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Business & Company ASAP – information on companies, markets and industries.

Business & Company Resource Center – company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals.

Know!: Market Research for Small business and start-ups –


Foundation Directory Online – data on over 76,000 foundations, corporate giving programs, and grantmaking public charities. Available only at Main Library.

Foundation Grants to Individuals Online – information on more than 6,000 foundation and public charity programs that fund students, artists, researchers, and other individual grantseekers. Available only at Main Library.

Gale Encyclopedia of Small Business – e-book to help small business users to find out about financing; financial planning; business plan creation; market analysis; sales strategy; tax planning and more.

Gale Encyclopedia of U. S. Economic History – e-book tracing the history of the U.S. economy.

General BusinessFile ASAP – broker reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings.

Info Trac Small Business Collection – Index and full-text collection of 250 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals. May be read in Spanish, English, French, German, Japanese, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese (simplified) or Korean.

Info Trac Insurance and Liability Collection – Index and full-text collection of 40 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals. May be read in Spanish, English, French, German, Japanese, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese (simplified) or Korean.

Info Trac Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure Collection – Index and full-text collection of nearly 500 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals. May be read in Spanish, English, French, German, Japanese, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese (simplified) or Korean.

Morningstar – information on stocks, mutual funds, industry performances as well as Investing Classroom courses & Portfolio X-Ray to help build your portfolio. NEW

Net Advantage (S&P) – investment information from Standard & Poor including Stock Reports, Mutual Fund Reports, Bond Reports, Outlook, & Company profiles

Reference USA - a directory of US companies and residences. Searching may be done by name,
business type, location, executives, etc. Residential searching can be done by name, address, phone
number, etc.

Woman Entrepreneur's Guide to Financing a Business –

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Databases marked are provided by the Library of Michigan. These databases can also be reached by going to http://mel.org and entering your driver’s license or state ID number.

Databases marked are provided by the Flint Public Library and are available only to our patrons.

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