Encyclopedia of Associations
Ref AS 22 .E5
Check out the trade associations connected with your industry.
Standard & Poor´s Industry Surveys
Research these excellent overviews of broad industry groups.
Hoover's Online
Go to the INDUSTRIES section for overviews of specific industries.
Hoover's Online
Go here for full text financial and organizational profiles of more than 12 million public and private companies with in-depth reports on 25,000 major companies. Contains links to Web sites, news articles, stock charts, annual reports and industry reports. A "must" place to go when researching a company.
Company web site
Visit the company web site to learn about a company's products and services.
Business Source Elite
Look for the Datamonitor reports under the Company Profiles section for a SWOT analysis of a company.
ReferenceUSA
U.S. company information searchable by company name, geographic location, type of business, and business size.
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.
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
In addition to the resources listed above, the following databases are useful for finding articles on industries, companies, business leaders, and all other business topics.
Business & Company ASAP
An index to articles (many are full text) on business and
management topics, industries, and companies.
Business
Source Elite
This is still another database with articles on business topics,
many which are full text.
Chicago
Tribune
Excellent business information on local companies.
Wall
Street Journal
This prestigious business newspaper is an excellent source
of company and industry information.
Judy Wagner, Business Librarian
630-942-2021
wagnerj@cod.edu