Company and Industry Information
The library provides access to several tools that can be used to analyze companies, stocks and bonds. Several also analyze trends and characteristics of broad industries.
Some recommendations for this project:
- Value Line This link opens in a new windowProvides detailed analysis and key financial ratios for stocks (including Small and Mid Cap) and mutual funds, and overviews of about 100 industry segments.
- SEC DatabaseThe Securities and Exchange Commission requires public companies to disclose meaningful financial and other information to the public. It is the mission of the SEC to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation. This is a free full text database.
- Gale Business: Insights This link opens in a new windowGlobal company, country and business topic overviews, international case studies, Global Histories, SWOT Reports, Thomson Reuters Company Financials and Investment Reports, Market Share Reports, Industry Research Essays, and full-text articles from academic journals, business periodicals, newswires and other media outlets.
- Gale General OneFile This link opens in a new windowAccess to nearly 14,000 periodicals, newspapers, reference books, and multimedia sources, along with over 200,000 images, 3,300 audio files, and thousands of videos. Particularly useful for general reference queries, business searches, and current event research.
- Gale OneFile: Business This link opens in a new windowNearly 4,000 business journals and trade publications covering accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management, and strategy, along with a selection of international, U.S., and regional news publications.