Business and Finance
Premium Databases ~ Selected Web Sites

Business and Company Resource Center
Business and Company Resource Center is a fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.
Available within our buildings and from remote locations.
Subscription purchased by the Metropolitan Library Service Agency (MELSA), with funding from state and federal tax revenues.

Business Source Premier
This database includes searchable references for more than 1,170 journals offering indexing and abstracts for the 350 scholarly journals back to 1965 or the first published issue.
Subscription purchased by Electronic Library for Minnesota (ELM).

U.S. Citizenship Test
Study for US Citizenship test. This site has questions in Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, French, Hmong, Russian, Somali & Spanish. Click "Student Login" to start.

GrantSelect
The most comprehensive source of available funding opportunities, GrantSelect comprises nine customized segments containing approximately 10,000 funding opportunities provided by more than 4,000 sponsoring organizations.
Currently only available within our buildings and pending access from remote locations.

ReferenceUSA
ReferenceUSA is a directory of U.S. companies.
Available within our buildings and from remote locations.
Subscription purchased by the Metropolitan Library Service Agency (MELSA), with funding from state and federal tax revenues.

Regional Business News
With daily updates, Regional Business News provides comprehensive full text for regional business publications with full text for more than 60 sources.
Subscription purchased by Electronic Library for Minnesota (ELM).

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
Standard & Poor's Net Advantage brings together nine popular business publications: Stock Reports, Industry Surveys, Corporation Records, Register, Stock Guide, Bond Guide, Earnings Guide, The Outlook, and Dividend Record.
Available within our buildings and from remote locations.
Subscription purchased by the Metropolitan Library Service Agency (MELSA), with funding from state and federal tax revenues.

ELM resources are licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Children, Families & Learning.

Selected Web Sites - Business and Finance

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Selected web sites are free resources available on the Internet and selected by librarians at Ramsey County Library

	Banking & Finance	Investing
	Business	Minnesota Business

Banking & Finance

Bankrate.com
Offers rates on mortgages, car loans, credit cards & certificates of deposit.

FDIC
Banks and Banking

Finance-glossary.com< BR>Dictionary of financial & investment terms.

Mortgage-calc.com
And other financial calculators.

Oanda.com
Provides exchange rates for over 164 currencies.

Business

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BIZLINK
Provides links to business-related web sites. Includes business forms.

BizMove.com
Articles cover the basics of starting a business, personnel management, buying a business, exporting & more.

BusinessDictionary.com
Provides 20,000 definitions and over 115,000 links to business terms.

CEO Express
Identifies the best web sites for the busy executive. Includes headline news, stock quotes & links to a wide range of business categories.

Chambers of Commerce.com
Select resource directory to locate U.S. Chambers Commerce, Better Business Bureaus and Visitor Bureaus.

Deborah Kluge
Deborah Kluge, a private consultant, provides practical advice & weblinks for proposal preparation, grantwriting & government contracting.

Export.gov
Provides export assistance to American businesses..

FreeEDGAR
Provides free access to corporate financial filings (annual reports & more) for publicly held companies.

globalEDGE
Provides links to international business & trade resources.

Hoover's Online
Provides business directory information for over 10,000 companies.

Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic Development
Provides publications on Minnesota business & economic development, tourism & international trade. Industry fact sheets are also included.

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
Replaced the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification manual.

Small Business Administration
Comprehensive guide to SBA's programs & services.

ThomasNet
Comprehensive directory for industrial products & services.

World Chambers Network
Select chamber directory to locate international Chambers of Commerce.

Investing

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BigCharts
Provides historical stock quotes.

Morningstar.com
Provides detailed analyses of more than 6500 stock & bond funds.

Savingsbonds.gov
Includes a savings bond calculator.

Social Investment Forum
Provides comprehensive information on socially responsible investing.

Tradingday.com
Research for mutual funds and stocks. Includes charts, quotes, splits, earnings, dividends,sec filings & more.

Minnesota Business

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Index to Minnesota Business Periodicals
Hill Library's index to locally published business magazines; online index began in 2001.

Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic Development
Provides publications on Minnesota business & economic development, tourism & international trade. Industry fact sheets are also included.

Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State
Provides business forms and fees.