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Home: BUS 495o

General Business Sources

Industry and Company Analysis

Government Web Sites

Commercial Web Links

BUS 495o: New Venture Planning

Course Instructor: Jon Bartley
Librarians: Amy VanScoy & Hyun-Duck Chung

General Business Sources

Databases - primarily to journal articles

Business Source Premier
Business Source Premier provides the full text for more than 2,300 journals back to 1965. Additional content includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.

LexisNexis Academic
LexisNexis Academic focuses primarily on business and lawtopics, with additional general news (international, national and local), medical, and reference resources. Most material is full-text. For Business, LexisNexis features company and industry news, detailed company financial data, and includes major accounting journals.

Print Resources

Encyclopedia of American industries
D. H. Hill Ref. HC102 .E53 2005 (Ready Reference - Reserve Room)

National trade and professional associations of the United States
D. H. Hill Ref. HD2425 .D53 2004 (Ready Reference - Reserve Room)

Market share reporter
D. H. Hill Ref. HF53 .M37 2005 (Ready Reference - Reserve Room)
Presents market share data on over four thousand companies, and 2,500 products, facilities, and brands. Several entries are usually available under each industry.

Business Rankings Annual
D. H. Hill Ref. HG4050 .B88 2005 (Ready Reference - Reserve Room)
"Lists of companies, products, services, and activities compiled from a variety of published sources."

Industry Codes

Use NAICS or SIC codes to identify a classification number used to identify industries.

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
NAICS replaced the earlier SIC system in 1997, and is being introduced into publications that use these classifications.

Standard Industrial Classification System

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