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Business: Web Databases & Resources

 


Gale Business and Company Resource Center
Company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies & articles from business periodicals.

Occupational Outlook Handbook
Employment outlook, educational requirements, salary to expect - for most occupations.

Morningstar - on campus or off-campus w/ library card
Popular source for stock and mutual fund advice.

BigYellow.com - National business listings.


Links to Other Web Resources:

Business Resources by Topic (LII)
Links to recommended business & economics sites.

Business & Economics Resources (IPL)
Links to recommended business & economics sites.

Annual Report Gallery - http://www.reportgallery.com/
Links to the home pages and annual reports of more than
2,200 companies traded on the U.S. stock exchanges, including most of the Fortune 500. Each company listing also includes links to NYSE, AMEX, or NASDAQ information and most have a Snap Shot from Zacks Investment Services (broker recommendations, brief summary of business activities, industry rank, earnings estimates, market commentary, balance sheet, etc.). The International Gallery has links to annual report services from other countries. Searchable. -from LII*

 

 
Hoover's 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 site, SEC filings, and current stock prices. -from LII*

EDGAR Archives (SEC) - http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml
Full-text searchable index to the filings by corporations to the Securities and Exchange Commission that are
available to the public (including 10-K reports). Non-electronic filings, filings that are not available to the public, and any data prior to 1994 will not be available here. EDGAR - Electronic Data Gathering Analysis And Retrieval. -from LII*

EDGAR Online - http://www.edgar-online.com/
Said by Business Week to be the best interface to the SEC filings.

U.S. Commercial Service
International Market Research Library

overviews on doing business in more than 120 countries and profiles of 110 industry sectors, plus updates on new regulations, currency fluctuations, business trends, and government-financed projects.

Bloomberg.com - http://www.bloomberg.com/
Many Bloomberg publications, including feature articles from Bloomberg Personal, a News section that includes top daily headline stories from papers around the world; mutual fund; stocks; etc., can be accessed without charge. Special financial services such as company news and current quotes are sold on a subscription basis. -from LII*

CorporateInformation - http://www.corporateinformation.com/
The place to start for locating information on public or private companies around the world. Arranged by country,
this is a resource list of sites. Data can include links to market research reports, laws, court decisions, the CIA World FactBook, currency rates, and population. A particularly helpful item is a list of abbreviations used in corporate names. -from LII*

*Sources of web link descriptions:
LII=
Librarians' Index to the Internet (lii.org)

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last revised: 8-27-07
by Eric Brenner, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
These materials may be used for educational purposes if you inform and credit the author and cite the source as: Skyline College Library. All commercial rights are reserved. To contact the author, or send comments or suggestions, email: Eric Brenner at brenner@smccd.net