Overview of major areas in the industry; historic perspective of major companies and leaders; examination of cultures, markets, and needs being met. Includes such topics as print, broadcast, voice, data, video, software, satellite, and emerging areas.
Comprehensive histories of more than 13,000 of the world's largest and most influential companies.
Histories include company development and background; merger and acquisition history; impact of sales and marketing campaigns; effectiveness of executive leadership; expansions and strategies; labor/management actions; ticker symbols and principal subsidiaries, divisions, operating units, and competitors.
Indexes more than 6,100 journals and magazines plus thousands of reports and other sources. Company Profiles.
Description:Business Source Complete covers all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, banking, finance, and more. Time Period: 1886 to present Sources: Indexes more than 6,700 journals and magazines plus thousands of reports and other sources. Subject Headings: Art & Architecture, Business, Education, News, Social Sciences (Accounting, Finance, Management, Business Education, Banking, Economics, Marketing, Computer Science) Scholarly or Popular: Scholarly Primary Materials: Abstracts, Case Studies, Citations, Conference Papers, Journal Articles, Magazine Articles, News, Other, Report, Reviews, Trade Publications Information Included: Abstracts, Full Text, Citations FindIt@BALL STATE: Yes Print Equivalent: None Publisher: EBSCO Updates: Daily Number of Simultaneous Users: Unlimited
Company profiles include; company history, top competitors, industry profiles, market research reports, and SWOT analyses of more than 10,000 companies.
Description: Company profiles include; company history, top competitors, locations, subsidiaries, and often contain a SWOT analyses. Time Period: Current Sources: Contains more than 10,000 company profiles. Subject Headings: Business Scholarly or Popular: Semi-scholarly Primary Materials: Report Information Included: Abstracts, Full Text, Citations FindIt@BALL STATE: No Print Equivalent: None Publisher: EBSCO Updates: Monthly Number of Simultaneous Users: Unlimited
Nexis Uni (LexisNexis) provides access to company reports, newspaper articles, magazine articles, transcripts from more than 15,000 sources.
Description: Nexis Uni provides access to newspaper articles, magazine articles, and transcripts. It is also a key database for business and legal research, containing company reports, law journals, and statutes and cases from all 50 states. Also contains legal resources for Canada and the EU. Time Period: 18th century to present Sources: Searches more than 15,000 sources. Subject Headings: Business, General, Law, News, Social Sciences Scholarly or Popular: Semi-scholarly Primary Materials: Abstracts, Citations, Journal Articles, Legal Materials, Magazine Articles, News, Reference Resources, Report, Transcripts Information Included: Abstracts, Full Text, Citations FindIt@BALL STATE: No Print Equivalent: None Publisher: Lexis Nexis Updates: Daily Number of Simultaneous Users: Unlimited
Provides access to the full text of more than 1,100 journals, magazines, and trade publications specific to business management, human resources, and public relations.
Description:EBSCO Management Collection provides access to the full text of more than 1,100 journals and magazines. Greater than 760 of the 1,900 plus titles indexed are peer reviewed and 1,125 are full text. It also includes company profiles and trade publications. Time Period: 1985 to present Sources: Indexes more than 1,900 magazines and journals. Subject Headings: Business, Mobile, Social Sciences Scholarly or Popular: Scholarly Primary Materials: Abstracts, Citations, Journal Articles, Magazine Articles, Report, Reviews, Trade Publications Information Included: Abstracts, Full Text, Citations FindIt@BALL STATE: Yes Print Equivalent: None Publisher: EBSCO Updates: Daily Number of Simultaneous Users: Unlimited
Indexes more than 620 journals, magazines, and trade publications in the field of communication, mass media, telecommunication, etc.
Description: Indexes research in the field of communication, mass media and related fields. Created by merging and expanding two previous databases: CommSearch
(formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State). Time Period: 1915 to present Sources: Provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracting for 620 publications and the full text of more than 500. An additional 200 titles have selected indexing. Subject Headings: English & Linguistics, Humanities, Mobile, Social Sciences, Technology (Communication, Journalism, Mass Media) Scholarly or Popular: Scholarly Primary Materials: Abstracts, Books/e-books, Citations, Conference Papers, Journal Articles, Magazine Articles, Reviews, Trade Publications Information Included: Abstracts, Full Text, Citations FindIt@BALL STATE: Yes Print Equivalent: None Publisher: EBSCO Updates: Daily Number of Simultaneous Users: Unlimited
More than 6,800 titles, including ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) publications, journals, magazines, books, conference proceedings, dissertations and theses.
Description: More than 6,800 titles, including ACM publications, journals, magazines, books, conference proceedings, dissertations and theses. Bibliographic information and abstracts are included along with the full text. Includes articles published in ACM periodicals and proceedings since its founding in 1947. Time Period: 1950's to present Sources: Searches more than 6,800 titles. Subject Headings: Technology (Computer Science) Scholarly or Popular: Semi-scholarly Primary Materials: Books/e-books, Conference Papers, Dissertation and Theses, Journal Articles, Magazine Articles, Other, Report Information Included: Abstracts,Full Text,Citations FindIt@BALL STATE: No Print Equivalent: None Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery Updates: Daily Number of Simultaneous Users: Unlimited
IEEE Xplore Digital Library has content from 179 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers journals as well as the Institution of Engineering and Technology publications.
Description:IEEE Xplore Digital Library has content from 179 IEEE journals as well as the Institution of Engineering and Technology publications. The database contains almost one-third of the world's current literature in electrical engineering, communications, and computer science. Also contains conference proceedings and approximately 2,500 active, archived and redline IEEE standards. Note: Internet Explorer is not supported by IEEE Xplore. Time Period: 1872 to present Sources: Contains nearly 4 million articles and other resources. Subject Headings: Science, Technology Scholarly or Popular: Scholarly Primary Materials: Books/e-books, Conference Papers, Journal Articles, Magazine Articles Information Included: Abstracts, Full Text, Citations FindIt@BALL STATE: No Print Equivalent: None Publisher: IEEE Updates: Daily Number of Simultaneous Users: Unlimited