COD Library - Business 1100 Company Project

Business 1100 Research Guide

Hoover's Online
A good general overview of a company with information on company history, products/services, personnel, competitors, financials.

Business & Company ASAP
Read articles written by outside experts and analysts about your company; top executives; employees; management; marketing plans. This is an excellent place to look for corporate information.

Business Source Elite
Find articles about your company under the BASIC SEARCH section of the database.
Read financial reports about your company under the COMPANY PROFILES section of the database. Enter (or select from the list) the name of the company you are researching and click on the (PDF) Complete Report to bring up a Datamonitor report on the company. A Datamonitor report is not available for every company listed in Business Source Elite.
Wall Street Journal
Retrieve company information from this business newspaper.

Standard & Poor's Company Research
Search this database for financial and investment information about major publicly-held companies.

Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys
Read about the industry in which your company operates.

Company web sites
Company web sites are excellent sources of information about goals/missions; products and services; finance; organization; markets served. Remember, however, that this information originates with the company itself.

Yahoo Finance
http:finance.yahoo.com
Enter the ticker symbol of your company and select "Major Holders" under the "Ownership" section. This will give you a list of the major "inside" stockholders and the top institutional holders for your company.

Corporate Statements: The Official Missions, Goals, Principles and Philosophies of Over 900 Companies - Ref HD 30.285 .H37
There are a number of mission statement reference books in this call number area. Mission statements/corporate philosophies are often on the company web site as well.
International Directory Company Histories - Ref HD 2721 .I6x
This set contains a comprehensive history of most publicly-held companies. Use the company index in the last volume of the set to locate your company.
LexisNexis Corporate Affiliations - Ref HG 4057 .A217
U.S. public, U.S. private and international companies - who owns whom. Lists corporate divisions, subsidiaries, plants and other holdings worldwide.

Value Line Investment Survey - Ref HG 4501 .V26 (Located at Ref. Desk)
This reference source will help you discuss the future outlook of your company.

COD Library Catalog
Under SUBJECT, enter the name of the company, the company's founder, or the CEO of the company to see if there is a book on these topics that you can check out.

Business 1100 Company Project Research Guide is available on the Library web site.
- Select Research Guides > Business/Management/Marketing

Judy Wagner, Professor/Reference Librarian
SRC 3044
630-942-2021
wagnerj@cod.edu

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