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This is a brief, selective list of some of the most important
business reference sources available in the Library. For additional
information ask at the Reference Desk or consult the related
Business
& Economic Statistics Sources, Corporate
Annual Reports and Industries
brochures and the web resources page Companies.
D
& B Million Dollar Directory. Ref. HF 5035
.M5 (also available online; logoff after using!)
LexisNexis Corporate Affiliations. Ref. HG 4057 .A219
Reference Book of Corporate Managements. Ref. HG 4057 .D85
Dun's Directory of Service Companies. Ref. HF 5035 .D88
Standard Corporation Descriptions. Ref. HG 4501 .S76636
Standard & Poor's Corporation Records. Ref. HG 4501 .S7664 (also available online through LexisNexis, 1989-present)
Mergent Complete Corporate Index. Ref. HG 4961 .M66
Mergent Industrial Manual. Ref. HG 4961 .M67 (1956-68, 1960-2003) **
Mergent Bank And Finance Manual. Ref. HG 4961 .M65 (1960-2003)**
Mergent Municipal and Government Manual. Ref. HG 4931 .M58 (1968, 1971-74, 1976-2004) **
Mergent Transportation Manual. Ref. HG 4971 .M74 (1954-2002) **
Mergent Public Utility Manual. Ref. HG 4961 .M7245 (2003) **
Mergent OTC Industrial Manual. Ref. HG 4961 .M673 (1970, 1974-2003) **
** Weekly News Reports for these titles available online (on campus only)
Ward's Private Company Profiles. Ref. HG 4057 .A58 1994
Hoover's Handbook of American Business. Ref. HG 4057 .A28617 2006
Hoover's Handbook of Private Companies. Ref. HG 4057 .A28616 2006
Hoover's Handbook of Emerging Companies. Ref. HG 4057 .A28618 2006
Michigan Manufacturers Directory. Ref. T 12 .M53 (On
reserve at Circulation Desk)
Harris Michigan Industrial Directory. Ref. T 12 .M55
Dun's Regional Business Directory - Detroit. Ref. HF 5068 .D48 D8
Dun's Regional Business Directory - Michigan Metros Ref. HF 5069 .M5 D86
Michigan Business-to-Business Sales & Marketing Directory.
Ref. HF 5065 .M3 M32 (2001/02)
Hoover's Handbook of World Business. Ref. HG 4009 .H6 2006
Mergent International Manual. Ref. HG 4009 .M66 (1982-2003) (Weekly News Reports available online, on campus only)
International Directory of Corporate Affiliations. Ref. HD 2741 .I57 (1988/89-1991)
Directory of American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries. Ref. HG 4538 .A1 D5 (1994)
Directory of Foreign Firms Operating in the United States.Ref. HG 4538 .A1 D52 1995
Directory of Foreign Manufacturers in the United States.
Ref. HG 4538 .A1 D57 (1990)
Dun's Business Rankings. Ref. HG 4057 .A237
Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies. Ref. HF 5035 .W38 (2003)
Business Rankings Annual. Ref. HG 4061 .B9 (1989--)
Fairchild's Financial Manual of Retail Stores. Ref.
HG 4961 .F3 [1978-79, 1981, 1984, 1997]
Consultants and Consulting Organizations Directory. Ref. HD 69 .C6 W37 (2003)
Directory of Franchising Organizations. Ref. HF 5429 .D5 (1998/99)
Advertising Red Books. Advertiser, Business Classifications. Ref. HF 5805 .S7
Advertising Red Books. Agencies. Ref. HF
5805 .S785
Mergent's Handbook of Common Stock. Ref. HG 4905 .M815
(1968-Fall 2003)
Standard and Poor's Stock Reports. American Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ and Regional Exchanges. Ref. HG 4905 .S72
Value Line Investment Survey. Ref. HG 4501 .V26 (Index kept at Reference Desk; latest reports on Reserve at Circulation; others, Ref. stacks)
Morningstar.
(Mutual funds database. Limited to one user at a time. Please log off when done.)
ProQuest
ABI-INFORM. Full image business and management
articles.
Business Periodicals Index. Ref. HF 5001 .A1 B8 (1958-1997/98 in print format); available online through FirstSearch, database name: WilsonBusiness.
Predicast's F & S Index - United States. Ref. HG 4961 .F8 (1964-2000)
Wall Street Journal Index. Index Ref. HG 1 .W26 (1955-1999 in print format); available through Lexis-Nexis
Lexis-Nexis - Business. Full-text company news and financial information.
Business Source Premier, Enhanced Business Searching Interface provides access to company profiles.
See also the Business and Economic Resources website.
Please see separate brochure: Industries
Annual reports from the years 1978 to 1997 for companies
listed on the New York and American stock exchanges, plus
selected ones from the OTC market, are available in the Corporate
Microfiche Collection. This microfiche collection is located
in the southwest corner of the 2nd floor. Copies can be made
in Microforms Reading Room. Printed copies for many Fortune
500 and some Michigan companies for the years 1997 through
2003 are also located in the southwest corner of the Reference
area. (We no longer acquire these print reports.) For more
recent annual reports, consult the companies’ websites
or online databases, such as Mergent Online or EDGAR. More
information is available on the separate brochure: Corporate
Annual Reports.
Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources. Ref.
HF 5353 .E52 2002
Strauss's Handbook of Business Information. Ref. HF 1010 .S7796 2004
Business Research Sources: A Reference Navigator. Ref. HF 54.52 .U5 B88 1999 (Also available online)
The Business Library and How to Use It. Ref. HF 5351 .B8 B87 1996
International Directory of Company Histories. Ref.
HD 2721 .I63
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