The Rockville
Library Business Information Center houses a large
collection of reference volumes in the area of company research and
other business topics, as well as providing access to electronic
business information. Information about companies, large and small,
local, national, and international can be researched by visiting
the Rockville Library in person or virtually through databases and
web links listed here. Below are examples
of some well-known references for company research.
Websites
Databases
Business & Company
Resource Center
Provides periodical articles, detailed information on companies including
industry rankings and company reports for investors.
Business
Source Elite
Full text articles as well as the Datamonitor report including executives'
biographies.
Mergent Online
Detailed U.S. company information including their SEC filings.
International company information also is available.
ReferenceUSA
More than 12 million U.S. businesses listed with corporate linkage. Listings
can be searched in combinations of categories such as industries, geographical
areas, business size, etc. Good tool for competitor information.
Encyclopedia of Associations via the Gale Directory Library
Information about national, international, and local nonprofit and membership
organizations.
Reading List
Local Directories
Book of Lists by the Washington Business
Journal. (R 338.74025 BOO).
Contains listings of hundreds of the top
area companies in their fields, by rankings.
Harris
Maryland Manufacturers Directory by the Maryland Dept. of Economic and Employment
Development. (R 670 HAR).
Directory of Maryland businesses by company name,
geography, industry, SIC code, and product.
Standard & Poor's
Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives by S&P
Corporation. (R 670 P823R).
U.S., Canadian, and some international corporations are indexed
by Standard Industrial Classification Code, geographical location,
and by executives' and directors' names.
The
Advertising Red Books by LexisNexis. (R 659.1125 ADV).
Advertiser,
business classifications by LexisNexis
International Directories
LexisNexis
Corporate Affiliations
(Who Owns Whom) by LexisNexis. (R 338.8 LEX).
Directory of corporate affiliations
and holding companies.
ReferenceUSA
More than 12 million U.S. businesses listed with corporate linkage. Listings
can be searched in combinations of categories such as industries, geographical
areas, business size, etc. Good tool for competitor information.
