Use the company guide to find sources that offer:
Need research help? Contact a business librarian.
Are you struggling to find:
Business Librarians can help. Email Willow or Kim or set up a Zoom appointment.
This semester we are highlighting some of the databases most useful to business students. First database up: Statista!
From the website: “All of Statista’s charts are made available under the Creative Commons License CC BY-ND 3.0 and may be used and re-published without charge by all commercial and non-commercial websites. The only thing asked for in return is proper attribution to Statista.”
Where to find it: You can find it here, and under S in the databases A-Z list.
Use it to find:
Want help using Statista? Contact the Business Librarians, Willow or Kim, and set up an appointment.
Getting ready for interviews? Researching internships? Thinking about business school or law school?
The Pomerantz Business Library has a great resource to help you: Vault.
Vault has an abundance of good info for the job or internship seeker. It also has rankings and reviews of law schools, business schools, and undergraduate institutions. To get a fuller picture of Vault’s capabilities, take a look at our recent profile of the site.
In addition, if you need more detailed company information (financials, corporate structure, executive profiles, etc.) to prepare for an interview, take a look at our Company Information guide. Or, perhaps you’re considering jobs or internships with companies in unfamiliar industries? If so, take a look at our Industry Information guide. This guide will help you find industry profiles, key industry players, financial ratios, and much more.
Get up to date with the latest company and industry news: take a look at one of our article databases such as Business Source Complete or Factiva and search for companies and industries of interest.
Have questions or need help? Email Jim or Kim. Or call 319-335-3077.
Each week we will highlight one of the many databases we have here at the Pomerantz Business Library.
The database: Mergent Historical Annual Reports (available in Mergent Archives)
“Dating back to the mid 1800’s, Mergent’s Historical Annual Reports collections offers over 1,000,000 documents available in .PDF format for the United States, Canada and Europe. Access an extensive library of high-quality historical documents featuring rich textual details and in-depth analyses on thousands of global companies.”
Where to find it: You can find it here, or under “M” on the Databases A to Z page. Note: Mergent Historical Annual Reports are within the Mergent Archives platform.
Use it to find: Public company annual reports and various other company documents.
Tips for searching:
On a related note: be sure to look at our recent profile of another great source for public company annual reports: ProQuest Historical Annual Reports.
Want help using the Mergent Historical Annual Reports database? Contact Jim or Kim to set up an appointment.
Each week we will highlight one of the many databases we have here at the Pomerantz Business Library.
The database: Vault
Where to find it: You can find it here, and under V in the databases A-Z list.
Use it to find:
Tips for searching:
Want help using the Vault? Contact Willow or Kim and set up an appointment.
Each week we will highlight one of the many databases we have here at the Pomerantz Business Library.
The database: Proquest Historical Annual Reports 
Where to find it: You can find it here, and under P in the databases A-Z list.
Annual reports (1844-current) available for over 800 companies, 43,000 reports, 1.3M pages. Searchable puff images with indexed data such as: financial, Fortune 500 ranking, industry classification, key people, geographic location, auditor and related companies. It can also be browsed by company name, related names, industry or date..
Use it to find:
Tips for searching:
Want help using the Proquest Historical Annual Reports? Contact Willow or Kim and set up an appointment.
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Each week we will highlight one of the many databases we have here at the Pomerantz Business Library.
The database: Uniworld: American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries 
Where to find it: You can find it here, and under A in the databases A-Z list.
Uniworld Online, […] offer[s] two unique directories to unravel the maze of “who operates where” and “who owns whom” regardless of whether you’re sourcing, building your business, selling, tracking competitors, or seeking employment with a multinational firm. With Uniworld Online, you’ll find contact information for headquarters, branches, subsidiaries, and affiliates of the multinational firm. Since 1955, it’s all we’ve done and we do it well. All of the firms we list are multinational firms.
Use it to find:
Tips for searching:
Want help using Uniworld: American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries? Contact Willow or Kim and set up an appointment.
Each week we will highlight one of the many databases we have here at the Pomerantz Business Library.
The database: D&B Key Business Ratios
Where to find it: You can find it here, and under K in the databases A-Z list.
From their website”Key Business Ratios on the Web (KBR) provides immediate online access to competitive benchmarking data. This powerful tool lets researchers examine industry benchmarks compiled from D&B®’s database of public and private companies, featuring 14 key business ratios (users choose a one-year or three-year set of ratios) for public and private companies in 800 lines of business.” 
Use it to find:
Tips for searching:
Want help using Key Business Ratios? Contact Willow or Kim and set up an appointment.
Each week we will highlight one of the many databases we have here at the Pomerantz Business Library.
The database: Kompass
Where to find it: You can find it here, and under K in the databases A-Z list.
Kompass is a business to business import and export directory that enables you to gather information about other companies and promote your company in the global marketplace. Kompass business to business directory has 2.3M companies in 70 countries referenced by 57.000 product & service keywords 860,000 trade names, 4.6M executive names.
Use it to find:
Tips for searching:
Want help using Kompass? Contact Willow or Kim and set up an appointment.