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Subject Guide: Business: Company Research

Books

Boston Business Journal Book of Lists (REF HF3163 .B6 B66x 2006)
Brands and Their Companies (REF HD69 .B7 B7 1998)
Dun & Bradstreet's Million Dollar Directory (REF HF5035 .D8 2002)
Harris New England Manufacturers Directory (REF HF5035 .H373 2001)
International Directory of Company Histories (REF HD2721 .I58 1991)
New Hampshire Business and Professional Directory (REF HF5065 .N4 N48 2001)
Massachusetts Business Directory (REF HF5065 .M423 2000-2001)
Doing Business in Boston (REF HF5068 .B7 L48 1998/2000)
Mergent's International Manual (formerly Moody's) (REF HG4009 .W35 2001) volumes back to the 1970s are also in the Reference Room which can be helpful for company histories or finding information on companies that went out of business.
Ward's Business Directory of US Private & Public Companies (REF HG4009 .W35 2000)
Standard and Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives
(REF HG4057 .A4 2002)
Hoover's Handbook of Private Companies (REF HF 3010 .H66 2002)

Search the NOBLE Web Catalog for more print and electronic books owned by McQuade Library. Try these sample subject headings or the name of the company you are researching e.g., Microsoft:

Business Enterprises Corporations
Partnership Government Business Enterprises
Private Companies International Business Enterprises
Stock Companies New Business Enterprises

Articles

Selected print indexes (located in Reference Room) and periodicals (2nd floor):

  • Boston Globe Index [1987 -] (REF AI21 .B63 B44)
  • Business Periodicals Index [1971-1980] (REF Z7164 .C81 B9)
  • New York Times Index [1913 -] (REF AI21 .N45)
  • Wall Street Journal Index [1974 -] (REF HG1 .W26)
The library subscribes to many business and company related periodical titles. Use Journal Finder to find out if McQuade Library has access to a particular journal, newspaper or magazine in electronic full-text format or print. You may browse by title or subject, or search for specific publications by title or ISSN.

Selected journals, magazines, and newspapers on the Web:

Search these databases to find articles:

  • EBSCOhost Business Source Premier - Includes citations and full-text articles from 2300 scholarly journals and business periodicals covering topics such as management, economics, finance, accounting, and international business. This database also includes Country Monitor and Industry Yearbook Reports from WEFA, 35 country reports from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and Wall Street Words. To search Datamonitor Reports for individual companies select the "Company Profiles" icon on the menu bar at the top of the search page.

  • Business and Company ASAP - Provides access to broker research reports, newspapers, journals, trade publications containing information on companies, industries, and business topics.

  • Lexis-Nexis Academic - Provides many sources of business information and business news.

  • Mergent Online - A subscription service covering over 10,000 public companies and their SEC filings and annual reports -- both international and in the U.S.

  • Emerald FullText - A collection of the world's widest range of full-text management journals with selected titles in engineering, applied science and technology as well. Click on the link and then select "Emerald Fulltext" from the welcome page.

  • Wall Street Journal - Contains full-text coverage of the newspaper, updated daily, 1984-current.

  • Boston Globe - Database contains full-text coverage, updated daily, 1980-current.

  • General Business File ASAP
    • - Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full text and images available. via InfoTrac

  • Regional Business News - This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis. via EBSCOHost

Web Sites

General Business Guides

Guides and Tutorials for Company Research

Company Directories
Business directories usually index information by company name, geographic location, product or industry, SIC or NAICS. Entries are brief but will allow you to develop a list of companies offering a particular product or service and identify competitors.

Annual Reports .

Web Sites for Company and Financial Information

Local Resources

Professional Organizations

Online Tutorials