U.S. Companies and Industries

Directories

Financial Information
(includes annual reports)

Stocks, Bonds, and Investment Analysis
(stock exchanges, bonds, stocks, mutual funds, investing, social and ethical investing)

Industry Information
(includes financial ratios)

Business News

Business Databases

See also:
Business Careers
Christian and Non-Profit Jobs
Internships and Volunteer Opportunities
The Center for Calling & Career (Lee University)

 


This guide lists starting points for locating business information. For more resources, please consult the Library's homepage or consult a reference librarian for assistance (423) 614-8562.
 

Directories

 See also Financial Information below.

Databases

Business Source Premier (BSP)
Squires Library database

General Business File ASAP
Squires Library database

Hoovers
Squires Library database

Websites

SuperPages: Yellow Pages
Lists addresses and maps.

Thomas Register
Directory of companies and products manufactured in North America.

Reference Books

Online catalog subject headings:
BUSINESS ENTERPRISES - DIRECTORIES
CORPORATIONS - UNITED STATES - DIRECTORIES

Hoover's Handbook of American Business. Hoover's Business Press.
 2003 ed. Squires Library - Ref. HD2709.U7 H55 2003
 2006 ed. Cleveland Public Library - R 338.74 Hoo (2006)

Hoover's Handbook of Emerging Companies. Hoover's Business Press.
 2003 ed. Squires Library - Ref. HF3010 H66 2003
 2006 ed. Cleveland Public Library - R 338.7 Hoo (2006)

Hoover's Masterlist of U.S. Companies. Hoover's Business Press.
 2003 ed. Squires Library - Ref HF5035 .H66 2002
 2006 ed. Cleveland Public Library - R 338 Hoo (2006/v.1-2)

Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives. Standard & Poor's Corporation
 Cleveland Public Library - R 658.1 Sta (2007/v.1-2)

The Tennessee Business Directory. A.M. Directory Pub..
 Cleveland Public Library - 670.9768 Ten (2006-07)
 


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Financial Information

To locate ratios for individual corporations, consult the company's annual or 10k report.

Databases

Business Source Premier (BSP)
Squires Library database
Contains Company Profiles, which is a list of company reports that contain some financial information, competitors, and SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis. The reports do not give detailed financial data.

General Business File ASAP
Squires Library database
Includes articles on: Finance, Acquisitions and Mergers, International Trade, Money Management, New Technologies & Products, Local and Regional Business Trends, and Investments and Banking. Includes directory listings for over 150,000 companies as well as investment analysts' reports on major companies and industries.

General Business File International
Squires Library database
Access business-related journals, newspapers, broker research reports, trade publications, and company directory listings that include additional international resources for business. Provides citations, abstracts, full text, and images for these resources.

Hoovers
Squires Library database
Provides information on public and private companies. Includes information such as company histories, key financial information, officers, products, industry profiles, press releases, annual reports, SEC filings, subsidiaries, operations, financial rations, etc.

Websites

Barkley's Comprehensive Financial Glossary
Online dictionary of finance terms and abbreviations.

Annual Reports Library
Information about how to read an annual report, how to find reports online, including reports by non-profit and charitable organizations.

Annual Reports (PRARS)
A free service that allows you to order annual reports on more than 3,600 public companies.

EDGAR
All companies, foreign and domestic, are required to file registration statements, periodic reports, and other forms electronically with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This information is available free to the public. Search by company name, ticker symbols, SIC code, or location. Free registration required.

Export.gov
Export.gov is the portal to all export-related assistance and market information offered by the federal government.

Finance Site List
By Ohio State University. Provides links to finance information on the web.

Books

RMA Annual Statement Studies. Robert Morris Associates, 1985-present.
 Ref. HF5681.B2 R58

Hoover's Handbook of American Business 2003. Hoover's Business Press, 2002.
 2003 ed. Squires Library - Ref. HD2709.U7 H55 2003
 2006 ed. Cleveland Public Library - R 338.74 Hoo (2006)

Hoover's Handbook of Emerging Companies 2003. Hoover's Business Press, 2003.
 2003 ed. Squires Library - Ref. HF3010 H66 2003
 2006 ed. Cleveland Public Library - R 338.7 Hoo (2006)

Hoover's Masterlist of U.S. Companies 2003. Hoover's Business Press, 2002.
 2003 ed. Squires Library - Ref HF5035 .H66 2002
 2006 ed. Cleveland Public Library - R 338 Hoo (2006/v.1-2)

How to Read a Financial Report: Wringing Vital Signs Out of the Numbers. By John A. Tracy. McGraw-Hill Professional.
  2004 ed. - NetLibrary eBook
 1999 ed. - Circulating - HF5681.B2 T733 1999
 


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Stocks, Bonds, and Investment Analysis

 General Investment

Investment Links (Internet Public Library)

Stock Exchanges

Each stock exchange site links websites of the companies listed on its exchange.

American Stock Exchange

NASDAQ Market

New York Stock Exchange

Bonds, Stocks, Mutual Funds, Investing

Barron's Online
Weekly stocks and mutual fund price data.

Bonds Online
Bond data, analyses, and pricing for the investor.

BondsMarkets.com
By the Bond Market Association. Bond statistics, policy and news and links.

Morningstar.com
Mutual fund rating reports and stock quotes available to subscribers.

ICI Mutual Fund Connection
by the Investment Company Institute. Statistical information on mutual funds.

StockCharts.com
Various charting tools for stock prices.

The Wall Street Transcript (TWST.com)
Weekly financial report with commentary on industries and companies.

Social and Ethical Investing

Business Ethics
Corporate social responsibility report.

Ethical Investing Links
Links to sites with information for building an investment portfolio that reflects one's morals, values, and belief system.

GoodMoney.com
Website for "social, ethical, and environmental investing and consuming and corporate accountability." Searchable by keyword.

Social Investment Forum
Statistical information on mutual funds, fund profiles for socially responsible investing, and news.

The Irwin Guide to Stocks, Bonds, Futures, and Options A Comprehensive Guide to Wall Street's Markets. By K. Thomas Liaw and Ronald L. Moy. McGraw-Hill Professional, 2001.
 NetLibrary eBook
 


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Industry Information

Industrial Information Links
Use an industry's classification number to locate information in business resources.

1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC Correspondence Tables (U.S. Census Bureau)

Bloomberg.com
Partial online access to non-subscribers.

Industry Links (Internet Public Library)

Quarterly Financial Report for Manufacturing, Mining, and Trade (U.S. Census Bureau)

Industrial Classification Systems
Use an industry's classification number to locate information in business resources.

1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC Correspondence Tables (U.S. Census Bureau)

North American Industry Classification System. Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, 1998. (Replaces the Standard Industrial Classification.)
  2007 ed. - http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html
 1998 ed. - Ref. HF1042.A55 N67 1998

Standard Industrial Classification Manual. JIST Works, 1987.
The SIC Manual has been replaced by the NAICS.
http://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/sicsearch.html
 Ref. HF1042 .A55 1987

Financial Ratios for Corporations
To locate ratios for individual corporations, consult the company's annual or 10k report.

Financial Ratios for Industries

Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios. Prentice-Hall, current.
 Squires Library - Reference Book and CD-ROM - Ref. HF5681 .R25 A45

Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios. Dun & Bradstreet Credit Services, 2002.
 Cleveland Public Library - Reference - R 650 Ind., current.

RMA Annual Statement Studies. Robert Morris Associates, 1985-present.
 Squires Library - Ref. HF5681.B2 R58

Industrial Statistics and Outlook

Business Statistics of the United States: Patterns of Economic Change. Bernan Press, 2002 - present.
 Squires Library - Ref. HF3001 .B875
 NetLibrary eBook

Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries. Gale, 2000.
 Squires Library - Ref HC102 .E54 2000

International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics. United Nations Industrial Development Organization, 1997, 2000.
 Squires Library - Ref. HC10 .I673

U.S. Industry and Trade Outlook. McGraw Hill, 1999.
 Squires Library - Ref. HC106.82 .U16 1999

U.S. Trends and Market Forecasts. Gale Group.
 Squires Library - Ref. HD30.27 .U7 1999

WEFA Industrial Monitor. Wiley.
 Squires Library - Ref. HC101 .W434 2000-01
 


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Business News

See also the Library's News guide.

America's News Magazines (Newsbank)
Squires Library database

America's Newspapers (Newsbank)
Squires Library database

Bloomberg.com
Partial online access to non-subscribers.

Business Source Premier (BSP)
Squires Library database

CNN Money

Financial Times

General Business File ASAP
Squires Library database

Investor's Business Daily
Partial online access to non-subscribers.

Regional Business News
Squires Library database

USA Today―Business News
Squires Library has one month of the print version.

Wall Street Journal
Partial online access to non-subscribers. Squires Library has one month of the print version.

Yahoo! Finance
 


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Business Databases

To access other business databases not listed below, visit the library's Eresources page.

Business Source Premier (BSP)
This is the industry's most used business research database, providing the full text for nearly 8,200 serials. Business Source Premier provides full text back to 1965 and searchable cited references back as far as 1998. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business.

General Business File ASAP
Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full text and images available.

General Business File International
Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and directory listings with full text and images available.

Hoovers
Provides information on public and private companies. Includes information such as company histories, key financial information, officers, products, industry profiles, press releases, annual reports, SEC filings, subsidiaries, operations, financial rations, etc.

International Financial Statistics
Produced by the International Monetary Fund, the IFS database provides international economic statistics. The database includes, for most countries of the world, current data on exchange rates, international liquidity, money and banking, interest rates, prices, production, international transactions, government accounts, and national accounts.
 


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