Hube, Kessenides, Herr, & Hasbrouck
"Easy Ways to Investigate A Company's Office Culture"
The Wall Street Journal Online http://www.careerjournal.com/jobhunting/strategies/20050203-wsj.html
BOOKS
Advertising Red Book.
4 volumes and monthly supplements, 2004
Gale Research
Business Rankings Annual
2 volumes, 2005
Career Guide to Industries
2004-5 edition
CorpTech Directory of Technology Companies
4 volumes and supplement, 2004
The Foundation Center
Foundation Directory
3 volumes, 26th edition, 2004
Hoover's Business Press
Hoover's Handbook
International Directory of Company Histories.
St. James, 66 volumes, 2005
Lexis/Nexis Corporate Affiliations: "Who Owns Whom?"
8 volumes, 2004
Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys
3 volumes, 2004, updated biannually
Standard & Poor's Stock Reports
3 volumes, updated quarterly
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers
Washington Business Journal Book of Lists
20th edition, 2005 (published annually)
ONLINE RESOURCES
AllBusiness - www.allbusiness.com
America's Career InfoNet - www.acinet.org
American Society of Association Executives - http://asaenet.jobcontrolcenter.com/search.cfm
Annual Report Gallery - www.annualreports.com
Annual Report Service - http://annualreportservice.com
Barrons Online - www.barrons.com
Business.com - www.business.com
? Information on public and private companies, includes news, research, and even contact names
Business Journals - www.bizjournals.com
? Provides free daily updates from 41 Business Journals in the U.S.
? All 41 have free job boards and information regarding companies in the news
Business 2.0 - http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/
? Magazine and website excellent sources of information on companies
Chronicle - www.chronicle.com/jobs/news
Company Research - Rutgers University Libraries -
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/busi/company.shtml
Corporate Information - www.corporateinformation.com
? Provided by Wright Investors Service
? provides U.S. and international company information, including research reports, company profiles, earnings information, and analyst reports
? Must register to use, but is a free site
CNet News.com Ticket Symbol Lookup - http://investor.news.com/Engine?Account=cnet&PageName=SYMBOLLOOKUP
EDGAR Online - www.edgar-online.com
Fast Company - Research Directory of Leading Companies - http://fcke.fastcompany.com/
Federal Jobs Digest - www.jobsfed.com/
Fortune - http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/
? Magazine and website are excellent sources of information on companies
Fuld & Company - http://www.fuld.com/fuld-bin/f.wk?fuld.i3.home
? Their hyperlinks to "General Business Internet Resources" are very useful research tools
globalEDGE - http://globaledge.msu.edu/resourceDesk/
? An excellent source of international news, trade information, directories, mailing lists, and government resources.
Hoover's Online - www.Hoovers.com
? Provides detailed and up-to-date information on more than 50,000 public and private companies
? Usually available at public libraries
Industry Portals / Industry Hubs - http://www.virtualpet.com/industry/mfg/mfg.htm
? Sources of information on U.S. industries, including news, statistics and Business to Business commerce.
? Includes good tutorial on "How to Learn About an Industry or a Specific Company"
International Business Resources - http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/ibrd.asp
Kompass - www.kompass.com
Public Register's Annual Report Service (PRARS) - http://www.prars.com/
Quintessential Careers - www.quintcareers.com
? See article entitled "Guide to Researching Companies, Industries, and Countries."
SearchSystems.Net Public Record Databases - www.searchsystems.net
? Provides business information, corporate filings, property records, deeds, mortgages, criminal and civil court filings, professional licenses, and more
TradePub.com - www.tradepub.com
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - www.bls.gov
Vault Reports - www.VaultReports.com/
Virtual International Business & Economic Sources (VIBES) - http://library.uncc.edu/vibes/
? Provides more than 1,600 very handy links to international business, trade, and country-specific sites as well as economic information.
Wall Street Research Net - http://www.wsrn.com/
The Washington Post - www.washingtonpost.com/post200
? Great resource overall, especially the annual "Post 200" with information on 200 companies in the DC area
Washingtonian Magazine - http://www.washingtonian.com/packages/placestowork/index.html
? Publishes annual list of best places to work in DC area
? Many articles profiling local movers and shakers in business world ("100 People to Watch," "Top 50 Journalists," "Best and Brightest," etc.)
WetFeet Career Research - www.wetfeet.com
Yahoo Finance Ticket Symbol Lookup - http://www.nbn-jobs.com/home/index.cfm
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