Regional Business News
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.

Bankrate
Provides consumers with financial data, research, and editorial information on investment And noninvestment financial products. Information on mortgages, credit cards, new and used auto loans, money market accounts and CDs, checking and ATM fees, home equity lines and loans, and online banking fees is gathered from more than than 2500 financial institutions in 120 market in 50 states and Puerto Rico. Credit union rates are also included.
BizLink
Provided by Charlotte/Mecklenburg Public Library, this site includes links to Company research, Industry research, International business, Marketing & demographics, Taxes, Investment & personal finance, Starting a business, Business forms, Career corner, Patent & trademarks, and a Site Index.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
The principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics.
Business
Access to business articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, wires & transcripts. Includes detailed financial data about US companies. Find companies based on a variety of criteria. Includes EDGAR filings, annual & quarterly reports & proxy statements, News from over 25 industries, Accounting journals & literature, Trade show information & more.
Census Bureau
Provides information about the Census Bureau, such as its organization, mission, employment opportunities and procurement activities; as well as links to census information including CenStats; the current population count; current economic indicators; and a variety of access tools, including map stats, profiles of states and counties, MABLE/GeoCorr (a geographic correspondence engine), a census look-up form; the Tiger map server, and the U.S.
Companies Online
Dun & Bradstreet site that allows searching by criteria, by industry, and includes featured companies of the week.
Country Profiles
Obtain business analysis and country information from a wide range of sources.
Dow Jones
Searchable site with links to Barron's Online, Smart Money interactive, CNBC, WSJ.com, Dow Jones interactive, and Dow Jones Newswires. Includes a directory, press releases, and Wall Street Journal services.
Dun & Bradstreet
Links to news and press releases, reference and research, industry focus, collections, credit, global, marketing, purchasing. Can search by D&B no. and offers another way of accessing Companies Online.
FedStats
Maintained by the Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy, this web site offers access to statistics and information produced by over 70 U.S. governmental agencies. Lists the agencies. Provides regional statistics on agriculture, demographics and economics, crime, education, energy and the environment, health, labor, and national accounts.
FindLaw
Contents include: US Supreme Court Cases 1893+, Legal Subject Index, Law Schools, Laws: Cases & Codes, US Federal Government Resources, Professional Development, State Law Resources, Legal Organizations, Foreign & International Resources, Law Firms & Lawyers, News & Reference, Consultants & Experts, Legal Practice Materials, Directories, Legal Minds - Community, and the FindLaw search engine. Also offers links to FindLaw for the Public, for Business, for Corporate Counsel, for Students, for Legal Professionals, and Legal News.
FRED database
Federal Reserve Economic Data (i.e. FRED) provides historical U.S. economic and financial data, including daily U.S. interest rates, monetary and business indicators, exchange rates, and regional economic data for Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee. FRED files are grouped into 12 categories, and all files, except those which are compressed, are in ASCII format. Compressed files are in .zip or self extracting .exe formats
Hoover's Online
Allows free searches by Company name, Ticker symbol, and keyword search. Features include: Top employers, Career resources, Investor resources, List of lists Cyberstocks, and Spotlight stock, as well as Company news, Quick quote feature, and IPO filings.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Links to Investor assistance & complaints, EDGAR database, SEC Digest & Statements, current SEC rule making, Enforcement Division, Small business information. Allows searching of EDGAR Archives and non EDGAR documents.