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Industry Information
Many library resources organize industry information by a classification number called an SIC code or the more recent NAICS code. You may need to start by obtaining the industry classification for the industry you are researching.
The following UTSA Library subject guides may also be helpful:
Books
Books and Materials at the UTSA Library
UCAT, UTSA Library Online Catalog
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Databases & Article Searching
- Some databases provide full-text or full-image of articles.
- Some databases provide citations or abstracts only.
If you find articles in a citation-only database, search UCAT to see if the library owns or subscribes to the journal you need.
If the UTSA Library does not subscribe to the journal you need, either in print or an online format:
ABI/INFORM (UTSA subscription)
Provides access to three electronic resources, which can be searched simultaneously: ABI/INFORM Dateline, ABI/INFORM Global, and ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry. ABI/INFORM Global indexes and abstracts well over 1,600 business periodicals, providing a substantial number of full text and page image content. ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry offers more than 700 specific trade and industry publications, while ABI/INFORM Dateline provides access to 150 local, city, state and regional business publications. Together these resources enable researchers to track business conditions, trends, management techniques, corporate strategies, and industry-specific topics worldwide. Updated monthly with some coverage from 1971 to the present.
Business Source Complete (UTSA subscription)
Provides full-text coverage for over 9,400 general and scholarly business journals and other sources covering marketing, management, economics, finance, accounting, and international business. Also includes full-text business books; case studies; investment research, industry, market research, and country reports; and SWOT analyses. Some coverage begins in 1886. Full Text/Full Image
Business & Industry (UTSA subscription)
Focuses on facts, figures, key events, market information and intellectual property information about companies, industries, and products. Draws content from approximately 1,000 US and international trade journals, business dailies, regional, national and international newspapers, and newsletters. Content is from 1994 to the present with more than 75% of the entries available in full text. Updated daily.
Business and Company Resource Center (UTSA subscription)
Brings together a wide variety of company and industry business information, including company profiles and histories, current and historical stock prices, market share data, industry overviews, brand information, rankings, investment reports including Reuters Research on Demand and Zacks Investment Research Inc., chronologies, and periodical and news articles.Information can be accessed by a variety of search keys including company name/ticker, industry code/description, geographic area, subject, personal name, and journal title. Updated regularly.
TableBase (UTSA subscription)
Specializes exclusively in tabular data on companies, industries, products and demographics. Includes market share, company and brand rankings, industry and product forecasts, production and consumption statistics, imports and exports, usage and capacity, number of users/outlets, trends and more. Data is culled from the more than 1000 trade and business publications, privately published statistical annuals, trade associations, government agencies, non-profit research groups, and investment research group industry reports. Content is from 1996 to the present. Updated frequently.
See also: UTSA Library subject guide for Corporate Information: Databases & Article Searching
See also: Databases by Subject >Business, Finance and Economics.
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Industry Classification
Standard Industrial Classification Manual (SIC codes)
Location: JPL Reference Stacks & JPL Reference Desk HF1042 .A55
Free Website: http://www.osha.gov/oshstats/sicser.html
Lists government SIC codes (4-digit number used to identify industries). Many sources organize industry information by SIC code.
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS codes)
Location: JPL Reference Stacks & Downtown Library Reference HF1042 .N6
Free Website: http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html
Replaces the SIC system. Developed jointly by U.S., Canada and Mexico.
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Industry Overviews / Top 500
Encyclopedia of American Industries, 2nd edition
Location: JPL Reference Stacks HC102 .E53 1998
Vol. 1 covers manufacturing industries, Vol. 2 covers service and non-manufacturing industries.
Standard and Poor's Industry Surveys
Location: JPL Reference Stacks and Downtown Library, Reference HC106.6 .S74
The most current year is kept in JPL Reference Stacks and Downtown Library Reference; previous years back to 1973 are shelved in JPL Stacks. Contains analytical articles on industries broadly defined - such as "Media" - which may then be subdivided into sections indexed separately ("newspaper publishing," " television," etc.) Also useful for data and analysis of individual companies.
S & P Statistical Service: Current Statistics
Location: JPL Reference Stacks HC101 .S74a (loose leaf binder)
Current Statistics (monthly updates) contains a variety of business and industrial statistics such as output, inventories and prices. Basic Statistics (irregular) covers eight broad industry groups plus price indexes, and income and trade statistics. S&P's Statistical Service: Security Price Index Record lists various stock price indexes over time. Contains 12 months record of performance by industrial group. Also has 12 months record of daily high, low, and close of S&P stock price indexes.
U.S. Industry & Trade Outlook
Location: JPL Reference Stacks HC101 .U54
The most current year is kept in JPL Reference Stacks; previous years back to 1998 are shelved in JPL Folio Stacks. Published by DRI/McGraw Hill/US Dept. of Commerce/International Trade Administration. Industry-by-industry overview of the U.S. economy by major industry group. This is the new title for the previous U.S. Industrial Outlook.
Top 500 Corporations in America
Forbes 500s
Free Website: http://www.forbes.com/lists/
Contains a "super 100" list, based on an aggregate of sales, net profits, assets, and market value ranking. Use ABI/INFORM for access to Forbes, where you can get the complete list of the Fortune 500 and search for additional articles.
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Economic Censuses
Bureau of Economic Analysis: Industry Economic Accounts
Free Website: http://www.bea.gov/bea/dn2.htm
The Bureau of Economic Analysis is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Sections include transportation, gross product by industry, capital flow, and tangible wealth. Additional data can be found on Stat-USA. (UTSA subscription.)
Economic censuses (e.g., Census of Manufactures)
Statistical Universe (UTSA subscription)
Free Website: U.S. Census Bureau: Economic Census
Location: JPL Reference Stacks HA 214 .A46 (American Statistics Index)
Washington, D.C.; U.S. Dept of Commerce.
Censuses of broad industry groups (manufactures, retail trade, wholesale trade, service industries and others) in a U.S. summary report and individual state reports with aggregate statistics by SIC code regarding numbers of establishments, sales, payroll, employees, etc. Censuses are compiled every five years. Do a keyword search in UCAT: "census of manufactures". Also indexed and available on microfiche in American Statistics Index.
See also: UTSA Library subject guide for Country Statistics -- more statistical resources for the U.S. and countries worldwide.
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Financial Ratios
101 Business Ratios: Manager's Handbook of Definitions, Equations, and Computer Algorithms:
How to Select, Compute, Present, and Understand Measures of Sales, Profit, Debt, Capital, Efficiency, Marketing, and Investment
Location: JPL Reference Stacks HF5657.4 .G38 1993
Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios
Location: JPL Reference Stacks & Downtown Library, Reference HF5681 .R25 T861
Location: JPL Multimedia Center, CD-ROM current; also back to 1997
Financial ratios by SIC codes based on tax returns.
Business and Company Resource Center (UTSA subscription)
Provides company and industry intelligence on thousands of companies around the world from a variety of sources including periodical and news articles, press releases, investment reports, industry and company rankings and company histories. Information can be accessed by a variety of search keys including company name/ticker, industry code/description, geographic area, subject, personal name, and journal title. Updated regularly.
Mergent's Online (UTSA subscription)
Provides extensive business and financial data on more than 10,000 NYSE, AMEX, and Nasdaq companies as well as 11,000 international companies in more than 100 countries. Also provides direct access to EDGAR, the SEC website, which includes all annual, quarterly, and special corporation records. Updated weekly.
Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios
Location: JPL Reference Stacks & Downtown Library, Reference HF5681 .R25 I525
This annual publication from Dun & Bradstreet Credit Services covers over 800 kinds of businesses arranged by SIC code.
Mergent's Industry Review
Location: JPL Reference Stacks HG4961 .M68
Current issue only. This biweekly publication is useful for finding financial information and ratios on some 3,500 companies in 137 industry groups.
RMA Annual Statement Studies
Location: JPL Reference Stacks HF5681 .B2 R6 1974-present
This annual publication from the Robert Morris Association contains ratios by SIC codes and a bibliography of sources of financial ratios for selected industries.
See also: UTSA Library subject guide for Corporate Information: Business Rankings & Market Share.
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Directories
Texas Trade and Professional Associations & other Selected Organizations
Location: JPL Reference Stacks HD2428 .T4T48
From the Bureau of Business Research, University of Texas at Austin.
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers & Thomas Register Catalog File
Location: JPL Multimedia, CDRom T12 .T612
Free Website: http://www.thomasnet.com (requires free online registration)
Twenty-five volume annual publication. Lists by product names and addresses of manufacturers and retailers.
Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies
Location: JPL Reference Stacks & Downtown Library, Reference HF5035 .W38
Nine volume annual publication. Volumes list companies, subsidiaries and divisions alphabetically, by state and zip code, or by SIC code.
See also: UTSA Library subject guide for Corporate Information: U.S., Texas, and International Directories
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Further Research
Industry Research Desk
Free Website: http://www.virtualpet.com/industry/index.htm
From Polson Enterprises. Very comprehensive, sections include "How to Learn About an Industry or a Specific Company" (18 step procedure full of links), links to industry data sources and industry portals/homepages.
Yahoo! : Business and Economy : Companies
Free Website: http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Directories/Companies/
Web directory of Internet sites organized into smaller categories within the area of company industries.
See also: UTSA Library subject guides for Corporate Information & Investment Information
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