Business Research Guide

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Web Links

• Annual Reports Gallery Current annual reports for many companies; it can be searched by exchange, company name, ticker, sector and industry. It also includes Corporate Responsibility reports
• Bloomberg Buisnessweek News, data, and analytics – economics, markets, companies, industries, and government.
• Buisness USA A “one-stop shop for everything related to business in the USA”.
• Buisness Wire “A global market leader in commercial press release distribution. Thousands of member companies and organizations depend on Business Wire to transmit their full-text news, regulatory filings, photos and other multimedia content to journalists, financial professionals, investor services, regulatory authorities and the general public worldwide.”
• Canadian Industry Statistics 
• Company Research Tutorials from the Library of Congress on how to do public and private company research.
• Consumer Expenditure Survey This Bureau of Labor Statistics survey provides information on the buying habits of American consumers, including data on their expenditures, income, and consumer unit characteristics.
• County Business Patterns This annual series provides sub-national economic data such as the number and employee size of businesses by NAICS code.
• Current Industrial Reports Government reports providing monthly, quarterly and annual measures of industrial activity.
• Economic Census An economic information portal to non-technical sources.
• Economic Research Research Library of the 8th Federal Reserve District
• Economist Business Encyclopedia 
• EDGAR Public Company Information from the US Securities and Exchange Commission
• Exporter Dynamics Database Exporter characteristics and dynamics in 45 developed and developing countries. The database mainly covers 2003-2009, though data from the 1990s are also available for some countries. It allows for cross-country comparisons of exporters based on factors such as size, survival, growth, and concentration.
• Forbes Some free info and some only by subscription. It compiles lists and rankings of companies in different categories using various criteria.
• FRASER Historical economic statistics and data from the Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research
• FT.Com: Country and Industry Surveys from the Financial Times
• GlobalSpec Locates products & suppliers specializing in technical, scientific, & industrial markets. 20 general product areas, with the option to search by spec
• Inc. 500 Lots of information for business owners and entrepreneurs; it also compiles many lists relating to private companies, such as top companies owned by women, top companies by total revenue, and top companies by growth rate.
• Interactive Tariff and Trade DataWeb “Provides international trade statistics and U.S. tariff data to the public full-time and free of charge.”
• International Trade Administration Domestic and foreign trade information, including lots of data analysis and industry statistics; US and foreign commercial service, manufacturing and services, market access and compliance, import administration.
• Morningstar Independent investment research providing data on approximately 416,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 9 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets.
• NAICS Codes Provides up-to-date information on current industry codes, a concordances crosswalk to the SIC codes, and a searchable list of codes with definitions. 2007 version in print available in the library reference section (call no. 338.020973 U58n, 2007).
• NAICS to ISIC Chart North American Industry Classification to International Standard Industry Classification; see 2017 NAICS to ISIC XLS spreadsheet download.
• Reuters News articles, links to company financials, and more.
• SHRM SHRM is the world’s largest association devoted to human resource management, providing resources, global best practices and a network of valuable contacts to more than 5,000 members in over 140 countries, in addition to U.S.-based HR professionals involved in global HR.
• SIC Codes Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) System – Search the “SIC Manual” (1987 version) to access descriptive information for a specified 2.3.4-digit SIC. Industries are broken into 99 categories.
• ThomasNet Vast listings of companies by geographical location and industry
• Yahoo Finance Company & industry information as well as investing and finance – markets, stocks, taxes, etc.

Business Databases