Identify the Industry
- North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS)
- Standard Industrial
Classification (SIC) System Division Structure
Seek General
Industry Information
- Business
& Company Resource Center
- Available via the Rider University Libraries' home
page/FIND ARTICLES
- Value Line
- Located at the Circulation Desk of Moore
Library for Reference use.
- Standard
and Poor's Net Advantage
-
Available
via the Rider University Libraries' home page/FIND ARTICLES
- Net Advantage combines
eleven of the investor information
products from Standard and Poor's. These products are: Bond
Guide;
Corporation Records; Dividend Record; Earnings Guide; Industry Surveys;
Mutual Fund Reports; the Outlook; Register of North America; Stock
Guide; Stock Reports. This database replaces the subscription to
the print version formerly found in Moore Library.
- Small Business Economic
Indicators
- Available from the U.S. Small Business Administration - http://www.sba.gov
- Select: Resources: Advocacy; From the next screen,
select: Research and Statistics: State Economic Profiles
- Census Bureau Economic
Programs
http://www.census.gov/econ/www
- Access: Economic
Census ~ Link to the Industry Series
- Current Industrial Reports from
the Census Bureau
- Statistical Abstract of the
United States
- Small Business Sourcebook: The
Entrepreneur's Resource
- Information grouped in four sections: Specific small
business profiles, General small business topics, State listings, and
Federal government assistance. Each small business profile
includes: start-up information, associations and other organizations,
educational programs, directories of educational programs, reference
works, sources of supply, statistical sources, trade periodicals,
videocassettes/audiocassettes, trade shows and conventions,
consultants, franchises and business opportunities, computerized
databases, computer systems/software, Internet databases, libraries,
and research centers. Also includes some licensing information.
- Reference HD 2346 .U5 S66
-
To Locate
Articles in Business Periodicals, Use the Following Indexes:
- ABI-INFORM
- Online Database available via the Rider University
Libraries' home page/FIND ARTICLES
- This database includes a wide variety of business
journals that cover "business conditions, trends, corporate strategies
and tactics, management techniques, competitive and product
information" and many other topics. You can search some 1,300
journals for citations and abstracts. Full text is available
online for approximately half of these journals. A list of the
subjects used in the database is available at the reference desk in
Moore Library.
- Business
Source Premier
-
Online
Database available via the Rider University
Libraries' home page/FIND ARTICLES
- Business Source Premier is the
world's
definitive scholarly business database, providing indexing and
abstracts for more than twice as many active, peer-reviewed, business
related journals as any other database. Business Source® Premier
offers indexing and abstracts for the 350 most important scholarly
journals back to 1965 or the first published issue. This database
includes searchable cited references for more than 1,160 journals.
Journal ranking studies reveal that Business Source Premier is the
overwhelmingly superior database for full text journals in all
disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM,
accounting, finance, econometrics and economics."
Funded by the New Jersey State Library and the New
Jersey Knowledge Initiative
- Factiva
-
Online
Database available via the Rider University Libraries' home
page/FIND ARTICLES
-
Factiva
is the new version of Dow Jones Interactive. It contains the full
text of all Dow Jones publications and 8,000 other publications, 20,000
company reports, and selected business web sites. In addition, it
contains the full text of Rueters Business Briefings which include
global business news as well as foreign language publications.
Please note: If you receive the message from Factiva, "the user name
and password you have entered are already in use ...", or are prompted
for a user name and password, please wait a few minutes and try
again. The message indicates that all available passwords are in
use. Factiva supports Internet Explorer 5.01 and above, and
supports but does not recommend Netscape Navigator 6.01 and above.
- Wilson
Business Full Text
-
Online
Database available via the Rider University Libraries' home
page/FIND ARTICLES
-
"Wilson OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition is a
multi-disciplinary database providing the complete content - indexing,
abstracts, and full text - from six of Wilson's full-text databases:
Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text,
Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text, and Wilson
Business Full Text.
Full-text articles from five additional periodical
databases are also included when available: Applied Science &
Technology Full Text, Art Full Text, Biological & Agricultural
Index, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books, and Library Literature
& Information Science Full Text.
Indexing begins in 1982, abstracts in 1984, and
full-text coverage in 1994. Each database has its own start dates for
indexing, abstracting, and full text; start dates for full-text rights
to individual journals vary within a database."
- Emerald
Library
-
Online
Database available via the Rider University Libraries' home
page/FIND ARTICLES
-
The Emerald Library contains full text of 130 journals from the fields of
management, human resources, marketing, and similar disciplines.
- Predicasts F&S Index
- Reference Z 7165 .U5 F23
- "F&S Index United States covers company, product,
and industry information from over 750 financial publications,
business-oriented newspapers, trade magazines and special
reports. Indexes contain information on corporate acquisitions
and mergers, new products, technological developments, and social and
political factors affecting business. ... The Industries &
Products section reports on new products, new capacities, product
demand, end uses, and sales. Also included are general economic
factors such as population, wages, consumer spending, business
investment, construction outlays and government regulation and
spending. This section also includes company information from the
volume 2, Companies, covering plant capacities, plant and equipment
expenditures, market data, and new products and technology. ... The
Companies section contains merger and acquisition data, joint venture
information, sales and profits, analyses of companies by securities
firms, and other corporate and financial data."
-
Identify Trade
Organizations, Publications and Trade Shows:<
- Associations on the Net
- National Trade and
Professional Associations of the U.S.
- Encyclopedia of
Associations (Gale Research Company)
-
Find
Information about Specific Companies in the Industry:
- Business
& Company Resource Center
-
Online
Database available via the Rider University Libraries' home
page/FIND ARTICLES
- International Directory of
Company Histories
- Reference HD 2709 .U7 .H55
- Value Line
-
Located
at the Circulation Desk of Moore Library for Reference use.
- Hoover's Handbook of American
Business
- Reference HD 2709 .H55
- Hoover's Company Capsules & Profiles are also
available via ABI-INFORM
LEARNING ABOUT THE CONSUMERS:
DEMOGRAPHICS
- New Jersey State Data Center
- Census State Data Centers
-
American FactFinder
- New Jersey
Municipal Databook
Reference HT 123.5
.N5 N53
- This annual publication provides a basic overview of each
of the 566 municipalities in the state of New Jersey. Categories
of information about municipalities include: Demographics and
Socio-economic Characteristics, School System, Municipal Services,
Housing and Construction, Government Officials, Public Library, Debt,
Municipal Finance and Taxes. County information is provided
within the following categories: Education, Government and Taxes.
- America's Top-Rated
Cities
Reference HA 214 .A43
- Editor and Publisher
Market Guide
Reference HF 5905 .E38
LEARNING
ABOUT THE CONSUMERS: ECONOMICS
Including
Consumer Expenditures, Payroll & Number of
Business Establishments:
- Census Bureau Economic
Programs
- Monthly Retail Trade and Food
Services
- Sales & Marketing
Management: Survey of Buying Power
- Available via ABI-INFORM
via the Libraries' home page/FIND ARTICLES.
Search via
the Publication Search for: Sales
& Marketing Management.
The Survey of Buying Power
is an annual issue. Earlier issues available: Reference HC 110
.C6 S97
- Consumer Expenditure Survey
- ACCRA Cost of Living Index
- Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics
- Competitive Alternatives
- For
more
statistical data:
PUTTING THE PLAN TOGETHER:
ADDITIONAL SOURCES THAT MIGHT BE USEFUL
-
Legal
Information/Regulations:
- New Jersey Administrative Code
- Reference Extension KFN 1835 .A2 N48
- Business.gov (The
Official Business Link to the U.S. Government)
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission
-
Competition:
- Market Share Reporter: An
Annual Compilation of Reported Market Share Data on Companies
- Reference HF 5410 .M35
- Arranged by SIC code, this annual publication lists the
percent of market share of products and services of companies such as
department stores, computer manufacturers, etc.
- Business Rankings Annual
- D&B Business Rankings
-
Reference USA
-
Online
Database available via the Rider University Libraries' home
page/FIND ARTICLES
"The ReferenceUSA database contains, in module format,
detailed information on more than 12 million U.S. businesses; 102
million U.S. residents; 683,000 U.S. health care providers; 1 million
Canadian businesses; and 11 million Canadian residents."
Funded by the New Jersey State Library and the New Jersey Knowledge
Initiative
-
Commerce and Tourism:
- NJ Commerce: Business
Prosperity for the New Century
- Chamber of Commerce
International Directory
- Tourism Offices Worldwide
Directory
- New Jersey Business
(Periodical)
- Located in the Periodicals Room at Moore Library
- New Jersey Economic
Indicators (Periodical)
- Employment & the
Economy (in New Jersey) (Periodical)
- (Three different publications, one for each of the
following New Jersey regions: Northern NJ region; Central NJ region;
Southern NJ region)
- http://www.state.nj.us/labor/lra
(via Press Releases & Publications: Regional Employment and the
Economy)
- Also located in the Periodicals Room at Moore Library
-
Financial
and Operating Ratios to help Commercial Bankers
make Better Lending Decisions:<
- Almanac of Business and
Industrial Financial Ratios (Leo Troy)
- Reference HF 5681 .R25 T68
- Financial and operating ratios for about 192
industries, with 50 tax-based performance indicators based on actual
IRS tax return data. Arranged by the North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS).
- RMA Annual Statement
Studies (Robert Morris Association)
- Industry Norms and Key
Business Ratios
- Reference HF 5681 .R25 I525
-
More Small
Business Sources:
- U.S. Small Business
Administration
- Federal Trade Commission
for the Consumer: Franchise & Business Opportunities Rule
- Inc.com: The Resource for
Growing Companies
- Thinking like an Entrepreneur
-
Locating
Government Information:
- FirstGov
- Google/unclesam
- Search government sites (great for statistics,
demographics, and legal information)
- The Official State of New
Jersey web site
- OSHA (U.S. Dept.
of Labor, Occupational Safety & Health Administration)
- Laws & regulations; Safety/Health Topics
- Internal Revenue Service, Tax
Information for Businesses
-
Scroll the Directory to locate "Audit
Technique Guides (ATG)". Also, follow the link: Small Business
& Self-Employed One-Stop Resource - see Industries/Professions.
-
Linking
Sites for More Sources:
- CEOExpress
- Small Business Information
- Entrepreneurs
- Michigan eLibrary
- http://web.mel.org
- Follow link to: MeL Internet Site; THEN
to: Business, Economics & Labor; THEN to: Small Business, Including
Home-based Business
- morebusiness.com: By
entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs
- Entrepreneur.com
To Locate Books in Rider University
Libraries
-
Access
the Rider University Libraries' Online Catalog
- Available via the Rider University Libraries' home page/ONLINE
CATALOG
- Search for books using the following Library of Congress
Subject Headings:
- Small Business Management
- New Business Enterprises Planning
- Franchises
- Entrepreneurship
- Personnel Management
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