Mergent Online

Company financials, ratios, news, annual reports.

NetAdvantage
Standard and Poor's

Online access to Standard & Poor’s Stock Reports, Industry Surveys, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, The Outlook, Mutual Fund Reports, etc.

LexisNexis Academic

In the Business > Company Financial section of LexisNexis Academic is company data from numerous sources. Profiles from Hoover's, Current company financial data from Disclosure; financial data from NAARS Annual Reports 1972-1995; and other sources.

ReferenceUSA

Directory of U.S. businesses. Useful for building lists of businesses by certain criteria such as size, location, industry, etc.; determining if a business is public or private; and finding the ultimate parent company.

Business and Company Resource Center

Journal articles; company financials, histories; company and industry investment reports, rankings, market shares, overviews.

International Directory of Company Histories
47 volumes

Details the historical development of more than 5000 of the world's most important companies.

Encyclopedia of Major Marketing Campaigns

Profiles 500 of the most notable advertising and marketing initiatives of the twentieth century.

Encyclopedia of Consumer Brands
3 volumes

Information on products that have been leaders in their respective brand categories and have had a decided impact on American business or popular culture. Includes brand history and marketing strategies.

GMID: Global Market Information Database
(via Euromonitor)

Country, industry, and consumer statistics and market research.

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Standard and Poor's

Online access to Standard & Poor’s Stock Reports, Industry Surveys, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, The Outlook, Mutual Fund Reports, etc.

Business and Company Resource Center

Journal articles; company financials, histories; company and industry overviews, investment reports, rankings, market share.

Encyclopedia of Associations
3 volumes

A guide to more than 22,000 national and international organizations.

Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries

Details the inception, emergence, and current status of 118 newly flourishing U.S. industires and industry segments.

Encyclopedia of Business
2 volumes

Encyclopedia of business terms, ideas, issues, concepts, theories, models, and techniques. Articles average 2500 words each.

Landmarks in Modern American Business
3 volumes

Focuses on key developments in the evolution of American business and commerce--from the creation of the Dow Jones Industrial Average at the end of the nineteenth century to the "Y2K" crisis of 2000.

Dictionary of Business

A comprehensive dictionary of everyday business usage. Includes over 12,500 words and expressions.

The New Palgrave Dictionary of Money & Finance
3 volumes

Over 1000 short articles on monetary and financial topics.

NAICS
North American Industry Classification System

U.S. government industry classification launched in 1997 to replace SIC. Includes an SIC to NAICS correspondence lookup.

SIC
Standard Industrial Classification

U.S. industrial classification scheme. Eventually to be replaced by NAICS.

Strauss's Handbook of Business Information:
A Guide for Librarians, Students, and Researchers

Guide for locating business information. Part one covers business information by format, such as reference sources, bibliographies, periodicals and newspapers, and statistics. Part two covers specific business topics such as marketing; money, credit, and banking; and investments. Covers both Internet and print resources.

Business Plans Handbook
9 volumes

A compilation of actual business plans developed by small businesses throughout North America.

The Irwin Guide to Using The Wall Street Journal

By USF Professor Michael Lehmann, the objective of this book is to show the reader how to use The Wall Street Journal to be your own economist.

Schaum's Quick Guide to Business Formulas

Assembles 201 of the most common financial tools--formulas, tables, models--used in business today.