• Books
• Industry Information
• Industry Ratios
• Statistical Indexes
• General Statistical Resources
• Company and Stock Information
• Journal Indexes
• Electronic Journals
• World Wide Web

1. ASA, The Library's Online Catalog. This lists all the items in the library and their location. This resource is available via the Network Server and the WWW.
2. WorldCat. This is a catalog that lists over 40 million items including books, journals, audio-visual, CD-ROMs and software. These resources may be obtained via Lehigh's Interlibrary Loan.

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

1. Associations Unlimited. Good for finding the industry's association and other related associations.
2. Bizstats.com. Good source for business statistics. Its URL is http://www.bizstats.com/.
3. 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.
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. This is included in the Standard and Poor's Market Insight.
8. Standard and Poor's Market Insight. This includes a variety of information. It includes industry, stock, country, and company. It has the Industry Surveys.

1. Almanac of Business and Financial Ratios. 338.973/T864/FM-1-Ref. Annual with earlier editions in the stacks.
2. Bizstats.com. The URL is http://www.bizstats.com/.
3. Factiva. Use the Company Quick Search option to locate ratios.
4. 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.
5. RMA Annual Statement Studies. 338/R642/FM-1-Ref. Annual with earlier editions in the stacks. Produced by Robert Morris Associates

1. 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.
2. University of Michigan. Statistical Resources on the Web. Business and Industry. Good source for statistics from a variety of sources. Its URL is http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stecind.html

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. 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.
4. Survey of current business. C56.109: /FM-2-DOC. The URLs for the Web versions are http://www.bea.gov/bea/pubs.html or http://asa.lib.lehigh.edu/cgi-bin/pubid?Pub=28352. Also available on STAT-USA.

1. County Business Patterns C 3.204/4: 995-96/FM-2-DOC-R. Available on CD-ROM and in print. Gives business and employment information by county and business category. It is also available on the web. Its URL is http://www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/view/cb p view.html.
2. Company Web Pages. See the World Wide Web section for more information.
3. Factiva. The Company Quick Search has the financial information. This is the replacement for Dow Jones Interactive.
4. Handbook of common stocks. (Formerly Moody's Handbook of Common Stocks) 332.6/M817si/FM-1-Ref). Reports on over 2000 stocks.
5. Journal Indexes have articles on companies.
6. Lexis Nexis Academic. This database has its Business section with divisions including Industry, Company, and Financial and Business News.
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. Morningstar.Com (Library Edition). Provides qualitative and quantitative information on stocks and mutual funds.
9. Reuters Stock Information. Similar to Zacks in providing information on companies.
10. SEC Edgar Database. See World Wide Web for description. Its URL is http://www.sec.gov/.
11. Standard and Poor's Market Insight. This resource provides quantitative and qualitative data on companies and industries. It includes access to the SEC's Edgar database and S&P's Industry Surveys.
12. 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. ABI-Inform Dateline. Indexes resources with local and regional business news coverage of companies, business and the economy.
2. 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.
3. ABI-Inform Trade & Industry. Indexes resources with a trade or industry focus.
4. Academic Index. Covers over 1400 journal going back to 1980. Some articles are available in full text.
5. Accounting and Tax Index. Available only in print and is shelved in Index Section, Reference, Fairchild Library. Formerly called the Accountant's Index, Supplement.
6. Econlit. A good index for the research journals that cover company information from a business and economic perspective.
7. Factiva. This replaced the Dow Jones Interactive product. It has over 8000 publications (full text) back to the early 1980's.
8. Lexis Nexis Academic. 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.
9. Psycinfo. A good source for articles relating to management of the organizations and employees.
10. Research Library. Covers over 1800 journals and newspapers. Some journal articles are available in full text.
11. Sociogical Abstracts. A good source for articles concerning the sociology of a business entity, ex., a manufacturing concerning or a business services company.

1. Emerald Library.  This resource is heavily weighted in the management area.  It is a good source for supply chain management information.  (NOTE: Search Engine for Emerald Library is not a good one.)
2. JSTOR.  This is a good source for locating items concerning logistics and management of the items over a period of time.  (NOTE: this has a four to five year delay in mounting the articles.).
3. Wiley Interscience.  This has a number of economic and management journals that can be useful in locating material on your topic.

General and Statistical Resources on the Web are:

1. Company Web Pages. These are good sources of financial information but REMEMBER that the companies that issue the information maintain these pages.
2. SEC Edgar Database. This is available via Dow Jones Interactive and at this URL which is http://www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm.

These are additional sites for statistics on the economy. They are:

1. Bureau of Economic Analysis. URL is http://www.bea.gov/.
2. Bureau of Labor Statistics. URL is http://www.bls.gov/.
3. Federal Statistics site. URL is http://www.fedstats.gov/.
4. Securities and Exchange Commission. URL is http://www.sec.gov/.
5. U.S. Census Bureau. URL is http://www.census.gov/.

These are additional web sites that can assist you in locating information on an industry, legal information, marketing, links, etc. They are:

1. Aerospace Industries Association of America (AIA). URL is http://www.aia-aerospace.org/.
2. Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA). URL is http://www.acca.org.
3. American Bankers Association (ABA). URL is http://www.aba.com.
4. American Insurance Association. URL is http://www.aiadc.org.
5. American Management Association (AMA). URL is http://www.amanet.org.
6. American Marketing Association. URL is http://www.ama.org/.
7. American Petroleum Institute. URL is http://www.api.org.
8. Association of Online Professionals (AOP). URL is http://www.usiia.org (E-commerce).
9. Grocery Manufacturers of America. URL is http://www.gmabrands.com.
10. National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS). URL is http://www.nacds.org.
11. National Restaurant Association. URL is http://www.restaurant.org.
12. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA). URL is http://www.pcmanet.org.
13. Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PMA). URL is http://www.phrma.org.
14. Resource pages from Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.) concerning business and economics. The URL is http://www.lib.neu.edu/gateway/subjects/business/ and http://www.lib.neu.edu/gateway/subjects/economics/. There are more resource pages from various entities, example: universities and societies that can assist in locating information.
15. Workflow and Reengineering International Association (WARIA). URL is http://www.waria.com.
16. Yahoo.com. This is an excellent site for company information. Its URL is http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/.