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To access these databases
please go to the Pace Library home page (http://library.pace.edu)
or use the links provided on this page. Click on Articles via Databases
and choose Business from the Subject Research Area drop-down
menu.
- Business
& Company Resource Center -- Contains investment
reports, company profiles, company histories, rankings and industry
overviews. This database is organized by company name. You can also
search for all companies in a given industry and/or geographic area.
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Business Source Premier -- Search for articles or
click on Company Profiles for information on individual companies.
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Hoover’s Online -- Search by company name to locate
a company's web page, address, most recent sales figures, and a
list of a few key competitors. Use the industry search to locate
a multi-page industry profile with links to the home pages (when
available) of an industry's trade publications and associations.
- Lexis-Nexis
Universe -- Full-text database of news, business,
medical and legal resources, including highly specialized trade
journals, leading national and international newspapers, SEC documents,
state and federal statistics and case law. Allows you to search
today's news for a particular company or industry.
- Mergent
Online -- Best Features: The advanced search feature allows
you to limit your search to companies by number of employees, state,
city, region, and more. This database contains information on the
following:
- 10,000 public companies, including current and historical annual
reports, their SEC filings, as well as current press releases and
news about the company.
- Also included is International Company Data on more companies
from more countries than any other international database, including
timely annual reports.
- Click on "Enter Mergent Online" in the upper
left hand corner to access the database.
- NetAdvantage
-- Company and industry information from Standard and
Poor's. Also includes the Register of Corporations, Directors and
Executives (searchable by schools attended).
- Regional
Business News -- This database contains business news from regional
publications such as:
Crain's New York Business
Crain's Small Business -- New York / Westchester
Long Island Business News
Westchester County Business Journal
Westchester Update
- Vault.com
-- Access over 60 guides on industries, careers, company
profiles, employer profiles and other valuable information when
searching for a career. Also, there are PDF versions of Vault Industry
& Career Guidebooks.
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WEB
SITES
For additional web sites,
please go to the Pace Library home page (http://library.pace.edu),
click on Reference
Resources and then choose as your subject area Company/Industry.
- Occupational
Outlook Handbook (http://www.bls.gov/oco/)
This reference book from the U.S. Department of Labor is available
online. It describes what workers do on the job, working conditions,
the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects
in a wide range of occupations.
(Also, check out the print version in the library - Mortola Reference
Desk HF5381 .U62)
- O*Net
(http://online.onetcenter.org/) This site allows you to match your
skills with a career.
- New
York's Job Bank
(http://www.ajb.org/ny/?) Find job postings by category and location.
- Company
Information Guide: Company Research on the Web (http://www.virtualchase.com/coinfo)
-- This well-organized, authoritative research guide
provides eight steps for finding information about companies on
the web. The guide directs the user to web sites offered for
free, websites for subscribers only and websites that charge a fee.
- Corporateinformation.com (http://www.corporateinformation.com)
-- Both a meta-site and a search engine. Focuses on
providing access to web-based information on companies throughout
the world. Searches include: a company; a country's industry;
research by country; research reports; research by state; and news
updates. [Free, but registration is required]
- Searching
for Company Information (http://www.nypl.org/research/sibl/company/c2index.htm)
-- Excellent research guide from the New York Public
Library.
- BizLink:
Your on-line Business Resource (http://www.bizlink.org) --
An excellent, selective, annotated directory of resources that support
the local, national, and international business communities, and
others conducting business research.
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WESTCHESTER
COUNTY JOB RESOURCES
BOOKS
All of the sources listed
are available in the Mortola Library. "Ref Desk" books are
located at the Reference Desk. "Ref" items are located in
the Reference area on the first floor. "Stacks" items are
on the second floor (and can be checked out of the library).
**Many of these titles are also available at other libraries and
bookstores.
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General
resources are listed first, followed by sources for the following
specific professions:
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General
Sources
- Business Rankings
Annual
HG 4050.B88 2006 Mortola Ref Desk
Crain's New York Business. Book of Lists
HG5058.N5 T6 2002 Mortola Ref Desk
This annual publication contains rankings of New York's largest
employers.
Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance
HF5381 .E52 2003 Mortola Ref
Hoover's Handbook of World Business Mortola Ref Desk HG4009
.H66 2005
Series of books published by Hoovers. All are organized alphabetically
by company name. One or two page entries cover the following: history,
executives, brand names, key competitors, and up to 10 years financial
information.
Million Dollar Directory
Mortola Ref HC102.D8 2004 (vols. 1-5)
"America's Leading Public and Private Companies." Lists
basic information about the top 160,000 companies which includes
136,000 private.
Value Line Investment
Survey Regular Edition
Mortola Ref Desk HG4501 V26
(regular updates)
Now
available online!
Preceding company analyses is a brief (but substantive) industry
study. Selected companies belonging to respective industries are
analyzed within the context of timeliness or un-timeliness of its
stocks/shares offerings. Use the index sheets (separate binder)
to access topics.
Accounting
Firms
Who Audits America
Menlo Park, CA: Data Financial Press.
Mortola Ref HF5667 .W52 2004
A directory of publicly traded companies and the accounting firms and
their auditors.
Advertising/Marketing/Media/Public
Relations
- Direct Marketing
Market Place Hewlett Harbor, NY: Hilary House Publishers, 2003.
Mortola Ref HF5415.1 .D57 2003
The networking source of the direct marketing industry. Lists direct
marketers, service companies, creative sources, professional groups,
photographers and paper suppliers among others.
- GreenBook: Worldwide
Directory of Marketing Research Companies and Services New York:
New York Chapter, Inc. American Marketing Association, c1992-.
Mortola Ref HF5415.2.G69 2004/05
Contains information in 300 categories on more than 1,500 market
research companies, consultants, field services, computer services,
and survey research companies. Indexed by specialty, industry, company
computer program and personnel.
Consulting
- Consultants and Consulting
Organizations Directory Detroit: Gale Research, Co. c
1973-.
Mortola Ref HD69.C6 C65 1999 (vols. 1-2)
Provides information on over 24,000 consulting organizations and
individual consultants in all fields.
Financial
Services
- Nelson's Directory
of Investment Managers Port Chester, NY: Nelson Publications,
c1988-.
Mortola Ref HG4907.N42 2004 (vols. 1-3)
Provides detailed profiles for more than 2,500 money management
firms, including 1, 3, 5, and 10 year performance results.
Securities Industry
Yearbook New York: Securities Industry Association. 1980-.
Mortola Ref HG4907 .S398 2004/05
Published by the securities industry's trade organization, this annual
guide covers securities firms in North America. The directory gives
basic information for each firm along with industry-wide rankings
and statistics.
- Standard and Poor's
Security Dealers of North America New York: Standard &
Poor's Corp.
Mortola Ref HG4501 .S73 Spring 2001
Geographical listing of over 12,000 stock, bond, and commodity dealers.
- Foreign
Employment
Directory of American
Firms Operating in Foreign Countries New York, Uniworld
Business Pubs.
Mortola Ref HG4538.A1 D5 2005 (vols. 1-3)
This three volume set shows American firms who have subsidiaries or
affiliates outside the United States. Volume 1 is arranged alphabetically
by company name, volumes 2 and 3 contain listings by country.
Directory of Foreign
Firms Operating in the United States New York: Simon & Schuster.
Mortola Ref HG4057 .D57 2002
Lists nearly 1600 foreign firms in 50 countries, and more than 2500
businesses in the US, which they own, wholly or in part. Addresses
of both foreign and American firms are given with telephone and fax
numbers, number of employees and primary product or service.
Principal International
Businesses: the World Marketing Directory New York:
Dun & Bradstreet.
Mortola Ref HF54.U5 P74 2005/06
Provides information about major businesses in over 140 countries.
Geographic arrangement with company name and product indexes.
Government
and Nonprofit Sectors
- Encyclopedia of Associations
Detroit: Gale Research.
Mortola Ref Desk HS17.G332 (vols. 1-3)
International Organizations
Mortola Ref Desk HS17.E5 2004 (vols. 1-2)
Lists agencies alphabetically within subject categories. Use index
in last volume to find specific organizations/associations. Short
paragraph with description of association given along with contact
information including e-mail and web addresses.
The Green Book: Official
Directory of the City of New York. New York: The City, 1984-.
Mortola Ref JS1222 .A3 1998/1999
**(See more recent editions at Birnbaum and Law Library Reference)
A comprehensive guide to city agencies. Entries include fax numbers,
website addresses (if available), phone numbers, key personnel. Some
departments have descriptive entries. For information on New York
City government, see also http://www.nyc.gov.
- The United States
Government Manual Washington, DC: Office of the
Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General
Services Administration, 1973-.
Mortola Ref Desk JK421 .A3 2004/05
Official organization handbook of the federal government. Gives
information on the agencies and quasi-agencies of the different
branches of the government. Agency descriptions include the chief
officials, purpose and role in the federal government, brief histories
and more. Available online at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/index.htm
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- Publishing
- Literary Market Place:
LMP New York: R.R. Bowker, c1988- .
Mortola Ref PN161 .L5 2002 (vols. 1 & 2)
Two volume set. Lists over 15,000 firms or organizations offering
services related to the publishing industry.
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