Researching Industries in O

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Researching Industries in OKelly Library and on
the Internet

• Selected Print Sources
• Selected OKelly Library Online Databases
• Selected Internet Sites

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• Industry Information includes
• The industrys performance
• A description of the current situation
• Outlook

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Selected Print Sources of Industry Information in
OKelly Library

• Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial
  Ratios
• Business Statistics of the United States
• Forbes Magazine
• Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios
• Industry Research Using the Economic Census
• Standard Poors Industry Surveys
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
• U.S. Industry Trade Outlook
• (Credit Quoted descriptions of print
  sources Vileta, Jim.Key Business Reference
  Books in the UMD Library. 3 March 2006. Accessed
  19 April 2006.) http//www.d.umn.edu/jvileta/keyb
  usiness/keyrefbooks.html )

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Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial
Ratios

• http//www.d.umn.edu/jvileta/keybusiness/almanacb
  us.html

• "Contains financial ratios derived from
  federal tax returns. Ratios for each of about 200
  industries are arranged according to company
  asset and size."
• Ref HF 5681 .R25A45 2006

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• Business Statistics of the United States
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Forbes Magazine
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• Annual Report on American Industry, first
  January issue each year. In periodicals.
  Current issues available at the circulation desk.

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Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios

• "Covers over 800 kinds of businesses, arranged by
  Standard Industrial Classification number."
• (Ref HF 5681 .R25 I532 2004/2005)

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Industry Research Using the Economic Census
http//www.d.umn.edu/jvileta/keybusiness/industry
research.html

• Industry Research Using the Economic Census
  explains Census concepts, methods, terminology,
  and data sources in an understandable manner, and
  assists Census users in locating needed Census
  data. Designed as a working handbook, it does not
  duplicate the data from the census, but
  introduces users to the features, uses, and
  formats of the data. (Stacks HC 101 B594 2004)

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Standard Poors Industry Surveys
www.d.umn.edu/.../ keybusiness/keyrefbooks.html

• Detailed, individual surveys of 52 major
  industry groups. These surveys are published
  weekly and supplemented monthly with Monthly
  Investment Review (industry group investment
  analysis) and Trends Projections (economic
  analysis). Available at the reference desk.
• (

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Statistical Abstract of the United States
Statistical Abstract (HA 202 U5 2006) is the
standard summary of statistics on the social,
political, and economic organization of the
United States. Includes statistics on
corporations and individual industries. Also
online at http//www.census.gov/prod/www/statistic
al-abstract.html.
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U.S. Industry Trade Outlook
www.ita.doc.gov/
td/industry/otea/outlook/
Reserves-Temp HC 106.82 U16 2000
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• U.S. Industry and Trade Outlook includes
• Detailed discussions of E-commerce vis-a-vis
  specific industries, plus an all-new article on
  electronic commerce and its effects on U.S.
  industry in general.
• A new macro forecast for U.S. industries,
  highlighting trends and top performers.
• Historical data on shipments, imports, exports,
  and employment
• Discussions of industry trends, technology, and
  international competition
• One-, two-, and five-year forecasts
• Recent trade patterns and major country markets
• Graphs highlighting domestic and international
  trends
• Reference lists for further research
• From www.ita.doc.gov/ td/industry/otea/outlook/
  

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Selected OKelly Library Online Databases with
Articles, Reports and Statistics on Industries

• ABI/Inform Complete
• Business Source Premier
• Hoovers Company Records
• Lexis Nexis
• Mergent Online

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Search the Online Databases
Go here.

Then click here.
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On the next screen, click on electronic resources.
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On the electronic resources screen, subject links
are at the left.
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Search Mergent OnlineClick on the Business link
to bring up links to business databases.
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Search Mergent Online

• U.S. Company Data on 10,000 U.S. public
  companiesSEC filings back to 1993, descriptions,
  financial statements, up-to-date news items.
  International Company Datahistories,
  descriptions, financial information for current
  10 years. Industry Reports. Formerly Moodys

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Scroll down to Mergent Online and click on the
link.
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Or type Mergent in the search box and submit the
search to bring up a link to the database.
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On the Mergent home page, click on enter mergent
online.
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Type in the search box the name of a company in
the industry you are researching, and submit the
search.
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On the next screen, click on the link to the
company.
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To find information on the industry the company
is in, on the next screen, click on the Industry
Reports tab.
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Click on the View link on the next screen to see
the report.
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At the left of the next screen, click on the link
of your choice.
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Section of a Sample Report on the Retail Industry
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ABI/ INFORM Complete

• ABI/INFORM Complete Includes ABI/INFORM Trade
  Industry Business, Economics trade and industry
  periodicals and newsletters
• Search more than 750 business periodicals and
  newsletters with a trade or industry focus.
  Provides users with the latest industry news,
  product and competitive information, marketing
  trends, and a wide variety of other topics.
  Contains publications on every major industry,
  including finance, insurance, transportation,
  construction, and many more.
• Coverage 1971 - current   

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Access ABI/INFORM Complete. Click on the
Business link on the electronic resources. Click
on the link to ABI/INFORM Complete.
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Search Hoovers Company Records for Industry
Information.

• Hoover's Company Records Business, Economics,
  Finance reference
• Find up to date proprietary editorial content
  covering more than 40,000 public and non-public
  companies and 225,000 key executives. Hoover's,
  widely recognized as a leading provider of
  corporate data, delivers in depth industry
  analyses, information on a company's location,
  summary financials, top competitors, top
  officers, and more.
• Coverage varies

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To access Hoovers Company Records, click on the
Business link on the electronic resources screen.
Scroll down to the link.
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Search Business Source Premier

• Includes articles on marketing, management, MIS,
  POM, accounting, finance and economics.
  Additional full-text, non-journal content
  includes market research reports, industry
  reports, country reports, company profiles and
  SWOT analyses.

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Access Business Source Premier by clicking on the
Business link on the electronic resources screen,
then the link to the database.
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Search LexisNexis

• LexisNexis Academic includes 5900 publications
  including news, financial, legal and medical
  information. General reference sources for
  quotations, surveys, polls, biographical and
  country information. Full text of Shepards
  Citations for all U.S. Supreme Court cases back
  to 1789, Standard Poors and Hoovers. Full
  text varies by publication.

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Access LexisNexis Academic by clicking on the
Business link on the electronic resources screen,
then scroll to the link to the database.
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Click on the Business link on the LexisNexis
screen.
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On the next screen, click on the Industry
Market link.
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Submit your search on the next screen.
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Selected Internet Sites for Industry Information

• http//www.census.gov/
• http//www.census.gov/cir/www/
• Advertising Industry-Ad Age Dataplace.
  http//www.adage.com/datacenter.cms
• Country Analysis Briefs. http//www.eia.doe.gov/e
  meu/cabs
• Current Industrial Reports-US Census.
  http//www.census.gov/cir/www/
• ITA Basic Industries. http//www.ita.doc.gov/td/bi
  /
• Links from Fuld Company Library.
  http.www.fuld.com/i3/index.html

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Internet Sites-continued

• Newspaper Industry-Newspaper Association of
  America. Http//www.naa.org/
• Pharmaceutical Industry-PhRMS. http//wwwphra.org/
  
• Poison Enterprises Industry Home Pages.
  http//www.virtualpet.com/industry/mfg/mfg.htm
• ( Credit for Internet Sites Advertising
  Industry through Poison Enterprises Moss, Rita.
  Strausss Handbook of Business Information. 2nd
  ed. Westport, Connecticut Libraries Unlimited,
  2004)

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The U.S. Census Bureau
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(No Transcript)
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(No Transcript)
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Other Census Sites

• http//www.census.gov/cir/www/
• Current Industry Reports (CIR) are U.S.
  government prepared reports on many industries
  and provide a great deal of current information.
  
• (from Market Research, Industry
  Research,Business Research at http//www.virtualp
  et.com/industry/howto/search.htm)