{"id":2312,"date":"2020-04-14T14:41:59","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T18:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-cu-sites.pantheonsite.io\/library\/?page_id=2312"},"modified":"2025-05-13T09:36:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T13:36:14","slug":"company-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/research-tools-collections\/guides\/business-guide\/company-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Company Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a>Components of Company Research<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Profile the company<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Find current news &amp; in-depth articles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Examine financials, market, competitors, &amp; industry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Company_Research_notes.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Company Research notes [PDF]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordions advgb-accordions-18094d43-4dcb-4096-bcea-1b70cae520f2 advgb-accordion-wrapper\" data-collapsed=\"true\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordion-item advgb-accordion-item\" style=\"margin-bottom:15px\"><div class=\"advgb-accordion-header\" style=\"background-color:#000;color:#eee;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:2px\"><span class=\"advgb-accordion-header-icon\"><svg fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0,0h24v24H0V0z\"><\/path><path d=\"M12,5.83L15.17,9l1.41-1.41L12,3L7.41,7.59L8.83,9L12,5.83z M12,18.17L8.83,15l-1.41,1.41L12,21l4.59-4.59L15.17,15 L12,18.17z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><h4 class=\"advgb-accordion-header-title\" style=\"color:inherit\"><a>Web Links<\/a><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"advgb-accordion-body\" style=\"border-style:solid !important;border-width:1px !important;border-color:undefined !important;border-top:none !important;border-radius:2px !important\">\n<ul id=\"s-lg-link-list-27138050\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a title=\"\" data-toggle=\"popover\" data-trigger=\"hover\" data-placement=\"bottom\" data-html=\"true\" data-title=\"Description\" data-content=\"Current annual reports for many companies; it can be searched by exchange, company name, ticker, sector and industry. It also includes Corporate Responsibility reports\" data-original-title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.annualreports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Annual Reports Gallery<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"\" data-toggle=\"popover\" data-trigger=\"hover\" data-placement=\"bottom\" data-html=\"true\" data-title=\"Description\" data-content=\"A free resource of the Internet Public Library that offers a list of Web site of business organizations and associations.\" data-original-title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ipl.org\/IPLBrowse\/GetSubject?vid=13&amp;cid=7&amp;tid=0&amp;parent=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associations on the Net<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"\" data-toggle=\"popover\" data-trigger=\"hover\" data-placement=\"bottom\" data-html=\"true\" data-title=\"Description\" data-content=\"Search public vs. private status of companies.\" data-original-title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/investing.businessweek.com\/research\/common\/symbollookup\/symbollookup.asp?lookuptype=public&amp;region=ALL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg Business Week<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"\" data-toggle=\"popover\" data-trigger=\"hover\" data-placement=\"bottom\" data-html=\"true\" data-title=\"Description\" data-content=\"The Corporate Research Project assists community, environmental and labor organizations in researching companies and industries, with a focus on identifying information that can be used to advance corporate accountability campaigns.\" data-original-title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.corp-research.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Corporate Research Project<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"\" data-toggle=\"popover\" data-trigger=\"hover\" data-placement=\"bottom\" data-html=\"true\" data-title=\"Description\" data-content=\"900,000 companies in 35 European countries.\" data-original-title=\"\" aria-describedby=\"popover236368\" href=\"http:\/\/www.europages.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Europages<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"\" data-toggle=\"popover\" data-trigger=\"hover\" data-placement=\"bottom\" data-html=\"true\" data-title=\"Description\" data-content=\"Some free info and some only by subscription. It compiles lists and rankings of companies in different categories using various criteria.\" data-original-title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/fdc\/welcome_mjx.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forbes<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"\" data-toggle=\"popover\" data-trigger=\"hover\" data-placement=\"bottom\" data-html=\"true\" data-title=\"Description\" data-content=\"from the Financial Times\" data-original-title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/special-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FT.Com: Country and Industry Surveys<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"\" data-toggle=\"popover\" data-trigger=\"hover\" data-placement=\"bottom\" data-html=\"true\" data-title=\"Description\" data-content=\"Information on publicly-traded companies.\" data-original-title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.morningstar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Morningstar<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"\" data-toggle=\"popover\" data-trigger=\"hover\" data-placement=\"bottom\" data-html=\"true\" data-title=\"Description\" data-content=\"This reference source created by the Bureau of Labor Statistics gives an overview of many industries from the view of a potential employee. Each overview includes working conditions, earnings, and outlook. Includes list of additional resources.\" data-original-title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Occupational Outlook Handbook<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"\" data-toggle=\"popover\" data-trigger=\"hover\" data-placement=\"bottom\" data-html=\"true\" data-title=\"Description\" data-content=\"News articles, links to company financials, and more.\" data-original-title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"\" data-toggle=\"popover\" data-trigger=\"hover\" data-placement=\"bottom\" data-html=\"true\" data-title=\"Description\" data-content=\"Vast listings of companies by geographical location and industry.\" data-original-title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thomasnet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ThomasNet<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"\" data-toggle=\"popover\" data-trigger=\"hover\" data-placement=\"bottom\" data-html=\"true\" data-title=\"Description\" data-content=\"Company &amp; industry information as well as investing and finance - markets, stocks, taxes, etc.\" data-original-title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yahoo Finance<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordions advgb-accordions-967e005a-f98a-4e00-b878-d49138faae2c advgb-accordion-wrapper\" data-collapsed=\"true\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordion-item advgb-accordion-item\" style=\"margin-bottom:15px\"><div class=\"advgb-accordion-header\" style=\"background-color:#000;color:#eee;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:2px\"><span class=\"advgb-accordion-header-icon\"><svg fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0,0h24v24H0V0z\"><\/path><path d=\"M12,5.83L15.17,9l1.41-1.41L12,3L7.41,7.59L8.83,9L12,5.83z M12,18.17L8.83,15l-1.41,1.41L12,21l4.59-4.59L15.17,15 L12,18.17z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><h4 class=\"advgb-accordion-header-title\" style=\"color:inherit\"><a>Additional Information<\/a><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"advgb-accordion-body\" style=\"border-style:solid !important;border-width:1px !important;border-color:undefined !important;border-top:none !important;border-radius:2px !important\">\n<ul id=\"s-lg-link-list-27138869\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a title=\"\" data-toggle=\"popover\" data-trigger=\"hover\" data-placement=\"bottom\" data-html=\"true\" data-title=\"Description\" data-content=\"Tips from monster.com\" data-original-title=\"\" aria-describedby=\"popover257380\" href=\"http:\/\/career-advice.monster.com\/job-interview\/interview-preparation\/do-your-homework-before-interview\/article.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Do Your Homework Before an Interview<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"\" data-toggle=\"popover\" data-trigger=\"hover\" data-placement=\"bottom\" data-html=\"true\" data-title=\"Description\" data-content=\"Tutorials from the Library of Congress on how to do public and private company research.\" data-original-title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/rr\/business\/company\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Company Research<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Library of Congress research guide<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordions advgb-accordions-d227aa06-bb9b-47ba-91f7-1174e70e1f9d advgb-accordion-wrapper\" data-collapsed=\"true\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordion-item advgb-accordion-item\" style=\"margin-bottom:15px\"><div class=\"advgb-accordion-header\" style=\"background-color:#000;color:#eee;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:2px\"><span class=\"advgb-accordion-header-icon\"><svg fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0,0h24v24H0V0z\"><\/path><path d=\"M12,5.83L15.17,9l1.41-1.41L12,3L7.41,7.59L8.83,9L12,5.83z M12,18.17L8.83,15l-1.41,1.41L12,21l4.59-4.59L15.17,15 L12,18.17z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><h4 class=\"advgb-accordion-header-title\" style=\"color:inherit\">Related Guides<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"advgb-accordion-body\" style=\"border-style:solid !important;border-width:1px !important;border-color:undefined !important;border-top:none !important;border-radius:2px !important\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/research-tools-collections\/guides\/business-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Business Guide<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/research-tools-collections\/guides\/business-guide\/industry-market-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Industry &amp; Market Information<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Business Databases<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"glossary-term-bar\"><span class=\"glossary-link-initial-item\"><a href=\"#glossary-a\">a<\/a><\/span><span class=\"glossary-link-initial-item\"><a href=\"#glossary-b\">b<\/a><\/span><span class=\"glossary-link-initial-item\"><a href=\"#glossary-c\">c<\/a><\/span><span class=\"glossary-link-initial-item\"><a href=\"#glossary-e\">e<\/a><\/span><span class=\"glossary-link-initial-item\"><a href=\"#glossary-g\">g<\/a><\/span><span class=\"glossary-link-initial-item\"><a href=\"#glossary-h\">h<\/a><\/span><span class=\"glossary-link-initial-item\"><a href=\"#glossary-i\">i<\/a><\/span><span class=\"glossary-link-initial-item\"><a href=\"#glossary-o\">o<\/a><\/span><span class=\"glossary-link-initial-item\"><a href=\"#glossary-p\">p<\/a><\/span><span class=\"glossary-link-initial-item\"><a href=\"#glossary-s\">s<\/a><\/span><span class=\"glossary-link-initial-item\"><a href=\"#glossary-v\">v<\/a><\/span><span class=\"glossary-link-initial-item\"><a href=\"#glossary-w\">w<\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"glossary-term-list \"><div class=\"glossary-block glossary-block-a\"><span class=\"glossary-letter\" id=\"glossary-a\">a<\/span><ul><li><span class=\"glossary-link-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/glossary\/abi-inform-complete\/\">ABI\/INFORM Complete<\/a> - <span class=\"glossary-list-term-excerpt\">A comprehensive database that includes ABI\/INFORM Global (1905-), ABI\/INFORM Trade and Industry (1971-), and ABI\/INFORM Dateline (1985-). Mostly full text journal articles, dissertations, working papers, market &amp; industry reports, business oriented news, downloadable data. Business, economics, management theory, marketing, accounting, finance topics.<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"glossary-link-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/glossary\/accounting-tax-banking-collection\/\">Accounting, Tax &amp; Banking Collection<\/a> - <span class=\"glossary-list-term-excerpt\">This database brings together global scholarly journals with other key resources for access to reliable information in this continuously evolving area of study. Quickly locate precise results from sources ranging from current news to professional and academic journal articles covering the trends and history influencing important accounting, tax, banking, and financial issues of the day.<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"glossary-link-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/glossary\/asian-business-database\/\">Asian Business Database<\/a> - <span class=\"glossary-list-term-excerpt\">Business and financial news from the eastern hemisphere. It covers Asian business and financial information from key international publications. 1971 to current. Full text included.<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"glossary-block glossary-block-b\"><span class=\"glossary-letter\" id=\"glossary-b\">b<\/span><ul><li><span class=\"glossary-link-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/glossary\/business-economics-theory\/\">Business Economics &amp; Theory<\/a> - <span class=\"glossary-list-term-excerpt\">Academic journals and magazines focusing on topics in economics and related fields. Emphasis is on titles indexed in the American Economic Association's EconLit bibliography.<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"glossary-link-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/glossary\/business-insights-essentials\/\">Business Insights Essentials<\/a> - <span class=\"glossary-list-term-excerpt\">Company and industry intelligence: detailed company and industry profiles including SWOT reports, market share reports, and financial reports; company histories; deep research reflected in scholarly journals, business news and more.<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"glossary-link-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/glossary\/business-market-research-collection\/\">Business Market Research Collection<\/a> - <span class=\"glossary-list-term-excerpt\">Market and industry data - reports; top-line international market research overviews focusing on 40+ industries in more than 40 countries worldwide, including regional summaries. It provides market size, share, forecasts and segments. Full Text Included<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"glossary-block glossary-block-c\"><span class=\"glossary-letter\" id=\"glossary-c\">c<\/span><ul><li><span class=\"glossary-link-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/glossary\/canadian-business-current-affairs-cbca\/\">Canadian Business &amp; Current Affairs (CBCA)<\/a> - <span class=\"glossary-list-term-excerpt\">Canada's reference and current events - scholarly journal articles, trade publications, dissertations, books, newspapers and magazines; 600 full text titles.<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"glossary-link-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/glossary\/career-technical-education\/\">Career &amp; Technical Education<\/a> - <span class=\"glossary-list-term-excerpt\">The definitive source for vocational information and career search resources. Consists of multiple databases and includes nearly 600 titles, with more than 500 available in full text for quick access to research on virtually any technical topic. Full Text Included.<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"glossary-block glossary-block-e\"><span class=\"glossary-letter\" id=\"glossary-e\">e<\/span><ul><li><span class=\"glossary-link-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/glossary\/ebscohost\/\">EBSCOhost<\/a> - <span class=\"glossary-list-term-excerpt\">Direct access to all collections available through EBSCO, including CINAHL and eBook collections.<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"glossary-link-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/glossary\/edgar-sec\/\">EDGAR (SEC)<\/a> - <span class=\"glossary-list-term-excerpt\">Public Company Information from the US Securities and Exchange Commission.<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"glossary-link-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/glossary\/entrepreneurship-collection\/\">Entrepreneurship Collection<\/a> - <span class=\"glossary-list-term-excerpt\">Academic journals and magazines perfect for both business school students and entrepreneurs. Content includes insights, tips, strategies and success stories.<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"glossary-link-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/glossary\/european-business-database\/\">European Business Database<\/a> - <span class=\"glossary-list-term-excerpt\">Business, Finance, Economics - journal articles and magazines - the latest European business and financial information. Includes quality resources such as The Economist, Fortune and European Business Journal. 1971 to current. Full Text Included<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"glossary-block glossary-block-g\"><span class=\"glossary-letter\" id=\"glossary-g\">g<\/span><ul><li><span class=\"glossary-link-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/glossary\/google-scholar\/\">Google Scholar<\/a> - <span class=\"glossary-list-term-excerpt\">Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.  <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/research-guides\/using-google-scholar-with-clarkson-university\/\">Connect Google Scholar and Clarkson University<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"glossary-block glossary-block-h\"><span class=\"glossary-letter\" id=\"glossary-h\">h<\/span><ul><li><span class=\"glossary-link-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/glossary\/hoovers-company-profile\/\">Hoover's Company Profile<\/a> - <span class=\"glossary-list-term-excerpt\">Company research, key executives, financial data, competitors, history, etc. - company data  This database contains proprietary information about more than 40,000 public and non-public companies and 225,000 key executives. Hoover's, widely recognized as a leader in company data, delivers in depth industry analyses, information on a company's location, summary financials, top competitors, top officers and more.<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"glossary-link-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/glossary\/hospitality-tourism-collection\/\">Hospitality and Tourism Collection<\/a> - <span class=\"glossary-list-term-excerpt\">Scholarly journals, magazines, and trade publications that cover topics including the cultural and economic aspects of travel and tourism. Current and relevant content that provides well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism industries.<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"glossary-block glossary-block-i\"><span class=\"glossary-letter\" id=\"glossary-i\">i<\/span><ul><li><span class=\"glossary-link-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/glossary\/insurance-liability-collection\/\">Insurance &amp; Liability Collection<\/a> - <span class=\"glossary-list-term-excerpt\">Academic journals and trade publications covering the insurance industry and topics such as labor relations, mortgage banking, legal issues, and more.<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"glossary-block glossary-block-o\"><span class=\"glossary-letter\" id=\"glossary-o\">o<\/span><ul><li><span class=\"glossary-link-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/glossary\/opposing-viewpoints\/\">Opposing Viewpoints<\/a> - <span class=\"glossary-list-term-excerpt\">Provides full text access to differing points of view on current social issues. Brings together viewpoint articles, contextual topic overviews, government and organizational statistics, biographies of social activists, court cases, profiles of government agencies and special interest groups, newspaper and magazine articles, as well as links to more than 1,800 reviewed and subject-indexed web sites. 1980 - present.<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"glossary-block glossary-block-p\"><span class=\"glossary-letter\" id=\"glossary-p\">p<\/span><ul><li><span class=\"glossary-link-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/glossary\/proquest-central\/\">ProQuest Central<\/a> - <span class=\"glossary-list-term-excerpt\">Covers more than 160 subjects areas and features a diversified mix of content including scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, books, newspapers, reports and videos. Full-text and citation results.<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"glossary-link-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/glossary\/proquest-research-library\/\">ProQuest Research Library<\/a> - <span class=\"glossary-list-term-excerpt\">A subset of ProQuest Complete.  A diversified mix of scholarly journals, professional and trade publications, and magazines covering over 150 subjects and topics. in all instances. Full text included.<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"glossary-block glossary-block-s\"><span class=\"glossary-letter\" id=\"glossary-s\">s<\/span><ul><li><span class=\"glossary-link-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/glossary\/sage-journals\/\">Sage Journals<\/a> - <span class=\"glossary-list-term-excerpt\">Full-text access to journals in the humanities, social sciences, science, technology, and medicine. Most are backfile editions of older research and more recent open-access articles.<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"glossary-link-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/glossary\/sciencedirect\/\">ScienceDirect<\/a> - <span class=\"glossary-list-term-excerpt\">Full text articles and eBooks in physical, life, cognitive, and social sciences as well as engineering. Includes ScienceDirect journal archives 1823-1994 and Science Direct Freedom Collection, 1995 - present. Includes thousands of eBooks with broad and favorable rights for scientific, scholarly and educational uses. Subjects include life, health and physical sciences, social sciences, and the humanities.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"glossary-link-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/glossary\/statista\/\">Statista<\/a> - <span class=\"glossary-list-term-excerpt\">This database, Statista, provides over 1.5 million statistics in 500+ subject areas. These statistics cover worldwide markets and industries as well as societal topics.\u00a0 Data is presented in easy to use and understand charts, tables, graphs and other infographics. 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