This page includes list-building resources that cover southern CA well, and the major regional business news article sources.
Use these to keep up with news of the area. Regional business journalism often covers companies, executives and industry conditions in depth, so they are great resources to check for interview prep, too.
Generally, these databases can provide one-stop, full-text coverage, of business news, if you don't want to focus on a single news source.
These resources will help you build contact lists, for networking and informational interviewing.
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Want to work for an international company doing business in the San Diego area? Find a San Diego company with offices in other countries? Use Uniworld Online to identify specific companies and locations
Many North American regional business publications have list features in their weekly publications that are devoted to the top companies or organizations on a particular topic or industry, like top women-owned businesses, top accounting firms, largest employers in... (name a city)., etc.These weekly lists are compiled annually into a Book of Lists for a city or region.
There are two main publishers of these weeklies, and their contents are incorporated into at least one of our subscription resources, Bizjournals, MasterFile Premier and Gale Business Insights. Southern CA local publications are listed below. You'll have to experiment to find similar publications in another region.
Note: not all of the most recent BoL issues are available yet. They will be updated here as they become available. Use the "latest rankings articles" in the meantime.
