Business & Consumer Resources

Online Databases

• EBSCOHost Master File This comprehensive source includes full-text magazine and journal articles, many with images. A great place to find a specific article, start a research project or look for what’s new on a topic. Includes fulltext access to Consumer Reports.
• Infotrac OneFile A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics.
• Business Source Premier This source contains full text from the world’s top management and marketing journals as well as as country economic reports from the EIU, Global Insight, ICON Group and CountryWatch and detailed company profiles for the world’s 10,000 largest companies.
• General BusinessFile ASAP Use this database to research all business and management topics. Includes directory listings for over 150,000 companies as well as investment analysts’ reports on major companies and industries. Go directly to “Advanced search” to locate investment reports by ticker symbol. Remote Access
• Business Index ASAP Perform in-depth research on management issues, economic indicators and business theories and practices, as well as on the activities of companies and industries worldwide. Instant access to academic and business journals with full text and images.

Periodicals at the library

Web Sites

• Better Business Bureau – Provides online access to business and consumer alerts, consumer news, consumer complaint forms and more.
• Central Register - The Central Register is the weekly source for information about state, county and municipal contracts being put out to bid for the design, construction and reconstruction of public facilities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• Consumer.gov – “A ‘one-stop’ link to a broad range of federal information resources available online.” Organized by topics such as food, health, and product safety.
• Consumer Product Safety Commission – This independent Federal regulatory agency works to protect consumers and families from unsafe products.
• Consumer World – “a public service, non-commercial guide with over 2000 of the most useful consumer resources.”
• Goods and Services Bulletin – The Goods and Services Bulletin is a weekly publication containing solicitations for the procurement of commodities and services (which, generally, are unrelated to construction of public facilities).
• Google Business News – “a computer-generated news site that aggregates headlines from more than 4,500 English-language news sources worldwide.”
• Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries – This site provides a wealth of legal information. Among the highlights are Massachusetts laws by subject, how to find a lawyer, online Massachusetts forms and information on famous cases.
• Middlesex Community College Law Center – Middlesex Community College Law Center is a non-profit organization which works in cooperation with the Attorney General’s Office and provides free mediation services to consumers and businesses in the Greater Lowell Area including  Reading.
• Reuters – Business and finance news stories.
• For more information try these links selected byt the North of Boston Library Exchange (NOBLE)

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