Business Writing--Research
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| You can find additional reference sources by doing a keyword or subject search in ALCUIN for your BROAD topic and then limiting the location to the reference collection, or by combining the term with "encyclopedia" in your search. | |
Policies and practices | Personnel management, policies and practices |
| Business : the ultimate resource Ref HD38.15 .B874 2002 | Entrepreneurship, success in business, business terminology, industrial management, and management philosophy |
| The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management Ref HD30.15 .B455 2005 | A 13 volume set bringing together specially commissioned and carefully edited entries from an international team of the world's best scholars and teachers, this work is divided into 12 individual subject volumes and an index |
| The Advertising age encyclopedia of advertising Ref HF5803 .A38 2003 | Encyclopedia of advertising. |
| Directory of Corporate Affiliations Ref HG4057 .A219 | Find who owns whom, subsidiaries, divisions,etc. Five volumes. |
| D&B Million Dollar Directory. Dun's Marketing Services
Ref HC102 .D8 | Thumbnail profiles of America's leading public and private companies. Criteria: Over 180 Employees, $9,000,000 or more in sales. Subsidiaries are included but Divisions are not. |
| Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations,Directors,
and Executives Ref HG4057 .A4 | Vol. 1 is a corporate index with entries similar to D& B. Vol. 2 is biographical information on corporate executives and directors, and Vol.3 provides seven separate indexes for focusing your research, i.e. SIC Code index, Geographical Index, Corporate Family cross reference, etc. |
| International Directory of Company Histories Ref HD2721 .I57 | Over 60 Volumes to date. Company origins and thorough backgrounds featuring conventional and unconventional historical developments. These histories are updated so a company may appear more than once. |
| Dun's Directory of Service Companies Ref HD9981.3 .D86 | Profiles of over 50,000 businesses in the service sector, primarily deriving revenue from SIC Codes 70-81, 83, 87, or 89 which includes hotels, auto repair, amusement, health services, etc. |
| Hoover's Handbook of American Business Ref HG 4057.A28617 | Profiles of 500 major U.S. companies--Includes excellent section of numerous "lists" such as rankings of largest companies in each industry, biggest stock offerings, best companies for Gay Men and Lesbians, etc. |
| World Business Directory Ref HF54.U5 W667 | Company information arranged by country of origin in first three volumes. Vol. 4 contains index of all companies, SIC Code index, and index based on the Harmonized Commodity Description. |
| For books here in the library: ALCUIN |
| For books to order on ILL: WorldCat |
| Factiva (formerly Dow Jones) | Largest selection of news and current events sources online, including transcriptions of most all televison news programs, "20/20", "Nightline", etc., as well as radio programs such as NPR's "All Things Considered." Also Reuters News Service reports. |
| Business Source Premier | Business Source Premier contains the full text of 7,594 periodicals and other sources, including: 1,131 Peer-Reviewed Journals, 1,214 Trade Journals & General Business Magazines, 144 Monographs, 1,419 Country Economic Reports, 3,158 Industry Reports & Yearbooks, and 528 Market Research Reports. |
| Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe | Includes the full text of articles from major sources of information on eneral news, companies, industries & markets, government & politics, legislation, countries and states, biographies, reference, medicine and health, accounting, auditing and taxes. |
| JSTOR | A retrospective collection of electronic full-text of more than a dozen Economics journals from Vol.1, Issue 1. They cover up to as recent as four years ago |
| General Business File | Includes Company Profiles with article coverage of business and management journals, trade/industry publications, local area business journals, company directory listings, and PR Newswire releases |
| Business Abstracts Full Text | Covers 400 English-language general business periodicals and trade journals, plus the Wall Street Journal and the business section of the New York Times. Users can access citations via SIC codes. |
| Wall
Street Journal Historical 1887-1989 | Searchable full image of every page of the Wall Street Journal including all advertisements |
| Hoover's Online | Search for companies by name, ticker symbol, classification, geography or industry. Much of the information is for subscribers only, but you can get a broad overview of the company here. |
| Value Line Research Center | The Value Line Research Center includes on-line access to Value Line's leading publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities as well as special situation stocks. |
| EDGAR | Corporate reports for over 8,500 companies- 10K, 10Q, 8Q, Schedule 13 G files, Letters to Stockholders, Prospecti, etc. Also SEC Digest, Press Releases, Congressional Testimony and Special Studies. |
| Annual Reports | |
| To find a company's annual report, go to their website. If there isn't an "Annual Report" link from their main page, it will often be found on the "About" page for the company. | |
| Tips for Reading an Annual Report, from The Annual Reports Library | A good, clear description of what to look for when reading a company's annual report. Scroll through alphabetically or use the search engine. |
| Public Register's Annual Report Service | If you can't find your company's full annual report on their website, you may be able to find it here. This service will process your annual report order within 24 hours and mail the report(s) to you free of charge. |
| Industry Activity | |
| NAICS--North American Industry Classification System | This site offers a list of the NAICS codes and correspondence tables between NAICS and SIC. |
| Manufacturing Statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau | Provides industry statistics in text or spreadsheet formats. |
| Ethics and Community Support | |
| Better Business Bureau | Accreditation demonstrates a commitment to "ethical marketplace business practices." Is your company accredited with the BBB? Have their been complaints? |
| World Network of Chambers of Commerce and Industry | Find out if your company supports its community through Chamber of Commerce membership. |
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