Business & Economics Library: Your Ultimate Database



Company Information

Industry information

Other Web Sites

Labor Workshop

This web page was created for Assistant Professor Edward Hertenstein, Institute of Labor & Industrial Relations Labor Education Program.  Content is based upon a previous presentation by Margaret Chaplan, Head, Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations Library.

Most of the sources are available in print and can be found in many public libraries. 

Company Information

General

  • Basic information for public companies -- consult the following directories:

    • Standard & Poor's Directory of Corporations and Executives
    • Hoover's Handbook of American Business
    • Mergent/Moody's Manuals

  • Basic information for private companies -- consult the following directories and web sites:

    • D&B Million Dollar Directory
    • Ward's Business Directory of US Public and Private Corporations
    • Hoover's Handbook of American Business
    • (Illinois) Office of the Secretary of State http://www.sos.state.il.us/
    • (Indiana) Corporation Section, Office of the Secretary of State http://www.state.in.us/sos/

  • State directories (possibly available in your local public libraries):

    • Illinois Manufacturers' Directory
    • Indiana Industrial Directory

  • Local information: consult Chamber of Commerce directories and other public library files.

  • Financial information:

    • For SEC filings, consult EDGAR database at http://www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm
    • Other sources:
      • Value Line Investment Survey
      • Standard & Poor's Stock Reports.

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International

  • Corporate affiliations and foreign operations:

    • Directory of Foreign Firms Operating in the United States
    • Directory of American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries
    • Directory of Corporate Affiliations

  • Foreign company directories:

    • Mergent/Moody's International Manual
    • Directory of Multinationals
    • Financial Post 500: Canada's Largest Companies
    • Hoover's Handbook of World Business

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Performance Projections

  • Investment newsletters:

    • Value Line Investment Survey
    • Standard & Poor's Corporation Stock Reports
    • Mergent/Moody's Handbook of Common Stocks

  • Databases: ABI/INFORM, Wilson Select Full Text.

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News

  • Indexes of business magazines and newspapers:

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Industry Information

  • Industry outlook:

    • Industry Outlook 2002: available from Business Week, January 14, 2002
    • Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys
    • The Best Big Companies in America: available from Forbes, January 7, 2002
    • American Iron & Steel Institute http://www.steel.org/
    • International Iron & Steel Institute http://www.worldsteel.org/

  • Wage and benefit comparisons:

    • Employment and Earnings,
      from the Bureau of Labor Statistics: http://www.bls.gov/
    • Employee Benefits in Medium and Large Private Establishments
    • Employee Benefits in Small Private Establishments
    • National Compensation Surveys
    • Metropolitan Area Employment and Wages
    • Illinois Monthly Statistical Summary and Indiana Employment Review
    • Illinois Department of Employment Security Labor Market Information
    • Indiana Department of Labor

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Other Useful Web Sites

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees http://www.afscme.org/wrkplace/corprsch.htm
This web site prepared by the AFSCME Information Center is an excellent guide for researching companies on the Internet.
Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations Library http://www.library.uiuc.edu/irx/
Business & Economics Library http://www.library.uiuc.edu/bel/
Virtual Illinois Catalog http://www.vic.lib.il.us/
Illinois State Library http://www.library.sos.state.il.us/library/isl/isl.html
Note: For those who live in the state of Illinois, the Illinois State Library provides access to computer databases via FirstSearch, a networked system available in all Illinois public libraries. Among the array of databases within FirstSearch are ABI/INFORM (database of articles from business magazines) and News Illinois (index to newspapers published in the state).
Indiana State Library http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/

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Last updated February 11, 2005 by MK
Created by Qi Wu, Nancy Jeckel, Becky Smith