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Andrew Wohrley:
wohrlaj@auburn.edu(334)-844-1768
RBD Library 2nd Floor
All databases are available on campus and remotelyunless otherwise noted. To access a resource from home, you willneed to type your library ID and last name. Your library ID is usually:two, zero, your Social Security Number, then zero. For example: A person with the Social Security Number 123-45-6789 has the library ID: 201234567890
Subject Databases
General Databases
Current Awareness Resources
Industry Overviews
U.S. Industry & Trade Outlook [DESK REF HC 101. U54]
Hoover's Industry Group Snapshots http://hoovers.com/industry/archive/0,2048,169,00.html Hoover's has researched and written over 45 in-depth overviews of various industry groups. Each Snapshot may cover one or more industries or sectors.
Trade and Export Information by Industry - International Trade Administration http://www.ita.doc.gov/ita_home/itakeyin.html
This page provides links to ITA websites which provide coverage of key
industrial and services clusters: Technology and Aerospace, Tourism,
Basic Industries, Environmental Technologies, Service Industries and
Finance, and Textiles-Apparel and Consumer Goods.
Current Industrial Reports of the U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/cir/www/
Corporate Information http://www.corporateinformation.com
Industry Norms & Business Ratios
RMA Annual Statement Studies [DESK REF HF 5681. B2 R6]
Troy's Almanac of Business & Industrial Financial Ratios [DESK REF HF 5681. R25 T68]
Market Share
Market Share Reporter [REF HF 5410. M35]
World Market Share Reporter [REF HF 5410. W67]
Ward's Business Directory - Volume 5 [organized by SIC] [REF HG 4057.a575 1999 v.1-8]
Classification Systems
Standard Industrial Classification Search
http://www.osha.gov/oshstats/sicser.html
North American Industrial Classification System
http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html
Apparel contractors, manufacturers, importers & exporters [Ref HD 9940 .A2 A66 1997]
Commercial Atlas and Marketing Guide [Ref G 1019 Q3 R2 1999, on atlas stand near second floor reference desk]
Doing Business in [use this much as a title when searching in AubieCat and you get over 170 entries on various countries across various call numbers: some are in Reference and some are in regular stacks]
Exporters' Encyclopedia (updated with monthly supplements) [Ref HF 3011 .E9]
Financing Operations in (volumes for almost 50 countries) [Ref HG 4538 .B813]
Hoover's Handbook of American Companies {[Ref HG 4057 .A28617]
Hoover's Handbook of Emerging Companies [Ref HG 4057 .A33]
Hoover's Handbook of Private Companies [Ref HG 4057 .A28616]
Hoover's Handbook of World Business [Ref HG 4009 .H66]
Hoover's Handbooks Index [Ref HG 4057 .A286213]
Illustrated Book of World Rankings [Ref HA 155 .K87 1997]
International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics [Ref HC 59 .Y42]
Investing, Licensing & Trading in (volumes for over 50 countries) [Ref HG 3881 .I75]
Political Handbook of the World [Ref JF 37 .P6]
Political Risk Yearbook (multi-volume set for various regions) [Ref HD 2755.5 .P632]
Principal International Businesses [Ref HF 54 .U5 P74]
State of the World [Ref HC 59 .B766]
U.S. Industry & Trade Outlook [Desk Ref (MADD) C 61.34/2][Ref HC 101 .U54]
The World Economic Factbook [Ref HC 59.15 .W669]
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life [Ref GN 333 .W67 1998]
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations [Ref G 63 .W67]
The most recent editions of these are held
in the Reference Collection on the Second Floor.
There may be older circulating editions in the same call numbers.
These you may check out.
Company Profiles and Financial Information
Hoovers Online
http://www.hoovers.com
Database of information on more than 50,000 of the largest or fastest
growing public and private U.S. companies. Information provided
includes company address, number of employees, key people, financial
data, news items and selected Web links to company Web sites, SEC
filings, and current stock prices.
Edgar - From the SEC EDGAR Filings
http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml
The online database of all official reports that publically hel corporations
file with the SEC.
Company Histories
International Directory of Company Histories
[REF HD 2721. I63]
Annual Reports
Public Register's Annual Report Service http://www.prars.com
Over 2,100 online annual reports included. Also provides the option of
ordering free hard copies of the annual reports.
Annual Report Gallery (by Cornerstone) http://www.reportgallery.com
Close to 1,000 online annual reports included from this Website.
Company Directories
Dun &Bradstreet's Million Dollar Directory: America's leading Public & Private Companies [REF HF 5035.m5 1999 v.1-4]
Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies [REF HG 4057.a575 1999 v.1-8]
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers http://www2.thomasregister.com
(Member ID: auburn Password: library)
A directory of 160,000 U.S. and Canadian manufacturers. Search by product category, company, or brand name.
Statistical Abstracts of the United States
http://www.census.gov/statab/www/
An invaluable compilation of statistics mostly provided by governmentalagencies.
Although it contains more than business statistics, fully two-thirdsof
the material can be
characterized as economic or industrial.
Bureau of Economic Analysis
http://www.bea.doc.gov/beahome.html
Key national, international, and regional aspects of the U.S.economy including the Gross Domestic Product.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov
This independent national statistical agency collects, processes,
analyzes,and disseminates essential statisitical data in the broad
fields of laboreconomics and statistics. Includes current data on the
Consumer Price Index,Unemployment Rates, Average Hourly Wages, etc.
County Business Patterns
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/cbptotal.html
The divisions of the economy covered are agricultural services,
forestry, and fisheries; mining; contract construction; manufacturing;
transportation and other public utilities; wholesale trade; retail
trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services.
Statistical Universe http://www.lib.auburn.edu/STATUNIV/
Statistical Universe can be used to find all the statistics issued by
the U.S. government back to 1973 through the American Statistics Index
(ASI); some 1000 of the best statistical publications of private and
state government sources from 1980 forward through the Statistical
Reference Index (SRI); and approximately 2000 indispensable titles from
some 100 international intergovernmental organizations, all published
annually since 1983 through the Index to International Statistics (IIS).