Sources for Industry Profile research
compiled by Wendy Diamond, Business Librarian

Industry profiles

• NetAdvantage Industry Surveys ReSEARCH Station/ Articles & Databases
  
  
• Business Source Premier - Industry Profiles
  ReSEARCH Station/ Articles & Databases
  
  • Step 1 - Select Industry Profiles from main screen.
  • Step 2 - Go to the Industry tab
  • Step 3 - Browse for an industry that is current and interesting. You may find several reports within an industry listing.
  • Step 4 - Make your selection based on currency and U.S.-focus. Scan through the "Competitive Landscape" section.
    
    For company information, use BSP's SWOT Analyses and Company Profiles
    
    
• Mintel ReSEARCH Station/ Articles & Databases
  Market research reports. Search by product or company name or browse through product type categories.
  (Mintel requires you to accept thecopyright statement and set up a profile using a CSU Chico email account).
  
  
• Encyclopedia of American Industries (Business Services Table 2B #3; also an ebook.)
  Historical focus through 2005.
  

Company profiles

• Business Source Premier - Company Profiles and SWOT analyses
  ReSEARCH Station/ Articles & Databases
  Search a company name using the Company Profiles or SWOT options
  
  
• Factiva ReSEARCH Station/ Articles & Databases
  
  • Step 1 - Select Companies/Markets tab from main screen.
  • Step 2 - Company option
  • Step 3 - Use the pull-down to search by company name.
    Key in the offical parent company name (not a brand or product name).
    
    
• Mergent ReSEARCH Station/ Articles & Databases
  Search by company name or ticker symbol
  
  

Industry classification tools

• North American Industry Classification System (NAICS Manual)
  (Business Services Table 2B #10 or www.census.gov/epcd/naics02/naicod02.htm
  • NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) codes are used to organize industry information. 
    

APA citation format

• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th edition . Known as the "APA Manual." Held on Ready Reference and in Limited Loan BF76.7 P83.

• Electronic Reference section of the APA Style web site from the American Psychological Association www.apastyle.org/elecsource.html

• Citing Business Databases in APA format library.uncg.edu/depts/ref/biz/apa_biz.asp
  
  
• Business Citations Format Guide (APA Style) www.library.umass.edu/subject/business/citationstyle.html  
  (Courtesty of J. Michael Davis, business librarian at University of Massachusetts Amherst.)
  

Some examples for the reference list.

Datamonitor. (2005, Aug). Menswear in the United States industry profile. Retrieved

Feb. 6, 2006, from Business Source Premier database.

Standard and Poor's. (2005, Sept. 8). Apparel & Footwear. Standard & Poor's

     Industry Surveys.

Factiva. (n.d.) Apple Computer Inc. company snapshot. Retrieved Feb.14, 2006, from

Factiva database.

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This document is maintained by Wendy Diamond. Last Updated:  February 25, 2008