BPS 6210 – Strategic Management Hillary Campbell Liaison to the School of Management

Print Resources – Company Information ► Ward’s Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies, 2006 – Reference Desk ► Hoover’s Texas 500, 2002 – Reference Desk ► The Advertising Red Books, 2003 – Reference Desk ► International Directory of Company Histories, 1988–2005 REF HD 2721.I

Annual Reports Collection ► Paper and microfiche copies of annual and 10K reports ► Not indexed in the library catalog ► Catalog of titles in card file at the library reference desk

Print Resources – Industry Information ► Standard & Poor’s Industry Surveys, 1973 – 1997 in Main Stacks…HC S74, 1998 – Present in Reference…REF HC S74 ► Industry Handbook, 2000 (Dun & Bradstreet)…REF HC9696.D ► Plunkett’s Industry Almanacs, 2002…REF HD A47 P

Plunkett’s ► Airline, Hotel & Travel ► Automobile ► Biotech & Genetics ► Computers & Internet ► E-Commerce & Internet Business ► Energy ► Engineering & Research ► Entertainment & Media ► Finance & Investments ► Food ► Health Care & Biotech ► InfoTech ► Real Estate & Construction ► Retails ► Telecommunications

Electronic Databases – Why not go straight to Google? ► Access to very specific information ► Relatively high degree of authority on the information found within ► No duplicates ► More powerful “advanced searching” ► You have already paid for them (and they are NOT cheap! )

Accessing the Library’s Databases ► When on-campus, access is seamless ► When off-campus, a valid Comet Card number is required for access.

Selecting the Right Databases ► Alphabetical List – If you already know the name of the database you want to use, or if you want specific information about a database Alphabetical List Alphabetical List ► Subject List – If you know the topic you want to research, but you’re not sure which databases will work the best Subject List Subject List

Business and Company Resource Center ► Provides current business, company, and industry content including: periodical articles, press releases, corporate structures, financials and earning estimates, investment reports, and company histories. ► Companies can be searched by name, ticker symbol, SIC/NAICS code, product/brand name or location. dbases.htm

Standard & Poor’s NetAdvantage ► Market News and Industry Overviews & Surveys ► Company Info – Stocks & Bonds, Corporate Records, Vital Statistics ► Financials for all S&P 500, MidCap 400, and SmallCap dbases.htm

Mergent Online ► Full-text U.S. and international company financial data, as well as U.S. and international company annual reports ► Updated weekly ► Use Help Menu to assist with searching dbases.htm

SCOPUS ► Large multidisciplinary abstract database, with selected full-text ► 1966 – Present ► Large economics & management library ► Excellent for patent & trademark research dbases.htm

Factiva (Dow Jones & Reuters) ► Provides info from financial quotes, market data, newspapers, company and industry news ► Present dbases.htm

Global Market Information Database ► Provides key business intelligence on countries, companies, markets and consumers ► Demographic, economic and marketing statistics for over 205 countries from allow for historical searching and forecasting. ► Market data for more than 330 consumer products in 52 countries covers a span of six years, and consumer lifestyle statistical indicators for 71 countries are accompanied with analysis. dbases.htm

Lexis Nexis Academic Universe ► Business News and Industry and Market News ► Company Financial Reports, Company Profiles, Company Comparisons ► SEC Filings and Reports ► Directories – Contact and resource information for companies and industries dbases.htm

Business & Industry ► Facts, figures and key events about public and private companies ► Indexes leading trade magazines, newsletters, general business press and international business dailies ► 1992 – Present ► Library may or may not have article available in full-text dbases.htm

Suggested Databases – The Others ► Business and Management Practices ► Business Dateline – Regional business news ► Business Organizations ► Business Source Premier ► Regional Business News dbases.htm

Newspaper Coverage ► Wall Street Journal online – 1889 to the present ► New York Times online – 1851 to the present ► Dallas Morning News – Full text back to 1885 ► Financial Times – Indexed back to dbases.htm

How to Get Help from Home ► erfform.html erfform.html ► Chat ask.html

MC2 – McDermott Management Satellite Room – off the Undergraduate Suite Hours M & W – 2:30-5:30 pm Tu– By appointment Thursday – 2:00-6:00 pm Friday – By appointment Contact Hillary Campbell or Loreen Phillips (x2126)

Final Research Tip ► Don’t forget the Reference Librarians! ► Mon-Thur: 8am – 10pm ► Fri: 8am-8pm ► Sat:10am-7pm ► Sun:1pm-10pm

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