Industry Information

Overviews and Analysis

Economic Census
Free online resource
http://www.census.gov/econ/census02/
— The Economic Census provides a detailed portrait of the nation's economy once every five years, from the national to the local level. Includes key industrial statistics such as the number of establishments, number of employees, payroll, and measure of output. A list of Economic Census Industry Series can be found at http://www.census.gov/econ/census02/guide/INDSUMM.HTM.

Encyclopedia of American Industries
Book: Reference, fHC 102 .E53 1998
— Articles on over 1,000 industries, some of which detail the organization and structure of an industry, as well as major technological advances within a particular industry. Arranged numerically by SIC code. Volume 1: Manufacturing Industries; Volume 2: Service & Non-Manufacturing Industries.

Handbook of North American Industry: NAFTA and the Economies of its Member Nations
Book: Reference, fHF 1746 .H37 2nd 1999
— Part I contains feature articles about NAFTA, as well as the North American economy as a whole. Part II contains analysis and statistics for particular industries within the United States, Mexico, and Canada.

Industry Studies
Book: Reference, HC 106.8 .I53 2002
— Contains detailed studies by leading scholars on the following 14 industries: automobiles, beer, broilers, pharmaceuticals, steel, airline service, retail commercial banking, casino gambling, electric power, health insurance, motion pictures, nursing homes, microcomputer platforms, and telecommunications.

Investext Plus
University of Iowa access only
http://proxy.lib.uiowa.edu/login?url=http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/uiowa_main?db=RBW
— Investment, company, and industry reports from over 500 brokers in North America, Europe, Asia/Pacific, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. All company and industry reports are provided in full page PDF format.

Mergent's Industry Review
Book: Reference, HG 4057 .A349
— A comprehensive statistical reference containing key financial information on approximately 8,000 companies in 137 industry groups. Includes company rankings within each industry, as well as annualized compounding growth rates for each ranked company. Updated twice yearly. Mergent Online also includes industry reports with information on current environment, industry profile, key points, key references, market trends, and forecasts:
http://proxy.lib.uiowa.edu/login?url=http://www.mergentonline.com/compsearch.asp

GLOBUS & NTDB (National Trade Data Bank)
University of Iowa access only
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS1777
— Part of the Stat-USA website. Provides access to international market research, information on trade opportunities, country analysis, and a trade library. Select the link for "Industry Sector Analysis Reports" for detailed reports on industries in different countries.

NetAdvantage (Standard & Poor's)
Pappajohn Business Building only; no wireless access
http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/sandp/netadvant
— Under Quick Links, Industry Survey, select from major industries such as advertising, electric utitlities, etc. Each survey includes a discussion of the current environment, an overall profile of the industry, as well as a glossary of terms and a list of references to additional resources. Many charts and tables are included.

U.S. Industry and Trade Outlook
Book: Reference, HC 101 .U44 2000
— An industry-by-industry overview of the U.S. economy from manufacturing to high-tech to service industries. Published by McGraw-Hill in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Commerce. (Formerly the U.S. Industrial Outlook).

Value Line Investment Survey
Book: Information Desk, HG 4501 .V26
— Includes industry overviews for 90 different industry groups.

Financial Ratios

Almanac of Business & Industrial Financial Ratios (Troy)
Book: Reference, HF 5681 .R25A4
— Tracks 50 operating and financial factors in 192 industries. Figures based on actual IRS tax return data. Arranged by NAICS codes (see below for discussion of NAICS).

Industry Norms & Key Business Ratios (D&B)
Book: Reference, HG 4027 .I55
— Key finanical ratios of U.S. corporations, partnerships, and proprietorships — both public and privately owned, in all size ranges, in over 800 different lines of business. Arranged by SIC codes (see below for discussion of SIC codes).

Risk Management Association (RMA) Annual Statment Studies
Book: Reference, HF 5681 .R25A4
— Presents financial information on over 680 industries. Figures derived from more than 165,000 statements of financial institution borrowers and prospects. Arranged by NAICS code.

Note — Some industry ratio analysis is also available online at Factiva.
http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/factiva

Industry Associations and Trade Shows

Associations Unlimited
University of Iowa access only
http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/gale/au
— Contains descriptions of approximately 120,000 international and U.S. national, regional, state, and local membership organizations in all fields.

Associations on the Net
Free online resource
http://www.ipl.org/div/aon
— This is a guide to the websites of prominent organizations and associations, assembled by the Internet Public Library (University of Michigan).

American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) - Gateway to Associations
Free online resource
http://www.asaecenter.org/Directories/AssociationSearch.cfm
— Searchable database with links to the current websites of each association listed.

TradePub.com
Free online resource
http://www.tradepub.com
— Lists a large number of trade publications by industry and provides free copies to qualified individuals.

TSNN.com
Free online resource
http://www.TSNN.com
— Online resource for the trade show and exhibition industry. Includes a searchable database of over 15,000 trade shows and conferences, as well as 30,000+ seminars.

News and Articles

ABI/INFORM Global
University of Iowa access only
http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/proquest/abi
— Search 1000 premier worldwide business periodicals for information on advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more. Also, information is available on 60,000+ companies.

Business Source Complete
University of Iowa access only
http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/ebsco/bizpremier
— Includes full-text articles from over 3,000 journals in the fields of business, management, economics, finance, banking, and accounting — including all issues of the Harvard Business Review. This database is on the list of EbscoHost databases.

Factiva
University of Iowa access only
http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/factiva
— Try Factiva for business news from nearly 8,000 sources from 118 countries and in 22 languages. Same-day, full-text articles and indexing of The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Washington Post, The Globe and Mail, Financial Times, Handelsblatt, Les Echos, South China Morning Post, Australian Financial Review, Sydney Morning Herald, Straits Times, Yomiuri Shimbun, and local newspapers from around the globe. Newswires include Dow Jones, Reuters, The Associated Press, Asia Pulse, and more than 120 other industry, press release, and local newswires. More than 800 sources are available on or before the date of publication.

Lexis Nexis: Academic Search
University of Iowa access only
http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/lexis/universe
— A full-text database covering over 5,000 publications.

Industry Specific Information

Beverage World Databank: Sourcebook for the Beverage Markets
Book: Reference, HD9348 .B48 2002
— Contains data about the beverage marketplace including a state of the industry report (with statistics) and a listing of U.S. and international industry associations.

CRB Commodity Yearbook
Book: Reference, fHF1041 .C56 2003
— Provides worldwide supply/demand and production/consumption data for basic commodities and futures markets. Also contains short descriptions of each commodity; these descriptions help place the quantitative information in perspective.

D&B Directory of Service Companies
Book: Reference, fHD9981.3 .D86 2000
— Contains information on approximately 50,000 public and private businesses that derive their primary revenue from a service activity. Some of the sectors covered include: management consulting services, accounting, auditing & bookkeeping, health services, legal services, and amusement & recreation services.

Directory of Wholesale Grocers
Book: Reference, HD9321.3 .D57 2003
— Listing of companies that sell packaged goods to supermarkets, convenience stores, and other retail venues. Each company included in this directory either has a sales volume of at least $40 million or has wholesale grocery sales equal to at least 40% of total company sales.

Iowa Manufacturers Register
Book: Reference, fHD9727 .I8 I86 2001
— Directory of manufacturers located in the state of Iowa.

Pharmaceutical Marketers Directory
Book: Reference, HD9665.3 .P2 2002
— Includes information on over 5,000 firms and 15,000 executives in the healthcare industry. Each section contains addresses, phone & fax numbers, e-mail & web site addresses, and names of personnel. Also includes a listing of frequently requested association information.

Advertising Redbooks.com
University of Iowa access only
http://proxy.lib.uiowa.edu/login?url=http://www.redbooks.com
— This database contains detailed profiles of nearly 13,500 U.S. and international advertising agencies, including accounts represented by each agency, fields of specialization, breakdown of gross billings by media, and contact information on agency personnel.

Industrial Classifications

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) System Search
Free online resource
http://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/sicsearch.html
— SIC is a government system that categorizes similar products and industries together under a four digit number. Many of the databases utilized by business professionals use SIC codes to organize information. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) officially replaced the SIC system in 1997.

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
Free online resource
http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html
— The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) has replaced the U.S. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system and is a 5 or 6-digit number. NAICS was developed jointly by the U.S., Canada, and Mexico to provide new comparability in statistics about business activity across North America.

1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC Conversion Tables
Free online resource
http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naicstab.htm
— Tables show the correspondence between the 1997 NAICS Codes and the 1987 SIC codes.

2002 NAICS matched to 1987 SIC
Free online resource
http://www.census.gov/epcd/naics02/N02TOS87.HTM
— Tables show the correspondence between the 2002 NAICS codes and the 1987 SIC codes.

2002 NAICS matched to 1997 NAICS
Free online resource
http://www.census.gov/epcd/naics02/N02TON97.HTM
— Tables show the correspondence between the 1997 and 2002 NAICS codes. The codes are the same for fourteen of the twenty industrial sectors. Construction and wholesale trade are substantially changed, but the revisions also modify a number of retail classifications and the organization of the information sector. Very minor boundary adjustments affect administrative and support services, and mining.

Statistical Classification of Economic Activities (European Community)
Free online resource
http://www.fifoost.org/database/nace/nace-en_2002c.php
— Complete description of NACE (Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community) and the corresponding codes of the ISIC (International Standard Industrial Classification).

National Classifications (United Nations)
Free online resource
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/cr/ctryreg/ctrylist2.asp
— Lists national classification schemes (mostly for activities and products) and provides basic information for many of them.

Additional Research Resources

Cole Library's Industry Data Finder
http://www.rh.edu/library/industry/industry.htm

Industry Research
http://iws.ohiolink.edu/companies/indexindustryresearch.htm

Industry Research Desk (Polson Enterprises Research Services)
http://www.virtualpet.com/industry/rdindex2.htm

Last update: September, 2007.

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