Resources for Strategic Research

This is our all-encompassing resource sheet, with a printable PDF version attached below.

Getting Started

• Develop a Research Plan
• Hands-On Corporate Research Guide
• How Do I Research a Company?

Company/Organizational and Industry Information

• Bureau of Economic Analysis
• Bureau of Labor Statistics Industry Statistics
• BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Board Central
• CorpWatch
• Directory of American Hospitals
• Europages, the European Business Directory
• Forbes
• Foundation Center 990 Finder
• Guidestar
• Kompass
• National Association of Secretaries of State
• New York Nonprofit Coordinating Committee
• PR Newswire
• Source Watch
• Stanford Law School Securities Fraud database
• Yahoo! Finance

Financial and Market Data

• A.M. Best Company
• Bloomberg Businessweek Company Insight Center
• Earnings.com
• Executive Pay Watch
• Free Erisa
• Investor Words
• Investopedia
• MSN Money Central
• National Information Center/Federal Reserve System
• Ratios for Financial Statement Analysis
• SEC's EDGAR database
• U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Politics and Elections

• ALEC Exposed
• The Campaign Finance Institute
• Center for Media and Democracy
• Center for Political Accountability
• Center for Responsive Politics
• Federal Election Commission
• Fund Race
• NewsMeat

Business News and Analysis

• Biz Journals
• Business Wire
• Dow Jones
• Human Resources Executive Online
• Market Watch Inc.

Administrative/Regulatory and Public Records

• DigitalCommons@ILR Collective Bargaining Agreements
• Environmental Defense Fund
• EPA records
• The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
• Free Public Record Sites
• National Labor Relations Board
• National Transportation Safety Board
• NETR Online
• NIOSH
• National Mediation Board
• Office of Labor-Mangement Standards
• OpenCRS
• Open Government Guide
• OSHA
• SeeThroughNY
• U.S. Census Bureau
• U.S. Department of Labor
• U.S. Dept. of Labor Enforcement Data
• USA Spending

Law and Legislation

• Elaws
• Findlaw/Labor & Employment Law
• Law Memo
• Martindale-Hubbell
• Who Represents Corporate America?
• National Conference of State Legislatures
• National Employment Law Project
• Pacer
• State and Local Government on the Net
• Thomas (Library of Congress)
• Yahoo’s Index to Employment Law Sites

Subscription Databases

• ABI/Inform
• Business Insights
• Business Source Premier
• LexisNexis
• Reference USA

Libraries Open to the Public

• Brooklyn Public Library
• Martin P. Catherwood Library (Cornell)
• City University of New York Libraries
• New York Public Library
• NYPL Science, Industry, and Business Library
• Queens Library
• Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives (NYU)

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