II.
Helpful Print Resources:
Portable MBA Desk Reference: an
Essential Business Companion. Nohria,
Nitin. New York, NY: J. Wiley, c.1998.
Call #: R650.03 P839.2 Reference-Level 4
Thomas’ Register of American
Businesses. New York, NY: Thomas’ Publishing
Co., 2004.
Call # R670.2573 T463 Reference-Level 4
Ward’s Business Directory of
U.S. Private and Public Companies. Detroit,
MI: Gale Research, 2003.
Call #: R338.74 W256 Reference-Level 4
Who’s Who in Finance and Industry.
Chicago, IL: Marquis Who’s Who, 2002-2003.
Call #: R923.3 W628 Reference-Level 4
For current information about investments, refer to Valueline
reports located at the Level 4 reference desk.
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IV.
Electronic Databases: subject
listing and title
listing
Suggested keywords: annual reports, business
plans, company information, corporations, entrepreneurs, finance, and stocks.
A. Use
to locate journal articles and essays:
B. Use to locate Annual Reports:
C. Use
to locate company information:
D. Use to locate statistical
information:
E. For information on Federal
Business Opportunities:
F. Other
business databases:
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V.
Web sites
Business Directory Information
- Companies
Online
- If you are unable to find a company's
web site using the www.companyname.com format or by doing a search
in google. Try this site which
allows for combining state, city, type of business and country.
- Corporate
Information
- Research a company, a country's industry
(with 30 industries and 65 countries from which to choose). Over
350,00 company profiles are indexed by their search engine including
profiles in French and Spanish.
- Hoover's
Online (subscription version) Hoover's
Online (free version)
- Easy to read overviews of the world's
companies are offered at this site. A brief company summary is available
for free with the in depth company capsules available to subscribers
(the Library is a subscriber). Information on company financials,
officers, news and competitors is available along with information
about personal investing.
- ReferenceUSA Remote
access via JerseyClicks
- Search for information on 12 million
U.S. businesses. This database can be searched by name, SIC code,
yellow page heading, location, size, headquarters, subsidiary, branch,
ticker symbol, executive and any combination of the above. Access
is funded by the New Jersey Knowledge Initiative.
- Researching
Companies Online
- A tutorial on finding company information
on the web, including professional associations, financial information,
and telephones and addresses.
- Thomas
Register of American Manufacturers
- Online access to more than 60,000
product service headings and over 150,000 companies plus links to
online catalogs and supplier web sites. You must register to get
access to information, but registration is free.
Annual Reports
- EDGAR
- Publicly owned companies with over
$10 million in assets and over 500 shareholders must file statements
and reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission. From 1994
onward. Two other easier to use versions of EDGAR are
- FreeEDGAR and 10K Wizard
- Annual
Report Service
- Features 2292 annuals reports online
from the Public Register's Annual Report Service
- Historical Annual
Reports
- From the Lippincott Library, annual
reports for 43 American companies in pdf format.
Financial Information
- BigCharts
- Offers current market information
(with a twenty minute delay), charts and historical quotes
- Finding the value
of old stock certificates
- Do my old stock certificates have
any value? is a frequent reference question. This guide prepared
by Investopedia outlines
how to locate information about old stocks.
- Multex
Investor
- Offers information on US and non-US
companies and provides both free and for fee reports to registered
users (registration is free). At the "Advanced Search" screen it
is possible to search by company name, industry, research provider
and analyst.
- Quote.com
- Provides free quotes, news and investment
tracker.
- Kiplinger.com
- Provides real-time quotes and other
financial information for investors.
News
- Bloomberg
- Stock market news, quick quotes,
market monitor, portfolio tracker, financial glossary and calculators
and investment advice for different life stages.
- Business.com
- A business directory and search engine.
The directory contains more that 25,000 categories and subcategories.
In-depth and updated profiles on 58 industries and business news
from the Financial Times, Industry Standard, Dow Jones and Reuters.
- Business
Wire
- Business news information with a
seven day archive. Search by day or by geographic region.
- Forbes
- Provides business news, stock quotes,
and maintains lists of top companies.
- Google
Finance
- News about public and private companies,
mutual funds, and stocks.
- Yahoo
Finance
- Stock market news, business news,
stock research, investment information, and international business
information.
New Jersey Business Information
- NJ
Division of Revenue Business Services (Commercial Recording)
- Explains options for mail, over-the-counter,
telephone and online access services.
- Business
Gateway Services
- Access to the online services the
Division of Revenue provides for business, including forms, filing
instructions, tax information and status report look-ups (free and
fee).
- New
Jersey Business and Industry Association
- 17,000 member industry association
which lobbies on behalf of New Jersey businesses and publishes the
popular New Jersey Business magazine. This site includes a news center,
issues impacting business, political action, events and programs
and money saving benefits.
- New
Jersey Business Resource Center
- Statistics about New Jersey, information
about financing and incentives, an interactive mapping tool, quality
of life data, and links additional information about New Jersey business
concerns.
- New
Jersey...Taking Care of business
- Divided into sections (start a new
business, operate a business in NJ, expand a business, and do business
with government), this site leads you to relevant web sites, forms
and contacts.
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Corporations 