LEJA 306:

Resources for Corporate Background Investigations

 

 

Basic Company Information

 

Directory of Corporate Affiliations. New Providence, NJ: National Register Publishing, annual. (Ref HG 4057.A219)

 

Hoover's Handbook of American Business 2007. Austin, TX: The Reference Press, annual. (Reference Desk HG 4057.H66)

 

International Directory of Company Histories. London: St. James Press, 1988- . 82+ v. (Ref HD 2721.I57)

 

Value Line Investment Survey. New York: Bernhard, weekly. (online and near Reference Desk, by pillar)

 

Philanthropic & Social Information

 

Center for Responsive Politics

 

Foundation Directory. New York: The Foundation Center, annual. (Ref AS 911.A2F65)

 

Newsmeat.com

 

SocialFunds.com

 

Legal Information

 

LexisNexis AcademicèLegal researchèArea of Law by Topic

                             èLegal researchèLegal News

 

U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration inspections

                             èEstablishment Search

Personal Information

 

Biography and Genealogy Master Index. Detroit: Gale, online.

 

Corporate Yellow Book: Who’s Who at the Leading U.S. Companies. New York:Monitor Leadership Directories, quarterly. (Ref HG 4057.A15646)

 

International Directory of Business Biographies. Detroit: St. James Press, 2005. (Ref HC 29.I57 2005)

 

Standard & Poor’s Register of Corporations, Directors, and Executives. New York: Standard & Poor’s, annual. Volume 2 is biographical. (Ref HG 4057.A4)

 

Who’s Who in Finance & Industry. Wilmette, IL: Marquis Who’s Who, annual. (Ref HF 3023.A2W512) Included in Who's Who on the Web (online).

 

Indexes to Articles                                                                

 

ABI/Inform

                   Index to major business journals, some full text.

 

America's Newspapers

                   Articles from local newspapers across the country.

 

LexisNexis Academic

-for newspapers, including full text of the New York Times and citations to Wall

Street Journal, choose NewsèGeneral NewsèMajor Papers

-for full articles in trade papers, magazines, newswires, etc., choose

BusinessèBusiness NewsèBusiness & Finance or

BusinessèIndustry & MarketèBanking News

-for SEC Filings, choose

BusinessèSEC Filings & Reportsè10-K Reports or Proxy Statements

 

Business Source Elite

Index to major business journals, some full text.

 

Citing Sources in APA Format   

 

http://www.apastyle.org/elecsource.html

 

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html#Examples

 

RefWorks

 

 

                                                                                                                                 Jeanne Stierman – 2/07