Business Resources
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Barron's
The complete Barron's on microfilm available in a digital format. Starting date is January 2008. Use by selecting the title Barron's and the desired date.*
Business Abstracts with Full Text (Provided by the Texas State Library’s TexShare Program)
Business Abstracts with Full Text offers a multitude of business magazines and scholarly journals. This comprehensive database is an ideal resource for those looking to conduct research in any...
Business Gateway
Resources for small businesses and job seekers.*
Business Insights: Global
Gale Business Insights: Global uses case studies, statistical data sources, news articles, academic journals and topical reference materials organized by country, company and industry to quickly...
Business Plans Handbooks
If you plan to start or expand a business, the Business Plan Handbooks provide over 250 examples of business plans for a variety of businesses.*
Business Source Complete (Provided by the Texas State Library’s TexShare Program)
Scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more. Please note: This database features a new interface.*
Demographics Now
A comprehensive business and residential search tool that facilitates market reserach reports. Also available are demographic reports of interest to businesses and people writing business plans....
Economia y Negocios (Provided by the Texas State Library’s TexShare Program)
Spanish language citations on business and economics.*
Factiva
Up-to-date data, articles and news about companies and industries.*
Facts on File Science Online
Includes science biographies, diagrams, essays, experiments, definitions, and timelines.*
Foundation Directory (Available at Central Library Only)
Program details and application guidelines for leading foundations as well as sponsoring company information for corporate givers.
Foundation Grants to Individuals (Available at Central Library Only)
Find sources for scholarships, fellowships, grants, awards and other financial support for individuals.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (Provided by the Texas State Library’s TexShare Program)
Full-text encyclopedia.*
Gale Directory Library
Includes Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies, Encyclopedia of Associations, Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media, and National Directory of Nonprofit...
Gale Legal Forms
Legal forms specific to Texas.*
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Full-text reference books on topics including biography, business, the environment, history, law, social sciences, medicine, religion, the sciences, and multicultural studies.*
Historical Annual Reports
Over 800 companies' annual reports (1844-current) available through searchable PDF images.*
Hoover's Company Profiles
Find up to date proprietary editorial content covering more than 40,000 public and non-public companies and 225,000 key executives. Hoover's delivers in depth industry analyses, information on a...
Mergent Online
Business descriptions, corporate histories and financial statements for over thousands of U.S and international public companies.*
Mergent WebReports
Access to an archive of corporate and industry related documents.*
ReferenceUSA (For Remote Users)
Business database of U.S. businesses; also includes an international business database, a residential database, new movers database (residential) and new businesses database.*
ReferenceUSA (In Library Version)
Business database of U.S. businesses; also includes an international business database, a residential database, new movers database (residential) and new businesses database.
Regional Business News (Provided by the Texas State Library’s TexShare Program)
Articles from regional business publications.*
Small Business Reference Center (Provided by the Texas State Library’s TexShare Program)
Small Business Reference Center provides a number of periodical articles, reference books, and 'how to' videos on relevant topics from starting a company, operations management and sales to...
Small Business Resource Center
Small business management resources from periodical and reference works including business sample plans and legal forms.*
Standard and Poor's NetAdvantage
Includes the Daily Price Records for stocks back to 1984 and mutual funds back to 1998. Also available is the S&P Register and market and company information.*
Wall Street Journal (Article Search)
The financial newspaper of record-- offering in-depth coverage of national and international finance from 1984 to -current.*
Wall Street Journal (Digital Microfilm)
The complete Wall Street Journal on microfilm available in a digital format. Starting date is January 2008. Use by selecting the title Wall Street Journal and the desired date.*
Wall Street Journal Historical Archive
Full page view of the Wall Street Journal from 1889-1993.*
Recommended Websites
Better Business Bureau for the Houston Area
des information about companies and charities to encourage wise purchases and a fair marketplace.
Business Organization Forms for Texas
Forms to register your business with the Texas Secretary of State.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Federal grant and loan programs.
DepositAccounts.com
Easy to find bank information and compare interest rates.
Greater Houston Partnership
Houston's "chamber of commerce."
IRS Tax Forms
Federal tax forms back to 1990.
Kompass
Search for business suppliers that includes 3.5 million companies worldwide.
NAICS: North American Industry Classification System
A listing of the new NAICS codes, with correspondence tables for NAICS to SIC (Standard Industrial classification) and SIC to NAICS.
OANDA
Currency converter.
SIC: Standard Industrial Classification Search
A searchable database of SIC codes.
Small Business Administration
Information and services offered by the SBA.
Thomas Register
Thomas Register's free online supplier/finder index of manufacturers. Access requires registration.
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Free searchable databases of patents and trademarks, as well as information on the patent process.
What is a Dollar Worth?
CPI and inflation rates with a cost of living calculator.