Business and Industry Information

This handout is intended to provide a list of resources available from the Van Wylen Library. Please use this as a starting point rather than a comprehensive list of material available.

DIRECTORIES

Michigan

• Dun's Regional Business Directory Ref. HG 4057 .M5 D86 (updated annually)
• Michigan Business Directory (2 vols.) Ref. HF5065 .M52 1996/97

National

• Acxiom Directories--Biz FirstSearch (AcxiomBiz)
• Hoover's MasterList of Major U.S. Companies Ref. HG 4057 .A35 1994/95
• Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives Ref. HG 4057 .A4 (updated annually)
• Ward’s Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies Ref. HG 4057 .A575 1998

International

• Hoover's Masterlist of Major International Companies Ref. HD 62.4 .H66

BACKGROUND & HISTORY

• American Business Ref. HG 4057 .A28617
• Emerging Companies Ref. HG 4057 .A28618
• Private Companies Ref. HG 4057 .A28616
• World Business Ref. HG 4057 .A28619
• International Directory of Company Histories Ref. HD 2721 .I63

FINANCIAL DATA

• EDGAR Database (Securities and Exchange Commission) Available on the Internet at http://www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm

• ABI/Inform (ABI INFORM)
• Business Dateline (BusDateline)
• Wilson Business Abstracts (WilsonBusiness)

• Business
  ->(Business News, Company Financial, Compare Companies, SEC Filings & Reports, Industry, Accounting)

• Industrial Manual Ref. HG 4961 .M67 (older issues on the 3^rd floor)
• OTC Industrial Manual Ref. HG 4961 .M7237 (older issues on the 3^rd floor)
• Transportation Manual (available at Herrick District Library)

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

Business Rankings Annual Ref. HG 4050 .B88

• ABI/Inform (ABI INFORM)
• Business Dateline (BusDateline)
• Wilson Business Abstracts (WilsonBusiness)

      LexisNexis
      -> Business -> (Business News, Industry)

• Market Share ReporterRef. HF 5410 .M35
• Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys Ref. HC 106.6 .S74
  (1996-present in Reference; 1973 – 1995 available on 3^rd floor)
• U.S. Industry & Trade Outlook Ref. HC 101 .U54
• The Value Line Investment Survey Ref. HG 4501 .V26

STATISTICAL SOURCES

• Business Statistics of the United States Ref. HC 101 .A1313
• Economic Indicators Current Periodicals HC 101 .A186 (older issues available on 3^rd floor)
• Statistical Abstract of the United States Reference Desk HA 202 (older issues on Census Shelves C 3.134)
• Survey of Current Business Current Periodicals HC 101 .A13 (older issues available on 3^rd floor)

OTHER

• Van Wylen Library: Economics and Business Administration Internet Resources http://www.hope.edu/lib/resources/economics.html

July 20, 2001