Accounting Advertising Banking Business Histories Business News & Research Company Directories Company Info: Public Company Info: Private Economics and Finance	Industry Surveys & Ratios Industry Classification Codes International Business Investing Legal & Tax Information Rankings & Market Share Small Business Resources Statistics U.S. & International Organizations	Business Journal Indexes NJ/NY Major Business Libraries MSU School of Business
Prepared by:  William Vincenti | Created March, 2002 - Updated March, 2006 Reference Department, Harry A. Sprague Library

Accounting

Accounting Journals & Literature: LexisNexis:   (MSU Only)
Full text of over 25 publications including:  Accountant's Liability, Journal of Business Strategy, the Miller GAAP and GAAS Guides and Practical Accountant.

Accounting & Taxation Index:  (1965-2002)
Index to articles in accounting and taxation.
Location:  Ref. Index Tables Z7164.C81 A52

CCH Tax Research Network:   (MSU Only)
US Federal, and New Jersey tax law and publications.

General Accounting Web Sites
Academic Info: Accounting:
Rutgers Accounting Web (RAW)
Tax and Accounting Sites Directory

Advertising

Advertising:
Click to browse Subjects
in the Sprague Library Catalog.

Standard Directory of International Advertisers & Agencies.   (The International Red Book)
[Ref. HF5804 .S73 1995]

Ad*Access This contains a searchable image database of over 7,000 ads from US & Canada that appeared between 1911-55.

Banking

FDIC:  Banking news, laws, and statistics.

Banking on the WWW - Banks of the World

Mergent Bank Finance Manual:   [Ref. HG4961.M5]
(formerly Moody's Bank and Finance Manual)
Gives several years worth of financial balance sheets for many banks,
trust, finance, investment companies, and other financial institutions.

Search the Sprague Library Catalog
for the company's name by Subject
in addition to checking the resources listed below:

International Directory of Company Histories:
[Ref. HD2721 .I63]
This multi-volume directory covers the development of over 1,000 successful companies in a variety of industries.

Great Events from History II-Business and Commerce Series:
[Ref. HC55 .G68 1994] 5vols.

Biographical Dictionary of American Business Leaders:
[Ref. HC102.5.A2I53]
Provides biographical information on 1,159 business leaders from colonial times to 1983. Appendices in V.4 break down the information by Industry, Company, Birthplace, Religion, Ethnicity, Year of Birth and Sex.

Who's Who in Finance and Industry: [Ref. HF3023 .A2 W5]

Dun & Bradstreet Reference Book of Corporate Managements: [Ref. HD2745 .D85]

Business News & Research

Business Journal Indexes:
Thousands of business publications indexed by
tools including ABI/Inform, LexisNexis and TCB Research.

Bloomberg.com

Dow Jones

Yahoo! Finance

Business - Guide to Sources from the Rutgers Libraries:
Extensive guide to information online and in print about business topics.

CNN/MONEY:
From the editors of CNN and MONEY magazine.

Economist:

The Financial Times:
International financial news.

IndustryWeek:
Business news, conferences, and articles related to management.

Morningstar.com

Financial Data Finder

U.S. Business Advisor
U.S. Government resources related to business.

Institute of Management and Administration:
Business directory with over 600 links, industry information, discussion groups, and newsletters.

Company Directories

Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors & Executives:
[Ref. HG 4057.A4]   3 vols.
Vol 1. alphabetic listing of corporation name, address, officers, products, SIC code(s), sales, and number of employees.
Vol 2. has brief biographies of executives.
Vol 3. includes geographical and industry (SIC arranged) indexes.

D&B Million Dollar Directory:
[Ref. HC 102.D82]   5 vols.
Company information is alphabetically arranged and indexes list companies geographically and by industry (SIC arranged).

Directory of Corporate Affiliations:
[Ref. HG4057 .A219]   5 vols.
The main section of this directory lists parent companies, followed by their divisions and subsidiaries. Information listed includes: address, telephone, assets, earnings, liabilities, number of employees, products, and officers. Similar information is available for the subsidiaries.

Company Information: Public

Annual Reports to Shareholders:
Sprague Library does not collect the annual reports of companies.
Most of these can be found online by using a search engine like
Yahoo. http://www.yahoo.com

Annual Report Gallery

Compustat - Research Insight:
A program that allows the creation of custom financial reports & comparisons for companies and between industries as well.
Available in the Sprague Library Reference area (Table D) and Partridge Hall 210.

Edgar Online:
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings of publicly traded corporations.

Mergent Financial Manuals:

These manuals list several years worth of financial balance sheets for over 10,000 companies.
Mergent Industrial Manual: [Ref. HG 4961.M67]
Companies on the New York and American Stock Exchanges.
Mergent Bank and Finance: [Ref. HG4961.M5]
Bank, trust finance, investment companies, etc.,
Mergent Transportation: [Ref. HG4971.M73]
Mergent Public Utility: [Ref. HG4961.M7]
Mergent OTC Industrial: [Ref. HG 4961.M7237]
Covers companies traded on the Over-the-Counter Exchange.
Mergent Municipal & Government: [Ref. HG4931.M58]
Federal, state and municipal governmental finance info.
Mergent International: [Ref. HG4509.M66]
Leading foreign companies.

Hoover's Company Records:
Basic information about major US and international companies which includes the following: Financials, history, officers, subsidiaries, competitors and products.

Standard & Poor's Stock Reports:
[Ref. HG 4907.S72]
Separate volumes for New York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange, and NASDAQ. The two page report for each company includes its activities, finances, forecasts and beta.

Company Information:  Private

Financial information about privately owned companies is difficult to find because they are not required to submit financial documentation to the Securities & Exchange Commission.  Limited information may be found by searching business journal and news sources, a company's web site, and directories such as these:

Ward's Business Directory:   [Ref. HG4057 .A59]

Ward's Private Company Profiles:   [Ref. HG4009 .W374]

Economics and Finance

JSTOR  (MSU Only)
Archival runs of journals in Economics, Finance and Statistics.

National Association of Purchasing Managers   Survey of Purchasing Managers.

NBER - National Bureau of Economic Research Makes working papers, macro and industrial data available.

University of Virginia - Regional Economic Information System   Economic data for states, counties, and metropolitan areas.

EconWPA (Economics Working Paper Archive)

Resources for Economists on the Internet

Industry Surveys & Ratios

Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys:
[Ref. Desk]
Issued quarterly, this publication surveys major industries such as apparel, leisure time and computers & office equipment. Each section contains industry background, recent trends and outlook, as well as statistics for leading companies in that industry.

U.S. Industrial Outlook:
[Ref. Desk]
Annual overview of U.S. industries. Each chapter gives a description of the industry; it's growth, statistics and projections for the future.

Value Line Investment Survey:
[Ref. Desk]   (Paper copy)
Online version is also available for MSU Students, Faculty & Staff,
only in the Reference Area at computer terminal G1.
In-depth company analysis grouped by industry. Information on 1,700 companies includes: beta, timeliness, projected price performance of stocks, 15 years of summarized balance sheet income statement data, and an evaluation of each industry.

Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios: [Ref. Desk]

RMA Annual Statement Studies: [Ref. Desk]

Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios: [Ref. Desk]

Stock Screener from Yahoo! Finance: 
Lists companies by industry. Worth comparing to the data from Ward's Business Directory. Leads to some basic data about individual companies online.
Industry Index from Yahoo! Finance
Lists of industries. News articles and data dealing with industry wide issues are linked.
Industry Browser from Yahoo! Finance
Assorted industry and company information including PE Ratios, Market Cap, and Debt to Equity.

Standard Industrial Classification Manual
[Ref. Desk]
A compilation of 4-digit federally assigned industry codes (SIC codes) covering all areas of economic activity.
Also online through Lexis-Nexis (MSU Only).

North American Industry Classification System:
[Ref. HF1041.5 .N674]
NAICS is supposed to supercede SIC. Not widely used.

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States:
Tariff rates for goods imported into the United States.

International Business and Economics

CIBERWEB
A CIBER program run through the US Dept. of Education that attempts to improve contacts between U.S. businesses with the educational sector.  Thirty universities serve as regional and national resources to business, students, and academics.

PACIFIC - International Trade and Business WWW Reference Pages:
International currency information, text of the GATT agreement revised in 1966, a history of GATT, and links to a variety of other sources.

International Economics Gateway:
Comprehensive listing of international economics sites.

globalEDGE (formerly "International Business Resources on the WWW"):
Lists web sites that cover issues ranging from cultural and economic country-specific information to trade tutorials, trade law, and statistical data sources.

Investing

Briefing.Com:
A fee-based service providing market, stock, and industrial analysis.

Global Financial Data:
A subscription service that allows the downloading of current and historical financial and economic data for over 150 countries.

The Financial Center:
Market and stock analysis, news, and mutual funds.

Legal & Tax Information

CCH Tax Research Network:
Access Federal and NJ tax law documents online.

Lexis/Nexis:
Full text database of news, business, and legal sources with some medical information as well.

Rankings & Market Share

Business Rankings Annual:
[Ref. HG 4050.B88]

Market Share Reporter:
[Ref. HG 5410.M35]

Fortune Magazine Lists:
Lists from Fortune magazine include: Fortune 500, Fortune 1000, Best Companies to Work For, 50 Most Powerful Women in Business and more.

Service Industries-USA:
[Ref. HD 9981.1 .S47]

Hoover's Handbook of World Business:
[Ref. HG 4009.H66]

Hoover's Handbook of American Business:
[Ref. HG 4057.A28617]

Small Business Resources

Entrepreneur Magazine
NJ Small Business Development Center
U.S. Small Business Administration

Statistics

Bureau of Labor Statistics:
Time series data, monthly employment statistics, regional economic information, and links to other U.S. & international statistical sources.

INFORUM - Interindustry Forecasting at the Univ. of Maryland:
International, U.S., state and local data as well as working papers.

Economic Statistics Briefing Room - White House:
Includes recently released economic indicators.

Luxembourg Income Study:
Database of household income surveys from many countries, providing demographic, income, and expenditure information.

STAT-USA:   (MSU Only)
National Trade Data Bank, Economic Bulletin Board, Global Business Procurement Opportunities, and Bureau of Economic Analysis Economic Information.
Available only at Table G in the Sprague Library's Reference Room.

B&E DataLinks: econ & financial data sources:
Business and Economics Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association (ASA).

U.S. Gov't Agencies & International Organizations

Commerce Department:
Economic statistics from STAT-USA, Bureau of the Census, and the Bureau of Economic Analysis, as well as access to the Government Information Locator Service and the online version of the Commerce Business Daily.

Federal Reserve System:
Reports, statistics, working papers and links related to the work of the Federal Reserve Board.

International Monetary Fund:
Source of information on the developing world which includes a publications database and the full-text of select reports and working papers.

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative:
Trade reports, information on International Trade Agreements including the text of various agreements.

World Bank:
Information on the developing world which includes full-text publications, journal articles and reports.

Major Area Business Libraries

IF there is an item that the Sprague Library does not own
request an
Interlibrary Loan.

Or consult these major business collections in the area:
Dana Library, Rutgers-Newark Campus

Kilmer Library, Rutgers-Livingston Campus

New York Public Library - Science, Industry and Business Library

Newark Public Library

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