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Business and Company Resource Center

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Database Description

Business and Company Resource Center provides information about thousands of companies and industries. It has lists of company officers, company histories, news and magazine articles, investment reports, financial data, industry and company rankings, product descriptions, industry profiles, market research, and more. With the advanced search, you can find companies by industry code (SIC or NAICS), product or brand name, city, or state.

Publisher: Gale Centgage Learning
Content Dates: 1980 to present
Access Notes: Off-campus access is limited to UHD students, faculty, and staff (see Connect from Home).
Technical Notes: Adobe Acrobat Reader ® is required to view some full text articles.

 

How to Search

Use the pull-down menu to search the Company Search or Industry Search:

Select Company Search or Industry Search from pull-down menu.

 

 

Search Results

When your search results appear, click on a company or industry name to see the full set of options. After you make a selection, the option tabs will light up to indicate which types of information are available for that topic.

Click on the company name to see the full set of options.

 

 

Parent Company and Subsidiary Companies

In each company profile, look for the Parent Company or Subsidiary Companies button on the left side of the screen. When viewing a parent company, click on the Subsidiary Companies button to get information about companies owned by the parent company. When viewing a subsidiary, click on the Parent Company button to get the most complete set of options for company histories, news, investment reports, financial data, rankings, suits and claims, etc.

Click on Parent Company or Subsidiary Companies for information about related companies.

 

 

Rankings

Click on the Rankings tab to see rankings by business size or market share:

Click on the Business Rankings or Market Share tab.

 

 

Industry Overviews and Market Research

Click on the Industry Overview tab to see industry overviews and market research:

Click on the Overviews and Market Research tabs.

 

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