Research: Business and Investing

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Whether you are starting a business, learning about your customers, researching your competitors, or following the stock market, these databases will give you the leading edge.

ABI/INFORM

Librarian's Choice

ABI/INFORM features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals such as the Economist, country-and industry-focused reports, and downloadable data. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world

American FactFinder

American FactFinder is your source for population, housing, economic and geographic information for the United States, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas.

Bankrate

Bankrate is a leading aggregator of financial rate information, offering rate data and financial content.

Business Market Research Collection

Librarian's Choice

Includes access to Hoover's Company Profiles - covering 40,000 global public and non-public companies including financials, competitors, officers, and more; OxResearch - succinct articles covering regional economic and political developments of significance; US and Worldwide Industry & Market Reports from Barnes Reports - covering global industries in depth; and Snapshots - market research overviews on 40+ industries and 40 countries.

DivCon

DIVCON is a dividend health rating system which assesses the likelihood that companies will grow or cut their dividends.

EDGAR

U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission website for data from corporate filings and other disclosure documents.

Market Watch

MarketWatch, published by Dow Jones & Co., tracks the pulse of markets in real time.

Marketscope Advisor (CFRA)

Librarian's Choice

CFRA provides independent, differentiated and actionable analysis to help you make better investment and business decisions. Includes S&P Global’s Equity and Fund Research business, a leading provider of independent research and commentary with offerings focused on stocks, ETFs and mutual funds as well as sectors and industries.

Morningstar Investment Research Center

Librarian's Choice

One of today’s most comprehensive financial databases for information about stocks, mutual funds, ETF’s and markets. Also includes analyst reports providing an extensive overview on the company's place in today's market.

NetAdvantage

Librarian's Choice

From Standard & Poor's, a professional source for company analysis and investment rankings, including tools to understand personal & family financial matters. This resource is now a product of Marketscope Advisor, and clicking here will redirect you to the Marketscope site.

ReferenceUSA

Librarian's Choice

ReferenceUSA is the premier source of business and residential information for reference and research. ReferenceUSA offers the most up-to-date data available in the market. The database offers library patrons accurate data on 45 million businesses and 289 million consumers.

ThomasNet

The Thomas Register of American Manufacturers, now ThomasNet, is an online directory of suppliers and product sourcing in the USA and Canada.

U. S. Small Business Administration

The Small Business Administration (SBA) is a United States government agency that provides support to entrepreneurs and small businesses.

United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the primary source of reliable data about the American people and economy.

Value Line Investment Survey

In library use only Librarian's Choice

Reliable, unbiased and continuously updated compendium of current and historical market and financial data spanning thousands of U.S. companies, mutual funds and other securities, industry sectors, indices and economic variables.

Yahoo Finance

Free stock quotes, up-to-date news, portfolio management resources, international market data, and mortgage rates.

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