E-Resources

The Business Library provides remote access to databases so that our patrons have the convenience of doing research from home or other remote locations. Access to many of these databases requires a valid BPL library card.* When you click on a database title below, enter your library card barcode number (all numbers and no spaces), if it's required, into the box on the login page.
 
*How to get a

ABI/INFORM Research
A full-text business periodical database of  800 magazines and newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal.  Provides information on advertising, economics, industry trends, human resources, finance, marketing, computers and more.

Annual Guide to Stocks
(available in the Business Library with the assistance of a librarian)
Previously only available in print at the Business Library, we now subscribe to the online version.  You may search for either obsolete or existing stocks using a CUSIP number, a stock symbol or the name of the company. You will need to ask for the user name and password to access this database in the library. 

Associations Unlimited
Provides profiles and contact information for over 450,000 U.S. and international associations.  (To search this database, click on the link above then scroll to the title in the list that appears and click on the title again.) 

Business & Company Resource Center
A fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.
(To search this database, click on the link above then scroll to the title in the list that appears and click on the title again.) 

Business Source Premier 
Provides full-text articles from over 2,500 scholarly business journals.  Updated daily, Business Source Premier covers all aspects of business.  

Corporate ResourceNet
Contains full text articles from nearly 1,350 magazines and journals that range from general publications such as Fortune and Money to trade publications such as Restaurant Hospitality.  The collection also includes top management journals such as Harvard Business Review.  In addition, it includes detailed company profiles for the world's 5000 largest corporations.

CorpTech
(now available through ReferenceUSA)
Supplies detailed information on companies in every field of technolgy, from the computer and telecommunications industries to the medical and pharmaceutical industries.  Data on private and public companies and their divisions, as well as nonprofits and government agencies is available.   Search options include company name, location, industry or product.  

Morningstar
(available only in the Business Library with the assistance of a librarian)
The most respected evaluative resource for investors interested in mutual funds.

New York State Contract Reporter
(available only in the Business Library with the assistance of a librarian)
Lists New York State bidding opportunities for contracts greater than $15,000

New York Times
Provides articles in full text from 1980 to the present.

Online Business Book Club
Get the first few chapters of newly released business books, via your email.  Visit the site and you can sign up today.

Plunkett Research Online
(available only in the Business Library with the assistance of a librarian)
This is the online version of the Plunkett directories; it lists contacts & business development data as well as industry statistics, trends and in-depth analysis of top companies. 

ReferenceUSA
Provides basic business and residential directory listings.  Covers over 13 million U.S. businesses and 220 million U.S. residents. 

Regional Business News
Comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications, including newspapers and newswires.

Sanborn Maps (Brooklyn Only)
(available only in the Business Library with the assistance of a librarian)
Sanborn maps are large-scale plans that include information such as the outline of each building, the size, shape etc. It also gives street names, sidewalk and street widths, property boundaries and house and block numbers. These colored digital maps allow for greater flexibility of use and improved viewing possibilities. Users have the ability to easily manipulate the maps, magnify and zoom in on specific sections and layer maps from different years.

Serials Directory
Provides bibliographic information and pricing for over 182,000 U.S. and international periodicals and serial publications.

Small Business Resource Center
Provides business information on all areas of opening, operating, and maintaining a small business, including financing, management, marketing and accounting.

SRDS Media Solutions
(available only in the Business Library with the assistance of a librarian)
This is the online version of SRDS; it lists advertising rates and contact data for the following media types: business and consumer magazines, radio, direct mail lists and newspapers.

Standard & Poor's Money Market Directories
(available only in the Business Library with the assistance of a librarian)
Here you can access in-depth profiles of 291 consultant firms as a well as review executive biographies in the Consultant Directory. Market your products and services directly to investment managers with the power to make decisions using the Directory of Registered Investment Advisors. You can also position your services to foundations, universities, hospitals and other nonprofit institutions using the Tax-Exempt Organizations eDirectory.

STAT-USA
(available only in the Business Library with the assistance of a librarian)
Access the valuable National Trade Data Bank to find daily trade leads, plus Country Commercial Guides and market research.

Valueline
(available only in the Business Library with the assistance of a librarian)
A well respected rating service. By entering the name of a major publicly traded company, the online product allows you to easily locate the most recent analysis of a stock.

Wall Street Transcript
(available only in the Business Library with the assistance of a librarian)
Provides investment advice and information gleaned from interviews with CEOs and analysts who offer comments on specific equities, specific industries, finance and investing.

*For all of our e-resources see our main site. 

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