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Company Information
Company Profiles in Business Source Elite
Connect to Business Source Elite. Near the top of the screen, find the green bar and select Company Profiles. In the search box, type the beginning of the company name and click on Browse. Select your company and click on the link to Datamonitor Report. The report will provide information about the company and may include a SWOT analysis.
Company Profiles for Students (Reference HG 4057 .A15644)
A three volume set profiling hundreds of companies.
Encyclopedia of Consumer Brands (Reference HF 5415.3 .E527 1994)
Brand histories and trends for about 600 brands of consumable, personal, and durable products.
Hoover's Online Home Page
Provides brief company profiles and links to their home pages. Hoover's profiles and Industry Snapshots are available through Academic Universe, the Lexis-Nexis database. For information about British and some European companies, try Hoover's UK.
International Directory of Company Histories (Reference HD 2721 .I58)
Started in 1988, the set now has over 75 volumes covering thousands of companies. Provides company history, list of principal subsidiaries, and a brief list of source articles. Each volume has a master index; consult the most recent volume to find all references to a company. Partial contents are available online.
Leading American Businesses
Includes businesses and business people.
Mergent's Handbook of Common Stocks (Reference HG 4905 .M81501)
Mergent's Handbook of NASDAQ Stocks (Reference HG 4501 .M5801)
Provide a one page summary for each company; primarily financial information.
S & P Stock Reports (Desk Reference HG 4905 .S442)
Provides a one page summary for each company; primarily financial information.
Search the EDGAR Database
Use the 10-K Reports filed with the SEC as a source of detailed company information. For help in searching the EDGAR database, visit Searching EDGAR and Using 10-K Reports.
Worldscope
Provides company descriptions and basic financial information for companies in many countries. Only available to Illinois State University faculty and students.
Directories
BizWeb Business Guide to the Web
Companies categorized and listed by the goods or services they provide.
Europages: the European Business Directory
Multilingual service providing data on 150,000 companies from 25 European countries.
Forbes.com
Contains lists of top international, U.S., and small companies. To view the address and company information, click on the company name in the list.
Fortune 500 List
Leads 411, a sales leads service firm offers a free list of the Fortune 500 with links to company profiles providing basic company information and a link to the company's Web site.
globalEDGE
Michigan State University site providing access to company directories listed by country and region.
Inc. 500
Inc.'s list covers the 500 fastest growing private companies. The site contains a database of winners from 1988 to 2005.
IW 1000
IndustryWeek provides a listing on the 1,000 largest manufacturing companies in the world.
Million Dollar Directory (Reference HC 102 .D801)
Lists over 160,000 U.S. firms.
Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations (Desk Reference HG 4057 .A401)
For over 55,000 firms operating in the U.S. gives directory information, including major product lines and NAICS codes.
Switchboard
A telephone directory to people and businesses.
Financial Information and Annual Reports
Academic Universe by Lexis-Nexis
Look in the Company Financial and SEC Filings & Reports sections of the Business component for company information. Only available to Illinois State University faculty and students.The Annual Reports Library
Contains over 1.45 million annual reports (and proxies) from corporations, foundations, banks, mutual funds, and public institutions worldwide. The site gives advice (and some links) on how to get copies of reports, and how to make best use of them.Annual Reports Online
Provides guidance and links to access annual reports and proxies on the Internet, how to read annual reports, and information on nonprofit annual reports.CAROL
Company Annual Reports On Line provides links to American, Asian, and European firms - registration required.ERI's Full Proxy, 10-K and Nonprofit 990 Reports
Economic Research Institute's free service to provide access to financial information, including nonprofits. The Web site also includes salary survey analyses and other compensation information.Free Annual Reports by Public Register's Annual Report Service (PRARS)
Another service which allows you to request free copies of annual reports.GlobeInvestor.com Annual Reports Service
Provides access to Canadian annual reports.IRIN
Annual report resource center.Links to English Language Web Sites of Listed Japanese Companies
Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. in Japan offeres financial information on Japanese companies.SEDAR
System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval - the Canadian EDGAR.Stocks and Mutual Funds
Section of the Milner Finance and Investment Web page providing links to stock prices and company financial information.U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Includes the full text of 10-K reports in the Edgar Database.Guides to Company Information Sources
Company Information Guide: Company Resources on the Web
By Genie Tyburski for Virtual ChaseCompany Research
Rutgers University guide to resources.CorporateInformation.com
Search by company to obtain links to company information, analysis, and news. Free registration is required.DIY Guide: How to Research Companies
Provided by CorporateWatchEconomic Espionage and Intelligence
A gateway to corporate espionage and intelligence sites from Loyola College.Help! My Job Interview Is Tomorrow! (Floor 2 Reference HF 5381 .T26 1997)
A practical guide to using the library to research a potential employer.Information on Companies: An Annotated Resource Guide
Lehigh University Library's hypertext resource guide to (mostly) print resources, and the steps to take in conducting research on companies.Locating Company Information on the Internet
A guide for lawyers from Law Library Resource Xchange.Research a Company
A Milner Library guide to printed resources, available online and in print in the library.Researching Companies Online
A tutorial on finding company and industry information on the Web designed by Debbie Flanagan, formerly manager of Performance Systems for Link Staff Services.Searching for Company Information
A guide to print and online resources from the New York Public Library.Yahoo! Finance - Company and Fund Index
Lists companies alphabetically, with links to current news, stock quotes, and company profiles.News
ABI / INFORM
Contains over 800,000 citations to articles on business topics from 1,000 U.S. and international publications. The file is updated weekly and coverage is from 1971. Provides full text of some articles. Restricted to Illinois State University students, faculty and staff.Academic Universe by Lexis-Nexis
Look in the Business News section of the Business component for current news releases. Restricted to Illinois State University students, faculty and staff.bizjournals.com
Provides access to articles in 41 weekly local business journals.Businesswire
Provides recent press releases from thousands of companies.CNNmoney
CNN and Money magazine's financial news. Look at Company News for news and company research.CorpWatch
Corporate news and business and company information.CSRwire
Corporate social responsibility news.PR Newswire's Company Newsl
A one-year archive of company news on PR Newswire. Current PR Newswire news is also available from Yahoo!.Related Milner Library Resources
International Business
Web page leading to additional online resources.International Business
Guide to Milner Library printed resources, including international company directories.Research a Company
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