Suggested Search Terms
Suggested Search Terms
For best results, search by specific industry:
- Financial services industry
- Hospitality industry
- Manufacturing industies
- Retail trade
- Service industries, etc.
Recommended Books
- American Salaries and Wages SurveyCall Number: Ref Desk HD 4973 .A67 2009Provides salary information for 2,600 occupations. Provides information by location and salary range (low, mid, high). Great for wage structures for many American industries. Available in the Downcity Library. Must use in library.
Business Rankings Annual by ISBN: 9781410319319Publication Date: 2016-10-17Ranks products, services, companies and industries. Also includes international rankings. E-book.- Standard & Poor's Industry SurveysCall Number: Ref, Desj HC 106.6 .S47 2009Published several times annually, this resource profiles over 50 industry groups. Includes a wide variety of information. Great resource for the industry groups which it covers.
Articles & Industry Profiles
The resources below will assist you in researching many of America's industries. You can obtain full-text research articles, which are frequently updated.
- Business Insights: Global (Gale)Comprehensive business content including case studies, company profiles & industry research reports, country economic reports, market research reports, SWOT analyses, and video interviews with business executives. (formerly, Business & Company Resource Center)
- Business Source Complete (EBSCO)Company profiles, SWOT analyses (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) where available, industry profiles, stocks & investment info., management-related articles, Harvard Business Review case studies and streaming videos from the Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series.
- First Research (Mergent) This link opens in a new window
- In-depth U.S. and global-wide industry profiles (each report includes an overview of business challenges, trends, opportunities, and ratios)
- "State and Province Profiles" with a clickable map for monthly updates of local industry, economic, employment, and wage data for each of the 50 states and Canadian Provinces
- General Business File ASAP (Gale)Selective, full-text business and management-related articles. This is a subset of the larger database Business & Company Resource Center.
- IBISWorldIndustry research for over 700 U.S. industries plus hard-to-find U.S. "specialized industries," including 60 industries in Australia, China, and the UK. Go to "Key Statistics" to find financials and 7 kinds of "Key Ratios." To limit your search to the countries above, use the link "Global Industry Research", then on the next page link to "Search for international industries."
- StatistaStatistics, market studies & reports for over 600 international industries, 37 countries, and 60,000 wide-ranging topics! Enter your own search terms or browse data reports listed under these links: Categories, Key Topics, Popular Statistics, and Recent Statistics. A sampling includes college enrollment with projections up to 2020 in the U.S., college payment (how U.S. families pay for college), college sports, debit cards, demographics (size & characteristics of a population), employment outlook, food & beverage, footwear & apparel, global climate change, hospital costs, hospitality (conventions, conferences, dining & accommodations), immigration, mobile Internet & apps, nutrition, online shopping, personal debt, smartphones, social media, travel & tourism (cruise industry), video gaming, wages & salaries. NOTE: Click through any security certificate warnings & pop-up blockers that may appear in order to proceed to the Statista website and display all content.
Other Useful Resources
- Career Guide to Industries (Bureau of Labor Statistics)Current informatio on training, education, working conditions, salaries and much more for many industries.
- Industry InformationFrom the Watson Business Library, Columbia University. Discusses and links to a variety of industry research resources: overviews/market research, statistical sources, ratios, rankings. Great resource for beginners and experience researchers.
