Career Development-Specific Resources

Online Databases

DeVry National Library Resources
Use this link to access ProQuest, Hoover's Online, netLibrary, and Faulkners FACCTs. Your D# is your username.

Reference USA
This is a new online database. It is an excellent business reference tool that has data gathered from various white and yellow page directories. It has a listing of 12 million U.S Businesses.

Arizona Republic (Newsbank)
Excellent source for local news from Phoenix and around the state of Arziona. All articles are full text. Newsbank includes newspapers from other states.

Reference Books

General Industry Directories - current editions

• Dun & Bradstreet Million Dollar Directory
• Dun & Bradstreet Directory of Service Companies
• Dun & Bradstreet Business Rankings
• Dun & Bradstreet Regional Business Directory - Phoenix & Tucson
• Hoover's Handbooks

  Specialized Directories - current editions at circulation desk

• Arizona High Tech Directory
• Rocky Mountain High Tech Directory
• Advanced Technology for the Pacific Northwest

Links to Other Resources and Demographics

• Annual Report Gallery
  lists companies alphabetically with links to their annual reports and home pages.
• City Comparison Guide - Sperling
  Use this site for unemployment rate, job growth rate, cost of living, crime, etc.
• Home Fair City Comparison
  Similar to Mobility Plus, use this site for cost of living, unemployment rate, major employers, etc..
• City-Data
  Provides city level economic and demographic data, tables, graphs, and images.
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
  is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics.
• Bureau of Economic Analysis
  Data from the U.S. Department of Commerce, including GDP, National and Regional level information.
• SIC code manual
  Use this site to find the Standard Industrial Classification Code (SIC code).
• NAICS code manual
  Use this site to find the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS code).
• Explanation of the SIC codes and the NAICS codes
  "What are the SIC codes and the NAICS codes?"
• Job Search with Wall Street Journal
• Corporate Information
  source for finding information on private companies, as well as for international firms.
• Census Data and Demographics Resources
• American Factfinder
  from the U.S. Census Bureau--- find 2001 population, housing and other data.
• City of Glendale Employment
• Refdesk.com
  Business Facts, Encyclopedia and Career Resources
• Martindale's International Business Finance and Economics Center
  International Business, Finance and Economics News
• Headline Spot
  Business news by City, State or Country

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