Business Writing Toolkit

This database contains a variety of industry reports including risk reports, industry summaries, market research, market conditions and forecasts, supply chain information, and competition data. Items can be viewed online or downloaded for offline use.

This database provides access to the electronic editions of local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers as well as full-text content of many international sources. Access World News focuses on local and regional news from Africa, Asia, Europe, the former Soviet Union, Pacific Rim, Central and South America and the Middle East. It covers a variety of local and international developments related to industry, politics, economics, science & technology, sports, culture and business.

Nexis Uni™ features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis with an intuitive interface that offers discovery across all content types.

Provides quantified B2B research on 30,000 high growth emerging opportunities/threats which will impact 70% to 80% of worldwide companies' revenues.

NOTE: The information from this database may only be used for academic and noncommercial purposes. Your use of the database constitutes acceptance of this restriction. Individual accounts expire on May 7 and will need to be renewed every year.

PitchBook allows you to search private equity and investors, venture capital deals, and information on mergers and acquisitions. Using real time data, their emerging spaces feature discloses upcoming investor trends, and the market map feature allows you to map out existing or emerging markets. Only students, faculty, and staff at the University of Utah can create a personal account which expires annually. While on campus, use your uNID, for example, u0000000@utah.edu email address. Pitchbook will generate an email with a link to follow for confirmation. Best tips in using this database include logging in to the library’s VPN, clearing your cache regularly, and following the link from the library’s website. Note, PitchBook is not accessible on mobile devices like smart phones or tablets.

This database provides access to licensed content from Dow Jones journalists, media outlets, trade and consumer publications and business Web sites. Factiva also contains in-depth company, executive and industry profiles, expert analysis, market data and other reports.

NOTE: This database requires (free) user registration before use. Licensed for academic/research, non-commerical use only.
PrivCo is a source for business and financial data on non-publicly traded corporations, including family owned, private equity owned, venture backed, and international unlisted companies.