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ABI/Inform
Business Source Premier
InfoTrac General Business File
ASAP Use the Advanced Search option to search Investext for investment analyst reports.
WilsonBusiness
LexisNexis Business Section
Click "Business" in the upper left hand corner. Includes accounting journals & magazines, full text accounting and auditing standards, as well as general business and industry-specific publications.
LexisNexis Taxation section
Click "Legal" in the upper left hand corner, then click "Tax Law" in the left column. Includes the IRS code, Tax Analysts journals & magazines, and other tax-related publications.
Wall Street Journal
Full text from 1984 - present through ABI/Inform.
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Web Business Portals
Finding Company Data*
Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private & Public Companies * (Ref. HF 5035 .W38)
Hoover's (via LexisNexis)
Click "Business" in the upper left hand corner, then click "Company Profiles" in the left column. This includes more than 15,000 public and private companies worldwide.
Mergent
Financial data on US and international publicly traded firms; includes annual reports, SEC filings, news and other information. Log off after using!
Morningstar (1 user)
Independent analysis of mutual fund and stock performance. Log off after using!
ValueLine (available in print, ask at the reference desk)
Independent stock analysis reports on publicly traded firms.
Ref. HG 4501 .V26 - index at the Ref. desk EDGAR - freely available 10-K and other SEC filings for public companies.
Market Share Reporter (Ref. HF 5415.1 .M36)
Business Rankings Annual (Ref.HG 4061 .B9)
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Bureau of Economic Analysis
National and international statistics, including GDP, personal income, and balance of trade data, as well as the latest economic indicators.
Federal Statistics Briefing Room
Contains links to economic and social data, grouped into broad categories.
Economic Indicators Database
Monthly data from 1998-present.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Data on employment, wages, productivity, and business costs
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Statistical handbook for the US; also available in print at Ref. HA 202 .S7 (latest ed. at the reference desk)
FedStats
Finding Industry Data
Economics Census (US Census Bureau)
County Business Patterns (US Census Bureau)
Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys
(Ref. HC 101 .S72
(Index at Reference Desk; latest surveys at Circulation
Desk)
Encyclopedia
of American Industries
(Ref. HC 102 .E53 2005)
Almanac
of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios
Ref. HF 5681 .R25 T68
Industry
Norms & Key Business Ratios
(Ref. HF
5681 .R25 D81)
RMA
Annual Statement Studies
(Ref. HF 5681 .B2
R6)
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