Business, Finance, & Nonprofits

Read trade and industry-focused information in journal articles, market reports, industry reports, and news.

Research companies, the products and technologies they produce, and the markets in which they compete. Results include summaries and full text from business and trade journals, industry newsletters, newspapers, market research studies, news releases, and investment and brokerage firm reports.

One title of particular interest is The Economist. You can even use the feature "Create Journal Alert" to receive notifications when articles from new issues are published!

Provides fast, reliable industry intelligence to help understand business issues for prospects, clients, or your own research—published by Hoover's Inc.

Learn how to start, finance, or manage your small business. Includes sample business plans, how-to guides, articles, and more. Find full-text insights, tips and strategies for students and entrepreneurs.

Access essential facts on grantmakers and their funding activities worldwide. Build robust prospect lists from 242,000+ grantmakers. Learn which funders are more likely to provide support. Connect with key decision makers through the LinkedIn integration. Find collaboration opportunities and join forces with other nonprofits. Includes Grants to Individuals, where you can find scholarships, fellowships and awards for students, artists, researchers, and individuals.

Review company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and company & industry news from periodicals.

Access information on 1.8 million nonprofit organizations. Find local nonprofits where you can donate, work, volunteer, or seek out services. Organizations can maintain profiles and earn Seals of Transparency to give donors the information they need in the tool whose data is at the heart of 230+ websites, programs, and applications, including Facebook and Salesforce.

Learn the skills you need through on-demand instructional video courses in education, technology, business, and creative fields. To get started, log in with your library card number and PIN; you are not required to have an existing LinkedIn profile.

This is separate from a personal LinkedIn Learning account. Please visit their FAQ for library patrons for details about data privacy, continued education units, and more.

Find full-text articles and abstracts from general reference, business, consumer health, and general science magazines and journals.

Track stocks and mutual funds. Read in-depth, independent stock and fund reports.

Use the CloudSourceOA database to find open access research articles.

Find U.S. white pages and yellow pages, as well as demographic details, business competitor maps, and heat maps for U.S. and Canadian businesses. Get the most out of Reference Solutions by visiting their Learning Center.

Access articles with up-to-date information on starting a company, operations management and sales, or growing or rescuing a business.

You may also view the Small Business Start-Up Guide: Washington directly.

Find investment research, expert analysis, and unbiased commentary on approximately 3,400 stocks. Resources include The Value Line Investment Survey®, Small & Mid-Cap Survey, and the expanded Value Line "Universe" of stocks.