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Business and Investment

Our online database resources at Investment Research and information will provide you with many tools to conduct your investment inquiries.

The library provides a number of publications and services with up-to-date material useful to business people and investors. The entries on the following Business list, Investment list, and Mutual Funds list are selections from the library's reference collection. An asterisk (*) indicates that the item is located on an index table.

BUSINESS

  • ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ASSOCIATIONS
    Gale Research Company - R061.3 Enc (Info Desk)
    Includes professional and trade organizations.
  • DOW JONES-IRWIN BUSINESS & INVESTMENT ALMANAC
    Dow Jones-Irwin - R330.9 Dow
    Annual compendium of events and statistics for business and investors.
  • ECONOMIC INDICTORS HANDBOOK
    Gale Research Company - R330.973 Eco
    Provides a wide range of statistical data used for measuring the U.S. economy, including GNP, GDP, composite indexes of leading, lagging, and coincident indicators, CPI, and PPI.
  • BILLION DOLLAR FUNDS
    Institute for Econometric Research - R332.6327 Bil
    Gives performance data on America's most successful mutual funds.
  • BARRON'S FINANCE AND INVESTMENT HANDBOK
    Barron's - R332.678 Dow
    Investment alternatives, reading financial reports and financial pages, plus a dictionary of finance and investment.
  • WORLD FRANCHISE DIRECTORY
    Gale Research Company - R381.13 Wor
    1550 listings grouped by product or subject category.
  • BRAND'S & THEIR COMPANIES
    Gale Research Company - R602.75 Bra
  • NTC's AMERICAN BUSINESS TERMS DICTIONARY
    National Textbook Company - R650.03 Car
    Definitions of common and technical terms from the fields of finance, advertising, international business, real estate and others.
  • BUSINESS FORMS ON FILE
    Facts on File - R651.29 Bus
    A loose-leaf collection of various types of forms for photocopying.
  • INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF VENTURE CAPITAL FUNDS
    Fitzroy Dearborn - R658.15025 Fit
    Gives background information on the venture capital industry and over 1000 venture capital sources of funding.
  • CONSULTANTS AND CONSULTING ORGANIZATIONS DIRECTORY
    Gale Research Company - R658.46 Con
    Lists more than 23,000 consultants and consulting firms.
  • RAND MCNALLY COMMERCIAL ATLAS AND MARKETING GUIDE
    Rand McNally - R912 (Atlas File)
    Includes many statistical tables of population, business and manufacturers, agriculture, and other commercial features.
  • THE KIPLINGER LETTER
    Kiplinger Washington Editors
    Weekly newsletter forecast on business and economic trends.
  • THE KIPLINGER TAX LETTER
    Kiplinger Washington Agency
    Biweekly newsletter for non-tax experts focusing on tax issues and problems associated with personal or business financial management.

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INVESTMENT

  • STANDARD & POOR’S SERVICES*
    Standard & Poor’s Corporation

    STOCK REPORTS
    New York Exchange, American Exchange, and Over-The-Counter. Up to date information on 3700 securities.

    BOND GUIDE
    Monthly data and rating of 15,00 corporate bonds.

    STOCK GUIDE
    Monthly statistical summary of 5300 stocks.

    DIVIDEND RECORD
    Weekly detailed dividend information.

    CREDITWEEK
    Weekly surveys of bonds and other fixed income securities.

    THE OUTLOOK
    Weekly investment advisory service.

    STATISTICAL SERVICE
    Monthly business statistics.

    TRENDS AND PROJECTIONS
    Monthly economic survey and forecast.

    INDUSTRY SURVEYS
    Analyses of major U.S. industries.

    CORPORATION RECORDS
    Financial histories of 8200 corporations. DAILY NEWS volume reports latest developments.

    STOCK MARKET ENCYCLOPEDIA
    Reports on 750 companies, updated quarterly.

  • WALKER’S MANUAL OF UNLISTED STOCKS*
    Walker’s Manual LLC - R332.6 Wal
    Covers many over-the-counter stocks not included in Standard & Poors OTC reports.
  • VALUE LINE INVESTMENT SURVEY*
    Value Line Inc - R332.6305 Val
    Weekly evaluations of 1700 common stocks.
  • THE INDEPENDENT ADVISER FOR VANGUARD INVESTORS*
    Fund Family Shareholder Association
    Monthly newsletter provides independent investment advice and in-depth information of all stock and bond funds on the Vanguard family of mutual funds.
  • PERSONAL FINANCE*
    Kephart Communications
    Bimonthly newsletter
  • FIDELITY INSIGHT
    Mutual Fund Investors Association, Inc.
    Monthly newsletter
  • NEWSLETTERS*

DICK DAVIS DIGEST*
Dick Davis Digest -R332.6 Dic
Bi-weekly digest of financial newsletters offering investment advice on a variety of individual companies.

INVESTMENT QUALITY TRENDS*
Value Trend Analysis - R332.6 Inv
A highly quantitative monthly newsletter providing investment advice and market trends.

LOUIS RUKEYSER’S WALL STREET*
Financial Service Associates - R332.6 Lou
Investor awareness source that charts and predicts trends of 350 select Blue Chip stocks. It also speculates on the direction of the economy.

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MUTUAL FUNDS

  • FIDELITY MONITOR*
    Independent Fidelity Investors
    Monthly newsletter from the Fidelity family that provides analysis and performance of a variety of types of mutual funds.
  • MORNINGSTAR MUTUAL FUNDS*
    Morningstar Inc.
    Bi-weekly evaluation of over 2000 mutual funds.
  • VALUE LINE MUTUAL FUND SURVEY*
    Value Line Inc - R332 Val
    Bi-weekly evaluation of 2200 mutual funds.
  • LOUIS RUKEYSER'S MUTUAL FUNDS*
    Financial Service Associates - R332.6 Lou