FINDING REPORTS ON EBSCO & PROQUEST

What’s the difference between scholarly journal articles and reports?............................................2

Company Profiles...............................................................................................................................3

Annual company reports...................................................................................................................4

Industry profiles.................................................................................................................................5

Country reports.................................................................................................................................7

Commodity reports...........................................................................................................................8

How do I reference a report?............................................................................................................8

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All the databases listed in this handout can be accessed via iFind Research > Business

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What’s the difference between scholarly journal articles and reports?

Scholarly journal articles (sometimes called peer-reviewed or refereed articles) are the most important sources of information for your assignments. They are written by researchers from universities and research institutes around the world. Before they can be published in a journal they are rigorously scrutinised by experts in the same research field to ensure that the methodology, data and conclusions are robust.

Report literature is not usually scholarly but it can still be important and authoritative. It provides useful data on countries, commodities, industries and markets for students of business and economics. Reports are published by governments, international organisations , specialist companies who gather business intelligence and byresearch institutes.

Publication type Source (database) Type of contentMarket research reports Mintel Oxygen

(only covers these markets:Food; Drink; E-commerce; Technology; Leisure)

Consumer behaviourTrendsBrandsMarket leadersAnalysis

Market research data Mintel Global Market Navigator Data onlyMarket sizeMarket segmentationMarket shareMarket forecasts

Company profiles EBSCO Business Source Complete

ProQuest Business Collection

EBSCO: 1 million MarketLine company profiles give an independent overview of companies covering: main products, key personnel, history, location, SWOT analysis, company view and (occasionally) revenue analysis.

ProQuest: Hoovers Company Records series includes some similar information.

Annual company reports ProQuest Business Collection 7,000 annual reportsIndustry reports EBSCO Business Source Complete

and

ProQuest Business Collection

Value of an industryEconomic growth/declineMarket segmentationMarket forecastsMarket volumeCompetition

Commodity reports ProQuest Business Collection Reports from the Economist Intelligence Unit and also Oxford Economics.Includes: Price forecasts;Demand & consumption;World stock figures

Country reports EBSCO Business Source Complete

ProQuest Business Collection

1400 country profiles from the Economist Intelligence Unit.

Also EIU country data.

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Company ProfilesA company profile will give you a useful overview of a company – its major products and services and competitors.

EBSCO Business Source Complete

1. Access via iFindResearch > Business > click on EBSCO Business Source Complete and login with your Athens username & password.

2. Click on More > Company Profiles at the top of the EBSCO screen, then search for a Company profile by name of the company.

Each report should have sections on the history of the company, overview, location, key personnel, SWOT analysis, company view, key competitors and revenue analysis

ProQuest Business Collection

1. Access via iFindResearch > Business > click on ProQuest Business Collection and login with your Athens username & password.

2. Click on Browse, then Company Reports, then Hoovers (for UK companies)

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Annual company reports

ProQuest Business Collection

1. Access via iFindResearch > Business > click on ProQuest Business Collection and login with your Athens username & password.

2. Click on Browse, then Company Reports, then ProQuest Annual Reports Collection (mostly USA).

3. Browse by company name or by date or by industry.

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Industry profiles.

Using EBSCO Business Source Complete, click on New Search.

An example, type in:

Forecasting

AND “plumbing industry” or “construction industry”

Use filters on the left-hand side of the screen to refine your results:

Limiting by Date;

Limiting to Industry Profiles

Limiting to Full-text

Still too many results? Add “Great Britain” to the search.

Forecasting

AND “plumbing industry” or “construction industry”

AND “Great Britain”

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Another example

Forecasting

AND airline industry

AND fuel costs

Tip: Use the Thesaurus to identify the best search terms:

Click on your chosen term.

Select the term :

Click on Add (EBSCO adds the term to the Search box at the top of the screen)

Click on Search

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1. Search on your term

2. Select the best suggested term

Country reportsCountry reports are useful to business leaders who which to export to, or import from, specific countries, or who which to explore other markets.

EBSCO BUSINESS SOURCE COMPLETE

Search on a country, e.g Bulgaria.

Limit your search to Country Reports, Full-Text and to recent years

Country reports include reports which give an overview of a country (Country Monitors) and also more specific reports on political risk and on emerging markets.

PROQUEST BUSINESS COLLECTION

PROQUEST also supplies country reports : Finance and Forecast reports; Country Profiles and Country Economic Forecasts.

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1. Click on Browse

2. Select Country Reports

Commodity reportsCommodity reports are available from the ProQuest Business Collection.

Useful for forecasting prices, future consumption and supply of raw materials and food stuffs.

1. Access via iFindResearch > Business > click on ProQuest Business Collection and login with your Athens username & password.

2. Click on Browse > Commodity Reports >

How do I reference a report?Examples.

Economist Intelligence Unit. (2013). World commodity forecasts: food, feedstuffs and beverages,

February 2013. Retrieved from ProQuest Business Collection

http://search.proquest.com/docview/1287516110?accountid=14680

MarketLine. (2012). Mobile Phones in Europe Industry Profile, September 2012. Retrieved from

EBSCO Business Source Complete http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?

direct=true&db=bth&AN=82485178&site=ehost-live

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