Career Management Center

The Job Search

Index Of Research Sources

Guide To American Directories (B. Klein Publications, P. O. Box 8503, Coral Springs, FL 33065). A listing and description of 6,000 directories with more than 300 major industrial, professional, and mercantile classifications.

Encyclopedia of Associations, Volume 1 (National Organizations of the United States, Gale Research Company, Book Tower, Detroit, MI 48266). A guide to 14,000 national organizations of all types, purposes and interests. Useful in locating placement committees that can help you learn of specific job openings in your field of interest; getting membership lists of individuals in order to develop personal contacts; and learning where and when confrences are being held.

Directory of Corporate Affiliations (National Register Company, Inc., 5201 Old Orchard Road, Skokie, IL 60076). Provides detailed information on "who owns whom" as a result of mergers and acquisitions. Useful when seeking detailed information on the corporate structure of a parent company or for a company not listed in other directories because it is a subsidiary division or an affiliate.

The Career Guide: Dun's Employment Opportunities Directory(Dun and Bradstreet Information Services, 99 Church Street, New York, NY 10007). Alphabetical listing of employers. Includes a list of educational and experience specialties the company generally hires.

Moody's Manuals(Moody's Investor Services). Information from company reports, proxy statements, and regulatory reports.

Standard and Poor's Industry Surveys. Produced quarterly, focus is on industry type. Contains charts and graphs comparing individual employer's operating revenues, net income, debt capital ratio, etc., within each industry.

Polk's World Bank Directory-North American Edition (U.S., Canada, Mexico, Central America and Caribbean), (R. L. Polk Company, 2001 Elm Hill Pike, P. O. Box 1340, Nashville, TN 37202). Listing of banks, other financial institutions, and government agencies by address.