Secondary Data Sources: 

Industry Insights

Business.com
Leading directory and search engine of business websites is organized by industry, including news and company profiles for each category.

CEOExpress Industry Pages
Members (membership is free) can access "mini" vertical portals that offer links to sources of information for various industries including automotive, chemicals, finance, energy and utilities, healthcare, human resources, insurance, MBA Central, nonprofit, SOHO (small office-home office), telecommunications, commercial real estate, and marketing. On the CEOExpress home page, click on "Industries."

PublicationsNet.com
Looking for articles in trade and industry newsletters?  On this site you can search thousands of documents in seconds by keywords, phrases, date range, and publisher. You can view and purchase online by subscription or pay-per-view. Searches and summaries are free; you only pay when you download a complete article or issue.

These resources offer research reports and information that are accessible by fee (either subscription, per use or direct purchase):

American Sports Data, Inc. (ASD)
Provider of market intelligence reports covering the sporting goods, fitness and health club industries.

DFC Intelligence
Market research and consulting firm focused on the interactive entertainment and video gaming industries, streaming media and other forms of Internet broadcasting and the interactive television industry.

ECNext Knowledge Center
Offers downloadable, full-text market research reports for sale (it is a conglomerator of reports, rather than the author). Reports are searchable by title, by publisher, or by directory.  Searches are free. Most reports are also available "by-the-slice." Additional materials such as journals are available for some subjects.

Gobi International Market Research Reports
U.K.-based market research firm covers a diverse range of industries such as metals, industrial minerals, electrical power products, energy, chemicals, foodstuffs, and the global wire and cable industry.

Jupiter Direct
A vast range of reports are for sale (many can be downloaded), on subjects such as e-commerce, computing and Internet services, Internet marketing, demographics, telecommunications and wireless, Internet finance, and international clients. You can sign up to receive email alerts when new reports in the categories you've selected are offered.

MarketResearch.com
One of the largest collections of research reports from numerous different companies and publishers, covering the full variety of industries. Searches are free; you only pay when you download a report. A great place to start looking for market intelligence.

MindBranch
Pay-by-use service allows easy searching of market research reports from more than 350 independent research firms. Members can set up alerts to monitor research in specific areas of interest.

Mintel Reports
Search through and purchase global research reports on the widest range of subjects.

Selantek
Research firm is dedicated to coverage of the semiconductor industry. Reports, analysis, news and comments are all available online.

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