by Vera Anderson
Last Updated May 20, 2019
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Introduction to Guide
This Guide and the navigation Tabs (left side of screen) is here to help UM-Flint researchers find books, articles, databases, company information & financials, industry information & statistics and research tips in the field of Business.
This Guide is intended for use by University of Michigan-Flint students and employees.
Users outside of UM-Flint may not be able to access many of the links provided.
Company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals, case studies, country profiles, statistical data, market research reports, news articles, academic journals and reference materials organized by country, company and industry.
Includes the content of Ward's Business Directories, Market Share Reporter, International Directory of Company Histories, American Wholesalers and Distributors Directory, Brands and Their Companies, Business Rankings Annual, Consultants and Consulting Organizations Directory, Encyclopedia of Global Industries, Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries, Encyclopedia of American Industries, Graham and Whiteside Major Company Series, and other reference works.
Search this database using a company name, ticker symbol, industry code or description, geographic location or personal name.
Provides information about M&A, IPO, & venture capital deals, including over 500,000 transactions with up to 100,000 new deals added each year.
Covers five years back for international deals; 1997-present for deals involving European & U.S. companies.
Use policy: When using material from this database in reports and presentations, vendor contract requirements dictate that you must include the phrase, "Used with permission of Zephyr." This database is for personal use only, meaning that you should never share your log-in credentials for this resource.
The export/download function is designed to work best from Internet Explorer.
Global Insights provides international business and trade information on over 200 countries, the U.S., as well as nearly two dozen industry sectors, and many of the world’s trade blocs.
Use the drop-down boxes below to find the country, state, industry, or trade bloc you desire, or simply hit "Go" and begin exploring. Includes directory of resources allows you to find information ranging from culture and economic information to Trade Tutorials, Trade Law or even Statistical Data Sources. Compare Emerging Markets across several dimensions.
Digitized manuscripts & visual primary source material for the study of global commodities in world history.
Emphasis is on transport, exchange, and consumption of commodities represented. Types of materials include business accounts, mercantile papers, government reports, dock records, and advertisements. Materials are drawn from several libraries, and cover these commodities: chocolate, coffee, cotton, fur, opium, oil, porcelain, silver and gold, spices, sugar, tea, timber, wheat, and wine and spirits.
Interactive language learning. Includes over 70 modern and ancient languages. Set up a personal account to track progress and resume where you left off.
Includes the following languages
• Arabic, Egyptian
• Arabic, Iraqi
• Arabic, Levantine
• Arabic, MSA
• Armenian
• Azerbaijani
• Bengali
• Cherokee
• Chinese, Cantonese
• Chinese, Mandarin
• Croatian
• Czech
• Danish
• Dari
• Dutch
• Dzongkha
• English
• English, Shakespearean
• Farsi (Persian)
• Filipino, Tagalog
• Finnish
• French
• French, Canadian
• German
• Greek, Modern
• Greek, Ancient
• Greek, Koine
• Haitian Creole
• Hawaiian
• Hebrew, Biblical
• Hebrew, Modern
• Hindi
• Hungarian
• Icelandic
• Igbo
• Indonesian
• Irish (Standard)
• Italian
• Japanese
• Javanese
• Kazakh
• Korean
• Latin
• Malay
• Malayalam
• Norwegian
• Pashto
• Pirate
• Polish
• Portuguese, Brazil
• Punjabi, Pakistani
• Romanian
• Russian
• Scottish Gaelic
• Serbian
• Shanghainese
• Slovak
• Spanish, Castilian
• Spanish, Latin America
• Swahili
• Swedish
• Tamil
• Telugu
• Thai
• Turkish
• Tuvan
• Ukrainian
• Urdu
• Uzbek
• Vietnamese
• Yiddish
