SELECTED RESOURCES
for
BUSA201-Value Creation in the Global Environment
PLU LIBRARY
February 18, 2005
Gail Egbers
535-8869/egbersgl@plu.edu

DIRECTORIES: These sources contain information about many of the companies you will be researching.   Because these are directories, you will find basic information such as addresses, SIC codes, important people, etc.
 

Corporate Directory Of U.S. Public Companies (ref.HG4057.A156468)

Hoover's handbook of American business (ref.HG4057.A28617)

LexisNexis corporate affiliations (ref. HG4057.A217)

Market Share Reporter (ref.HF5415.122.M38x)

Notable Corporate Chronologies (ref.HG4009.N68)

Standard & Poor's Register Of Corporations, Directors And Executives (ref.HG4057.S785) (on line via Net Advantage)

FINDING ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS/JOURNALS:  Journals will give the most up-to-date information on your companies.  Periodical indexes provide the most efficient subject access to journals, magazines, and newspapers.  Indexes relevant to your topic include:

Business Source Premier (via EBSCO Business Searching Interface) This business database contains 2,804 full text scholarly journals and business periodicals covering such areas as: management, ethics, economics, finance, accounting, and international business. It also offers country economic reports. More than 200 of the journals have PDF full text back to 1965 or the first issue published.

Company Information (viaLexis/Nexis)Provides access to a range of news and business information.

Company Profiles (EBSCOhost Business Searching Interface ) The portion of Business Source Premier that includes Datamonitor company profiles.

Regional Business News (via EBSCO) This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis.

Wall Street Journal (via Lexis-Nexis)

 

LOCATING PERIODICALS/JOURNALS  Use Journals at PLU to obtain the call number of the journal you need.  Current issues of journals are shelved on the first floor.  Older issues (bound volumes and microfilm) are on the second and third floors, shelved with the books. Journals at PLU  also gives you the location of any full-text journals we have online.

REFERENCE SOURCES:  These resources will give you a variety of information from stock reports to analysis to accession numbers.  You will need to consult many of these to get all the information you need about your company.

Buckmaster Annual Stockholder Reports (http://buck.com/cgi-bin/arcgi.exe)

Google.com (http://google.com) Type in the name of a company.  You have a choice to click on stock reports.

Market Research Reports (via EBSCO Business Searching Interface) Full-text of research reports from Gartner, Inc.

North American industry classification system (ref.HF1041.5.N674 1997 & via  http://www.census.gov/pub/epcd/www/naics.html)

SEC Filings & Reports  (via Lexis/Nexis) Gives access to EDGAR filings, annual & quarterly reports & proxy statements.

Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys (ref.HC106.6.S74) (online via Net Advantage)

Standard Industrial Classification Manual (ref HF1042.S73 1987 & via http://www.osha.gov/oshstats/sicser.html)

Survey Of Buying Power And Media Markets (ref.HC110.C6S85)

U.S. Industry & Trade Outlook (ref.HC101.U54)

Value Line (At Reference Desk) A weekly publication, but it takes 3 months to cycle through the full list of stocks covered. The main document reviews one firm per page (over 100 per week), with a description of the business, a chart showing the historical stock performance, tables showing key financial data, plus a written commentary about the prospects of the firm. They cover over 1700 stocks in their normal edition, and over 5,000 in extended coverage offered at higher prices. The weekly document also includes short notes on important developments in covered stocks. A separate booklet updates summary ratings and fundamental information on all of the 1700 stocks each week.

»»Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (ref. BF76.7.P83 2001)
 
 
 
 
 

INTERNET:  The Internet is an attractive source of information but it does not have the best  information for all situations.   Use the Internet only for supplemental information. If you get information off the Web about companies, take into account who wrote up the information.  Read the  handout "Evaluating Information from the Internet" (http://www.plu.edu/~egbersgl/evalinternet.html)

If you have questions while doing library research, ask for help at the reference desk or make an appointment  with me for personal research assistance.   My office hours during spring semester are 3:00-5:00 Tuesdays & Thursdays.

 
 

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