Business Reference Resources
The library's website offers a large collection of business-related links as well as many subscription databases.
We can help you gather information to start your own business, locate suppliers, determine the outlook for an industry, find other companies in your field,contact associations and organizations that serve your industry and more. The Library offers information on:
- Addresses and Telephone Numbers
- Companies
- General Business Subjects
- Small Business Start-up Collection
- Grants
- Investments
- Marketing and Industry Outlook
- Job Search
- Government
- Electronic Collections of Magazines, and Newspapers, Company Profiles, Legal Forms and Investing Aids
Addresses and Telephone Numbers
- Company and industrial directories help locate people, businesses and organizations.
Sources available: Business and manufacturing directories for Kentucky and ReferenceUSA: An online database of over 12 million U.S. companies compiled from white and yellow page telephone directories. Includes address, phone number, zip code, and line of business. Annual sales figures, number of employees, and credit ratings are provided also.
Companies
- Financial data
- Company histories
Sources available: Moody and Mergent Manuals of Companies (not current); International Directory of Company Histories.
General Business Subjects
- Management
- Business plans
- Human resources development
- Starting a business.
Sources available: Small Business Sourcebook; Business Plans Handbook.
Small Business Start-Up Collection
The Reference Department includes a Small Business Start-Up Collection. This collection includes books on writing business plans, starting small businesses and finding loans.
Grants
The Louisville Free Public Library houses one of The Foundation Center's cooperating network of collections located in Kentucky. The Library also has the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, which lists grants and loans available from the federal government. The Main Library also provides access to the Foundation Directory Online (for use at the Main Library only)
Investments
- Stock Information
- Stock quotations
- Bond and mutual fund information
Sources available: Mutual fund newsletters; Mergent Dividend Record and Standard and Poor's Daily Stock Price Record (1962-1999)
Marketing and Industry Outlook
Data from the Federal government as well as private sources to help profile a geographic area or an industry for potential business.
Sources available: County Business Patterns and RMA (Risk Management Association) Annual Statement Studies.
Job Search
- Job leads and interview techniques
The Library has a collection of resume and interview technique books.
Government
U.S. Government Publications: The Library is a depository for Federal publications. This provides access to laws, regulations, statistics and census data, and historical references.
Electronic Collections of Magazines, and Newspapers, Company Profiles, Legal Forms and Investing Aids
Over 700 business and investment related magazines easily accessed through computer terminals.
- The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and the Courier-Journal
- Business Source Premier - Provides full text for nearly 1,380 scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more.
- Business ReferenceUSA - Contains company profiles, company directory information, and newsfeeds about companies.
- Legal Forms - Contains KY and US legal forms. Includes real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy forms, divorce forms, landlord tenant contracts and more.
- Morningstar Library Edition - Contains stock and mutual fund analysis and reports.
- Value Line Online
