Whether you want to locate a whole dataset or you just need a few statistics to illustrate a point, the following resources are useful and authoritative sources:
Type of data | Database |
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Company data | |
Mergers & Acquisitions; Deals; IPOs: global | |
Financial data for banks and other financial institutions | S&P Capital IQ |
Economics, Equities, Stock & Bond Market Indices, Exchange rates, Interest rates: global | S&P Capital IQ |
Economic & Financial data: global
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Statistical Abstract of the United States (ProQuest) |
All topics (Economy; Business, Industry & Trade; Employment & Labour Market; Health; Education; Population; Welfare): United Kingdom |
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All topics: Europe |
In Lovejoy Library's catalog, "Search Everything," you can search eurostat, OR eurostats + the industry OR Europe + industry to locate additional information. |
Market research data (market sizes, market segmentation, market share, forecasts, compound annual growth rates: global |
ELEMENTS OF DATA CITATION
These are the minimum elements required for dataset identification and retrieval. Fewer or additional elements may be requested by author guidelines or style manuals. Be sure to include as many elements as needed to precisely identify the dataset you have used. |
FOR EXAMPLE Arrange these elements following the order and punctuation specified by your style guide. If examples for datasets are not provided, the format for books is generally considered a generic format that can be modified for other source types. APA (6th edition) Smith, T.W., Marsden, P.V., & Hout, M. (2011). General social survey, 1972-2010 cumulative file (ICPSR31521-v1) [data file and codebook]. Chicago, IL: National Opinion Research Center [producer]. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]. doi: 10.3886/ICPSR31521.v1 MLA (7th edition) International Association for Social Science Information Services & Technology cited from University of Michigan. |