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small business with help from these lead and
marketing sources.
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call numbers/locations. Most sources are for
in-house use.
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Table of Contents:
Arizona Business Gazette.
Weekly, retained since 1981 at MN, 6 months DR, 3
months RM
New business/sales tax licenses, home sales in
Maricopa County by zip code, commercial
bankruptcies, articles of incorporation, registrar
of contractors actions, patents, lawsuits, pending
liquor licenses, public notices including trustee
sales.
Arizona Capitol Times.
Weekly, current issues retained at MN
Corporate activity notices including articles of
incorporation, court
notices, public notices, trustee sales.
The Business Journal.
Weekly, retained since 1987 MN, 3 months DR and RM
New business/home sale listings from Maricopa
County, deeds, liens, foreclosure sales, commercial
real estate transactions, building permits,
bankruptcies.
The Record Reporter.
3x/week: M, W, F, retained 3 months, MN
Maricopa/Pima County Recorder’s office info. Real
estate sales
by zip code (incl. buyer and property address),
auctions, tax
liens, sales tax licenses, bid opportunities with
government
agencies, new Arizona corporations, trustees sales,
public
notices, deeds of trust, REOs, federal bankruptcies.
Building Permits
(Construction Permits). Received weekly,
retained 2 months, MN Business Index Table
Permits for new/modified construction within City of
Mesa; issued through City of Mesa Building Inspections Division. Organized by date only.
Cole Cross-Reference
Directory, Phoenix and Vicinity.
Annual, MN, DR, RM
Cross-reference, reverse phone number and address
directory.
Multiple volumes for Phoenix and suburbs.
Hill-Donnelly
Cross-Reference Directory for Mesa – Tempe
–Chandler, AZ. Annual, MN RM
Business/consumer guide for Mesa, Tempe, Chandler,
and
other southeast Valley communities. Market planning
section
includes affluence ratings, avg year homes built,
avg age
of householder; information organized by census
tract and zip code.
Arizona Business
Directory. Annual, MN, DR, RM
Basic contact, sales information on Arizona
businesses.
Dun’s Regional Business
Directory, Phoenix/Tucson.
Annual, MN, DR, RM
Directory of Arizona businesses.
Reference USA
Database
Searchable electronic business/residential
directory. Includes 12 million businesses and 102
million residential listings nationwide. Must have
Mesa Public Library card and PIN to access this
database. Go to
Articles & Information Databases page. Listed
under Business heading.
Arizona Industrial
Directory. Annual, MN, DR, RM
Manufacturing and high-tech firms statewide.
Arizona Manufacturers
Directory. Annual, MN
Arizona manufacturing establishments searchable by
product, location, SIC, geographic location, and
alphabetically. Published by Greater Phoenix Chamber
of Commerce.
Rocky Mountain High
Technology Directory. Annual, MN, DR, RM
High-tech business listings from AZ, CO, MT, NM, NV,
UT and WY.
D & B Business Rankings.
Annual, MN
Includes section ranking businesses by state –
revenue and employee size.
Book of Lists.
Annual, MN, DR, RM
Leading buyers, businesses, and employers in the
state presented in over 130 lists. Published by
Business Journal of Phoenix.
Ranking Arizona.
Annual, MN, DR, RM
Rankings of companies in variety of industries.
Published by Arizona Business Magazine.
Thomas Register of
American Manufacturers. Annual, MN, RM
Directory of 173,000 US and Canadian manufacturers,
industrial product, service companies. Includes
manufacturer catalog file, company profiles.
Multiple volumes. Also available:
www.thomasregister.com with links to company
catalogs/websites. Register at no charge.
Thomas Food & Beverage
Market Place. Annual, MN
Companies involved in manufacture, supply, service,
equipment, transportation, import-export, brokerage,
wholesaling, and other aspects of food/beverage
trade.
American Wholesalers and
Distributors Directory. Annual, MN
Industry details on more than 31,000 wholesalers and
distributors in the United States.
Standard Directory of
Advertisers (Advertising Red Books). Annual, MN
Company information on 15,500 companies that each
spend more than $200,000 annually on advertising.
Includes brand name index.
D&B Consultants Directory.
Annual, MN
Over 30,000 U.S. consulting firms in financial
services, business management, marketing,
engineering, technology, entertainment, medical,
utilities, communications, mining, construction, and
transportation.
Corporate Affiliations.
Annual, receive even-year only, RM
Directory of national and international companies,
parents/subsidiaries, contacts.
Brands and Their
Companies. Annual, MN, RM
Guide to product trade names/brands with addresses
of manufacturers and distributors.
The Property Book:
Directory - Kammrath & Associates. Annual, MN
Location/information of local apartments, office
buildings, mobile home parks, shopping centers.
Helpful for business site selection and for creating
commercial property lead lists.
Mesa Public Library carries many other national
business directories, manufacturing directories, and
industry directories.
Finder Binder: Arizona’s Updated Media Directory.
Annual, with monthly updates, MN, DR, RM
Arizona radio/television stations, print
publications including newspapers and magazines with
rate and contact information.
Editor and Publisher Market Guide: The Directory
of Newspaper Markets and Demographics. Annual.
MN
Data on 1,600+ daily newspaper cities in the US and
Canada including population data/estimates, number
of registered automobiles, gas/electric meters,
banks, types of industries, shopping mall/retail
information, largest newspapers for each area.
Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast
Media. Annual, MN, DR, RM
Radio, television, cable, print outlets nationwide.
Contact information, thumbnail descriptions of each
local market, subject/alpha indexes.
Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory. Annual, MN,
RM
Content/contact information on 186,000+ publications
worldwide.
Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook. Annual, MN
Directory of radio, cable, and television stations
with programming/contact information.
SRDS Direct Marketing List Source. Bimonthly,
MN
Directory of companies who generate wide range of
direct marketing mail lists.
SRDS Newspaper Advertising Source. Monthly.
MN
US newspapers and ad rates.
Research Alert Yearbook. Annual, Library
carries various editions, MN
Consumer-behavior, market research data,
purchase/lifestyle patterns on variety of topics.
World Chamber of Commerce Directory. Annual,
MN, DR, RM
US chambers, boards of tourism, convention/visitors
bureaus, economic development organizations,
American chambers abroad, foreign tourist
information bureaus, foreign/ethnic chambers in US &
abroad, foreign & US embassies.
Rand McNally Commercial Atlas and Marketing
Guide. Annual, MN, DR, RM
Maps and tables showing population, income, housing
and sales data for US and markets; transportation
information.
United States Census.
www.census.gov
Demographic population tables including income,
educational attainment, housing status, language,
age and race. Search by zip code, census tract,
block group, city, other ways. Also Economic Census
with business counts.
STAT-USA, Globus and
National Trade Data Bank. (NTDB) Database*
Includes NTDB Global Trade Directory for identifying
international trade contacts, importers/exporters
searchable by product, company, region plus trade
opportunities, country information. Information
collected/produced by US Government.
* Free access through Federal Depository Libraries.
For use inside library only. Go to
Articles &
Information Databases page. Listed under In-Library
Access Databases.
Exporter’s Encyclopaedia.
Annual with semi-monthly updates inFact File, MN
Export know-how and information; covers all
international markets with documentation and
requirements.
STAT-USA, Globus and
National Trade Data Bank. (NTDB) Database*
Includes NTDB Global Trade Directory for identifying
international trade contacts, importers/exporters
searchable by product, company, region plus trade
opportunities, country information. Information
collected/produced by US Government.
* Free access through Federal Depository Libraries.
For use inside library only. Go to
Articles &
Information Databases page. Listed under In-Library
Access Databases.
Associations can often
support you with data and trends.
Encyclopedia of
Associations, National. Annual, MN, RM
Associations of every type in US; contact details.
National Trade and
Professional Associations of the United States.
Annual, MN
7,400+ trade associations, professional societies,
labor unions.
Encyclopedia of Business
Information Sources. Annual, MN
Business contacts & sources on many topics; arranged
by topic.
Web Sites:
Trade Show News Network
http://www.tsnn.com/
Trade Show Week Trade Show
Directory
http://www.tradeshowweek.com/
Strauss's Handbook of Business Information: A Guide
for Librarians, Students, and Researchers. Rita W.
Moss. MN, DR 330.016 M855S 2004.
The Basic Business Library:
Core Resources. MN REF 027.69 B292B 2002
Super Searchers Do Business: The Online Secrets of
Top Business Researchers. Mary Ellen Bates. MN
025.0665 B319S 1999
Super Searchers on Madison
Avenue: Top Advertising and Marketing Professionals
Share Their
Online Research Strategies. Grace Avellana Villamora.
MN 658.830285 V712S 2003
Search Smart and Get Ahead.
Susan Shelly. MN 650.072 SH44S 2000
See our
Business Resources page for more great
resources!
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Revised 8/08
Sandra Rizzo, Business Librarian
Mesa Public Library
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