Food Retail Merchandising, Marketing & Management Research Guide

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Reference Resources

1. Selected Databases

Business/Market Research

• *IBISWorld (this database was recently added specifically for the research activities of the FRMMM Program)

• *ABI Inform Series (ProQuest)
• *Access World News (NewsBank)
• AGRICOLA
• *Business Source Premier (EBSCO database)
• BizToolkit
• DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
• Edgar Database of Corporation Information
• *Hoovers
• *IBIS (use for specific assistance in food retail industry research)
• LexisNexis (Business - Industry/Market - Food & Beverages)
• MarketLine 

• Gale Small Business Resource Center = TRIAL
• MarketResearchAcademic.com (Coming soon)

Statistics

• Sites that provide official statistics from government and institutional sources

2. Selected Periodicals

• Available in Concordia's Library databases (Lexis Nexis, Business & Academic; Proquest's ABI Inform Series; EBSCO's Business Source Premier and Master File)

3. Books

Catalogs:

• *CLICnet: The shared catalog of Cooperating Libraries in Consortium - has 80 entries for "food service"
• OCLC First Search : International catalog of many resources

Electronic Reference Resources:

• NetLibrary
• Gale Virtual Reference Library
  • Encyclopedia of Business and Finance
  • Encyclopedia of Management
  • Business Plans Handbook
  • Philosophy of Branding

4. Supplemental Web Sites

•  Reliable Web sites for further research

5. Organizations

• Trade journals, newsletters, industry publications, rankings, reports, and more

6. Government Sites

• List of useful government sites covering food safety, agriculture, nutrition, food marketing, and more. 

7. Web Sites for Other Library Research Guides & Resources 

• Detailed research guides online at other colleges, universities, and institutions.