Q. I'm doing a research paper on famous advertising campaigns, but need a list of companies to see what is available in the databases to find articles?

A good place to start is to search a list of public companies from the Fortune website listing the Fortune 500 companies: http://fortune.com/fortune500/

Once you determine the company, visit the company website.

Then access a database, such as Business Insights: Global to search for articles using the company name.

Another source of information is our Films on Demand database where you can find an example of a Coca-Cola Advertising Campaign.

The American Advertising Federation (AAF), the nation’s oldest national advertising trade association yearly hands out awards for the best ads

The International ANDY Awards: The goal of this competition is to honor creativity in advertising throughout the world, recognize the contributions of individuals and companies who create the work and encourage raising the standards of craftsmanship in the industry.

Advertising Educational Foundation (AEF) - Clio Awards: the CLIO Awards is the world’s most recognized international awards competition for advertising, design, interactive and communications. AEF compiled a list of institutions featuring historic items.

Ad Access:Consists of images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955

Vintage Ad Browser is a searchable online archive of 100K+ vintage print ads.