COM 2224 Business and Professional Writing

Performs a Google-like search of Library materials including the contents of journals and books. Allows you to limit to items with full text online and articles from scholarly 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.

Provides access to New York Times articles and blog posts, as well as video, slide shows and other multimedia features. Also provides facsimiles of the newspaper back to the first issue on September 18, 1851. A free yearly registration is required using your fit.edu or my.fit.edu email address. After registering, you may login to NYTimes.com, use any NYT Smartphone App, or use any NYT iPad App for 365 days.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Full text of The Value Line Investment Survey, The Value Line Fund Advisor, The Value Line Daily Options Survey, and The Value Line Special Situations Service. Includes data and performance analyses of over 8,000 stocks, 15,000 mutual funds, 80,000 options and other securities and special situation stocks. As well as, stock quotes, company news, extensive graphing, market updates, portfolio tracking with alerts, and on-line tutorials on managing your stock portfolio and investing.