ABI/INFORM databases

ABI/INFORM indexes and abstracts journals and other publications in business and related fields. Use it to research business conditions, trends, management techniques, corporate strategies, and industry-specific topics worldwide.

ABI/INFORM Global

ABI/INFORM Global (ProQuest) 1971 - present.     Save to del.icio.us.
Selected full text 1985 - present.

ABI/INFORM Global indexes and abstracts over 2,770 publications in the area of business and management, with full text available for over 1,840 titles. Publications range from magazines to trade publications to scholarly journals. Full text is also available for the Wall Street Journal.

Find information on such topics as:

• national and international business news
• information and case studies on over 60,000 companies worldwide
• executive profiles
• business conditions
• business trends
• management techniques
• market conditions and marketing
• product development
• corporate strategies and tactics

Related issues include economics and trade, business and environmental topics, government and law, and even social issues as they relate to business.

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• Company name
• Product name
• Person
• Location
• NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) code
• Article title
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ABI/INFORM Dateline

ABI/INFORM Dateline (ProQuest), 1985 - present.     Save to del.icio.us
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Unlike ABI/INFORM Global, this database covers business news from 170 local and regional business magazines, daily newspapers, and wire services including 154 full-text sources. This focus makes it a good place to research local business activities and private company information. Current material dates from 1994 forward, with retrospective coverage to 1985.

ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry

ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry (ProQuest) 1971 - present.      Save to del.icio.us
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This ABI/INFORM database focuses more heavily on trade and industry information than ABI/INFORM Global. The database indexes more than 1,210 business periodicals and newsletters including 1,160 full-text. Designed to help researchers study and compare specific trades and industries, it provides users with the latest industry news, product and competitive information, marketing trends, and a wide variety of other topics.Some publications overlap with ABI/INFORM Global, but the database contains a number of unique trade- and industry-specific titles.