Skip to Main Content
Northeastern University Library
  1. Northeastern University Library
  2. Research Subject Guides
  3. From College of Science to Career
  4. Company Information Databases
A collection of databases providing information about companies
  • Get Started
  • STEM to Industry
  • Co-op to Career
  • Selected Specialized Co-ops
  • Company Information Databases
  • Find Funding Opportunities

From College of Science to Career : Company Information Databases

Key Databases

  • Access World News Research Collection (Newsbank) This link opens in a new window
    • Northeastern login or email required
    This general news source indexes many regional newspapers. Their tool USA Source Locator Map can help you determine news sources by state. You can build a custom advanced search by selecting whatever publications you want.
    View a list of all sources.
  • IBISWorld This link opens in a new window
    • Northeastern login or email required
    Economic, demographic, and market data on thousands of industries worldwide.
  • MarketLine Advantage This link opens in a new window
    • Northeastern login or email required
    Company, industry, country and financial data for every major marketplace in the world. Includes company SWOTs, company overviews, industry profiles, market research, case studies, financial deals, country analysis, news and statistics.
  • Mergent Online This link opens in a new window
    • Northeastern login or email required
    Access to detailed international company information, including business description, history, property, subsidiaries, officers and directors, long-term debt and capital stock. Financial statements are presented in "as-reported" form. Access is limited to 5 users at a time.
  • NetAdvantage (S&P Global) This link opens in a new window
    • Northeastern login or email required
    Ready access to S&P Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Mutual Fund Reports, Bond Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, and The Outlook.
  • Osiris This link opens in a new window
    • Northeastern login or email required
    Courtesy of the D'Amore-McKim School of Business
    Financial information on 53,000 companies worldwide (42,000 are non-US companies).
    The information includes: standardized and "as reported" financials (including restated reports), SEC filings, detailed earnings estimates,recommendations, ownership, stock data, news and ratings.
  • PitchBook This link opens in a new window
    • Northeastern login or email required
    PitchBook delivers data and research covering private capital markets, including venture capital, private equity and M&A transactions. Download limit: 10 downloads a day/25 downloads a month, per user.
  • << Previous: Selected Specialized Co-ops
  • Next: Find Funding Opportunities >>
  • Ask a Librarian
  • Last Updated: Apr 17, 2025 2:13 PM
  • URL: https://subjectguides.lib.neu.edu/costocareer
  • Print Page
Staff login
Boston Arlington Burlington Charlotte London Miami Nahant Oakland Portland Seattle Silicon Valley Toronto Vancouver
Emergency Information | Privacy Policy | Accessibility | © 2023 Northeastern University

Article

Written content on a narrow subject and published in a periodical or website. In some contexts, academics may use article as a shortened form of journal article.

See also:

  • Green Paper
  • Grey Literature
  • Journal

Bibliography

A detailed list of resources cited in an article, book, or other publication. Also called a List of References.

Call Number

A label of letters and/or numbers that tell you where the resource can be found in the library. Call numbers are displayed on print books and physical resources and correspond with a topic or subject area.

Peer Review

Well-regarded review process used by some academic journals. Relevant experts review articles for quality and originality before publication. Articles reviewed using this process are called peer reviewed articles. Less often, these articles are called refereed articles.

Limiter

A search setting that removes search results based on source attributes. Limiters vary by database but often include publication date, material type, and language. Also called: filter or facet.

Dissertation

A paper written to fulfill requirements for a degree containing original research on a narrow topic. Also called a thesis.

Database

A searchable collection of similar items. Library databases include resources for research. Examples include: a newspaper database, such as Access World News, or a humanities scholarly journal database, such as JSTOR.

Scholarly Source

A book or article written by academic researchers and published by an academic press or journal. Scholarly sources contain original research and commentary.

  • Scholarly articles are published in journals focused on a field of study. also called academic articles.
  • Scholarly books are in-depth investigations of a topic. They are often written by a single author or group. Alternatively in anthologies, chapters are contributed by different authors.