- Business Organizations, Agencies, and Publications Directory. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1980- . Biennial. (ASU owns 1986- . Latest year in Reference; earlier in Journals.)
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HF 3010 .B87 HAYDEN REFERENCE (located at Reference Desk)
Among other things, lists trade and business organizations, trade and convention centers, foreign consulates, and franchise companies.
- Daniells, Lorna M. Business Information Sources. 3rd ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993.
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HF 5351 .D36x 1993 HAYDEN REFERENCE (located at Reference Desk)
Commonly called "Daniells," this basic guide identifies the reference sources generally used in business research and describes their contents and organization. Serves as a "road map" to the various types of research materials available.
- Directories in Print. 2 vols. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1980- . Annual. (ASU owns latest year only.)
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AY 2001 .D52x HAYDEN REFERENCE (located at Reference Desk) & SCIENCE REFERENCE (located at Reference Desk)
As the title indicates, this source lists published directories available on a wide variety of subjects. Especially useful for identifying membership rosters of organizations and directories of companies of a certain type (e.g., a directory of wholesale distributors of apparel).
- Encyclopedia of Associations. 4 vols. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1961- . Annual. (ASU owns 1961- . Latest year in Reference; earlier years in Journals.)
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AS 22 .E5 HAYDEN REFERENCE (located on Podium near Reference Desk) & SCIENCE REFERENCE (located at Reference Desk)
ONLINE ACCESS (Associations Unlimited)
An association of some sort (professional, social, etc.) exists for just about every topic imaginable. These can be extremely useful sources of information. This set of volumes covers, along with basic directory information, what the organization does, whether it issues any publications (newsletters, journals, membership directory, etc.), and whether it has an annual convention.
- Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1970- . Triennial. (ASU owns 1980- . Latest year in Reference; earlier years in Journals.)
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HF 5353 .E9x HAYDEN REFERENCE (located at Reference Desk)
This guide is a detailed list of information sources for specific industries, trades, commodities, products, services, and other business related activities. Subheadings under the alphabetically-listed subjects organize information sources by type, such as: periodicals, directories, abstracting services and indexes, online databases, and trade associations.
- Fuld, Leonard M. New Competitor Intelligence: The Complete Resource for Finding, Analyzing, and Using Information about Your Competitors. New York: Wiley, 1995.
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HD 38.7 .F863 1995 HAYDEN REFERENCE
This book is entirely devoted to the strategies and sources needed to do competitive intelligence research. There are sections on basic intelligence gathering approaches and strategies, information sources, effective analysis, and applying intelligence to decision making.
- Hawbaker, A. Craig, and Judith M. Nixon. Industry and Company Information: Illustrated Search Strategy and Sources. Ann Arbor, MI: Pierian, 1991.
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HF 5356 .H38x 1991 HAYDEN REFERENCE
Step by step guide to researching company and industry information with illustrations of sources recommended.
- How to Find Financial Information about Companies. Washington, D.C.: Washington Researchers, 1990.
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HG 4061 .H69 HAYDEN REFERENCE
Outlines how to research financial information whether for a public company, division, subsidiary, or private company. Includes a discussion of strategies, sources, how to read financials, and how to compile an income statement and a balance sheet.
- How to Find Information about Divisions, Subsidiaries, and Products. Washington, D.C.: Washington Researchers, 1993.
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HD 38.7 .H69x 1993 HAYDEN REFERENCE
Arranged by the type of information needed, this book provides strategies and sources to locate that hard to get information on divisions, subsidiaries, and specific products. A special section is devoted to how to do interviews and formulate the right questions to get the answers needed.
- How to Find Information about Executives. 2nd ed. Washington, D.C.: Washington Researchers, 1989.
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HD 38.25 .U6 H59x 1988 HAYDEN REFERENCE
More than a "how to find biographical information," this source leads through the strategies needed to find out about the operating style and background of executives. There is a special section on how to conduct a telephone interview that gets results.
- How to Find Information about Foreign Firms. Washington, D.C.: Washington Researchers, 1988.
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HD 2785 .H69x 1988 HAYDEN REFERENCE
Both an explanation of strategies and a compendium of sources, this book is designed to help locate hard to find information on foreign companies.
- How to Find Information about Private Companies. Washington, D.C.: Washington Researchers, 1993.
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HD 2771 .H695 HAYDEN REFERENCE
Explains strategies and sources for locating information on private companies through library materials, government data, industry watchers, and industry players. Assists the researcher in finding creative ways to overcome the lack of easy-to-find investor information when a company is privately owned.
- Lavin, Michael R. Business Information: How to Find It, How to Use It. 2nd ed. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx, 1992.
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HF 5356 .L36 1992 HAYDEN REFERENCE
Discusses research methodology, reference tools, company information resources, and statistical sources. Explains how information is organized and accessed and describes the use of specific sources.
- Maier, Ernest L., et. al. Business Library and How to Use It: A Guide to Sources and Research Strategies for Information and Management. Detroit, MI: Omnigraphics, 1996.
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Z 675 .B8 B87 1996 HAYDEN REFERENCE
Covers published sources of business information exclusively in explaining business research strategies and tools. The sources are organized by format type and there is a section on business report writing.
- Pagell, Ruth A. and Michael Halperin. International Business Information: How to Find It, How to Use It. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx, 1998.
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HG 54.5 .P33 1998 HAYDEN REFERENCE
Describes concepts of international business as well as sources of information. Sections cover company information, marketing, industrial and economic statistics, and international transactions.
- Rasie, Lawrence. Directory of Business Information. New York: Wiley, 1995.
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HF 54.52 .U5 R37 1995 HAYDEN REFERENCE (located at Reference Desk)
Identifies sources of business information by industry and business topic with an index to titles, publishers, industries, and topics.
- Strauss, Diane Wheeler. Handbook of Business Information: A Guide for Librarians, Students, and Researchers. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1988.
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HF 5351 .S77x HAYDEN REFERENCE
This guide to the literature of business is less comprehensive than Daniells, but far more explanatory. This book walks you through business fundamentals, explaining basic concepts and vocabulary, and describes and explains how to use key reference works, often giving representative examples of the publications themselves. The first 8 chapters cover business information according to format (bibliographies, directories, handbooks, statistics, databases, etc.), while chapters 9 through 18 focus on specific fields of business.
- Yahoo! - Business and Economy:Organizations:Trade Associations
The Yahoo web directory includes a section devoted to listing trade association web sites which can be useful in locating industry information. The listing is alphabetical by association name and can be used on its own or in combination with the Encyclopedia of Associations (see entry in this section) which identifies associations by subject. Not all associations will have a web site and not all the ones that do will provide industry statistics or other meaningful industry information. But the information available on many association web sites is well worth the search.
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