Often, these websites have very good background information, but keep in mind companies show only their best side to the public, so there could be information bias. Verify all "facts" they provide in at least one other source.

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• CorpTech Directory of Technology Companies. Woburn, MA: Corporate Technology Information Services.

Hunt Ref 338.7 C8221A or CorpTech CD-ROM at Hunt Ref. Unavailable remotely.
CorpTech provides profiles and contact information to public and private companies in eighteen different technology areas. Offers information on products and companies that is often hard to find elsewhere. Note: the print edition is somewhat faster and easier to use than the CD-ROM version in getting at certain information.
• Directory of Corporate Affiliations. Skokie, IL: National Register Pub. Co.

Hunt Ref 658.1 I61
These volumes can help you figure out a company's internal structure. There are volumes for U.S. public and private companies, as well as an international volume.
• Dun & Bradstreet's Business Rankings: Public and Private Businesses Ranked within Industry Category and State. Bethlehem, PA: Dun & Bradstreet, Corp.

Hunt Ref 332.6058 D92A
The title says it all.
• Dun & Bradstreet's Million Dollar Database. New York: Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.
  The North American MDDI database provides basic information for approximately 160,000 U.S. public and private businesses. Industrial companies as well as utilities, banks and savings and loans, transportation and insurance companies are listed alphabetically. Also included are selected domestic subsidiaries of foreign corporations. Company names are arranged alphabetically in the white pages of each of the three volumes. Yellow pages list companies geographically and blue pages list companies by product classification (SIC code). 
  
  
• Dun & Bradstreet's Regional Business Directory (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  Hunt Ref on CD-ROM network. Unavailable remotely.
  The CD-ROM contains brief information about companies in Pittsburgh and surrounding counties. It is searchable by company name, industry, geographic divisions and other variables.

• Gale E-commerce Sourcebook. Detroit: Thomson
  Hunt Ref 658.84 G151 (2 volumes)
  The book contains listings for consultants and leading companies in e-commerce that provide software, website design and hosting. It also provides information on e-commerce-related trade associations, trade shows, government regulatory agencies, educational programs and publications. One section contains rankings of major companies by revenue and number of employees.
  
  
• Ward's Business Directory of US Private and Public Companies. Detroit: Gale Research.

Hunt Ref 670.2 W2663
This set has a special volume that ranks companies by industry (SIC code). Company and industry information can also be found in Infotrac's Business and Company Resource Center.

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See the Current Awareness and Databases and Indexes sources. In Lexis-Nexis,use "General News Topics" or "Company News" sections.

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• Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR database

Choose "Search EDGAR database," then "Search EDGAR Archives."
• LEXIS-NEXIS UNIVERSE
  You may choose to use the Company Financial Information section. Change the "Report Type" to "SEC Annual Reports" or "Disclosure Reports" or "US Private Companies" for US companies, or "SEC 20-F" or "International Company Reports" for international companies.

• Mergent Online (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  Contains 10 years of annual financials, quarterly financials, as well as some industry ratio and company background information for more 24,000 companies in the U.S. and abroad.
  

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