To find articles on a particular topic, industry or company, search one of the databases listed below.

Academic Search Complete

American City Business Journals http://www.bizjournals.com/

Search current and back issues of business newspapers in 40 major cities.

Business Source Complete

Indexing and full-text of journals in marketing, management, MIS, accounting, finance, and economics; includes full-text; books, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, and company profiles.

Newspaper Source Plus

Regional Business News

Small Business Reference Center

Wall Street Journal ProQuest

To look up books on companies and other areas of business, search the ORU library catalog or other library catalogs. ORU's ebook records are included the library catalog, so if an ebook title is in the result list, just follow the links to the full text.

To find:

• Search keywords. Examples: companies | manufacturers | corporations | international business environment.

• Try subject searches. Some major companies may be listed by name under the subject search. Examples: customer relations -- management | branding (marketing) | corporate culture | internet marketing

• Try a title keyword search. Example: social customer

 

For reference books:

— Browse the social sciences call number sections in the Reference Collection

— Search the library catalog and limit the results to "Reference Collection"

 

ebook Databases
To search an ebook database use similar searches as those listed above in addition to the suggestions below.

ebrary - 70,000+ full text academic books.

Use the All Subjects link and drill down through the subjects for a list of ebooks on your desired subject.

Examples:

Business Planning ~60 ebooks

New Business Enterprises ~65 ebooks

Business and Technological innovations ~46 ebooks

Browse ebook titles by topic: Business & Economics 10,500+ ebooks

Note: For the most recently published ebooks to appear at the top of the list, sort the results by date.

eBook Collection EBSCO - A multi-disciplinary collection of 9,600 ebooks.

Browse ebooks by Category: Business & Economics

Note: The database restricts full text viewing to 1-5 simultaneously readers.

Credo Reference - Includes full text of 597 reference books.

Browse the Business Topic Pages.

Concept Map Example -- global marketing

To see the business titles, click here then choose "Business" in the left menu.

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Titles include:

• Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries, 5th ed., 2007

• Encyclopedia of Major Marketing Campaigns, 2007

• Encyclopedia of Products & Industries - Manufacturing, 2v, 2008

• Everyday Finance: Economics, Personal Money Management, and Entrepreneurship, 2v, 2008

See all titles.

See the library research guide: How to Find Books & ebooks

To see if a journal or other periodical is available in the ORU Library, use the A-to-Z Journals List.

 

Example of Titles by Subject:
Business ~599 titles
Economic growth, development, planning. ~45 titles
Economic theory. Demography. ~407 titles
Industry. ~53 Titles

 

See other subject categories for: Social Sciences ~11,400+ titles
(Choose a subject > select a title > follow the links to full text)

 

Title Search: SWOT Analysis ~3431 titles

 

Some periodical titles are available in multiple formats and/or multiple databases.
For titles that are available online, the database(s) with full text will be listed. Follow the links to what you need.
Titles that are available "in-house" (paper, CD-ROM or microform) will have a link to Oral Roberts University Library Catalog.

See the library research guide: How to Find Periodicals (Journals, Magazines, etc.)

Print copies in the Library

Newspapers are located in the Periodicals Ares, located in LINC, 4th floor LRC. Newspapers must remain in the LINC area. The library keeps the current three months in the wooden shelf unit located in the center of the room.

For general information see the library guide: How to Find Newspapers

Print newspaper titles include:

• Barron's

• Chronicle of Higher Education

• Oklahoma Eagle

• Tulsa Business Journal

• Tulsa World

• USA Today

• Wall Street Journal

• Washington Post.

 

Newspaper Databases

To find a newspaper title, use the Publications link (or similar), if available in the database. Type the title you need and follow the links to the newspaper full text. Note any full text date limits.

American City Business Journals http://www.bizjournals.com/

Search current and back issues of business newspapers in 40 major cities.

Newspaper Source Plus EBSCO

Wall Street Journal ProQuest

On This Page:
Directories
Public Company Financials
Finance and Investments
Nonprofit Organizations
Private Companies

Business Source Complete

Indexing and full text of journals in marketing, management, MIS, accounting, finance, and economics; books, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, and company profiles. EBSCO  Tutorial | More...

• Articles from trade journals and other business periodicals

• 10,000+ Datamonitor Company Profiles and SWOT analysis

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage

• Company Profiles

• Corporation Records

• Custom Report Builder

• Compustat Excel Analytics (annual and quarterly financials and ratios); available on campus only

International Directory of Company Histories (5 vols.) – call #HD2721.I63 LRC-R

 

Directories
Use directories to find brief information and place the company in the industry. Directories provide name and address verification, an indication of the company's size, its products or services, its industry codes (NAICS and/or SIC), and may include a ticker symbol or stock exchange designation. You may need to check more than one directory listed below, as the amount of information provided on a company will vary.

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage

• Directory of Security Brokers

• Register of Executives

• Register of Private Companies

• Register of Public Companies

Book of Lists (current) - call #HF5068.T859 LRC-R

Rankings from Tulsa business non-profit organizations and other institutions.

Hoover's Handbook of Emerging Companies – call #HG4057.A28618 LRC-R

Hoover's Masterlist of U.S. Companies – call #HF5035.H66 LRC-R

ThomasNet  http://www.thomasnet.com/

Directory of manufacturers including detailed company and product information, searchable by company, product or brand name.

solusorce (formerly Thomas Global Register) http://www.solusource.com/

International directory of manufacturers and distributors of industrial products and services.

Public Company Financials

Mergent Online

• Current and historical financials, including ratios

• Custom report builder

• Debt, ownership and other details

• Stock data

Securities and Exchange Commission  http://www.sec.gov/

Companies trading stock on U.S. stock exchanges are required to file annual and quarterly financial and other corporate information with the SEC.

• Tutorial for EDGAR Database of Company Information

   http://www.sec.gov/edgar/quickedgar.htm

• Company Search

   http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html

• EDGAR Full-text Search

   http://searchwww.sec.gov/EDGARFSClient/jsp/EDGAR_MainAccess.jsp

• Mutual Fund Prospectus Search

   http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/prospectus.htm

Key SEC Forms

• Form 10-K — annual financial report filed 90 days after fiscal year end

• Form 10-Q — quarterly financial report

• Form 8-K — interim report of material changes or corporate events

• Registration statements — prospectus of new stock offering, also knows as IPO (Initial Public Offering) or S-1

• 20-F — annual report of foreign companies trading on a U.S. stock exchange (may not be available on SEC website—check company Investor Relations website)

• Annual Report to the Shareholders (ARS) — not an official SEC filing - designed to communicate directly to shareholders using graphics and additional information about corporate strategy and opportunities (not available on SEC website - check Investor Relations section of company website)

Finance and Investments

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage

• S&P STARS

• Bond Screener

• Mutual Funds/EFTs

• The Outlook (available on the Home tab, under S&P Publication Search)

• Stock Screener

Morningstar Mutual Funds (current) - call #HG4501.M8 LRC-R

Mutual fund and investment statistics.

MarketWatch (Published by Dow Jones & Company)  http://www.marketwatch.com

Morningstar Stock Investor - call #HG4501.M64 LRC- R

Value Line Investment Survey (current) - call #HG4501.V26 LRC-R

Securities and investments survey. Updated weekly.
User Guide: The Complete Overview: The Value Line Investment Survey
http://www3.valueline.com/pdf/Complete_Overview_of_VLIS_FINAL.pdf

Value Line Investment Survey (small & mid-cap ed.) - call #HG4501.V262 LRC-R

User Guide: The Complete Overview: The Value Line Investment Survey Small & Mid-Cap Edition
http://www3.valueline.com/pdf/The_Complete_Overview_of_the_VLSM_survey.pdf

Yahoo! Finance  http://finance.yahoo.com/

Nonprofit Organizations

GuideStar: Directory of Charities and Nonprofit Organizations 

http://www.guidestar.org/NonprofitDirectory.aspx

A database of information about more than 1.8 million U.S. charities and other nonprofit organizations, including Form 990, IRS financial disclosure forms. Free registration required.

NCCS: National Center for Charitable Statistics  http://nccs.urban.org/

NCCS is the national clearinghouse of data on the U.S. nonprofit sector.
Search NCCS Master List of Organizations http://nccsdataweb.urban.org/

Private Companies

Datamonitor Company Profiles (via Business Source Complete)

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage

• Register of Executives

• Register of Private Companies

Forbes: The Largest Private Companies

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2011/21/private-companies-11_land.htm

On This Page:
Trade Associations
Financial Ratios and Averages
Industry Classification

Business Source Complete

• Articles from trade journals and other business periodicals

• Datamonitor Industry Profiles

• Market Research Reports

• Stock data

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage

• S&P Industry Surveys

• Stovall's Sector Watch

• Sub-Industry Review

D & B Business Rankings – call #HG4057.A237 LRC-R

U.S. Census Bureau: Business & Industry (Government Sources)

http://www.census.gov/econ/

Provides other industry data available from the U.S. Department of Commerce, including construction, retail and wholesale trade, services, and other sectors.

• Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM)
http://www.census.gov/manufacturing/asm/
Provides statistics on employment, payroll, supplemental labor costs, cost of materials consumed, operating expenses, value of shipments, value added by manufacturing, detailed capital expenditures, fuels and electric energy used, and inventories.

• County Business Patterns (CBP) and ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP)
http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/
Annual establishment, employment and payroll data by industry at the local level is useful for analysis of market potential.

• Economic Census
http://www.census.gov/econ/census/
Detailed portrait of the United States' economy taken once every five years, from the national to the local level. Industry Snapshots

• International Trade Administration (ITA)
http://www.ita.doc.gov/
Trade Statistics

Trade Associations

The Industry Reference section of Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys, available through NetAdvantage database , lists relevant trade associations for that industry.

The Directory of Business Information Resources - call #HF54.52.U5 D567 LRC-R

Encyclopedia of Associations (3 vols.) - call #HS17.G33 LRC-R

Trade association websites may provide industry data and trends. Search the Web for your business and "associations." For example:

Search: food and associations

ASAE & the Center for Association Leadership: Gateway to Associations

www.asaecenter.org/Directories/AssociationSearch.cfm?navItemNumber=16581

(The American Society of Association Executives Directory of Associations)

Financial Ratios and Averages

eStatement Studies

Contains all data from RMA Annual Statement Studies.

See: How to retrieve industry ratio data from eStatementStudies (PDF)

See also: Navigation, Search & Page Loading help page

Mergent Online

Create a custom comparison report.
See: How to Create a Custom Ratio Report Using Mergent Online (PDF)

Almanac of Business and Industry Financial Ratios – call #HF5681.R25 T68 LRC-R

Industry Norms & Key Business Ratios (Dun & Bradstreet)–call #HF5681.R25I525 LRC-R

RMA Annual Statement Studies Financial Ratio Benchmarks – call #HF5681.B2 R6 LRC-R

Now available online: eStatement Studies

Economic Census Industry Ratios (U.S. Census Bureau)

http://www.census.gov/econ/census/ratios.htm

IRS: Business Tax Statistics  http://www.irs.gov/taxstats/bustaxstats/index.html

Yahoo! Finance  http://biz.yahoo.com/p/sum_conameu.html

Industry Classification

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is a system used to categorize industry data collected by government agencies. NAICS was developed and adopted in 1997 to replace the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system.

Most publishers of industry data now organize industry data according to NAICS codes, but a few agencies and publishers still use SIC codes.

NAICS Desk Reference: The North American Industry Classification System... -

call #HF1041.5.N35 2000 LRC-R
Includes SIC to NAICS conversion table.

North American Industry Classification System - call #HF1042.N67 LRC-R

http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/

Standard Industrial Classification Manual – call #HF1042.U62 LRC-R

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) System Search

http://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/sicsearch.html

 

Business Source Complete - Country Reports

CountryWatch

Mergent Online - Country Profiles

 

Primary Sources

Bureau of Labor Statistics: International Data http://www.bls.gov/bls/international.htm

International data on employment, compensation, prices and GDP

Deloitte Country Highlights with Taxation and Investment Guides

http://www.deloitte.com/taxguides

Information on the operating conditions and investment climate – including the legal, accounting and taxation framework and high-level overviews covering almost 150 countries

The Index of Economic Freedom  http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/

Ten benchmarks gauge the economic success of 184 countries around the world, by a joint effort of The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation.

International Monetary Fund

• Country Information http://www.imf.org/external/country/index.htm
• World Economic Outlook Database http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2012/01/weodata/index.aspx

Lex Mundi: Guides to Doing Business

http://www.lexmundi.com/lexmundi/Guides_To_Doing_Business.asp

More than 130 country guides to legal and business infrastructures.

Library of Congress

• Country Studies http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

Description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.

• Guide to Law Online, Nations http://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide/nations.php

Population Reference Bureau: International

http://www.prb.org/DataFinder/Geography.aspx

Emphasis on developing countries

UNData: United Nations Statistics Division http://data.un.org/

U.S. State Dept.: Country Background Notes http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/index.htm

World Bank

• Countries and Economies http://data.worldbank.org/country

• Data by Topic http://data.worldbank.org/topic
• Doing Business Project http://www.doingbusiness.org/data
Objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 183 economies and selected cities at the subnational and regional level, including rankings and historical data.

Books/ebooks

Dun & Bradstreet's Guide to Doing Business Around the World - call #HF1416.M78 LRC-R

Financial Times World Desk Reference Credo Reference ebook