E-Books & Reference

NetLibrary eBooks
Over 50,000 books in electronic format. Many titles on business topics.

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Gale Virtual Reference Library
A collection of subject encyclopedias including:

Encyclopedia of American Industries , 5th ed., 2008

Encyclopedia of Major Marketing Campaigns, 2007

Business Databases

ABI/Inform Global on ProQuest
Includes 1800 business titles and provides coverage of over 60,000 companies.

ABI/Inform Dateline on ProQuest
Includes coverage of local and regional business news and other market reports.

ABI/Inform Trade & Industry on ProQuest
Trade and industry database with a focus on marketing and competitive information.

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Business Source Premier on Ebsco
Covers over 8,000 journals, magazines, and newspapers in all areas of business. Also provides country economic reports, company profiles and analyses, and industry reports.

Regional Business News
Provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications.

Directories & Company Information

ReferenceUSA (American Business Directory)
Business directory covering 12.5 million companies and 125 million residents. Provides access and lineage for nearly all of the companies in the US. Use the basic search to find a particular company (Lifestyle Furnishings) and then look at the holdings (subsidiaries and brances) of the company. Use the custom search to find all the companies (by SIC or NAICS) in a geographic region such as county, city or state.

Mergent (Moody's) Financial Records Online with Annual Reports
Financials for 31,000 companies with 74,000 annual reports. Domestic and international companies are included.