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and Basic Info | Financials/SEC
Filings/Annual Reports/Background | News/Articles | Private
Companies | Chicago Companies | Company
Histories | Market Share/Rankings | Parent/Subsidiary
| Other
Business Research Guides
Directories
and Basic Information
Hoover's
Online NU Community access to Pro version
Excellent source for all kinds of public and private company
information. The Kellogg School of Management subscribes to the
Pro version for
the NU
community.
Free
version at www.hoovers.com (outside of NU domains) provides access brief
profiles rather
than full profiles
of
US
public
and private companies.
Reference
USA NU Community
Directory information on over 12 million U.S. businesses.
Searchable by multiple criteria.
Lexis-Nexis
Academic NU
Community
Search under "Business" then "Company Financial"
and
select report type under "Source"
Standard & Poor's Register
of Corporations, Directors and Executives L332.05
P827 Reference Mgmt / Schaffner
- Vol 1: Alphabetical entries of companies.
- Vol 2: Directors and executives.
- Vol 3: Indexing by SIC and location, cross-references
for subsidiaries and divisions, obituary
listing and new individuals
added to the listing in volume 2.
Also
available online in Standard & Poor's
Netadvantage. (NU Community)
Click on Companies in menu bar.
Directory
of American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries L381.002
D598 Reference Mgmt
Directory
of Foreign Firms Operating in the United States 338.74 A581d
Reference Mgmt
Hoover's
Handbook of Private Companies 338.74025 H7894 Reference
Mgmt / Schaffner
Hoover's
Handbook of American Business L338.74025 H7892 Reference
Mgmt / Schaffner
Hoover's
Handbook of Emerging Companies 338.74025 H7896 Reference
Mgmt / Schaffner
Million
Dollar Directory L338.405 D897mi Reference Mgmt / Schaffner
Dun
and Bradstreet directory containing nearly 160,000 US public
and private companies with a worth of over $500,000. Includes
cross-referencing
by location and SIC code.
Mergent's
Manuals (formerly Moody's Manuals) Reference
Mgmt / Schaffner
Provide current and historic financials directly
from SEC filings, debt, and ratings on public companies. Check
Moody's complete corporate index L 332.05 M8167 to determine in
which manual to find a company.
- Transportation
Manual L332.05 M8161
- Industrial Manual L332.05 M8162
- Public Utility Manual L332.05 M8163
- Municipal and Government Manual L332.05 M8164
- Bank and Finance Manual L332.05 M8165
- OTC Industrial Manual L332.05 M8166
- International Manual L332.05 M816
Walker's
Manual of Unlisted Stocks L 338.74025 W184 Reference Mgmt
Ward's
Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies L338.4025 W2661
Reference Mgmt / Schaffner
Includes alphabetical entries of approximately
90,000 companies, geographic listing, companies ranked by sales
within SIC, companies
state-by-state ranked by sales within SIC, and companies
ranked by sales within NAICS. Financials,
SEC Filings and Background Information
NU
Library has a large collection of company annual reports and
SEC filings for public companies. For more information go to Locating
Annual Reports on Public Companies.
Mergent
Online NU Community
Financial and background information
on 30,000 US and foreign public companies, including annual
reports back to 1997. Company
information comprises that of all of the Mergent/Moody's Manuals
except for the Municipal & Government Manual. Covers current
information only. However, spreadsheet financials date back
15 years, annual reports date back to 1996 or 1997, and SEC
filings
date back to 1993.
Hoover's
Online NU Community access to Pro version
Look up companies and then click on Financials. Under Financials,
look under Competitive Landscape to see the company's financials
as compared with its competitors.
Datamonitor
Reports NU Community
Datamonitor reports on over 10,000 US and foreign companies, can
be found in Business Source Premier. Enter site and click on Company
Profiles. Reports include company overview, history, key employees,
major products and services, top competitors, locations and subsidiaries.
Thomson
Research NU Community
Includes SEC filings filed from 1997
to the present or earlier in some cases depending on company
as well as other financial reports
for US and international companies traded on US stock exchanges.
Much data is exportable in Excel. Global Access also includes
the SEC Database for US publicly-traded companies and Worldscope
for international publicly-traded companies. Both allow searching
of Disclosure Reports by financial criteria, business description,
location, size and other criteria in order to create targeted
lists
of companies. Note: a plug-in is needed from the web to launch
the SEC and Worldscope databases.
Disclosure Select (Stand-alone CD-ROM, ask at Ref
Desk)
Includes 10-K filings, selected annual reports as well as
proxy statements filed with the SEC from 1995 to 1999. Older information
can be found in the microfiche collection, which includes 10-K
fiche
for all NYSE and AMEX companies, selected proxies, registration
statements and annual reports
Lexis-Nexis
Academic NU
Community
Includes SEC filings in some cases back to 1987 and
also includes Disclosure reports, S&P Corporate Descriptions, stock
reports, and bankruptcy reports under "Business"and
then
"Company Profiles."
EDGAR
Unrestricted
US Securities and Exchange Commission's database of
SEC filings from 1994 to the present.
News and Journal Articles
ABI/Inform
(ProQuest version) NU Community
Indexes and abstracts of
more than 1,300 business and management titles. The full text of
the articles are included for nearly half of the citations in the
database in a variety of formats, including text, text and graphics,
and PDF. Under Search Methods, choose Guided and then choose a search
by company under the drop-down menu.
Business
Source Premier NU Community
Full text and bibliographic information from regional, national and international
business and trade journals. Search options include searching/browsing by company
under the subject search.
Lexis
Nexis Academic NU
Community
Full
text general, business, financial and legal news information service
for several thousand publications. Go under the Business segment
and choose either Business News or Industry & Market. The Guided
Search option then allows for search by company name.
Business & Industry
Database NU
Community
Indexes and abstracts and
from nearly 1,000 major U.S. and international trade journals, general
business publications, and national & regional newspapers and newsletters.
The full text is included for 75% of the articles. Limit search
by company name.
Factiva
NU
Community
Full
text of U.S. and international research and news articles from newspapers,
newswires, magazines, trade journals, and company and industry financial
reports. The
Business Newsstand includes current day's news and allows browsing
and searching of the past 90 days' publications. The Publications
Library contains over 6000 full-text sources. In the Publications
Library, choose Search by Company to search for public companies.
Private companies are best to be searched by keyword.
Private Companies
Hoover's Online NU
Community access to Pro version
To identify companies or create company lists,
under Build Company Lists, click on Hoovers' In-depth. Lexis-Nexis
Academic NU
Community
Search under "Business" then "Company Financial"
and
select Private Companies under "Source"
Reference
USA NU
Community
Directory information on over 12 million U.S. businesses. Searchable by multiple
criteria.
Standard & Poor's
Register of Corporations, Executives and Directors (via Standard & Poor's
Netadvantage) NU Community
Searchable directory of information on 105,000 companies (92,000 are privately-held). Lexis
Nexis Corporate Affiliations 338.74 D598 Reference Mgmt / Schaffner
Hoover's
Handbook of Private Companies 338.74025 H7894 Reference
Mgmt / Schaffner
Million
Dollar Directory L338.405 D897mi Reference Mgmt / Schaffner
Dun and Bradstreet directory containing nearly 160,000 US public
and private companies with a worth of over $500,000. Includes cross-referencing
by location and SIC code.
Ward's
Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies L338.4025 W2661
Reference Mgmt / Schaffner
Includes alphabetical entries of approximately 90,000 companies,
geographic listing, companies ranked by sales within SIC, companies
state-by-state ranked by sales within SIC, and companies ranked
by sales within NAICS.
Chicago/Illinois Companies
Hoover's Online NU
Community access to Pro version
In Hoovers, under Build Company Lists, click on Hoovers'
In-depth. Searchable by geographic region.
Reference
USA NU Community
Searchable by geographic region, including zip code. Standard & Poor's
Register of Corporations, Executives and Directors (via Standard & Poor's
Netadvantage) NU Community
Searchable directory of information on 105,000 companies (92,000 are privately-held).
Limit Companies search to Chicago area. Certified
List of Domestic and Foreign Corporations (...authorized to do business
in the State of Illinois) 338.7 I29 Reference Desk / Government
Publications
First Chicago Guide. 332.67 A111 Reference Desk
Harris Illinois Industrial Directory L338.09773 H314
Reference Mgmt/ Schaffner
Illinois Manufacturers Directory 381.005 I292 Reference
Mgmt/ Schaffner
Illinois Services Directory 338.0025 I29 Reference
Mgmt/ Schaffner
(Crain's)Top Business Lists (Chicago, IL) L338.74025
T673 Reference Mgmt/ Schaffner
Chicagobusiness.com Unrestricted
Chicago-area
companies' lists and rankings (although not full lists).
Crain's Chicago Business NU Community
Company Histories
Historical
summaries of public companies may be found in filings such as
Annual
Reports.
Mergent
Online NU Community
The history section for each public company report includes a chronology.
ABI/Inform
(ProQuest version) NU Community
Searches back to 1971.
ABI/Inform
Archive Complete NU Community
Searches back to 1905 for earliest business journal coverage. Notable
Corporate Chronologies L338.7 N899 Reference Mgmt / Schaffner
International Directory of Company Histories L338.88025
I61 Reference Mgmt
Business
Periodicals Index 016.381 B9795 Reference Stacks / Schaffner
Index of business publications back to 1958.
Industrial Arts Index 016.6 I38 Reference
Stacks
Includes indexing of business publications from 1913 to 1957.
Rankings and Market Share
Many
of the directories mentioned above contain indexes that rank companies
according to various criteria. Many journal articles include rankings
and market share information. Search in ABI/Inform or Business
& Industry Database for company rankings. More information
can be found in the sources listed below:
Business & Industry
Database NU Community
Select ranking from the document type menu or market
share from the concept terms menu.
Business Rankings Annual L016.33874 B9792 Reference
Mgmt/ Schaffner
Market Share Reporter L658.835 M345 Reference Mgmt
Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies.
L338.4025 W266ba Reference Mgmt / Schaffner
Parent vs. Subsidiary Companies
If a private or public company is a subsidiary or division of another
company, it will not always be listed separately. When researching
a subsidiary, look both under the parent company and the subsidiary.
To determine whether a company is a subsidiary, check one of
the following directories:
Hoover's
Online NU Community access to Pro version
Reference
USA NU Community
Lexis Nexis Corporate Affiliations 338.74 D598 Reference Mgmt
/ Schaffner
America's Corporate Families L 338.4025 A512 Reference Mgmt
For further assistance, contact:
Jami
Xu
Reference Librarian and Liaison to the
Kellogg School of Management
Northwestern University Library
Reference Department
(847) 491-8961
jamixu@northwestern.edu
Jeannette Moss
Reference and Instruction Librarian
Northwestern University Library
Reference Department
(847) 491-2169
j-moss@northwestern.edu
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