Last updated November 5, 2004
Reference
Resources | Locating Books | Locating Articles | World
Wide Web Resources
Reference Resources
Industry Codes
| Industry Surveys | Financial Information
Use these sources for background
information or to get an understanding of major
concepts.
Industry Codes
Use these to identify the standard codes for the industry you are researching.
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Standard Industrial Classification Manual
Ref HF 1042 .A55 1987 (held at Reference Desk)
- A guide to locating the Standard Industrial Classificaiton Number (SIC) for an industry.
- Browse HF 1042
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NAICS Manual
Govt Docs PREX 2.6/4:2002/CLOTH (held at Reference Desk)
- A guide to locating the NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) code for an industry.
Industry Surveys
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Standard and Poor's Industry Surveys
Ref HC 106.6 .S74
- Provides an overview of a variety of industries. Entries include industry profiles and an overview of the
current environment.
- Browse HC 106.6
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Value Line Investment Survey
Ref HG 4501 .V26 (Held at Reference Desk)
- Provides an overview of various industries along with snapshots of the major companies involved in each.
- Browse HG 4501
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Mergent's Industry Review
Ref HG 4961 .M68
- Financial overviews of industries, including company rankings within each industry.
- Browse Z 7164 .C
Financial Information
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Almanac of business and industrial financial ratios
Ref HF 5681 .R25 A45 (Held at Reference Desk)
- Profiles corporate performance in two analytical tables for 192 industries.
- Browse HF 5681
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Industry norms and key business ratios
Ref HF 5681 .R25 I53 (Held at Reference Desk)
- From Dun & Bradstreet. General financial information for over 800 lines of business in a variety
of industries.
- Browse HF 5681
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D & B business rankings
Ref HG 4057 .A237
- Ranks over 25,000 of the nation's leading private and public businesses by size as measured by
sales volume and number of employees. Businesses are also ranked within industry categories and state.
Organized by SIC classifications.
- Browse HG 4057
Locating Books
Search: MaagNet (the
online catalog)
- For search tips and information see Using
MaagNet.
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Not sure of a topic? After identifying the industry, use the industry name to search the catalog. A few examples:
- Soft drink industry -- United States
- Aerospace industries
- Clothing trade
Browse: the
collections
Resources for Industry Information may be found throughout the
library: in the Reference Room, in the General and
Oversize Collections, in the Serials/Microforms area and in
Government Documents (see Building
Guide).
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Use the following sections of the Library of
Congress Classes for Industry to browse the shelves
for books and periodicals. (For a listing of what the
initial letters of LC Classes stand for, see the Library
of Congress Classification Outline).
- HD 2340.8-2346.5 — Small and medium-sized businesses, artisans, trades
- HD 2350.8-2356 — Large Industry
- HD 9000-9999 — Special Industries and Trades
- Use the Superintendent of
Documents (SuDoc) classification to locate items in the
Government Documents Collection.
Search: the OhioLINK
Central Catalog [combined catalogs of OhioLINK member
libraries]
See Where
to Start to Find Books for additional resources.
Locating Articles
Search: Databases, Indexes and
Abstracts
- Use the resources listed below to find
references to journal articles. Search by keyword or
subject to find information on a topic.
- Alternately, use a Subject Cluster
Search to search several databases at one time.
This type of search isn't as refined as other database searches,
but will indicate which database would be a good candidate for further searching.
- Journal articles may be available electronically or on
the sixth floor of Maag Library. See
Where to
Start to Find Periodical Articles for an overview of how
to find articles.
Browse or search:
Electronic Journals
- The Electronic Journal Center
- The OhioLINK Electronic Journal Finder
- Browse or search the OhioLINK Electronic Journal Finder for a list of journals that may
be available electronically in the Electronic Journal Center or other databases. For example, do a search like
[keyword(s)] to find journals with those words in their titles.
Locate: the
Current Periodicals in Management, Economics or Marketing for Maag Library
- Use this list to browse the Current Periodicals (arranged
by call number) on the sixth floor of Maag Library.
Databases, Indexes and Abstracts
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Selected full-text
articles available online.
(Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) |
|
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Remote access
available.
Current YSU or OhioLINK students, faculty and staff only.
See Connecting
from Home for more information). |
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Print
source.
Available in library only. |
Industry Resources
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Mergent Online
On Campus Access
Off campus access
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Mergent Online provides business information, including financial reports, company news and securities data.
Mergent Online contains company data and annual reports for both U.S. and international companies.
U.S. company data includes SEC (EDGAR) filings. Search by SIC or NAICS code to identify companies within an industry.
- For assistance in searching, use online help or
Ask a Librarian.
- Business and
Industry 1994-Present
- Business and Industry is a multi-industry business database with a strong global focus on company, product and industry information.
B & I indexes more than 1,000 business publications
- For assistance in searching, use online help or
Ask a Librarian.
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Vocational and Career Collection
On Campus Access
Off campus access
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Vocational and Career Collection provides access to 350 trade and industry related periodicals.
- For assistance in searching, use online help or
Ask a Librarian.
World Wide Web Resources for Industry Information
- Industry at a Glance
- Industry at a Glance consists of profiles of 12 industry supersectors. Each profile contains links for
additional statistics.
- OhioLink Guide to Industry Research
- An overview of resources for locating industry information.
- NAICS/SIC converter and locator
- Search for NAICS or SIC number by keyword or translate a known number from SIC to NAICS or NAICS to SIC.
Last updated November 5, 2004
