Library Research Guides: MBA Library Orientation Guide (2020/2021): Library Resources & Services for MBAs

Getting Started

Google is an amazing tool, but as an MBA student, you will need access to information like company and industry analysis, market research, and scholarly articles that are not freely available. The Libraries subscribe to databases that contain all of this information. Access these resources from both on- and off-campus by using the links in this guide or those on the Libraries' webpage. See the Business Databases tab for more company, industry, finance, marketing, and news and literature information.

Business Databases
Find the complete list of business databases you have access to as an IU student. Read subject posts that assist in doing certain types of business research (e.g., company, industry, marketing ,finance), or explain how to locate the Wall Street Journal and other popular business publications.

Get to know these five databases:

Business Source Complete
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Frost & Sullivan Growth Partnership Services
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IBISWorld
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Mintel Reports
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Passport GMID (Global Market Information Database)
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Please note: Access is permitted for IU faculty, staff, and students only. Authorized users may utilize the information obtained from this resource for academic, non-commercial purposes only, and only during the time of official affiliation with IU. In-depth reports on consumer, industrial, and service markets around the world, searchable by industry, country, consumer, company, and geographic region. The Global Market Information Database (GMID) offers business intelligence reports on countries, companies, markets and consumers; it covers over 350 markets and 207 countries.