A new business database is now available via Oesterle Library: Ward’s Business Directory of U.S. Public and Private Companies.

You can turn to Ward’s to look up current sales, market share, and company information for U.S. companies. And by using the database’s Advanced Search features, you can order companies by industry, geography, or sales/market share data.

Ward’s is accessible from the library homepage, the library’s Articles pages, and from the Research by Subject page for Business.

The latest addition to Oesterle Library’s collection of databases is Asia Studies Online, a full-text database featuring expert reports on 55 Asian countries. Subject areas covered include business, government, economics, social issues, the environment, and more.

Most of the database’s content is drawn from research reports published by think tanks and scholarly institutions focused on the study of Asia (such as the Berkeley APEC Study Center), as well as by prominent governmental and nongovernmental organizations working in Asia (such as the Asian Development Bank). The database also includes articles from academic journals (such as the Journal of Global Buddhism). All Asian countries are covered, plus Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Rim, and Pacific island nations.

You can access Asia Studies Full Text Online from the library’s homepage, Articles pages, or from the Research by Subject page for East Asian Studies.