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The Library subscribes to high-quality databases that are available to all users in the Library's Harold B. Harris Computer Lab.  Remote access from home or office is available to Fairfield Public Library cardholders by accessing the Library's website and clicking on 'online resources' and 'business'.
  • Reference USA - a directory of over 12,000 businesses in the U.S. that can be sorted by geography, size, and type of business.
  • Dun's Million Dollar Database - Premier directory of all U.S. companies with sales of at least $1 million or at least 20 employees.  An excellent source for biographies of company officers.
Connecticut's ReSearch Engine, provided by the Connecticut State Library
  • Business and Company Resource Center - Comprehensive company and industry information that includes profiles, rankings, statistics, stock prices, and business journal news and analysis.
  • General OneFile - General interest, business and academic periodicals, including nearly 3,000 full-text titles; five newspaper indexes-- a total of more than 6,000 titles in all with 20 years of backfile coverage from 1980 to present.
  • General Reference Center Gold - Multi-source general interest reference that includes more than 700 full-text magazines and 2 months of the Christian Science Monitor, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal.
  • iConn Newspaper Collection - Full-text coverage of the Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, Hartford Courant, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post.
  • LegalTrac - Indexes law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals.  Also contains law-related articles from business and general interest titles.
Hoover's Online
Hoover’s Online is a subsidiary of Dun & Bradstreet, a leader in providing corporate and financial information. The free version on the internet provides basic information about the location, total sales, company type (public or private) and number of executives.  
 
 
Print Resources
 
Business Rankings Annual 2009. (2008). Gale / Cengage Learning.
Location: BUS R 338.74 B 2009, Business Reference collection.
Compiled by the Business Library Staff of the Brooklyn Public Library this is a guide to lists and rankings appearing in major business publications. The top ten companies are listed in each category, such as 'advertising': top outdoor advertisers'  or 'aerospace: top ten aerospace firms by revenue'.
 
Headquarters USA 2008: A directory of contact information for headquarters and other central offices of major businesses & organizations in the United States and in Canada.Omnigraphics, Inc. (2008). Detroit, Mich: Omnigraphics.
Location: R 973 H, ask at Information Desk
This 2 volume set lists headquarters and central offices for the largest and most important businesses, organizations, agencies and institutions in the U.S., as well as top Canadian businesses and organizations. Contains over 114,000 individual listings that provide company name, address, phone number, fax number, web site, and toll-free phone number where available. Companies are listed  alphabetically by organization name, and also classified by subject.
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