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PROMT offers business researchers a comprehensive and reliable resource for monitoring the activities of companies worldwide, the products and technologies they produce, and the markets in which they compete. Focusing on the Global Marketplace. PROMT contains nearly a thousand of the world's most respected trade and business journals, industry newsletters, regional business journals, international newspapers, market research studies, and corporate news releases, as well as abstracts from Investext© investment and brokerage firm reports. Whereas Trade & Industry Database focuses on companies, industry overviews, business practices, and economic and regulatory climate, PROMT provides a broader context for understanding the competitive activities that drive change and growth -- creating diversity and opportunity in the world's overlapping and niche markets. A Wealth of Business Applications. Use PROMT to obtain market share, size, and segmentation statistics, and understand the role that government and private industry play in influencing market forces, indicators, and prices. Determine the extent to which company mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures are helping to break down old trade barriers. And shape new money-making opportunities for investors, product developers, and marketers. With PROMT, you can easily track production and consumption patterns in virtually every major industry to identify key trends that affect product penetration and acceptance. You can also monitor the ways in which research and development in one industry are being profitably applied in other industries. What's more, you can evaluate sales and earnings performance in order to understand how market conditions are impacting economic policy and the downsizing of companies in the 90's. Database Specifications See the PROMT Quick Reference for more details. Trade & Industry Database (TM) Trade & Industry Database is a competitive intelligence resource that offers you broad, cross-industry coverage of virtually every major sector of the business world. Company Directory Information. At the core of Trade & Industry Database is key directory information for approximately 100,000 U.S. and 45,000 non-U.S. companies -- the hard-to-find as well as the movers and shakers -- 95% of which are privately-held. Derived from Gale Group's online database, Company Intelligence (R), Trade & Industry The company profile portion of Trade & Industry Database is where you'll get a quick snapshot of a company -- such as contact information, annual revenues, number of employees, description of business, parent information, year founded, company officers, and much more! Strong Industry Coverage. Also featured in Trade & Industry Database is an array of more than 1,000 trade and industry publications, regional business journals, management journals, newswires, and business magazines. Trade & Industry Database provides coverage of more than 65 industries designed to help you identify the key developments, trends, and activities that influence your business or profession. Database Specifications See Trade & Industry Database Quick Reference for more details. Newsletter Database (TM) Newsletter Database is an information resource comprised entirely of leading industry and company newsletters from around the world. Providing 100% full text from more than 500 publications, the product draws heavily on the experience and expertise of more than 165 well-regarded publishers, and the thousands of industry experts who write for them. Inside Information at Its Best. Newsletter Database provides a blend of analysis, thoughtful commentary, expert opinion, facts and projections, and inside information that makes these publications so readable, desirable, and controversial. Covering a broad range of issues and industries, as well as countries and companies, Newsletter Database gives searchers a glimpse into the workings of a company, the gossip within an industry, the skinny on an executive. These newsletters can help shape public perception and, to a large extent, pinpoint the direction and speed of an industry trend. Use Newsletter Database to find out what the experts think about a particular product release or technological development. Listen to what the European gurus are saying about the prospects of a company's market expansion abroad. Or what the financial pundits consider to be the best start-up investments and IPO opportunities. Where New Ideas Take Shape Because Newsletter Database focuses on the hottest, most active, and fastest-growing industries, it can be used to find information for marketers, financiers, product developers, strategic planners, and R&D professionals. Database Specifications See Newsletter Database Quick Reference for more details. Computer Database (TM) Computer Database features in-depth, comprehensive coverage of the computer, electronics, and telecommunications industries -- reported by the industry gurus and acknowledged experts who write for 100 of the world's leading computer trade journals, industry newsletters, and popular newsstand publications. One-Stop, High-Tech Shopping Computer Database gives you a quick and easy way to make purchase decisions, compare and evaluate competing products and applications, research the latest Internet or data warehousing technologies, and follow the fortunes of entrepreneurs in this dynamic, fast-changing industry. Computer Database can be used for competitive intelligence! You'll find a wealth of market data, industry insights and perspectives, and the latest news on partnerships and alliances being formed between some likely and not-so-likely netfellows. Technical users will also enjoy strong coverage of network and security advances, language revisions, programmer notes, and the inside scoop from the top minds in hardware and software design. Database Specifications See Computer Database Quick Reference for more details Health & Wellness Database (TM) A one stop shop for Health Information Health & Wellness Database provides current health information on a wide range of health-related topics including diseases, treatments, drug information, pregnancy, fitness, nutrition, alternative medicine and much more. Health & Wellness Database has a combination of information from a variety of source types, thus making it a fully integrated one-stop source for health information. Source types include: journal articles, medical pamphlets, reference books, and general overviews of diseases and treatments. Professional to General Interest Coverage Health & Wellness Database contains coverage of 170 of the world's leading professional and general interest health publications as well as health-related articles from more than 3,000 business and popular magazines. It also includes six leading medical reference books, 550 medical pamphlets from government agencies, associations, and foundations, and more than 1,800 topical overviews on a wide range of diseases and medical conditions published by Clinical Reference Systems, Ltd. More than 70% of the articles and all the reference books, pamphlets and overviews are full text. Articles from some professional medical journals such as The Lancet and New England Journal of Medicine contain abstracts written in lay-language making the product particularly suited for non-medical professionals. Additionally, each of the 170 publications is assigned a Target Audience Code to indicate whether it contains professional medical information or general interest health information. Database Specifications Note: The material contained in Health & Wellness Database is provided for informational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice or instruction. Consult an appropriate health professional for advice relating to a medical problem or condition. See Health & Wellness Quick Reference for more details. Magazine Database (TM) Magazine Database (SM) is a unique general interest product for researchers with an interest in consumer taste and attitudes, political discourse and public opinion, contemporary lifestyles and leisure activities, as well as trends in popular culture. Magazine Database is comprised of more than 350 general newsstand titles, personal interest and self-help magazines, recreation and hobby magazines, and anything that falls under the category of popular reading. Broadening the Business Horizon In Magazine Database one can find consumer buyer's guides, biographies, obituaries, speeches, interviews, columns and editorials, as well as entertainment reviews. For journalists, media analysts, ad agencies, PR firms, psychologists, sociologists, consumer products companies, or any researcher who needs one single resource that surveys the best in popular literature. How We Lead Our Lives -- From A to Z Magazine Database covers a wide range of topics including aging, arts and crafts, automobiles, cooking, entertainment, the environment, fads, fashion, gadgets, health, home computing, music, parenting, personal finance, politics, religion, sports, and the workplace. It is an online barometer of popular culture. For Your Reviewing Pleasure Magazine Database also provides a broad assortment of entertainment reviews -- from films, books, recordings, and concerts to theatrical performances, hotels, and restaurants. Database Specifications See Magazine Database Quick Reference for more details. Company Intelligence uniquely combines company directory information for approximately 100,000 U.S and 45,000 non-U.S. companies with links to articles about the companies and other related information. Company Intelligence specializes in hard-to-find privately-held companies. New articles discussing the company are added regularly based on coverage of the company in more than 3,000 sources indexed by Gale Group. The U.S. directory information is verified by telephone, questionnaire, annual report, or 10K reports. International company information is derived from directories published by Graham & Whiteside, Ltd. of the United Kingdom. Use Company Intelligence to find a profile of a specific company or to find all companies that meet certain criteria. Once you're in the company profile you'll find links to articles about the company, a full text Investext company report (selected public companies only), subsidiary directory records, SIC description records, and an Investext industry report (selected industries only). From the SIC description record, a list of companies in the industry ranked by sales is only a click away. Try Company Intelligence -- your first stop for company information. Database Specifications See Company Intelligence Database Quick Reference for more details. Copyright © 2006 Dialog, a Thomson business. All rights reserved. |