"When searching for industry trends and projections, keep in mind that different databases may refer to industries differently, so you may need to try several different names when searching for information about a given industry. For instance, you may be able to find information about trends/projections/forecasts for the washing machine industry by researching the home appliance industry, household appliance industry, consumer appliance industry, domestic appliance industry, major appliance industry, hard goods industry, durable goods industry, etc.
Also, since different databases will contain different industry information, it's a good idea to search in multiple databases when searching for information about a given industry."
From: https://libguides.umgc.edu/c.php?g=970568&p=7014314
Finding Trends Information using Library Databases
- Click on the Browse link in the menu bar at the top of the database's home page.
- Select: Industry and Market Research:
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- Business Monitor International (BMI) Industry Reports - browse by industry, topic or by country
- First Research - browse by industry
- Note that your search results will be sorted alphabetically by title by default, so you might want to re-sort them so that the most recent results are listed first.
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TIP: You can also use the search box on the library home page to search for:
[industry name] AND (trend* OR projection* OR forecast*)
- Enter an industry's name into a search box. Alternately, you can enter the industry's NAICS code into a search box and then use the drop-down menu next to the search box to change the selection from the default entry of "Select a Field (optional)" to "IC NAICS Code or Description."
- Next, scroll down the page to the Search Options section. In the "Document Type" area, select Industry Overview.
- Note that the default search results will be sorted by relevance, to change sort order, click on the "Relevance" link above search results to "Date Newest" and this will resort to list the most recent overviews of your industry.
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TIP: You can also use the search box on the library home page to search for:
[industry name] AND (trend* OR projection* OR forecast*)
