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Media Industries

Resources for researching the business side of the entertainment industries.

Company Research Databases

NOTE: All databases are accessible off-campus with campus ID & password authentication.

What is it?

What it's good for...

Business Market Research Collection

Accessing company profiles, which contain:

  • Basic company info
  • Company History
Business Source Complete
  • Basic company info
  • SWOT reports

What the *#$& is a SWOT Report and how do you get one?

SWOT stands for...

Strengths    Weaknesses    Opportunities    Threats

  • Prepared by companies like Datamonitor and MarketLine: impartial financial research firms
  • Think of them like a doctor’s medical chart: meant to give a quick overview of the patient’s health (but the patient = a large corporation)

How to get a SWOT report:

  1. Go to Business Source Complete
     
  2. Go to the Advanced Search, type in the company name, and select "CO Company Entity" from the "Select a Field" menu:
    Screen shot showing how to search a company in Business Source Complete
     
  3. Limit to SWOT Analyses only by clicking "Show More" in the Source Types area (under "Refine Results"):
    Screen shot showing how to find SWOT reports in Business Source Complete

Film & Media Librarian

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Nedda Ahmed
Contact:
Nedda Ahmed
Library South, 5th floor
nedda@gsu.edu