Sources of Information on Current Developments

General Sources

• The U.S. Industry and Trade Outlook and the Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys are useful for general overviews of major industry groups. The latest issues are at the Reference Desk.
• Two excellent guides also at the Reference Desk are: Encyclopedia of American Industries and U.S. Industry Profiles.
• You can then look at Inside U.S. Business: A Concise Encyclopedia of Leading Industries (REF HC 106.8 .M337 1994) for coverage of 25 industries.

Government Regulations

• The Code of Federal Regulations (U.S. Documents Microfiche AE 2.106:) is available at the Dana Library. Start with the annual CFR Index and Finding Aids volume which sits on top of the Government Documents microfiche cabinet.
• You can also search the CFR on the National Archives and Records Administration website.

Health Hazards

• The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has published a series of reports entitled Sector Notebooks (U.S. Documents EP 1.2:P94/no./) which profile selected industries. Each "notebook" describes the manufacturing process and the environmental impact of those processes. There is also a section summarizing the applicable federal regulations. These Sector Notebooks are also available online from the EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.
• Industry reports are also available from the Toxic Release Inventory.

Current Developments

• You can also use other periodical indexes to locate more newspaper and journal articles.
• Also try an industry search with a Northern Light Business Search.

  There are some industry-specific information sources in the library; ask at the Reference Desk for assistance.