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ABI/INFORMBusiness, economic, industry, and trade news from local, regional, and global publications. Nearly 3,000 full text titles. Scholarly and popular coverage. Proquest
Academic Search CompleteMulti-disciplinary coverage. Over 5,500 full text periodicals, including more than 4,600 peer-reviewed journals. PDF content going back to 1887. Searchable cited references for nearly 1,000 journals. EBSCOhost
Business Full TextCitations, abstracts, and full text for articles, product reviews, interviews, biographical sketches, corporate profiles, surveys, book reviews, and more. H. W. Wilson
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LC classification system

HA - Statistics HB - Economic Theory. Demographics
HC - Economic History and Conditions HD - Industries. Land Use. Labor
HE - Transportation and Communications HF - Commerce
HG - Finance HJ - Public Finance

Reference books

BookCall number
A Dictionary of Business (online book)A Dictionary of Business
Encyclopedia of Business and Finance (2 volumes)REF HF1001 .E466 2001
Encyclopedia of White-collar & Corporate Crime (2 volumes)REF HV6768 .E63 2005
Hoover's Handbook of American BusinessREF HG4057 .A28617 2009
Hoover's Handbook of Private CompaniesREF HG4057 .A28616 2004
Hoover's Handbook of World BusinessREF HG4009 .H66 2003
Market Share ReporterREF HF5410 M35 2008
Occupational Outlook HandbookREF HF5382.5.U5 O23 2004-05

Web resources

Current Industrial Reports
EDGAR - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Google Patent Search
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) - for industry definitions
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Small Business Association
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) - for industry definitions
Statistical Abstract of the United States
StockSelector.com
U.S. Government Department of Labor