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The first step in gathering industry information is to get the correct name for the industry and to find the appropriate Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) and North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code number(s). NAICS will soon be replacing the SIC code system although at this time both are used.
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Standard &; Poor's Industry Surveys New
York: Standard and Poor's Corp.
Latest at the Reference Desk. Previous years in Bay
7
This is one of the most comprehensive services available
and perhaps the best place to begin research for an
industry analysis.
Encyclopedia Of American Industries. Detroit:
Gale Research.
Now available as part of
Business & Company Resource Center
Covers 460 manufacturing industries ranging from
the large automotive and pharmaceutical industries, to
smaller sectors such as porcelain electrical
supplies. Also deals with services and nonmanufacturing
industries. This is a classic work and is another good
starting place for industry information.
Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources.
Detroit: Gale Research. Annual
Davis Reference Desk HF5349 .E85 E53
Identifies print and electronic sources of information
listed under alphabetically arranged subjects--industries
and business concepts and practices.
Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries. Detroit:
Gale Research.
Now available as part of
Business & Company Resource Center
Covers technologies from artificial intelligence to voice
recognition systems; marketing initiatives from coffee
houses to super-sized movie theatre complexes
Encyclopedia of Global Industries. Detroit:
Gale Research. 1999.
Now available as part of
Business & Company Resource Center
Chronicles the history, development and current status of
115 of the world's most lucrative and high-profile
industries.
CurrentIndustrial
Reports
Since 1904, the Current Industrial Report (CIR) program
has been providing monthly, quarterly, and annual measures
of industrial activity. The primary objective of the CIR
program is to produce timely, accurate data on production
and shipments of selected products.
Datamonitor Industry Profiles are also available as part of
Business Source Premier
and
MarketLine Business Information Center
The following almanacs contain an industry analysis plus a description of major companies within each of the industries.
Plunkett's Biotech &; Genetics Industry
Almanac.
Row 8 Davis Reference HD9999.B44 P58 (with CD ROM)
Plunkett's E-Commerce &; Internet Business
Almanac.
Row 8 Davis Reference HF5548.32 .P55 (with CD ROM)
Plunkett's Energy Industry Almanac.
Row 8 Davis Reference HD9502.U52 P596 (with CD ROM)
Plunkett's Engineering and Research Industry
Almanac.
Row 8 Davis Reference TA160 .P58 (with CD ROM)
Plunkett's Entertainment and Media Industry
Almanac.
Row 8 Davis Reference P88.8 .P55 (with CD ROM)
Plunkett's Financial Services Industry
Almanac
Row 8 Davis Reference HG181 .P58 (with disc)
Plunkett's Health Care Industry
Almanac.
Row 8 Davis Reference RA410.53 .P56 (with CD ROM)
Plunkett's Infotech Industry Almanac.
Row 8 Davis Reference HD9696.C63 U5287 (with CD ROM)
Plunkett's On-line Trading, Finance &; Investment
Web Sites Almanac.
Row 8 Davis Reference HG4515.95 .P596 (with disc)
Plunkett's Retail Industry Almanac
Row 8 Davis Reference HF5428 .P558 (with CD ROM)
Plunkett's Telecommunications Industry
Almanac.
Row 8 Davis Reference HE7621 .P58 (with CD ROM)
County Business Patterns. Washington: United
States Dept. of Commerce.
Available in print from 1959 (Bay 9) Davis Reference
Department.
Available in CD ROM from 1983, call # C 3.204/3-3: Davis
Reference Department.
Available on
the Web from 1977
Provides county, state, and national level business data
from 1959 to the most recent year available. Statistics
include number of establishments, payroll (annual and 1st
quarter), number of employees, and number of establishments
by size class for 2 digit SIC industry groupings. The data
is collected annually by the Bureau of the Census.
Financial Analysis by
Industry
Links to electronic possibilities for finding ratios can be found at
Financial Ratios
Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial
Ratios by Leo Troy, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.:
Prentice-Hall.
Davis Reference Bay 7 HF5681 .R25 T68
Gives financial and operating ratios for 181 lines of
business. It covers both private and public company data
and gives a 10 year summary in the “trends”
section. There is a time lag for some information because
this source uses tax returns as a source of
calculation
Analysts' Handbook. Annual. (Updated with
supplements.) New York: Standard &; Poor's Corp.
Davis Reference Desk HG4519 .S772
Contains composite corporate per share data, from 1962 to
date for those industries represented in the S&;P 500
Index. Statistics and ratios cover sales, operating
profits, depreciation, income taxes, cash flow, earnings,
dividends, prices, etc. Income account and balance sheet
data are also presented in the back of the book.
(Quarterly updated information is presented in the monthly
supplements.)
"Annual Report on American Industry" in
Forbes.First issue in January.
Gives only the debt/capital ratio for 20 industries.
Percentages are given for 5-year and 12-month averages for
return on equity and return on total capital
"Corporate Scoreboard" in Business Week.
Annual, usually in late Feb or March.
Ratios for return on common equity and price/earnings,
figures for sales, profits, and margins with percent
changes in each.
Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios.
Annual. New York: Dun &; Bradstreet.
Latest at Davis Reference Desk HC101 .I55
Financial ratios for 800 retailing, wholesaling,
manufacturing, and construction lines of business. It
calculates 14 key ratios based on credit reports. It does
not provide historical data (although back issues are
available in Bay 7) or revenue breakdowns.
RMA Annual Statement Studies. Philadelphia :
Robert Morris Associates, 1977-
Davis Reference Desk HF5681.B2 R64
Financial and operating ratios for over 350 lines of
business. This calculates 17 key ratios and contains many
operating ratios not contained in other sources. It
provides a 5 year summary. It also has a list of sources
for ratios not covered by this compendium.
Business &; Company Resource Center
brings together in a single database company profiles,
company brand information, rankings, investment reports,
company histories, chronologies, full-text articles,
investment reports, industry overviews, and
financial and trade association data.
Once an initial search has been executed, Business
&; Company Resource Center provides a results tab
bar. Simply click on a labelled tab to see the
results.
To find industry information either search by SIC or NAICS
code OR enter the name of a company within the industry.
Once the company listing is checked one can click on the
industry tab.
Business &; Industry database contains
facts, figures and key events for international public and
private companies, industries, products, and markets for
manufacturing and service industries. It covers all the
primary business information sources--from leading trade
magazines, newsletters, and the general business press to
international business dailies. Among the hundreds of
business subjects you can search in the Business &;
Industry database are abstracts and the full-text versions
of articles about: aerospace and defense, agriculture,
automotive, beverages, building products, business
services, chemicals, computers and software consumer
products, electronics, energy, entertainment, financial
services, food, food service, forest products, information,
medical, metals, mining, packaging, pharmaceuticals,
retailing, telecommunications, transportation.
Business Insights
Read and download the full-page-image (pdf files) of
around 300 Reuters' market research reports on a wide
variety of industries. Reports are generally very extensive
and lengthy, most are well over 100 pages and have lots of
charts, tables and graphs. Reports are grouped into 5
broadly defined areas: Energy, Consumer Goods, Finance,
Healthcare, and Technology. A very basic search engine
built into the site looks for ANY of the words you type
into the search field and looks through both the title and
body text of publications in its archive.
Business Source Premier includes indexing, abstracting,
and full text for more than 8,800 serials. It provides full text back to 1965
(or the first issue published for that journal) for more than 350 journals and
searchable cited references back as far as 1998.
Business Source Premier also includes: (A) Datamonitor Company and
Industry Reports - including many SWOT analyses; (B) Selected books;
(C) Country economic reports from the EIU, Country Watch,
Global Insight (formerly DRI-WEFA), and the ICON Group; and
(D) Political Risk reports from PRS.
GMID (Global Market Information Database)(Euromonitor)
The Global Market Information Database provides comparable international
business intelligence on countries, consumers, and industries. It offers
access to more than 1 million country, consumer lifestyle, and market
statistics; 4500 market research reports (global, country, industry,
company, and lifestyle); 205 country profiles; company market share and
brand share rankings; all from 35,000 business information sources.
Mintel Reports
Mintel is a leading provider of competitive media, product, and consumer
intelligence. The company produces market research reports for Europe,
the UK, and the US. Reports cover a variety of sectors including consumer
goods, travel and tourism, financial industry, internet industry, retail,
and food and drink. Reports discuss market drivers, market size and trends,
market segmentation, supply structure, advertising and promotion, retail
distribution, consumer characteristics, and market forecasts.
Reports are customizable - mark the boxes next to the sections you want to
include. Then retrieve the marked sections from the basket.
Marketline Business Resource Center
10,000+ Company Profiles: Company Profiles are an essential knowledge
source on leading global companies. Each profile contains:
Company & Business Description, History, Key Employees,
Products & Services, Competitors, Company View, and Locations
& Subsidiaries. For some companies there is a SWOT analysis
and a product analysis.
3,000+ Industry Profiles: Industry Profiles are a resource for
global industry information, presenting important facts on
global industries in a clear and concise format: Overview &
Size, Segmentation, Competitive Landscape, Leading Companies,
Definitions & Key Terms, and Forecasts.
100 Country Profiles: Country Profiles give you quick access
to country basic data points, trends and analysis, including:
A description of the country's economic performance and GDP,
An assessment of the potential for development, and a market
and industry analysis of the country's business environment.
(Source: Vendor Website)
Factiva
Factiva provides tools for searching and monitoring
general news and company, industry, and other business
information.
Included are newspapers, newswires, magazines, trade
journals in 22 languages from 118 countries, more than
8,000 publications. 85% are full text. It also includes
color pictures from Reuters and Knight-Ridder publications,
company reports, SEC filings, web contents, and transcripts
from the BBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CNN, NPR and more.
LexisNexis Academic
LexisNexis Academic is a web-based service that provides
access to most of the information formerly available on the
LexisNexis Educational Program (approximately 75% of the
titles). It covers general, regional and international
news, company and industry news as well as financial and
legal information.
By clicking on the Business section at the left of
the screen and then choosing Company Financial one
can access the Hoovers Reports. These include the
industry reports as well as company reports. One can search
either by SIC number or company name. When searching by
company name both company reports and industry reports will
be retrieved.
For more Business and Economics Assistance,
Please contact Rita W.
Moss, Business and Economics Librarian
moss@unc.edu
(919)962-1151
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