Companies & The Stock Market 

Welcome to the companies and stocks research guide!

Here are just some of the many books you may borrow at the ACC Library. They are located on the upper level of the library. Use the subject headings in the box below to find more like these.

Search for books with ACC Library's online catalog.

Subject headings like these work well to find books in the ACC Library:

Financial crises
Stock exchanges
Investments
Accounting
Finance
Marketing management 
Stocks
Industrial management 
Small business 
Women in business 
Entrepreneurship
Advertising 
Business ethics

Need more? See this page: Finding Books.

Reference books offer overviews: a history of a company, industry trends, contact information and background. These books are especially useful for choosing and researching a stock for the Stock Market Project assignment. Current company officers, industry trends and more are found in Hoover’s Online and other databases described later in this guide.

Hoover's Handbook of American Business
REF. HG 4057 .A21 H22 (annual)   Also see Hoover’s Online database mentioned on Online Refernece.
 
Mergent’s Handbook of Common Stocks
REF. HG 4501 .M66 (4 issues a year)
 
Value Line Investment Survey
REF. HG 4501 .V26 (continual updates)
 
Morningstar Mutual Fund (book & Web site)
REF. HG 4530 .M664 (annual)  Use the Web site  to choose mutual funds for Stock Market Project.
 

These reference books will provide additional information. Note that several books are also available online through the tabs above.

Business Statistics of the United States (data also in FedStats database, on Online Reference tab) 
REF. HC 101 .A13 (annual)

The State of Working America: 2008-2009
REF. HD8066 .M57 2009
 
International Directory of Company Histories (also in Business & Companies Resource Center database on Article Databases tab)
REF. HD 2721 .I63 (47 vols.)
 
Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics (data also in FedStats database, on Online Reference tab)
REF. HD 8051 .H36 (annual)
 
World Chamber of Commerce Directory
REF. HF 294 .W75 2005
 
Encyclopedia of Business and Finance (also Gale Virtual Reference Library, on Online Reference tab)
REF. HF 1001 .E467 2001
 
Business Statistics on the Web
REF. HF 1016 .B47 2003
 
NAICS Desk Reference (industry classification codes)
REF. HF 1041.5 .N35 2000
 
Keys to Reading an Annual Report
REF. HF 5681.B2 F773 1995
 
Almanac of Business & Industrial Financial Ratios   (by Troy)
REF. HF 5681.R25 .A45 2001
 
Wall Street Words : An Essential A to Z Guide
REF. HG 4513 .S37 1997
 
The Ticker Symbol Book
REF. HG 4513.5 .T53 1997

NetLibrary is a small collection of about 5000 full-text, electronic books. You may view the chapters of the books online. Books range from classic novels to recent books on technology and include reference books. ACC students, faculty and staff may search this from off-campus.

Project Gutenberg is the oldest producer of free electronic books on the Internet. This collection contains more than 15,000 eBooks. Most are older literary works that are in the public domain in the United States. All may be freely downloaded, read and redistributed for non-commercial use.

LibriVox  offers free audio books downloadable to your IPod. Books are classic novels, etc. that are in public domain; books are read by volunteers.