Print Resources

• Company Litterature
• Annual Reports - Most large corporations produce a report that presents an outline of the organization's successes, growth, history, goals and financial status
• Directories - Include listings of organizations sorted by geographic, business, occupational, professional, industry and financial status directories. Provides information about products, services, number of employees, principal executives and location.
• Trade Associations/Professional Organizations - Provide information regarding career fairs, hiring trends, salaries, membership directories, position openings, conferences and networking opportunities.

Internet Resources

• Newstpaper/Journals - Provide information about current events for specific companies, industries and organizations.
• Company's Website
• Favorite Search Engines
• Additional Online Resources
  • Public Companies
    • Business Week
    • Hoovers
    • Vault Reports
    • Simplicity
    • Wetfeet
  • Private Companies
    • Forbes Largest Private Companies
    • The Inc. 500
  • Non-profit organizations
    • Volunteer and Non-Profit Career Resources
    • General Professional Organizations & Associations
    • Idealist
    • The Internet Public Library
    • Guidestar - Provides searchable directory of nonprofit organizations
    • Internet Nonprofit Center - Provides a library of information about nonprofit organizations, a searchable directory of organizations, discussion forums and links to other websites
    • Better Business Bureau's Philanthropic Advisory - Reports on major charitable organizations
    • National Center for Charitable Statistics - Collects statistics on nonprofit organizations
    • About.com - Provides links to a large number of nonprofit-related websites
  • Government
    • A Call to Serve
    • State and Local Government
    • Fed World - Link to Top Government Websites
    • First Gov - Government Departments and Agencies
  • Healthcare
    • Hospital Web
    • American Hospital Directory
    • Hospital Directory
    • The Alternative Medicine Homepage
    • Adult Care Providers
    • The Mental Health Net Directory
    • Deb Flanagan's Tutorial for Research Companies - Provides comprehensive tutorial for researching companies
    • Polson Enterprise Research Services - Comprehensive information on how to learn about an industry, or a specific company
    • Riley Guide Business and Employer Research - Provides additional internet resources for researching companies
    • Hoovers On-line - Has basic directory and financial information for 15,000 large companies
    • World Chamber of Commerce Directory - Provides a listing of local Chamber of Commerce
    • Jobweb - A website developed by the National Association for Colleges and Employers which provides many articles of a variety of job search related topics including researching companies