Listed first are the resources provided by the Chelmsford Public Library for its patrons, and at the bottom of the page are additional suggested resources that are freely-available on the internet.
Resources Available from the CPL Business Insights: Essentials
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Provides access to a wide variety of global business information including competitive intelligence, career and investment opportunities, rankings, company profiles & histories and much more.
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Weekly source for information about state, county and municipal contracts being put out to bid for the design, construction and reconstruction of public facilities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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Full-text management topics. Includes directory listings for over 150,000 companies as well as investment analysts' reports on major companies and industries.
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Weekly publication containing solicitations for the procurement of commodities and services (which, generally, are unrelated to construction of public facilities) for Massachusetts.
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A database that contains detailed information on more than 12 million U.S. businesses It provides addresses, sales information, executive names; it is searchable by state, city, zip code, area code, SIC code, and yellow page headings; and searches can be customized by company size, sales volume, geographic location, and industry.
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Online collection of over 3,000 computer and technical ebooks, covering programming, design, desktop publishing, ecommerce, online business, hardware and more, from publishers such as O'Reilly, Wiley, Pretence Hall, and many more. Please Note: Only 40 people can be using Safari at a time. If the database won't let you in, please try back later. If access problems persit, please contact the Reference Desk. Firefox Users: You may be required to delete your browser's cookie before accessing Safari. To do this, go to Tools > Options > Privacy, and look for the Show Cookies option, then search for and remove the Safari cookie. If access problems persit, please contact the Reference Desk.
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Mutual fund investment guide, covering 20,000+ load, no-load, and low-load funds, as well as providing broad information on basic financial planning, including assessment of goals, understanding risk, and choosing and evaluating suitable funds. Print edition available at Reference Desk.
Banker & Tradesman - Current year only. Reference Desk
Economist - Current year only: Periodicals Room
Forbes - Current year only: Periodicals Room
Kiplingers Personal Finance - Current year only: Periodicals Room
Money - Current year only: Periodicals Room
Morningstar ETFInvestor - 6/07-. Reference Area
Wall Street Journal - Last 2 months. Newspaper Room
Value Line Investment Survey - Current issues only. Reference Desk
Value Line Fund Manager - Current issues only. Reference Desk
Non-Fiction & Reference Books
Business-related print resources are shelved in both the Non-Fiction (available to check out) and Reference (not available to check out) collections, according to the Dewey Decimal System. Our catalog is available for searching, but general topics can also be found by browsing the shelf:
174.4 - Business Ethics
331 - Human Resources
332 - Finance
336.2 - Business Income Tax
338.9 - Economics
346.07 - Business Law
657 - Accounting
658 - Business Management
659 - Advertising
Other Suggested Resources
Boston Public Library's Kirstein Business Branch - a specialized business reference and research service of the Boston Public Library located in a separate building near Boston's financial district
Company Directories
D&B Small Business Solutions - This D&B database allows you to search by business name, telephone number and D-U-N-S Number. This database contains information on 100 million companies worldwide including information on 38 million U.S. companies
Europages: The European Business Directory - This directory contains information on 700,000 companies in 35 European countries. This directory allows you to search by product or service, company name and business sector
KOMPASS - This website provides free contact information for approximately 2 million companies worldwide
ThomasNet.com - This is an online directory of manufacturers that allows you the option of searching by product/service category as well as by state/province
Company Profiles
Corporate Information - This website includes free company snapshots. Scroll down to the “Research a Company” box and enter the company name or ticker symbol in order to obtain a company snapshot
Hoover's Online - Hoover's Online provides some free company information for both public and private companies and as well as some free industry information. The complete company profiles are available for a fee
Hoover's Online - Hoover's Online provides some free company information for both public and private companies and as well as some free industry information. The complete company profiles are available for a fee
The Inc. 500 - A List of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States
Web 100 - The Web 100 provides a ranking of the largest U.S. and international companies on the Web. The lists on the Web 100 website are ranked by revenue
CAROL - CAROL provides access to annual reports online for companies in the United States and Europe. Registration is required in order to access the annual reports
EDGAR SEC Filings - The SEC Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) system contains forms filed by companies and others that are required by law. In this database, you can search for company financial filings
Yahoo! Finance - This website provides company stock information as well as company profiles, company news, key statistics, listings of competitors and industry information
InvestmentsIndustry Information
Business.com - The Business.com directory contains over 65,000 industry, product and service subcategories
Financial Services Fact Book - A Partnership Between the Insurance Information Institute and The Financial Services Roundtable
Hoover's Industries - This web page contains a list of industries. Each industry link contains a list of companies and some free company information
Plunkett Research, Ltd. - This website includes samples of industry trends and industry data for selected industries. Select “Industries List” and then “Info Page” next to the industry title to view sample data and information
globalEDGE - globalEDGE was created by the Center for International Business Education and Research at Michigan State University. This knowledge web-portal includes information on 197 countries and a directory of global business resources
Virtual International Business & Economic Sources - (VIBES), J. Murrey Atkins Library, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. This website contains over 3,000 links to free sources of international business and economic information
Business Insights: Essentials
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