Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies News

March 23rd, 2025

Parrish Library’s Featured Databases series will give you a very brief introduction to the basic features of one of Purdue Libraries’ subscription resources. This edition will feature Nexis Uni, brought to you by LexisNexis. Focus Nexis Uni features more than 15,000 news, business, and legal sources from LexisNexis—including US Supreme Court decisions dating back to more…

March 9th, 2025

Parrish Library’s Featured Databases series will give you a very brief introduction to the basic features of one of Purdue Libraries’ subscription resources. This edition will feature Data Axle Reference Solutions, brought to you by Data Axle, Inc. Focus Data Axle Reference Solutions provides basic directory data including over 100 million US businesses, 397 million more…

February 16th, 2025

Parrish Library’s Featured Databases series will give you a very brief introduction to the basic features of one of Purdue Libraries’ subscription resources. This edition will feature Sage Skills: Student Success brought to you by Sage Publications. Focus Sage Skills: Student Success empowers students to learn practical academic and personal skills needed to thrive in more…

January 26th, 2025

IBISWorld contains data-driven reports on industries that provide an authoritative overview of trends, competitive forces, statistics, top companies, and more. Access The List of Business Databases is an alphabetical list of databases filtered to those most applicable to business, entrepreneurship, and hospitality and tourism management programs of study. Tutorial Click Getting Started with IBISWorld Industry more…

January 13th, 2025

Bizminer allows users to choose from two main categories, Industry Financial Profile and Industry Market Profile. Access The List of Business Databases is an alphabetical list of databases filtered to those most applicable to business, entrepreneurship, and hospitality and tourism management programs of study. Tutorial Click Getting Started with Bizminer to watch the basics of more…

November 17th, 2024

WRDS, developed by the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, provides single-point access to over 350 terabytes of data across multiple disciplines, including Finance, Marketing, and Economics. Purdue’s WRDS instance includes access to the following: Bank Regulatory BoardEx Academic Research Data; CBOE Indexes; Compustat Capital IQ; Contributed Data; CRSP; DMEF Academic Data; Dow Jones more…

November 3rd, 2024

Passport aggregates industry reports, economic information, and consumer information by region and country with global coverage. Access The List of Business Databases is an alphabetical list of databases filtered to those most applicable to business, entrepreneurship, and hospitality and tourism management programs of study. Tutorial Click Getting Started with Passport to watch the basics of more…

October 20th, 2024

PitchBook is a top resource for private market data — startups, private equity and venture capital investors, angel investors, limited partners like foundations and sovereign wealth funds, plus deals, funding rounds, and more. It also provides information about public and private companies plus market research. Please note that you will be asked to create an more…

October 13th, 2024

EconLit, produced by the American Economic Association, includes economic research published over the past 130 years with citations to journal articles, books, book reviews, working papers, and more. Access The List of Business Databases is an alphabetical list of databases filtered to those most applicable to business, entrepreneurship, and hospitality and tourism management programs of more…

September 29th, 2024

Mergent Online includes company financial statements, ratios, and other quantitative data. Other information includes but is not limited to SEC filings, analyst reports, executive/board biographies and compensation details, and historical daily stock pricing back to 1925. Access The List of Business Databases is an alphabetical list of databases filtered to those most applicable to business, more…