Business and Finance

• Detailed information on 30 million businesses and executives, over 200 million residents, 2 million new businesses as well as new movers/homeowners, U.S. healthcare professionals, a jobs database, background and criminal search and email marketing.

• Research companies including histories, financial, and competitor data. Search by country, state, SIC codes, NAICS, revenue, or number of employees
• Access company profiles and industry rankings, as well as brand and product information
• Access SWOT reports, financial analysis tools, business associations, investment reports and market research reports
• Access information from Gale publications including Directory of Company Histories, Market Share Reporter, Business Rankings Annual, and Encyclopedia of American Industries

• Full text ebooks to help professionals and students keep up with the latest information in the business world.
• A wide range of topics is covered including business biographies, change management, communication, entrepreneurship, leadership, marketing, personal growth, productivity and technology.

• The latest insights on entrepreneurship and small business topics for business students and researchers. Content comes from business journals, magazines, reference books, case studies and company profiles.

• Morningstar analyst reports on ratings on stocks, mutual funds, and ETFs
• Screening tools for investments
• Articles and videos on investing and personal finance

• Nexis Uni features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790—with an intuitive interface that offers quick discovery across all content types.
• Library Express provides access to more than 6,000 news, business, and legal sources. Includes The New York Times, June 1980 – current.

Reference Solutions, by Data Axle, provides a wealth of information on people and businesses across the country.

• Provides detailed information on U.S. Businesses
• Search by company name, size, geographic location, type of business, and more
• Residential database can be searched by name, phone number, or address

Funded by the Grand Rapids Public Library Foundation , opens a new windowTitche Family Fund.

• Provides coverage from regional business publications for the U.S. and Canada.

• Offers coverage that addresses many small business topics from consumer small business reference books, business videos, help and advice section and how to create business plans.

This resource is provided courtesy of the Michigan eLibrary, funded by IMLS.

• Provides market and consumer data
• Contains more than 1 million statistics on more than 80,000 topics from across 170 industries and 150+ countries

• Value Line provides valuable research and analysis of approximately 1,700 if the most actively traded U.S. stocks.
• Value Line helps investors conduct basic research, formulate investment strategies, and make sound investment decisions.