Business
Reference Databases
Business & Company Resource Center: Information on more than
300,000 companies and the latest business, management, industry,
and investment news. Access
anywhere
Demographics Now: Analyze the demographic and market potential by
geographic area within Illinois. Available only in the library.
Directory of Obsolete Securities: Identifies obsolete securities as well as company name changes, reorganizations,
mergers, acquisitions, and bankruptcies. Click Auto Login>Library Reference
for access. Available only in the library.
Hoover's: Company, industry, and
market information on 40,000 of the world's top business enterprises. Available only in the library.
ReferenceUSA: Addresses, phone numbers,
and information about U. S. companies. Access
anywhere
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage: Business and investment information with full-text of Standard & Poor’s Industry Surveys; Stock Reports; Corporation Records; The
Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives; The Outlook; Mutual Fund Reports; and others. Access anywhere
Wall
Street Journal: Coverage from 1982 to the present. Access anywhere
Internet Links
Barrington
Area Chamber of Commerce: The latest news for the Barrington business community.
Business.gov: Official business
link to the U. S. government.
City
of Chicago Business
Resource Guide: Doing business with and in the city of
Chicago.
Consumer Price Indexes: Prices paid for a representative
basket of goods and services in urban areas from the U. S. Dept. of Labor.
FedBizOpps: U. S. federal government procurement
opportunities over $25,000.
Illinois Secretary of State Business Services: Corporate name/LLC searches
and business filing forms.
Illinois Small Business Development Center: Illinois Department of Commerce
and Economic Opportunity.
Lake County Partners: Doing business in and with Lake
County.
NAICS and
SIC Correspondence Tables: The U. S. Census Bureau's tools
for converting NAICS-based
data into SIC categories.
SCORE Chicago: Nonprofit small
business counselors.
ThomasNet: Industrial
buyers and suppliers of products, services, and CAD drawings on a national,
regional, and local level.
U. S. Small Business Administration:
Forms and federal regulations for small businesses.
U. S. Patent and
Trademark Office: Search or file patents and trademarks with the U. S. Department of Commerce.
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