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Business Premium Databases

Factiva
Business and Financial News, Company Information, Stocks and Bonds includes full text of Deseret News and Salt Lake Tribune Guide to Factiva (word format)
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Utah State Library Division.

EBSCOhost Business Source Premier
Business and Financial News, Company Information
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EBSCOhost Regional Business News
It incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Updated daily.
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EBSCOhost MasterFILE Premier
Full text for over 1,860 general reference, business, consumer, health, general science, and multi-cultural periodicals. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for over 2,800 periodicals. Full text backfiles go as far back as January of 1990, while indexing and abstract backfiles go as far back as January of 1984.
Consumer Reports, one of the many periodicals in MasterFILE Premier, is no longer full-text.




Business Web Resources

Expert Business Source A product of Reed Business Information and focuses on providing best practices, tips and the latest news to business decision-makers and small business owners.

BizLink
An excellent business portal with topics on company and industry research, international business, marketing & demographics, taxes, investment and personal finance, starting a business, business forms, careers, patent & trademark.

Hoover's Online
The best source for company information.

Motley Fool
A popular portal for personal finance, retirement, investment strategies, news & commentary and money advisor. The Fool's School has a glossary of financial terms, answers to hundreds of common money and investing questions, Investing 101 for the newbie, and their well-known 13 steps to investing. The Getting Started section includes investing basics, mutual funds, getting a broker, how to value stocks and more.

Google Web Directory>>Business
Links from accounting to venture capital.

FT.com (Financial Times)
Well-known financial/business news source.

Investorguide.com
Good solid personal finance web site with market updates, news and commentary, finance links and much more.

Best Business Resources in the Best Business Topics This resoruce lists the top ten business-related resources in ten different subject areas. The subject areas are business directories, company research, industry research, stocks & securities, mutual funds, international business, marketing, product research, small business resources, and tax information. This is a conjoined effort of several members of the Business Round Table (BURT) of the Utah Library Association (ULA). (word.doc)





Consumer Premium Database

EBSCOhost MasterFILE Premier
Full text for over 1,860 general reference, business, consumer, health, general science, and multi-cultural periodicals. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for over 2,800 periodicals. Full text backfiles go as far back as January of 1990, while indexing and abstract backfiles go as far back as January of 1984.

Consumer Reports, one of the many periodicals in MasterFILE Premier, is no longer full-text.



Consumer Web Resources

Automobile Buyer's Guides
Get values for new and used cars, new car reviews, leasing information, road tests, advice on how to buy a car and more.

Federal Consumer Information Center
Helps federal agencies and departments develop, promote, and distribute useful information to the public in the form of consumer publications. Topics include Cars, Children, Computers, Education, Employment, Federal Programs, Food, Health, Housing, Money, Small Business, Travel and more. Some of the publications are several years old.

Consumer World
Consumer World is a public service, non-commercial guide cataloging over 2000 of the most useful consumer resources. It lists hot consumer sites, product reviews, price comparison, general consumer information, auto resources, buying advice, scam alerts, recalls, travel bargains and much more.

ConsumerSearch
A source of expert product reviews. They rank and describe the top reviews, complete with links, analyze the experts and what they say, and list the top-rated products according to the experts. They also list some online retailers for each product.

Better Business Bureau
Check out a company, file a complaint, find a local BBB, general consumer information and tips on autos, business, computers, health, home, money, scams and more.

Utah Division of Consumer Protection
Utah Department of Commerce
Local resource for consumer tips, rights, scams, & fraud. There is a buyer's beware list, consumer complaint form, an excellent "How Do I..." section on filing a complaint, product recalls, telemarketing.

Consumer Action Handbook This everyday guide to being a smart shopper is chocked full of helpful tips about buying a car or home, preventing identity theft, understanding credit, resolving problems after a purchase, and much more.