Focus on trade literature. Good place to start search on topics such as market share or size, new products, trends. No academic, research-oriented or theoretical coverage. Data coverage varies by title. Database comprised of tabular information of a strategic nature.
Every record has a unique table title that meets a searching criteria.
Many of the table records also have textual content which supports the data in the table. Tables are drawn from more than 1000 sources that go into the BI database and from statistical annuals, brokerage reports, trade association reports, and government reports. Tables are easy to find, since they are the focus of the search, and also because the contents of the table are indexed. Although the tabular information data is in most cases extremely accurate, it night not always match your search criteria. Database contains full-text articles in science, humanities, and business.