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- Dialog *This leading information service provider that offers several database products. While access to most research reports is only via subscription (expensive), Dialog’s special feature called DialogSelect Open Access allows for information purchases via credit card including purchase of smaller sections of some market research reports from a small number of research suppliers. However, the search feature in this Open Access section is not very strong and provides little detail on the report other than title and source.
- Factiva *Provides access to thousands of publications, company information and more from partnership between Reuters and Dow Jones, publisher of the Wall Street Journal. The cost is fairly reasonable for individual users, however, access to commercial market research reports is limited.
- Lexis-Nexis *This top online data source offers a dizzying array of products for business and legal research. For market researchers the power can be found in the nexis.com service which offers access to thousands of business and trade publications and market studies. But, like other major information providers, a subscription is expensive. However, users can purchase materials (though not many market reports) from a "lite" version of the service via the AlaCarte option including purchasing market share information from The Market Share Reporter at a very reasonable fee.
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