Table of Contents

• Books
• Industry Information
• Industry Ratios
• Statistical Indexes
• General Statistical Resources
• Company and Stock Information
• Company Directories and Bond Information
• Journal Indexes
• World Wide Web
• IMPORTANT NOTE

1. ASA, The Library’s Online Catalog. This lists all the items in the library and their location.
2. WorldCat. This is a catalog that lists over 44 million items including books, journals, audio-visual, CD-ROMs and software from over 25, 000 libraries. These resources may be obtained via Lehigh’s Interlibrary Loan.

1. Associations Unlimited. Good for finding the industry's association and other related associations. Its URL is  http://www.galenet.com/servlet/AU?&u=n&u=i&u=r&u=f&u=s.
2. Business and Company Resource Center. Has information on industries from a variety of resources including associations and journal articles.
3. Investext. It has analyst reports covering more than 11,000 U.S. and international companies and 53 industries. These reports come from top Wall Street and international brokerage firms. This is available by following the directions for the Journal Index section, then click on Investext, click on "Proceed" button and click on the "Start searching this collection" under the Investext heading.
4. Journal indexes list articles on industries. See the Journal Index section for a listing of indexes
5. North American industry classification system, United States. 317.3/U588sa/ FM-1-R-Ref. T his is available in print or on the WWW. Its URLs are http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naicstab.htm or http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html.
6. Standard Industrial Classification Manual. 317.3/U5852/1987/Ref. This resource is available in print and on the WWW. The URL's for the manual is http://www.osha.gov/oshstats/sicser.html.
7. Standard and Poor’s Industry Surveys. 338/S781I/FM-1-Ref (On Reserve). Analyzes specific industries on quarterly basis. Trends, financial information, and industry data are available. Earlier volumes are available in the stacks back to 1976.
8. Value Line. 332.6/V215/FM-1-Ref (On Reserve). Includes quantitative and qualitative information for industry and company. It rates the companies’ stock as a buy, sell or hold. Back issues are available on fiche from 1980 at Fairchild Library.

1. Almanac of Business and Financial Ratios. 338.973/T864/FM-1-Ref. Latest on Reserve and earlier editions in the stacks.
2. Dow Jones Interactive. Company Information Center on DJI has this information.
3. Industry Norms and Key Business Rations. 338.5/I42/FM-1-Ref. Latest on Reserve with earlier editions in the stacks. Produced by Dun and Bradstreet.
4. RMA Annual Statement Studies. 338/R642/FM-1-Ref. Latest on Reserve and earlier editions in the stacks.

1. American Statistics Index. 310.016/C749a/Ref. Covers statistics printed by the Federal Government.
2. Statistical Reference Index. 317.3016/S797/Ref. Covers statistics printed by non-Federal Government agencies, i.e., associations, commercial publishers, states, etc. Available on fiche since 1980 at Fairchild Library.

1. Business statistics of the United States. 338.09/B976a/FM-1-Ref. Biennial publication has historical statistics that originally appeared in the Survey of Current Business as current. This publication has the statistics from 1947 to with in a year of its publication date.
2. Statistical Abstract of the United States. 317.2/U58s/FM-1-RRef. Latest edition is in Ready Reference with earlier editions in the stacks. The URL for the Web edition is http://www.census.gov/statab/www/.
3. STAT-USA. See World Wide Web for a description.
4. Survey of current business. C56.109: /FM-2-DOC. The URLs for the Web versions are http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/pubs.htm or http://asa.lib.lehigh.edu/cgi-bin/pubid?Pub=28352. Also available on STAT-USA.

1. Annual Reports and 10-K Reports. Reports are for the Fortune 500 going back to 1979 for the annual reports. The 10-K reports are available for the past few years through 1997.
2. Business and Company Resource Center. Has information companies including history, financials, journal articles and investment reports.
3. Dow Jones Interactive. The Company and Industry Center has information from the annual reports and the 10-K's.
4. Lexis Nexis Universe. See the Journal Index section for a description.
5. Handbook of common stocks. (Formerly Moody's Handbook of Common Stocks) 332.6/M817si/FM-1-Ref). Reports on over 2000 stocks.
6. Market Guide. Similar to Zacks in providing information on companies. Its URL is http://www.marketguide.com.
7. Mergent Manuals (Formerly Moody's). 332.6/M817a/FM-1-Ref. Financial data on companies including income statements balance sheets and company history. There are six (6) parts: Bank and Finance, Industrials, Municipals and Government, Over the Counter, Public Utilities and Transportation. Earlier editions located in the stacks.
8. SEC Edgar Database. See World Wide Web for description. Its URL is http://www.sec.gov/.
9. Value Line. See Industry Information section for description.
10. Zacks Investment Research. Provides investment information on a company including financials, buy/sell/hold/ information and earnings estimates. Its URL is http://www.zacks.com/.

1. Directory of corporate affiliations. 338/D598/FM-1-R-REF
2. Dun & Bradstreet million dollar directory. 380/ D897mia/FM-1-R-REF
3. Hoover's handbook of American business. 338.74025 H789a/ FM-1-REF
4. Mergent bond record. 332.6/M817ba/FM-1-REF

1. ABI-Inform. Indexes over 1400 journals in management and business. Coverage is from 1987 for most journals. About 45% of the articles are available in full text.
2. Business and Company Resource Center. This has trade journals that cover companies and industries.
3. Accounting and Tax Index. Available only in print and is shelved in Index Section, Reference, Fairchild Library. Formerly called the Accountant's Index, Supplement.
4. Dow Jones Interactive. Its Publications Library is available on the Dow Jones Interactive via the Web. Covers over 6000 publications (full text) back to early 1980's.
5. Econlit. A good index for the research journals that cover company information from a business and economic perspective.
6. InfoTrac (a.k.a. Expanded Academic Index). Covers over 1400 journal going back to 1980. Some articles are available in full text.
7. Lexis Nexis Universe. Provides full text of journals, newspapers, and wire services relating to business information. It also has full text legal materials such court decisions, legislation and regulations. The service is available via the Web. (See the WWW for more information).
8. Periodical Abstracts. Covers over 1800 journals and newspapers. Some journal articles are available in full text.

Statistical Resources on the Web are:

1. Company Web Pages. These are good sources of financial information but the companies that issue the information maintain these pages.
2. FinWeb. This resource provides web sites and explanations for the given web site. Its URL is http://www.Finweb.com/.
3. Lexis Nexis Universe. This database has its Business section with divisions including Industry, Company Financial and Business News.
4. SEC Edgar Database. This is available via Dow Jones Interactive and at this URL, http://www.sec.gov/.
5. STAT-USA. This is a compendium of government statistical information on the Web. It is available through the Article Abstracts and Databases on the Virtual Library. It gives information on general economic conditions in the United States, i.e., Consumer Price Index and Leading Economic Indicators. This compendium contains on the National Trade Data Bank. This gives information on foreign trade statistics of the U.S., trade opportunities and information on a foreign country’s rules and regulations.
6. Yahoo.com. It is an excellent site for company information. Its URL is http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/.

1. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Its URL is http://www.bea.doc.gov/.
2. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Its URL ishttp://www.bls.gov/.
3. Federal Statistics site. Its URL is http://www.fedstats.gov/.
4. U.S. Census Bureau. Its URL is http://www.census.gov/.

1. American Accounting Association. Its URL is http://www.rutgers.edu/Accounting/raw/aaa. Or for the RAW site, its URL is http://accounting.rutgers.edu/raw/.
2. American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). Its URL is http://www.aicpa.org.

1. Aerospace Industries Association of America (AIA). URL is http://www.aia-aerospace.org/.
2. American Bankers Association (ABA). URL is http://www.aba.com.
3. Association of Online Professionals (AOP). URL is http://www.usiia.org (E-commerce).
4. .Chain Drug Marketing Association (CDMA). URL is http://www.chaindrug.com.
5. Grocery Manufacturers of America. URL is http://www.gmabrands.com.
6. International Franchise Association. URL is http://www.franchise.org.
7. International Mass Retail Association. URL is http://www.imra.org.
8. International Society of Restaurant Association Executives.
9. Internet Economy Indicators. URL is http://www.internetindicators.com. It provides a lot of information about e-business in general and a report that can be downloaded. Also, a listing of additional web sites is available.
10. Market Guide. Its URL is http://www.marketguide.com.
11. National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS). URL is http://www.nacds.org.
12. National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC). URL is http://www.npcnow.org.
13. National Restaurant Association. URL is http://www.restaurant.org.
14. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA). URL is http://www.pcmanet.org.
15. Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PMA). URL is http://www.phrma.org.
16. Resource pages for locating materials in addition to the library's resources is the Louisiana State University Libraries' Accounting web page. Its URL is http://www.lib.lsu.edu/bus/account.html.
17. Resource pages from Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.) concerning business and economics. The URL is http://www.lib.neu.edu/nulis/subjects/business.htm and http://www.lib.neu.edu/nulis/subjects/economics.htm. There is more resource pages from various entities, example: universities and societies that can assist in locating information.