Resources: Business & Investing
A to Z World Business
Information about business culture and practices in 100 countries. Up-to-date information on importing, exporting, and logistics.
Consumers' Checkbook
Find the best-rated doctors, auto repair shops, plumbers, veterinarians, banks, dentists, carpet cleaners...and much more. Checkbook will tell you which Chicago Area service providers and retailers rated best and worst for quality and price.
Financial Fit
Easy-to-understand personal finance lessons, videos and interactive tools to make informed financial decisions and achieve financial goals.
Financial Ratings Series Online
Independent and unbiased values and ratings by Weiss Ratings of stocks, mutual funds and exchange traded funds. Check ratings of banks, credit unions, and insurance companies. Compare Medicare Supplement insurance plans. Download free financial planning ebooks.
Gale Business Entrepreneurship
Hundreds of sample business plans, journals, and multimedia content. All aspects of starting and operating a small business: financing, management, marketing, human resources, franchising, accounting, taxes and more.
Gale Business Plan Builder
A step-by-step online planning tool for starting, managing and optimizing a business or nonprofit.
Gale Legal Forms
Authentic, professional legal documents. Useful for filing patents and trademarks, developing leases, creating bills of sale, delegating power of attorney, and more. Ideal for supporting legal tasks for personal or business use.
Justice Entrepreneurs Project
Affordable legal services provided by independent lawyers in a variety of areas such as family law, landlord/tenant, estate law, consumer law, employment law, criminal misdemeanors and traffic tickets, and real property law. Small business help available for business formation, contracts and intellectual property issues. Limited immigration assistance.
Morningstar
Research and analysis of mutual funds and stocks.
Clich here to access inside the library.
Plunkett Research Online
Industry and business analysis, statistics, technologies, and company profiles. Generate customized reports and industry data. Perfect for business plans, market research, case studies and strategic business intelligence.
Record Information Services
Data about new homeowners, businesses, foreclosures and bankruptcies in the Chicago metropolitan area and in Illinois.
Reference Solutions (formerly Reference USA)
Directory of data about U.S. businesses and residences.
RKMA
A collection of ebooks curated by RKMA (Richard K. Miller & Associates). Contents include business, marketing, market research on the travel, sports, entertainment, leisure activities, restaurant, food and beverage and retail industries as well as consumer behaviors.
Value Line
Investment information for stocks.