The LSU Libraries web site is a gateway to the information and research needs of the LSU community. It can be used to locate books, link to ejournal articles, and to communicate with subject librarians and other library staff and faculty members.
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This database offers information in virtually every area of business including accounting & tax, banking, fin ance & insurance, construction, computer science, economics and many more.
Experian Information Solutions, Inc. is a commercial database
that contains data on U.S. businesses and business owners. Experian was founded in 1976 and collects data from 152 different sources and compiles more than 20 million lines of legal information.
The U.S. Bankruptcy courts report all filings to Experian within 72 hours. (Available through LexisNexis Business)
This database is a joint venture between Dow Jones and Reuters - two of the world's leading business and news providers. Factiva.com combines nearly 9,000 sources to give access to premium content from 118 countries, in 22 languages.
This database contains information for more than 40,000 major public and private companies worldwide. In-Depth
Records include overviews and histories, up to 10 years of key financial and employment data, lists of products and key competitors, names of key officers,
addresses, and phone and fax numbers. (Available through LexisNexis Business)
Part of the LexisNexis Academic database, the Business section provides a range of sources for business information, including business and financial news, U.S. and international company financial information from government or private sources, market research, industry reports, and SEC filings.
Corporate Manuals, ranging back to the early 1900s, possess a richness of corporate history and business descriptions and in-depth financial statements. The collection is all searchable by company name, year or manual type..
OSIRIS is a comprehensive database of listed companies, banks and insurance companies around the world.
Covering more than 190 countries OSIRIS contains information on over 46,000 companies: North America (12,600), Europe - Excl. Eastern Europe (10,500), Eastern Europe (800), Middle East (900), Far East & Central Asia (13,500), Oceania (2,250), South & Central America (3,800), Africa (1,600).
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is the standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy.
Corporate Manuals, ranging back to the early 1900s, possess a richness of corporate history and business descriptions and in-depth financial statements. The collection is all searchable by company name, year or manual type.
This database is a joint venture between Dow Jones and Reuters - two of the world's leading business and news providers. Factiva.com combines nearly 9,000 sources to give access to premium content from 118 countries, in 22 languages.
BigCharts is the world's most comprehensive and easy-to-use investment research Web site, providing access to professional-level research tools such as interactive charts, quotes, industry analysis and intraday stock screeners, as well as market news and commentary.
SimplyMap includes SimmonsLOCAL data, which is created using the same Simmons Primary Consumer Surveys as Choices.
SimmonsLOCAL data allows you to create detailed maps of over 60,000 data variables down to the census tract and census block group levels
(and States, Counties, and Zip Codes as well). Get detailed data about use, consumption, and spending habits of people anywhere in the country.
From the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, has information on the buying habits of American consumers, including data on their expenditures, income, and consumer unit (families and single consumers) characteristics.
Compiles data on numbers of employees, payroll, and numbers of establishments for major industries in the United States, on federal, state, and county levels.
Provides historical data on counties, cities of 5000 or more, and towns and places of over 2500, from 1944 - 2000. Coverage for some years includes land area, population, households, vital statistics, labor force, education, crime, and for cities, form of government.
Provides a quick statistical reference and a guide to statistical publications and sources, with tables from governmental, private, and international organizations. The issues are available dating back to 1878..
provides access to the full range of official statistical information produced by the Federal Government without having to know in advance which Federal agency produces which particular statistic.
Simmons OneView is Experian’s new web-based platform for user access to their data products and anyalytical tools. It represents an online version of the print edition of Simmons Study of Media and Markets, providing marketing data that can be cross-tabulated to create demographic and psychographic profiles of consumers.
Though web-based, this database requires a username and password to connect. LSU Libraries has set up 12 user names and passwords which can be used by LSU faculty, staff, and students to connect to the database. Any user name and password that is not currently in use can be used by any member of the aforementioned groups.
The list of user accounts can be found at our PAWS Library Resource Password site [Library Resources]
Available on/off campus to LSU affiliates through LexisNexis, the Statistical Universe is a gateway to many government demographic databases.
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For searching and browsing American newspapers published in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, America’s Historical Newspapers is the single most comprehensive online resource, providing more than 1,300 titles from all 50 states.
The United States Newspaper Program is a cooperative national effort among the states and the federal government to locate, catalog, and preserve on microfilm newspapers published in the United States from the eighteenth century to the present.
