Table of Contents

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

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 51 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.

Remember: Use ASA to locate books, journals, A-V materials, and CD-ROMs. Generally, journal articles are NOT indexed in ASA or in WorldCat.

1. Associations Unlimited. Good for finding the industry's association and other related associations.
2. Investext. It has analyst reports covering more than 11,000 U.S. and international companies and 53 industries. These reports come from over 500 Wall Street and international brokerage firms.
3. Journal indexes list articles on industries. See the Journal Index section for a listing of indexes.
4. 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 URL's is http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html.
5. 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.
6. 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. This is included in the Standard and Poor's Market Insight.
7. Standard and Poor's NetAdvantage. This has information on industries, stocks, mutual funds and companies. It has the Industry Surveys.

1. Almanac of Business and Financial Ratios. 338.973/T864/FM-1-Ref. Latest on Reserve and earlier editions in the stacks.
2. Factiva. This information is available through the Company Quick Search option.
3. Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios. 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. 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. Lexis Nexis Statistical. This is an index of statistics that were previously published in the print indexes that are listed above. Also this is compilation of statistics from a variety of sources, some of which are available in print and/or on the fiche at Fairchild Library.
3. Statistical Abstract of the United States. 317.2/U58s/FM-1-RRef. Latest edition is in Ready Reference with earlier editions in the stacks. Also it is available on the Web.
4. 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.
5. Survey of current business. C56.109: /FM-2-DOC. The URLs for the Web versions are http://www.bea.gov/bea/pubs.htm or http://asa.lib.lehigh.edu/cgi-bin/pubid?Pub=28352. Also available on STAT-USA.

1. Company Web Pages. These are good sources of financial information but the companies that issue the information maintain these pages
2. Factiva. The Company Quick Search has the financial information. This is the replacement for Dow Jones Interactive.
3. Lexis Nexis Academic. This database has its Business section with divisions including Industry, Company, and Financial and Business News.
4. Handbook of common stocks. (Formerly Moody's Handbook of Common Stocks) 332.6/M817si/FM-1-Ref). Reports on over 2000 stocks.
5. 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.
6. Reuters.com. Similar to Zacks in providing information on companies and industries.
7. SEC Edgar Database. See World Wide Web for description. Its URL is http://www.sec.gov/.
8. Standard and Poor's NetAdvantage. This has information on industries, stocks, mutual funds and companies. It has the Industry Surveys.
9. Value Line. See Industry Information section for description.
10. Yahoo.com. It is an excellent site for company information. Its URL is http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/.
11. Zacks Investment Research. Provides investment information on a company including financials, buy/sell/hold/ information and earnings estimates. Its URL is http://my.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. The Bond Market Association. A good site for explanations of bonds and for municipal bond information. Its URL is http://www.investinginbonds.com.
2. Mergent bond record. 332.6/M817ba/FM-1-REF
3. Yahoo Finance. A good site for explanations on bonds and for bond information. Its URL is http://bonds.yahoo.com/.
4. A good resource for bond information is available through Columbia University. Its URL is http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/business/guides/bonds.html.

1. ABI-Inform Global. 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. ABI-Inform Trade & Industry. Indexes resources with a trade or industry focus.
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. Factiva. This replaced the Dow Jones Interactive product. It has over 8000 publications (full text) back to the early 1980's.

These are sites for statistics on the economy from the Federal Government. They are:

1. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Its URL is http://www.bea.doc.gov/.
2. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Its URL is http://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/.

There are additional resources including web sites that can assist you in locating information on an industry, legal information, marketing, statistics, etc. The first sites are related to accounting. They are:

1. American Accounting Association. Its URL is http://www.rutgers.edu/Accounting/raw/aaa. Or for the Rutgers Accounting Web site, its URL is http://accounting.rutgers.edu/raw/.
2. American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). Its URL is http://www.aicpa.org.
3. Rutgers Accounting Web site (or RAW). This is the largest accounting web site on the Internet. Its URL is http://accounting.rutgers.edu/raw/.

Other accounting resources include the following:

1. Academy of Accounting Historians. Its URL is http://weatherhead.cwru.edu/Accounting.
2. CPANews. Site reports accounting professionals product news. Offers articles, link to online CPE courses and more. Its URL is http://cpanews.com.
3. Examples of URL's for the big accounting firms are Ernest and Young (URL is http://www.eyi.com) and KPMG (URL is http://www.kpmg.com).
4. Financial Accounting Standards Board. Its mission is to establish and improve standards of financial accounting and reporting for the guidance and education of the public, including issuers, auditors, and users of financial information. The FASB Statements in full text, plus summaries, and and status are available at this URL, http://www.fasb.org/st/.

These web sites are related to industries and may provide additional information. They are:

1. Aerospace Industries Association of America (AIA). URL is http://www.aia-aerospace.org/.
2. Grocery Manufacturers of America. URL is http://www.gmabrands.com
3. Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PMA). URL is http://www.phrma.org
4. Resource pages for locating materials in addition to the library's resources are the Louisiana State University Libraries' Accounting web page. Its URL is http://www.lib.lsu.edu/bus/account.html