Industry Research

This guide lists internet sites for doing research on the sources of industry information. Other sources can be found by searching the Aladin Catalog for books and the Aladin databases for journal articles. If you need more help in finding information, please contact a reference librarian.

Business Identification

• Industry Concordances - Maintained by Dr. Jon Haveman, an economics professor at Purdue University.
• NAICS - North American Industry Classification System - From the Census Dept.
• Standard Industrial Classification Codes - User can search the 1987 version SIC manual by keyword, to access descriptive information for a specified 4-digit SIC, or examine the manual structure.

Industry Overviews

• About's Industry Resources - Industry information from About.com
• Alacra Industry Spotlights - From an online service for business information.
• Baker Library Industry Guides - From Harvard University.
• BigCharts.com - Industry profiles.
• Business.com - An annotated directory listing business sites in over 30 categories. The "Industries" section contains web sites that are specific to particular sectors.
• County Business Patterns
• Current Industrial Reports - This site provides data on production, inventories and orders for 4400 products.
• 2002 Economic Census
• Deloitte Research Industry Reports
• EPA Sector Notebooks - The EPA's Office of Compliance has developed a series of profiles or notebooks containing information on selected major industries.
• Financial Times Industry Surveys
• Industry Analyst Reporter - Weblogs published by Industry Analysts.
• Industry Data Finder- Maintained by Rensselaer at Hartford. Points you to industry-specific resources on the Web and in the Cole Library.
• Industry and Economic Analysis - From the United States International Trade Commission.
• Industry Link - A directory of links to industry web sites.
• Industry Research Desk - Gives tools and procedures on how to perform on-line industry research, business research, company research, and manufacturing process research.
• Industry Resources on del.icio.us
• Industry Study Program - Industry reports put out by the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.
• Industry Trade Data - From the International Trade Administration.
• Internet Intelligence Index - Industry-specific Internet resources.
• KMWorld - White papers for Industry decision makers
• Reference for Business - Contains the Encyclopedia of American Industries
• Small Business State Profiles - From the Small Business Administration
• SmartBrief - Sign up for free industry newsletters
• WetFeet.com - Industry profiles.
• Yahoo Industry Center
• Zapdata - Registration is free

Industry Ratios

• BizStats
• IRS - Under Business Tax Statistics, there is a section on Industry Data.
• MSN - Financial Ratios
• Reuters Investor- Select an industry and quick ratios will be given.
• Yahoo Finance Industry Browser

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