Below are best bets for starting your advertising research. To find market research information look at our
Market Research Guide.
- Factiva

Newspapers, magazines, company financials, and stock quotes.
- Business Source Complete
Full-text business journals, including Harvard Business Review as well as EIU, ICON reports.
- ABI-INFORM Global
Search under Publications tab for "First Research" to view industry reports.
- Ad*Access
Images and accompanying information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers, 1911-1955
- Adflip.com
An archive of classic print ads, 1940-2001
- The Advertising Archives
Old adverts, nostalgic illustrations, classic posters and vintage magazines, from the start of the Victorian era to early years of the 21st century
- The Emergence of Advertising in America
Over 9,000 images and information covering 1850-1920
- OneSource North America Business Browser

For current Stanford community
Includes Datamonitor reports

, BMI Industry Reports

, Freedonia reports

, RMA Industry Norms
Quick Guide - Mintel


For current Stanford community; Valid Stanford email address required for registration.
Reports include psychographic profiles of target customer base incorporated into specific industry market research.
- Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage

S&P stock and bond guides and reports, mutual funds, dividend records, industry surveys, The Outlook, etc.
- MarketResearch.com Academic

Reports by Packaged Facts (consumer goods), Kalorama Information (health science), Specialists in Business Information, Simba Information (media industry), Executive Summaries, and MarketLook Reports.
Jump-Start Guide - Media Market Guide - SQAD 2012
(Reference: Alphabetical Subject Section: Advertising)
2nd Quarter 2012 projections for TV, radio, magazine, and newspaper
- Mediaweek Marketer's Guide to Media 2011
(Reference: Alphabetical Subject Section: Advertising)
HF5826.5.M45 v.34 2011
Audience statistics, media growth, media markets
- Digital Marketing & Media Fact Pack 2007
HF5415.1265.D53 2007
Data on the digital world. blogs, online advertising, consumer internet usage
- 100 Leading National Advertisers
Features 100 Leading National Advertisers with comprehensive ad spending estimates for top 100 ad spenders.
- Advertising Red Books (Latest on Reference: Advertising)
- Agency Report Cards
From AdWeek. Top 100 agencies, national and regional listings. Through 2008.
- BtoB's Online Directory: Advertising & PR Agencies
Contains Interactive Agencies, Multi-Media Agencies, PR Agencies listings.
- 100 Greatest Advertisements: Who Wrote Them and What They Did
Watkins FH5823.W42 1959
- 100 New Greatest Corporate Ads
HF5823.P596 1993
- 20 Ads That Shook The World: The Century's Most Groundbreaking Advertising and How it Changed Us All
James Twitchell HF5811.T9 2000
- 50 Years of Advertising as Seen Through The Eyes of AdvertisingAge, 1930-80
Compiled and edited by Allan Marin HF5811.F53 f
- A&E Top 10: [Greatest Television Commercials]
VHS format. Media Center Video 271
- Advertising, 3000 BC - 1900 AD; A Not Too Serious Compilation
Maurice Annenberg HF5811.A54
- History of Advertising
Stephánie Pincas, Marc Loiseau HF5837 .P46 2008
- OBM, a Celebration: One hundred and twenty-five years in Advertising
Stanley Pigott HF6181.O3.P5
- Signs and Wonders: The Spectacular Marketing of America
Tama Starr, Ed Hayman HF5843.S73 1998
- The Conquest of Cool
Thomas Frank HF5415.1.F72 1997
- The Man Who Sold America: The Amazing (but True!) Story of Albert D. Lasker and the Creation of the Advertising Century
Jeffrey L. Cruikshank HF5810.L3 C78 2010