Reference - Business - West Campus - Research Guides at Pima Community College

Reference Resources for Background Information

Gale Virtual Reference Library (formerly Gale ebooks)
Hoover's Company Records Business Market Research Collection: Conduct company, industry, economic and geopolitical market research with information from these sources: Hoover's Company Profiles - covering 40,000 global public and non-public companies including financials, competitors, officers, and more; OxResearch - succinct articles covering regional economic and political developments of significance; US and Worldwide Industry & Market Reports from Barnes Reports - covering global industries in depth; and Snapshots - market research overviews on 40+ industries and 40 countries.
Future Snoops
Trends in fashion, style and design.
Business Handbooks
Covers a range of topics from American Industry, Business, Finance and more.
Gale Business Insights Global
"For business professionals, entrepreneurs, students, and general researchers. Delivers comprehensive international business intelligence, compiled into a logical, useable context. Deep business intelligence powered by statistical data." -Gale

CountryWatch
Data features quantifiable data points on subjects such as economics, health, disease, religion, etc.

CIA World Factbook The World Factbook provides basic intelligence on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, terrorism, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.