Business & Finance

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Online Resources

Authoritative sources of articles and reference information, brought to you by the Ridgefield Library unless otherwise noted. Have your library card handy for log-in.

Reference USA - custom search 14 million U.S. businesses.
Business Insights: Essentials - comprehensive business research includes business news and industry publications, company financials, investment reports, rankings, market share data, brands and product information and court cases.  Click here for tips on using this database.
Academic OneFile

Masterfile Elite (EBSCO) - newspaper, magazine and journal articles
New York Times
Wall Street Journal

Gale Virtual Reference Library - click on Business for e-reference books.

Value Line Investment Survey - also available in paper format.

Investor's Business Daily - available online on library computers or in paper format.

Foundation Center databases - available on library computers only.

Foundation Directory Online
Foundation Grants to Individuals Online
Philanthropy In/Sight

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Websites

Tested and recommended by our librarians.

Business

Bloomberg Businessweek
Forbes
Fortune
Harvard Business Review

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Consumer Price Index
ExecutivePlanet - business culture guides for international travel
First Gov for Businesses and Non-profits
IRS Tax Information for Businesses
North American Industry Classification System - NAICS Codes lookup

State and Local Business Information

Ridgefield Chamber of Commerce
SCORE - Western Connecticut Chapter
Connecticut Better Business Bureau
Connecticut Economic Resource Center, Inc. (CERC)
Connecticut Licensing Info Center - CT-CLIC.com
CT Small Business Development Center

Ridgefield Press - The Ridgefield Press.com - The Ridgefield Press is available from 1875 to present in the library.
NewsTimes.com - Danbury area business news
Conntact.com CT Business News Journal - from the publisher of Business New Haven
Fairfield County Business Journal
Westchester County Business Journal

Banks and Banking

CT Department of Banking - find a bank, find a credit union
Federal Reserve Consumer Information
FDIC Quick Links for Consumers

Finance and Investments

Dow Jones Averages
EDGAR - SEC Filings
Investing in Bonds
Investopedia
Motley Fool
Yahoo Finance - includes historical stock quotes
Zacks.com

Insurance

A.M. Best's Consumer Insurance Information Center - information and company ratings
Connecticut Insurance Department
Insurance Information Institute - brings insurance information to the public
Health Insurance Plan Rankings (Consumer Reports) - available only from computers in the Library

Personal Finance

AnnualCreditReport.com
Bankrate.com
Consumer.gov - Federal Trade Commission
Coupons.com
Extension.org - University of Connecticut and the Cooperative Extension System information
DaveRamsey.com - from the author of "The Total Money Makeover"
Financial & Mortgage Calculators
GetRichSlowly.org
Identity Theft Information from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Kiplinger.com
Mint.com
MyMoney.gov
SmartMoney.com
Wisebread.com - Wise Bread: Living Large on a Small Budget

Small Business and Entreprenuership

AllBusines
American Express Small Business Plan Resources
Business Owner's Toolkit™
Business Plans
BusinessUSA - Business.USA.gov was created in October 2011 by President Obama
Entrepreneur
StartupNation
U.S. Small Business Association

Charities and Nonprofit Organizations

Charity Navigator
Causes
Network for Good

Library Materials

Circulating materials, most reference books and non-fiction video shelved together in the stacks. Print magazines and newspapers on display or ask at the Reference Desk. Audiobooks on cassette and CD in the Fiction Room.

Books/DVD/Video/Audiobooks

Accounting – 657
Businesses History – 338.7
Company Directories – 650.4
Customer Relations – 658.812
Entrepreneurship – 658.4
International Trade – 332
Investing – 332.63
Management – 658
Personal Finance – 332.6
Resumes & Interviewing – 650.14
Wills & Estates – 346.7305 (also 332.024)    

Magazines/Newspapers

Barron's
Bloomberg Business Week
Commercial Record
Economist
Fairfield County Business Journal
Financial Times
Forbes
Fortune
Investor’s Business Daily
Kiplinger Washington Letter
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance
Money
New York Times
Value Line Investment Survey
Wall Street Journal

See General Periodical Indexes online

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