Research Guides: Knight Campus: Innovation Resources

Innovation at the UO Libraries

For basic information on innovation and entrepreneurship support through the UO Libraries and in the region, check out the following resources. Our Business Librarian, Genifer Snipes, is available to consult with UO members on innovation research topics including market research, competitive intelligence, and new product feasibility development.

in addition to the research tools on this page, the following guide provides a more extensive snapshot of the entrepreneurial research support and resources available to you via the UO Libraries.

Entrepreneurship & Business Planning
by Genifer Snipes Last Updated May 3, 2024 794 views this year

Innovation Quicklinks

For information on entrepreneurship and innovation across campus, and throughout the state, check out the following links.

UO Innovation Network
The University of Oregon Innovation Network is the central hub for entrepreneurial events, organizations, and initiatives supported by the University Oregon and regional organizations. This site connects users to campus organizations like the Business Law Clinic and Innovation Journal Club, as well as information about special events, entrepreneurship resources, and campus educational opportunities.
Oregon Entrepreneurs Network
OEN helps entrepreneurs start up and scale up by connecting them to peers and mentors, startup funding opportunities, and hands-on training.
Business Oregon
Business Oregon works to create, retain, expand and attract businesses that provide sustainable, living-wage jobs for Oregonians through public-private partnerships, leveraged funding and support of economic opportunities for Oregon companies and entrepreneurs.

Business Research Resources

PitchBook This link opens in a new window
Pitchbook features real time data to research and analyze companies, PE & VC deals, funds, investors, and service providers across the entire private investment lifecycle.
Pitchbook is available to authorized users of UO (full and part-time students, faculty, and staff).
Note:To access this resource, you must have the UO VPN Client software running.
Click "more" link for registration & access information.
First-time users, register for an account using your @uoregon.edu email address while on campus or connected remotely via VPN.
Note: Users are limited to 10 downloads per day and 25 downloads per month. (1 download = 1 row of data on an Excel file). Account access will automatically reset annually on June 30. Contact Genifer Snipes, gsnipes@uoregon.edu, for more information.
Paid for in cooperation with the Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship.
Statista This link opens in a new window
A statistics portal that integrates data on over 80,000 topics from over 18,000 sources onto a single professional platform - categorized into 170 multidisciplinary categories, providing direct access to quantitative data on media, business, sports, politics, and a variety of other areas of interest.
Passport This link opens in a new window
Includes more than 115 internationally standardized statistics on industry sectors, country markets, and companies as well as full text market, company, & country reports; as well as expert analysis of emerging industry, country, and consumer trends.
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Magazines, newspapers and journals in all business disciplines including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics going back to 1886. Additional content includes financial data, books, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.