Kresge Research Guides: TO 300 Business Information Systems 2025 Winter-B: #3 Smart Toys for Kids

Research Consulting Librarian

Celia Ross (caross@umich.edu)

EMIS Emerging Markets
Search on "smart toys" to find reports such as "Global Smart Toys Market 2024-2028" and "Smart Toys Market Analysis And Segment Forecast To 2030" and more.
Statista
Search on terms like toys or smart toys, or company names like Mattel or use Statista to find demographic and other data.

Google search tips
Use Google to search for terms like "smart toys" but add in a term like technology or statistics or manufacturing, etc. so that you don't get pointed to as many sites trying to sell you toys.
Google Scholar--recent articles related to "smart toys"
Review this list and let your librarian know if you can't find the full text of any that are of interest. Or stay in Google Scholar and do your own search on other keywords related to smart toys.

ABI/INFORM Collection
ABI/INFORM contains articles from thousands of newspapers and key business magazines such as the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Barron’s, the Economist, and the New York Times. It also contains papers from leading academic journals across all major business disciplines.
Email and RSS feed alerts available.
Business Source Complete
Business Source Complete contains articles from thousands of newspapers, trade publications, and key business magazines such as the Harvard Business Review. It also contains papers from leading academic journals across all major business disciplines.
Use policy: When using material from this database in reports and presentations, vendor contract requirements dictate that you must include the phrase, "Used with permission of Business Source Complete."