Job and Career Resources - Company Information

 

Selected Web Sites
Company Web sites often include personnel listings, products, annual reports, job openings, and information for investors. If you don’t have the web address, try using a search engine, such as Google (www.google.com), a print directory at the library, or one of the Web sites listed below.

Securities and Exchange Commission
www.sec.gov
Search the Edgar database for reports filed by companies with the S.E.C.

Fortune Magazine Company Lists money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2009/index.html
Fortune’s famous lists: Fortune 500, Global 500, etc.

Guidestar: The National Database of Nonprofit Organizations www.guidestar.org
Searches more than 1.5 million
IRS-recognized nonprofit organizations.

Hoovers
www.hoovers.com
One of the most popular sites on the Web for searching company information.

Globe 100
www.boston.com/globe/
business/globe/globe100/



Corporate Culture, or What is it really like to work for company X?

Articles about the company in “Databases”


Computerworld 100 Best Places toWork in IT in 2009

 


Fortune’s Best Lists money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2009/

 

Reference Books

The Complete Guide to the Massachusetts Software Industry

Hoovers Handbook of Private Companies

Lexis/Nexis Corporate Affiliations

Massachusetts Business Directory

Massachusetts Manufacturers Register

The New England Technology Directory


Online Databases

General Business File*
Search over 1,300 periodicals for business news. Also find company profiles and investment reports.

 

MergentOnline* 

Profiles, data, history, and equity reports on over 30,000 public companies.

New York Times*
Articles from the previous 365 days.

 

ReferenceUSA*                                                                  Directory of 13 million U. S. businesses.     

                   

*These databases are available from home with a valid library card. Go to:www.bedfordlibrary.net and click on “Databases", then "Home Access” .
 

 

Business and Company News

 

Business Journals


Boston Business Journal  (Also available in print in the Library)
www.bizjournals.com/boston
 

Worcester Business Journal           www.wbjournal.com


Business Journal for Western Massachusetts
www.businesswest.com

Local Business News

Boston Globe
www.boston.com/business
Latest business news from boston.com; links to Business Section of Boston Globe.

Boston Globe-High Tech News
www.boston.com/business/technology

Massachusetts High Technology Journal
www.masshightech.com

 

National Business News

 

New York Times
www.nytimes.com/pages/business
Requires free registration.

Yahoo

news.yahoo.com/business

 

Wall Street Journal

online.wsj.com/public/page/news-business-us.html