Morningstar Investment Research Center provides data, analysis and recommendations on stocks, mutual funds, exchange traded funds and industries. It also provides offers a means of comparing financial instruments.
For assistance using this reference tool, contact Mike Davis, Business Reference Libarian, at 413-545-6822.
This Cabell’s Directory is a searchable list of journals about business, economics, marketing, accounting and psychology. You can retrieve and sort titles by name, type of review, number of external reviewers and acceptance rate. The journal listing is a .pdf document with submission, contact and publication information; review process information; topics covered; and manuscript specifications.
First Research provides comprehensive industry profiles, including an overview, challenges, opportunities, executive insights, trends and financial information. You can search the full-text, SIC and NAICS codes, or browse through a list of sectors from construction and real estate, to retail, food and agriculture, healthcare, manufacturing, wholesale and many more. The Industry Prospector tool allows you to identify particular industries by various metrics, and the States and Provinces tool provides overviews of industries for all of the U.S. and Canada.
If you have questions about this resource or would like assistance using it, contact Mike Davis, 413-545-6822.
Corporate Affiliations is a LexisNexis database with profiles of over 200,000 global companies with parent revenues over $10 million. You can search by company name, ticker symbol, location, number of employees, industry code, sales revenue and more. Each company record provides:
For example, Patagonia is a private company with 400 employees owned by Lost Arrow Corporation in Ventura, CA.
Corporate Affiliations also allows you to track merger, executive move and company news.
The Libraries recently added the online version of Value Line Investment Survey to our electronic reference collections. The Survey database includes weekly issues of reports from both the Standard and Small & Mid-Cap editions. Reports include financials, ranking, projections, business profile, and commentary. You can search or browse for reports by ticker symbol, company name or industry; browse rankings; screen stocks by multiple critieria, including timeliness or performance, social responsibility, financial strength, etc.; and generate custom reports.
Value Line is a comprehensive source of investment information. If you have questions about its purpose or would like assistance using it, contact Mike Davis, Business Reference Services Librarian, at 545-6822.
The library has added two directories, American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries and Foreign Firms Operating in the United States, to the online collections. Both directories can be searched by country, state, keyword, industry code, revenue and number of employees, and more. You can display, print or download search results. For questions or guidance with using these resources, contact Mike Davis, Business Reference Services Librarian.
The Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media has been an essential reference source in our print collection. Now available online, this directory provides international coverage of radio and television stations (including cable), newspapers, magazines, and journals. Listings include ad rates, circulation statistics, key personnel and web site links. This is the 2007 (42nd) edition.
Hospitality and Tourism Complete provides access to the full-text content of over 200 scholarly and industry publications. Global in coverage, this database offers sources of particular interest to the Hospitality and Tourism Management department.