Industry Information
Standard and Poor's NetAdvantage Searchable S&P full text publications: Bond Guide; Corporate Records; Divident Record; Earnings Guide; Industry Surveys; Mutual Fund Reports; the Outlook; Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives; Security Dealers of North America; Stock Guide; and Stock Reports. Choose Industries from the top menu bar.
Mint Global Mint Global provides access to four versatile databases that together allow flexible and intuitive searching of over forty data sources to enable effective discovery of a wealth of information on 40 million companies around the world.
Business Source Premier Click on Industry Profiles on the right hand panel.
Economic Census 2002 Reports on many industries.
Internet Index for Industries A guide to over 1,500 websites relating to different industries.
Industry Portals Links to many industry websites and associations
Additional industry bookmarks from the business librarian.
Company Information
Full text articles from international and US national, state and local news sources, as well as specialized business and industry informaiton.
- Choose Business in the red toolbar
- Type in the company name or ticker symbol to search for a Company Dossier
Business Source Premier Click on Company Profiles on the right hand panel.
Mint Global Mint Global provides access to four versatile databases that together allow flexible and intuitive searching of over forty data sources to enable effective discovery of a wealth of information on 40 million companies around the world.
Company Histories free from Funding Universe
Note the suggestions for "Further Reading" at the bottom of each company history.
Company Profiles free from Conde Nast
Find Information about Company Competitors
- Choose Business in the red toolbar
- Type in the company name or ticker symbol to search for a Company Dossier
- Midway down the page you'll see the red text "Key Competitors".
Business Source Premier Click on Company Profiles on the right hand panel.
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage Choose "Companies" from the top menu bar (includes only companies in the S&P 500).
Google Finance lists related companies.
Association Search
One of the best places to go for information is industry associations. Almost everything and everyone has an association. You can begin your search for associations by visiting Google. Simply type in a general term for your product, like wood along with the word association. Here are the Google results for wood association .
You can also check in the Encyclopedia of Associations for a comprehensive listing of associations. Please note, this book is kept directly behind the reference desk in the Valley Library.
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Market Research
Mintel Market Research Reports Market research information relating to consumer goods and services. Information is gathered from original market research, analysis of official data and surveys and is then packaged into reports. Each report follows a similar format, including sections on market, suppliers, trends, etc. In addition information is provided on social, econmics, and demographic trends and marketing news.
Business Source Premier Click on Market Research Reports or SWOT analysis on the right hand panel.
Lifestyle market analyst (a book) This popular marketing tool contains three profile sections: 1) Market Profiles -an overview of the demographics and lifestyle interests of the adult population/households in the 210 U.S. DMA (Designated Market Areas) markets; 2) Lifestyle Profiles -demographic and related lifestyle interest information for over 70 lifestyle interests; and 3) Consumer Segment Profiles, - characteristics of households that fit certain demographic and economic criteria. A fourth section lists consumer magazines and direct marketing lists targeted
Demographic and Census Data
Demographic data from American Fact Finder
Income data from the Current Population Survey
Consumer Spending data from Consumer Expenditures Surveys
Statistical Abstract of the US The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
Guide to Market Segmentation A list of useful books about market segmentation from the library of congress. In the right-hand column select your topic (lifestyle link is particularly useful).
NationMaster Compares statistics between different states in the US. Note: NationMaster is a secondary source.
Journal, Magazine, and Newspaper Articles
Business Source Premier Full text articles from business journals, magazines, newspapers.
LexisNexis Academic Full text articles from international and US national, state and local news sources, as well as specialized business and industry informaiton.
- Choose Business in the red toolbar
- Type in the company name or ticker symbol to search for a Company Dossier
- In the Company Dossier you'll find links to news stories in the left toolbar.
Wall Street Journal Searches full-text of articles from 1986 until the present. Does not include advertisements or daily stock prices.
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