Use these tools to enhance your business potential. Look up competitors, read up on industry trends or research company financials.

Business Insights -- Essentials

Students and job-seekers can access a wide variety of global business information to efficiently research business case studies, competitive intelligence, and career and investment opportunities. (Formerly called Business & Company Resource Center)

Business Plans Handbook

Look up sample business plans in this comprehensive multi-volume set that is now searchable in electronic format. The range of coverage includes everything from pet-sitting services to online consulting businesses.

Business Source Premier

Coverage of publications in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, banking, finance, etc. Additional full-text, non-journal content includes market research & industry reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.

Demographics Now

Geographic business intelligence for business & marketing plans, determining where you should locate your business, understanding your customers better, targeting direct mail and advertising programs, lifestyle customer segmentation, and more.

Foundation Directory Online

In-library access only.  Available at all libraries. Please ask staff for assistance.  Updated weekly, Foundation Directory Online provides the most accurate details available on U.S. funders and their grants.

Frost & Sullivan

Comprehensive industry and market research articles to encourage growth and empowerment. Access many full-text reports instantly; obtain full text of read-only reports by contacting eref@ebpl.org.

Legal Information Reference Center

This database offers the everyday user the tools and detailed “how-to” instructions to address a wide-range of legal issues relating to family affairs & divorce, business & corporations, wills & estate planning and lots more. Users can also search over 12,800 state-specific legal forms.

Lynda.com

In-library access only (Westampton & Cinnaminson libraries) Training courses in easy-to-learn video format on applications from Adobe, Apple, Corel, Microsoft, and many other software producers. Also includes tutorials on a variety of scripting and programming languages and web platforms.

Westampton: Computer is located next to the small study rooms

Cinnaminson: Computer is located in between the magazines and non-fiction

Management Handbooks and Guides

A collection of ebooks with knowledge for starting and managing a business.

NJBIZ Lists

In-library access only.  Available at all libraries. Please ask staff for assistance. 

Are you looking for businesses in Trenton? How about law firms in Essex County?  Fastest growing technology companies? The NJBIZ database contains information about more than 12,000 NJ businesses. In addition to the well-known electronic Book of Lists, this data is available in about 90 lists and rankings.  Results are downloadable.

 

OneSource

Global coverage of Companies, Industries & Executives
The OneSource Global Business Browser provides robust intelligence on over 16 million U.S. and Canadian firms as well as the top 100,000 international companies and 50,000 subsidiaries and branches of multinational companies located in developing countries. The database also includes over 18 million executive decision makers, company and industry analysts’ reports and hundreds of industries. 

Reference USA

Access to business, residential and health directories.  Search company and organizations  by name, major industries, geographic area, and other criteria. Residential listings may be used to generate sales leads or for marketing analysis. Also link to OneSource Global Business Browser for in-depth intelligence on industries, companies (both public and private) and corporate family structures.  

Regional Business News

Get local business news from 75+ regional publications from all over the US.

Small Business Resource Center

This comprehensive database covers all major areas of starting, operating and maintaining a business from financing, management, marketing, accounting, taxes and more.