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Virtual Business Library
Access NYU’s premier collection of business research resources.
Business Insights: EssentialsBusiness Insights: Essentials includes company profiles, mergers & acquisitions, ticker symbols, news articles, company histories , financials, balance sheets, and more.
This database is part of NovelNY and is therefore only available to users within the NYU New York network
Corporate AffiliationsCorporate Affiliations provides public and private company information and corporate structure news along with biographies for top executives and board members.
D & B Million Dollar DirectoryD & B Million Dollar Directory provides information on U.S. and international leading public and private businesses. Company information includes industry information with SICs, NAICs, size criteria (employees and annual sales), type of ownership, principal executives and biographies. Also includes, D&B International Million Dollar Directory.
Emerging Markets Information Service (EMIS)Emerging Markets Information Service contains articles, news, financial filings for publicly held companies, and analyst reports in emerging countries in Asia, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe.
Requires NetID and password.
FactivaFactiva is a resource for U.S. and international newspapers (html full text only, no images or print layout versions), news transcripts, trade journals, newsletters, industry snapshots, and market data charts for recent stock prices. Coverage dates vary from title to title, but primarily span the late 20th century to present.
Requires NetID login from on or off campus.
Foundation Directory OnlineFoundation Directory Online is a database of over 100,000 public and private foundations, corporate giving programs, and grantmaking public charities in the U.S. It provides comprehensive information on grant-makers and their grants.
GuideStar: the National Database of Nonprofit OrganizationsCandid's GuideStar provides data on IRS-recognized nonprofit organizations in the U.S. Users can search nonprofits according to their operating budgets, size, location, and National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE). Highlight include a financial trends analysis snapshot for each organization and downloadable form 990s.
To access the premium section of Guidestar, you must register and create an account. Once registered, NYU users are permitted to download 1000 records per month.
HooversHoovers contains public and private company profiles. Includes key executive profiles, industry coverage, and detailed company fact sheets.
*Please note this is for Hoovers, not the "Hoover's company profiles"
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Nexis UniNexis Uni (Formerly LexisNexis Academic Universe) provides access to full-text newspapers (U.S. and some international), news wires, transcripts, and trade journals.
PassportEuromonitor Passport (formerly GMID) provides international market intelligence, including economic statistics, on industries, countries, and consumers.
Requires Net ID and password.
PitchbookResearch and analyze companies, deals, funds, investors and service providers across the entire private investment lifecycle.
Users must create an individual account using an NYU email address at the above link. Accounts reset annually on August 1st and users must re-register.
ReferenceUSA allows users to create personal accounts for saving searches and search criteria.
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantageStandard & Poor's NetAdvantage allows users to research companies, industries, and funds (mutual funds & ETFs), as well as to access financial news and directories, and financial education materials.
Uniworld OnlineUniworld is a source for multinational business contact information. It allows screening for companies by industry, geographic location, size, or keyword. It is ideal when you are looking to find American firms operating in other countries or foreign firms operating in the United States.
Stock Indices & Exchanges
Mergent ArchivesMergent Archives provides access to an indexed collection of corporate and industry related documents. Includes Mergent's Full Collection of Digitized Manuals, Ford Equity Research Reports, Annual Reports, and Industry Report Collection.
A merged list of the corporate Annual Reports to Shareholders held by a group of major US business libraries. Does not contain full text and requires on-site use.
ProQuest Historical Annual ReportsProQuest Historical Annual Reports contains companies' annual reports available through searchable pdf images. Key data (financial, Fortune 500 ranking, industry classification, key people, geographic location, auditor, and related companies) are indexed in the citation and can be searched.
Mergent ArchivesMergent Archives provides access to an indexed collection of corporate and industry related documents. Includes Mergent's Full Collection of Digitized Manuals, Ford Equity Research Reports, Annual Reports, and Industry Report Collection.
Financial Information & Filings
BloombergThe Bloomberg terminal provides industry and market news, analysis and quotes for equities and indices, current company and economic data for the countries of the world.
CB InsightsCB Insights is a venture capital analytics platform that provides real-time information about startups, venture capital companies, and angel investors the United States.
Requires creation of a CB Insights account with an active NYU email. If your credentials have expired or you receive a trial account error, contact info@cbinsights.com.
Not all "Research" reports fall under NYU's subscription. Locked "Expert Intelligence" reports are not sold to academic clients.
Individual accounts may only download up to 6,000 rows of data per year. Faculty accounts with expanded downloading capabilities may be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Email the Business and Economics Librarian for more information.
Capital IQ has information on private equities, venture capital, LBOs, hedge funds, private and public companies, M&As, buy-backs, and more. Available only to NYU Stern MBA students taking courses for which professors have indicated that Capital IQ is required.
Individual Capital IQ accounts are available to NYU Stern MBA students taking courses for which professors have indicated that Capital IQ is required. Students will automatically see the link to Capital IQ in their SternLinks account at the beginning of every semester.
If you are not taking courses which require use of Capital IQ, but still want to access the system, there are terminals for graduate Stern students located in the KMC 5th floor printing station, and terminals for Stern undergraduates at the base of staircase Y on the LC level.
D & B Key Business RatiosD & B Key Business Ratios provides financial norm and business ratio data developed from actual company income statements and balance sheets. Information is arranged by SIC and NAICS code. Key ratios provide information about industry performance with respect to solvency, efficiency and profitability.
DatastreamThis resource provides a comprehensive historical database service by Thomson Financial that encompasses daily prices, trading volumes, and return indices, updated at the end of every trading day, for equities in countries around the world, data on bonds, options and other derivatives, mutual funds (unit trusts), market indices, exchange rates, macroeconomic variables, and corporate financial data.
Currently not available at NYU NYC. Remote access anticipated during the Fall 2020 semester. Check back for updates. For access at NYU the Abu Dhabi Library, contact their Digital Studio.
Emerging Markets Information Service (EMIS)Emerging Markets Information Service contains articles, news, financial filings for publicly held companies, and analyst reports in emerging countries in Asia, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe.
Requires NetID and password.
FactivaFactiva is a resource for U.S. and international newspapers (html full text only, no images or print layout versions), news transcripts, trade journals, newsletters, industry snapshots, and market data charts for recent stock prices. Coverage dates vary from title to title, but primarily span the late 20th century to present.
Requires NetID login from on or off campus.
HooversHoovers contains public and private company profiles. Includes key executive profiles, industry coverage, and detailed company fact sheets.
*Please note this is for Hoovers, not the "Hoover's company profiles"
product:*
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IntelliConnectIntelliConnect includes Capital Changes Report, Global ADR, FINRA Manual, Exchanges & SRO information and provides access to tax, accounting, legal, and business resources. Practice areas available include advertising & marketing law, banking, capital changes, computer and internet law, environmental compliance, and government contracts.
Mergent ArchivesMergent Archives provides access to an indexed collection of corporate and industry related documents. Includes Mergent's Full Collection of Digitized Manuals, Ford Equity Research Reports, Annual Reports, and Industry Report Collection.
Mergent Bond ViewerMergent Bond Viewer provides access to bond data, including both issuer and bond level terms and condition data, US taxable bonds, municipal bonds and retail notes.
Mergent OnlineMergent Online is the online version of the former Moody's Manuals. Provides a history of the company, summary balance sheets and income statements, capital structure, subsidiaries, principal officers, and financial filings.
Morningstar Investment Research CenterMorningstar Investment Research Center offers mutual fund and stock information, as well as global market data on equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals.
Nexis UniNexis Uni (Formerly LexisNexis Academic Universe) provides access to full-text newspapers (U.S. and some international), news wires, transcripts, and trade journals.
Users must create an individual account using an NYU email address at the above link. Accounts reset annually on August 1st and users must re-register.
ProQuest Historical Annual ReportsProQuest Historical Annual Reports contains companies' annual reports available through searchable pdf images. Key data (financial, Fortune 500 ranking, industry classification, key people, geographic location, auditor, and related companies) are indexed in the citation and can be searched.
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantageStandard & Poor's NetAdvantage allows users to research companies, industries, and funds (mutual funds & ETFs), as well as to access financial news and directories, and financial education materials.
Thomson ONEThomson ONE provides access to financial data on public companies, merger and acquisitions / deals, market data, analyst reports, and private equity information. It features powerful screening capabilities and an API for researchers.
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Thomson ONE is limited to 20 simultaneous users. If you receive an error message that all IDs are in use, email us using this form to report the issue.
Faculty and PhDs have access to the Thomson ONE API on a first-come, first-served basis. Email the Business and Economics Librarian for more information.
Value LineValue Line provides access to data, tools, rankings and analysis covering companies, industries, markets and economies, with research covering stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities as well as special situation stocks.
Vault Career Intelligence provides insights into potential employers, including organizational culture, pros and cons of working at a firm, etc. Vault also has a series of "Best of" employer lists across different industries and functions. Vault's ebook "Guides" provide information about careers, including work environment, education requirements, a day in the life, and career outlook.
WRDS: Wharton Research Data ServicesWRDS is a data platform that specializes in historical financial information for banks, government bonds, stock exchanges, and major companies. It is intended solely for academic research and teaching purposes. Popular datasets include Compustat, CRSP, TAQ, and IBES. First time users should consult our WRDS guide for help.
Account creation and on-site access is detailed in our WRDS guide.
ABI/INFORMABI/INFORM features full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business, and economics periodicals. Researchers can locate country- and industry-focused reports, and its international focus provides a picture of companies and business trends around the world.
Alternative Press IndexAlternative Press Index (API) is a database of journal, newspaper, and magazine articles from international alternative, radical, and left periodicals. Coverage dates begin in 1991, for earlier content use the Alternative Press Index Archive database.
Business Source CompleteBusiness Source Complete is a full text database of articles from popular, scholarly, and trade publications. Subjects covered include management, economics, finance, accounting, international business. Dates of coverage: 1886 to present.
Conference Board Research OnlineConference Board provides reports on key business issues regarding corporate leadership, human capital, high-performing organizations, the economy, markets, sustainability, and philanthropy.
Ethnic NewsWatchEthnic NewsWatch is an interdisciplinary, multi-lingual (English, Spanish, French, German, and more) database of newspapers, magazines and journals from ethnic, minority, and native presses. Full-text content ranges from the 1940s to present day.
FactivaFactiva is a resource for U.S. and international newspapers (html full text only, no images or print layout versions), news transcripts, trade journals, newsletters, industry snapshots, and market data charts for recent stock prices. Coverage dates vary from title to title, but primarily span the late 20th century to present.
Requires NetID login from on or off campus.
ImpactAlphaImpactAlpha, including ImpactAlpha’s daily newsletter, The Brief, is a digital media company redefining business journalism around social and environmental value. ImpactAlpha's open database, ImpactSpace, includes profiles on impact ventures, funds and deals.
Individuals must register for an individual account using their @nyu.edu email.
To Register:
1. Navigate to https://impactalpha.com/
2. Click “Login” on the navigation bar and create an account, then follow the on-screen instructions to verify your account (or login into your account if you’ve already created one by clicking “I have an account” near the bottom of the popup).
3. If your user account already exists, navigate to https://impactalpha.com/set-password/ to set your password.
4. Once verified, navigate to https://impactalpha.com/redeem-a-code/
5. Click on the button “Click here” next to New York University.
6. Type in their code “NYU19", click “Apply,” and follow the on-screen instructions to claim your code.
Institutional Investor JournalsInstitutional Investor Journals are quarterly publications offering research in global investment and finance. The subscription includes: The Journal of Alternative Investments, The Journal of Derivatives, The Journal of Fixed Income, The Journal of Index Investing, The Journal of Investing, The Journal of Portfolio Management, The Journal of Private Equity, The Journal of Structured Finance, The Journal of Trading, and The Journal of Wealth Management.
JSTORJSTOR provides access to scholarly journals, primarily in the humanities and social sciences. In addition to journal articles, users can access book chapters, ebooks, and primary source documents.
The New York Times with Index (1851—2015)The New York Times with Index database provides access to the full text, "as printed" edition of The New York Times, including images and advertisements. Coverage begins with the first edition published in 1851 and extends to three years from the present day (due to a rolling embargo).
Nexis UniNexis Uni (Formerly LexisNexis Academic Universe) provides access to full-text newspapers (U.S. and some international), news wires, transcripts, and trade journals.
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OmniFile Full Text MegaOmniFile Full Text Mega is a Multi-disciplinary database providing the complete content - indexing, abstracts, and full text - from six collections: Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text, and Wilson Business Full Text. Dates of coverage: 1982 to present.
ProQuest CentralProQuest Central is a large, multidisciplinary database with over 11,000 titles, with over 8,000 titles in full-text. It serves as the central resource for researchers at all levels in all markets. Over 160 subjects areas are covered extensively in this product including business and economics, health and medical, news and world affairs, technology, social sciences and more.
Global NewsstreamGlobal Newsstream contains the html full text of hundreds of U.S. and international news sources. Coverage dates vary from title to title, but generally span the most recent five to ten years.
Russian Central NewspapersRussian Central Newspapers contains the most important Russian newspapers currently being being published in Moscow. Searching can be done across newspapers.
Search in Cyrillic or in Library of Congress English transliteration.
Social Science Research Network (SSRN)Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is composed of a number of specialized research networks in the social sciences. Topics covered by networks include accounting, economics, financial economics, legal scholarship, and management (including negotiation and marketing). The SSRN eLibrary consists of abstracts of scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers and an electronic paper collection of downloadable full text documents in pdf format.
In order to subscribe to the NYU network one must create an account with their NYU email address. Please note that when accessing through off-site connection you may encounter a login screen which indicates you can 'login anonymously.' If you reach this choose to login anonymously and you will be granted access.
