Business & Finance

Money, meet know-how. Get smart with your cash and your next big idea.

From managing your personal finances to launching or growing a small business, we offer a wide range of online resources to support your financial and professional goals.

  • In-depth reports on industries, stocks, mutual funds, company profiles, and market trends
  • Tools for portfolio analysis and financial planning.
  • Business and demographic data, sample business plans, directories, and funding opportunities.
  • News from trusted sources like the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Kansas City Business Journal, and The New York Times.

Whether you're investing, researching companies, or building a business, we're here to help you succeed.

Personal Finance and Investing

Manage your money and grow your wealth with tools for budgeting, investing, and tracking financial markets.

Business news

Value Line

Reports for industries, stocks and mutual funds, plus ratings for timeliness, safety and financial strength for many stocks.

Morningstar Investing Center

Financial details, portfolio analysis, market news and Morningstar ratings for stocks and funds.

S&P Global NetAdvantage

S&P Market Intelligence featuring company profiles, stock reports, industry surveys, newsletters, and credit and buy/hold/sell ratings.

Mergent Intellect

Public and private company data plus access residential, consumer and demographic information.

More biz data

Weiss Financial Ratings

Independent financial ratings and consumer guides for stocks, banks and insurance companies.

Mergent Market Atlas

Company, industry, country, index, sustainability and economic data and expert analysis for active public companies.

Mergent Key Business Ratios (D&B KBR)

Competitive benchmarking key business ratios compiled from Dun & Bradstreet data for U.S. public and private companies.

Mergent Archives

U.S. and international company equity reports, corporate and municipal manuals, industry reports and company profiles.

Company Data & Resources

Make informed decisions—whether you're investing, partnering, job hunting, or analyzing competitors. Discover the financial health of companies, market position, leadership, and growth potential, reducing risk and increasing the chances of success in business or personal finance decisions.

business-related databases and resources

Data Axle Reference Solutions

Directory of businesses and residences in the U.S. and Canada, helpful to start and grow businesses, find jobs and look up contact details.

Mergent Intellect

Public and private company data plus access residential, consumer and demographic information.

Foundation Directory Professional

Directory and details about funders of scholarships, fellowships and grants for nonprofits and individuals. In-Library use only.

Business Source Databases

Company profiles, case studies, SWOT reports, interviews and articles from respected peer-reviewed business journals.

Small Business & Entrepreneurs

Make smart decisions and avoid costly mistakes with market research, planning, funding, legal and regulatory, marketing, and operating information.

More biz data

Small Business Source

Information for starting and growing a business from top entrepreneurship magazines and reference books.

Business Plans Handbooks

Samples of actual business plans for a wide variety of business types, designed for entrepreneurs.

Data Axle Reference Solutions

Directory of businesses and residences in the U.S. and Canada, helpful to start and grow businesses, find jobs and look up contact details.

Foundation Directory Professional

Directory and details about funders of scholarships, fellowships and grants for nonprofits and individuals. In-Library use only.

more small biz

LawDepot Legal Forms

Customizable legal documents, forms and contracts with step-by-step guidance.

Udemy

Thousands of on-demand video courses taught by world-class instructors.

Universal Class

Online classes taught by expert instructors at your own pace.

In the Catalog

resources on investing

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