Business
See also our General Business & Finance Resources and Personal Finance & Investing pages.
Please Note: If you are coming in from the web at home or outside the Library and its subscription modem pool, most titles on this list will require either your Farmington Community Library Card bar code number and the last 4 digits of your home phone number or your Metro Net subscription username and password for access . Titles marked with a Michigan eLibrary Logo ( 
) are available courtesy of the Michigan eLibrary (MeL), and may require your Michigan Driver's License number to login from outside the Library. Follow the link to the Database page of the MeL, and scroll down to the database you want to use.
A few databases are available only from within the library, and these are marked with a red arrow (
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- Business & Co. Resource Center ( Mostly full text. Business and Company Resource Center is 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. )
From the Gale Virtual Reference Library:
- Business Plans Handbook Lynn Pearce, Ed. 12 vols. 2007.
A collection of actual business plans compiled by entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses throughout North America. Each volume presents approximately 25 sample plans taken from businesses in the manufacturing, retail, and service industries--only company names and addresses have been changed. Includes a sample business plan template and two fictional plans, a glossary of small business terms, and a directory section containing various listings of interest to entrepreneurs and consultants specializing in small business advice and planning.
- Encyclopedia of Small Business 3d ed., 2vols. 2007
This convenient and exhaustive print reference source is designed to provide entrepreneurs with how-to information that they can apply to their own business. The Encyclopedia contains detailed articles and overviews of all the key information needs of small business users, including financing; financial planning; business plan creation; market analysis; sales strategy; tax planning and more.
- Gale Encyclopedia of U. S. Economic History 2nd ed., 2vols. 2002
Designed to answer such key questions as: How has the U.S. Constitution shaped the economy of the United States? What were the consequences of Prohibition on consumers' behavior? This title presents 1,000 entries, era overviews, event/movement profiles, biographies, business/industry profiled, geographic profiles, and more.
- General Business File ASAP ( All full text. Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full text and images available. )
- LegalTrac ( Some full text. Students, law school faculty and legal researchers will all find the legal publications they need in LegalTrac®. Drawing on a wide variety of the most highly regarded legal publications, LegalTrac® provides indexing for more than 1,400 titles including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals. Each title included in LegalTrac® is selected on the basis of criteria provided by a special advisory committee of the American Association of Law Libraries. LegalTrac® also contains law-related articles from over 1,000 additional business and general interest titles. )
- MELCAT ( A catalog of materials available through Michigan libraries. Patrons of participating libraries—Farmington Community Library will be active mid-Septembet, 2009—can order items from other statewide participating libraries and have them delivered to their local library branch. )
- Morningstar Investment Research Center (3 Simultaneous User Limit)
Where to Invest in 2010 (A Morningstar Publication)
( Morningstar Investment Research Center combines in one convenient database all the stock, fund, industry and ETF information necessary for in-depth research and smart portfolio construction. It is a one-stop-shop for screening and report building tools including extensive help and education materials. Be sure to also check Morningstar's free publication, Where to Invest in 2010. ) - NetLibrary ( Over 20,000 eBooks available on all topics. Consider using a keyword search (in the drop-down menu) rather than the default full-text search. )
- ReferenceUSA ( ReferenceUSA consists of two databases: a business database and a residential database. The business database provides contact information, contact names, estimated sales, number of employees, SIC and line of business for 12 million U.S. businesses. This is an excellent source for creating custom marketing lists. The residential database contains data on 120 million households. )
- Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage ( With Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage, you have ready access to some of S&P’s most popular research products including Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Mutual Fund Reports, Bond Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, and The Outlook, among others. )
- ValueLine Investment Survey (3 Simultaneous User Limit)
( The Value Line Investment Survey is a comprehensive source of information and advice on approximately 1,700 stocks, more than 90 industries, the stock market, and the economy. )
WestLaw (with ResultsPlus) &nbsap;( Includes cases and statutes from Michigan, Federal 6th Circuit and US Supreme Court. Allows for retrieval of Michigan Administrative materials, Michigan law reviews and journals. Westlaw ResultsPlus adds links to on-point analytical aricles from treatises and law reviews. This powerful legal research resource is available only from a dedicated workstations within the Main Library and Farmington Branch. Please see the staff at the Information Desk to arrange for use. Representatives from West Publishing offer free quarterly training sessions. )
- Wilson SelectPlus ( All full text articles in science, humanities, education and business. )
- WorldCAT ( world's largest online catalog of books and magazines. Includes a description of the item and which libraries own the item. )
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