Research by Subject: Journalism & Media Studies: Contacts: Experts, Businesses, Organizations

Individuals & experts

CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)
Journal articles, working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGO\'s, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, and policy briefs.

Contact Government byTopic: USA.gov
Find contact information for government programs, listed by topic.
Harvard Think Tank Search
A custom Google search of more than 600 think tank websites
ProfNet Connect
"[F]ree online community of nearly 50,000 experts, media and professional communicators. Profiles are searchable by keyword and geographic location, and include photos, video, links to white papers and more. You can also create your own profile on the site to showcase your own expertise; view leads on experts and story ideas; participate in forums; and more." Requires registration for free account.

Find companies by name and industry

Hoover's Company Profiles
Descriptive information about a company including location, summary financials, top competitors, top officers, and much more for over 40,000 public and non-public companies and 225,000 key executives.
PrivCo.com
PrivCo is a source for business and financial data on major, non-publicly traded corporations, including family owned, private equity owned, venture backed, and international unlisted companies.

Users are required to create a free account to access PrivCo.

Find non-profit international and non-governmental organizations

Intergovernmental organization members are governments, not individuals.
Non-government organizations are any non-profit, voluntary citizens' group which is organized on a local, national or international level.

Europa World Plus
Concise information on all aspects (political, economic, social, educational, etc.) of nations.
Also includes a comprehensive listing of more than 2,000 international organizations.

Intergovernmental Organization Search Engine
Custom Google search to locate web pages for intergovernmental organizations (organization members are governments, not individuals).
Non-governmental Organizations Search
Custom Google search for non-government organizations ( any non-profit, voluntary citizens' group which is organized on a local, national or international level).

San Diego Companies

San Diego Business Journal. Book of lists
Call Number: HF5068.S39 B6 Research Desk
Gives the top companies in San Diego by industry.

San Diego Sourcebook
Data on businesses, including downloadable spreadsheet format, providing valuable research and sales leads.

Gale Directory Library
Directory information for US private and public companies with rankings by sales within SIC and NAICS codes and state rankings.
More InfoVolume 4 has a Geographic Listing by State/Zip Code and then they designate the status of the company R=Private P=Public. (San Diego County Library (SDCL) has information from this book in their database Business and Company Resource Center).