UCB Libraries

Ad$pender (AdSpender)
(Business Library Only) Ad$pender monitors expenditure information for millions of brands across: Network TV, Spot TV, Cable TV, Syndication Hispanic TV, Network Radio, National Spot Radio, Local Radio, Consumer Magazines, B-to-B Magazines, Local Magazines, Sunday Magazines, Hispanic Magazines, National Newspapers, Local Newspapers, Hispanic Newspapers, Internet, and Outdoor. Click here for the Ad$pender Manual (pdf)

***Use restricted to current UCB students and faculty. Ask a business library employee to log in with username and password.***

Real time and historical price data, news, indices, charts, and technical indicators on securities, including stocks (equities), bonds, currencies and others. Bloomberg Terminal located in room 100K. Access key can be checked out at the circulation desk for up to 2 hours by current CU students, staff and faculty.

Business Plans Handbook

(Campus-wide/Remote Access) This twelve volume set provides access to a collection of 24 actual business plans per volume compiled by, and aimed at, entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses in North America. Plans are from businesses in the manufacturing, retail and service industries, with company names and addresses changed. Also includes a business plan template, two fictional business plans, a listing of organizations, agencies, and consultants; a glossary; and an updated bibliography. To search all volumes use the search box in the upper left corner.

Please select the volume you wish to search: 1993 (1) 1993 (2) 1997 (3) 1997 (4) 1998 (5) 1999 (6) 2000 (7) 2001 (8) 2002 (9) 2004 (10) 2006 (11) 2007 (12) 2008 (13) NOTE: Volume 2008(13) includes the search box that can search the content of all volumes in this handbook

Chemical Market Reporter (ICIS)

ICIS, part of Reed Business Information (RBI), provides access to the full text of a series of publications that focus on the chemical and oil industry, including the Chemical Market Reporter.Use restricted to current UCB students and faculty. Ask a business library employee to log in with username and password. NOTE: This subscription does NOT include chemical pricing or pricing history.

Euromonitor Global Market Information Database (GMID)
(Business Library Only)

Extensive statistical marketing, business and economic information for over 200 countries.

Use restricted to CU Staff, Faculty and Students

EIU Viewswire

This publication os now available in Factiva ; The subscription to EIU Riskwire has been cancelled, however you can find EIU

Risk Briefing in Factiva.

FACTIVA
(Campus-wide/Remote Access) A Dow Jones & Reuters Company, Factiva provides global content, including Dow Jones and Reuters newswires.  Factiva offers a single content solution with multiple language interfaces and multilingual content covering nearly 9,000 sources from 152 countries in 22 languages, including more than 120 continuously updated newswires.  More than 900 of these sources are available on or before the date of publication.

Google Scholar

Access Google Scholar.

Investext Plus
(Business Library Computers Only) Contains indexing and full text of a collection of company and industry research reports from the Gale Group and Thomson Financial. Prepared by investment banks, brokerage firms, and trade associations.

JSTOR Business Collection

(Campus-wide /Remote access) The forty-seven online titles in the Business Collection are drawn from Arts & Sciences I, II, and IV. The collection brings together core titles in economics and finance, including many publications from the leading scholarly societies, with a range of critical research journals in accounting, labor relations, marketing, management, operations research, and risk assessment. Coverage Varies. Access from Vol. 1 to approximately 3-5 years ago when applicable.

Mintel Market Reports
(Campus-wide/Remote Access) The Mintel Reports database provides market research containing information on consumer trends, demographic profiles, brand share dynamics and market drivers. There are over 800 individual reports now available in 13 categories, with data covering US and select International Markets. Users can conduct keyword searching by company, topic, industry, product and more.

NOTE: Use restricted to current UCB students and faculty with valid Colorado.edu email address

Occupational Outlook Handbook
(Campus-wide/Remote Access) Provides information about prospective changes in the world of work and the qualifications that will be needed by future employees. Summarizes approximately 250 occupations and includes information on the nature of the work, work conditions, employment statistics, training, education, advancement, job outlook for the next 10 years, earnings, related occupations, and addresses of organizations to contact for more information.

RefWorks

(Campus-wide/Remote Access) Personal Database and Bibliography Creator.

Regional Business News (EBSCO)

Provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

Simmons Market Research Bureau (using Choices III software)
(Business Library Computers Only) Contains media audience and market survey data collected through interviews and questionnaires covering consumer product, media, and lifestyle preferences.Utilized to determine the probable audience for certain products or services. Access to Simmons is available from the START button on the library computers in room 200 and 100.

NOTE: Use restricted to current UCB students and faculty

UN Commodity Trade Statistics Database (UN Comtrade)

(Campus-wide/Remote Access) Annual international trade statistics, provided by over 130 countries, detailed by commodity and partner country to the United Nations; all values are converted in US dollars and metric units, the coverage dates as far back as 1962.

ValueLine Investment Survey Online and Research Center

(Business building only)

Provides financial information about large and mid-cap U.S. public companies, including historical financials and forecasted projections, market performance, analyst consensus, beta, key ratios, business description, and commentary on current operations and future prospects. Also includes one page reports for each industry group.

World Bank e-Library
(Campus-wide/Remote Access) World Bank E-Library allows users to access The World Bank Publication's entire output since the beginning of April 2000 plus all new documents. While there isn't an exact date range for the content, the oldest documents are circa the late 1980s. As of January 2004, over 1200 titles of reports, books and documents are included in the E-Library. Statistical documents like the World Development Indicators and Global Development finance are available as PDF files as well.