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MKTG 465: Integrated Media Planning Essentials
News Resources
Librarian
Library Databases and Other Resources
Advertising and Related Databases
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Advertising Red Books via Winmo This link opens in a new windowProvides competitive intelligence and prospecting data from within the advertising industry.
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SRDS This link opens in a new window
SRDS is a database of media rates that catalogs more than 100,000 U.S. and international media properties.
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Simmons Catalyst This link opens in a new window
Survey analysis and planning software that includes data from recent Simmons' national consumer studies.
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Statista This link opens in a new window
Statista is one of the leading statistics companies on the internet. With a team of over 200 statisticians, database experts, analysts, and editors, Statista provides users with an innovative and intuitive tool for researching quantitative data, statistics and related information.
This database includes an AI powered tool. For more information see the Statista Research AI information page.
Market Segmentation
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ClaritasLocate and discover market segments, consumer markets, and customer segmentation profiling.
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Tapestry Zip Look-upType in your ZIP Code to see demographic and lifestyle information about your neighborhood.
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Tapestry Segmentation PDFThis pdf gives a quick overview of Tapestry’s 14 LifeMode summary groups and 67 segments that describe US residential neighborhoods.
Databases for Company & Industry Research
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IBISWorld This link opens in a new windowFind analysis and graphic display of market conditions and forecasts, supply chains, and competitor activity within an industry (Archives available on the far left of page.)
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Business Source Complete This link opens in a new windowComprehensive scholarly business database, providing the leading collection of bibliographic and full text content for the most important scholarly business journals back as far as 1886.
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Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowFind company, industry, and country information. (Start your company search at the Business box and then click on Company Dossier.)
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Mergent Intellect This link opens in a new windowSearch for private and public U.S. and international business data, industry news, facts and figures, executive contact information, and more.
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Workspace This link opens in a new window
Mergent Online retired on June 30, 2025 and has been replaced by Workspace.
Workspace is a financial analysis platform that features market trends, company financial and deals data, private equity and venture capital, breaking news, and After Market Research reports by leading analysts and firms.
Individual logins are required using your @olemiss.edu or @go.olemiss.edu email address.
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PrivCo This link opens in a new windowFind business and financial research on non-publicly traded corporations, including family-owned, private equity-owned, venture-backed and international unlisted companies. (Begin searching in the search box at the top of the screen.)
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Value Line Research Center This link opens in a new windowFind stock prices and investment information. (Use the Quote box in the top right-hand corner to begin your search.)
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Statista This link opens in a new window
Statista is one of the leading statistics companies on the internet. With a team of over 200 statisticians, database experts, analysts, and editors, Statista provides users with an innovative and intuitive tool for researching quantitative data, statistics and related information.
This database includes an AI powered tool. For more information see the Statista Research AI information page.
Article Databases
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Business Source Complete This link opens in a new windowComprehensive scholarly business database, providing the leading collection of bibliographic and full text content for the most important scholarly business journals back as far as 1886.
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Wall Street Journal This link opens in a new windowOnline version of the Wall Street Journal available through ProQuest.
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Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowFull text coverage of general news, business, legal, government and other topics.
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Regional Business News This link opens in a new windowIncorporates 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.