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Business & Company Resource Center

 Business & Company Resource Center brings together in a single database company profiles, company brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and periodicals.

Business Leader Profiles for Students

 Arranged alphabetically, this covers 350 prominent individuals in profiles ranging from 1,250 to 2,500 words in length.This reference for students focuses on prominent individuals who have made significant contributions to business and industry.

Business Plans Handbook

 A collection of actual business plans compiled by entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses throughout North America.

Encyclopedia of Business and Finance

 A complete reference covering five general areas: finance and banking; accounting; marketing; management; and information systems.

Encyclopedia of Small Business, 3rd ed.

 Contains 600 detailed articles and overviews of all the key information needs of small business owners, including financing, financial planning, business plan creation, market analysis, sales strategy, tax planning, and human resource issues.

General Business File

 Search business periodicals for information on companies, industries, careers or business leaders. Indexes more than 1,335 general business and finance magazines, trade journals, and local business journals, with full-text of 802 titles.

Mergent WebReports

Mergent WebReports is an online database that allows you to access a vast archive of corporate and industry related documents. WebReports contains more than 180,000 documents covering over 100 countries and industries using an easy to navigate and reliable system.

Morningstar Investment Research Center

Morningstar® Investment Research Center offers a real-time, easy to use solution for investment research. Users have access to many popular Premium features of Morningstar.com®, including research and independent opinions on thousands of mutual funds, stocks, and exchange-traded funds. 

Plunkett Research Online

Provides industry specific research portals for market research, industry analysis, statistics and company profiles.

Reference USA

Provides addresses, telephone numbers, SIC codes, number of employees, sales volume data and other information for millions of public and private United States and Canadian businesses.

Small Business Resource Center

 
Small Business Resource Center is a comprehensive database offering content that covers all major areas of starting and operating a business, including accounting, finance, human resources, management, marketing, tax and more.

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage

NetAdvantage is no longer available. Some alternate resources are Morningstar and  Business & Company Resource Center.

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Small Business Resources @ RCPL

An overview of the small business online resources available at the Richland County Public Library.

Web Sites
Bankrate.com

Provides easy-to-understand information on mortgages, credit cards, checking accounts, and other consumer financial information.

Better Business Bureau

Allows consumers to view reports on companies and charities.

BigCharts

Allows investors to create and compare stock charts.

CEO Express

Organizes many news, investment, and travel links helpful for those interested in business.

CNN/Money

Provides up-to-date news, commentary and company information for investors.

Consumer Price Index

This site contains the Consumer Price Index as computed by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Currency Exchange

Provides exchange rates from 164 countries.

Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce

A comprehensive online resource for doing business in the Greater Columbia area.

Investor Education and Assistance

This SEC site provides a variety of services to address the problems and questions investors may face.

IPL Ready Reference Collection: Business & Economics

An in-depth collection of links covering commerce and industry.

LII-Business Topics

This comprehensive directory on general business topics is selected and evaluated by librarians.

MAXfunds

Provides research and commentary regarding mutual fund investments.

SC Chamber of Commerce

The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce is the state's business trade association, operating as a non-partisan, non-profit organization, and representing businesses, industries, professions and associations of all sizes and types.

Small Business Administration

This government resource provides information for anyone starting or growing their small business.

ThomasNet

This site replaces the Thomas Register, no longer available in print, to help locate manufacturers, distributors or service providers in the United States and Canada.

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