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Item	Availability	Notes
Broad-coverage Sources:
Business and Company Resource Center   via GaleNet	1980-date	Indexes 1000+ scholarly and trade journals, popular magazines, and newspapers in business and industry. Also includes company profiles, company brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, and more.
Compustat;   Research Insight via Standard & Poors	Current	A huge database of financial data, company reports, performance graphs, and textual documents.  There are 2 methods of accessing this database:  1)Use the College of Business Administrations' WRDS system.  (Accounts are available to FIU students and faculty by contacting Prof. Clark Wheatley.)  The Library subscribes to the more complex Research Insight database system.  Contact the Business Librarian, Steve Morris (348-3134) to discuss access to this system.      [caaiah]
Encyclopedia of Business and Finance (or, via Gale Virtual Reference Library if you are off campus.)	2007	"Designed for the nonspecialist, the Encyclopedia of Business and Finance is a 2-vol. complete reference covering five general areas: finance and banking; accounting; marketing; management; and information systems. Drawing on practical professional expertise as well as that of noted scholars, the contributors include executives, government administrators and scholars from leading business programs from around the United States."        [caaiac]
Encyclopedia of Management (or, via Gale Virtual Reference Library if you are off campus.)	2007	"Includes essays on 350 topics in management theories and applications, written by academics and business professionals who have first hand knowledge of the particular topic or essay they are contributing, and reviewed and edited by Dr. Marilyn M. Helms. Topics include aggregate planning, benchmarking, logistics, diversification strategy, non-traditional work arrangements, performance measurement, productivity measures, and supply chain management, among many others."        [caaiac]
Global Edge Resource Desk via MSU Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER)	(check url date)	Provides links to selected sources of international business information on the internet, mainly through free sites.  Also includes links within its site to "Market Potential Index" of 27 countries and a Glossary of international business terms and abbreviations.       [caaiah]
Corporate Information via Wright Investors Services	(check url date)	Not only does this commercial site provide links to international corporate information, including state by state goverment records in the U.S., but also such things as property records that are online. It has access to definitions of corporation abbreviations (inc., GmbH, etc.) and to news articles and a currency exchange rate calculator. You may search by company, country, or industry. This site provides a very broad source of business information, although much of it is only for-pay subscription.      [caaiah]
Company Financials:
Dun & Bradstreet's Private Companies database;   available through: Mergent Online via Mergent Online	Current	Although basically a directory of 1.5 million private companies worldwide, it does include some financial data about the companies, at times even a basic balance sheet.  All data is based on information provided by the companies themselves, their business partners, and their competitors.  In Mergent Online, click the box to "include private companies."      [caajag]
Mergent Online via Mergent Online	1994-present	Corporate reports on 20,000+ U.S. & international corporations plus a financial search engine.  Includes news, business history, indebtedness/financial instruments, balance sheets, main stockholders (including insider holdings), subsidiaries, etc., for each company.  There is also a "report creator" as well as options for downloading financial data to Excel.      [caaiah]
Business and Company Resource Center via GaleNet	1980-date	Indexes 1000+ scholarly and trade journals, popular magazines, and newspapers in business and industry. Also includes company profiles, company brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, and more.      [caaiah]
Industry Norms & Ratios :		(Ratios of individual companies can be found in databases such as Mergent, S&P Net Advantage under Stock Reports, and ValueLine, all available below at "Corporate Analyses")
Industry Norms Green Library DESK HD2785.I5 via Dun & Bradstreet	1982/83 - current older issues in REF	This annual provides current business ratios and industry norms for broad industries, by SIC.
Annual Statement Studies Green Library DESK HF5681.B2R66 via Robert Morris Associates	1977 - current; older issues in REF	This annual provides current business ratios and industry norms for many industries, by SIC, including breakdowns by company size.
The Almanac of Business and Industry Financial Ratios (Troy) Green Library DESK HF5681.R24A45	1971 - current*; older issues in REF	*This annual provides business ratios and industry norms for many industries, by SIC, but covers third year preceding cover date, not the current year.
Corporate Records:
Annual Reports,Com (formerly,Report Gallery)	(check url date)	Provides annual reports to stockholders (ARS) for many companies around the world.      [caaiah]
LLRX: Locating Company Information on the Internet via LLRX	(check url date)	Created for lawyers doing corporate research, this site is organized by broad categories, provides links to a multitude sources of corporate information, including government, corporate, and other providers of information.  Includes links to other "webliographies."  Originally published in 1999, this page appears to have been updated this year.      [caaiah]
Mergent Online via Mergent Online	1994-present	Corporate reports on 20,000+ U.S. & international corporations plus a financial search engine.  Includes news, business history, indebtedness/financial instruments, balance sheets, main stockholders (including insider holdings), subsidiaries, etc., for each company.  There is also a "report creator" as well as options for downloading financial data to Excel.      [caaiah]
Corporate Analyses & Comparative Data:
Bankruptcies; SDC Platinum   via UP - ERC	1980 - 1988, limited; 1988 - present, full	Based on SEC documents, bankruptcy court filings, reorganization plans, and news sources, provides data searchable by various factors, from company name to creditors, securities, financial profile, etc. Includes U.S. companies with assets of $1million (1980-88) or, after 1988, public with $10 million or private with $50 million in assets.      [caaiah]  Available through computers near windows in ERC (Green Library 249).
Business and Company Resource Center   via GaleNet	1980-date	Indexes 1000+ scholarly and trade journals, popular magazines, and newspapers in business and industry. Also includes company profiles, company brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, and more.      [caaiah]
Global Market Information Database (GMID)   via Euromonitor	Current	This very large database includes analytical reports, statistical data, and webliographies, especially about consumer markets.  In addition to data presentations, provides search capabilities for country, consumer, industry, and major transnational corporation information and reports.      [caaiah]
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage   via Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage	Dates vary	Full text of 12 Standard & Poor's investment publications covering management/corporate executives, corporation data, stock evaluations, industry data, mutual funds, and investment analysis.      [caaiah]
Mergent Horizon   via Mergent	Current	In additon to comparative date, inlcudes competitors, suppliers, and customer companies.  Also includes links to other Mergent products.     [caajag]
Mergent InvestorEdge   via Mergent	Current quarter	Contains investment reports on companies and industries, with evaluations and recommendations.  Also includes links to other Mergent products.     [caajag]
Value Line Investment Survey   via ValueLine	Current microfiche available 1980 -  last quarter	Contains investment reports on companies and industries, with evaluations and recommendations.  Each industry and theselect, component companies are analyzed once a quarter, although many of the auxiliary tables are updated for each company weekly.  Start with the Index, because there are occasional major updates when some major event occurs within a company.      [caaiah]
Wall Street Journal   via ProQuest	1986-present	Contains citations, abstracts, and full-text articles from the Wall Street Journal.  Included in its entirety within ABI Inform database.      [caaiah]
The Wall Street Transcript   via TWST: The Wall Street Transcript	July, 1997-date	Provides transcripts of investment-related roundtables and CEO presentations to investment groups.      [caaiah]
Worldwide Mergers & Acquisitions   via SDC Platinum*	US: 1979-last year; Intl: 1985-last year	An analytical database covering the data on both public and private transactions involving at least 5% of the company value (prior to 1993, value must => $1mm.)  Transactions include, mergers, acquistions, LBOs, stake purchases, tender offers, stock swaps, privatizations, spinoffs, etc.  Searchable data factors includes over 1,400 data elements.      [caaiah]    *Available ONLY through computers near windows in ERC, GL249*.  An instruction guide is available:  Worldwide Mergers & Acquisitions Instructions.  It is highly advised to read these brief instructions before starting WM&A.     This is a CD database run on the Library's LAN.
Company & Industry Rankings :
Dun's Business Rankings   Green Library REF HG4057.A237   via Dun & Bradstreet	Current; older issues in UGEN	A ranking of companies, both U.S. and international, by industry and other factors.      [caajag]
The South Florida Business Journal's Book of Lists   Green Library DESK HF5001.S65   via The South Florida Business Journal	Current; older issues in REF	This annual list of the largest, best, fastest, etc., covers both businesses and people in South Florida (Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties.)      [caaiah]
Fortune 1000 list**   via Fortune Magazine website	Check url date	This links to the table of contents of the "Fortune 500" issue of Fortune magazine.  From this page, in the midst of other articles is the Fortune 500 article; nearby is an opportunity to search the list for top companies by industry, state, several types of growth, small employers, top 5 in industry, and return on investment.       [caaiah]
The Inc. 500 List   via INC Magazine website	Check url date	A list by INC magazine of the top private companies, formerly the INC 500, now expanded to 5,000.  Farther down the page is a link to the INC 500.      [caaiah]
Articles about Companies:
ABI Inform   via ProQuest	1971-date	Indexes 1400+ scholarly and trade journals in accounting and all business-related fields.
Business and Industry   via GaleNet	1994-date	Indexes 1200+ trade journals and selected industry-related documents.
Business NewsBank   via NewsBank InfoWeb	1993-date	Produces articles from the business sections of 400+ U.S. newspapers as well as many local business journals.
Wall Street Journal   via ProQuest	1986-present	Contains citations, abstracts, and full-text articles from the Wall Street Journal.
Business File ASAP   via Galenet	1996-date	Indexes 1000+ scholarly and trade journals, popular magazines, and newspapers in business and industry.  Included in Gale Business & Company Resource Center, above
Wilson Business Full Text   via Wilsonweb	1986-date	Indexes around 600 magazines and journals in business.
Business History & Biography:
Business and Company Resource Center   via GaleNet	1980-date	Indexes 1000+ scholarly and trade journals, popular magazines, and newspapers in business and industry. Also includes company profiles, company brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, and more.
Black Stars   Green Library REF HC102.5.A2H37 1998	1998	A collection of biographies of African-American entrepreneurs.
Company & Organization Directories: (See also:  Company Financials, above.   &   International Business:  Company Information)
Uniworld Database   Directory of American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries Green Library GEN HG4538.A1D5 via Uniworld	Database: current   UGEN: 1984, 1987, 1996, 2001, 2007	Database can be searched by U.S. state, region, or ZIP code, foreign country, NAICS industry, revenue, and number of employees.   The book begins with a list of American companies with foreign operations, along with address, officers, basic company information, industries, and countries in which the firm operates.  The remainder of the volume lists countries and the American firms operating in them, with contact information for the American office and the resident firm.      [cabaac]
Uniworld Database   Directory of Foreign Firms Operating in the United States Green Library REF HG4057.A155 via Uniworld	Database: current   UGEN 1971, 1978, 1989 - 2006, 2008	Database can be searched by U.S. state, region, or ZIP code, foreign country, NAICS industry, revenue, and number of employees.   The book lists by country those firms which operate in the U.S., with their local address, their American affiliates, their contact information, as well as foreign ownership, revenues, and number of employees at the American sites.  Includes alphabetical lists of companies and American affiliates.      [caaiai]      [cabaac]
Hoover's Company Records   via ProQuest	Current	Covers more than 40,000 public and non-public companies and 225,000 key executives. Contains in depth industry analyses, information on a company's location, company overview, summary financials, top competitors, rankings, company history, products and operations, auditors, top officers, and more.      [caaiah]  Note:  For more comprehensive treatment, search ABI Inform and access Hoovers through the links from the company names in the abstracts in ABI.
Mergent Online   with D&B's Private Companies database.   via Mergent Online	1994-present	Corporate reports on 20,000+ U.S. & international public corporations, directory and limited financials for 1.5 million private companies, plus financial search engine.    [caajag]
Business and Company Resource Center   via GaleNet	1980-date	Indexes 1000+ scholarly and trade journals, popular magazines, and newspapers in business and industry. Also includes company profiles, company brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, and more.
Brands and Their Companies     Green Library REF T223.V4A22	Current	A list of brands and trademarks (including d.b.a. names) and who owns them.
Directory of Corporate Affiliations   Green Library REF HG4067.A219   via National Register	Current	A directory of U.S. & international companies with subsidiaries, with an index to subsidiary names.
Dun's Directory of Service Companies   Green Library REF HD9981.3.D7   via Dun & Bradstreet	Current	This companion volume to Million Dollar Directory covers service companies. Main listing by company, indexes by geographical location of headquarters and SIC indexes.
The Million Dollar Directory   Green Library REF HC102.D8   via Dun & Bradstreet	Current	The main directory of American companies, both public and private.  The usual entry includes corporate name, address, URL, officers, revenue, # of employees, NAICS & industries, and bank.  Includes geographic and industry (SIC) indexes.
Florda Manufacturers Register     Green Library REF HD9727.F6F573   via Manufacturers' News Inc.	Current	A directory of manufacturers in the state of Florida, with sections by product and by city, with alphabetical & SIC indexes.
Big Book   via Verizon	Check site date	A commercial directory and search engine of the online Yellow Pages, with options to search by keyword, business name, or location.  Page offers other services, including mapping and directions.  Also includes sponsored advertisements.      [caaiah]
IQS Manufacturers Directory   via IQS	Check site date	Industrial Quick Search is a directory of manufacturers organized by product.  Once the user clicks on a product, the next page lists various companies with links to the companies' websites and descriptions of their specific products.  At the bottom of each product page is a generic description of the product and how it works, followed by further information (such as types and categories), and then a glossary of common terms used in that industry with their definitions.  Front page of IQS has a "Request for quote" option.        [caaiah]
ThomasNet   via ThomasNet	Current	The commercial web site is a directory of manufacturers, distributors, and service companies, plus it offers a number of other services, especially for CAD, architectural materials based on blueprints, and a link to a global version.  The main directory can be searched by individual states and provinces or by all (combined U.S. and Canada.)  The "green books" were well-known and required source for purchasers for decades, now available online.  Note:  Has a plugin to enhance searching for Firefox browsers.      [caaiah]
Zycon  via Zycon.com	Current	This is a commercial site for information about manufacturers which seeks to provide company information, such as product catalogs and contact information, as well as informative articles about the various products.    [caajba]
The Better Business Bureau Central Web Server for U.S. and Canada   via BBB	Check url date	The Better Business Bureau's website, allows searches by the user's zip code/postal code to find the nearest BBB, or use the links to the national sites for U.S. and Canada.      [caaiah]
National Directory:  Convention & Visitors Bureaus, Chambers of Commerce   via Chambers of Commerce	Check url date	This site provides links, by state, to chambers of commerce, state visitors guides, and convention & visitor bureaus within the United States.  For chambers of commerce and visitors bureaus, each state page has links to the state's official organizations and to local, city organizations, as well as hotel/motel directories and other relevant links.      [caaiah]
Dictionaries:
Accounting, Budgeting, and Finance   via AMACOM   Green Library REF HG151.W62	1990	A handbook of "how to do" and "what is" in accounting and budgeting, by Charles J. Woelfel.
BLS Glossary   via BLS	Check url date	Definitions of terms related to demographics and labor as used by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.      [caajag]
Money 101: Glossary   via CNN & Money	Check url date	This site, by the editors of CNN and Money magazine, is a glossary/dictionary created as part of an online tutorial on investing.  Includes many abbreviations and acronyms common to the marketplace, as well as terms.      [caaiah]
Glossary of Selected Financial Terms   via IMF	Check url date	A glossary of finance terms as defined by the International Monetary Fund.  This page has the list of terms, each of which is linked to its definition within the dicitonary.      [caaiah]
Measuring Electronic Business: Definitions, Underlying Concepts, and Measurement Plans   via U.S. Bureau of the Census	October, 2000	The U.S. Census Bureau's definition of e-business terms and measurements.       [caaiah]
NAICS--North American Industry Classification System   via U.S. Bureau of the Census	Check url date	This is the system which has replaced the SIC (Standard Industrial Classification) under NAFTA.  In the upper left-hand corner are search boxes to find the appropriate class number by inputting the business or product.  The page has tables for downloading for 2-6 digits and 6 digits only, as well as correspondences between the 3 editions (1997, 2002, 2007.)      [caaiah]

This page created and maintained by Steve Morris, Business & Legal Research Specialist, Reference & Instructional Services Dept. Steven and Dorothea Green Library Florida International University Miami, Florida 33199		BIC:  Corporations and Company Information URL:  www.fiu.edu/~morriss/bic/busctrcorp.html Content & Links Last Updated :       February 19, 2010

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