BOS 360: Finance

I. SELECTED REFERENCE SOURCES

Industry Surveys (Standard & Poors)

Ref HC 28 .S7 2005 (quarterly)

Survey of Current Business (U. S. Department of Commerce)

Ref HC 101 .A13 (monthly)

Business Statistics of the United States, 10th Edition

Ref HC 101 .A13122 2004

Industry Research Using the Economic Census

Ref HC 101 .B594 2004

International Directory of Company Histories 92 vols. (so far)

Ref HD 2721 .D36

Understanding American Business Jargon, 2nd Ed.

Ref HF 1001 .F65 2005

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)

Ref HF 1042 .N67 2007 also available online.

Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios

Ref HF 5681 .R25 I523 (annual)

Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios

Ref HF 5681 .R25 T68 (annual)

Lexis-Nexis Corpporate Affiliations 8 vols.

Ref HG 4057 .A219 (annual)

Hoover's Handbook of American Business 2 vols. (updated on LEXIS-NEXIS)

Ref HG 4057 .A28617 2001

II. INDEXES AND DATABASES

Business Source Premier

A comprehensive business research database, providing full text access for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications and over 8,000 other periodicals. Covers marketing, management, accounting, finance and economics. Detailed profiles of 10,000 companies are included.Updated daily.

Census Bureau Economic Programs

Contains links to the Economic Census, Statistics of U. S. Businesses, County Business Patterns, and other business and economic data.

SEC Filings

Provides the complete company filings submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Value Line Investment Survey

A comprehensive source of information and advice on approximately 1,700 stocks, more than 90 industries, the stock market, and the United States economy. Limited to 3 Simultaneous Users. Please log off when finished.

Lexis-Nexis

Connections to full-text newpaper articles (including the New York Times), accounting and business information, company profiles, financial data, SEC filings, and legal resources.

Business Full Text, Wilson

Indexes more than 350 leading business magazines, research journals and trade publicatons.

Last updated: 3/19/08 tk, contact Tom Karel for assistance, 291-3845