Barron's (1988 - current)
A weekly publication for investors. Provides in-depth articles
examining companies and industries to spotlight possible investment
opportunities.
Business & Company Resource Center
Provides detailed company and industry news and information,
including company profiles, company brand and product information,
rankings, investment reports, company histories, news articles,
industry associations, and legal issues.
Crain's Chicago Business (In-Library Access Only)
Offers daily Chicago-area business news, plus links to public
records and hundreds of local and national business-oriented sites.
Throughout the day, you will find news headlines generated using the
combined resources of Crain's Chicago Business, WBBM-AM NewsRadio78
and Reuters Business News. Check with librarian for login and
password information required for access to premium content.
Corporate Affiliations Online
Provides information about thousands of parent companies,
affiliates, subsidiaries, and divisions - all the way down to the
seventh level of reporting relationships. Includes a form that
allows you to Ask a Question. Please remember
to log out when you are done. Access is restricted to two concurrent
users.
Dun & Bradstreet's Million Dollar Database
Provides information on thousands of leading U.S. public and private
businesses. Company information includes industry information with SICs, size criteria (employees and annual sales), type of ownership,
principal executives and biographies. Criteria for inclusion in this
database are $5 million+ sales OR 65+ total employees, OR branches
with 500+ employees.
Morningstar Investment Research Center
Identify and research stocks and mutual funds, and create and
analyze portfolios. Includes reports and exclusive Morningstar
Ratings on stocks and mutual funds. You can also download the
The Morningstar Guide to Alternative Investments booklet which
features Morningstar's approach to investments such as options,
exchange traded funds (ETF's) and closed end funds.
Public Records Online
Information about recent local new home sales, new business
licenses, foreclosures and bankruptcies. Includes Lake, Cook,
McHenry, DuPage, Kane, Will, Kendall, and DeKalb counties.
ReferenceUSA
Directory information for publicly and privately owned companies in
the United States, as well as information about individual
consumers. The database is compiled from hundreds of Yellow page
directories, Business White Pages, Corporate Annual Reports, SEC 10K
reports, Chamber of Commerce Directories, state directories, and
other public information sources. It is searchable by: Company or
Executive name, and Ticker symbol; SIC & NAICS codes; city, MSA's,
state, area code or zip code; business size (sales, numbers of
employees, etc.).
Small Business Resource Center
Includes how-to information on small business planning, bookkeeping,
financing, human resource management, marketing, regional tax laws
and starting a home-based business.
Value Line Research Center (In-Library Access Only)
Provides access to Value Line's leading publications covering
stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities as well as
special situation stocks: The Value Line Investment Survey, The
Value Line Investment Survey – Small and Mid-Cap Edition, The Value
Line Mutual Fund Survey, The Value Line Daily Options Survey, The
Value Line Special Situations Service, The Value Line Convertibles
Survey, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs).
Wall Street Journal (1984 - current)
The financial newspaper of record offering in-depth coverage of
national and international finance as well as first rate coverage of
hard news. factory-correct automotive diagnostic and repair
information. Includes diagnostic flowcharts, maintenance schedules
and tables, daily technical service bulletins, wiring diagrams and
images, and parts and labor for estimates.