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Company Directory
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Dun & Bradstreet Million Dollar Total Research individual companies and create prospect or competitor lists from a database containing over 23 million companies. |
Gale Business & Company Resource Center Understand a company’s situation by accessing detailed company information and industry news. |
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Dun and Bradstreet (pdf) |
Dun and Bradstreet (Video) |
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Finding Prospects (Video) |
Researching Companies (pdf) |
Company & Industry News
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ProQuest ABI/INFORM Complete Search for company, industry, and market information in full-text articles from thousands of business periodicals. |
EBSCO Business Source Corporate Learn about companies, industries, and markets from trade journal articles, company profiles, and industry reports. |
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America's Newspapers Find company and industry information published in hundreds of local, regional and national U.S. newspapers. |
ProQuest Newspapers Search for company and executive information in full-text articles from U.S. newspapers and newswires. |
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America's Newspapers (PPT) |
EBSCO Search Alerts (pdf) |
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ProQuest Databases (pdf) |
Researching Individuals (pdf) |
Financials
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Financial Calculators Use Hill Library financial calculators for investment and business calculations. |
Fintel Industry Metrics Benchmark your company using financial ratios for small, medium and large companies, by industry. |
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Finding Financials (Video) |
Business Planning & Management
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Gale Business Plans Handbook Improve your business plan by comparing yours to a variety of successful plans. |
NetLibrary eBooks Gain a deeper understanding of topics in 12,000 electronic books, including business and management guides, career handbooks, and company histories. |
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Biz Info Library An online library containing articles about small business development. |
Demographics
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DemographicsNow Library Edition Generate reports and maps containing business and demographic data for U.S. locations. Help identify the best retail locations, demographics of your customers and more. |
New Strategist Demographic eBooks Learn more about potential customer groups from books in the NetLibrary database. |
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DemographicsNow (pdf) |
Finding Consumer Spending (Video) |
Market Research
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Gale Encyclopedia of American Industries Analyze an industry’s situation in four Encyclopedias: "American Industries", "Emerging Industries", "Global Industries" and "Manufacturing & Distribution USA." |
Special Issues Index Find the most useful and insightful articles and features from "special issues" of business magazines and industry trade journals. |
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Gale Business & Company Resource Center Understand a company’s situation by accessing detailed company information and industry news. |
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How Do I Use It? |
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Researching Industries (pdf) |
Other Resources
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Best of the Business Web Links and descriptions for the best free business information Web sites, organized by Hill Library Business Information Specialists. |
Research Guides Standard print and online sources for business research, organized by topic. |
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Gale Encyclopedia of Associations Learn more about industries through their professional trade associations. Includes contact information, membership size, services, publications, and more. |
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