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Entrepreneurship -- Prof. Hmaddi

RESEARCH

MARKET & INDUSTRY

PROFESSOR SARAH COHN

HEAD OF REFERENCE

September 2024

Agenda

  • Source Types

  • Open Data

  • Library Resources

  • Getting Help

Source Types

  • Government or Non-profit data sources
    • Raw or interpreted data
    • Consumer/target market demographics
    • Problem numbers
  • Industry & Market reports
    • Broad overviews
    • Key starting point
  • Trade publications
    • What is happening within a field
    • Current trends, practices, problems
  • News
    • Public perception of a problem or solution
    • Interviews with people outside of your circles
  • Academic/Scholarly/Peer Reviewed Literature
    • Theory, deep engagement

Governmental Open Data

  • census.gov

    • Topics-->business & economy

  • bls.gov

  • data.gov

  • data.ny.gov

  • opendata.cityofnewyork.us

  • communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov

United States

New York City & State

Library Resources

  • Business: Insights

    • International & US market, industry & company reports

    • SWOT analyses

    • NAICS searching

    • Scholarly, trade, & news articles

  • Business Source Complete
    • Scholarly business journal articles
  • Economist
  • New York Times
  • Wall Street Journal
  • Nexis Uni/LexisNexis Academic
    • News & business
  • Regional Business News
    • US & international business news

library.ccny.cuny.edu

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Databases link

  • Access to all 200+ databases at CCNY
  • Alphabetical or sort by subject
  • Log in with your CityMail info
  • Simple search bar option
  • Meta-search
    • Searches multiple databases at once
  • Log in with your CUNY single login info

but not all of them!

Getting Help

Professor Sarah Cohn

Head of Reference

scohn@ccny.cuny.edu

ccny.libcal.com/appointments/scohn

Reference Desk: Cohen Library

Monday-Thursday 10am-7pm

Friday 10am-2pm