Resources for Industry & Company Research
Industry Profiles
- Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys* – Part of S &P's NetAdvantage *
- Encyclopedia of American Industries — Reference HC102 .E53
- Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries — Reference HD2324 .E527
- Value Line Investment Survey — Reference HG4501 V3
Industry Classification
- SIC – Standard Industrial Classification
- NAICS – North American Industry Classification System — Reference HF1042 .N6 2002
- NAICS/SIC Conversion: Tables Search
Industry Ratios
- Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios – Reference HF5681.R25 A45o:p>
- Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios — Reference HF5681.R25 I54
- Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys* – Part of S &P's NetAdvantage *
- LexisNexis Business * — contains ratios in company financial information
- RMA Annual Statement Studies — Reference HF5681.B2 R6
Industry News & Trends
- Business Source Premier (EBSCO)
- LexisNexis* — Search both the News and Business sections
- Standard & Poor's Industry Survey's* – Part of S &P's NetAdvantage*
- Wall Street Journal**
Company Information
- Business Source Premier* (EBSCO)
- LexisNexis Business *— Contains profiles and financial data
- Hoover's Handbook of American Business - Reference HG4057 .A28617 — also part of LexisNexis Business*
- IInternational Directory of Company Histories — Reference HD2721 I58
Financial and Stock Information
- Annual Reports — AnnualReports.Com:
- SEC Filings – 10K Reports — LexisNexis Business-SEC filings*
- Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage*
- Current and Historical Stock Information — BigCharts
- Value Line Investment Survey — Reference HG4501 V3
Accounting & Business Periodicals
- Business Week –Also in the Periodicals Department: Current and HF5001 .B89
- The Economist — Also in the Periodicals Department: Current and HG11 E2
- Harvard Business Review (only some content freely available) – Also in the Periodicals Department: Current and HF5001 .H3
- Accounting Journals* available through the library's subscription package from the American Accounting Association
Click here for a list of accounting, business & economic journals available at Pickler Memorial Library (includes online access to several
titles)
*If you are off campus, you will need to see the directions for connecting from home: http://library.truman.edu/help/connect-from-home.asp
Janet Romine, Reference Librarian for Business & Accountancy
(660) 785-7418
jiromine@truman.edu


