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Business Resources

This page contains business databases, books & media available at Trocaire Library; Internet links on companies and products; market share information for a specific product; and Standard and Poor's surveys.

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Business-specific databases at Trocaire Library

  • Business and Company ASAP (InfroTrac) 1980 on, providing researchers with information on companies, markets and industries. From market trends, mergers and acquisitions to current management theory and company overviews. Access business and trade journals, newspapers and company directory profiles with full text and images.
  • Business and Company Resource Center (InfoTrac®) Current- Full-text. Detailed industry and company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals.
  • Business Source Elite (EBSCOhost®) Some journals date back to 1985 - Full-text - Updated daily.
    Provides full text coverage for more than 1,100 scholarly business, management and economics journals, including nearly 500 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 1,800 journals.

Historical Encyclopedia of American Business © Salem PressHistorical Encyclopedia of American Business © Salem Press

  • ProQuest Central (Coverage varies) © 2009 ProQuest LLC
    "ProQuest Central is the largest multidisciplinary database with over 11,000 titles, with over 8,000 titles in full-text. It serves as the central resource for researchers at all levels in all markets. Over 160 subjects areas are covered extensively in this product including business and economics, health and medical, news and world affairs, technology, social sciences and more."
  • Regional Business News (EBSCOhost®) Updated daily - Full text. This database provides comprehensive  coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.


Business Resources Online

  • BBB - © 2009  Better Business Bureau, Inc.

  • Business Reference Services from the Library of Congress.

  • Business Week Available in hardcopy at the Transit Road Library - © by The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. 

  • CBO - Congressional Budget Office - Budget and Economic Information

  •  - "The Executive's Internet" an excellent quick reference, all on one page. - © 1999-2009 CEOExpress Company. 

  • CNNMoney © 2009 Cable News Network, a Time Warner Company

  • CNBC © 2009 FOX News Network, LLC

  • FOXBusiness © 2009 FOX News Network
  • Online Interactive Tutorial, Guide to Financial Statements - © 2008 Baruch College/CUNY
  • Hoover's © 2009, Hoover's, Inc.
  • Made in Buffalo © Cynthia Van Ness, MLS - on researching old Buffalo businesses and their products 
  • Market Watch - contains Investext, Adweek and other trade magazines - © 2009 Market Watch 
  • Market Share: How do I find the Market Share of a particular product such as Jell-O? Go to Federal Trade Commission Business page: Type in "Jell-O and market share" in the search box on top of the page. 
  • ThomasNet © 2009 Thomas Publishing Company. "Search ThomasNet to find manufacturers, distributors and service providers. . . . . "
    Thomas Register®, industry's trusted resource, is now part of ThomasNet.com. The Thomas Register of American Manufacturers, known as the "big green books" and "Thomas Registry", was in its heyday, a 34-volume, 3 section buying guide offering instant sourcing information on industrial products and services, along with comprehensive specifications and detailed product information from thousands of manufacturers. First published in 1898 as a single volume by Harvey Mark Thomas as Hardware and Kindred Trades, it grew to be known as “the purchasing bible” and “the bible of industry” by industrial professionals across North America and around the world. Its 100th and final edition was published in 2006.
  • U.S. Chamber of Commerce © 
  • Yahoo! Finance © 2008 Yahoo! Inc.