Research Guides: Business Planning: Industry

Industry Information

Gale Business: Insights This link opens in a new window
Company and industry reports, along with market research, articles, and business news.
ABI/Inform - Trade & Industry This link opens in a new window
This specialized database provides business professionals with critical information about companies, products, and executives as well as in-depth news and analysis of industry trends and developments. Users have access to thousands of full-text sources useful for studying and comparing specific industries such as food & drink, pharmacy, telecommunications, computing, transportation, construction, and petrochemicals.

Business.gov
Resources for Self-Employed & Home-Based Businesses.
USA.gov
Information for businesses and nonprofits.
IRS.gov (Internal Revenue Service)
Tax information for businesses.
BEOnline: Business and Economics Online
Internet resources of interest to the practice or study of entrepreneurship, small business, and economics. Provided by the Library of Congress.

Michigan Labor Market Information
Information about recent employment trends, wages, detailed industries, and jobs in demand.
Bureau of Labor Statistics (United States)
National, regional and state employment and undemployment rates. Consumer expenditures, inflation and prices, wages by area & occupation, labor productivity and costs, and more.

Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios
Call Number: REF HF 5681 .R25 A45
Industry Norms & Key Business Ratios
Call Number: REF HF 5681 .R25 I53
Standard and Poor's Industry Surveys
Call Number: REF HC 106.6 .S74
Financial Statement Analysis; A Practitioner's Guide
Call Number: e-book