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Automotive
Industry Information
Selected Automotive Industry
NAICS/SIC Codes:
| NAICS |
SIC |
| 441 |
Motor Vehicle & Parts Dealers |
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| 4411 |
Automobile Dealers |
5511 |
Motor Vehicle Dealers (used & new) |
| 441110 |
New Car Dealers |
5511 |
Motor Vehicle Dealers (used & new) |
| 441120 |
Used Car Dealers |
5521 |
Motor Vehicle Dealers (used only) |
| 4413 |
Automotive Parts, Accessories & Tire Stories |
5013 |
Motor Vehicle Supplies and New Parts |
3361 |
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing |
37 /
3711 |
Transportation
Equipment /
Motor Vehicle Bodies |
| 42311 |
Automobiles & other Motor Vehicle Wholesalers |
5012 |
Automobiles & other Motor Vehicle Wholesalers |
| 42312 |
Motor Vehicle Supplies and new parts Wholesalers |
5013 |
Motor Vehicle Supplies and new parts Wholesalers |
| 42314 |
Motor Vehicle Parts (used) wholesalers |
5015 |
Motor Vehicle Parts (used) wholesalers |
| 522220 |
Sales Financing & Leasing |
6159 |
Miscellaneous Business Credit Institutions |
| 811111 |
General Automotive Repair |
7538 |
General Automotive Repair shops |
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NAICS/1987 SIC Correspondence Table
Use these resources
to find information on the Automotive Industry as a whole:
- Standard
& Poor's Netadvantage - (WSU) - Click on Industries
on the blue menu bar. In the Select: Industry
Surveys box, choose Autos & Auto Parts, click
the search arrow (orange/brown box). Give current environment,
industry profile, how the industry operates, comparative company
analysis and more.
- Value
Line Research Center - (WSU) - click on Look
up Industry on the left side menu. Find Auto & Truck
or Auto Parts. Click on the link for
company information, or the icon under the Industry Comments
column for an overview.
- Office of
Aerospace and Automotive Industries' Automotive Team
- data on international and domestic trade in vehicles and parts
as well as general industry financial and statistical information.
Includes industry forecasts.
- AutoFacts
- industry information from PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Much
free information, some requires subscription. Domestic &
international information.
- WardsAuto.com
- recent industry information. Archives require a
subscription.
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Company
Information
Use these resources
to find information on a specific company:
To find the ticker
symbol for a company, go to: http://finance.yahoo.com/l
and type in the company name.
- Lexis-Nexis
Academic - (WSU) Select the 'Business'
category from the main menu, then choose one of the options available:
Company Financial Reports, Company Profiles, Compare Companies,
SEC Filings & Reports or Directories.
- Mergent
Online - (WSU) Click on the Enter MergentOnline
button. You can search by company name (Daimler-Chrysler),
Ticker symbol (DCX) or used Advanced Search and search by NAICS/SIC
code.
- Standard
& Poor's Netadvantage - (WSU) - Click on Companies
on the blue menu bar. In the Select: box, choose
the report you want, enter the ticker symbol and click the search
arrow (orange/brown box).
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Industry
& Company News
Use these resources
to find industry news:
- Lexis-Nexis
Academic - (WSU) Select the 'Business'
category from the main menu, then choose Industry & Market.
From the drop down menu, choose: Automotive & Transportation
News, enter a keyword (such as Utah dealerships) to search,
choose a date and click on the Search button.
- Business
Source Premier - (WSU) Use this database to find
industry news and also information on best practices, running
a business, and so on.
For local &
regional news:
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Ejournals
We can access
many journals and magazines online or in print.
Use our Ejournals
Database to access these titles:
- Automotive news
- Ward's auto world
- Ward's dealer business
- Automotive Aftermarket Industry Profile: United States
- Automotive components analyst
- Automotive design & production
- Automotive DIY Products Industry Profile: United States
- Automotive environment analyst
- Automotive fleet
- Automotive industries
- Chilton's automotive industries
- Plunkett's automobile industry almanac
- American clean car
- Car and driver
- Motor age
- And many more
You will need your WSU
ID to get into the magazine or journal.
Not sure how
to use the database?
- Call - 801 - 626-6415
Toll free: 1-877-306-3140
- Chat - click on the button on the upper right of most web
pages.
- email - refdesk@weber.edu
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Finding Books
Using Catalogs
: Use the WSU online
catalog to find location and availability of books and other
media in Stewart Library. Books you can check out are located on
level two of the library in the General Collection, Reference Books
are on the main level.
- Most books on the business aspects of automobiles & motor
vehicles are in the HD section.
- Books on the technical aspects of automobiles & motor vehicles
are in the TL section.
Search terms to try:
- automobile dealers
- automobile industry and trade
- automobiles marketing
- motor vehicles design and construction
- automotive computers
- automotive electronics
- type in the name of specific parts: fuel systems, carburetors,
batteries, brakes, motors, and so on.
Search for videos
& DVDs just like books. They are located in the Media
Collection, lower level. Most can be checked out.
Interlibrary Loan:
If we do not own a particular book or article you need,
we will borrow it for you from another library through Interlibrary
Loan .
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Other Business
Guides
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Useful Web
Resources
- National Automobile Dealer's
Association - includes NADA News, legal, consumer
& career
information
- Utah
Automobile Dealers Association - information for
Utah dealers, including continuing education.
- American International
Automobile Dealers Association - industry information
with an international perspective.
- Automobile
Dealers Careers - the US Dept. of Labor Career
Guide to Industries.
- Automotive
Aftermarket Industry Association - trends, news,
consumer information and more.
- Automotive Industry
Action Group - resources from a group committed to
improving supply chain/speed to market, employee health &
safety & the environment.
- EPA Wastes
- guidelines & other information from the EPA concerning batteries,
fuel, oil, and so on. See NADA, AIADA, etc. too.
- Office of
Aerospace and Automotive Industries' Automotive Team
- government office charged with facilitating global business
opportunities
- NTSB: National
Transportation Safety Board - responsible for safety
of automobiles & other vehicles.
- Hybridcars.com
- news, availability and other information on hybrid cars.
- Edmunds.com
- consumer site with pricing, reviews, reports and other information.
- Kelley Blue Book
- consumer site with pricing, reviews, reports and other information.
- Yahoo! Autos
- consumer site with pricing, reviews, reports and
other information.
- local.google.com
- type in a subject and a zipcode and find all businesses in an
area.
Other useful Library
Databases:
- Factiva
- (requires public library card) - industry information, news,
company & financial information.
- Auto
Repair Reference Center - (WSU) - repair manual,
includes maintenance schedules and Labor estimators.
- Vocational
& Career Collection - (WSU) - information on
careers, includes information on specfic industries and careers
within them and access to trade & industry publications.
- Academic
Search Premier - (WSU) - a good place to begin research
on any topic.
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Research
Tips
- Clearly identify your information need
- Identify key words and search
terms to match your topic
- Develop search statements using advanced
search techniques such as Boolean logic, adjacency searching
and truncation.
- Use the online
catalog to find books, videos and other materials
- Use an appropriate article database
to find journal articles, ask a librarian for help if you're
not sure what's best
- Use interlibrary loan to
get materials that are not in Stewart Library
- Use search
engines to find Web information
- Carefully
evaluate the information you find for usefulness and quality
- Revise your search terms and strategy to expand or narrow your
results, be creative, look in other areas
- Use appropriate style to document
and cite research
- Ask for HELP at
Reference ,
via phone or email
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