Business Reference: Industry Research Guides

Librarians in the Business Section have created a number of specialized guides that provide more in-depth sources for those industries. Many of these guides have sources for those studying the nature of the industry today, but also include resources for those looking to research the history.

Airlines & Commercial Aviation Research Guide
This guide is useful for researching the history and current state of commercial aviation, including airplane manufacturing, airports, and cargo and passenger air transportation industries, along with relevant sources for statistics and regulations.
Alcoholic Beverage Industry
This guide focuses on the alcoholic beverage industry in the United States. While there is a strong emphasis on sources that help trace the history and development of the industry, we also include sources for those interested in the industry today.
Automotive Industry: A Research Guide
This guide provides resources for researchers interested in the automotive industry covering the history, retail and car buying, company research and marketing strategies, industry associations, and regulations.
Business of Beauty: A Resource Guide
The beauty industry covers a wide range of products from cosmetics to skin care and everything in between. This guide covers this large and global business.
Fashion Industry: A Resource Guide
Resources for those studying the business aspects of the fashion and apparel industry.
Fintech: Financial Technology Research Guide
Financial technology otherwise known as fintech or FinTech, is the technology and innovation that aims to compete with the traditional delivery of financial and banking services with new innovations like cryptocurrencies and crowdfunding.
Green Business: Sources of Information
This guide provides resources on business sustainability in general and in select industries, and offers useful information for businesses striving to implement green practices and for consumers considering a switch to an earth-friendly lifestyle.
Hospitality Industry: Restaurants, Hotels, & Lodging Resource Guide
This guide includes print and electronics resources for anyone who is researching the history and current state of the hospitality industry with a focus on restaurants, hotels, and other commercial lodging.
Oil and Gas Industry: A Research Guide
This guide covers the business of oil and gas for researchers interested in the history, regulations, production, transportation and storage, marketing and distribution, statistical sources, and company research.
Real Estate Industry: A Resource Guide
This guide provides a starting point for researching both the residential and commercial real estate industries in the United States. Selected by business specialists at the Library of Congress, resources include both print and online materials.
Renewable Energy Industries: A Research Guide
This guide to researching the business of generating and distributing renewable energy focuses on resources related to hydropower, solar, wind, geothermal, and biomass industries as well as the electric power sector in the United States.
Sports Industry: A Research Guide
The resources included in this guide are intended for anyone researching the business aspects of professional sports and venue management with a focus on football, baseball, basketball, tennis, soccer, and golf.
Telecommunications Industry: A Research Guide
This guide provides business research information on resources related to wired, wireless, and satellite telecommunications industries, including radio and television broadcasting, and cable and internet service providers.
Tourism and Travel: A Research Guide
Tourism and travel have undergone tremendous growth and diversification to become a major force in the international economy. This guide provides access to resources for those just starting to research these industries.
The Trucking Industry: A Research Guide
This guide provides useful starting points, including books, journals, databases, legislation, government agencies, and associations, for in-depth research on the U.S. trucking industry, with a strong focus on autonomous trucking.
Wedding Industry Research
This guide provides access to a few sources and strategies for those interested in doing research on the business of weddings or the smaller industries associated with weddings.
We Scream for Ice Cream: An Industry Guide
Ice cream has a history as one of America's favorite sweet treats. This guide provides resources for researching the ice cream industry in the United States. While the focus is ice cream, some sources dive deeper into the U.S. dairy industry.

Doing Industry Research: A Resource Guide

Business Reference: Industry Research Guides