Entrepreneurship and New Product Development

This resources guide was developed for UCLA students enrolled in ENGR 188, MGMT 163, ENGL 130B, and related courses in product development.

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NAICS & SIC - Industry Classification Codes

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The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
Government coding system classifying industries, 1997-present.

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NAICS-SIC Conversion Tables
Conversion codes equating SIC and NAICS industries, provided by Logistics World.

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Industry

Encyclopedia of Associations
Directory listings and cross-searching for the Encyclopedia of Associations (U. S. national orgs), International Organizations, and U.S. Regional, State, and Local Organizations.

IBISWorld Industry Research Reports 
U.S. analyses for 790 industries at the 5-digit NAICS level for United States industries. 

O'Reilly for Higher Education
​Nearly 3,000 online books in technology, tech products and tech professional development.

Procurement IQ
U.S. industries which provide a highly granular overview of the procurement process to facilitate supply chain planning and purchasing decisions.

Market Databases

BCC Research 
Reports of major economic and sci-tech developments in industrial and advanced mfg (B2B), pharma, and high-tech organizations. 

BizMiner
Financial and marketing data for 16,000 lines of U.S. business in 300 national and local markets. Industry Financial Profiles, U.S. Market Research Reports, MicroFirm Profit and Loss, Franchise Comparison Reports.

eMarketer
IT industry data, trends, and analysis in digital topics. User demographics, consumers, ecommerce; global coverage.

Gartner 
Well-known for its proprietary Magic Quadrants, Hype Cycles, Market Scopes and overall IT coverage. Access with your UCLA Logon ID.

MarketResearch.com Academic 
Market research in 8 major subjects: Business Services, Consumer Goods, Demographics, Food & Beverage, Heavy Industry, Life Sciences, Public Sector, and, Technology and Media.

SMA: Sports Market Analytics
Market research and industry news articles for U.S. sports: Attendance, equipment sales, participation, broadcasting, sponsorship, sports marketing, "revenues from sports venues" (for professional sports and colleges), and more.


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Library Catalogs

UC Library Search

The catalog of library items, both print and online,
owned by the 10 UC Campus Libraries. 

After search, SELECT: Available Online at UCLA

EXAMPLE SEARCHES

Subject
Application software
Application software -- Internet marketing
Design protection
Digital media -- Social aspects
Diffusion of innovations
Entrepreneurship
Industrial design
Internet marketing
Mobile apps
New business enterprises
New products
New products--Management
Product design
Product management
Social media
Web applications -- Internet marketing

Keywords
app* market*
 

WorldCAT

Catalog of books, periodicals, recordings, visual materials, and maps held in libraries worldwide.  Students local to UCLA may use the Interlibrary Loan Service at the UCLA Library to request sources found in WorldCAT libraries (also, in any non-UCLA Library).  Subject headings above may be used when searching WorldCAT.

Technical Databases

Access Engineering
E-book collection of engineering texts from McGraw-Hill. Free reg.

ASCE Library
Database with records of publications and proceedings from the American Society of Civil Engineers.

ASM Handbooks Online
Complete content of over thirty ASM handbooks, from the American Society of Metals.

ASME Digital Collection
Repository of online resources from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

ASTM Compass
Collection of industry-leading standards and technical engineering info published by the American Society for Testing and Materials.

Engineering Village
Research tools to assess the impact and relevancy of engineering critical info and new insights. Accesses Compendex, Inspec, Knovel.

IEEE Xplore
Database of engineering (computer, electrical, electronic) , computing science, related areas; from Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Industry Standards @ UCLA
Link to industry standards held at UCLA (e.g., ANSI, ASTM, ISO, etc.).

Inspec 
Worldwide coverage of scientific and technical literature.

Knovel Library 
Technical resource library of sci-tech handbooks by Knovel.

Taylor & Francis eBooks 
Premier sci-tech and medical reference sources.

More technical info? 
See UCLA Science & Engineering Library listings.

Articles, Chapters, Journals, Reports, etc.

Business Source Complete 
Comprehensive business articles database with 13,000 scholarly, professional, and trade periodicals. An EBSCO database.

Green File 
Environmental issues of individuals, corporations, and governments in scholarly, government and general titles. An EBSCO database.

JSTOR 
Storehouse of 2,500+ scholarly business and economics journals.

>PsycINFO 
Psychology, business (consumer behavior, HR, marketing), health, law, medicine, pharmacology, education and psychiatry from APA, the American Psychological Association.

Sage Online
Management, org studies, and social sciences journals from Sage.

Science Direct 
Sci-tech, medicine, a
nd social sciences journals and references by Elsevier.

SpringerLink 
Social sciences and sciences journals, books, and series by the world's second largest STM publisher, Springer-Verlag.

Web of Science
Multidisciplinary index to scholarly journals.

Wiley Online Library 
Wiley articles and books, with 200+ bu
siness, econ, finance, and sci-tech journals. UCLA does not license all Wiley Online content.

News Sources

Business Source Complete 
Comprehensive business articles + reports database with 13,000 scholarly, professional, and trade periodicals.  An EBSCO database.

Factiva  
U.S. and international business and general news from 31,000+ sources (e.g., Barron's, The Wall Street Journal), in 26 languages and 200+ countries.

Newsbank
Covers 1,500+ sources globally, with 650 in the U.S. (130+ are CA papers, some not in Factiva or Nexis Uni).

Nexis Uni
Mega-database of news, business, financial, general, legal, and medical sources.

ProQuest News & Newspapers 
Articles from 17 current and historical papers lfrom ProQuest (Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, etc.).

Patents

Issued to promote new inventions as "engines of commerce" and drivers of business activity, patents protect inventor rights to profit from the invention, and publicly disclose invention details so others may enhance and further that knowledge.