Corporations--Research
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The following guide provides Web site links, a list of selected
books, and access to online periodical articles about this subject.
The Web site links have been researched, evaluated, and annotated by
Rio Hondo College Librarians. The Librarians have specifically
selected these Web sites to meet the research needs of Rio Hondo
College students
Web Site Links
How to Search for Company Information
Los Angeles Public Library
: Company Information Online Research Guide
http://www.lapl.org/resources/guides/bus-research/index.html
Excellent online guide for resources on the Internet.
The New York Public Library : Searching
for Company Information http://www.nypl.org/research/sibl/company/c2index.htm
An excellent guide to seeking, finding, and retrieving
company information.
Researching Companies Online
http://www.learnwebskills.com/company/index.html
13 easy steps to finding company
information of various kinds.
Search Engines
Yahoo!
Commercial Directory - Business and Economy
http://dir.yahoo.com/business_and_economy/
On this page note especially these two links: Directories and Finance
and Investment. Click on either of them for many options in
finding company and other business and
investment information.
Web Sites for Company Information
AnnualReports.com http://www.annualreports.com/
Current annual reports from over 2,200 companies full text online.
EDGAR
Database
http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/webusers.htm
EDGAR = "Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval," the Securities
and Exchange Commission's database of the various documents (filings),
all full text online since 1994 to the present, that publicly held
companies doing business in the United States are required to file
with the SEC.
Los Angeles Times Stock Quotes
http://www.latimes.com/business/
In the box under "Investing Tips and Tools," type in a company
symbol. A "Company
Profile" page results, including the latest information about the
price of a company's stock.
Online Databases (Rio Hondo Students only)
ProQuest http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?ReqType=301&UserId=IPAuto&Passwd=IPAuto&JSEnabled=1&TS=942248466
Can look up information and get current news in ProQuest on
individual corporations.
Books
The following books can be located in the
Rio Hondo College Library.
Annual Report
Call number: Ref HG100
Shelved alphabetically by company name in pamphlet boxes
International Directory of Company Histories
Call number: Ref HD2721.I63 1988
An ongoing series
with a cumulative index to all previous volumes. Excellent
histories of thousands of companies, with updates as appropriate in
successive volumes.
Related information about business, economics, finance, investing, management
Economic report of the President transmitted to the Congress
Call number: Ref HC106.5.A272
Also available on the Web at:
http://www.access.gpo.gov/eop/index.html
Encyclopedia of management
Call number: Ref HD30.15.E49 2000
Guide to economic indicators
Call number: Ref HC103.F9 2000
Hoover's handbook of
private companies
Call number: Ref HG4057.A28616 2002
Hoover's handbook of
world business
Call Number: Ref HG4009.H66 2002
The Lists (Los Angeles Business Journal)
Call number: Ref HD2798.C2L6
Suggested Subject Headings
For additional titles on this topic at Rio Hondo, click on the
following Library of Congress subject headings:
Researched and evaluated by:
D. Yashar, Librarian 5/1999
last update: D. Yashar, Librarian 8/2008