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Company Information
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Business and Company Resource Center The Business and Company Resource Center provides information for domestic and international companies and associations, including information on corporate hierarchical structures, company financial information and earning estimates, investment reports, corporate chronologies and company histories, Industry rankings, market share data and more.
CAROL: Company Annual Reports On Line
Includes annual reports for companies in the US, Europe and Asia. Also links to other investor information sources, such as news, professional organizations, and foreign stock exchanges. Access is free, but you have to register to see annual reports.
LexisNexis Corporate Affiliations.
HG 4057 .A219 (Reference Desk Collection) Covers major public and private businesses in the United States and throughout the world. The principle of organization for the set is geographical (by parent company) and hierarchical (by company reportage). All subsidiaries of a parent company, no matter where they are located, will be found in the same volume as the ultimate parent. More info
EDGAR Contains searchable 10K Reports and other filings from the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Hoover's Handbook of American Business
HG 4057 .A28617 (Reference Desk Collection)
Company profiles contain a concise statement of the nature of the business, its history and the products and services it delivers; also a list of major projects, sales, names of officers, number of employees, ranking in the Fortune, Business Week, and Forbes annual ranked lists, names of competitors, and a Hoover's rating.
Hoover's Online
This business directory lists public, private, international and emerging company profiles with links to company Web sites, as well as other business related links. Only parts of this directory are available to us as nonsubscribers. The full text of Hoovers is found in the databasae LexisNexis Academic.
International Directory of Company Histories
HD 2721 .I58x (Reference)
This directory consists of two-to-five page historical profiles of over 1,200 of the world's largest and most influential companies. It is arranged by industry. At the end of most profiles are a list of subsidiary companies, and one or more sources for further reading. An index arranged by company and person is in each volume. 90- volumes.
LexisNexis Academic Indexes thousands of domestic and foreign newspapers, as well as journals, and other publications in News, Business company reports and articles, Legal Research, Medical and Reference. The legal research category includes law reviews, law news, federal and state laws and cases. Mostly full text. Coverage dates vary.
MarketLine Business Information Centre This database compiles business information using primary and secondary research to create 10,000 company, 2,000 industry, and 50 country profiles. MarketLine includes daily updates of relevant news, comments and analysis, company history, and a SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) within company profiles.
Mergent Online Contains data on U.S. and international privately owned companies and US publically owned and international companies. Publicly owned company reports include the history, business, properties, officers and directors, income, long-term debt, capital stock, latest news stories and more. Includes annual reports for U.S. and international public companies in PDF format. Financial data can be retrieved in text or spreadsheet format and searchable EDGAR SEC filings dating back to 1993. Updated daily.
Michigan Manufacturers Directory
T 12 .D588x (Reference Desk Collection)
Includes a geographic section by cities in Michigan which includes when established, SIC codes for the company, owner/officer(s), number of employees, annual sales, telephone number and sometimes computer system, if company offers medical benefits, and square feet of company building. Also has an alphabetical index by company name, alphabetic product section and SIC codes with descriptions.
Million Dollar Directory
HC 102. D8 (Reference Desk Collection)
Contains U.S. public and private businesses with an indicated worth of over $500,000. For each firm it usually gives officers and directors, line of business, SIC code, approximate sales, number of employees, stock exchange abbreviation, stock ticker symbol, division names, bank, accounting firms, and legal counsel. The first three volumes contain the alphabetical listings and the next two volumes are Series Cross Reference by Geography, indexing the company by location, and Series Cross Reference by Industry, indexing the companies by SIC codes.
Small Business Resource Center Covers all major areas of starting and operating a business, including accounting, finance, human resources, management, marketing, tax and more.
Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives
HG 4057 .A4 (Reference Desk Collection)
A three volume set. The first volume describes more than 55,000 U.S. and some international companies, about 45,000 of which are private. Each entry usually gives officers, line of business, SIC codes, sales range, number of employees, the company's accounting firm, bank and law firm, and stock exchange symbol. It includes some subsidiaries listed separately from the parent company. The second volume is a listing of over 70,000 executives and directors, with brief data about each. Volume three contains the following indexes and lists: index of companies by SIC code; by geographic location; list of companies and individuals first time; corporate family indexes (cross-reference index for subsidiaries listed in vol. 1, and a listing of ultimate parent company); and an obituary section.
Standard Directory of Advertisers
HF 5805 .S7 (Reference Desk Collection)
Volume 1 is a directory of more than 25,000 U.S. companies that advertise nationally, and it is arranged by 50 product classifications. For each company the entry usually gives year founded, phone and fax, officers, products, approximate sales and number of employees, the SIC number, advertising agency, advertising appropriations, media used. Volume 2 contains an index of over 62,000 trade names, a list of companies by SIC, and a name index of individual company officers.
Standard Directory of Advertising Agencies
HF 5805 .S72 (Reference Desk Collection)
For each U.S. agency, this directory gives specialization, officers, account executives, approximate annual billings, and percentage by media, names of accounts. A ranked list of the largest agencies is at front, as well as a list of name changes and a special market index.
ThomasNet T 12 .T6 (Ref. Index Shelves)
Formerly the Thomas Register, this is a free index of industrial products and services for manufacturers from United States and Canada with company and product information. Links available to company Web sites, CAD drawings, and catalogs give detailed buying and specifying information, including some pricing.
Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies
HG 4057 .A56 (Reference Desk Collection)
8 volumes. Vols. 1-3 contain data on more than 130,000 private and public companies, including for each, when available: year founded, description of products/services offered, approximate sales, number of employees, SIC codes, officers, fax number, stock exchange, ticker symbol, whether private or public, or a subsidiary. Vol. 4 lists the companies by location (zip code) and also contains ranked lists of the 1,000 largest privately held companies, the 1000 largest public companies. Vol. 5 provides a ranked list by sales within four-digit SIC. Vols. 6 and 7 rank within four-digit SIC code for states and vol. 8 ranks by sales within eight NAICS.
Company Information Subject GuideAn extensive guide to print and online resources for company information compiled by the WMU business librarian. It includes information on private, public, and international companies, company histories, and provides links to appropriate article indexes.
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Last updated: December 2007
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