Investing, Finance and Business Resources from the Library

• A.M. Best Company- a full-service credit rating organization dedicated to serving the financial services industries, including the banking and insurance sectors. This database is available for in-library use only, please see a librarian for user ID and password.

• Barron's - America's premier financial magazine. In addition to the complete contents of the weekly magazine, it includes access to the Market Data Center, Market Lab, Stock Picks &  Pans, and StockGrader. This database is available for in-library use only, please see a librarian for user ID and password.

• Business and Company Resource Center  - Accurate, up-to-date company and industry intelligence of more than 300,000 companies with company profiles, industry rankings, products and brands, stock prices, investment reports, industry statistics, and more.

• GDL: Consultants and Consulting Organizations Directory 35 -This invaluable database unites businesses, government agencies, institutions and individuals with the experts who can aid in the creation and maintenance of prosperous competitive businesses.

• Morningstar Investment Research Center One of today’s most comprehensive financial databases for information about stocks, mutual funds, ETF’s and markets.  Also includes portfolio tools for help determining what your asset mix should be, as well as retirement and college savings calculators. 

• New York Times- Search the full text of the New York Times from 1995 - present.

• Reference USA - Companies can be located by type of business, regional location, size and a variety of other criteria. Personal phone numbers and addresses can be found by using the Residential Database.
  

• Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage - A professional source for company analysis and investment rankings, plus tools to understand personal & family financial matters.

• The Street.com Ratings: Stocks, HMOs, Banks and Mutual Funds - Search the Weiss Investment Ratings and Reports for stocks by ticker symbol, company name, or industry sector. Get the most up-to-date reports at your convenience, from the library or from home.

• ValueLine - Information on stocks or mutual funds, including ValueLine Investment Survey Standard;  ValueLine Investment  Survey Expanded Edition; Mutual Fund Survey; ValueLine Daily Options Survey; ValueLine Special Situations Service; and ValueLine Convertible Survey.
• Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies - Ward's now lists more than 112,000 companies, 90% of which are private. Volumes 1, 2 and 3 provide current company information in a single A-Z arrangement. Volume 4 is a geographic company listing, offering at-a-glance evaluations of industry activity through rankings and analysis. Consult Volume 5 for national rankings by sales within SIC codes at the 4-digit level; Volume 8 presents these rankings by NAICS codes. Volumes 6 and 7 rank companies in each state by sales within 4-digit SIC codes and provide brief evaluations of industry activity of leading companies for each state.

Investing, Finance and Business Websites

• American FactFinder - Your source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data.
• Bureau of Labor Statistics - The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor is the principal Federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy.
• Business - Google News
• Business.gov - Business.gov helps small businesses understand their legal requirements and locate government services from federal, state and local agencies.
• Doing Business - The Doing Business project provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 183 economies and selected cities at the subnational and regional level.
• EDGAR - Use EDGAR to search a company's SEC filings and forms.
• FedStats - This site provides access to the full range of official statistical information produced by the Federal Government without having to know in advance which Federal agency produces which particular statistic.
• International Monetary Fund - The IMF promotes international monetary cooperation and exchange rate stability, facilitates the balanced growth of international trade, and provides resources to help members in balance of payments difficulties or to assist with poverty reduction.
• MortgageLoan.com Calculator - An online mortgage resource with over 100 financial calculators.
• North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) - This is the standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy.
• Statistical Abstract of the United States - The authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
• United States Census Bureau - Manufacturing

General Resources - Articles available from the library

• Academic Articles (OneFile)- Provides articles from leading journals and reference sources. Covers the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other academic subjects.
• Academic Articles (ASAP)- Search this premier database for research in all the academic disciplines. Contains 1,000 full-text and 6,000 indexed periodical titles.
  
• Newspapers and Magazines  (General Reference Center) - Contains 1,200 full-text titles in general interest magazines, business and industry journals, and reference books.
  
• Encyclopedia Britannica Online - An online version of the entire print encyclopedia. The encyclopedia is updated daily and has special added features including Internet links.
• World Book Encyclopedia- Find all the encyclopedia entries from the print World Book as well as current events and research articles. Sections include Today in History, Search the Ages and Special Reports.