COMPANY INFORMATION AT GCPL

  This page is divided into 3 parts:

Web Resources   Community Resources  Library Resources

Web Resources:

bizjournals.com
Get local business news from 40 markets. <bizjournals.com>

CEO Express
The major sections are Daily News & Info, Business Research, and Office Tools & Travel. <www.ceoexpress.com>

EDGAR Database of Corporate Information
EDGAR (the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system) performs automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). EDGAR filings are posted to this site 24 hours after the date of filing. This site is maintained by the SEC. <www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml>

EDGAR Online
This site provides the current day's SEC filings. This site is maintained by the SEC. <www.edgar-online.com>

Pro-Net
Sponsored by the Small Business Administration, this database gives information on over 195,000 small businesses across the U.S. Search for business profiles by company name, business type, SIC, size, etc. <pro-net.sba.gov>

Small Business Administration
Read the Small Business Act and the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996. Get information on starting, financing, and expanding your business. Identify your local SBA office. Follow business links identified by the SBA. <www.sba.gov>

U.S.P.S. ZIP +4
Lookup Enter a street address and city and get the ZIP code. Enter a city and find out associated ZIP codes or enter a ZIP code and find out associated cities. Check the 2-letter abbrevations for the states. <http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/lookup_zip+4.html>

Wall Street Research Net Wall Street
 Research Net specializes in providing electronic distribution of information of use to investors. They offer unique resources and over 500,000 links to help professional and private investors perform fundamental research on actively traded companies and locate important news that moves markets. The largest section is Company Research, which has entries for over 29,000 companies, mutual funds and indexes. There are more than 500,000 links to such items as SEC documents, company home pages, annual reports, press releases and other investor information, stock quotes, graphs, audio and more. <www.wsrn.com>

Customize Your Search If you would like more information, use a search engine (the most common ones are listed below) to conduct a more detailed search for company information. Search on the name of the company, names of company officials, product names, etc.

Yahoo <www.yahoo.com>
Alta Vista <www.altavista.com>
HotBot <hotbot.lycos.com>
NorthernLight’s Business Search <www.northernlight.com/business.html>
Dogpile <www.dogpile.com>
Google <www.google.com>

 

COMMUNITY RESOURCES:

Georgia Secretary of State/Corporations Division
 This web site is a division of the Secretary of State's Office providing information about the documents and processes that affect companies conducting business in Georgia. <www.sos.state.ga.us/corporations/default.htm>

Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce <www.gwinnettchamber.org>

LIBRARY RESOURCES:

Books to Check-out

There are several ways you can find circulating books that provide company information. One way is to look through our catalog using these headings in a subject search:

business enterprises
business research
companies
corporation reports
corporations

Another way is to browse the shelves. Here are some areas to try:

338.7 through 338.89 650 through 658

Reference Books

Companies and Their Brands (call number: R 658.8 COMPANIES); available at PCR. This is a 2-volume set.

International Directory of Company Histories (call number: R 338.09 INTERNATIONAL); available at PCR. This is a 21-volume set.

Standard and Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors, and Executives (call number: R 338.74 STANDARD); available at the Mountain Park branch. This is a 3-volume set.

Value Line (call number: R 330.9 VALUE); available at all branches.

Electronic Databases

From the library homepage, select "Search All Resources/Databases" You will find several full-text business databases as well as general databases with business related articles from newspapers and journals.

Librarians: Information staff are here to help you--just ask!

updated 11/06/06