The Business Reference Collection includes investment guides, business and industry directories, business periodicals, newsletters and consumer information.  The following is a sample of our holdings

Value Line Investment Survey
This advisory service provides weekly summaries and quarterly reports on more than 1,700 major stocks of interest to investors.  It supplies ratings, charts, tables and analysis of recent developments. (Location:  Investment Table)
 

Value Line Investment Survey -- Small and Mid-Cap Edition (formerly Expanded Edition)
This adds another 1,700 stocks to the basic Value Line service including many NASDAQ issues and smaller NYSE and ASE securities. (Location: Investment Table)
 

Standard & Poor's Stock Reports
Quarterly analysis of stocks listed on the New York, American, and NASDAQ Exchanges with ten-year statistical summaries, news, analysis, and evaluations. (Location: Investment Table)
 

Standard & Poor's The Outlook
A weekly analysis of stocks, with projections, forecasts, model portfolios and lists of recommended stocks. (Location: Investment Table)
 

Standard & Poor's Daily Stock Price Record (NYSE)
A convenient source for historical daily stock price quotations for all issues listed on the New York Stock Exchange.  Coverage begins in 1969. (Location: Bus. Ref. 332.6 Standard)

MUTUAL FUNDS

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

Value Line Mutual Fund Advisory & Survey
Similar to the aforementioned fund, with rankings and ratings of more than 2,000 mutual funds. Full reports on each fund appear at least twice annually with bi-weekly summary updates. (Location:  Investment Table)

COMPANIES & INDUSTRIES

Best's Insurance Reports
In-depth reviews of the financial performance of life and health insurers and property and casualty insurance companies.  (Location:  Bus. Ref. 368.3 Best's)   

Hoover's
In-depth information on 2,550 of the world's largest, fastest-growing and most influential public and private companies.  (Location: Bus. Ref. 338.74 Hoover's)

International Directory of Company Histories     
Multi-volume set gives the background and development of about 4000 companies.  (Location: Bus. Ref. 338.7409)

Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys
Quarterly analysis, statistical summaries, and comparative information about the U.S. economy and markets by industry sector.  Includes trends, projections, market analyses and performance comparisons of firms in each sector.  (Location:  Bus. Ref. 332.67 Standard)

Thomas Register of Manufacturers
A source for suppliers of products of all kinds.  Over 150,000 company listings, 124,000 brand name listings, 60,000 product category listings and 5,500 on-line product catalogs. (Location:  Bus. Ref. 670)

Million Dollar Director:  Top 50,000 Companies
Inclues the Million Dollar Directory Series' largest companies.  Selection is based upon sales, volume, and number of employees.  (Location: Bus. Ref. 658 D&B)

Advertising Red Books
The Standard Directory of Advertising Agencies lists about 9,000 agencies with key data on each.  The Standard Directory of Advertisers provides information on major advertisers--including type of advertising agencies and budgets  (Location: Bus. Ref 659 Advertising)

MARKETING

Direct Marketing Market Place
Information, statistics, and trends on thousands of listings of individuals, direct marketers, service firms, and suppliers. (Location: Bus. Ref. 658.87 Direct)

Lifestyle Market Analyst
An excellent resource to match a product or service with a geographic area or demographic group.  Over 200 US places are profiled for such activities as cell phone usage, jogging, real estate investment, boating, shopping by catalog and watching sports on TV -- total of 75 interests.  (Location:  Bus. Ref 659

SRDS
Provides standardized circulation, advertising rates, dates, contact information and audit statements for trade publications, consumer magazines and newspapers.  (Location:  Bus. Ref. 659 Standard)

STARTING A BUSINESS

Business Plans Handbook
Multi-volume set with actual business plans from hundreds of small businesses.  Businesses include cafes, bakeries, a computer reseller, internet consultants, financial services.  Plans are from 3 to 30 pages in length.  (Location:  Bus. Ref. 658.4012 Business)

Directory of Venture Capital and Private Equity Firms, Domestic and International
Lists 3000 firms worldwide.  Each entry includes industry preferences, investment criteria, average investments and extensive information on the firm's partners.  Indexed by geography, executive name, portfolio company, industry preference and college/university.  (Location:  Bus. Ref. 332.66 Directory)
    

BUSINESS MAGAZINES AND NEWSLETTERS

• 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)
• Dick Davis Digest (biweekly)
• Forbes (biweekly)
• Fortune (biweekly)
• Harvard Business Review (bimonthly)
• Hulbert Financial Digest (monthly)
• INC Magazine (monthly)
• Industry Week (semimonthly)
• Investor's Business Daily (Monday through Friday)
• Kiplinger's 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 DividendInvestor (monthly)
• Morningstar FundInvestor (monthly)
• Morningstar StockInvestor (monthly)
• Smart Money (monthly)
• Wall Street Journal (Monday - Friday)
• Wall Street Transcript (weekly)

ONLINE DATABASES

General Business File ASAP and Business & Company Profiles (1980-) [home access available]
Business Index searches full text journals, newswire releases, three national newspapers, local area business titles, and trade journals.  Company Profiles provides information on more than 200,000 companies with full-text listings from Ward's Business Directory and Whiteside Major Companies of the World.  Investext contains full text investment reports on private and public companies.

Morningstar.com Library Edition [In-library access only]
Reports on 23,000+ mutual funds and 7,000+ stocks (full reports on 2,000 funds and 2,000 stocks).  Provides tools for screening securities and analyzing portfolios.  Updated throughout the day. 

Reference USA  [In Library access only]
Information on 14 million US businesses includes: addresses, phone numbers, website addresses, sales, number of employees, subsidiary information, and SEC filing of publicly traded companies.  Company searches can be limited by major industry group, annual sales volume, number of employees, and other criteria.  Updated monthly.

Valueline [In-library access with password only]
Electronic version of print subscriptions.

Wall Street Journal [In-library access only]
Full text articles from 1984 to present. 

HELPFUL WEB SITES

Big Charts
Charts, historical and current quotes, industry analysis, intraday stock screeners, as well as market news and commentary.

Yahoo Finance
Historical and current quotes, charts, portfolio management resources, international market data, company profiles, and more.

Google Finance
Search for stocks, funds, and public and private company profiles.  Includes charts, historical and current quotes, and portfolio management tools.

Hoover's Online 
Searchable index of free profiles and financials of U.S. companies (also has a fee-based section).

Kirstein Business Branch
A specialized business reference and research service of the Boston Public Library located in a separate building near Boston's financial district.
 
Reference for Business
Offers browsing and searching of full-text reference books for entrepreneurs and investors -- business encyclopedias, business plan samples, company profiles/histories and more.