering and related disciplines.

1884-present

Partial

Conference Board Research Collection

Full text management and economic data and analysis from the Conference Board.

1942-

Yes

Conference Papers Index

Subject emphasis since 1995 in the life sciences, environmental sciences, and aquatic sciences. Older material also covers physics, engineering and materials science.

1982 - present

Partial

Corporate Affiliations

A guide to corporate families in the U.S. and worldwide. This remarkable resource provides instant insight into nearly 200,000 parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and divisions - all the way down to the seventh level of reporting relationships.

1993 - current

Yes

Corporate ResourceNet

Corporate ResourceNet is designed to meet the diverse information needs of today's companies. This database contains full text articles from more than 1,300 quality magazines and journals.

Partial

County Business Patterns

Covers U.S. Economic Census data at the county level all sectors.

2000/2001

Yes

CQ Public Affairs Collection

Selected resources in the field of public affairs and public policy.

Yes

CQ Weekly

Weekly reports on news and issues of the U.S. Congress.

1983 to present

Yes

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics

This resource allows searching and browsing of the numerous tables and data found in the print CRC handbook. Includes interactive tables for data manipulation.

Yes

Current Contents

Tables of contents and bibliographic data from current issues of the world's leading scholarly research journals and books in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities.

Most recent 1 - 1� years.

Current Protocols series

Online laboratory handbooks for the biosciences.

Yes

DemographicsNow

Market data and projections as well as many Census and other derived demographic statistics; built-in mapping functionality as well

1980-2011 (projected)

Yes

Digital United States Congressional Serial Set

Provides coverage of major U.S. Government publications produced as part of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set from 1789-1969.

1789-1969

Yes

Direction of Trade Statistics

Statistical tables on the value of "imports from" and "exports to" over 150 countries.

1980 - date

Partial

Directions of Trade Statistics Historical

Statistical tables on the value of "imports from" and "exports to" over 150 countries.

1948-1980

Partial

DiversityInc.com--Returning Users

DiversityInc is the leading publication on diversity and business.

2006 - current

Yes

EconLibrary.com

Index to 500 leading journals of accounting, economics and finance.

EconLit

Indexing and abstracting of economics literature, both domestic and international coverage.

1969 - present

Economic Census

Economic reports based on U.S. Census.

Partial

Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2003

Delivers a complete searchable copy of every issue of The Economist from 1843 to 2003, including supplements.

1843-2003

Yes

EIU Country Data

Primary Use: Searching and downloading international economic and demographic statistics.

1980 - present

Partial

Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850 - 1920, The

Images and information relating to the early history of advertising in the United States.

1850 - 1920

Partial

Environment Index

Covers environmental issues and policies.

1973 - present

Environmental Law Reporter

ELR®-The Environmental Law Reporter® Online is a currently updated environmental database that includes court decisions, statutes, treaties, regulations, and articles.

1971 - current

Yes

Ergonomic Abstracts

Ergonomics Abstracts ia an international database of ergonomics and human factors information. The users that will benefit from Ergonomics Abstracts include ergonomists, health and safety specialists, human factors engineers, human computer interaction specialists, designers, systems analysts, industrial engineers, occupational psychologists and occupational and physical therapists.

1985 - present

eStatement Studies

Comprehensive, detailed data on over 700 industriesderived directly from financial statements.

2006-2007

Yes

Factiva

Use for articles on business news, commentary, pictures, company, and industry information and stock quotes.

Partial

FAOSTAT

Worldwide time-series statistics relating to agriculture. Multilingual. Primary Use: Searching and downloading time series data of international food and commodity information.

1961 - present

Partial

FASB Financial Accounting Research System (FARS)

Accounting.

Partial

Federally-Funded Research in the U.S. & U.K.

Grants information.

Partial

Food Science and Technology Abstracts [FSTA]

Covers food science, food technology, food-related human nutrition for all commodities.

1969 - present

Forrester Research -- New Users

In-depth market research on industries.

Yes

Forrester Research -- Returning Users

In-depth market research on industries.

Yes

FRANCIS (International Humanities and Social Sciences)

Covers disciplines in the humanities and the social sciences.

1984 - present

Partial

Frost & Sullivan

Market research reports with provide practical industry insights and analysis with real-world statistics and research results.

Yes

Gartner Resources (Research and Advisory Services(RAS)/Dataquest and Datapro)

Information technology products & services; hardware & software reviews.

Partial

General BusinessFile ASAP

Use to find journal articles in business and management.

1980 - present

Partial

General Science Full Text

General science topics.

1982 - present; full-text, 1994 - present

Partial

Global Development Finance

A World Bank publication that tracks the annual movement of international capital flows to 138 countries.

1970-

Yes

Global Market Information Database

Provides intelligence on countries, companies, markets and consumers, including integrated access to statistics, market reports, company profiles and information sources.

Yes

GPO Access

U.S. Government Information, Federal Register.

1993 - present

Partial

GPO Index

U.S. Government Documents.

1976 - present

Partial

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 2005

This database is for use in Classification of Imported Merchandise for Rate of Duty and Statistical Puposes.

Yes

Historical Statistics of the United States

Presents thousands of annual time series of quantitative historical information covering virtually every quantifiable dimension of American history from colonial times to the present. Enables searching, combining, and downloading of data using Excel or CSV spreadsheets.

1500-2000

Partial

Hospitality and Tourism Complete

Hospitality & Tourism Complete is a bibliographic database covering scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism.

varies

Partial

IBISWorld

Access to over 700 reports on United States industries. A small selection of global reports are available.

Current 2 yrs

Yes

ILO Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety

The Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety is an authoritative source of on-line information on all aspects of the multidisciplinary field of occupational safety and health. This latest edition consists of over 1,000 articles, complemented by over 1,000 illustrations and easy-to-read tables. Thousands of references are cited. Sources are listed at the end of each chapter, along with other relevant readings.

Yes

Index to Legal Periodicals and Books (use OmniFile Full Text)

English language legal information.

1982 - present; full-text, 1994 - present

Partial

Indiana Administrative Code 2003

Includes administrative regulations for Indiana.

Current year

Yes

Industrial and Applied Microbiology (Microbiology A)

Significant findings and practical applications in agricultural, food and beverage, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries.

1982 - present

Partial

International Abstracts of Human Resources

Use to find articles in the HR area. This databases indexes and abstracts over 60 journals

1994 - current

International Financial Reporting Standards

Use for international accounting standards.

Yes

International Financial Statistics

Primary Use: Searching and downloading financial data on countries. of international and domestic finance.

Current month and historic data back 15+ years.

Yes

Investext

Investext contains full-text investment analyst reports.

Current

Yes

IPoll databank @ the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research

A comprehensive source for US nationwide public opinion, provides access to nearly a half million questions asked on national public opinion surveys conducted by The Gallup Organization, L. Harris and Associates, and many news organizations.

1935 - current

Yes

Jane's World Airlines

Latest detailed description and analysis of over 500 world airlines. It looks at each airlines structure, fleet, financial performance, and company history, shows the latest traffic statistics for passenger and cargo airlines, and examines airline relationships, cargo services including overhaul and maintenance capabilities.

Minimum of last five years

Yes

Key Business Ratios (D&B)

Industry ratios for 14 business ratios.

Current year

Yes

Knovel (Sci-Tech handbooks and reference in full text)

Knovel provides numerical and tabular data from leading engineering and science resources.

Yes

LexisNexis Academic

General news; business, medical, and legal news and information; reference information.

Varies

Partial

LexisNexis Environmental (Universe)

Contains these major categories of environmental information: Environmental Abstracts (abstracts of thousands of journal articles and conference papers with links to selected full-text); full-text news, journals and commentary; full-text federal and state codes, regulations, case law, and agency actions, as well as waste site data and hazardous materials information.

Varies

Yes

LexisNexis Statistical

Statistical information produced by the U.S. Government and other reliable sources.

1972 - present

Partial

MarketLine Business Information Centre

The MarketLine Business Information Centre offers a comprehensive collection of reports, rankings and news, covering all of the major vertical industries.

2005-current

Yes

MarketResearch.com Academic

Find both current and historical information on many markets and industries.

Full text reports are embargoed for 12 months while our MarketLook reports are current.

Yes

Materials Business File

Metals and materials industries.

1985 - present

Partial

Matter of Fact

Statistically supported information about public policy issues covering current affairs, etc.

1984 - present

Partial

Mediamark Internet Reporter

Mediamark Reporter provides information on demographics, lifestyles, product and brand usage, and advertising media preferences reported by a sample of over 25,000 United States consumers.

2002 -

Yes

Mergent

Company Information.<br> (Formerly FIS Online (Moody's))

Partial

Mergent Web Manuals

Mergent WebReports is an online database that allows you to access a vast archive of corporate and industry related documents. WebReports contains more then 180,000 documents covering over 100 countries and industries.

1960-current

Yes

Mintel

A collection of consumer market reports with national and international coverage.

Most recent two years

Yes

Morningstar.com Library Edition

Stocks, Mutual Funds.

Yes

Multicultural Economy

A study on the buying power of the nations Hispanics, African Americans, Asians, and Native Americans.

1990 - 2012

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Working Paper Series

NBER Working Papers are the primary method for the distribution of research carried out by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), a private, nonprofit, non-partisan research organization dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of how the economy works. Papers can be searched by keywords in the author, title or abstract.

1973-

Yes

National Income and Product Accounts of the United States, 1929-2001

Statistics on the nations productions and its costs.

1929 - 2001

Yes

NTIS (National Technical Information Service)

U.S. government-sponsored research and worldwide scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related information.

1964 - present

Partial

OneSource Global Express PO

Aggregate database of company, business news, and industry information.

Current

Yes

OxResearch

A "first draft of history" as it occurs. Provides analytical articles covering world and regional economic and political developments of major significance.

1986-current

Yes

PAIS International

Political, social, and public policy issues.

1972 - present

Patty's Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology, 5th Ed.

Patty's Industrial Hygiene presents the most up to date information on the recognition and evaluation of chemical agents, physical agents and biohazards in the workplace as well as engineering control of exposure and personal protection. Patty's Toxicology presents comprehensive toxicological data for industrial compounds from metals to synthetic polymers. Information for each compound includes CAS numbers, RTECS numbers, physical and chemical properties, threshold limit values (TLV's), permissible exposure limits (PEL's), maximum workplace concentrations (MAK), and biological tolerance values for occupational exposures (BAT).

2001

Yes

Plunkett Research Online

Plunkett's offers business intelligence, industry trends, statistics, market research, and company lists.

2005 - current

Yes

ProQuest Historical Annual Reports

ProQuest Historical Annual Reports (1844-current) covers over 800 companies and contains digital reproductions for more than 43,000 reports. Key data include: financial information; Fortune 500 ranking; industry classification; key people; location; auditor; and related companies.

1844-current

Yes

PsycINFO

Covers literature in psychology and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, neuroscience, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, and other areas.

1806 - present

Partial

PubMed

PubMed provides access to citations from biomedical literature and also access and links to the other Entrez molecular biology resources.

1950 -

Partial

Reference USA

Directory of public and private businesses and organizations. Only available in the Management and Economics Library

Partial

Regional Business News

Incorporates business journals, newspapers, and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the U.S.

1993 - present

Partial

REIS: Regional Economic Information System (1969-2001)

Personal income and employment estimates in the US.

1969-2001

Yes

reSource Audit and Accounting Guides (AICPA )

Auditing standards

Yes

reSource Professional Standards (AICPA )

Accounting standards.

Yes

reSource Technical Practice Aids (AICPA)

Accounting.

Partial

RIA Checkpoint Academic Advantage Program - Taxation

RIA Checkpoint is a tool for accounting and tax research.

Yes

Risk Abstracts

Risk-related concerns ranging from public and environmental health to social issues and psychological aspects.

1990 - present

Partial

Science Citation Index Expanded

Bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited and related references from science and technical journals.

1945 - present

Science Online

Full-text access to Science, ScienceExpress (the preprint version of Science), three virtual knowledge environments, Science Now, and other web sites.

Yes

SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts)

Chemical and related scientific information.

1907 - present

Partial

Security & Management Practices

SMP contains critical IT, legal, financial, and physical security information.

2002 - current

Yes

Snapshots North America

Worldwide market data for a broad range of industries and regions.

2001 - current

Yes

Social Sciences Abstracts / Full Text

Anthropology, area studies, family studies, law and criminology, political science, psychology, sociology, women´s studies, and related disciplines.

1907 - present

Partial

Social Sciences Citation Index

Bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references from social science journals are covered.

Indexes from 1977-prsesent.

Partial

Sociological Abstracts

Activism & action research, community organization, demographics, family studies, feminist studies, gerontology, media, political science, social security programs, sociology are covered.

1974 - present

Source OECD

Primary Use: Access to international economics organization�s reports, with an emphasis on their statistical information.

Partial

Standard and Poor's Net Advantage

Standard & Poor's investment information and analysis on companies, industries, stocks and bonds, mutual funds and dividends.

Yes

Stat-USA

Economic, business, and international trade information produced by the U.S. Government.

Varies

Yes

State Personal Income

Statistics on personal income tax.

1969-2003

Yes

TableBase

Tabular data on companies, industries, products, and demographics.

Partial

Technology Research Database

A comprehensive database which provides a single file for searching all fields of Engineering and Technology.

1962-present

Partial

Toxicology Abstracts

Toxic substances - industrial and agricultural chemicals, household products, pharmaceuticals. Substance abuse.

1981 - present

Partial

Transport

Important bibliographic database of journal articles, conference papers, and technical reports for U.S. and international transportation research and economic information. It includes: Transportation Research Information Service (TRIS), International Transport Research Documentation (ITRD), and TRANSDOC.

1970 - present; some earlier references included.

U.S. Census Bureau Econ97z ZIP codes

Econ97z provides access to the Economic Census data by region and Zip Code.

Yes

U.S. Export Commodity Classification 2000

Harmonized System Commodity Classificaion schedule

2000

Yes

U.S. Exports History

Annual historical summary of U.S. Exports of Merchandise.

1989 - 1993

Partial

U.S. Imports History

Annual historical summary of U.S. Imports of Merchandise.

1989 - 1993

Yes

U.S. Imports of Merchandise

Statistics of U.S. government and nongovernment import shipments from foreign countries of merchandise into U.S.

Most current month + year-to-date statistics.

Partial

Uniworld Online

With Uniworld, youll find contact information for headquarters, branches, subsidiaries, and affiliates of the multinational firm. This includes American firms in foreign countries and foreign firms in the United States.

Current

USA Trade Online

U.S. export and import information on more than 18,000 commodities world wide.

Partial

Wall Street Journal

Full text access to the Wall Street Journal via ABI/Inform database

1982-current

Yes

Wall Street Journal, Historic

The Wall Street Journal (1889-1988)

1889 - 1988

Yes

Web of Knowledge

ISI Web of Knowledge provides access to Web of Science, ISI Proceedings, BIOSIS Previews, MEDLINE, Web Citation Index, and Journal Citation Reports.

1900 -

Web of Science

Bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references and related references covering the sciences, social sciences, and arts & humanities.

1977 - present

Partial

Wilson Business Abstracts / Full Text (use OmniFile Full Text)

Business and related disciplines.

1982 - present

Partial

Women's Studies International

Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities, Gender Studies are covered.

1972 - present

Partial

World Advertising Research Center--WARC Online

WARC.com provides the largest single source of intelligence for the marketing, advertising, media and research communities worldwide, drawn from more than 40 international sources.

Current

Yes

World Bank e-Library

World Bank's full text collection of over 1,000 books, reports and other documents.

Yes

World Development Indicators (On Line)

Statistical data on people, environment, economic and financial on countries and markets for over 200 countries and 18 country groups.

1960-

Yes

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

Up-to-date indexing, abstracts, and Internet links in political science, international relations, law, sociology, economics, and public administration/policy.

Thorough: 1975-present. Some coverage 1960-1974. A few items from even earlier years.

Partial

WWD

International news on fashion, beauty and retail industries.

Yes

Zip Code Business Patterns

Data on the total number of establishments, employment and payrollby ZIP Code.

Partial

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