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Business Source Complete (EBSCO)
Has thousands of business periodicals including scholarly and trade journals. A collection of journals have coverage back to 1965 or earlier. Includes EIU Country reports, Datamonitor Company reports, and industry reports. Coverage 1965 and earlier-present

LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe
Provides access to a wide range of reference, business, news, legal, and congressional information. Includes company and industry information. Excellent source for full-text newspaper articles.

Regional Business News (EBSCO)
This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications.

ABI/Inform Complete (Proquest)
Search business periodicals for information on advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, and computers. Also contains information on 60,000+ companies. Includes full-text access to the Wall Street Journal. Full-text and abstract. Coverage: 1971-present.

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Directories

Dun and Bradstreet's (D&B) Million Dollar Directory
[Reference] HC102 .D8 Catalog Record
Dun & Bradstreet's Million Dollar Directory (MDDI) is available in print and online. MDDI offers basic company information on American public and private companies with sales higher than $9 million or more than 180 employees. Only 2-5 users can access MDDI at one time; please log off when you are finished.

International Directory of Company Histories
[Reference] HD2721 .I63 Catalog Record
Multi-volume set: A cumulative index to companies and persons at the back of the latest volume leads to the appropriate volume and page.

Mergent Online (formerly Moody's Manuals, FIS Online)
Mergent provides information on 35,000 U.S. and international corporate entities. Access to Mergent is limited to six users. If you cannot access the database try at a later time. Always log off Mergent Online when you are finished.

Principal International Businesses
[Reference] HF54 .U5 Catalog Record
Directory of major companies throughout the world.

Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies
[Reference] HG4009 .W38 Catalog Record
A comprehensive guide to over 135,000 U.S. companies in alphabetic, geographic, and industry arrangements. Provides rankings of companies by sales within 4-digit Standard Industrial Classification and 6-digit North American Industry Classification. Also provides national and state rankings by industry.

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See the Finance and Investment Resources page for more resources.

Big Charts
Web site that offers current and historical stock quotes from NYSE, NASDAQ, and AMEX. Includes market information by industry as well as overall views of the market.

CRSP U.S. Stock Database (CD-ROM terminal located in the
Business School)
Contains various data on US securities from NYSE, AMEX, and NASDAQ. Both monthly and daily data are included for each index.

Financial Markets Center
An independent, nonprofit institute that provide research and education resources to grassroots groups, unions, policymakers and journalists.

International Federation of Stock Exchanges
Formerly FIBV, the International Federation of Stock Exchanges, is the trade organization for regulated securities and derivative markets.

Mergent Online (formerly Moody's Manuals, FIS Online)
Mergent provides information on 35,000 U.S. and non-U.S. corporate entities, including EDGAR® filings dating back to 1993. All include 15 years of financial statements, history, stock prices, customized reports and more. Access to Mergent is limited to one user. If you cannot access the database try at a later time. Always log off Mergent Online when you are finished.

Morningstar (CD-ROM terminal located in Reference)
Mutual fund information.

Research Insight (Research Insight Web)
Formerly known as Compustat. In depth financial (current and historical) company information. You must download an Excel add-in to use this resource. The above link contains instructions.

ValueLine Research Center Online
Stock prices and investment information. Provides one-page snapshot of investment information of 1,700 companies. Includes recent developments, statistics, and industry forecasts. Updated quarterly. Historical ValueLine issues are available in microfiche. For help using Value Line Research Center, go to the Value Line University. For help reading the Investment Survey, see the Investment Survey Help Page (PDF). Sample/help pages are also available for Mutual Fund Survey and the Small and Mid-Cap Survey (PDF)

Yahoo Finance
Offers wide range of business information including current and historical stock prices. Also covers Mutual Funds, Bonds, ETFs, Industries, and Financial News.

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Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios
[Reference] HF5681 .R25 T68 Catalog Record
Provides financial ratios for 192 NAICS codes. Calculated from corporate IRS returns, tables are presented for corporations with net income and for corporations with and without net income. Trends for the previous ten years are also included. Because of the three-year lag time from when information if gathered and when it is issued by the IRS, data can be dated.

Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios
[Reference] HF5681 .R25 Catalog Record
Provides norms and ratios for more than eight hundred SIC codes. Included are assets and liabilities in dollars and as percentages. Ratios are provided for the upper quartile, median, and lower quartile.

Financial Ratios Calculator
Financial ratios caluculator from the University of Washington's Foster Business Library. Plug in various financials and the calculator will figure the ratios. Included is sample data for Nike. Company financials can be found from numerous sources including Net Advantage, Mergent Online, and Lexis Nexis Academic.

RMA Annual Statement Studies
[Reference] HF5681 .B2 R6 Catalog Record
Has current and historical data for 375 industries according to their NAICS code. Separate indexes listing the NAICS and SIC codes covered are in the front of the book. Assets, liabilities, income, and a variety of ratios are included.

Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys/NetAdvantage (online)
[Reference] HC106.6 .S74 Catalog Record
A quarterly survey of industry trends, with composite and company data, including ratios for industries. Industry Surveys dating back to 1996 are available online through S&P's Net Advantage.

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Dictionaries

Dictionary for Business & Finance
[Reference] HF1002 .C49 Catalog Record

The International Business Dictionary and Reference
[Reference] HF1359 .P74 1991 Catalog Record

Understanding American Business Jargon: A Dictionary
[Reference] HF1001 .F65 1997 Catalog Record

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Encyclopedias

The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management
[Reference] HD30.15 .B463 1997 v.1-12 Catalog Record

Encyclopedia of Business
[Reference] HF1001 .E466 1995 v.102 Catalog Record

Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources
[Reference] HF5353 .E9 1990 Catalog Record

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Internet Resources

Bureau of Labor Statistics
The principal fact-finding agency for the U.S. government in the fields of labor economics and statistics.

Knowledge @ Wharton
A bi-weekly online resource from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
Classification that replaced the Standard Industry Classification (SIC).

Small Business Administration (SBA)
Web site for the US Small Business Administration; includes links to state SBA sites, publications, and other useful information.

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)
Industry classification created by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.

U.S. Business Advisor
Sponsored by the Small Business Administration this Web site includes a list of government sites useful to a (future) small business owner: taxes, laws and regulation, workplace issues, etc.

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