BRPL Virtual Research Guides: Business & Finance


Home-->Virtual Research Guides-->Business & Finance Virtual Research Guide: Business & Finance Resources in this research guide include databases, digital reference books, and Internet sites covering the subjects of business, economics, finance, investments, entrepreneurship, and careers. The materials included in this guide would be generally classified in the 330s and the 650s of the Dewey Decimal System.
Featured Databases
	Demographics Now (Library Edition): A resource for businesses and students that contains current and past Census Bureau data that can be sorted and organized in order to provide statistical and demographic reports for use in business analysis, marketing studies, and sociological studies. Also includes telephone numbers and other contact information for 23 million businesses and 206 million residents in the U.S.
	LexisNexis Library Express: A rich collection of information covering three major areas: News Sources: Current news from over 1,200 U.S. and international newspapers, 300 magazines and journals, newsletters, and broadcast transcripts. Historical information is included in this resource back to 1977. Business Sources: Company and financial information on over 43 million U.S. and international public and private companies. Legal Sources: A comprehensive collection of federal and state statutes, regulations, and case law, as well as legal news and law review articles. (Legal Sources are in-Library use only)
	Morningstar Library Edition: An investing resource from Morningstar, a highly respected national financial and investing publisher. Provides detailed financial information on all stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, and American Stock Exchange as well as thousands of mutual funds. Also, provides tools for the evaluation of investments and investment portfolios.
	TheStreet.com Financial Ratings Series: The Financial Ratings Series provides information to help consumers and business professionals make informed financial decisions. Objective ratings and thorough reports are available for insurance companies (life, health, property/casualty), banks, credit unions, common stocks, and mutual funds.
	Value Line Investment Survey: This database is a unique source of financial information designed to help investors make informed investment decisions. It includes business descriptions, financial data, statistics, analysis, and evaluations of select companies and industries. The same 3,500 stocks that are included in the print versions of the Value Line Investment Survey - Standard Edition and the Value Line Investment Survey - Small & Mid-Cap Edition are covered in this database. Value Line is brought to you by a contribution from The Friends of the Library
Digital Reference Collections
	Credo Reference Topics: Business
	GVRL (Gale Virtual Reference Library): Business
Digital Reference Book Titles
	21st Century Management: Emphasizes key research on the topic and emerging trends. Considers globalization, new information technologies, as well as ethical and ecological issues. Addresses security and crisis management issues; offers insights into 21st century business issues such as excessive work and outsourcing; discusses diversity; and includes issues of managing nonprofit arts, medical, sports, and philanthropic organizations in the 21st century.
	Business Plans Handbook: A collection of actual business plans compiled by entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses throughout North America. Each volume presents approximately 25 sample plans taken from businesses in the manufacturing, retail, and service industries--only company names and addresses have been changed. Includes a sample business plan template and two fictional plans, a glossary of small business terms, and a directory section containing various listings of interest to entrepreneurs and consultants specializing in small business advice and planning.
	Encyclopedia of American Industries: Provides detailed, comprehensive information on a wide range of industries in every realm of American business.
	Encyclopedia of Business and Finance, 2nd ed.. Burton Kaliski, Ed. 2nd ed. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007. 791 pp. 2 vols. Designed for the nonspecialist, the Encyclopedia of Business and Finance is a two-volume complete reference covering five general areas: finance and banking; accounting; marketing; management; and information systems. Drawing on practical professional expertise as well as that of noted scholars, the contributors include executives, government administrators and scholars from leading business programs from around the United States.
Florida Electronic Library
	Business Index ASAP: Contains articles from academic and business journals covering the period from 1980 to the present. Perform in-depth research on management issues, economic indicators, and business theories and practices, as well as on the activities of companies and industries worldwide.
	General Business File ASAP: Contains reports and articles about business, industry, management, economics, and politics in full-text format. Many articles also contain images.
	Small Business Resource Center: This resource is an unmatched source of information for the entrepreneurial community that covers all major aspects of starting, managing, financing, marketing, and operating a small business. It contains full-text books and journal articles that will be of interest to an existing or aspiring small business owner as well as hundreds of sample business plans.
Suggested Internet Resources
Allbusiness.com ALA Best Business Websites American Stock Exchange Business Research Guides from IU Library CNNMoney Edgar: SEC Filings & Forms FDIC: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Internal Revenue Service LOC Business Reference Services MarketWatch from Dow Jones Morningstar.com Motley Fool: Finance and Folly Nasdaq Stock Market NYSE Group Small Business Administration SmartMoney.com ThomasNet Wall Street Executive Library Yahoo! Finance