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These titles are representative of the wide variety of business resources that are available to research companies and the industries in which these companies operate.
General / National Company Information
Corporate Statements: The Official Missions,
Goals, Principles and Philosophies of Over 900 Companies
Ref HD 30.285 .H37
This title and others in the same call number area provide
a quick reference to corporate mission statements.
Directory of Corporate Affiliations
Ref HG 4057 .A217
This set contains subsidiary and affiliate information for
major public and private U.S. and foreign firms.
D & B Million Dollar Directory
Ref HC 102 .D8
America's leading public and private companies.
Hoover's Handbook of American Business
Ref HG 4057 .A28617
Two-page profiles for approximately 1600 major U.S. companies.
International Directory of Company Histories
Ref HD 2721 .I6x
Profiles of the historical development of the world's leading
companies.
Mergent Manuals
Ref HG's/Call #'s vary.
Bank/Finance, Industrial, International, Municipal/Government,
OTS Industrial/Unlisted, Public Utility, Transportation.
Financial profiles of major U.S. publicly-held companies.
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers
Ref T12 .T6.
http://www.thomasregister.com
Directory of companies and products manufactured in North
America.
Value Line Investment Survey
Ready Ref HG 4501 .V26
Company and industry profiles for the investor.
Business Ledger and Crain's Chicago Business
Periodicals
These business newspapers are excellent sources of information
on local companies. Also see the Book of Lists that each newspaper
publishes listing leading area companies in selected industries.
Illinois Manufacturers and Services Directories
Ref HC 107 .I3 I55 and I62
State directory of businesses.
LaSalle Bank Guide: Major Publicly Held Corporations
and Financial Institutions Headquartered in Illinois
Ref HC 107 .I3 F5
Sorkins' Directory of Business & Government
Ref HC 108 .C4 S63
Directory of Chicago area businesses and nonprofits.
Geography - International Companies
Directory of American Firms Operating in Foreign
Countries
Ref HG 4538 .A1 D5
Directory of Foreign Firms Operating in the
United States
Ref HG 4057 .A2 1943
Mergent International Manual
Ref HG 4009 .M66
World Business Directory
Ref HF 54 .U5 W667
The titles below are examples of the many specialized
industry directories that are in the reference collection.
Directories in Print
Ref AY 2001 .D5
Useful for locating specialized industry company directories.
D&B Consultants Directory
Ref HD 69 .C6 D86
Directory of Top Computer Executives
Ref HD 9696 .C63 U5163133
Thomas Food & Beverage Market Place
Ref HD 9321.3 .T5
Business Rankings Annual
Ref HD 2771 .B8
Rankings of companies, products, services and business activities.
D&B Business Rankings
Ref HG 4057 .A237
Public and private businesses ranked within industry category
and state.
Encyclopedia of Associations
Ref AS 22 .E5
Associations are good sources of industry information.
Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries
Ref HD 2324 .E528
Covers specific businesses as well as broad business sectors
with growth potential.
Grey House DIrectory of Special Issues: A Guide
to Business Magazines
Ready Ref HF1 .G7
These special issues can be useful in obtaining industry information.
Market Share Reporter
Ref HF 5415.2 .M3
Contains market share reports for a wide variety of products/services,
brands and corporations.
Mergent Industry Review
Ref HG 4961 .M68
Financial data for more than 130 industries and major companies
within those industries.
National Trade and Professional Associations
of the United States
Ref HD 2425 .D53
Open Directory - Industries
http://dmoz.org/Business/
Research profiles for selected industries.
Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys
Ref HC 106.6 .S74
Broad overviews of more than 50 industry groups with useful
financial data and tips for analyzing specific industries.
U.S. Industry & Trade Outlook
Ref HC 101 .U54 U.S.
Department of Commerce overviews of more than 220 industries
with statistical overviews and outlooks for international
trade. Last published in 2000.
ValuationResources.com
http://www.valuationresources.com
Go to the "Industry Reports" section which is organized
by SIC Code. For each of the more than 200 SIC codes in the
section, there are annotated links to free and fee-based industry
sources.
World Market Share Reporter
Ref HD 2757.15 .W67
Contains international market share reports for many products/services,
brands and corporations.
You must have a valid College of DuPage library card to access the electronic indexes and databases from off-campus.
ABI Inform
Articles (many are full text) from business and management
journals.
Business
& Company ASAP
An index to articles (many are full text) on business and
management topics, industries, and companies with additional
corporate information on more than 110,000 public and private
companies.
Business
Source Elite
This is still another database with articles on business topics,
many which are full text. Look for the Datamonitor report
under the Company Profiles section.
Chicago
Tribune
Excellent business information on local companies.
Hoover's
Online
Provides full text financial and organizational profiles for
more than 13,000 public and private companies with links to
Web sites, news articles, stock charts, annual reports and
industry reports.
ReferenceUSA
U.S. company information searchable by company name, geographic
location, type of business, and business size. Useful for
marketing and sales planning.
StatUSA
Useful for information on doing business in other countries.
Wall
Street Journal
This prestigious business newspaper is an excellent source
of company and industry information.
Company web sites
Company web sites are an excellent source of information about
company goals, products, finances, sales and marketing strategies.
Corporate
Information
http://www.corporateinformation.com
Contains links to sources of information about companies worldwide.
Some of the sources are free of charge; others require registration
or are fee-based.
Finding
Information About Companies
http://www.sls.lib.il.us/reference/workshop/business/companyinfo.html
An online workshop on finding company information
Guide to Company Information Using Only the Internet
http://www.ithaca.edu/library/biblio/companynet.htm
Ithaca College Library's guide to researching public and private companies using the Internet.
Introduction
to Company Research
http://www.lib.duke.edu/reference/subjects/business/begin.htm
An introduction to company research.
Researching
Companies on the Internet - A Tutorial
http://home.sprintmail.com/~debflanagan/
Find free company and industry information on the Web.
U.S.
Business Reporter Industry Reports
http://www.activemedia-guide.com/industry_profile_cp.ht
Judy Wagner, Business Librarian
630-942-2021
wagnerj@cdnet.cod.edu
