DATABASES

Business & Company Resource Center
(Available from home to Indian Prairie cardholders.)
Contains company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and many full-text periodical articles.

LexisNexis
Unmatched content for news, business, and legal information. Includes information on people, companies, and case law. (The legal information is only accessible in the library)

Public Records Electronic Database
(Available from home to Indian Prairie Library cardholders.)
Search for new businesses, new homeowners, foreclosures, and bankruptcies for Cook, DuPage and other collar counties.

Reference USA
(Available from home to Indian Prairie cardholders.)
Business directory for the US and Canada plus residential listings for the US. Its advanced search options allow users to limit by business size, location, industry, and more. Great for job searches or creating marketing lists. Includes new businesses.

Small Business Collection - Find articles from business journals for insights, tips, strategies and success stories on starting and running a small business.

Small Business Resource Center - Learn how to start, finance or manage your small business. Resources include sample business plans, how to guides, articles and websites.

SITES

Bpubs.com: The Business Publications Search Engine
BPubs search engine searches the site's collection of free business articles and publications taken from online magazines and government agencies.

Crain's Chicago Business
Register to search the last six years of Crain's Chicago Business.

Corporate Information
Metasite to over 300,000 U.S. and foreign public and private companies.

Europages: The European Business Directory
Search by company name, product or service for over 500,000 European businesses.

Forbes Toolbox
Search the Forbes' lists such as the "400 Richest People," "Forbes 500," etc.

Fortune 500
Fortune Magazine's list of the top 500 companies.

Hoover's Online
Search the MasterList Database of some 10,000 companies for free. Information from the Company Profile database requires a paid subscription.

The Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Companies in America
Search Inc. magazine's annual list of the fastest growing private companies.

SEC EDGAR
10-Q and annual reports are only available for public corporations that file these reports electronically with the SEC.

Thomas Register of American Manufacturers
Search ThomasNet.com, the most comprehensive resource for industrial information, products, services, CAD drawings and more.