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Information
For more detailed information see
the company's annual report or another
resources listed below. The amount
of company information provided
in each resource varies so you may
want to check more than one resource.
- D & B Business Rankings
- HG4057.A237 LRC-R
- The Directory of Business
Information Resources
- HF54.52.U5 D567 LRC-R
- Manufacturing U.S.A.
- HD9721.M364 LRC-R.
Industrial analyses, statistics
and leading companies.
- Market Share Reporter
- HF1040.9.G2 2004
- Mergent's Industry Review
- HG4961.M68 LRC-R
- Regional Industrial Buying
Guide. North Texas-Oklahoma
- T12.3.T4N67 LRC-R
- Online: ThomasNet®
- Standard
& Poor's Industry Surveys
(S&P NetAdvantage database)
- Statesman's Yearbook
- JA51 .S7
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- Business
Source Premier
EBSCOhost
- International
Trade Administration (ITA)
(Trade Statistics)
- http://www.ita.doc.gov/
- Investopedia
Industry Handbook
- http://www.investopedia.com/features/industryhandbook/
- Price's
List of Lists
- http://www.specialissues.com/lol/
- Special
Issues
- http://www.specialissues.com/
Indexes trade journals for special
issues that have industry rankings,
industry trends, etc.
- Trade
Development (International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department
of Commerce)
- http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/td_home/tdhome.html
- U.S.
Census Bureau: Current Industrial
Reports
- http://www.census.gov/cir/www/
Provides monthly, quarterly, and
annual measures of industrial
activity.
Associations 
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Associations may provide projections
and environment information. Search
the WWW for your business and "associations."
EXAMPLE: food and associations
- ASAE
& the Center for Association
Leadership
- (The American Society of Association
Executives Directory of Associations)
- http://www.asaecenter.org/Directories/AssociationSearch.cfm
- IPL:
Associations & Organizations
- http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref09.00.00/
Internet Public Libraries directories
of associations and non-profit
organizations.
- Weddle's Guide to Association
Web Sites
- HF5382.7.W43 LRC-R
- Almanac of Business and
Industry Financial Ratios
- HF5681.R25T68 LRC-R
An annual review supplying corporate
performance and figures.
- BizStats.com
- http://www.bizstats.com/
Edited by a CPA. Includes small
business statistics, financial
ratios, benchmarks, and more.
- BusinessWeek's
Investment Outlook Scoreboard
- http://bwnt.businessweek.com/investment_outlook/2006/index.asp
- Economic
Census Industry Ratios (US
Census Bureau)
- http://www.census.gov/econ/census07/ratios.htm
- Industry Norms & Key
Business Ratios (Dun &
Bradstreet)
- HF5681.R25I525 LRC-R
Annual profile of the major industries.
- IRS:
Business Tax Statistics
- http://www.irs.gov/taxstats/bustaxstats/index.html
- RMA Annual Statement Studies
Financial Ratio Benchmarks
- HF5681.B2R6 LRC-R
- RMA Annual Statement Studies
Industry Default Probabilities
and Cash Flow Measures
- HF5681.B2R59 LRC-R
- Yahoo!
Finance
- http://biz.yahoo.com/p/sum_conameu.html
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- NAICS Desk Reference
- HF1041.5.N35 2000 LRC-R
- North
American Industry Classification
System
- http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html
Hard copy, call number HF1042.N67
LRC-R
Provides new government NAICS
codes, which replace old Standard
Industrial classification (SIC)
system.
- Standard Industrial Classification
Manual
- HF1042.U62 LRC-R
SIC codes are necessary for accessing
some directories and industry
information. This manual is a
numerically classified arrangement
of manufacturing plus an alphabetical
list of industries with codes.
See: Periodicals,
Articles, Newspapers, Books
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