Business and Career

The Cyrenius H. Booth Library has a Business and Career section located on the 3rd Floor in the Reference Department. The Business and Career section has materials in various formats to aid those looking to expand their career, grow their business and research business and industry for investments.

Business

The collection of business books includes Hoover’s, D&B Million Dollar Directory, Barron’s and many other publications. Also books for the small business owner on writing business plans, getting financial backing and growing your business.

Databases 

Reference USA – Search 14 million U.S. businesses and 1.5 million Canadian businesses, by name, type, size, location, etc. Residential database for 120 million households is searchable by name or address.

Business and Company Resource Center with Newsletters through iCONN.org – Business and Company Resource Center is a fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. The Newsletters ASAP database is fully integrated in this database. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.

New York Times (1980 to current), Wall Street Journal (1984 to current), Washington Post (1987 to current) – free access to full-text articles online through www.iCONN.org with library barcode number.

A dedicated business and investment computer is located on the third floor of the library in the Business/Career area.

Career

The Career section includes Occupational Outlook Handbook, books on resume and cover letter writing, interviewing and career advancement.

Databases

LearningExpressLibrary.com – comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons—students and adult learners—succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results.

Investing

Morningstar Mutual Funds – Provides independent investment research on mutual funds in the United States and in major international markets.

Valueline Investment Survey – Ratings and reports of 1700 companies (print and online at library)

NAIC Investor’s Toolkit software on the business computer is available for fundamental analysis of common stocks and portfolio management.