LibGuides: ENVS139, Pulver Fall 2021 (Business Environment): Home

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This page is meant to help you find reports, articles, and other sources that will provide the necessary context for your class assignments. If you have any questions you can always contact me (achikowero@ucsb.edu) or schedule a research consultation.

Please share with me sources you've found useful to your class. I will add them to this course guide so that your classmates and future students can know about them too!

Business/Industry Codes

North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS)
[Ref HF1042 N67 2007]
Used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy. The SIC was replaced by the NAICS starting in 1997, but data is still available with SIC-based codes.

Resources to Get You Started - Industry bibliography and overview

IBISWorld
This database will help you write your Industry Bibliography: learn about your chosen industry and explore its background, major players, and key statistics.
Materials Indexed: Business Data, Factual Information, Reports, Statistics
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
This database will help you write your Industry Overview: find peer reviewed articles and industry information about your chosen industry
Date Coverage: 1886 - present
Materials Indexed: Business Data; Economic Data; Factual Information; Financial Data; Journal Articles; Magazine Articles; Periodical Titles; Reports; Statistics
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
This database is helpful for learning about particular companies, news written about them, and financial statements.
Materials Indexed: Biographical Information; Business Data; Charts & Graphs; Economic Data; Financial Data; Government Documents; Journal Articles; Legal Literature; Magazine Articles; Newspaper Articles

Newspaper Articles

Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) provides access to more than 17,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis. Nexi Uni has three primary collections: 1) full-text access to thousands of news sources in the U.S. and abroad back to the 1970s; 2) aggregated economic data on businesses, corporations, and industries in the U.S. and abroad; 3) full-text legal documents, including U.S. Federal and State court cases, and law reviews from the late 18th century to present.
Materials Indexed: Biographical Information; Business Data; Charts & Graphs; Economic Data; Financial Data; Government Documents; Journal Articles; Legal Literature; Magazine Articles; Newspaper Articles
Access World News This link opens in a new window
NOTE: Use the campus VPN to access this database. The map feature for selecting the geographic range of news coverage does not work with the proxy server.

Access World News provides full-text information and perspectives from U.S. and international news sources, each with its own distinctive focus offering diverse viewpoints on local, regional and world issues. This archive provides comprehensive coverage of current events (history in the making) and historical events. Each newspaper or wire service provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including specific information about local companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and the people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.
Materials Indexed: Newspaper Articles

News Sources Research Guide

Internet Resources

Right-to-Know Network
Includes links to many databases, including the Toxic Release Inventory. The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) is a database of information about releases and transfers of toxic chemicals from facilities in certain industrial sectors, including manufacturing, waste handling, mining, and electricity generation. Facilities must also report the total amount of toxic chemicals in waste that they produce.
AnnualReports.com
Free service allows users to review an annual report in an easy and convenient manner. Many companies also include a responsibility report.
Company Annual Reports
A listing of annual report on the internet.
Corporate Annual Reports at the Library of Congress
A guide from the Library of Congress with indexes for the vast collection of these reports at the Library.

Citation Guide

Need help with citations?

See the following resources:

UCSB Library Citation Styles Guide

Purdue OWL: APA Formatting guide

Have a citation?

Use the Citation Linker to locate the article.

Grey Literature:

"Grey literature stands for manifold document types produced on all levels of government, academics, business and industry in print and electronic formats that are protected by intellectual property rights, of sufficient quality to be collected and preserved by libraries and institutional repositories, but not controlled by commercial publishers; i.e. where publishing is not the primary activity of the producing body."

Examples of grey literature include: conference abstracts, presentations, proceedings; regulatory data; unpublished trial data; government publications; reports (such as white papers, working papers, internal documentation); dissertations/theses; patents; and policies & procedures.