Starting and Managing a Small Business

•  ABI/INFORM Research
Business magazines and journals covering a variety of subject areas including financial, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, and more.
•  AtoZdatabases
Premier Reference and Marketing Database including 30 million business profiles & 220 million residents.  Ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, or finding friends and relatives.
• BNA Human Resources Library
(Only available from within the Library)
Provides practical, comprehensive, and timely coverage of workplace issues and laws, and policies for employers, attorneys, and employees.*
• Business Insights
Includes company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodical articles from 1980 through today. (Guided Tour)
•  Demographics Now for Libraries, Illinois Edition
Find geographic-based demographic information perfect for business and marketing plans.
• Elibrary Plus
Find complete text of newspaper and newswire stories, magazine articles, reference books, pictures, maps and radio/TV transcripts on current topics. Use the natural language or advanced search feature.
• Gale Directory Library
Directories include: Ward's Business Directory, the Encyclopedia of Associations, the Consultants and Consulting Organizations Directory, the Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources, and the Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media.
• General Reference Center Gold
Provides one-stop access to general interest magazines, business periodicals, reference books, and newspaper articles. (Search Tips)
• Illinois Legal Forms
Illinois Legal Forms includes thousands of business, personal, litigation and federal forms.
• Illinois Public Records
Internet source for public records in the Chicago suburbs, including real estate transfers, foreclosures, business licenses and incorporations.
• Market Research Monitor
10,000 consumer market reports in more than 200 categories from Euromonitor for the US and 80 countries. Identify leading subcategories in each market, know the top players and their brands, and easily export data, charts, and reports.
• Newsbank
Local, regional and national newspapers, plus America’s Obituaries and Death Notices and Genealogy Bank.
• Plunkett Research Online
For professionals in sales and marketing or anyone researching specific industries. Job seekers and professionals in human resources and recruiting will appreciate the Job Seekers Center.
• Redbooks
This unique source shows advertisers-to-agencies “linkage”, has an in-depth agency database with contacts, and up-to-date agency and advertiser content.
•  Reference USA
Over 10.5 million businesses and over 100 million U.S. resident names, phone numbers and addresses. Business information includes estimated company size, sales, employees, and contact information. (Guided Tour)
• Small Business Resource Center
Industry research, business plans, financial planning, marketing and franchising information for business owners. Great source for business planning.
• SRDS
(Only available from within the Library)
Standard Rate and Data Service provides detailed ad rates and contact information for business and consumer magazines, cable, radio, newspapers, and direct marketing services. Includes Local Market Audience Analyst.
• Thomas Register of Manufacturers
Lists hundreds of thousands of businesses in North America.
• Wall Street Journal (1984-Current)
The financial newspaper of record offering in-depth coverage of national and international finance as well as first rate coverage of hard news.