Company Information Subject Guide

Databases

• Business Source Premier
  Full text business database t for nearly 3,050 scholarly business journals, including full text for more than 1000 peer-reviewed business publications- EBSCOhost
• Regional Business News
  Provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Covers 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States- EBSCOhost
• LexisNexis Business
  Includes searchable indexes in business news, industry and market news and information, accounting literature, SEC filings and more- LexisNexis

Books

• Dun and Bradstreet's  Million Dollar Directory. Top 50,000: America's leading public & private companies (HF5035 .M54)
  Profiles the leading, largest public and private U.S. companies. Covers 50,000 leading public and private companies- Million Dollar Directory® Series
• Company Profiles for Students (HG4057 .A27)
  Gr 9 Up-A useful, thorough work profiling 280 companies. Provides an overview and then covers topics such as "Company Finances," "Analysts' Opinions," "History," "Strategy," "Current Trends," and "Global Presence"- School Library Journal
• Hoover's Masterlist of Major Latin American Companies (HF3010)
  Presents a series of well-known business sources useful in light of NAFTA. Covers 18 countries in the list, including the predominant Argentina, Brazil, and Chile powers and smaller nations such as Costa Rica and Paraguay- Booklist
• International Directory of Company Histories (HD2721 .I63)
  Provides detailed information on the historical development of the world's largest and most influential public, private and state-controlled companies- Publisher
• Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies (HG4057 .A575)
  Provides updated company and industry profiles, for contacting a company or calculating its marketshare. Includes identifying market participants and study market share, locating potential clients and create targeted mailing lists, analyzing market position and finding specific data on targeted companies- Publisher
• Additional Books

Journals and Other Publications

• Business History
  Concerned with the long-run evolution & contemporary operation of business systems & enterprises. Includes advanced research, global significance, corporate organization & growth, multinational enterprise, business efficiency and more- EBSCOhost
• SEC Annual Reports to Shareholders
  Presents a principal document used by major corporations to communicate directly with their shareholders. Contains annual financial statements information and information about the company's business, sales and marketing and analysis of the company's condition- LexisNexis
• SEC Prospectuses
  Contains file reports on the financial condition of all publicly-held U.S. companies. Provides results of operations and any other information that is of significance to investors- LexisNexis
• SEC Registration Statements
  Contains file reports on the financial condition of all publicly-held U.S. companies. Provides results of operations and any other information that is of significance to investors- LexisNexis

Websites

• Annual Reports - Yahoo
  Access to annual reports on the web from hundreds of companies covering basic material, energy, closed end funds, finance, conglomerates, industrial, consumer cyclical and non-cyclical, technology, and utilities.
• BizLink: Your On-line Business Resource
  Directory of resources that "support the local, national, and international business communities and others conducting business research." Topics include business forms; careers, jobs, and salaries; company and industry research; international business; investment and personal finance; marketing and demographics; patent and trademark; starting a business; and taxes.
• CorpWatch: Holding Corporations Accountable
  "Provides news, analysis, research tools and action alerts to respond to corporate activity around the globe." Contains information on various CorpWatch campaigns. Includes a wide range of issues, and information on how to get involved in grassroots organizations- Librarian's Index to the Internet
• Edgar (SEC Filings and Forms)
  Full-text searchable index to the filings by corporations to the Securities and Exchange Commission that are available to the public- Librarian's Index to the Internet.