"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 |
Access library subscription databases on or off campus with your campus key and password.
Some business databases with industry information are excellent for finding articles that have been published in trade journals, magazines, and scholarly sources. These include:
Some databases are best for locating business intelligence about industries in the form of proprietary reports and data. These include:
Includes Plunkett Analytics Reports on many industries. Click "Publications" to search for Plunkett Analytics Reports, then scroll through the list or add an industry name to the search.
*If you really don't know where to start, try IBISWorld first.