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SSM 305: Services Marketing
Secondary Sources for Marketing Information

You will find a list of some sources that will help you find secondary marketing information.  Use them to locate company and competitor intelligence, demographic characteristics, and consumer information.

Getting Started:

Business Information guides compiled by CSU, San Marcos librarians
Business Information Sources by Lorna  M. Daniells  HF5351 .D16 1993
    Look especially at the Marketing chapter, Services Industries section, p. 512

Searching by Subject in the CSUSM Library Catalog

Service Industries -- Marketing
Market surveys
Psychographics

Indexes and Directories

Gale Business Resources
    Directory information for companies and industries including competitors.
Inside Prospects (ask at circulation desk)
    San Diego County business directory by SIC, Zipcode etc.
ABI Inform.
    Good for background articles and newspaper stories
Dow Jones Interactive.
    Good for news, trade publications
Lexis/Nexis

General Reference sources:

SIC or NAIC  1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC Correspondence Tables from the US Census Bureau
    Use to locate similiar companies by industry type.  Code is used by many databases for company comparisons.

 

Demographics, Geographics, Psychographics, Sociographics

Editor and Publisher Market Guide.  Market data and tables by MSA.  (available at other San Diego Univ Libraries)
Rand McNally Commercial Atlas and Marketing Guide   G1019 R22 ATLAS TABLE
San Diego Association of Governments, SanDAG.  Includes local census and business information.
San Diego Source, San Diego Census Data
Small Business Resource Guide  HD2346 U5 S66 REFERENCE
Statistical Abstract of the United States   HA202.S73 1998
Survey of Current Business
US Census
U.S. Industry and Trade Outlook  C 61.48:1999 DOCUMENTS

Selected Periodicals

Journal of Marketing    HF5415 A2 J6
Journal of Marketing Research    HF5415 A2 J6
Journal of International Consumer Marketing     HF5415.2 J655
Journal of Segmentation in Marketing     HF5415.127 J68
Journal of Services Marketing    not owned by CSU San Marcos
Marketing News  ProQuest/ABI Inform
Sales and Marketing Management.  Available through Dow Jones or ABI Inform

 


Contact me for additional help:
Ann Fiegen, Business Librarian
CSU, San Marcos


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Last Edited: 3/16/00