C O R P O R A T I O N S

     At the Georgetown site, scroll down the page to Section V to
     find "Strategies for Researching Private Companies,"
     (http://www.library.georgetown.edu/guides/americancorps/amcorp.htm)
     but on the way, check other sections for resources on both
     public and private companies.

     Work your way through "Steps in Researching a U.S. Company,"
     (http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/lml/busguides/steps.html)
     at Buffalo's Lockwood Library Web site.

     Wendy Diamond, Business Librarian at CSU, Chico, shares her
     outline and slide presentation on private company research
     using non-electronic strategies at
     http://www-new.csuchico.edu/~wd6/sla/privcos.htm

     What are the advantages and disadvantages of a company going
     public?  Do you understand the pros and cons of reverse
     mergers?  Next month we'll find the answers to these and
     other questions as we further explore researching private
     companies.

U.S. CORPORATE INFORMATION - PRIVATELY HELD COMPANIES
     This may be THE metasite for private company info.
     Most of the important corporate directories seem to be here,
     but be aware that many include both public and private
     companies.  Companies also are grouped by state and by
     industrial sector.  The annotations for each link will help
     you decide which will be most useful for your purposes.
     http://www.corporateinformation.com/uspriv.html

FORBES - THE 500 TOP PRIVATE COMPANIES
     Top company lists are a good source of private company data.
     Forbes 500 and the other corporate sites below may have been
     featured in past issues, but are included here as current
     resources especially for private company research.

     The Forbes Top 500 Private Companies are listed by rank and
     in alphabetical order.  They can also be searched by state
     and by industry.
     http://www.forbes.com/tool/toolbox/private500/

    INC. 500 - THE FASTEST GROWING (PRIVATE) COMPANIES IN AMERICA
     Only private companies make this list.  Winners are chosen
     by revenues of the previous five years.  Fifty companies
     make up the 500 Hall of Fame, having qualified at least five
     times--a remarkable feat!  Other lists include The Inner
     City 100 and Europe's 500.  New lists due in October.
    http://www.inc.com

   ROBMAGAZINE - TOP 300 PRIVATE CANADIAN COMPANIES
     ROBmagazine's ranking of Canada's Top 300 private companies
     is one of the several interesting lists you'll find at this
     site.  Others are:  Top 1000 Companies, Top Employers,
     Top CEOs, Top Exporters and more.  Each corporate link
     on the list leads to a brief profile of the company.

     The ROB in ROBmagazine stands for Report on Business.  I
     like its cheeky, lively style.  Take the "Are you having fun
     yet?" quiz to see where you rate on the executive fun scale.
     Article titles include, "Between a Rock & a Fun Place," and
     "River Boast Gambler."
     http://www.robmagazine.com/top1000/index.html

RED HERRING MAGAZINE - PRIVATE COMPANIES
     Red Herring, focusing on technology industries, divides its
     1999 100 Top Companies of the Electronic Economy list into
     two parts, Private and Public.  They've also chosen
     Superstars and 10 to Watch--companies shaping the future.
     The readers were able to vote on their picks, too.
     http://www.redherring.com/mag/issue67/news-feature-du99-home.html

     Beverly Goodwin