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Online Resources

Naperville Public Library has great online resources to help you with your research. These resources are free to use - just log in with your Naperville Public Library card number.

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Encyclopedia of Associations	Information on over 600,000 international and U.S. national, regional, state, and local nonprofit... more
Gale Business Insights: Global	Includes company profiles, industry reports, and financial reports, SWOT reports, market statistics... more
Gale Business: DemographicsNow	Business & People is a comprehensive business and residential reference and research tool.... more
Gale Business: Entrepreneurship	Small Business Resource Center is a comprehensive database offering content that covers all major... more
Gale Business: Plan Builder	Comprehensive business software for planning, starting or running your business or nonprofit.
Gale Directory Library	Information on over 600,000 international and U.S. national, regional, state, and local nonprofit... more
Gale eBooks	The full-text of many literature reference books can be found here including Drama for Students,... more
Gale Legal Forms	Hundreds of customizable legal forms, drafted by attorneys.
Gale Power Search	Time saving tool that cross-searches our Gale resources.
LinkedIn Learning	LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com) is an online library of instructional videos that can help... more
Market Share Reporter	Presents comparative business statistics. Each entry features a descriptive title; data and market... more
Mergent Online	Delivers comprehensive company, industry, and market intelligence. Provides profiles and... more
Morningstar Investment Research Center	Reports and analysis of stocks, mutual funds, and ETFs, with screening and portfolio x-ray tools... more
National Directory of Nonprofit Organizations	A comprehensive guide to the growing nonprofit world designed for marketers, sales staff, and... more
Reference Solutions (Formerly ReferenceUSA)	A premier source of business and residential information with more than 40 million businesses, 150... more
ValueLine	Online version of ValueLine, with ratings and reports for 3,500 stocks and 2,000 mutual funds, plus... more
Wall Street Journal (Proquest Text Edition)	Full-text articles from the financial newspaper of record dating back to 1984.
Washington Post (Proquest Text Edition)	Full-text articles from the American daily newspaper published in Washington D.C.
Weiss Financial Ratings Series	Weiss/Street ratings for Banks, Credit Unions, Insurance Companies, Stocks, and Mutual Funds, plus... more

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The library maintains a business reference collection that can be used in the library as well as a collection of business books which may be checked out with a library card.
Business magazines and newspapers are also available.
Librarians are available at all times to help you with your research needs.

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Business Resources - online databases to develop business plans and research data

Business Services Team - answers to your business questions

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