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Boston Public Library
General Information Floor by Floor
Kirstein Business Branch
20 City Hall Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02108
617-523-0860

FIRST FLOOR
National directories of public & private companies -
D&B's Million Dollar Directory, S&P's Register of Corporations, Ward's Business Directory,Mergent Manuals
Local & regional company directories -
Dun's Regional Directories (Boston, New England); Massachusetts Business Directory; New England Manufacturers Directory; Massachusetts Venture Capital and Private Equity
Industry-specific directories -
Medical Device Register; Best's Insurance Reports;
Investment company directories -
Nelson's Directory of Investment Managers; S&P's North American Security Dealers; Galante's V.C. & Private Equity Directory
Foreign company directories -
Kompass; AmCham Membership directories
Financial dailies & weeklies -
WSJ, IBD, Barron's, Financial Times
Investment advisory services & newsletters -
ValueLine; Morningstar; Wall Street Transcript; Hulbert Financial Digest; Prudent Speculator; S&P Outlook
Tax info, including tax basis & historical stock prices & stock dividends -
CCH Capital Changes Reporter; S&P Daily Stock Price Record; S&P Dividend Record
Non-profit & trade association directories -
Encyclopedia of Associations
Regular & reverse look-up telephone directories -
Coles criss-cross dir.



SECOND FLOOR
Access to online databases -
ReferenceUSA; D&B's Million Dollar Database; Investext; Business Source Premier (many available remotely-www.bpl.org/electronic)
General business book collection (non-circulating) -
accounting; management; personal finance; patents & trademarks; marketing
Small business start-up material & career collection
Industry financial ratios -
RMA, Troy, D&B Business Ratios
Industry-level information -
S&P Industry Surveys; Encyclopedia of American Industries; Market Share Reporter; Food Industry Review
Economic, demographic & financial statistics -
U.S. Statistical Abstract; Consumer USA; Ibbotson's, ZIP Code Demographics
International economic statistics -
UN Statistical Yearbook; Euromonitor-international marketing & retail information; World Development Indicators
Consumer statistics -
Research Alert Yearbook; Lifestyle Market Analyst; New Strategist-Who's Buying series



THIRD FLOOR
500+ business and trade periodical titles, held for 3 to 5 years
Major news dailies -
Boston Globe, Boston Herald, New York Times, USA Today
Local industry periodicals & statistics -
Banker & Tradesman; Mass Lawyers Weekly; Women's Business, Boston Business Journal
Public Corporation Annual Reports in print.


 


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