Company Information
This bibliography includes the major information sources at Gelman Library
that provide information about U.S. and Foreign, privately and publicly-owned
companies. If these do not provide the information you seek, or enough
information, you may look by subject in the local catalogue on ALADIN,
e.g., Corporations Japan; or Great Britain Commerce Directories. You may
also wish to consult the bibliography "Industry
Information Sources." Finally, of course, any reference librarian
will be happy to assist you. This guide is arranged in the following sections:
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For Background and Financial Information:
Mergent
Online
Location: ALADIN
EDGAR PLUS
Location: http://www.sec.gov/edgarh
Contains filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission from 1994.
For Basic Information and Listings by Industry:
Ward's Business Directory. Annual. 1991 -
Location: READY REF HG 4057.A575 (NEXT LATEST AT VIRGINIA CAMPUS LIBRARY;
EARLIER IN STACKS)
This multi-volume work lists U.S. companies, public and private, with
sales of at least $500,000. It arranges them alphabetically and alphabetically
within each zip code within each state. It also lists companies by sales
within industry according to both the Standard Industrial Classification
(SIC) code and the North American Industry Classification System. There
are also some other lists (e.g. "Top 1,000 Publicly Held Companies
Ranked by Sales Volume").
World Business Directory. Annual. Latest Edition Only
Retained.
Location: REF HG4009.W675 (NEXT LATEST AT VIRGINIA CAMPUS LIBRARY)
This multi-volume reference source covers 100,000 businesses. There
are arrangements by country, by product, by industry, and alphabetically
For Stock Brokerage Reports:
Investext.
Location: ALADIN
This provides the full text of stock brokerage reports on individual companies
and on industries.
For Periodical Articles:
ABI
Inform.
1970-.
Location: ALADIN
Searches can be limited by company name and subject by clicking on the box
to the right.
Business
and Industry. Daily. 1994-
Location: ALADIN
International in scope. Includes English language abstracts for articles not
in English.
Business
Source Premier
Location: ALADIN
Searches can be limited to company entity and subject by clicking on the box to the right.
Mergent
Online
Location: ALADIN
This is more or less the online equivalent of the manuals listed below.
Hoover's Online
Location: http://www.hoovers.com/free/
Provides information on over 8000 companies. Some information, such as in-depth financials, is limited to members, but other information, such as stock prices, 10 K reports, key officers, company profiles, and links to articles about the company, are free to all users.
Mergent Manuals (Formerly Moody's Manuals)
This series of manuals provides directorial, business, and financial information on
publicly-traded companies. Included are officers, brief histories of companies, excerpts
of financial statements, and descriptions of stock and debt issues (including ratings of the latter).
There is an index to the complete set (REF HG 4961.M662; EARLIER IN STACKS).
Mergent Bank and Finance Manual. Annual. 1941-50, 1955,
1957-.
Location: REF HG 4961 .M65 (EARLIER EDITIONS IN STACKS)
Mergent Industrial Manual. Annual. 1941-50, 1955-
Location: REF HG 4961 .M67 (EARLIER EDITIONS IN STACKS)
Mergent International Manual. Annual. 1981-.
Location: REF HG 4509 .M66 (EARLIER EDITIONS IN STACKS)
Mergent OTC Industrial Manual. Annual. 1977-78, 1980-.
Location: REF HG 4961 .M7237 (EARLIER EDITIONS IN STACKS)
Mergent OTC Unlisted Manual. Annual. 1986-.
Location: REF HG4961 .M7239 (EARLIER EDITIONS IN STACKS)
Mergent Public Utility Manual. Annual. 1933, 1945-1953,
1955-2002.
Location: HG 4961 .M7245
Mergent Public Utility and Transportation Manual. Annual.
2003-
Location: ALADIN (EARLIER IN STACKS)
Mergent Transportation Manual. Annual. 1955-2002.
Location: HG 4971 .M73
Mergent Corporate News Reports: Monthly. Monthly. Retain
latest year.
Location: REF HG 4965 .M66
Provides monthly compilations of the weekly News Reports to all the manuals
listed above except for the Mergent International Manual.
Mergent International News Reports: Monthly. Monthly. Retain
latest year.
Location: REF HG 4509 .M661
Provides monthly compilations of the weekly News Reports to the Mergent
International Manual.
Mergent
News Reports. Weekly. Latest.
Location: http://www.mergent.com/publish/news_reports.asp
There are reports for each of the manuals.
Mergent Company Archives Annual. 2002 -
Location: REF HD 2746.55 .U5 .M466 (EARLIER EDITIONS IN STACKS)
Includes U.S. companies now defunct through acquisition, merger, or bankruptcy.
Mergent Industry Review. Semi-annul. January/June, 2002
-.
Location: REF HG 4961 .M69 (EARLIER IN STACKS)
Provides by industry, comparative statistics of publicly-traded companies,
rankings by eight criteria, and growth rates.
Factiva.
Location: ALADIN
This provides "financial snapshots" and the more extensive "financial
snapshots plus profiles". Company screening reports allow one to create
a list of companies meeting certain selected criteria. One can also
retrieve comparison reports that compare one company with its industry.
Disclosure
Reports. Weekly.
Location: Lexis/Nexis (under Business: Company Financial) on ALADIN
This provides business and financial information on more than 10,000
corporations whose shares are traded in the U.S.
Research Insight. Annual.
Location: REF CD STATIONS
This provides detailed financial data (but no text) on more than 7,500
publicly-held companies whose stock is traded in the United States.
A handout and manuals are available at the terminal and reference desk
respectively.
Worldscope.
Weekly.
Location: Lexis/Nexis (under Business: Company Profiles: International
Company Reports) on ALADIN
"[A]n international database containing financial profiles, fundamental
analysis, and stock performance data for over 8,500 companies in 32
countries and 27 industries." Type in the name of the company in the
top box, type publication (worldscope) in the narrow search box, and
highlight International Company Reports in the source box).
Compare Companies
Location: Lexis/Nexis (under Business) on ALADIN
"Find Companies based on a variety of criteria."
EDGAR PLUS
Location: http://www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm
Contains filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission from 1994.
Historical
Annual Reports. 1884 -
Location: ALADIN
Includes annual reports for more than 800 companies.
ABI
Inform.
Location: ALADIN
Annual Reports can be found by typing the company name in one box and
changing the box to its right to Company/Org and typing annual reports
in the box below. Once the list of items is displayed, click on the
Reference/Reports tab.
Datastream.
Location: Selected Stations on Ground Floor
This provides financial reports for U.S and non-U.S. companies. There
is a manual at the Reference Desk.
Report Gallery.
Location: http://www.reportgallery.com
This lists annual reports available on the Internet and links to the
reports.
NAARS
Annual Reports
Location: Lexis/Nexis (under Business: Company Financial) on ALADIN
Provides financial statements. There are two databases, one covering
1972-1984 and the other 1984-1995.
SEC File
Location: The fiche is kept behind the Periodicals Desk on the third
floor, but the index to the fiche (which it is necessary to use to get
the code number for the desired report) is both behind the Periodicals
Desk and in Ready Reference.
This is a microfiche collection of the 10K reports of all corporations
(U.S. or foreign) registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission
back to 1983, and other documents (e.g., proxies, annual reports) for
selected companies.
SEC
Filings & Reports.
Location: Lexis/Nexis (Business).
Both of these databases are accessible through ALADIN. Contains 10-K,
10-Q, annual reports, and proxies from July 1987 and 20-F reports from
1989.
Lippincott
Library of the Wharton School Corporate Annual Reports Collection.
Location: http://oldsite.library.upenn.edu/etext/collections/lippincott
Contains older annual reports for over forty companies.
Investext.
Location: ALADIN
This provides the full text of stock brokerage reports on individual
companies and on industries.
Corporate and Industry Research Reports: 1985-1991.
Location: PRINT INDEX REF HG 4001 .C5267 AND PERIODICALS DESK HG 4001.C5267;
MICROFICHE COLLECTION AT PERIODICALS DESK
This is a microfiche collection which consists of company and industry
research reports done under the auspices of a number of investment firms.
Also included are "special reports" which consider economic
trends and/or forecasts, and periodicals published by the aforementioned
investment firms. The paper index to this collection includes company
and industry indices for the research reports. There are separate, alphabetically
arranged title lists for the special reports and periodicals, but there
is no subject arrangement to them. Instead, both are arranged under
the name of the investment firm which publishes them. (The research
reports are also arranged in this way in abrition to by industry and
company). Descriptions of each periodical and special report are provided,
and the tables of contents of most of the periodicals are available
on the microfiche entitled "Periodical Contents." The research
and special reports and the periodicals are investment oriented, though
the information they contain can be put to other uses. This is an important
source of information.
The following items are directories which give certain basic information
(e.g. abrress lines of business, officers) and usually also give some limited
business or financial information (e.g. sales, employees).
Ward's Business Directory. Annual. 1991 -.
Location: READY REF HG4057.A575 (NEXT LATEST AT VIRGINIA CAMPUS LIBRARY;
EARLIER IN STACKS)
This three volume work lists U.S. companies, public and private, with sales
of at least $500,000. It arranges them in three ways: alphabetically, alphabetically
within each zip code within each state, and by three digit Standard Industrial
Classification (SIC) code. Within each SIC code number, the companies are
arranged by sales. There are also some other lists (e.g. "Top 1,000 Publicly
Held Companies Ranked by Sales Volume").
Thomas Register.
Location: http://www.thomasnet.com/index.html
Provides U.S. manufacturing company and product information, including online
company catalogs and computer-aided design drawings.
Fortune
500 Annual. 1955-
Location: http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0704/gallery.500top50.fortune/6.html
This provides some basic data about the companies included. If you pick a company, it will also list the other Fortune 500 companies in that industry.
American Wholesalers and Distributors Directory. Biennial.
Latest edition only retained.
Location: REF HF 5421 .A615
It has SIC code, alphabetic, and geographic indexes as well as ranking firms
by revenue within SIC codes.
Directory of Companies Required to File Annual Reports with the Securities
and Exchange Commission Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Annual. 1992-1993, 1996-1997
Location: WRLC HG 4057 .A216 (1993); Gov Docs Microfiche SE 1.27 (1992-1993,
1996-1997)
Companies are listed alphabetically and also by industry.
Directory of American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries.
9th edition-.
Location: REF HG 4538 .A1 D5 (Earlier Editions in Stacks.)
Covers over 3,500 companies. There is an alphabetical listing of companies
and also one by geographical location.
Standard Directory of Advertisers (Classified Edition). Annual.
Latest Edition Only Retained
Location: REF HF 5805 .S7
The over 17,000 companies covered are arranged by 51 product classifications,
but there is an alphabetical index. The uniqueness of this directory is in
its providing the advertising budget and the company and types of media used.
There is also a very helpful trade name list indicating company and type of
product for each trade name.
Directory of U.S. Corporations. (Earlier title: Fortune Double
500 Directory of U.S. Corporations) Annual. 1977-1986, 1988-1990, 1992.
Location: HG 4057 .A3 F45
Covers the Fortune 500 Largest Industrial and the Fortune Service 500 (i.e.,
100 largest diversified service companies, 100 largest commercial banking
companies, 100 largest diversified financial companies, 50 largest life insurance
companies, 50 largest retailing companies, 50 largest transportation companies,
50 largest utilities). Includes ten-year earnings per share growth rate among
the other financial data provided.
Directory of Corporate Affiliations. Annual. Latest
Edition Only Retained. Next latest at Virginia Campus Library
Location: REF HG 4057 .A219
Lists US and non-US publicly-and privately-owned companies and their
various subsidiaries (including those jointly-owned), divisions, and
affiliates.
Who's Who in Finance and Industry. Biennial. 1972/73-.
Location: REF HF 3023 .A2 W5 (EARLIER EDITIONS IN STACKS)
Provides biographical data on people throughout the world "who
are of current business interest."
A to Z of American Women Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs.
Location: HD 6054.4 .U6 S5 2002
Brands and their Companies. Annual. Latest Year Only
Retained.
Location: REF T223.V4A22 (Next latest at Virginia Campus Library)
Lists brands, a description of each, and the company that manufactures
each.
Companies and their Brands. Annual. Latest Year Only
Retained.
Location: REF T223.V4222 (Next latest at Virginia Campus Library)
Lists companies and, underneath each company, its brand names and what
type of product each brand name represents.
Encyclopedia of Consumer Brands.
Location: HF 5415.E527 1994
This three volume work contains articles, with bibliographies, on about
600 popular U.S. brands.
Organization Charts: Structures of 230 Businesses, Government Agencies, and Non-Profit Organizations. 3rd ed.. Edited by Nick Sternberg.
Location: HD 38 .0738 2000
Organization Charts (2nd Edition) edited by John G. Maurer.
Location: HD 38.O738 1996
Organization Charts: Structures of More than 200 Businesses and Non-Profit Organizations edited by Judith M. Nixon.
Location: HD 58.65.O74 1992
Corporate Environmental Policies by John Graham
Location: HD 30.255.G72 1999
Corporate Philosophies and Mission Statements by Thos. Falsey
Location: HD 58.7 .F35 1989
Corporate Statements: The Official Missions, Goals, Principles, and Philosophies of Over 900 Companies by Paul Haschak.
Location: HD 30.285.H37 1998
Eighty Exemplary Ethics Statements by Patrick Murphy
Location: HF 5387.M876 1998
Mission Statements: A Guide to the Corporate and Nonprofit Sectors by John Graham
Location: HD 30.28.G697 1994
101 Great Mission Statements by Timothy Foster
Location: HD 30.28.F717 1993
Say It and Live It: 50 Corporate Mission Statements That Hit the Mark by Patricia Jones
Location: HD 30.285 .J66 1995
Consultants and Consulting Organizations Directory.
Triennial. Latest Edition Only Retained.
Location: REF HD28. W32
This includes consultants in the U.S. and Canada. Each one is briefly
described as well as having, as available, its abrress, telephone numbers,
founding date, branch offices, principal executives, and number of staff.
There are geographic, subject, industries served, personal name, and
consulting firm name indices. There is also an annual supplement entitled
New Consultants.
World Trade Centers Association World Business Directory.
Annual. Latest Edition Only Retained.
Location: REF HG4009.W675 (NEXT LATEST AT VIRGINIA CAMPUS LIBRARY)
This multi-volume reference source covers 100,000 businesses. There
are arrangements by country, by product, by industry, and alphabetically.
World Business Directory. Annual. 1980-1983, 1985,
1987.
Location: HG 4009 .F65
Published by Fortune Magazine, this covers the 500 largest non-U.S.
industrial firms, the 100 largest non-U.S. banks, and the fifty largest
companies in the world.
Directory of Foreign Firms Operating in the United States.
4th Edition-
Location: REF HG 4057 .D5 (EARLIER EDITIONS IN STACKS)
It is arranged by county with alphabetical indices to foreign firms
and American affiliates.
American Export Register. Annual. Latest Edition Only Retained.
Location: REF HF 3010.A6
This directory of American exporters arranges companies by product and alphabetically.
The arrangement by product uses numerical codes. It is possible to look up
a product alphabetically in the product indexes which will then give the numerical
code for that product.
Directory of United States Exporters. Annual. Latest Edition
Only Retained.
Location: REF HF 3010.U555
Very similar to the American Export Register. This also has a list of companies
by state.
Directory of United States Importers. Annual. Latest Edition
Only Retained.
Location: REF HF 3010.U55
A companion volume to that immediately above.
International Directory of Company Histories.
Location: HD 2721.I63
This is a multi-volume (and growing) set. At the end of each company's history there is a bibliography. The indexes (one to companies and persons and one to industries) in the latest volume cover entries from all the volumes.
Studies in Enterprise by Lorna M. Daniells.
Location: Z 7164.C81H26 1957
There are subject and author indexes.
United States Corporation Histories: A Bibliography, 1965-1985 by Wahib Nasrallah.
Location: WRLC CENTER HD 2785.N37 1987
There are indexes to author and industry.
United States Corporation Histories: A Bibliography, 1965-1990 by Wahib Nasrallah.
Location: HD 2785.T87 N37 1991
There are indexes by industry, author, and executive officer.
Industry Codes
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
Location: http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) supersedes
the U.S. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system (see below).
There is a keyword search and tables to convert from SIC to NAICS and
vice-versa. A complete overview of the NAICS scheme is also available.
Standard
Industrial Classification (SIC) Search
Location: http://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/sicsearch.html
Browse by category or search by keyword to obtain the 4-digit SIC code
for a product or service. This site uses the 1987 version of the SIC
manual, which is superseded by NAICS (see above).
For more information, call the Reference Desk at 202-994-6048 or use
the E-mail Reference Form. This page is maintained
by Shmuel Ben-Gad.
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