COM 2224 Business and Professional Writing

Performs a Google-like search of Evans Library materials including the contents of journals and books. Allows you to limit to items with full text and articles from academic publications, including peer-reviewed.

Full text articles from over 4,000 business publications, including thousands of scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles covering all aspects of business (marketing, management, accounting, banking, finance, etc.). Coverage dates back to 1886. Also provides full text, non-journal content such as financial data, industry reports, company profiles, market research reports, country economic reports, SWOT analyses, case studies, major reference works, videos, book chapters, and more.

Proquest provides access (mostly full text) to the content of core scholarly journals, magazines, major newspapers, books, and other publications covering a broad range of subjects such as business, psychology, and STEM.

Full text news reports with archives back to 1980 from newspapers, newswires, and news sites covering the United States, Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Australia. Includes the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Florida Today, Orlando Sentinel, and London's Guardian and Independent, among others.

With 24/7 access from your desktop, tablet, and mobile devices, the e-Edition is a digital replica of the print edition of Florida Today Newspaper. Create your personal account with these steps:
1. Enter your first name, last name and your Florida Tech email address on the lines provided.
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5. On the resulting page click the blue button that says “Start enjoying your subscription”.

Statistics and data sets related to business, media, the environment, sports, communications, transportation, education, health care, and much more with global geographic coverage. In addition to tables and charts, Statista provides infographics and complete dossiers on selected industries and topics. And includes analyst insights, case studies, and country and city profiles/reports. The database features unlimited downloads and export of results in PowerPoint, Excel PDF and Graphic (PNG) formats.

Statistics and data sets related to business & consumers, media, the environment, sports, communications, transportation, education, health care, and country and city-level economic and political information. In addition to tables and charts, Statista provides infographics and complete dossiers on selected industries and topics, analyst insights and case studies. Includes primary sources, unlimited downloads, and export of results in PowerPoint, Excel PDF and Graphic (PNG) formats.

Financial and business information on publicly traded companies worldwide and D&B North American private companies. Includes company and industry reports, SEC (EDGAR), standardized financial statements and ratios, mergers and acquisitions, country profiles, company business descriptions, subsidiaries, capital stock and Moody's, S&P and Fitch ratings, institutional ownership and insider trading information, expanded long term debt, historical stock pricing, Mergent Equity Research Reports, data on officers and directors, competitors list, and global industry reports.

Company and industry intelligence with detailed company and industry profiles including SWOT reports, market share reports, and financial reports. Thousands of company histories and industry essays from Gale's core business collection. Deep research coverage with scholarly journals, business news, and more.

Provides company, industry, and geopolitical macroeconomic market research from three sources: 1) Hoover's Company Profiles, which offers information on 40,000 global public and non-public companies including location, summary financials, competitors, officers, and more. 2) OxResearch, which features succinct articles covering significant economic and political developments of major significance from a network of over 1,000 faculty at Oxford and beyond. 3) Snapshots Series, which includes market research overviews on over 40 industries and 40 countries to 2008.

Broad spectrum of industry, company and investment analysis including S&P (Standard and Poor's) Industry Surveys, Stock Reports (S&P Equity Research), and Markets tab for drill downs to key ratios, benchmarks, constituents, etc. by sub-industry. Company data covers a global universe of over 3 million private and public companies.

Provides US industry research reports, industry risk rating reports, and brief US business environment profiles. Each research report (30-40 pages) consists of key statistics, analysis on market characteristics, industry segmentation, assessment of companies/industry operating conditions, key competitors and market share, performance analysis, key success factors, and five year forecasts and forecasts analysis, as well as, insights into demographic, environmental and business trends. Can search by industry name, keyword, five digit NAICS code. Reports available in MS Word or PDF.

Business periodicals and news sources, both scholarly and informational, covering 1971 to the present.

Broad spectrum of industry, company and investment analysis including S&P (Standard and Poor's) Industry Surveys, Stock Reports (S&P Equity Research), and Markets tab for drill downs to key ratios, benchmarks, constituents, etc. by sub-industry. Company data covers a global universe of over 3 million private and public companies.