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Librarian: Judy Wagner
Office: SRC 3044
Phone: (630) 942-2021
E-mail: wagnerj@cod.edu
These titles are representative of the wide variety of business resources that are available to research companies and the industries in which these companies operate.
Company Information
General / National Company Information
- Corporate Statements
- The Official Missions, Goals, Principles and Philosophies of Over 900 Companies
- Ref HD 30.285 .H37
- This title and others in the same call number area provide a quick reference to corporate mission statements.
- Directory of Corporate Affiliations
- Ref HG 4057 .A217
- This set contains subsidiary and affiliate information for major public and private U.S. and foreign firms.
- D & B Million Dollar Directory
- Ref HC 102 .D8
- America's leading public and private companies.
- Hoover's Handbook of American Business
- Ref HG 4057 .A28617
- Two-page profiles for approximately 1600 major U.S. companies.
- International Directory of Company Histories
- Ref HD 2721 .I6x
- Profiles of the historical development of the world's leading companies.
- Mergent Manuals
- Ref HG's/Call #'s vary.
- Bank/Finance, Industrial, International, Municipal/Government, OTS Industrial/Unlisted, Public Utility, Transportation.
- Financial profiles of major U.S. publicly-held companies.
- Thomas Register of American Manufacturers
- Ref T12 .T6.
- http://www.thomasregister.com
- Directory of companies and products manufactured in North America.
- Value Line Investment Survey
- Ready Ref HG 4501 .V26
- Company and industry profiles for the investor.
Geography - State / Local Companies
- Business Ledger and Crain's Chicago Business
- Periodicals
- These business newspapers are excellent sources of information on local companies. Also see the Book of Lists that each newspaper publishes listing leading area companies in selected industries.
- Book of Lists. Business Ledger
- Ref HC 108 .C4 B666
- Book of Lists. Crain's Chicago Business
- Ref HC 108 .C4 B665
- D&B Regional Business Directory. Chicago Suburban Area.
- Ref HC 107 .I3 D8
- Illinois Manufacturers and Services Directories
- Ref HC 107 .I3 I55 and I62
- State directory of businesses.
- LaSalle Bank Guide
- Major Publicly Held Corporations and Financial Institutions :Headquartered in Illinois
- Ref HC 107 .I3 F5
- Sorkins' Directory of Business & Government
- Ref HC 108 .C4 S63
- Directory of Chicago area businesses and nonprofits.
Geography - International Companies
- Directory of American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries
- Ref HG 4538 .A1 D5
- Directory of Foreign Firms Operating in the United States
- Ref HG 4057 .A2 1943
- Mergent International Manual
- Ref HG 4009 .M66
- World Business Directory
- Ref HF 54 .U5 W667
Companies in Specific Industries
The titles below are examples of the many specialized industry directories that are in the reference collection.
- Directories in Print
- Ref AY 2001 .D5
- Useful for locating specialized industry company directories.
- D&B Consultants Directory
- Ref HD 69 .C6 D86
- Directory of Top Computer Executives
- Ref HD 9696 .C63 U5163133
- Thomas Food & Beverage Market Place
- Ref HD 9321.3 .T5
Industry Information
- Business Rankings Annual
- Ref HD 2771 .B8
- Rankings of companies, products, services and business activities.
- D&B Business Rankings
- Ref HG 4057 .A237
- Public and private businesses ranked within industry category and state.
- Encyclopedia of Associations
- Ref AS 22 .E5
- Associations are good sources of industry information.
- Market Share Reporter
- Ref HF 5415.2 .M3
- Contains market share reports for a wide variety of products/services, brands and corporations.
- Mergent Industry Review
- Ref HG 4961 .M68
- Financial data for more than 130 industries and major companies within those industries.
- National Trade and Professional Associations of the United States
- Ref HD 2425 .D53
- Open Directory - Industries
- http://dmoz.org/Business/
- Research profiles for selected industries.
- ValuationResources.com
- http://www.valuationresources.com
- Go to the "Industry Reports" section which is organized by SIC Code. For each of the more than 200 SIC codes in the section, there are annotated links to free and fee-based industry sources.
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