Douglas D. Schumann Library & Learning Commons: CO-OPS &amp; CAREERS Research Guide: Employer Research

Company Profiles & Industry Research

Gale Business: Insights This link opens in a new window
Provides detailed company and industry profiles including SWOT reports, market share reports, and financial reports.
ProQuest Business Market Research Collection (formerly Hoovers) This link opens in a new window
Provides company, industry, and geopolitical macroeconomic market research from Hoover's Company Profiles, which offers information on 40,000 global public and non-public companies, OxResearch, which features succinct articles covering significant economic and political developments of major significance from a network of over 1,000 faculty at Oxford, and Snapshots Series, which includes market research overviews on over 40 industries and 40 countries to 2008.
MarketLine This link opens in a new window
MarketLine is a business information database covering a unique mix of company, industry, financial, and country data, for every major marketplace in the world.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Choose "Companies Tab" to find:
- Company Dossier provides company lists and profile information
- SEC Filings for U.S. company financials
- Patents, corporate affiliation structures
- Names and contact info for most departments
PrivCo This link opens in a new window
Allows access to hard-to-find business information and financial data on privately-owned companies.
Users will have to create a (free) user account for full access.

My Visa Jobs
Tool for international students to see what companies have previously sponsored H1B visas.

American Business Journals - Featuring Boston Business Journal This link opens in a new window
Weekly business news from 44 major metropolitan cities in the United States - Includes the Boston Business Journal and Annual Book of Lists.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
News, business, and legal sources. Use the Company Dossier module to retrieve detailed company information or identify and compare companies matching specific criteria.
NYTimes.com This link opens in a new window
Subscription includes access to the New York Times Digital edition for all WIT faculty, staff, and students. Coverage is from 1851 to date, with some exceptions. Access to archived articles within the date range 1923-1980 is limited. Does not include Crosswords and Times Insider.

New users must create a NYT account. Existing accounts must be renewed: Renew NYT Subscription.
Off-campus registration.
ProQuest US Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Regional and major international newspapers, wires, blogs and more. Includes full-text of The Wall Street Journal, New York Tiimes, Chicago Tribune and Boston Globe (1980 - present).