Trade associations are excellent sources of information for industry analysis. They provide reports analyzing trends and many statistical studies on the market for that industry. To identify the trade association in your field of inquiry, try these sources:
Associations Unlimited
Information about associations and professional societies, listings for nonprofit membership organizations of U.S. national, regional, state, and local, or international scope; in addition to 144,000 listings of the encyclopedia of associations (EA) series, nearly 300,000 additional nonprofit organizations have been added to this database.
Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources.
(Langsam Library Latest Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
Identifies associations within a particular industry. The arrangement is by industry.
National Trade and Professional Associations of the United States. (Langsam Library Latest Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
The National Trade and Professional Associations of the United States lists 8,100 national trade associations, professional societies and labor unions and their 14,000+ key executives.
World Chamber of Commece Directory. (Langsam Library Latest Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
Geographical listings of Chambers of Commerce in the United States and Canada. Also lists foreign Chambers of Commerce in the U.S. and international embassies and foreign consular offices in the U.S. and U.S. Chambers abroad. It also lists the official tourism office of foreign countries.
Yearbook of International Organizations. (Langsam Library Latest Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
The yearbook has profiles of organizations at work in the world today. It contains entries on the most important 30,000 organizations active in about 300 countries and territories.
It profiles international non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations. There are all types of organization, from formal structures to informal networks, from professional bodies to recreational clubs.
