Online Tools

Business Source Premier

For the business researcher looking for information on marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, banking, finance, etc. Provides the full text for more than 2,100 journals.

LexisNexis Express (legal module only available in-library)

Access over 6000 legal, business and news sources. News coverage includes national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcipts, and international news. The Company Dossier module provides detailed company and financial information. The legal collection, available only in-house, contains federal and state court cases back to 1789. 

Morningstar Investment Research Center

For both the savvy investor and the newbie, provides not only financial stock and mutual fund information but also over 100 classes on stocks, funds and portfolio building.

Plunkett Research

For the job hunter or the student doing marketing research, provides contacts, statistics, trends and in-depth analysis of top companies.

ReferenceUSA

For the job seeker, the small business owner or the general public, this heavily-used directory provides information on 14 million businesses in the United States plus directory information on 89 million residents.

Regional Business News

Incorporates 50 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

SRDS--Standard Rate and Data Service (in-library use only)

Only available in the Oak Park Public Library. For those in the media market, provides detailed ad rates, editorial or programming content, circulation, and other basic information for a variety of advertising media, including radio and consumer and trade magazines. The Direct Marketing database includes lists and brokers, suppliers, list compilers and list managers; helpful in finding and evaluating lists for direct marketing campaigns.

 

Standard and Poor's NetAdvantage

For savvy investors or those wanting to become more financially aware, offers industry coverage as well as detailed company information, the daily stock prices and financial education resources.

Value Line

For savvy investors or those wanting to become more financially aware, access to Value Lines' leading publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options, convertible securities, as well as educational articles.