OFTI 2600 · Professional Development
Finding Articles
Use the following databases to find articles and news stories.
Finding Company Information
Geography / National Companies
- Company web sites are an excellent source of information about company goals, products, finances, sales and marketing strategies.
- Forbes Lists of Companies
http://www.forbes.com/lists
- Fortune 500
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2008/
- 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.
- WorkingMother
http://workingmother.com
Read the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers issue.
Geography - State / Local Companies
- 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.
- Book of Lists. Business Ledger
Ref HC 108 .C4 B666
- Book of Lists. Crain's Chicago Business
Ref HC 108 .C4 B665
- Job Bank Series
CCIC HF 5382.75
- LaSalle Bank Guide: Major Publicly Held Corporations and Financial Institutions Headquartered in Illinois
Ref HC 107 .I3 F5
Companies in Specific Industries
These titles are examples of specialized industry directories in the reference area.
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American Hospital Association Guide to the Health Care Field
Ref RA 977 .A6
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Directory of Top Computer Executives
Ref HD 9696 .C63 U5163133
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Sullivan's Law Directory for the State of Illinois
Ref KF 192.I4 S9
- Thomson Bank Directory
Ref HG 2441.T4
Finding Job and Career Information
There are a wide variety of resources in the College
and Career Information Center (CCIC) to help you research careers,
target companies for potential jobs and prepare resumes and cover
letters.
Judy
Wagner, Professor/Reference Librarian
SRC 3044
630-942-2021
wagnerj@cdnet.cod.edu
