Research Databases: Business

Most Useful:

• Business Source Complete
  (EBSCO) Provides "journal and magazine full-text articles, financial data, case studies, industry reports, market research reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more."
• Films on Demand (LSCS Libraries)
  (Films Media Group) High-quality, educational streaming video from companies such as Films for the Humanities, BBC, and PBS.
  NOTE: Disable Compatibility View under Tools menu in Internet Explorer if the films do not play on your IE browser. Compatible browsers include: IE 8.0+, Mozilla Firefox 4.0+, Google Chrome 3+, Apple Safari 4.0+.
• Houston Business Journal - free web
  (American City Business Journals, Inc.) Search back issues from 1996 to the present in their archives.
• Morningstar Investment Research Center (LSC-CyFair, LSC-Tomball, & HCPL)
  (Morningstar, Inc.) Mutual funds investment information.
• ReferenceUSA (LSC-CyFair, LSC-Tomball, & HCPL)
  (NOTE: This link will refer you to the HCPL page where you will see the ReferenceUSA link and select it.)
• Value Line Investment Service (LSC-CyFair, LSC-Tomball, & HCPL)
  (Value Line) Investment advice on stocks.
• Wall Street Journal (LSCS Libraries)
  (ProQuest) Provides full-text coverage from January 2, 1984 to the present.
• Westlaw Campus Research (LSCS Libraries)
  (Thomson West) News, business, and legal research materials.
  NOTE: Click the GO button at the bottom right corner of the first screen to search the database.

Also Try:

• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance - free web
  (General Services Administration) Comprehensive listing of assistance programs administered by 57 Federal Agencies.
• Country Information Sites – free web
  
  • Country Information (Google Custom Search)
  • Country Profile (BBC News)
  • The World Factbook (CIA)
  • Countries of the World (InfoPlease)
• CountryWatch (LSC-North Harris only)
  (CountryWatch, Inc.) Provides news, geographical, political, economic, and cultural information and maps on each of the 194 countries of the world.
• Economía y Negocios
  (EBSCO) - atención: resultados en español e inglés
  Con ese recurso, se puede sacar informacion financiera sobre rendimientos accionarios, regimenes cambiarios, politica fiscal, gasto publico y privado, dinamica industrial por todos los paises latinoamericanos.
• Historical Stock Quotes-Big Charts - free web
  (MarketWatch, Inc./Dow Jones & Company) Allows users to input a company's stock symbol and find high/low/closing stock prices for currently-traded companies from 1970 to the present.
• Houston Chronicle  
  (Infotrac) Citations only: Jan 1, 1996 -  Apr 25, 2012  
• Houston Chronicle - free web
  (Hearst Communications Inc.) Access the elelctronic copy of today's Houston Chronicle  
• Houston Chronicle Archives - free web
  (Hearst Communications Inc.) Back issue access: 1985 - 2011
• Patent and Trademark Database - free web
  (U.S. Patent & Trademark Office) United States patents, trademarks, abstracts, full-text and images available.
• Regional Business News
  (EBSCO) Daily international newswires and regional business publications.
• ThomasNet® - free web
  (Thomas Publishing Company) Includes Thomas Register® and Thomas Regional® and is a comprehensive online resource for finding companies and products manufactured in North America. Free registration is required to view company records.
• Yahoo! Finance-Historical Stock Prices - free web
  (Commodity Systems, Inc. (CSI)/Hemscott Americas) Enter a company stock symbol in the "Get Quotes" search box. Then click the "Historical Prices" link in the left margin. Select a date range and specify daily, weekly, monthly or dividend information. View the resulting table and/or download it to a spreadsheet.