Resources for Business & Marketing Research

Company Information | Demographic Information | Industry Information | Journals at Pickler | Finding Articles | Web sites


Company Information: Profiles,  News, Marketing Reports
Business Source Premier *(EBSCO)  
LexisNexis Business* Also Includes SEC filings
Hoover's Handbook of American Business Reference  HG4057 .A28617 —  also part of LexisNexis Business*
Wall Street Journal*  
International Directory of Company Histories Reference HD2721 I58 
Thomas Register  

Demographic Information  
Business Source Premier* (EBSCO)  
American Demographics Searchable through Business Source Premier (EBSCO)
Community sourcebook of ZIP code demographics Reference HA203 .S662  2005 
Consumer Expenditure Survey Provides information on the buying habits of American consumers (
Demographics USA, County Edition Reference HF5437 .S323
Demogrpahics USA, ZIP Edition Reference HF5415.33.U6 D46
Editor & Publisher Market guide Reference HF5415.3 .E45  2005 
Lifestyle Market Analyst Reference HF5415.33.U6 L54  2005 
U.S Census The Census offers numerous sources regarding population, income and housing. One of the most useful areas will be the American Factfinder. You can look at the population and spending patterns by state, county, city, or zip code.
More books: Do the following  keyword searches in the library catalog:
         consumers and statistics
         consumption and statistics

Consumer Price Index  
Bureau of  Labor Statistics ~ Consumer Price Index  
Monthly Labor Review  

Industry News, Trends, & Profiles  
Business Source Premier* (EBSCO)  
LexisNexis* Use both the News and Business sections
Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys Reference Desk

Business & Marketing Periodicals in Pickler Memorial Library

Trade Journals

 

Advertising Age

Periodicals HF5801 A276

Brandweek

Periodicals HF5801 A432

Business Week Also in print in the Periodicals Department: Current and Periodicals HF5001 .B89    
Chain Store Age Periodicals HF5468 C432
Economic Indicators Also in Print: Periodicals HC101 A186
The Economist Also in print in the Periodicals Department: Current and Periodicals HG11 E2    
Entrepreneurship theory and practice* Also in print in the Periodicals Department: Current and Periodicals HD2346.U5 A752      
Inc..com Also in print in the Periodicals Department: Current and Periodicals HD2346 U5 I55 
Sales and Marketing Management Periodicals HF5438 A34

Scholarly Journals

 

Harvard Business Review (only some content freely available)

Also in print in the Periodicals Department: Current and Periodicals HF5001 .H3   

Journal of Advertising Research Periodicals HF5801 J6

Journal of Business Research

Periodicals HF5001 J686

The Journal of Consumer Marketing*

Periodicals HF5410 J67

The Journal of Consumer Research*

Periodicals HF5415.3 J68

Journal of Marketing

Periodicals HF5410 J69

JMR, Journal of Marketing Research

Periodicals HF5415.2 J66

Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science* Periodicals HF5415 A319

Psychology & Marketing

Periodicals HF5415.34 P79

 

 

Click here for a list of economic and business journals available at Pickler Memorial Library (includes online access to several titles)    

 

Database for finding Journal Articles:

Search Business Source Premier *(EBSCO) for articles from the above journals and other marketing related journals such as:

  • American Salesman

  • Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management

  • Journal of Marketing Management

  • Journal of Public Policy and marketing

  • Journal of Targeting, Measurement, and Analysis for Marketing

 *If you are off campus, you will need to see the directions for connecting from home: http://library.truman.edu/help/connect-from-home.htm         


              

Web sites - marketing information on the Internet
American Marketing Association
CEO Express
International Trade Administration
Know This - A leading information and resource website for people involved in marketing, market research, advertising , promotion and other marketing-related areas.
The Ethics Guy

Janet Romine, Reference Librarian for Business & Accountancy
(660) 785-7418
jiromine@truman.edu