"Everything" Search - the search box on Gutman Library's home page
When you need to research industry information, one method is to check our catalog. Searching "Everything" means searching for any source type (articles, books, ebooks, videos, conference proceedings, and more) across many of our 225+ subscription databases at once. You cannot ask our catalog a question, so brainstorm for keywords first and consider trying a Boolean logic search with AND, OR, or NOT.
| Boolean Operator | Search Example | How does it work? |
|---|---|---|
| AND | sustainability AND "apparel industry" |
AND narrows a search by retrieving sources with all your terms Putting terms in quotation marks retrieves sources with those keywords next to each other |
| OR | corporate social responsibility OR ethics | OR broadens a search by finding sources with either term |
| NOT | labor NOT employment | NOT narrows a search by excluding sources with an unwanted term |
NAICS (North American Industry Classification) Codes began under the U.S. Office of Management and Budget in 1997 to classify businesses for data collection and reporting. They are updated every 5 years by the NAICS Association, which answers FAQs about the codes. The U.S. Census Bureau also provides information for "Understanding Industry Classification Systems" for the Economic Census, and on its NAICS Search site.
SIC (Standard Industrial Classification) Codes are still in use in some databases. Although these were intended to be replaced by NAICS codes, some industry research still require them. The U.S. Department of Labor provides a SIC System Search.