Business, Finance & Entrepreneurship

Premium Resources

• Barron’s Online   (Login: askus@hudson.lib.oh.us Password: library123)

  America’s premier financial weekly magazine, includes investing ideas and insights, daily exclusive commentary, and print and online archives back to 1997.

• Business Insights: Essentials   ((Library Use Only))

  Provides authoritative information and statistical data and enables researchers to explore real world application and develop analytical skills.

• Business Plans Handbook   (Library Card Required for Off Site Use)

  A collection of actual business plans compiled by, and aimed at, entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses in North America.

• Business Source Premier  

  Full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles, market research, industry reports, and SWOT analyses.

• First Research   (Library Use Only )

  Industry Profiles, Call Prep Sheets, State & Province Profiles for call preparation, enhancing presentations, underwriting credit, and for quickly learning a company’s key

• Hoover’s   (Library Use Only )

  D&B Hoovers delivers insightful information on more than 162 million businesses, both public and private, around the world; including the UK, Europe, Asia Pacific and emerging markets.

  Search by Company Name, Executives, Industry or by using Conceptual Search and Business Signals.

  Business data includes Annual Revenues, Employee Counts, Corporate Family Tree, Key Contacts, Analyst Reports, SWOT reports, stock data, financials and other vital information.

• Lynda.com  

  Lynda.com is a leading online learning platform that helps anyone learn business, software, technology and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals. Through individual, corporate, academic and government subscriptions, members have access to the Lynda.com video library of engaging, top-quality courses taught by recognized industry experts.  Click here to learn how to share your Lynda.com Certificates of Completion to your LinkedIn profile.

• Morningstar  

  Detailed, independent information on more than 20,000 stocks, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds.

• Reference USA  

  Create marketing plans, conduct competitive analysis, raise funds and locate people.

• Regional Business News  

  Full text coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

• Small Business Reference Center  

  Nearly 400 full-text periodicals and over 450 full-text reference books of up-to-date information on relevant topics from starting a company, operations management and sales to growing or rescuing a business.

• The Wall Street Journal   (Login: askus@hudson.lib.oh.us Password: library123)

  The Wall Street Journal is a U.S. business-focused, English-language international daily newspaper based in New York City. The Journal, along with its Asian and European editions, is published six days a week by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corp.

• Valueline Investment Survey   (Library Use Only )

  Advice on approximately 1700 stocks, more than 90 industries, stock market and the economy.

Other Resources

• Big Charts  

  Investment research website, providing access to research tools such as interactive charts, quotes, industry analysis and intraday stock screeners, as well as market news and commentary.

• BizLaunch  

  Free small business tools available to download.

• Census Business Builder  

  The Census Business Builder (CBB) is a suite of services that provide selected demographic and economic data from the Census Bureau tailored to specific types of users in a simple to access and use format.

• Datawheel-Observatory of Economic Complexity  

  The Observatory of Economic Complexity is a tool that allows users to quickly compose a visual narrative about countries and the products they exchange.

• Explore Census Data  

  Provides access to demographic data about the U.S., Puerto Rico and the Island Areas.

• HP Life e-Learning  

  A free program that trains students, entrepreneurs, and small business owners to apply IT and business skills in order to establish and grow a business, build successful companies and create jobs.

• IRS Small Business Tax Center  

  Serves taxpayers who file Form 1040, Schedules C, E, F or Form 2016, as well as small businesses with assets under $10 million.

• Ohio Business Gateway  

  Ohio government information and services for businesses.

• SizeUp Tool (Small Business Administration)  

  A new interactive tool for small business owners from the Small Business Administration. SizeUp will help you manage and grow your business by benchmarking it against competitors, mapping your customers, competitors and suppliers, and locating the best places to advertise.

• Small Business Administration  

  Aid, counsel, assist and protect, insofar as is possible, the interests of small business concerns.

• Survey of Current Business  

  A U.S. Department of Commerce monthly publication that provides data on U.S. business on the regional, national, and international levels.

• ThomasNet  

  Manufacturers, distributors and service providers.