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Business and Investments - Research Tools
Databases
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 Business & Company Resource Center |
Business & Company Resource Center brings together in a single database company profiles, company brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and periodicals.
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 Business Leader Profiles for Students |
Arranged alphabetically, this covers 350 prominent individuals in profiles ranging from 1,250 to 2,500 words in length.This reference for students focuses on prominent individuals who have made significant contributions to business and industry.
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 Business Plans Handbook |
A collection of actual business plans compiled by entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses throughout North America.
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Encyclopedia of Business and Finance |
A complete reference covering five general areas: finance and banking; accounting; marketing; management; and information systems.
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 Encyclopedia of Small Business, 3rd ed. |
Contains 600 detailed articles and overviews of all the key information needs of small business owners, including financing, financial planning, business plan creation, market analysis, sales strategy, tax planning, and human resource issues.
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 General Business File |
Search business periodicals for information on companies, industries, careers or business leaders. Indexes more than 1,335 general business and finance magazines, trade journals, and local business journals, with full-text of 802 titles.
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 Mergent WebReports |
Mergent WebReports is an online database that allows you to access a vast archive of corporate and industry related documents. WebReports contains more than 180,000 documents covering over 100 countries and industries using an easy to navigate and reliable system.
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 Morningstar Investment Research Center |
Morningstar® Investment Research Center offers a real-time, easy to use solution for investment research. Users have access to many popular Premium features of Morningstar.com®, including research and independent opinions on thousands of mutual funds, stocks, and exchange-traded funds.
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 Plunkett Research Online |
Provides industry specific research portals for market research, industry analysis, statistics and company profiles.
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 Reference USA |
Provides addresses, telephone numbers, SIC codes, number of employees, sales volume data and other information for millions of public and private United States and Canadian businesses.
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 Small Business Resource Center |
Small Business Resource Center is a comprehensive database offering content that covers all major areas of starting and operating a business, including accounting, finance, human resources, management, marketing, tax and more.
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 Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage |
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Web Sites
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Bankrate.com |

Provides easy-to-understand information on mortgages, credit cards, checking accounts, and other consumer financial information.
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Better Business Bureau |
Allows consumers to view reports on companies and charities.
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BigCharts |
Allows investors to create and compare stock charts.
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CEO Express |
Organizes many news, investment, and travel links helpful for those interested in business.
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CNN/Money |
Provides up-to-date news, commentary and company information for investors.
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Consumer Price Index |
This site contains the Consumer Price Index as computed by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Currency Exchange |
Provides exchange rates from 164 countries.
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Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce |
A comprehensive online resource for doing business in the Greater Columbia area.
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Investor Education and Assistance |
This SEC site provides a variety of services to address the problems and questions investors may face.
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IPL Ready Reference Collection: Business & Economics |
An in-depth collection of links covering commerce and industry.
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LII-Business Topics |
This comprehensive directory on general business topics is selected and evaluated by librarians.
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MAXfunds |
Provides research and commentary regarding mutual fund investments.
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SC Chamber of Commerce |
The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce is the state's business trade association, operating as a non-partisan, non-profit organization, and representing businesses, industries, professions and associations of all sizes and types.
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Small Business Administration |
This government resource provides information for anyone starting or growing their small business.
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ThomasNet |
This site replaces the Thomas Register, no longer available in print, to help locate manufacturers, distributors or service providers in the United States and Canada.
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