These key resources provide quality investment information, business directories, periodical directories, and general business research tools.
Available with Skokie Public Library card
Subscription Resources
Factiva.com
A database that provides full text access to over six thousand news wires,
newspapers, magazines and journals. Includes many specialized trade
journals, international business resources, and sources such as the Chicago
Sun-Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. Coverage varies by source.
Skokie Public Library's guide to this database
First Research
First Research contains industry reports for people who need to quickly learn about a target industry. Its Industry Profiles cover more than 600 business sectors and highlight industry trends and business issues. Other features include Call Prep Sheets (one-page industry overviews), and State Profiles (summaries of economic and business issues affecting a business in any state).
Hoover's Online
Hoover's Online provides basic contact information for over twelve million
companies, with detailed reports for more than 40,000 of them. Information
is available for industries and competitors.
Skokie Public Library's guide to this database
LegalForms from
Thomson Gale
Provides a wide selection of state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms across the most popular legal areas. Includes real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord/tenant, and many others. Also included is a comprehensive attorney state directory and a dictionary of legal definitions explained in laymen's language.
LexisNexis Library Express
LexisNexis Library Express provides access to over 6,000 news, business, and legal sources. The news coverage includes deep backfiles and up-to-the-minute stories in national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources. The Company Dossier module includes detailed company and financial information. This product also provides access to federal and states court cases back to 1789.
Please note: The Legal section is only available to in-Library users.
Morningstar Investment Research Center
Morningstar Investment Research Center provides access to information on stocks and
mutual funds for potential investors and researchers. Reports include
Morningstar Star ratings and the opinions of stock and fund analysts. Funds
and companies can be searched by name or ticker symbol and lists can be
generated by customized screening criteria.
Skokie Public Library's guide to this database
Public Records Electronic Database
This database contains local public filings of new businesses, new
homeowners, home foreclosures and sales, and bankruptcies in the Illinois
counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will.
Skokie Public Library's guide to this database
ReferenceUSA
A directory with information on over 12 million U.S. businesses and 120
million U.S. households, as well as 1.3 million Canadian businesses and 12 million Canadian households. A special HealthCare section provides additional information on doctors, dentists, and medical offices.
Skokie Public Library's guide to this database
SimplyMap
SimplyMap is a web-based mapping application used to create professional-quality, thematic maps and reports using demographic, business, and marketing data for specific geographic areas in the U.S. such as a cities, counties, zip codes, and census tracts.
STAT-USA/Internet
A database from the United States Department of Commerce that provides information on business, trade, and the economy. It is divided into two sections: "State of the Nation" which focuses on economic indicators for the United States and "Globus/NTDB" which deals with international trade.
