BUSINESS RESEARCH GUIDE
Library Resources for Business Career Research

The library provides print and online publications in support of business career research. Publications include employer directories, e-books, industry and market reports, and articles about careers. For help, contact Mike Davis, Business Librarian. Check Business Source Premier for the latest career articles.

EMPLOYER RESEARCH

CorpTech Directory. Directory of American technology manufacturers, public or private. Custom indexing for product-level research.

Dun & Bradstreet's Million Dollar Database. Directory of 1,600,000 U.S. businesses with sales greater than $5 million or employee totals greater than 100.

ReferenceUSA. Directory of 12 million U.S. companies and nonprofit organizations. Link to parent or subsidiary.

Dun & Bradstreet Employment Opportunities Directory. Employment guide designed for college students. Lists job opportunities, hiring practices, training programs, benefits. In the DuBois Library Reference: Call # HF5382.5.U5.D86.

Hoover's Company Profiles. Key facts about 13,500 public and private employers: line of business, officers, structure, revenues, competitors.

International Directory of Company Histories. 5,000 company histories. Part of the Business & Company Resource Center database (BCRC). Go to BCRC, click Advanced Search. Select "Histories".

Mergent Online. Financial reports on all public companies worldwide. Includes 15 years of balance sheet/income statement data.

Business Source Premier. The largest full-text business journal database in the world. For employer research, use this search format: co Dell.

LexisNexis Academic. Search full-text national and regional daily newspapers. Use LexisNexis to locate information on smaller companies.

IBISWorld United States. Current industry reports on the past, current, and expected performance of every U.S. industry.

Encyclopedia of American Industries. U.S. and global industry reports. Part of the Business & Company Resource Center database (BCRC). Go to BCRC, click Advanced Search. Select "Industry Overviews".

Forrester Research. Technology and market research reports. Focus on technology marketing to consumers. Reports written for decision-makers.

Mintel Reports. Market reports focus on retail, travel, tourism, and food service companies and their markets.

MarketResearch.com Academic. Focus on business services, consumer goods, food and beverage, heavy industry, life sciences, technology, media.

CAREER RESEARCH

Going Global Career Guides. International job seekers guide for 23 countries. Part of ABI/Inform Global. Go to ABI and type a search statement in this format: pub(Going Global) and geo(Japan).

Occupational Outlook Handbook. Binannual publication of the U.S. Dept. of Labor. Select occupational categories in the left column.

Career Guide to Industries. Focus on occupations within an industry - training, advancement, earnings, job prospects, working conditions.

Occupational Outlook Quarterly. Quarterly Dept. of Labor journal provides articles on all aspects of employment. Focus on specific occupation.

Business Source Premier. Comprehensive full-text coverage of trade journal. Use this search format: su accountants. More journal databases.

Books 24x7. E-books on business and computing topics from top publishers like Project Management Institute, Jossey-Bass, Harvard Business School Publishing, and Oxford University Press. For example:

NetLibrary. Collection of 100,000 full-text e-books. Publications from VGM, Career Press, and other career book publishers.