Forrester Research
Access: UCI - Authorized Affiliates
Geography: US & Global (limited)
Analysis and insights across a broad range of IT areas. Research Reports include industry news, statistics, and forecasts. "Playbooks" provide guidance for business initiatives. "Waves" offer a detailed, comparative analysis of products and services. Use the "premium web interface" link to see UCI's premium subscription content.
Gartner
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Geography: US & Global (limited)
An IT consulting firm that produces research applicable to all facets of technology and organization. Content includes: Magic Quadrants (i.e. a graphical competitive positioning of four types of technology providers), Hype Cycles (i.e. a graphic representation of the maturity and adoption of technologies and applications), as well as other reports on vendors and technologies.
eMarketer
Access: UCI
Geography: US & Global
Market research reports, industry data, and charts for everything digital, including: internet usage, ecommerce, B2B, online marketing and advertising, social media, and mobile device usage.
PitchBook
Access: UCI - Authorized Affiliates
Geography: US & Global
Especially useful for finding up-and-coming companies in emerging industries. Data and research covering the private investment market, including venture capital, private equity, and M&A transactions. Information on companies, deals, investors, and funds. Users must create an account with their UCI email address. Download limits apply.
BCC Research
Access: UCI
Geography: US & Global
Comprehensive reports addressing very specific technological niches across most high-tech industry sectors.
Frost & Sullivan
Access: UCI
Geography: US & Global (limited)
Industry research reports that integrate seven perspectives (competitive intensity, customer dynamics, industry convergence, disruptive technologies, global mega trends, new business models, and emerging markets) into a complete, overall view of the factors that impact covered industries.
IBISWorld
Access: UCI
Geography: US
Industry research reports of 30-40 pages on over 700 U.S. industries, including: Information; Technology; and Professional, Scientific and Technical Services.
Plunkett Research Online
Access: UCI
Geography: US
Market research, industry statistics, trends, and in-depth analysis of top companies. Spans several major IT industry categories.
Mintel
Access: UCI - Authorized Affiliates
Geography: US
U.S. market research reports on the behaviors, lifestyles, and product/brand preferences of major consumer groups. Thematic coverage includes: e-commerce, mobile, and entertainment.
Faulkner Advisory for IT Studies (FAITS)
Access: UCI
Geography: US & Global
Reports covering IT infrastructure, telecoms, data networking, wireless communications, security, enterprise systems, the Internet, and technology vendors.
MarketLine Advantage
Access: UCI
Geography: US & Global
US and global industry profiles and company profiles throughout many fields involving IT.
Pew Internet & American Life Project
Access: Public
Reports exploring the impact of the internet on families, communities, work and home, daily life, education, health care, and civic and political life.
Journal of Cases on Information Technology
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Peer reviewed scholarly journal of real-life teaching cases and case studies based on individual, organizational, and societal experiences related to the utilization and management of information technology.
Business Source Complete
Access: UCI
Geography: US & Global
Covers virtually all business subjects. Includes scholarly articles, industry reports, news, and trade publications like Computerworld and CIO Magazine.
Google Scholar
Access: Public
Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full-text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines.
O'Reilly for Higher Education (OHE)
Access: UCI - Authorized Affiliates
O'Reilly for Higher Education features all O'Reilly publications and thousands of technical eBooks from 200+ global publishers. It also offers videos, case studies, interactive tutorials, audio books, etc. Subjects include: Business, Desktop & Web Applications, Data Science & Management, Digital Media, Engineering, IT & Software, Development & Architecture, Math & Science, and Personal & Professional Development.
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UCI
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Public
Access is generally available to all users.