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Primary Sources Research Guide

This guide gives information about primary sources and how to locate them in the Library Catalog, our databases, and external sites.

Where to Locate Primary Sources for Business

Where to find primary sources - Business

Here is a list of the kinds of resources that are considered "primary" for this discipline:

Market research

Technical studies

Drawings

Designs

Models

Memoranda

Letters

Data sets

Company statistics

Consumer surveys

Annual reports

 

Here are some EFSC databases to search for these kinds of primary sources:

Business Collection

Business Insights: Essentials

Business Source Complete

Consumer Reports

Economics & Theory

Entrepreneurship 

Nexis Uni

Regional Business News

Statistical Abstract of the United States

 

Online websites featuring Business statistics & company information:

County Business Patterns

An annual series that provides subnational economic data by industry

Data.gov

Portal to statistics and data sets produced by federal government agencies and offices

Statistics of U.S. Businesses

National and state-level data on numbers of businesses and employees, broken down by industry

Survey of Current Business: Business Statistics

Economic data, including price and production indices for all sectors of the United States business sector from 1931 to 1991

United States Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy

Data on businesses with and without employees

International Monetary Fund - Data Portal

Data Includes exchange rates, direction of trade, economic outlook, national accounts and many other topics.