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FREE Trade Journals, Industry Magazines, Research Reports, and White Papers
Get free subscriptions to leaning industry magazine and journals, plus download free white papers, research reports, and more.
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Alacra Industry Spotlights
Choose from the list to find detailed commentary about your chosen industry along with the best sites for specific industry information. As a Wiki, the content is created and maintained by industry experts. |
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Association of Associations
Associations often track and report on key statistics and trends for their industries. Search for trade associations, industry associations and professional associations with a presence on the Internet. Once you've found an association, visit their Web site and also call or email for detailed industry information. |
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BizStats Industry Aggregate Financials
Get financial ratios, balance sheet information, and income/expense ratios from just about any industry. Easily customize an industry Profit & Loss statement. |
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Career Guide to Industries
Locate the industry you’re interested in using the "A - Z" industry list. Read the “Nature of the Industry” section for a good industry overview including trends and statistics. |
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Encyclopedia of American Industries
Locate reports on just about any industry. Reports feature an industry overview, brief history, and future projections. Perfect for getting a snapshot view of key issues facing particular industries. |
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Fintel Industry Benchmarking Metrics
Enter a SIC code, financial numbers, and an employee figure. See how your company ranks in its industry. Click on an individual ratio for ideas on how to improve. |
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Valuation Resources Industry Reports
Identify industry resources available from trade associations, publications, and research firms. Coverage includes industry overviews, trends, industry outlooks, financial ratios, benchmarking, compensation surveys, and more. Some links include free information, and some are fee-based. |
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Yahoo Industry News Center
Find recent news, statistics, and profiles of industry leaders for about 100 different industries. Though part of Yahoo!, the actual data comes from data providers like Hoover's and Multex. |
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Government Research Reports - Export.gov
The U.S. government provides a free online library of reports related to doing business overseas, covering practically any industry. Use the pull down or keyword search. Registration may be required. |
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Industry Report and Lists - Hill Special Issues
The Hill Library Special Issues Index is a one-of-a-kind collection of industry overviews, company rankings, and more from hundreds of industry and trade journals. Individual articles can be found online or ordered for a $20 fee. To research an industry, type in a broad subject area (e.g. computers). |
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Market Research.com
Collection of premium research report. Purchase a report directly. Or search for a report, copy the name, and then conduct a Google search to see if that report has appeared in an article, press release, etc. |
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Price's List of Lists
Links to published lists and rankings of all kinds, including company rankings. Some links do require a log-in with the publisher, but many are freely available. |
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| Industry News/Article Search |
All Business
Search for industry articles from thousands of periodicals and press release services. For best results, enter an industry term followed by words like "trends" or "issues" (e.g. "plastics industry" trends). |
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Biznar
A search engine that searches popular and "hidden" Web sites for business information, government data, business blogs, and more. Use the Advanced Search to limit results by date range.
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Blog Search
Use the Google Advanced Blog search to locate what people are saying about an industry . Conduct a general search, or to locate Blogs about a specific industry, use the "In Blogs" search. |
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Find Articles
Search for industry articles from more than 500 magazines and journals. Enter an industry term (e.g. "plastics industry"). Limit your results to free articles (vs. premium), and sort by date or relevancy. |
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Google Scholar
Conduct broad searches across your industry, searching by industry heading (like "restaurant"), or focus your search by adding additional search terms, like "trends" or "statistics." |
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Microsoft Academic
Click the Advanced Search to refine your results. Start with a broader search term (e.g. "medical device") and then refine if you receive too many non-relevant results. |
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Mool - News Search
Use Mool to locate current and some archived news stories on industries (e.g. enter plastics AND trends). Instead of searching billions of Web sites, Mool limits its search to about 4,500 key news sources. |
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| General Industry Info |
BLS Wage Calculator
Find wage figures by geography, job title, and experience level. The data is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and uses actual wage figures along with modeled information. Requires Java. |
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Industry Journal List - Publist
Searchable database listing over 150,000 magazines, journals, newsletters, and other periodicals. Learn which publications around the globe cover which industry. Free registration required. |
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Market Research Tools - Third Wave
Third Wave Research is a for-profit research firm that sells in-depth reports. They also have a number of free resources including the Household Spending, Product Line Planner, and Business Profiler tools. |
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