LibGuides: Careers: Business/Industry Research for the Internship or Job Hunt

Business Insights
- Why search here?
  Business Insights: Essentials brings together a wide variety of business information, including company profiles, company brand and market share, rankings, company histories, chronologies, and articles.
- What's included?
  The database allows you to search for companies by company name, ticker symbol, SIC or NAICS codes, or industry description. Use to find company histories, brand share, and market share data. Use keywords to search through three different categories: companies, industries, and articles.
Business Source Complete (EBSCO)
Click on the Company Profiles link to search for company reports that provide a comprehensive analysis of a company's strengths. weaknesses, and more. Not all companies are included.

Public Company (also called a Publicly Traded Company)

Traded on the exchanges (by general public shareholders)
Required to provide ongoing detailed information in filings made with the Securities & Exchange Commission

Private Company

Owned by a closed group
Not required to release information and can be more challenging to research
Can range from small businesses to large well-known companies (Hallmark Cards and Mars Candy, for example).

Affiliated with Another Company?

Linked or related to larger firms
Several are household names but are difficult to research until one establishes its relationship to the larger company (e.g., American Broadcasting Corp. (ABC) is owned by Disney)

BPL Business Resources
Need a BPL e-card? Click on the BPL e-card link below to register.
Check out Mergent Online to get started with company research.

Boston Public Library eCard This link opens in a new window
- Why use this?
  The Boston Public Library (BPL) holds more than 23 million items, estimated to be among the three largest collections in the country, including books, maps, manuscripts, letters, drawings, and other original works dating back as early as the 10th century. An eCard is a Boston Public Library card that you can sign up for online and which provides access to all BPL online resources. eCards are available to anyone who lives, resides part-time to attend school, owns property, or works in Massachusetts.
- What's included?
  This is the link to the BPL eCard registration form. Some BPL databases can be used from home; JSTOR can be especially helpful. Requesting and borrowing physical materials requires a physical card. eCards can be upgraded to physical cards at any BPL location.

Foundation Center: 990 Finder
Look up the Forms 990 of private foundations, public charities, and other nonprofits. 990 Finder gives you free access to nearly 3 million of the most recent Forms 990 and 990-PF filed by nonprofit organizations with Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
ProPublica: Nonprofit Explorer
From the independent, nonprofit newsroom ProPublica, use this database to view summaries of tax returns from tax-exempt organizations and financial details such as executive compensation, revenue, and expenses. Browse IRS data released since 2013 and access more than 9.6 million tax filing documents going back as far as 2001.