Library Catalog. Industry searching by KeyWord [or word phrase fragment] will produce many wide-ranging results and varied contexts, some of which may be relevant.
Searching by Subject (drop down) will deliver holdings results focused to a subject tag. Examples: Apple Computer, Inc--History, (or) Industrial Statistics, (or) Manufacturing Industries.
Other wording examples:
This should give some starting ideas.
Billington Library's website is a good starting place to find wide ranging search options and resources, print or non-print, for business research and background reading, including industry-related topics. While we have selective print sources on industry issues, companies, and the economy, we are not of size of cover every industry in depth and there are some work-a-rounds to fill gaps in needed content.
Need assistance in defining and formulating a research strategy visit with our librarians at the first floor desk. This will save on the "frustration factor."
Books on aspects of industries are comprehensive, giving detailed content about history, structure, markets, labor or operations. You may find some selective books on company/corporation history as well as industries among the Billington Library's holdings.
Use choices on this page to find some of library resource offerings before moving on to "gold mine" of available, content-focused, electronic resources.
Be aware, any desired resource not otherwise held by the Billington Library may be requested/obtained thru our InterLibrary Loan (ILL) service.
Can't find or identify a specific source item on industry analysis try casting a wider search using WorldCat.
Business Statistics of the U.S HC 101.A13122 {print}
Compiles data annually (1968--) on production, employment, sales, and inventory by industry grouping & commodity.
Statistical Abstracts of the U.S. [REF] HA 202.A53 {print}
A statistical snapshot of America and its people since 1877. Annually issued federal compilations of data covering areas social, demographic, crime, health, productivity, manufacturing, agriculture, and many other economic indicators. Data tables cover 5 to 10 years and have source attribution.
International Directory of Company Histories [IDCH]. (multi-volumes)
Updated continually, IDCH profiles evolution of over 14,000+ companies [public, private, non-profit, or state-owned] world-wide with $25 million+ in sales. Profiles cover: key descriptive characteristics, history, key dates, competitors, and a Company Perspective (side bar), giving a brief overview of mission, goals, and ideals. Subsidiaries maybe profiled. Company entries experiencing major changes since last profiled may be selected for updating information.
Note: IDCH is available online through Gale Virtual Reference Library. To search this entire series, select/click the latest volume. Under Tools [right box], enter your company name in the search box and change default to "all volumes." Returned results are based on relevance. You may re-sort to most recent; however the results will identify many other named entities in which your original name choice is mentioned in passing.
WorldCat is a mega-file containing title holdings of hundreds of libraries worldwide and covering multitudes of subject matter.
You may search for any item using basic criteria such as: Keyword, Author, Title, Year, or you may focus your search using their more "advanced" search capabilities. NOTE: The number of simultaneous users of WorldCat is limited; if your log-in is rejected try later.
Found an item(s) of interest about any topic--what's next? Try ILL---we can get it!
Use the Library's Interlibrary loan [ILL] service to obtain a resource you want and the Billington Library cannot otherwise provide. Fill-in the form's template & submit. Caveats: Receiving a book may take several days via mail (it's not Fedex overnight); article turn around, however, may be sooner. Do not wait to request items. Questions - - - contact ILL staff @ 469-8500, extension 3285.
Summon is a broad-based resources discovery search of both Billington library resources as well as selective content pulled from our subscription databases. Using one search box, a researcher may enter defined term(s) and get relevant, wide-ranging ranked results relating to a research interest. From a broad topic search, each added keyword will further updates and narrows the results set. Summon also suggests focused databases relevant the search's subject matter. If results are numerous and/or varied, use search filters, such as date coverage, full-text, library catalog, content type [newspapers, journal articles, transcripts, etc], or discipline to view sub-cluster results. Specific, suggested databases will allow for more precision and filter searching options for a researching a topic and not otherwise allowed by Summon.
Caveats: Summon prefers search term logic connectors, AND, OR, NOT, to be all caps. Use quotation marks to preserve searching a specific word phrase (more than one word) within source item content. I.e., "risk analysis" (or) "telecommunications industry" (or) "share of the market".
Example: Start broadly searching: "aerospace industry"---as expected a large number of results. Each added search term requirement causes the previous resultant set to be updated immediately and further narrowed. Full search might look like:
"aerospace industry" AND employment AND "job growth" AND trends