MAR 303/505 Professional Practices
Company Information
General Company Information Sources (Online):
Business Source Complete
A very comprehensive resource. Includes industry & market research reports, product reviews, SWOT analyses, etc. Includes Inside Tucson Business.
Business & Company Resource Center
Mostly full-text database of company and industry profiles, company brand information, business rankings, investment reports, and articles from business periodicals.
Mergent Online
Online equivalent of the Moody's Manuals. Full text information on over 10,000 U.S. public companies and over 15,000 non-U.S. companies. Includes company history, officers, subsidiaries, financial data, and annual reports.
Million Dollar Database
Full text directory information on public and private companies with sales greater than $9 Million or 180 ormore total employees
Thomson Research
Financial information on over 12,000 US public companies from SEC filings. Contains historical financial data (10 years), stock pricing, ratios, and officer/director information. Filings are full-text.
General Company Information Sources (Print):
Dun's Business Rankings - HD 2771. D85 (Main Reference)
Public and private companies ranked within industry category and state.
Corporate Technology Directory - HG 4057 A1685 (Main Reference)
Lists over 30,000 U.S. entities that manufacture or develop high-tech products. Includes public and private companies, with company profiles.
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers, 23 vol. - HD 9720 T6 (Main Reference)
Product and services listed by name; 2 vols. of company profiles, 7 vols. of catalog files.
Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private &Public Companies - HG 4057. A575 (Info Commons)
Lists 90,000 public and private companies; includes rankings, number of employees, type of company, sales.
Company Histories:
Notable Corporate Chronologies - HG 4009 N68 (Main Reference)
International Directory of Company Histories - HD 2721 D36 (Information Commons
Arizona Company Information Sources:
Arizona Business Directory - HF 3161 A6 D52 (Info Commons Reference)
Phone book of 125,000 businesses, listed by yellow page categories, by city and product. Compiled from yellow pages.
Arizona Daily Star
Contains the fulltext of the Arizona Daily Star back to 1991.
Arizona Republic
Fulltext of the Arizona Republic back to 1999.
Business NewsBank
Fulltext business news from hundreds of local and regional business publications. The best source for tracking down articles on smaller, private companies.
Dun & Bradstreet's Regional Business Directory. Phoenix/Tucson area. HG4058.P545 D86 (Info Commons Reference & Main Reference)
Includes smaller towns in surrounding areas, Yuma included. Vol. 1 ranks companies by sales and number of employees.
Inside Tucson Business. Book of lists. HC108.T8 I573 (Main Reference, Main Current Journal. Older issues in Special Collections)
Tucson Business Directory HF5065.A6 T82 1999-2000 (Main Reference)
Articles on Companies:
ABI/INFORM
Extensive coverage of business and industry news. Allows for searching by publication type (trade journal, scholarly journal, magazine or newspaper).
Business & Company Resource Center
Extensive coverage of business and industry news.
Business Source Complete
A very comprehensive resource. Includes industry & market research reports, product reviews, SWOT analyses, etc. Includes Inside Tucson Business.
Lexis Nexis (Academic Universe)
NewsBank Fulltext Newspapers
The fulltext of nearly 70 large U.S. newspapers, some back into the 1980s.
Wall Street Journal
1984 to present in fulltext.
Other Sources:
Also see the Business Subject Pathfinder page on the U of A Library website.