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resources listing companies along with brief information are available
in the Reference Area. Two directories that list both public and
private companies are Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private
and Public Companies [Ref. HG4057 .A56] and Million Dollar
Directory [Ref. HC102 .D8]. To find books about specific
companies, search the Saint Louis Universtiy Libraries Catalog by subject for the name of the company.
For example, Anheuser Busch, Microsoft, etc. See
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ABI/INFORM
http://www.slu.edu/libraries/pius/databases/dbdesc/abi.html
Search for articles about companies or industries from 1971 to present.
Full text and/or page images are available for about half of the articles
from 1986 forward.
Access is limited to Saint Louis University students,
faculty, and staff.
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bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/
Home page for 41 business journals from various cities.
Selected stories from the print edition and Web-only daily stories
are available from each journal.
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Business
& Company Resource Center
http://www.slu.edu/libraries/pius/databases/dbdesc/buscores.html?db=BCRC
Updated daily except Sunday. Provides company profiles, company
brand information, rankings, over 50,000 company investment reports,
company histories, chronologies, and indexes approximately 1,000 business
journals and trade/industry publications. Approximately half of
the journals and trade/industry publications are full text.
Access is limited to Saint Louis University students,
faculty, and staff.
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Business
Codes
Search the Standard
Industrial Classification (SIC) manual
by keyword to get a 4-digit SIC code or by 4-digit SIC code
to get an industry description.
OR
Search the 1997
NAICS Index by keyword, NAICS titles, or SIC code to
get the all corresponding NAICS codes.
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Ci:
CorporateInformation
http://www.corporateinformation.com/
Offers over 31,000 company financial "snapshots". All other information is fee-based.
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Directory
of Corporate Archives in the United States and Canada
http://www.hunterinformation.com/corporat.htm
From the Society of American Archivists, this site lists names and address
of archives for U.S. and Canadian companies.
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Europages:
The European Business Directory
http://www.europages.com/home.html
Search by company name, product or service or browse by industry category.
Contains 900,000 companies in Europe selected from 35 countries.
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FT.com
http://www.ft.com/home/us
This Financial Times Web site provides fee-based and free news
articles/abstracts from around the world, industry overviews, and stock
prices, evaluation, and annual reports for companies.
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Forbes
500s Annual Directory
http://www.forbes.com/2003/03/26/500sland.html
Search by company name or browse alphabetically by Sales Rank, Market
Value, Assets, Profits, state location, or industry. A link to
the annual Forbes 500s article is included.
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Fortune.com
http://www.fortune.com
Among other information, Fortune provides lists
such as the Fortune 500,
the 100 Fastest
Growing Companies, the Global
500, and use the Fortune 500 1955-2006 archival database.
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Getting
Through Customs
http://www.getcustoms.com/2004GTC/articles.html
Site consists of a list of links to articles or excerpts from
various sources with information about doing business in other countries.
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Hoover's
Online
http://www.hoovers.com
Search for major public, private, and emerging companies. Free
information includes a short profile and information such as number
of employees, sales, income, major competitors. A link is provided
to each company's home page on the Internet.
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Inc.com: The Daily Resource for Entrepreneurs
http://www.inc.com/home/
Check out industry news, information about how to start a company including
how to write business plans, the Inc.500 and the Inc.5000, the fastest growing private companies in the U.S. You can search
by company, keyword, sector, industry or state. Also includes
a searchable database of all Inc. 500 winners from 1982 through
present.
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LexisNexis
Academic
http://www.slu.edu/libraries/pius/databases/dbdesc/lexnexau.html
Updated continuously. Provides online access to full-text domestic
and international news sources, business and financial information,
company information in addition to current and historical court cases,
and current codes for States and the United States.
Access is limited to Saint Louis University students,
faculty, and staff.
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Mergent
Online
http://www.slu.edu/libraries/pius/databases/dbdesc/moodycom.html
This was formerly Moody's U.S. Company Data and Moody's
International Company Data. Contains historical and financial
information as reported by the companies for over 10,000 U.S. public
companies traded on the NYSE, AMEX and Nasdaq stock exchanges as well
as historical and financial information for approximately 13,000 non-United
States-based companies from over 100 countries. Includes links
to Edgar filings from 1993 to present for U.S. companies. Annual
reports in image format are also available.
Access is limited to Saint Louis University students,
faculty, and staff.
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PRARS:
Public Register's Annual Report Service
http://www.prars.com/
This service provided by the Public Register's Annual Report Service
(PRARS) is free to individual investors. Request online or call
their toll-free number.
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Researching
Companies Online
http://www.learnwebskills.com/company/
Written by Debbie Flanagan, this tutorial provides a "step-by-step
process for finding free company and industry information on the World
Wide Web." (text from site)
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SEC
Filings & Forms (EDGAR)
http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml
An archive of current and past SEC electronic company filings (10K,
10Q, Proxy Statements, etc.). Domestic, public companies were
not required to file electronically until May 6, 1996. However,
electronic filing of these required reports was phased in over three
years so some reports go back to 1994. Current reports are posted
no sooner than 24 hours after receipt by the SEC.
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SEDAR
(System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval)
http://www.sedar.com/
This is the Canadian equivalent of EDGAR. Find public security
filings and company/mutual fund profiles for companies in Canada.
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Rutgers
University Libraries: Research & Reference Gateway:
Research Guides: Business
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/
busi/business.shtml
A research guide written and compiled by the business librarians at
Rutgers University, this resource provides instructions on how to begin
each type of research interwoven with Web sites and print materials
available in one of the Rutgers' libraries. Includes the following
topics: Accounting, Banks and Financial Services, Biographical
Resources, Business Courseware, Business Electronic Journals, Business
News Sources, Company Research, Electronic Commerce, Financing your
Business, General Business, Indexes to Business Topics, Industry Research,
International Business, Internet Marketing, Job Searching, Market Research,
Organizational Behavior and HRM, Small Business and Entrepreneurship,
and Stock and Commodity Exchanges.
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Last updated November 29, 2007. |
