BUSINESS MAGAZINES & NEWSLETTERS

The list below represents a selection from the library's collection.  If you would like to access newspapers or magazines online, you can search our E-Journals database to see what we have available online. 

Advertising Age (monthly)
American Association of Individual Investors (monthly)
Banker & Tradesman (weekly)
Barron’s (weekly)
Best’s Review (monthly)
Better Buys for Business (monthly)
Boston Business Journal (weekly)
Business Week (weekly)
Consumer Reports Money Adviser (monthly)
Economist (monthly)
Fidelity Insight (monthly)
Forbes (biweekly)
Fortune (biweekly)
Harvard Business Review (bimonthly)
Hulbert Financial Digest (monthly)
INC Magazine (monthly)
Investor’s Business Daily (Monday-Friday)
Kiplinger Letter (weekly)
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance (monthly)
Kiplinger’s Retirement Report (monthly)
Louis Rukeyser’s Mutual Funds (monthly)
Louis Rukeyser’s Wall Street (monthly)
Mass High Tech (weekly)
Money (monthly)
Moneyletter  (Donoghue’s) (biweekly)
Morningstar: ETF Investor, DividendInvestor, FundInvestor, StockInvestor (all monthly)
SmartMoney (monthly)
Wall Street Journal (Monday-Friday)
Wall Street Transcript (weekly)

 STARTING A BUSINESS

 COMPANIES & INDUSTRIES

 
Advertising Red Books
The Standard Directory of Advertising Agencies lists about 9000 agencies with key data.  The Standard Directory of Advertisers has information on major advertisers—including type of agencies and budgets. 
(Business Reference 659 Advertising)  

Best’s Insurance Reports
In-depth reviews of the financial performance of life and health insurers and property and casualty insurance companies. 
(Business Reference 368.3 Best’s)

Business and Company Resource Center
Business and Company Resource Center brings together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and periodicals in one, easy-to search interface. 

D&B Regional Business Directory:Boston Area
For local business information, the D&B regional directory offers information searchable by geographic and SIC designations and includes rankings by employee and sales figures.
(Business Reference 338.77 D&B)

  Hoover's Online
Hoover's Online contains a wide variety of business information about public, private and non-US companies.  It includes extensive company profiles, information about competitors and names of key people with accompanying biographies.  Also available is company and industry news, IPO information, research reports and annual reports.  Company searches can be targeted using 18 parameters such as industry, geographic location, financial information, and company size. 
  
Massachusetts Manufacturers Register
A source for suppliers of products of all kinds, this profiles over 10,000 Massachusetts manufacturers, indexed by geography and SIC code.
(Business Reference 338.767025 Massachusetts)
 
Million Dollar Directory:  Top 50,000 Companies
Includes the Million Dollar Directory Series’ largest companies.  Selection is based upon sales, volume, and number of employees. 
(Business Reference 658 D&B)

RDS Business Suite
Finding the relevant business answers has never been easier.  RDS Business Suite gives you balanced and highly-focused full-text coverage of company and industry news, managment practices, and market research information.  The resource also provides access to Tablebase, a robust business statistical search tool giving information ranging from the market share of soft drink companies to the percentage of consumers who prefer iPads over the nook ereader.

 
    Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
S&P's NetAdvantage includes industry surveys, stock and bond reports, company profiles and articles.  It also provides access to the Standard & Poor's Mutual Fund Reports, Stock Reports, and Industry Reports.  Remote access (as opposed to accessing on a library computer) does not provide access to the Industry Reports due to a contractual agreement with S&P.

MARKETING

 STOCKS & MUTUAL FUNDS

Morningstar.com Library Edition
Reports on 23,000+ mutual funds and 7,000+ stocks. Full reports on 2000 funds and 2000 stocks.  Tools for screening securities and analyzing portfolios.  Updated throughout the day.

Morningstar Mutual Funds
A guide to about 1,500 mutual funds with full, detailed reports on individual funds twice a year and bi-weekly updated summaries.  Features ratings, risk analyses, return projections and overviews of funds by investment objective.
(Investment Table)

    Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
S&P's NetAdvantage includes industry surveys, stock and bond reports, company profiles and articles.  It also provides access to the Standard & Poor's Mutual Fund Reports, Stock Reports, and Industry Reports.  Remote access (as opposed to accessing on a library computer) does not provide access to the Industry Reports due to a contractual agreement with S&P.

Value Line Investment Survey
This advisory service provides weekly summaries and quarterly reports on more than 1,700 stocks of interest to investors. It supplies ratings, charts, tables and analysis of recent developments. 
(Investment Table)
 
Value Line Investment Survey: Small and Mid-Cap Edition
Adds about 1,700 more stocks to the basic Value Line service including many NASDAQ issues and smaller NYSE and ASE securities. 
(Investment Table)

STATISTICS

Business Data & Statistics - USA.gov
A one-stop-shop for all statistics concerning US business, this site is a great resource to begin with whether you're looking for statistics that relate to international trade, small business, region-specific breakdowns, banking, labor, general busienss, economic, or a host of other subjects.

Massachusetts Labor Market Information
Presented by the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, this site presents labor statistics for Massachusetts, such as estimates of employment by industry, wages, job vacancy surveys, and anticipated hiring trends..

Montly Labor Review
The Monthly Labor Review is the principle resource for facts, analysis, and research from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  In cooperation with experts from the private sector, the economists & researchers at the Bureau of Labor Statistics present monthly research in a wide variety of fields--the labor force, the economy, employment, inflation, productivity, occupational injuries and illness, wages, prices, and many more.

RDS Business Suite
The RDS Business Suite provides access to TableBase, a robust business statistical search tool giving information ranging from the market share of soft drink companies to the percentage of consumers who prefer iPads over the nook ereader.  When searching the database, be sure that the option for TableBase is selected, located under the search button.

World Economic & Social Survey
Published by the United Nations, the World Economic & Social Survey provides an analysis of pressing long-term social and economic development issues and discussion of the policies impacting those issues.

ONLINE DATABASES

Business and Company Resource Center
Business and Company Resource Center brings together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and periodicals in one, easy-to search interface. 

General Business File ASAP
Business Index searches full-text journals, newswire releases, three national newspapers, and investment reports on thousands of public and private companies. 

  Hoover's Online
Hoover's Online contains a wide variety of business information about public, private and non-US companies.  It includes extensive company profiles, information about competitors and names of key people with accompanying biographies.  Also available is company and industry news, IPO information, research reports and annual reports.  Company searches can be targeted using 18 parameters such as industry, geographic location, financial information, and company size. 

Morningstar.com Library Edition
Reports on 23,000+ mutual funds and 7,000+ stocks. Full reports on 2000 funds and 2000 stocks.  Tools for screening securities and analyzing portfolios.  Updated throughout the day.

RDS Business Suite
Finding the relevant business answers has never been easier.  RDS Business Suite gives you balanced and highly-focused full-text coverage of company and industry news, managment practices, and market research information.  The resource also provides access to Tablebase, a robust business statistical search tool giving information ranging from the market share of soft drink companies to the percentage of consumers who prefer iPads over the nook ereader.


Reference USA
Information on 14 million US businesses includes: addresses, phone numbers, website addresses, sales, number of employees, subsidiary information, and SEC filings of publicly traded companies.  Search by major industry group, annual sales volume, etc.  Updated monthly.  

   SRDS Local Market Audience Analyst
This next-generation, online-only consumer market research service from SRDS and Nielsen Claritas delivers sophisticated demographic, segmentation, and targeting data for marketing purposes.  The service is divided into four research modules: Market Profile Reports; Demographics Reports; Lifestyle Analysis Reports; and PRIZM Reports.
(In-library access only, see Reference Librarian for Password)

   Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
S&P's NetAdvantage includes industry surveys, stock and bond reports, company profiles and articles.  It also provides access to the Standard & Poor's Mutual Fund Reports, Stock Reports, and Industry Reports.  Remote access (as opposed to accessing on a library computer) does not provide access to the Industry Reports due to a contractual agreement with S&P.
           

HELPFUL WEB SITES

Big Charts
http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/
Charts, historical and current quotes. Industry analysis, intraday stock screeners, and market news.

Business.gov
http://business.gov/
Billing itself as "the official business link to the U.S. Government" business.gov is the official site of the U.S. Small Business Administration and provides a wealth of information for small business to better understand legal requirements and governmental resources available to them.

Yahoo Finance
http://finance.yahoo.com
Historical and current quotes, charts, portfolio management resources, international market data, company profiles, and more. 

Hoover’s Online
http://www.hoovers.com/
Searchable index of free profiles and financials of US companies (also has a fee-based section).

Kirstein Business Branch
http://www.bpl.org/research/kbb/kbbhome.htm
A specialized business reference and research service of the Boston Public Library.

Reference for Business
http://www.referenceforbusiness.com
Searches of full-text reference books.  Business encyclopedias, business plans samples, company profiles/histories. business plan samples, company profiles/histories, and more.

SCORE - Service Corps of Retired Executives
http://www.score.org
SCORE is a national association dedicated to helping starting entrepreneurs and small business owners through mentoring and training programs with retired business owners and executives.  Local offices are located throughout the state, which you can find here.