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BUSINESS PLANS & GUIDES

Business Guides by Industry
U.S. Small Business Administration

Business Plans Handbook R 658.802 B964

Start Your Business
North Carolina Department of Commerce

Writing a Business Plan
U.S. Small Business Administration


COMPANY INFORMATION

Company Profiles

  • Description: Covers more than 17,600 company profiles.

    Select Company Profiles from the basic search page.

    Vendor: EBSCOhost
  • Description: Hoover’s allows you to search U.S. and international company listings by industry, size, & geography to create marketing plans, conduct competitive analysis, and raise funds.

    Vendor: Dun & Bradstreet
  • Hoover's Handbook of American Business R 338 H76
  • Hoover's Handbook of World Business R 338.74025 H76
  • Description: Search U.S. and international company listings by industry, size, location, and other criteria to create marketing plans, conduct competitive analysis, and raise funds.

    Vendor: Mergent Inc.
  • Description: A comprehensive source of business and investment information covering corporate research, investment information, and industry analysis. Full text publications include the Bond Guide; Corporation Records;Dividend Record; Earnings Guide; Industry Surveys; Mutual Fund Reports; The Outlook; Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives; Security Dealers of North America; Stock Guide; and Stock Reports. Descriptions of these publications are available through NetAdvantage's help pages.

    Date Coverage: The Outlook (2002 forward), company financials (latest 6 years), Industry Surveys (1998 forward), Trends & Projections (1999 forward).
    Vendor: Standard & Poor's

Company History

  • International Directory of Company Histories R 338.7409 In8

Company Financials & Annual Reports

SWOT Analyses/Forecasts

  • Description: Contains full text for more than 3,300 SWOT analyses.

    Search Hint: From any Business Source Complete search page, select advanced search. From the list on the right, select SWOT Analyses. An alphabetical list of companies will come up. Select the company of interest. Or from any Business Source Complete search page, select Publications from the top bar. From the list on the left, select SWOT Analyses. An alphabetical list of companies will come up. Select the company of interest.

    Vendor: EBSCOhost

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE
Hoovers (more info)
Description: Hoover’s allows you to search U.S. and international company listings by industry, size, & geography to create marketing plans, conduct competitive analysis, and raise funds.

Vendor: Dun & Bradstreet

COUNTRY REPORTS
Business Source Complete: Country Reports (more info)
Description: Contains full text for more than 1,600 country economic reports.

Search Hint: From any Business Source Complete search page, select Publications from the top bar. From the list of publications on the left, select Country Reports. An alphabetical list of countries will come up. Search for a specific country or select from the alphabetical list.

Vendor: EBSCOhost


ProQuest Business: Country Reports (more info)
Description: ProQuest Business allows you to search ABI/INFORM Archive, ABI/INFORM Complete, ProQuest Asian Business & Reference, and ProQuest Research Library: Business together or separately.

Vendor: ProQuest

INDUSTRY INFORMATION
Business Source Complete: Industry Profiles (more info)
Description: Contains full text for more than 18,000 industry reports.

Select Industry Profiles from the basic search page.

Vendor: EBSCOhost

Business Monitor International (BMI) Industry Reports (more info)
Description: Search a comprehensive business database that includes full-text business periodicals and news sources. ABI/Inform Complete includes: ABI Inform Global - Scholarly business research from journals worldwide, ABI Inform Trade & Industry - Up to date industry news, marketing trends, and product information and market competition, ABI Inform Dateline - Local and regional business, ABI Inform Archive - Historical business journals and cover to cover full images of The Wall Street Journal.

Vendor: ProQuest

Search Hint:Select BMI reports under the category Industry and Market Research.

NetAdvantage: Industries (more info)
Description: A comprehensive source of business and investment information covering corporate research, investment information, and industry analysis. Full text publications include the Bond Guide; Corporation Records;Dividend Record; Earnings Guide; Industry Surveys; Mutual Fund Reports; The Outlook; Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives; Security Dealers of North America; Stock Guide; and Stock Reports. Descriptions of these publications are available through NetAdvantage's help pages.

Date Coverage: The Outlook (2002 forward), company financials (latest 6 years), Industry Surveys (1998 forward), Trends & Projections (1999 forward).
Vendor: Standard & Poor's

North American Industry Classifications System (NAICS)


INVESTMENT INFORMATION
Morningstar Investment Research Center (more info)
Description: Morningstar Investment Research Center is an all-inclusive investment research database that features data and analysis on international and domestic stocks, mutual funds, and exchange traded funds. Screeners allow you to create short lists of stocks, funds and ETF's for further research based on yor own criteria. Users can view index, sector, industry, and fund category returns over a variety of time periods with returns updated daily.

NetAdvantage (more info)
Description: A comprehensive source of business and investment information covering corporate research, investment information, and industry analysis. Full text publications include the Bond Guide; Corporation Records;Dividend Record; Earnings Guide; Industry Surveys; Mutual Fund Reports; The Outlook; Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives; Security Dealers of North America; Stock Guide; and Stock Reports. Descriptions of these publications are available through NetAdvantage's help pages.

Date Coverage: The Outlook (2002 forward), company financials (latest 6 years), Industry Surveys (1998 forward), Trends & Projections (1999 forward).
Vendor: Standard & Poor's

Yahoo! Finance


MARKET AND CONSUMER RESEARCH
Business Source Complete: Market Research Reports (more info)
Description: Contains full text for more than 2,200 market research reports.

Select Market Research Reports from the basic search page.

Vendor: EBSCOhost

County Business Patterns

Export.gov

SimplyMap® (more info)
Description: A web-based mapping application that enables non-technical users to quickly create professional-quality thematic maps and reports using extensive demographic, business, and marketing data. SimplyMap turns complex data into valuable information that is easily accessed through an innivative and user-friendly interface. The data is from EASI Analytics, Mediamark Research, Inc., Dun & Bradstreet, the Nielson Company, Experian, and Simmons Study of Media Markets and is derived form government and other sources. (Souce: Vendor website)

Note: To begin you must create an account
Publisher: Geographic Research, Inc.

Statistical Abstract of the United States

Last Update: 08-Nov-2012