Industry Data Sources

This guide lists items found mainly in the Otto G. Richter Library, 1st floor Reference collection, unless otherwise indicated. Many more titles are available in UM Libraries. Please check IBISWEB, UMs online catalog for others. You can search IBISWEB by author, title, subject and keyword. Please ask library staff at the Reference Desk for assistance.

a selected list of reference sources

Business Information Sources

Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources.
Lists sources of information (trade associations, periodicals, handbooks, statistical sources) for over 1,000 different industries and business subject areas. Official guide to the US Dept. of Commerces 6-digit industry classification system. Official guide to the US Dept. of Commerces 4-digit industry classification system.

Richter Reference HF 5353 .E9

North American Industry Classification System: United States. Standard Industrial Classification Manual.

http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html http://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/sic_manual.html

Directories
Bests Insurance Reports. Life/Health, United States & Canada. Bests Insurance Reports. Property/Casualty, United States & Canada. Bests Pocket Key Rating Guide. Life-Health. Bests Pocket Key Rating Guide. Property-Casualty. Encyclopedia of American Industries.
Performance ratings, overviews, financial and investment data for over 1,750 U.S. insurance companies.

Richter Reference HG 8943 .B3 Richter Reference HG 9655 .B5

Performance ratings, overviews, financial and investment data for over 2,600 U.S. insurance companies.

Arranged by SIC code, provides industry snapshots, organization and structure, background and development, current conditions, industry leaders, work force, research and technology for 460 manufacturing industries (volume 1) and 544 service industries (volume 2).

Richter Reference HG 8525 .B475 Richter Reference HG 8525 .B47 Richter Reference HC 102 .E53

Mergent Online S&P NetAdvantage

http://www.library.miami.edu/search/eresources/infos heet.php?service_id=545 http://www.library.miami.edu/search/eresources/infos heet.php?service_id=575

Indexes
American Statistics Index via Lexis-Nexis Statistical.
Index to statistical data in U.S. government publications. Index to statistical data in commercial sources and state publications.

Statistical Reference Index via Lexis-Nexis Statistical.

http://www.library.miami.edu/search/eresources/infos heet.php?service_id=195 http://www.library.miami.edu/search/eresources/infos heet.php?service_id=195

Overviews/Statistics
Current Industrial Reports Economic Census
U.S. Dept. of Commerce provides industry overviews on various industries, includes manufacturing, mining, and construction. Includes titles such as Census of Retail Trade, Census of Service Industries, Census of Wholesale Trade, plus more. Industry-based financial averages, organized by SIC code. Key financial information, operating data and ratios on approximately 3,500 public companies arranged in 137 industry groups. Industry-based financial averages, organized by SIC code. Arranged by industry group, provides an overview of major industry from an investment perspective. Includes forecasts of future growth and analysis of past performance of public companies. Time series data for commodities, production and labor, price indexes, energy, banking and finance, and transportation.

http://www.census.gov/cir/www/ind_num.html http://www.census.gov/econ/census02/ Richter Secure Access HF 5681 .R25 I53 http://www.library.miami.edu/search/eresources/infos heet.php?service_id=545 Richter Secure Access HF 5681 .B2 R6 http://www.library.miami.edu/search/eresources/infos heet.php?service_id=575 Richter Reference HG 4915 .S68a Richter Mezzanine - U.S. Documents C 61.48 http://www.library.miami.edu/search/eresources/infos heet.php?service_id=396

Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios. Mergent Online.

RMA Annual Statement Studies.

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage.

Standard & Poor's Statistical Service. U.S. Industry & Trade Outlook. Value Line Investment Survey.

Investment advisory service which analyzes the performance of numerous industries.

The term "database" is used to label a wide variety of literature research tools including periodical indexes and abstracts, online encyclopedias, online directories and online article databases. The vast majority of the resources labeled "databases" are periodical indexes. Periodical indexes enable you to find out which articles on your topic exist in journals, conference proceedings and magazines. A search on a periodical index results in citations to articles. You then need to search our catalog, IBISWEB, to see if we carry the journal sought in a specific citation. If we do carry the journal, write down the Call Number and location of the journal in the library (Richter 1st Floor, Richter Stacks, etc.), beside the citation. To retrieve the journal article, locate the journal by Call Number and retrieve the correct volume and issue number. If Richter Library does not carry the journal sought, it can be requested through Inter-Library Loan. A small percentage of the library's journal holdings are available online. Not only can you search for articles on your topic but you can retrieve the full-text article online, from your desktop. You can then read or print the article. These databases are referred to as "fulltext" databases. Databases that provide article citations only are referred to as "Periodical Indexes and Abstracts". The following list of databases is accessible from the librarys web site at:

Article Indexes/Databases

http://www.library.miami.edu/search/eresources/databases.html Full-Text Databases Business and Company Resource Center. EbscoHosts Business Source Premier. Investext Plus.
Provides industry investment reports.

Provides industry snapshot and investment reports. Find industry data from the source titled, Industry Yearbook.

Value Line Investment Survey (weekly).

Investment advisory service which analyzes the performance of numerous industries.

http://www.library.miami.edu/search/eresources/infos heet.php?service_id=51 http://www.library.miami.edu/search/eresources/infos heet.php?service_id=377 http://www.library.miami.edu/search/eresources/infos heet.php?service_id=131 http://www.library.miami.edu/search/eresources/infos heet.php?service_id=396 http://www.library.miami.edu/search/eresources/infos heet.php?service_id=290

Wall Street Journal via ABI/Complete.

Locate full-text articles on industries.

Prepared by Doris Jui, School of Business Administration Information Resource Center, May 2007.