Super Searchers on Madison AvenueSuper Searchers on Madison Avenue: 
Top Advertising and Marketing Professionals Share Their Online Research Strategies
By Grace Avellana Villamora
Edited by Reva Basch


ONLINE RESOURCES

1. 10Kwizard
www.10kwizard.com

2. 100 Leading National Advertisers
www.adage.com/datacenter.cms

3. 360hiphop.com
(defunct)

4. ABI/INFORM (Dialog File 15)
library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/bl0015.html

5. About
about.com

6. Ad*Access
scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/

7. ADAM
www.adam.ac.uk

8. Adbrands.net (formerly Mind Advertising Profiles)
www.mind-advertising.com

9. AdCritic.com
www.adcritic.com

10. AdFlip
www.adflip.com

11. AdForum
www.adforum.com

12. AdReview
www.adreview.com

13. Advertising Age
www.adage.com

14. Advertising AgeAnnual Agency Report
www.adage.com/datacenter.cms

15. Advertising World (University of Texas at Austin)
advertising.utexas.edu/world/

16. Adweek.com
www.adweek.com

17. African Americans On Wheels
www.onwheelsinc.com

18. Africana.com
www.africana.com

19. AfroCentric News
www.afrocentricnews.com

20. AltaVista
www.altavista.com

21. Amazon
www.amazon.com

22. American Demographics Online
www.inside.com

23. AP Photo Archive
photoarchive.ap.org

24. Artcyclopedia
www.artcyclopedia.com

25. Ask Jeeves
www.ask.com

26. Big Blue Dot Trend Update
trendupdate.bigblue.com

27. bizjournals.com (American City Business Journals)
www.bizjournals.com

28. Black Athlete Sports Network, LLC
www.blackathlete.com

29. Black Enterprise
www.blackenterprise.com

30. BlackHeadlines.com
www.blackheadlines.com

31. BlackPressUSA.com
www.blackpressusa.com

32. Black Talent Network Online
blacktalentnetwork.com

33. Bolt
www.bolt.com

34. Brandchannel
www.brandchannel.com

35.Brandweek
www.brandweek.com

36. Business360
www.business360.com

37. Business and Industry (Dialog File 9)
library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/b10009.html

38. Business Periodicals Index
www.silverplatter.com/catalog/wbpi.htm

39. Business Week
www.businessweek.com

40. BUSLIB-L (Business Librarian discussion group)
To subscribe, email: listserv@listserv.boisestate.edu
In message body type: subscribe buslib-l your firstname your lastname

41. The Buying Power of Black America
www.targetmarketnews.com/

42. CEOExpress
www.ceoexpress.com

43. Chicago Sun-Times
www.suntimes.com

44. Chicago Tribune
www.chicagotribune.com

45. CMR, a Taylor Nelson Sofres Company
www.cmr.com

46. Commercial Closet
www.commercialcloset.org

47. Communication Arts
www.commarts.com

48. Company Sleuth
www.companysleuth.com

49. Corbis
www.corbis.com

50. Cotton Inc.
www.cottoninc.com

51. CyberAtlas
cyberatlas.internet.com

52. The CyberSkeptic’s Guide to Internet Research
www.infotoday.com/cyberskeptics.htm, www.cyberskeptic.com

Deja see Google Groups

53. Demographics USA County Edition
www.tradedimensions.com/p_demographics.html

54. Details
www.details.com

55. Detour
www.detourmag.com

56. Detroit Free Press
www.freep.com

57. Dialog Corporation
www.dialog.com

Dialog Profoundsee Profound

58. Digital Librarian
www.digital-librarian.com

59. Dismal Scientist
www.economy.com/dismal/

60. Ditto.com
www.ditto.com

61. Diversity, Inc.
www.diversityinc.com

62. Diversity Information Resources
www.diversityinforesources.com

63. Dogpile
www.dogpile.com

64. Dow Jones Interactive see also Factiva
djinteractive.com

65. Dun & Bradstreet
www.dnb.com

66. eBay
www.ebay.com

67. Ebony
www.ebony.com

68. The Economist
www.economist.com

69. EContent
www.ecmag.net

70. eCreativeSearch
www.ecreativesearch.com

71. El Nuevo Herald
www.miami.com/elnuevoherald/

72. eMarketer
www.emarketer.com

73. Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850­1920
scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/eaa/

74. Entertainment Weekly
www.ew.com

75. Epinions
epinions.com

76. EPM Communications, Inc.
www.epmcom.com

77. Essence
www.essence.com

78. EthnicGrocer
www.ethnicgrocer.com

79. Euromonitor International
www.euromonitor.com

80. Excite
www.excite.com

81. EyeWire
www.eyewire.com

82. Factiva
www.factiva.com

83. Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising
www.fidm.com

84. Fast Company
www.fastcompany.com

85. FindArticles.com
www.findarticles.com

86. Find/SVP
www.findsvp.com

87. Focus on the Family
www.family.org

88. Forbes
www.forbes.com

89. Forrester
www.forrester.com

90. Fortune
www.fortune.com

91. Gale Group
www.galegroup.com

92. Getty Images Creative
creative.gettyimages.com

93. Google
www.google.com

94. Google Groups (formerly Deja)
groups.google.com

95. GMA SmartBrief (Grocery Manufacturers of America)
www.gmabrands.com
www.smartbrief.com

96. Great Buildings Online
www.greatbuildings.com

97. Harvard Business Review
www.hbr.com or www.hbsp.harvard.edu/hbr/

98. Harvard Business School Baker Library
www.library.hbs.edu

99. heart&soul
www.heartandsoul.com

100. HispanicAd
www.hispanicad.com

101. Hispanic Business.com
www.hispanicbusiness.com

102. Hispanic Magazine.com
www.hispaniconline.com/magazine/

103. HispanicTrends.com
www.hispanictrends.com

104. Honey
www.honeymag.com

105. Hoover’s Online
www.hoovers.com

106. HotBot
www.hotbot.com or hotbot.lycos.com

107. Information Outlook
www.sla.org/pubs/serial/io/index.shtml

108. Information Please Almanac
www.infoplease.com

109. Information Today, Inc.
www.infotoday.com

110. Inmagic, Inc.
www.inmagic.com

111. InSite2
www.insite2.gale.com/is2/enduser_index.cgi

112. Intelligence Data
www.intelliscope.com

113. The Internet Public Library
www.ipl.org

114. Internet Scout Project (The Scout Report)
scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/current/

115. Internetstats.com
www.internetstats.com

116. Investext (Dialog File 745)
library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/b10745.html

117. Jet
www.jetmag.com

118. Jupiter Media Metrix
www.jmm.com

119. The LA Office
www.laoffice.com

120. La Opinion
www.laopinion.com

121. Latina Online
www.latina.com

122. Latina Style
www.latinastyle.com

123. Leadership Directories, Inc.
www.leadershipdirectories.com

124. LexisNexis
www.lexisnexis.com

125. Librarians’ Index to the Internet
www.lii.org

126. Lifestyle Market Analyst (Standard Rate and Data Service)
www.srds.com

127. LII New This Week
www.lii.org/search/ntw

128. LIMA Licensing Industry Survey
www.licensing.org

129. Lippincott Library@Wharton
www.library.upenn.edu/lippincott/

130. Los Angeles Times
www.latimes.com

131. Lycos
www.lycos.com

132. Magazine Database (Dialog File 47)
library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/b10047.html

133. Marketing and Advertising Reference Service (MARS)
(Dialog File 570)
library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/b10570.html

134. MarketResearch.com
www.marketresearch.com

135. The Market Segment Group
www.marketsegment.com

136. Masterfile
www.masterfile.com

137. Media Life
www.medialifemagazine.com

138. Mediamark Research Inc.
www.mediamark.com

139. Media Post
www.mediapost.com

140. Mind Advertising
www.mind-advertising.com

141. Moreover
www.moreover.com

142. MTV
www.mtv.com

143. Multicultural Marketing Resources, Inc.
www.inforesources.com or www.multiculturalmarketingresources.com

144. National Geographic Online
www.nationalgeographic.com

145. National Public Radio
www.npr.org

146. NewScientist.com
www.newscientist.com

147. New Strategist Publications
www.newstrategist.com

148. Newsweek
www.newsweek.msnbc.com

149. The New Yorker
www.newyorker.com

150. The New York Times
www.nytimes.com

151. Northern Light
www.northernlight.com

152. NUA Internet Surveys
www.nua.com/surveys/

153. OCLC FirstSearch
www.oclc.org/firstsearch/

154. The One Person Library
www.ibi-opl.com

155. OneSource
www.onesource.com

156. The Onion
www.theonion.com

157. Online Magazine
www.onlinemag.net

158. The Oregonian
www.oregonian.com

159. Original Hip-Hop Lyrics Archive
www.ohhla.com

160. Outdoor Advertising Collections
scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/hartman/oa

161. Oxford English Dictionary
www.oed.com

162. Paper
www.papermag.com

163. Pizza Marketing Quarterly
www.pmq.com

164. PlanetFeedback
www.planetfeedback.com

165. Powell’s City of Books
www.powells.com

166. Price’s List of Lists
www.specialissues.com/lol/

167. Productscan Online
www.productscan.com

168. Profound
www.profound.com

169. Promo Magazine
www.promomagazine.com

170. PROMT (Dialog File 16)
library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/b100016.html

171. ProQuest
www.proquest.com

172. QSR Magazine
www.qsrmagazine.com

173. The Red Books Online
www.redbooks.com

174. Refdesk.com
www.refdesk.com

175. Research Bank Web
www.investext.com

176. ResearchBuzz
www.researchbuzz.com

Responsive Database Servicessee Gale Group

177. Restaurants and Institutions
www.rimag.com

178. Retail Forward
www.pwcris.com

179. Rolling Stone
www.rollingstone.com

180. RoperASW
www.roperasw.com

181. Salon Magazine
www.salon.com

182. Santella and Associates
www.santella.com

Scout Reportsee Internet Scout Project

183. Searcher Magazine
www.infotoday.com/searcher/

184. shots
www.shots.net

185. Sister 2 Sister
www.s2smagazine.com

186. SmartBrief
www.smartbrief.com

187. Smithsonian Institution Office of Imaging, Printing and Photographic Services
photo2.si.edu/

188. SOHH.com
www.sohh.com

189. The Source
www.thesource.com

190. Source Book of Multicultural Experts
www.inforesources.com

191. Special Libraries Association Advertising and Marketing Division
www.sla.org/division/dam/index.html
To subscribe to discussion list, send email message to Lists@lists.sla.org.
Leave subject line blank; in message body type:
SLA-DAM@lists.sla.org
your email address your first name your last name.

192. Sports Business Daily
www.sportsbizdaily.com

193. Standard & Poor’s Industry Surveys
www.standardandpoors.com

194. Standard Rate and Data Service
www.srds.com

195. Statistical Abstract of the United States
www.census.gov/statab/www/

196. strategy + business
www.strategy-business.com

197. Strategy Research Corporation
www.strategyresearch.com

198. TableBase (Dialog File 93)
library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/b10093.html

199. Target Market News
www.targetmarketnews.com

200.Technology Review
www.techreview.com

201. Technomic Foodservice Consultants
www.technomic.com

202. Teenage Research Unlimited (TRU)
www.teenresearch.com

203. Teoma
www.teoma.com

204. Terra
www.terra.com

205. Time
www.time.com

206. Time Life Photo Sight
www.pathfinder.com/photo

207. Trade and Industry Database (Dialog File 148)
library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/b10148.html

208. Trade Dimensions
www.tradedimensions.com

209. Trademarkscan (Dialog Files 246, 226)
library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/b10246.html
library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/bl0226.html

210. Tradeshow Week Databook
www.ceir.org

211. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
www.un.org/esa

212. UnityFirst.com
www.unityfirst.com

213. Univision
www.univision.com

214. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
www.bls.gov

215. U.S. Census Bureau
www.census.gov

216. U.S. Department of State Country Background Notes
www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/

217. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
www.uspto.gov

218. Utne Reader
www.utne.com

219. Value Line Investment Survey
www.valueline.com

220. Vault
www.vault.com

221. Veronis Suhler Communications Industry Forecast
www.veronissuhler.com/publications/forecast/CIFIntro.html

222. Vibe Magazine Online
www.vibe.com

223. Video Monitoring Service
www.vidmon.com

224. Wallpaper
www.wallpaper.com

225. The Wall Street Journal Online
www.wsj.com

Wilson Business Periodicals Indexsee Business Periodicals Index

226. Wired
www.wired.com

227. World Advertising Research Center (WARC)
www.warc.com

228. XtremeInformation.com
www.xtremeinformation.com

229. Yahoo!
www.yahoo.com

230. Yankelovich
www.yankelovich.com

231. The Zandl Group
www.zandlgroup.com

232. Zenith Media
www.zenithmedia.com
 

BOOKS, ANNUALS, NEWSLETTERS, MAGAZINES, AND ARTICLES

233. Aaker, David and Scott M. Davis.
Brand Asset Management.
Jossey-Bass. July 2000
www.josseybass.com

234. Aaker, David (editor) and Alexander L. Biel (editor)
Brand Equity & Advertising’s Role in Building Strong Brands.
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. April 1993
www.erlbaum.com

235. Aaker, David and Erich Joachimsthaler.
Brand Leadership: The Next Level of the Brand Revolution.
Free Press. January 2000
www.freepressonline.com

236.Aaker, David.
Building Strong Brands.
Free Press. December 1995

237. Aaker, David.
Managing Brand Equity: Capitalizing on the Value of a Brand Name.
Free Press. June 1991

238. Advertising Age’s Creativity Magazine
Crain Communications
www.creativitymagazine.com

239. The African-American Information Directory, 4th Edition
Gale Publications, 1998
www.galegroup.com

240. All About Women Consumers Yearbook
EPM Communications, Annual
www.epmcom.com

241. Appel, Marsha.
Illustration Index I - VIII.
Scarecrow Press. 1972­1996
www.scarecrowpress.com

242. Brands and Their Companies
Gale Group
www.galegroup.com

243. Brandweek’s Annual Superbrands Report
Brandweek
www.brandweek.com

244. Business Rankings Annual
Gale Group
www.galegroup.com

245. The Buying Power of Black America
Target Market News, Annual
www.targetmarketnews.com

246. Communication Arts Annual
Communication Arts
www.commarts.com

247. Contemporary Black Biography
Gale Group
www.galegroup.com

248. Cushine, Lisa.
Shh! There Are Great Jobs In The Library"

Cosmopolitan Magazine, July 1990
www.cosmomag.com

249. "Director of Intelligence: Job Titles of the Future: Velda Ruddock."
Fast Company, February­March 1997
www.fastcompany.com

250. DMA Statistical Fact Book
Direct Marketing Association
www.the-dma.org

251. Encyclopedia of Advertising
Fitzroy Dearborn
www.fitzroydearborn.com

252. Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History
Salzman, Jack, David Lionel Smith and Cornel West
Macmillan Library Reference
www.mlr.com
www.gale.com/macmillan

253. Encyclopedia of Associations
Gale Group
www.galegroup.com

254. Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources
Gale Group
www.galegroup.com

255. Encyclopedia of Consumer Brands
St. James Press, 1994
www.galegroup.com

256. Encyclopedia of Major Marketing Campaigns
Gale Group, 1999
www.galegroup.com

257. Ethnic Market Report
Market Segment Research
www.marketsegment.com

258. The Futurist
The World Future Society
www.wfs.org

259. Gladwell, Malcolm.
The Tipping Point.
Little, Brown & Co., 2000
www.twbookmark.com

260. Higgins, Denis.
The Art of Writing Advertising: Conversations with William Bernbach, Leo Burnett, George Gribbin, David Ogilvy, Rosser Reeves.
NTC Books, 1965. p. 93
www.ntc-cb.com

261. IEG Sponsorship Sourcebook
IEG
www.sponsorship.com

262. Information Advisor
FIND/SVP Publishing
www.informationadvisor.com

263. International Directory of Company Histories
St. James Press
www.galegroup.com

264. Interview
Brant Publications, Inc.
www.interviewmagazine.com

265. Lederman, Eva.
Careers in Advertising.
Random House, 1998. p. 25.
www.randomhouse.com

266. Marketing to the Emerging Majorities
EPM Communications, Inc.
www.epmcom.com

267. Marketing to Women
EPM Communications, Inc.
www.epmcom.com

268. Market Share Reporter
Gale Group, Annual

269. National Minority Business Directory
Diversity Information Resources, Annual
www.diversityinforesources.com

270. New Strategist Editors
Racial and Ethnic Diversity, 3rd Edition
New Strategists Publications, May 2000
www.newstrategist.com

271. The One Show: Best Print, Radio, TV Annual
The One Club, Annual
www.oneclub.org

272. Packaged Facts Reports
FIND/SVP Publishing
www.findsvp.com

273. Print Regional Design Annual
Print Magazine, Annual
printmag.com

274. Ray, Paul and Sherry Ruth Anderson.
Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People Are Changing the World.
Harmony Books, 2000
www.harmonybooks.com

275. Reed, Gretchen.
Information Services for the Advertising Professional.
American Association of Advertising Agencies, 2002
www.aaaa.org

276. Reed, Gretchen, Editor.
International Advertising and Marketing Information Sources.
Special Libraries Association, 1999
www.sla.org

277. Research Alert
EPM Publications, Inc.
www.epmcom.com.

278. Research Alert Yearbook
EPM Communications Inc.
www.epmcom.com

279. Schwartz, Peter.
The Art of the Long View: Paths to Strategic Insights for Yourself and Your Company.
Currency/Doubleday, April 1991
www.randomhouse.com

280. SRDS Lifestyle Market Analysis
SRDS and Equifax
www.srds.com

281. Standard Directory of Advertisers
Advertising Red Books
www.redbooks.com

282. Standard Directory of Advertising Agencies
Advertising Red Books
www.redbooks.com

283. Standard Directory of Hispanic Advertising Agencies
Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies
www.ahaa.org

284. Standard Periodical Directory
Oxbridge Communications, Inc.
www.mediafinder.com

285. Statistical Record of Black America
Gale Group
www.galegroup.com

286. The Trends Journal
Trends Research Institute
www.trendsresearch.com

287. Today’s Black Woman
TBW Publishing Group
www.magazania.com/id/cji/group/2246

288. Torre, Joe.
Ground Rules for Winners: 12 Keys to Managing Team Players, Tough Bosses, Setbacks and Success.
Hyperion, 1999
www.hyperionbooks.com

289. TV Dimensions
Media Dynamics
www.mediadynamicsinc.com

290. U.S. Hispanic Market Report
Strategy Research Corporation
www.strategyresearch.com

291. U.S. Industry Profiles, Second Edition
Gale Group
www.galegroup.com

292.Valdés, M. Isabel.
Marketing to American Latinos: A Guide to the In-Culture Approach (Part 1: 2000, Part 2: 2002).
Paramount Market Publishing, Inc.
www.paramountbooks.com

293. Valdés, M. Isabel and Marta H. Sloane.
Hispanic Market Handbook, 2nd Edition.
Paramount Market Publishing, Inc., 1995
www.paramountbooks.com

294. World Almanac and Book of Facts
World Almanac Books
www.worldalmanac.com

295. Youth Markets Alert
EPM Communications, Inc.
www.epmcom.com
 

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, TRADE ORGANIZATIONS, AND OTHERS

296. Advertising Research Foundation (ARF)
641 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 751.5656
www.arfsite.org

297. American Advertising Museum
211 NW Fifth Ave. and Davis
Portland, OR 97209
Phone: (503) 226-0000
www.admuseum.org

298. American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA)
Headquarters: 405 Lexington Avenue, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10174-1801
Phone: (212) 682-2500
www.aaaa.org
Tel (212) 751-5656

299. Art Directors Club of New York
106 West 29 Street
New York, NY 10001
www.adcny.org

300. Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies (AHAA)
8201 Greensboro Drive, Suite 300
McLean, VA 22102
www.ahaa.org
Tel (703) 610-9014

301. Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP)
8550 United Plaza Boulevard
Suite 1001
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Phone: (225) 408-4400
Fax: (225) 922-4611
www.aiip.org

302. Association of National Advertisers (ANA)
708 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10017-4270
Phone: (212) 697.5950
www.ana.net

303. Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC)
Headquarters: 900 N. Meacham Road
Schaumburg, IL 60173-4968
Phone: (847) 605-0909
www.accessabc.com

304. Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau (CTAB)
830 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Phone: (212) 508-1200
www.cabletvadbureau.com

305. Chicago Library System
224 S.Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60604
Phone: (312) 841-8500
www.chilibsys.org

306. The Conference Board
845 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022-6678
Phone: (212) 759-0900
www.conference-board.org

307. Global Business Network (GBN)
5900-X Hollis Street
Emeryville, CA 94608
Phone: (510) 547-6822
www.gbn.org

308. Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA)
44 Belgrave Square
London SW1X 8QS, England
Phone: 020 7235 7020
www.ipa.co.uk

309. Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies (Joint Center)
1090 Vermont Avenue, NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20005-4928
Phone: (202) 789-3500
www.jointcenter.org

310. The Long Now Foundation
Bldg 116, top floor, The Presidio
PO Box 29462
San Francisco, CA 94129-0462
Phone: (415) 561-6582
www.longnow.org

311. Magazine Publishers of America (MPA)
919 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Phone: (212) 872-3700
www.mpa.org

312. Minneapolis Public Library
300 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, MN 55401-1992
Phone: (612) 630-6000
www.mpls.lib.mn.us

313. Multnomah Country Library (Central Library)
801 S.W. 10th Ave.
Portland, OR 97205-2597
Phone: (503) 988-5123
www.co.multcolib.org

314.National Restaurant Association (NRA)
1200 17th Street, NW
Washington, DC 200036
Phone: (202) 331-5900
www.restaurant.org

315. National Retail Federation (NRF)
325 7th Street, NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20004
Phone: 202-783-7971 or 1-800-NRF-HOW2
www.nrf.com

316. New York Public Library Express (NYPL Express)
188 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016-4314
Phone: (212) 592.7201
www.nypl.org/express

317. The One Club
32 East 21st Street
New York, NY 10010
Phone: (212) 970-1900
www.oneclub.com

318. Public Relations Society of America
33 Irving Place
New York, NY 10003-2376
Phone: (212) 995-2230
www.prsa.org

319. Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB)
1320 Greenway Drive #500
Irving, TX 75038
Member Service Helpline: 1-800-232-3131
www.rab.org

320. Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP)
1700 Diagonal Road, Suite 600
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: (703) 739-0696
www.scip.org

321. Special Libraries Association (SLA)
1700 Eighteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009-2514
Phone: (202) 234-4700
www.sla.org

322. Travel Industry Association of America (TIA)
1100 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 450
Washington, DC 20005-3934
Phone: (202) 408-8422
www.tia.org

323. VNU, Inc. (Nielsen/Netratings parent company)
770 Broadway
New York, NY 10003-9595
Phone: (646) 654-5000
www.vnu.com, www.nielsen-netratings.com


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