Reference Tools
Business Source Complete provides full-text articles for 10,000 business journals and other sources, over 1,150 of which are peer-reviewed business publications. The database is provided by EBSCO host.
- Users can search for news related to the industry by keywords and/or NACIS code
- Users can create RSS feeds and/or email alerts based on keywords and/or NACIS code
- Alerts can be sent daily, weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly
- Users must create an account to set up alerts
- Note: NACIS code 31192 retrieves no results. A zero must be added to the end: 311920
ABI/Inform Trade & Industry
ABI/Inform Trade & Industry contains over 700 trade and industry publications and includes publications on every major industry. The database is provided by ProQuest.
ABI/Inform Trade & Industry contains over 700 trade and industry publications and includes publications on every major industry. The database is provided by ProQuest.
- Users can search for news related to the industry by keywords and/or NACIS code
- Users can create RSS feeds and/or email alerts based on keywords and/or NACIS code
- Alerts can be sent daily, weekly, monthly, or every three months
- Note: NACIS code 31192 retrieves no results. A zero must be added to the end: 311920
Canadian Business & Current Affairs (CBCA) Complete is the Canada’s largest and most comprehensive business and current affairs database. The database contains over 1,600 titles, the majority of which are Canadian. CBCA is provided by ProQuest.
- Users can search for news related to the industry by keywords and/or NACIS code
- Users can create RSS feeds and/or email alerts based on keywords and/or NACIS code
- Alerts can be sent daily, weekly, monthly, or every three months
- Note: NACIS code 31192 retrieves no results. A zero must be added to the end: 311920
Factiva provides full-text coverage of publications such as newspapers, trade journals, business newswires, business web sites, images, and industry information such as investment analyst reports, market research reports, country profiles, company profiles, and historical market data.
- Users can search by keywords and/or specify “Coffee Industry” and “Tea Industry” in the Industry search parameter
- Users can create alerts based on searches
- Administrators can create searchers for users
- Users must have a Factiva account to create alerts
F.O. Licht’s International Coffee Report is the world-renowned newsletter for the coffee industry. The source helps to strengthen knowledge and understanding of global coffee markets and its implications for specific business activities. F.O. Licht’s International Coffee Report provides:
- Market news
- Production forecasts
- World and individual country balances
- Economic analysis and international prices and statistics
- Information on related areas such as other hot and cold drinks
- Political developments information with relevance for the coffee sectors around the world
Coffee Network
Coffee Network is a US source for coffee industry professionals. The main advantage of this source is the fact that information is timely. It offers minute-by-minute breaking news impacting the markets and industry, analysis and forecast created exclusively for CoffeeNetwork, delayed quotes from the major exchanges, and in-depth reports profiling the industry's movers and shakers. The cost of the basic information package is $120 a month. The basic information package includes:
- Industry events
- Countries profiles
- Education
- Industry links
- Discussion forums
- Coffee glossary
- Breaking news
- Weekly industry report
- information available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese
Docstoc is the premier online business that provides the platform to upload and share documents with the world, and serves as a vast repository of free and for purchase legal, business, financial, technical, and educational documents that can be easily searched, previewed and downloaded. The main advantage of this source is an existence of large number of documents in different formats. This is a good source to begin with. The documents are available in the following formats:
- Market reports
- Presentation
- Academic papers
- Articles
- Spreadsheets
Marketresearch.com
MarketResearch.com is the world's largest and continuously updated collection of market research that provides insights into product and market trends, analyses, opportunities, projections, sales, and marketing strategies. Specifics on market share, segmentation, size, and growth in the US and global markets are also featured. The report’s price is very high ($800-$900). However, it might be useful for businessmen who are ready to pay for the most recent and detailed information. The list of some reports titles on coffee and tea industry is presented below:
MarketResearch.com is the world's largest and continuously updated collection of market research that provides insights into product and market trends, analyses, opportunities, projections, sales, and marketing strategies. Specifics on market share, segmentation, size, and growth in the US and global markets are also featured. The report’s price is very high ($800-$900). However, it might be useful for businessmen who are ready to pay for the most recent and detailed information. The list of some reports titles on coffee and tea industry is presented below:
- Rtd Coffee - Canada (15.03.2011)
- Coffee Market in India 2011 (16.03.2011)
- Rtd Tea – Canada (15.03.2011)
- Colombia Beverage Forecasts March 2011(11.03.2011)
- China Tea processing Industry Profile - CIC1540 (11.03.2011)
- USA Beverage Forecasts March 2011(11.03.2011)
