LibGuides: Job and Career Research: Company & Industry Research

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Search for Duke Library Materials - Companies & Industry

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Company and Industry Research

Recommended Handbooks

Hoover’s Handbooks
Current profiles of major companies and other enterprises. Profiles usually include an overview; history; listings of executives. Locations vary. Check catalog for locations.
Vault Guides
Insider guides to specific types of companies/industries. Additional Vault Guides available in the Ford Library's 'Career Collection' and the Vault library online

Online Library Resources for Company & Industry Research

Duke Library provides access to a variety of databases and research tools that are helpful for researching industry information and company specifics.

Encyclopedia of Associations
Provides information on associations, organizations, and professional societies. Contains detailed listings for organizations all over the world.
Hoover's Company Profiles
Find up-to-date proprietary editorial content covering more than 40,000 public and non-public companies and 225,000 key executives.
NexisUni (formerly LexisNexis)
Contains company dossiers, officer lists and extensive company information.
Standard & Poor's Net Advantage
Contains company profiles and in-depth strategic and financial information on publicly held U.S. corporations. Includes company records for parent companies plus subsidiaries, divisions, and affiliates. Profiles also include contact information.

Directories & Reference

The Foundation Directory (online access is available but restricted; see a Perkins Reference Librarian for assistance)
Latest at Perkins Reference Desk AS911 .A2 F686

Ward's Business directory of U.S. private and public companies
Latest in Perkins Ref. HG4057 .A565

The Career Guide: Dun's employment opportunities directory
Parsippany, N.J. : Dun's Marketing Services, c1984- v.
Latest in Perkins Ref. HF5382.5.U5 D86

The National Job Bank: a Comprehensive Guide to Major Employers in the Nations Key Job Markets
Latest in Perkins Ref. HF5382.75.U6 N38
Provides employer profiles, including contact information (and, where possible, also the contact person by name and title) and a description of the company's products and/or services.