Online Research Resources

CB Insights (Note: Users must register an account with a UNC email address. Contact Kenan Flagler Library Research Services at Researchtools@kenan-flagler.unc.edu with questions).

Charity Navigator

Corporation Search, North Carolina Secretary of State

Data-Axle Reference Solutions

EDGAR Company Filings

Entrepreneurship Research and Policy Network

Euromonitor Passport

Factiva (Tech Note: Click on Company/Markets to start).

GlobalData Intelligence (Note: From login screen, select “IP Access” to access database. Then select “Consumer” in the “Access Your Subscriptions” menu).

Google Finance

Guidestar

Hoover’s Company Records

IBISWorld Industry Reports

Mergent Historical Annual Reports

Mintel Academic (Note: Must create a free account with @unc.edu email to access Mintel).

Morningstar Investing Center

Orbis (Begin typing “University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill” and select UNC-CH from the dropdown when it appears. Note: This resource does not currently work with Chrome browser. Note: Disable pop-up blockers to use this resource).

Osiris (Begin typing “University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill” and select UNC-CH from the dropdown when it appears. Note: This resource does not currently work with Chrome browser).

ProQuest Business Market Research Collection

ProQuest Entrepreneurship Database

Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2022

Search for NAICS Codes

Tax Information for Private Foundations

UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade & Development)

Value Line Research Center

Wise Giving Alliance

2020 LDC U.S. Latino GDP Report

ACC Statistics (ACC sports statistics. Choose a sport and then go to the statistics page. Statistics are not available for all sports).

Business-To-Business Marketing 2022 (pdf)

Census Reporter

Consumer Expenditure Survey

Consumer Spending

Data Axle Reference Solutions

data.census.gov

Entertainment & Leisure Business Market Research 2022 (pdf)

ESPN Men’s Basketball NCAA Statistics

ESPN NBA Statistics

ESPN WNBA Statistics

ESPN Women’s Basketball NCAA Statistics

Free Data Sources for Your Next Project

Hispanic/Latino Demographics

Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition

International Programs – Information Gateway

KIDS COUNT Data Center

NCAA Statistics (Data for the current season. Choose a sport and then go to the statistics page. Some sports, including basketball, have both individual and team statistics).

Pew Research Center

PolicyMap

PRIZM®Premier Segment Storyboards

SPORTDiscus with Full Text

Sports Business Research Network

Sports Marketing. 2022 (pdf)

Statista

Statistical Abstract of the United States

Think Tank Search powered by Google from Harvard University

UNdata

UNICEF Data

U.S. Census Quick Facts

WHO Data and Statistics

The World Bank: Data

Investigative Projects

Nieman Reports

openDemocracy

ProPublica Graphics & Data (News Apps)

Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

The Tow Center for Digital Journalism

Transparency International – The Global Anti-Corruption Coalition

The Upshot

FactCheck.org

The Fact Checker

OpenSecrets.org: Money in Politics

ANA Educational Foundation Ad Award Archive

CLIO Awards

Communication Arts Print Ad Exhibit

D&AD Yellow Pencil Awards

Emergence of Advertising in America

Market Research and American Business, 1935-1965

One Show Award Winners

One Show Design

Retrolounge

AdAge Curates YouTube

AdCouncil

AdViews

AdWeek.com

AdWeek’s Ad of the Day

ANA Educational Foundation Ad Award Archive

Clio Awards

Clio Awards advertising award reels through the University Libraries

ClipLand

Communication Arts TV Commercials Exhibit

D&AD Award Winners

D&AD’s YouTube Channel

iSpot.tv

The Living Room Candidate

The One Club

Superbowl Commercials on YouTube

Black Illustration Image Packs

British Library Images

Vecteezy

Creative Commons Search

Cultural and Diverse Stock Photos | TONL

Disabled And Here

Europeana

flickr Creative Commons

The Gender Spectrum Collection

Google Images (Limit to “free to use or share” at the bottom of Advanced Search [next to “usage rights”]).

Icon Archive

IM Free

Image*After

InColorStock – Diverse Stock Images

Jopwell Collection

Library of Congress Image Sets

Microsoft Bing Images (Once you do a search, click ‘filter’. Then select the ‘license’ drop down to see free use images).

Morgue File

nappy.co

NASA Images

New York Public Library Digital Collections

Prints & Photographs from the Library of Congress

“Queer in Tech” Stock Photos

Real Faces of Sales – LinkedIn Sales Navigator

RGBstock

Rudd Center Media Gallery Combating Weight Bias

Stockvault

Storyset Illustrations (FreePik)

UKBlackTech

UNC Photoshelter (Photos & video from UNC Office of Communication. Requires written permission to use for advertising or commercial purposes).

US Government Photos (Search for government photos and images by topic. Some photos are public domain, but some may be protected by license or copyright).

Unsplash

Wikimedia Commons

Women of Color in Tech Stock Photos

Knight Foundation

Longform Articles by Topic

The Poynter Institute