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 Use reference sources for quick look-ups, to verify basic
facts,
such as an address, the official form of a company's name, even
the simple existence of a company, and a good deal more.
Quick reference:
- Hoover's Handbooks
(They correspond to the premium content on the Hoovers
web site.) These books provide nicely laid-out, two-page profiles for the largest and most
influential public, private, international and emerging companies. Each profile includes a
company history, company products or services, financial performance, and a list of
competitors.
Hoover's Handbook
of American Business (REF HG 4057 .A28617)
Hoover's Handbook of Emerging Companies (REF HG 4057
.A28618)
Hoover's Handbook of Private Companies (REF HG 4057 .A28616)
Hoover's Handbook of World Business (MEM REF HG 4009 .H66)
- International Directory of Company Histories (REF HD 2721 .I63 1988)
This multi-volume set (now at 50+ volumes!) has well-written narrative histories for
companies.
- Mergent Manuals
(formerly called Moody Manuals) Annual, with monthly updates in print, weekly
updates online.
Each entry in this set includes a brief corporate history, subsidiaries, officers,
directors, comparative income statements, and balance sheets; the set covers 18,000+
companies. Use the Mergent Complete Corporate Index to locate a particular
company within the set.
Mergent Company
Archives Manual (REF HG 4028 .M4 M43)
(A new manual, it "contains the final statistical record of 2,700 companies
which have merged, were acquired, went bankrupt or otherwise disappeared
as private companies from 1996 forward.)
Mergent Corporate News Reports (REF HG 4961
.M63) A monthly update service
Mergent Bank and Finance Manual (REF HG 4961 .M65)
Mergent Industrial Manual (REF HG 4961 .M67)
Mergent Municipal and Government Manual (REF HG 4931 .M6)
Mergent OTC Industrial Manual (REF HG 4961 .M675x)
Mergent OTC Unlisted Manual (REF HG 4905 .M856x)
Mergent Public Utility Manual (REF HG 4961 .M7245)
Mergent Transportation Manual (REF HG 4971 .M74)
Mergent International Manual (REF HG 4009 .M66)
Mergent Complete Corporate Index (REF HG 4961 .M66)
- Ward's Private Company
Profiles (REF HG 4009 .W374)
Directories: 
Wisconsin & Illinois:
- Wisconsin Business Service
Directory (REF HD 9981.7 .W6 W57)
- Wisconsin Manufacturers Directory (REF HD 2328 .C57)
- Illinois Manufacturers Directory ( REF HD 2328 .I47)
- Illinois Services Directory (REF HD 9980.3 .I47)
National:
- Ward's Business Directory of US Private and Public Companies
(REF HG 4057 .A575)
- ReferenceUSA:
this database has brief records for over 12 million public and private companies,
governmental bodies, schools, non-profits, etc.
- D&B Million Dollar Directory (REF HC 102 .D8)
International:
- D&B Principal International Businesses (REF HF 54 .U5 P74)
- Directory of Multinationals (REF HD 2755.5 .S783)
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