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133 resources found.

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Mergent Archives

Mergent Archives is a platform for the digital delivery of the iconic Moody''s / Mergent Manuals of corporate and securities information as well as their huge retrospective collection of corporate annual reports.  In addition this platform delivers the Mergent Industry Reports, Ford Equity Reports, the Key Business Ratios, First Research and other D & B products.  The principal source for current in-depth company research remains the separate Mergent Online resource. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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Oxford Handbooks Online

The full collection of Oxford Handbook series, which provides peer-reviewed research articles from scholars in the field of archeaology, business & management, classical studies, criminology & criminal justice, economics & finance, history, law, linguistics, literature, music, philosophy, political science, psychology, and religion.  **Patrons should read the Oxford Classical Dictionary's Privacy Policy before searching.**

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Musical America

The electronic version of Musical America. Includes a directory. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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U. S. Census Bureau

Data tools, maps, publications, and news relating to the United States Census. Topics include education, employment, health, housing, income and poverty, population statistics, and others. Provides access to American FactFinder, which allows for the customized organization of census data through tables and maps, from national to local levels.

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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present

Provides biographical information on the more than 13,000 persons who have served in the United States Congress, including those who served in the Continental Congress.

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Wall Street Journal (1889-1996)

Searchable full-text and page images from the Wall Street Journal archive.  **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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ProQuest Congressional Publications (1789 - present)

Primary source collection of congressional documents, including hearings on all aspects of U.S. social, economic, and political history. Testimony is provided from a wide range of community leaders and ordinary citizens. House and Senate publications document the transformation of the U.S. from thirteen colonies into a world power, and featured topics include war, nuclear energy, space exploration, terrorism, and human rights, among others. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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Hoover's

NOTE:  No Downloading or emailing of records is enabled for this database. Printing only or PDF profile of an individual company.  Directory for company & industry information for 43,000 private & public companies, & 600 industries. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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Winmo (formerly Redbooks-Advertisers and Agencies)

Provides data on advertising agencies, advertisers, key contacts, ad spends, media types, and more.

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Checkpoint

This comprehensive database provides expert research resources and guidance covering the full range of tax issues, including the United States Tax Reporter, which includes full coverage of income and estate tax matters and IRS practice; and the New York Tax Reporter. This service also includes the Tax Cases, memoranda, revenue rulings, Treasury decisions, comprehensive presentations of U.S. tax treaties, and a range of the IRS publications. Current news sources and tax guides are also available. A preview of the service is available here. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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Compendex Historical Archive

Contains information on engineering and technology, including journal articles, technical reports, monographs, and conference proceedings. From 1884-1969. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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Congress.gov

The official website for U.S. federal legislative information.

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Population Index

A searchable database of annotated citations from books, journals, working papers, dissertations, and bibliographies in the field of demographics and population

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United Nations Documents and Publications Index

UN materials searchable by subject, session, document number, UN sales number, title and country.

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Value Line Research Center

On-line access to Value Line's leading publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities as well as special situation stocks.

Attention NYPLcardholders: To view issues of Value Line, click on  the DASHBOARD tab. Be sure to log out of the resource when your research is complete.

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Best's Library Center

Best's Library Center combines the time-honored Best's Insurance Reports in a single platform, allowing users to assess companies' financial strength, performance ratios and market segments. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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Bloomberg

The interactive network of Bloomberg Financial Markets offers up-to-date pricing information, history, data, analytics, and multimedia news. A generous gift of Bloomberg, L.P. This database is not on all networked computers.  Please note: NYPL's Bloomberg service is for viewing only. This means NO printing, no downloading, no copying, no photography, no reproduction by any digital device of Bloomberg content. Reserve this database for a 30 minute or 1 hour same day session with staff in the EIC. 

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Charity Navigator

Evaluates the financial health of America's largest charities.

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Mergent Horizon

Mergent Horizon has now been integrated into the Mergent Online database and renamed as the Supply Chain tab. Mergent Horizon; provides a 360 degree view of a company's competitors, suppliers, partners, and corporate customers, using a detailed hierarchical classification system for actual products and services. Records may be retrieved by company name, product or service category, or trade name. Data can be analyzed for an individual company or aggregated for an industry sector. 

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PrivCo

PrivCo is a premier resource for financial data on 900,000 private companies, non-publicly traded corporations, family-owned, private equity-owned, venture-backed & international unlisted companies. Library users must create an account for use in the library only, with their name and email address to access PrivCo, and monthly account limits will apply. This database may be accessed at SIBL only, on library computers, not through Wi-Fi.  **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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African American Newspapers: The 19th Century

Searchable full-text of the major African-American newspapers published in the United States during the 19th century. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection

The American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection provides digital access to American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912. The fifty thematic subsets include digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals not available from any other source and provide content detailing American history and culture from the mid-18th century through the late-19th century. These specialized collections cover advertising, health, women's issues, science, the history of slavery, industry and professions, religious issues, culture and the arts, and more. See below for collections:

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Capital Changes (Formerly Capital Changes Reporter)

This database provides over 100 years of U.S. corporate actions data on events such as mergers & acquisitions, spin-offs, exchange offers and reorganizatiions for their tax consequences. Also includes U.S. offerings from foreign corporations.

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CASSIS: Classification and Search Support Information System

Indexing (1969 - Present) and abstracting (1994 - Present) for U.S. patents and current and pending federally registered Trademarks (1790 - Present), as well as information on patent classifications and assignments.

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Consumer Expenditure Survey

Provides information on the buying habits of American consumers, including data on their expenditures, income, and consumer unit (families and single consumers) characteristics.

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D&B Million Dollar Directory

Newly expanded directory provides information on 14 million companies in the U.S. Search by company on first screen, or use Advanced Search to select criteria to build a list of companies by location, industry, SIC or NAICs code, size, sales, etc. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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Directory of American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries- merged into Uniworld

Contains listings for American companies that have a substantial investment in overseas operations-wholly or partially owned subsidiary, affiliate or branch. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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Directory of Foreign Firms Operating in the United States- Merged into Uniworld

Foreign companies listed have a substantial investment in American operations-wholly or partially owned subsidiary, affiliate or branch. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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e-Marketer

Market research reports, data, charts, about anything "e":  internet, mobile, video, social media, technology use and adoption, online advertising, demographics and more.  eMarketer aggregates and analyzes research from 1,700+ sources and produces analyst reports, statistics, and and charting features. Also check out e-Marketer's Retail Microsite for in-depth data about retail stores and restaurants. *Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.*

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Foundation Grants to Individuals Online

Foundation Grants to Individuals Online is an online database of nearly 10,000 foundation and public charity programs that fund students, artists, researchers, and other individual grantseekers. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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LinkedIn Learning

LinkedIn Learning, formerly known as Lynda.com, is an online educational site that features thousands of courses and video tutorials where you can discover, complete, and track courses related to your field and interests. Users will need to create accounts in order to track course progress, create playlists of potential coursework, and keep course notes. Patrons should refer to LinkedIn's Privacy Policy and Website Use Policy before starting.

To log in, please click on "Get Started" and enter your NYPL library card number or username and your PIN.

 

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Nelson's Marketplace

Profiles of 2,000 institutional money managers and their 8,000 investment products. 

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PubWEST/PubEAST

PubWest/PubEAST is the public version of the database patent examiners in the United Patent and Trademark Office use.  It provides access to multiple text data sources including the Pre-Grant Publications (US-PGPUB), U.S. Patents (USPAT), U.S. Optical Character Recognition (USOCR), European Patent Office (EPO) Abstracts, Japanese Patent Office (JPO) Abstracts, and Foreign Patent Retrieval system (FPRS) databases, as well as image data sources for full and clipped images.  PubEAST provides a form-based search capability for novice users, and enables expert users to submit searches in Bibliographic Retrieval System (BRS) syntax and IS&R syntax.

Please note that this is only accessible on a stand alone workstation, please speak to a library staff member for assistance.

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Thomas Global

Thomas Global, now titled "Solusource" is a global directory of industrial companies, products and suppliers.

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ThomasNet

Directory of manufacturers and distributors. US & Canada. Includes links to product catalogs and CAD drawings.

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Uniworld Online

Directory for contact information of multinational companies. Uniworld merges two print directories into one online database: American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries and Foreign Firms Operating in the United States, and includes companies in over 200 countries and 20,000 industries. Note, if a company only has offices in one country, it is not included in this database.

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The Wall Street Transcript

Full-text access to the weekly publication including interviews with analysts and WST profiles of selected industry sectors. Archive back to 1997.  **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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Women's Wear Daily Archive (WWD)

Full color, fully searchable, full text version of Women's Wear Daily, from 1910-2015.

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New York Times (1980-present)

Full-text articles from The New York Times. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

Access to this resource has been temporarily expanded to NYPL cardholders working from home, courtesy of ProQuest.

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