Begin by searching our Online Catalog of published materials.
Databases and Electronic Journal Articles Go to the Business database guide
Corporate Information / Wright Investors' Service - "Users can search this multipurpose site for company information: public or private, foreign or domestic." EDGAR Database of Corporate Information. Fortune 500 (CNNMoney.com) - Annual ranking of the 500 top companies in the United States., 1955 - present (2007). Foundation Center – Includes links to regional, national and international grant-making corporations and foundations. Industry at a Glance (U.S Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics) - "Consists of profiles of 12 industry supersectors. Each profile contains a variety of facts about the industry supersector, and includes links to additional statistics." Also refer to the general web site at www.bls.gov for many additional options and information. Industry Search / Industrysearch.com - "This is a directory of manufacturing and supplier companies, as well as lists industry associations. " North American Industry Classification System : United States, 2002 / Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget (NAICS) - "It replaces the Standard Industrial Classification Manual 1987 (SIC). This NAICS handbook of codes can be used to isolate a either a market, service or product within an industry. You can use the codes to create/find a list of companies competing in the same market with library resources." ThomasNet (Powered by ThomasRegister and ThomasRegional) – “Search ThomasNet, the most comprehensive resource for industrial information. Go straight to the source of product, company information, CAD drawings and more...” We also have this complete resource available on CD-ROM in Reference. U.S. Census Economic Programs - There is an Industry Statistics Sampler; it's searchable by keyword or NAICS code, and gives a general overview of the industry (based on the NAICS code). United States Securities and Exchange Commission - "Information on US publicly traded companies." Verizon Superpages – search for business by category or by name. National coverage. Whitepages.com – allows you to search by business name or category. Yahoo! Finance - A comprehensive financial site offering—among many other things—links to national and international companies. Association & Trade Information National Trade and Professional Associations - REF HD 2425 .D53 2006 American Advertising Federation - "With a Western Region office in Newport Beach, California, the AAF is a trade association that represents 50,000 professionals in the advertising industry. AAF's 130 corporate members are advertisers, agencies and media companies that comprise the nation's leading brands and corporations." American Association of Advertising Agencies - "A national trade association representing the advertising agency business in the United States. It is a management-oriented association that offers its members the broadest possible services, expertise and information regarding the advertising agency business." Business Marketing Association - "A service organization for professionals in the business-to-business marketing and communications industry." Direct Marketing Association - "The largest trade association for businesses interested in direct, database, and interactive global marketing." Gateway to Associations - "Searchable web-based directory, provided by the American Society of Association Executives. " Public Relations Society of America - "The world’s largest organization for public relations professionals. Its nearly 20,000 members represent business and industry, technology, counseling firms, government, associations, hospitals, schools, professional services firms and nonprofit organizations." AnnualReportService (From Bay Tact Corporation) – ”The largest FREE directory of online annual reports available on the web.” You are asked to create a user profile for access to thousands of annual reports and 10-K documents. Searching is by symbol, state, industry, or alphabetical. You MUST login to view reports. Hard copies can be ordered too. Annual Reports Library - Contains information on how to find, read, and evaluate annual reports. CAROL: Company Annual Reports Online - Links to free annual reports from the UK, Asia, and Europe. Nonprofit Organization Directories America's Charities - "This allows you to enter a keyword and search for a charity that matches those who belong to this organization." Better Business Bureau - "Covering US companies, this site provides brief information about companies. It includes company addresses, contact numbers, time in business and complaint / reliability history. It is most useful for finding information about private companies and non-profits." Directory of Nonprofit Organizations / Nonprofit Career Network - "This directory contains a list of nonprofit organizations, their addresses, phone, fax, and web addresses. " Guidestar - "This site is a database of over 850,000 US non-profit IRS-recognized organizations. Most of these are private companies." Network for Good - "This links to over 850,000 charities online." Historical Corporate Reports Online (From the University of Pennsylvania) Scanned copies of historical annual reports (1834-1974); CareeerJournal | Salary & Hiring Info (Wall Street Journal) Contractor Directory / Central Contractor Registration - "This is a US government database of contractors. Many of these are small businesses. This database can be searched by NAICS or SIC codes. " Dynamic Small Business Search / United States. Small Business Administration - "This database lists over 170,000 minority, women owned businesses and small companies." Greenmoney Public Company Web / Goodmoney, Inc. - "A directory of publicly-owned companies that follow Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) principles." Inc.com - "Each year Inc Magazine ranks a wide variety of companies. This includes the Inc500, the 100 street smart companies, the top 10 industries to grow a company, successful entrepreneurs, etc." Sears Archives – “Once again, Sears has made history. For the first time, Sears has opened the doors to its vast archival collection and invited the public to peek inside. More than 100 years of stories, product and brand histories, photographs, catalog images are now available online.” (Taken from Refdesk.com) Top 500 US Private Companies - "Forbes magazine does a survey of private companies each year." Use the Researching, Evaluating, Citing, Writing, and Check Form links located under the Subject Guides link on the left. There you will find:
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