The University of St. Thomas

International Industry Resources

International Industry Resources

Resources listed below are available at both the Keffer and O'Shaughnessy-Frey Libraries.

Industry overviews 

  • Euromonitor Global Market Information Database. (UST subscription database)
    Industry and economic reports, market profiles, lifestyle reports and more, for over 200 countries.
  • Reference USA--International Businesses Module. (UST subscription database)
    Covers hundreds of industries as well as 3.7 million international companies. Use the Search link next to International Businesses.
  • Industry Sector Analysis Reports through Stat-USA. (UST subscription database)
    In-depth profiles of a selected industry subsector in various countries.
  • International Marketing Insight Reports through Stat-USA. (UST subscription database)
    Short profiles of specific foreign market conditions or opportunities. These reports mainly focus on specific projects, industry profiles, finance and marketing trends, regulation and import changes, trade show opportunities, or government policy updates.
  • Industry Profiles in Business Source Premier. (UST subscription database)
    Industry profiles, market research, and more. Choose Industry Profiles.
  • Industry Overviews in Business and Company Resource Center. (UST subscription database)
    Choose Advanced Search and search Industry Overviews. You can search by keyword, SIC or NAICS code, or the industry description, among other options. Look for entries from the Encyclopedia of Global Industries as well as the green Market Research tab.
  • Mergent Industry Reports in Factiva. (UST subscription database)
    Detailed reports on larger industries in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. To limit your results to the industry reports, use the Source pull-down and search on Mergent.
  • globalEDGE Industry Profiles.
    Information, news, events, and statistical data for various industries.

Statistics

  • Eurostat.
    Statistical office of the European Communities.
  • European Business Facts and Figures. (European Commission and Eurostat) Ref. HC 241.2 .P313
  • Stat-USA. (UST subscription database)
    Provides domestic and international information from over 50 federal agencies, featuring over 300,000 reports and statistical series. Choose Globus & NTDB for international data.
  • OECD. (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
    Provides economic statistics and reports for the organization and its 29 member countries. News releases and working papers are available free.

Locating articles 

  • ABI/InformTrade & Industry. (UST subscription database)
    Full-text articles covering the latest industry news, product and competitive information, and marketing trends about specific industries.
  • Business Source Premier. (UST subscription database)
    Full-text articles and abstracts from management, marketing, non-profit and business journals.  Choose Trade Journals to search for articles in trade journals.
  • Business & Company Resource Center. (UST subscription database)
    Full-text articles and abstracts covering all aspects of business and management, inlcuding company and industry information. Research reports on individual companies can also provide information on industries.

Global business news sources

  • Lexis-Nexis. (UST subscription database)
    Full-text of thousands of international and U.S. news sources.
  • Proquest Newsstand Complete. (UST subscription database)
    Full-text of 300+ international and U.S. news sources.
  • Factiva. (UST subscription database)
    Full-text access to hundreds of newspapers and journals in all topic areas.

Industry and trade associations

Product classification

Global business portals

  • globalEDGE. 
    Portal site from Michigan State University's Center for International Business Education and Research. "Country Insights" section includes an outline of the business climate, political structure, history, and statistical data for more than 190 countries. Registration required to participate in discussion forum.
  • Virtual International Business & Economic Sources. (VIBES)
    Extensive site compiled by Jeanie M. Welch of the University of North Carolina-Charlotte.
  • Everything International.
    Portal for international business and country studies, compiled by Lloyd C. Russow of Philadelphia University. 
  • Business and Industry News. (Louisiana State University)
    International industry sources.
  • Industry Data Finder. (Cole Library, Rensselaer at Hartford)
    Includes free websites as well as restricted sites.

Research consultations

Professional reference service is available at both the St. Paul and Minneapolis campus libraries. If you are interested in a research consultation, contact:

Updated September 2008 mdh