Business and Company Resource Center
Business and Company Resource Center is a comprehensive database providing extensive business and industry information. It includes over 1700 journals and periodicals, many of which are available in full text; 150,000 investment reports from Thompson Financial; 450,000 company profiles, rankings, industry surveys, brand names and associations. Students, business researchers and investors can all find information for their needs.
Searching
Business and Company Resource Center will automatically open to a page with multiple search options; select one option or combine and search several simultaneously. Enter a term in a window and click Search to begin the search process. A current search can be modified at any time by clicking Revise Search on the sidebar.
Examples:
Company name or ticker symbol:
Use the buttons below the window to search for information on a specific company, an ultimate parent company, or a ticker symbol. Use the Browse link to view a list of company names.
Company name: Marshall Field
Ticker Symbol: TGT
Industry code/Description:
Use the buttons below the window to searching an SIC code or an NAICS code; use the Browse link to identify an exact code.
SIC code: 2700
NAICS Code: 421
Subjects in Article:
Enter a term or terms into the search box; place a checkmark in the box below the window to search for terms throughout the entire text of an article.
Subject: Biotechnology
Geographic Search:
Enter the name of a city or state into the appropriate window(s).
City: Washington
State/country: Puerto Rico
Personal Name:
Enter a personal name into the window.
Michael Milken
Limiting the search results
- Additional searches, selected from the main search screen, permit additional limiting:
- Journal Name: Limit results to a specific journal by entering a title into the window. Use the Browse link to identify exact
titles. Check the boxes below the window to limit retrieval to full-text or refereed journals.
- Date Range: Limit results to a specific date range by entering beginning and ending day, month, and year.
- Content Area: Scroll-down to limit results to news and periodicals or to a company profile.
The Business and Company Resrource Center is available through MINITEX or your local Minnesota public library or Minnesota school media center.
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This page was written by Mark Ranum in February, 2003.
This page was last updated on September 22, 2003.