Company & Industry Research
A Quick Guide

Books and Other Media 

• Reed Library Catalog:  Locate materials in Reed Library.
• WorldCat: Locate materials in other libraries, and request via interlibrary loan.

Journals/Articles 

• Business & Company Resource Center: Provides company and industry information on thousands of global companies, as well as topical business information.
• Business Source Complete: Provides access to thousands of full text business journals. Coverage goes back to 1886.
• Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe:  Primarily used for legal research, this source also covers news, financial, and medical information.
• Mergent Online: Search for US Company data, including EDGAR reports. 

Reference

• Hoover's Handbook of American Business
• America's Corporate Families
• Dun & Bradstreet Industry Handbook
• Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys
• ValueLine Investment Surveys
• International Directory of Company Histories

More Guides

• Business Subject Guide: Use this guide for everything business and economics

Other Tools

• SIC Codes and SIC to NAICS Bridge
• NAICS Codes
• ThomasNet.com
• Thomas Global Register
• The SEC's EDGAR Website contains many kinds of SEC reports from 1994 onwards.
• Google Finance: news and current stock information on companies 
• New York Department of State Corporation and Business Entity Database

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