Company Research
Reference Department
Albert S. Cook Library
I. Company Basics: Directories
A. Print Directories at Cook Library
1. Directory of Corporate Affiliations: Who owns whom. National
Register Pub. Co. 2002. REF HG4057.A219
2. International Directory of Company Histories. 1988—Present.
REF HD2721.I5
3. Maryland Business-To-Business Sales & Marketing Directory.
2002-03. RESERV HF5065.M3M29
4. Million Dollar Directory. Dun & Bradstreet. 5 vols. 2002.
REF HF5035.D82
5. Principal International Businesses. Dun & Bradstreet. 2002-03.
6. Standard and Poor’s Register of Corporations, Directors and
Executives. 2002. REF HG4057.A44
B. Web Directories
1. Companies/Markets. [Copyright 2003]. Factiva. Available: Factiva
database.
2. Company Profiles. [Copyright 2003]. Datamonitor. Available:
Business Source Premier/EBSCO database.
3. Hoover’s Company Reports. [Copyright 2003]. Hoover’s.
Available: LexisNexis Academic database & ABI/Inform database.
4. Million Dollar Database-North American Ed. [Copyright 2003].
Dun & Bradstreet. Available: Million Dollar Database
5. SuperPages. [Copyright 2003]. Verizon. Available:
http://www.superpages.com/
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II. Public Companies: Financial Information
A. Print Resources at Cook Library
1. Corporation Descriptions. Standard & Poor's. 2002. REF
HG4501.S7
2. Mergent Bank and Finance Manual. 2002. REF HG4961.M56
3. Mergent Handbook of Common Stocks. 2002. REF
HG4905 .M815
4. Mergent Handbook of NASDAQ Stocks. 2002. REF
HG4501 .M58
5. Mergent Industrial Manual. 2002. REF HG4961.M6
6. Mergent Public Utility Manual. 2002. REF HG4961.M7
7. Mergent Transportation Manual. 2000. REF HG4971.M7
8. Standard & Poor's Stock Reports. 2002. REF HG4905.S72
9. Value Line Investment Survey. 2003. REF DESK HG4501.V3
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B. Web Resources
1. Factiva. From Dow Jones & Reuters
a. Click on the “Companies/Markets” tab.
b. Click on “Quotes” for securities information or “Company Quick
Search” for individual company information
2. LexisNexis Academic.
a. Select “Business” and choose “Company Financial.” Then
change the “Source” to “Disclosure Reports.” For international
companies, try using Worldscope in the “International Company
Reports” option.
b. 10Ks and other SEC filings are also accessed in “Business”
under “SEC Filings & Reports.”
3. SEC Filings & Forms (EDGAR)
a. Click on “Search for Company Filings.”
b. Click on “Companies & Other Filers.”
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III. All Companies: Background Information
Articles can be accessed through the “Research Tools” link on the
library’s homepage at http://cooklibrary.towson.edu/. Remember to use
MdUSA to access databases from off campus.
A. ABI/Inform Global. Ann Arbor, MI: ProQuest, 2003.
B. Business Source Premier. Ipswich, MA: EBSCO Publishing, 2003.
C. Factiva. New York: Dow Jones & Reuters, 2003. Available:
D. LexisNexis Academic. Lexis-Nexis, 2003.
IV. Industry Information
A. Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries. 2000. REF HD2324.E528
B. Standard & Poor’s Industry Surveys. 2002. RESERV HC106.6.S74
C. U. S. Industry and Trade Outlook. 2000. RESERV HC106.6.U63
V. Business Research Guides: For more information
A. Business Information: How to Find It, How to Use It. REF
HF5356.L36 1992
B. Business Information Sources. REF HF5351.D3 1993
C. Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources. REF HF5353.E5
2002.
VI. Remember to Cite your Sources
Cook Library > Go Directly to > Citing Sources
Or point your browser to:
http://cooklibrary.towson.edu/styleGuides.cfm
For research help on this or any other research project, contact a reference
librarian in person at the Cook Library Reference Desk, by phone at (410)
704-2462, or via e-mail at http://cooklibrary.towson.edu/
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