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Log In \| » Library Handbook Open Page \| » Business Research Guide Business Libraries - NYC Business Library Webpages Company Information: Histories Directories Disaster Management Financial Statements, Annual Reports, SEC Documents Industry Information Industry Ratios Jobs and Careers Literature Guides Principle Competitors and Company Ranking Periodical Literature: Current Information Starting a Business Indicates that in order to use the website from an off-campus location, you must logon using your barcode and PIN. Business Libraries - NYC Science, Business and Industry Library (SIBL), NYPL http://www.nypl.org/research/sibl/ 188 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016 212-592-7000 Business Library, Brooklyn Public Library http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/branches/busres.htm 280 Cadman Plaza West Brooklyn, NY 11201 718-623-7000 These public business libraries have near comprehensive collections of Business resources both in print and online: Bloomberg, Dow Jones Interactive (Factiva), PROMPT, ValueLine, InvestextPlus, Standard & Poor's Netadvantage, and many more, are all available at SIBL. A particularly noteworthy online resource provided by SIBL is its "NY Small Business Resource Center," which provides useful information on the pro and cons of the various business structures (sole propreitorships, partnership, corporations) and on creating business plans and marketing plans. ↑back to top Business Library Webpages Outstanding WebPages with an abundance of links to business resources. Science, Business and Industry Library (SIBL), NYPL http://www.nypl.org/research/sibl/ ↑back to top Company Information: Histories International Directory of Company Histories. Two to five page essays summarizing a company's history along with a brief bibliography of other sources for information. Companies included must have at least $500 million (US) in annual sales or be a leader in their industry. Public, private non-profits covered. Main: HD2721 .I5 REFERENCE (nocirc) ↑back to top Directories: Corporate Officers/Directors, Address, SIC/NAICS Numbers, Sales. D & B Million Dollar Directory. Alphabetical, Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) and geographical listing of companies with cross references. Has the largest number of company listing. Main: HG4057 A3 M5 REFERENCE (nocirc) Standard & Poor's Register. Alphabetical listing of companies, directors and executives and listing by SIC. Main: HG4957 A4 S8 REFERENCE (nocirc) Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies. Main: HG4057 A6 W37 REFERENCE (nocirc) ↑back to top Disaster Management ebrary - Natural Disaster and Extreme Weather Searchable Information Center http://site.ebrary.com/lib/disaster Hundreds of important government documents related to natural disasters and extreme weather. ebrary - H1N1 Searchable Information Center http://h1n1.ebrary.com/ This site was created by ebrary to enable people who are researching H1N1 to discover valuable H1N1 data from a highly interactive database of PDF documents from government agencies and other authoritative sites. Homeland Security Digital Library http://www.hsdl.org/ The Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) is the nation's premier collection of documents related to homeland security policy, strategy, and organizational management. The HSDL is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's National Preparedness Directorate, FEMA and the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security. National Emergency Training Center (NETC) Library's Web Site http://www.lrc.fema.gov/index.html An All-Hazards information portal for the fire and emergency management communities. ↑back to top Financial Statements, Annual Reports, SEC Documents LexisNexis Academic Universe SEC's Edgar database (http://sec.edgar.gov) EdgarScan http://edgarscan.pwcglobal.com/servlets/edgarscan An interface to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (SEC EDGAR) Filings. EdgarScan pulls filings from the SEC's servers and parses them automatically to find key financial tables and normalize financials to a common format that is comparable across companies. Using hyperlinks we can go directly to specific sections of the filing, including the financial statements, footnotes, extracted financial data and computed ratios. A small (35 kilobytes) Java applet called the "Benchmarking Assistant" performs graphical financial benchmarking interactively. Tables showing company comparisons can be downloaded as Excel charts and registered users can store company portfolios for future benchmarking. New York City Business to Business Directory. http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/business/html/btobus/directory.html A directory of New York City based businesses that offer products and services to other businesses. Thomas Register of American Manufacturers http://www.thomasregister.com/ The essential directory for matching industrial/products/service, company and brand name, contains thousands of supplier catalogs. Wall Street Research Net. http://www.wsrn.com/ Searchable by company name or ticker symbol, accesses SEC documents, home pages, news, charts, statistical analysis and more. ↑back to top Industry Information Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources. The merit of this Gale publication is its comprehensiveness. Annotations are brief. Main: REF 5353E539 2002 REFERENCE (nocirc) Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys. Main: HC106.6 .S74 REFERENCE (nocirc) (Ask at Circulation Desk) U.S. Industry & Trade Outlook '99. Main: REF HC106.82 .U16 REFERENCE (nocirc) Business Statistics of the United States. Main: REF HA3001 .B875 REFERENCE (nocirc) Statistical Abstract of the United States. http://www.census.gov/statab/www/ Main: REF REF HA202 .S73 REFERENCE (nocirc) LexisNexis Academic Universe Select "Business," then "Industry News." 1997 Economic Census http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/econ97.html Bureau of the Census http://www.census.gov/ Census data on Manufacturing, Industrial Products by Subject, including Net Sales by industry. Also see Current Industrial Reports. Industry Link http://www.industrylink.com Internet Resources arranged by Industry. Industry Research Desk http://www.virtualpet.com/industry/rdindex2.htm This site provides basic tools for doing industry research including links to major sites providing industry data, industry home pages, office tools and more. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html Provides common industry definitions for Canada, Mexico, and the United States to compare economic and financial statistics and ensure that such statistic keep pace with the changing economy. In the United States, NAICS will replace the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. ↑back to top Industry Ratios Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios. Contains operating and financial information for corporations with and without net incomes as well as only for those companies in an industry that operated at a profit. Organized by the SIC Code. Main: REF HF5681. R25T68 REFERENCE (nocirc) Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios. Industry balance sheet and income statement information on with ratios organized by the SIC Code. Main: REF HF5681 R75 REFERENCE (nocirc) ↑back to top Jobs and Careers The Adams Job Interview Almanac / Holbrook, Mass. : Adams Media Corp., c1996. Main: HF5549.5 . A3 1996 REFERENCE (nocirc) The American Almanac of Jobs and Salaries / John W. Wright. Wright, John W., 1941- Main: HD8083 .U5 W74 REFERENCE (nocirc) America's top jobs for people without a four-year degree : detailed information on 190 good jobs in all major fields and industries/ Michael Farr Main: HD5724 .F27 2003 REFERENCE (nocirc) Dictionary of occupational titles : with ONET(tm) definitions Main: HB2595 .O16 2003 REFERENCE (no circ) The Encyclopedia of careers and vocational guidance / Holli R. Cosgrove, editorial director Main: HF5381 .E52 1996 REFERENCE (nocirc) The Harvard Business School guide to careers in the nonprofit sector / Stephanie Lowell Main: HD2769.2 .U6 L68 2000 STACKS Jobs in arts and media management / Stephen Langley, James Abruzzo Main: NX765 .L36 1992 REFERENCE (no circ) The Metropolitan New York Jobbank, 2000 / managing editor, Steven Graber. Holbrook, Mass. : Adams Media Corp., c1999. Main: HF5382.75 .U5 M4 1999 REFERENCE (nocirc) Navigating your career : twenty-one of America's leading headhunters tell you how it's done / Christopher W. Hunt & Scott A. Scanlon, editors Main: HF5381 .N358 1999 STACKS Occupational outlook handbook / United States. Department of Labor Main: HF5381 .A1 O36 B REFERENCE (nocirc) Bronx: HF5381 .A1 O36 B BRONX_REF (nocirc) Radio and television career directory : a practical, one-stop guide to getting a job in radio and television / Bradley J. Morgan, editor ; Joseph M. Palmisano, associate editor Main: HE8700.4 .R3 1993 REFERENCE (no circ) What color is your parachute?: a practical manual for job-hunters and career-changers / by Richard Nelson Bolles Main: HF5383 .B56 2002 REFERENCE (no circ) Winning the job game: the new rules for finding and keeping the job you want / Carol Kleiman Main: HF5382.75 .U6 K545 2002 STACKS America's Job Bank http://www.ajb.dni.us/index.html* This is a very useful site. It allows the searcher to use key words. BLACKCAREERZONE.com http://www.blackcareerzone.com/ The Black Career Zone is the #1 Career site for African Americans. Career Development Handbook http://www.mcny.edu/pdfs/careerservices/CareerServicesHandbook.pdf Published by MCNY's Office of Career Services Career Services at MCNY http:/www.mcny.edu/career_serv/car1.php MCNY's Office of Career Services Home Page. Getting the Most Out of a Career Fair http://www.mcny.edu/pdfs/careerservices/CareerFairPreparation.pdf Published by MCNY's Office of Career Services Government Openings http://www.fedworld.gov/jobs/jobsearch.html This job search is brought to you by FedWorld, an online system operated by the National Technical Information Service an agency of the United States Department of Commerce. Job-Interview.net http://www.job-interview.net/ Very useful site for job interview preparation. National Career Development Center http://ncda.org/ NCDA provides service to the public and professionals involved with or interested in career development, including professional development activities, publications, research, public information, professional standards, advocacy, and recognition for achievement and service. Monster Board http://www.monster.com/ This site provides a variety of links to job-search resources and also has connections to job listings. Occupational Outlook Handbook http://www.bls.gov/oco/ This is the online version of the above government publication. It offer job descriptions, contact information, and current average salaries for almost every occupation. ↑back to top Literature Guides Business Information: How to Find it, How to Use it. Provides detailed descriptions and explanations of many key business resources. Main: HF5356 l36 REFERENCE (nocirc) Business Information Sources. (L. Daniells) Standard bibliography of the "best" business information sources.Annotations are very brief. Several years between updates. Main: Z7161 REFERENCE (nocirc) Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources. The merit of this Gale publication is its comprehensiveness. Annotations are brief. Main: HF5353 .E539 REFERENCE (nocirc) ↑back to top Periodical Literature: Current Information LexisNexis Academic Universe Full-text newspapers and journals. Business Premier (EBSCOhost) 3,650 full-text journals and magazines plus abstracts of more. Fortune http://www.fortune.com/fortune Full-text of print version back to 1995, links to special features like Fortune 500, Best Cities for Business and Investor's Guide. New York Times http://www.nyt.com Full-text version of the current issue, searchable archives. Business Week Online http://www.businessweek.com/ Full-text of current issue, searchable archives, special features:Daily Briefing (update news) and BW Plus (B school ratings, business book reviews and more). Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition http://www.wsj.com/ Full-text, includes access to Barron's Online and a database of up-to-the-minute company information. Subscription required. Crain's New York Business http://www.crainsny.com/ Full-text, with searchable archives, information on New York business, businesses, and economy. Advertising Age http://www.adage.com/ The "preeminent source of marketing, advertising and media news, information and analysis." Current issue, interactive version, links to Advertising Age International and Ad Age Dataplace(industry data). ↑back to top Principle Competitors and Company Ranking Market Share Reporter 2002. Main: REF HF5410 .M35 REFERENCE (nocirc) Business Rankings Annual. Main: REF HG4050 .B88 REFERENCE (nocirc) D & B Business Rankings 2002. Main: REF HF5028 .D52 REFERENCE (nocirc) Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys. Main: HC106.6 .S74 REFERENCE (nocirc) (Ask at Circulation Desk) Fortune 500. http://www.fortune.com/fortune More than just a list of the 500 largest publicly traded US companies breakdown by industry, state, performance, and other criteria; articles, analyses, tables and charts ↑back to top Starting a Business United States Small Business Administration: Small Business Startup Guide http://sba.gov/starting_business/startup/guide.html This small business guide is intended to serve as a roadmap for starting a business. It is both comprehensive and easy to use. It also includes numerous electronic links for additional information. NOLO Law for All: Small Business http://www.nolo.com Small business information for starting a business, choosing a business structure, writing a business plan and more. Enrepreneur.com: BizStartups http://www.entrepreneur.com Entrepreneur.com is one of the largest and most frequently visited small-business Web sites on the Internet. They provide business owners with practical information they can immediately put into use, expert advice and answers from recognized business authorities, nd a range of services specifically designed to solve the challenges business owners face. BusinessN@tion: Library http://www.businessnation.com/library/articles/pages/index.html Small business articles and documents - articles, reports, tips, forms, spreadsheets. BusinessTown.com. http://businesstown.com/ This site provides helpful information for starting, managing and growing a small business. ↑back to top NOTE: Some books and sites may appear under more than one subject heading. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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