Business Resources

Business Insight: Essentials—Company and industry information and the tools to analyze and compare them.
AtoZdatabases —Locate basic information on 24 million US business (additional modules on residential white pages, Canada, “lifestyles” marketing info and over 2 million job postings)
Gale’s Business Collection—Access articles from over 2500 magazines and journals as well as news sources and reference books
See investment databases below.

The Library subscribes to the following print publications including:

Banker and Tradesman
Barron’s (available at the reference desk on the 2nd floor)
Best’s Review
Boston Business Journal
The Economist
Forbes
Fortune
Investor’s Business Daily (available at the reference desk on the 2nd floor)
Wall Street Journal
- These magazines and newspapers are located in the Periodicals Reading Room.
- Many more business publication are available online with Business Collection

Investment Resources

American Association of Individual Investors
Fidelity Monitor & Insight
The Kiplinger Letter
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance
Money
Moneyletter
Morningstar newsletters (Dividend Investor, Fund Investor, Stock Investor, ETF Investor)
Standard & Poor’s Outlook
Value Line Investment Survey (including Small and Mid-Cap)

Bankrate.com—loan rates, interest rates, bank and credit card comparisons
Bigcharts—provides historical quotes, stock rankings, charts and rankings by industry
Business.gov—the web site of the Small Business Administration provides information on all matters relating to small businesses: starting, financing, managing, obtaining government contracts, importing, etc.
Corporations Division (of Secretary of the Commonwealth)—search for corporations, trademarks and liens, file forms, get information on taxes, UCC regulations and other offices under the Secretary.
Kirstein Business Library—the business department of the Boston Public Library has an enormous collection of business resources—including business librarians.
Massachusetts Trial Court Libraries—17 court libraries serve the state. The website provides a range of resources including laws, rules, court information, databases, forms, court cases and more.
SCORE—connects entrepreneurs with experienced businesspeople for advice and mentorship
Thomasnet.com—provides access to hundreds of thousands of manufacturers, distributors and services for business and industry.