My office hours in the Patrick Taylor Smart Lab Conference room (2301 PT Hall) begin again on Tuesday January 26. I will be available for walk-in visits on Tuesdays from 9-10:30 and Wednesdays from 9-10, and by appointment on Wednesdays from 10-11.
I will also have access to the Patrick Taylor classroom 2145 for training sessions, either a general library overview with a focus on business resources, OR a specific topic to support class assignments. (These sessions will be scheduled by request and availability. Please contact me as far in advance as possible to schedule a session for your students.) For additional help please send me
an email, or
make an appointment to see me.
This database offers information in virtually every area of business including accounting & tax, banking, fin ance & insurance, construction, computer science, economics and many more.
Experian Information Solutions, Inc. is a commercial database
that contains data on U.S. businesses and business owners. Experian was founded in 1976 and collects data from 152 different sources and compiles more than 20 million lines of legal information.
The U.S. Bankruptcy courts report all filings to Experian within 72 hours. (Available through LexisNexis Business)
This database is a joint venture between Dow Jones and Reuters - two of the world's leading business and news providers. Factiva.com combines nearly 9,000 sources to give access to premium content from 118 countries, in 22 languages.
This database contains information for more than 40,000 major public and private companies worldwide. In-Depth
Records include overviews and histories, up to 10 years of key financial and employment data, lists of products and key competitors, names of key officers,
addresses, and phone and fax numbers. (Available through LexisNexis Business)
Investext Current Reports provide the two most recent reports for each of the companies tracked by Investext and the two most recent reports for each of the 54 industries. Investext reports are prepared by analysts from leading investment banks and research firms.(Available through LexisNexis Business)
Part of the LexisNexis Academic database, the Business section provides a range of sources for business information, including business and financial news, U.S. and international company financial information from government or private sources, market research, industry reports, and SEC filings.
Corporate Manuals, ranging back to the early 1900s, possess a richness of corporate history and business descriptions and in-depth financial statements. The collection is all searchable by company name, year or manual type..
Investext Current Reports provide the two most recent reports for each of the companies tracked by Investext and the two most recent reports for each of the 54 industries. Investext reports are prepared by analysts from leading investment banks and research firms.(Available through LexisNexis Business)
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is the standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy.
This database is a joint venture between Dow Jones and Reuters - two of the world's leading business and news providers. Factiva.com combines nearly 9,000 sources to give access to premium content from 118 countries, in 22 languages.
Investext Current Reports provide the two most recent reports for each of the companies tracked by Investext and the two most recent reports for each of the 54 industries. Investext reports are prepared by analysts from leading investment banks and research firms.(Available through LexisNexis Business)
BigCharts is the world's most comprehensive and easy-to-use investment research Web site, providing access to professional-level research tools such as interactive charts, quotes, industry analysis and intraday stock screeners, as well as market news and commentary.
From the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, has information on the buying habits of American consumers, including data on their expenditures, income, and consumer unit (families and single consumers) characteristics.
Compiles data on numbers of employees, payroll, and numbers of establishments for major industries in the United States, on federal, state, and county levels.
Provides historical data on counties, cities of 5000 or more, and towns and places of over 2500, from 1944 - 2000. Coverage for some years includes land area, population, households, vital statistics, labor force, education, crime, and for cities, form of government.
Provides a quick statistical reference and a guide to statistical publications and sources, with tables from governmental, private, and international organizations. The issues are available dating back to 1878..
provides access to the full range of official statistical information produced by the Federal Government without having to know in advance which Federal agency produces which particular statistic.
The United States Newspaper Program is a cooperative national effort among the states and the federal government to locate, catalog, and preserve on microfilm newspapers published in the United States from the eighteenth century to the present.
