This is a guide to selected sources of industry information, both in print copy in the Turchin Library or electronically through the Web or Library databases . For assistance, please see a member of the library staff, call x5376, or email us (horn@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu).
Web Databases from Tulane
ABI/INFORM Global Management Databases (1987-present). Features abstracts and full text articles from over 800 periodicals, including much of the academic and popular business press. Newspapers are not included in this index. ABI can be searched by using the name of the industry as a subject phrase.
Business & Industry. Full text and abstracts from over 600 trade and business publications, including newspapers, from over 30 countries. Contains facts, figures, trends, forecasts and industry overviews. It allows a search according to type of industry, dates, concepts, SICs, geographical areas, and keywords.
Dow-Jones News Retrieval. Full text of the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, the Washington Post, as well as 3500 other news sources and business periodicals. Within the Publications Library, an industry can be selected, along with dates and keywords. Financial ratio comparisons between a company and the industry can be done in the Company and Industry Center portion of the database. It also lists web sites by industry, which can be a handy way to find industry sponsored, Web-based information.
CD ROM Sources in the Turchin Library
Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys. Quarterly cumulation
of weekly reports issued by S&P on
52 industries. Includes charts, graphs, and text
on recent developments, industry basics, and
comparative company analysis within each industry.
Also available in print.
Value Line Investment Survey, Expanded Investment Survey, Selection
& Opinion, and
OTC Special Situation Service. Quarterly
reports on companies arranged by industry,
including weekly and biweekly selections and recommendations.
Latest Print edition is kept
behind the Desk.
Bloomberg Financial Service
While the Bloomberg service is not primarily an industry analytic tool, news items are archived by industry type. Type TKI to see a list of the industries, and follow the menu system, or type NI and the four letter symbol for a specific industry to get news regarding that industry.
Print Sources in the Turchin Library
Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys. Reference HG 4961 .S74 Quarterly cumulation of weekly reports issued by S&P on 52 industries. Includes charts, graphs, and text on recent developments, industry basics, and comparative company analysis within each industry. The historical volumes are in the Industry section in the library.
U.S. Industry Profiles: the Leading 100. Reference HC 102 .S828 1998. Profiles 100 industries and leading companies within these industries. Within each industry there is a list of associations & societies, periodicals & newsletters, databases, statistical sources, general works, and a bibliography of material for further reading.
Standard & Poor's Monthly Investment Review. IND HG 4961
.S7 A monthly review and price
graphs for 115 industries, along with recent financial information
on the leading companies within each of the industries and a buy/sell rating.
Moody's Industry Review. IND HG 4961 .M75 A biweekly loose-leaf service, this publication covers 137 industry groups. It includes a ranked list of companies in each industry according to 12 key financial, operating, and investment criteria, in addition to a comparison of financial statistics for the leading companies.
IndustriScope. FIN HG 4915 .M5 A monthly publication which compares
financial figures of
companies within industry groups. Includes stock price, price change,
relative price, share holdings, revenue, earnings, dividends and ratio
analysis.
Service Industries USA. IND HD 9981.1 .S47. Presents analytical
data on the domestic service
industry. Covers 151 industries arranged by SIC. Lists general statistics,
selected ratios, leading
companies, occupation % within the industry, and data by state.
Manufacturing USA. Reference HG4961.S73 1998. Includes industry analyses, statistics and leading companies, both public and private. 2 vol. set arranged by SIC.
U.S. Industry & Trade Outlook '98. Reference HC106.82.U16 1997. Overviews of 50 different industries, with tables, graphs, growth projections, and list of references.
Encyclopedia of Global Industries. Reference HC100.E53 1996. History, development, and current status of 115 worldwide industries, including leading producers.
Encyclopedia of American Industries. Reference HC102.E53 1998.
Volume 1 includes the manufacturing industries, and the second volume covers
service and non-manufacturing industries. Includes industry snapshot, background
and development, industry leaders, domestic vs. international markets,
work force, research & technology, and references for further reading.
Financial Ratios
Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios. IND HF 5681
.R25 T68 This annual
publication lists financial and operating ratios for industry groups,
arranged by SIC code, based on information released by the IRS. It therefore
includes all corporations which are required to file tax returns, although
the data is slow to be released by the IRS.
Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios. IND HF 5681.R25D8 Contains
balance sheets and
income statements as well as "common size" financial figures for 5
different industries. Also provides 14 indicators of performance.
RMA Annual Statement Studies. IND HF 5681 .B2 R6 Financial and
operating ratios for 425
industries. Information is obtained from member banks, and only companies
with less than $250
million are included. A bibliography of sources of composite financial
data is also included.
Standard & Poor's Analysts' Handbook. IND HG 4961.S77 Provides
per share amounts for
selected income account and balance sheet items. Calculations are derived
from the S&P industry group stock price indexes from 1960 to date.
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