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Business Source Complete

Provides indexing, abstracts and full-text for scholarly business journals, trade publications and management journals dating back as far as 1886. Additional content includes financial data, books, reference works, conference proceedings, case studies and various reports and analyses.
Mergent Online

Formerly known as Moody's Financial Information Service, Mergent Online provides full-text business descriptions, corporate histories and detailed financial data for over 10,000 public U.S. and international, and 17,000 non- U.S. public companies. Provides full search access to the EDGAR database.
S&P Global NetAdvantage

Broad spectrum of industry, company and investment analysis including S&P Industry Surveys, Stock Reports (S&P Equity Research), and “Markets” tab with drill downs to industry and sub-industry key ratios, benchmarks, constituents, etc. Company data covers a global universe of over 3 million private and public companies.
Regional Business News

This database provides comprehensive full text for regional business publications (including titles from Crain Communications). This database has full text for more than 60 sources.

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Consumer Expenditure Survey (BLS)
provide information on the buying habits of American consumers, including data on their expenditures, income, and consumer unit (families and single consumers) characteristics. The survey data are collected for the Bureau of Labor Statistics by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Bureau of Economic Analysis (Statistics)
Statistics include survey of current business, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Personal Income and Outlays, Consumer Spending, Corporate Profits, Fixed Assets, Research and Development Satellite Account as well as international, regional, and industry data.
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)`
Research specific industries and small businesses. The mission of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation.
SEC Edgar
(Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system) Search all documents filed by public companies.

Census Bureau
Responsible for recording data about the US people and economy. Statistics collected include: population, housing, economic, Census of Governments, American Community Survey, and more.
American Factfinder Tour
Basic information about American FactFinder, including a link to a video tour.
When to Use 1, 3, and 5-year Estimates
Data from the American Community Survey is estimated based on a sampling of the population. Learn why the type of estimates are important in deciding what data is best to use.
American Community Survey - Data Users Handbooks
In-depth guide to using American Community Survey Data
Citing Data from American Factfinder
Guidance on citing data found in American FactFinder.
State Data Centers
Listing of centers that specialize in Census and other data related to their state.