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the world. Hoover’s also publishes several print resources.
Two of the more interesting are Hoover’s Handbook of
Emerging Companies and Hoover’s Handbook of Private
Companies.
• Standard & Poor’s Register of Corporations—This is a
wonderful four-volume print resource for finding
addresses, telephone numbers, and names of executives for
corporations. For some of the executives, there is a short
biographical sketch. These books are available in many
university libraries and large public libraries.
• Thomas Register of American Manufacturers (www
.thomasregister.com)—This free Internet resource lets you
look up a product, service, or brand name and find direc-
tory-style listings for companies that manufacture or sup-
ply it. You can also look up a company name to find lists
of the products or services that company can provide.
However, this is not an exhaustive listing of companies or
products. Company listings typically include addresses and
phone numbers as well as products available. This resource
is free, but you must register to use it.

RANKINGS AND RATINGS
• American Tally Statistics & Rankings for 3,165 U.S.
Cities—This reference provides demographic, sociological,
and economic statistics on a large cross-section of Ameri-
can cities. Not every city is included in every table or chart.
This source is available at many public and university
libraries.
• Business Rankings Annual—This source is a collection of
tables and charts ranking companies within various indus-
tries by measures that have appeared in journal articles.