Lafayette College Library

Information on public and private companies--both U.S. and international--and their affiliates, subsidiaries, and divisions. Particularly useful for information about corporate hierarchies.

Profiles of public and private companies in the U.S. and other countries. Also includes financial and corporate directory information, business news, and stock quotes.

Detailed histories of U.S. and international companies. Use the search box to find all company profiles available in electronic format. Older volumes are available in Skillman's print reference collection (HD2721 .I63)

Company profiles and financial information.

Database of business and investment information: company profiles and financial data; stock, bond, and mutual fund reports. Includes S&P's Industry Surveys and Register of Corporations.

Reports on 1700 stocks, including past performance, current status, and outlook. (Note that our subscription allows only two users from Lafayette to access the database simultaneously. If you see a message saying that the licensed number of users is already logged on, ignore the rest of the message and try again later.)

Full text of the Wall Street Journal. Includes limited images, charts and tables.

Statistics on beer in the U.S., including production, consumption, imports and exports, and taxes.

Index of business news from business magazines and trade publications.

Indexes articles on regional businesses from regional newspapers and business publications.

Annual reports of state and county-level economic data (business establishments, employees, and payroll) by industry for 1993 to the present.

Data on the production and shipment of selected products in various U.S.industries.

Detailed data on U.S. businesses collected every five years.

Electronic filings to the Securities and Exchange Commission by domestic companies trading public shares. (Note: annual 10K and 10KSB reports will be found, but annual reports to shareholders are provided on a voluntary basis only.)

The Forbes 500 and other rankings of companies, people, and places.

Lists of links to rankings of peoples, organizations, companies, etc., from the "Top 50 Upholstery Manufacturers" to the "Working Woman 500."

Database of employers throughout Pennsylvania, searchable by type of industry, sales volume, and number of employees. From the home page, select "Data" and then "Employers."

Current data on U.S. and international stocks, mutual funds, bonds, commodities, currencies, etc. A growing number of tables provide historical data back to 2007.