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Boston
Public Library
Descriptions of Online and CD-ROM
Databases at Kirstein
Kirstein Business Branch
20 City Hall
Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02108
617-523-0860
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Many online databases are
available remotely with a valid BPL Library Card.
Periodical Indexes
The following databases are periodical
indexes, offering citations and/or abstracts to articles and, in some cases, the articles
themselves. Information may be printed or downloaded to a floppy disk, or in most cases a USB drive (check with a
librarian for details).
Location, format, and holdings information follow each title.
ABI/INFORM 2nd Floor/CD-ROM/updated
monthly/1971-Feb. 2003
Provides citations, with abstracts, to articles in 900 U.S. and foreign business and
management periodicals.
Boston Globe all
floors & remote use/online/updated daily
Full text of the Boston Globe's staff-written news stories, features, columns, and
editorials. Articles can be printed, downloaded, or e-mailed. In
addition, Kirstein keeps paper copies of the Globe for 6 months from publication date.
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Business & Industry all
floors & remote use/ online/updated daily/
Abstracts and some full-text, to articles from more than 1700
industry trade journals, business magazines, and newspapers. Worldwide coverage of a
variety of industries. Includes trends and forecasts, market share, merger and acquisition
details, demographics, and advertising campaigns.
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Business and Management Practices
all floors & remote use/ online/updated daily/
Full text articles from more than 1000 management sources. Includes information on how
companies and managers make decisions, implement new technology, plan for the future, and
expand.
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Business Dateline 1st Floor/CD-ROM/updated monthly/1989-April 2005
Offers full-text of articles from 400 U.S. and Canadian local, state, and regional
business publications, including Boston Business Journal. Also covers the business pages
of daily newspapers, including the Boston Globe.
Business Source Premier all floors & remote use/online/updated daily/1922-present (selective
coverage)
Business Source Premier provides full text for more than 2,950 scholarly business
journals, 1,400 country reports, 3,150 industry reports & 500 market research reports. Coverage
includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database provides full text
(PDF) for more than 250 of the top scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922. This
database is updated daily.
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General Business File ASAP all
floors & remote use/online/updated daily/ 1980-Present Citations and abstracts to articles in more than
2500 business, management and trade journals. Approximately half of these journals have
full text coverage. Also included are more than 50,000 investment reports and indexing of
The Wall Street Journal.
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General Reference Center Gold all
floors & remote use/online/updated daily/1980-present
Citations and abstracts to more than 2,000 general interest magazines and newspapers,
1,200 of these in full text.
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Global Newsbankall
floors & remote use/online/updated daily/1980-present
A unique information resource offering students and researchers varying perspectives on
international issues and events. Contains translated broadcasts, news agency transmissions,
newspaper and periodical articles, and government documents from around the world.
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Newsbank all floors & remote use/online/updated daily
Search the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Springfield Union-News and the Worcester Telegram
& Gazette simultaneously.
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Newspaper Source all floors & remote use/online/updated daily
Search full text articles from national and international newspapers, including The Christian Science Monitor,
The Washington Post, The Times (London), and The Toronto Star. Also regional newspapers from cities
such as Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Miami, and New York as well as full text television & radio news
transcripts from CBS News, FOX News, NPR, and others.
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RDS Business Reference Suite see:
Business & Industry, Business and Management Practices, Tablebase.
Regional Business News all
floors & remote use/online/updated daily/
This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business
publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals,
newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
This database is updated on a daily basis.
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Descriptive/Financial Information
The following databases offer descriptive and financial information on companies.
Information may be printed out and, in most cases, downloaded to a floppy disk or a USB drive (check with
a librarian for details).
Canadian Business Directory all floors & remote use/online/updated daily
Directory of more than 1 million Canadian companies compiled from the classified pages of
telephone books. Information includes company name, divisions and subsidiaries, address,
line of business, number of employees, annual sales and credit rating. Searchable by
company name or industry, searches can be narrowed geographically, by number of employees
or by sales.
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CCH Capital Changes Reporter 1st & 2nd Floors/Online/updated daily
A chronological history of a stock's changes in corporate capital structure, including
name changes, mergers, spin-offs, bankruptcy filings, stock splits, etc.
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Compact D/SEC 2nd Floor/CD-ROM/no longer published/1991-Oct. 2002
Includes corporate information filed with the SEC on over 14,000 companies traded on the
NYSE, AMEX, NASDAQ, and Over-the Counter exchanges. Furnishes data culled from 10-K's,
10-Q's, proxies, Spectrum Ownership Files, and Zacks Earnings Estimates.
D&B Million Dollar Database all floors & remote use/online/updated daily
Marketing information provided for more than 14 million U.S. companies. Offers up to 35 searchable
fields such as D-U-N-SŪ number, SIC and NAICS codes, company size and sales, business type and age,
and contact criteria. Includes specialty information such as executive name lists and president
biographies.
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Disclosure Select: Top Companies Collection 2nd floor/CD-ROM/no longer
updated/
This document retrieval system provides CD-ROM access to public company annual reports,
proxy statements, and SEC filings (10-K's & 20-F's) dated between 1996 and 1999. Over
7,000 companies from the NYSE, ASE, and NASDAQ are covered, including all "Fortune
1000" companies. Later Annual Reports can be found in the Mergent Online database.
Gale Virtual Reference Library all floors & remote use/online/
Electronic versions of popular business reference titles such as: Business Plans Handbook,
Encyclopedia of American Industries and International Directory of Company Histories.
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Investext Plus all floors/online/updated daily
The complete text of U.S. and foreign research analysts' reports on more than 11,000
companies and 50 industries from 60 major banking and financial research firms.
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ISI Emerging Markets all floors/online/updated daily
This is a web-based resource for information about emerging markets in Latin America,
Central & Eastern Europe, and Asia. It contains current news, company & industry
information, and market & economic analyses.
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Mergent Online all floors & remote use/Online/updated daily
Indepth reports on over 27,000 Public companies, both U.S. and Global. Information
includes financials from company SEC filings, annual reports (current and archived),
institutional holdings and insider trading. This database provides a wealth of information
in one stop.
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Reference USA all floors & remote use/online/updated daily
Database of nearly 12 million U.S. businesses. Searchable by company name, industry,
geographic location and business size.
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S & P Corporations 2nd Floor/CD-ROM/updated monthly
Three databases with information about the leading 55,000 U.S. corporations:
1. Business and financial information
on over 12,000 public companies.
2. Basic information on approximately
45,000 private companies.
3. Biographical profiles of 70,000 key
executives.
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Industry/Statistics/Economic
Databases that give statistical or
other information on industries and economies rather than specific company information.
Sports Business Research Network all floors/online/updated daily
Market research from the National Sporting Goods Association and others. Coverage includes
all aspects of sports related industries.
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Statistical Universe all floors/online/updated daily
Three statistical databases are part of the Statistical Universe, American Statistics
Index (federal), Statistical Reference Index (state and private), and Index to
International Statistics. Coverage: American Statistics Index 1973-present , Statistical
Reference Index 1980-present , Index to International Statistics 1983-present
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Tablebase all floors & remote use/
online/updated daily/
Tabular data from 90 industries, with information drawn from trade association data,
statistical annuals, investment and research, independent research sources and statistics
from international agencies, and governments.
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Other
LearnATest
LearnATest is a source of test preparation materials and interactive practice
exams, based on official tests, that will help you improve your scores on academic, civil
service, military, and professional licensing and certification exams. They provide
immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and individualized analysis of your
score.
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