Reference USA Business databases contain detailed information on more than 12 million U.S. businesses. Details include sales figures, executive names and number of employees. Searches can be performed using these categories and more. Reference USA Residential information covers 102 million U.S. residents and is compiled from more than 3,900 White Page telephone directories.
Want to see how it works? Click on the Reference USA database and view the tutorials.
Don't forget to check out the U.S.New Movers/Homeowners module that contains over 300,000 new weekly entries.
See more information about the Lake County (IN) Public Library & its services to business at http://www.lcplin.org/research/businesslines.htm
Friday, October 28, 2011
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
NEW BUSINESS BOOKS
23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism by Ha-Joon Chang
"Thing 1: There is no such thing as free market. Thing 4: The washing machine has changed the world more than the Internet. Thing 5: Assume the worst about people, and you get the worst. Thing 13: Making rich people richer doesn't make the rest of us richer."
Clark Howard's Living Large in Lean Times: 250+ ways to buy smarter, spend smarter, and save money! by Mark Meltzer
"Living Large in Lean Times is Clark's ultimate guide to saving money, covering everything from cell phones to student loans, coupon websites to mortgages, investing to electric bills, and beyond."
Warren Buffett Invests Like a Girl: And Why You Should Too by Motley Fool.
"Warren Buffett and all of the women of the world have one thing in common: They are better investors than the average man, a fact proven by psychologists, scientists, and the value of their portfolios. In this well-researched, eye-opening, and wonderfully witty must-have book, the impresarios at The Motley Fool show that women, with their capability for patience and good decision-making, epitomize the Foolish investment philosophy, and the investment practices of the most successful investor in history: Warren Buffett."
Your Job Survival Guide: A Manual for Thriving in Change by Gregory Shea.
"Change. It’s your job. It just won’t stop. It’s relentless. It keeps coming at you like never-ending rapids in a permanent whitewater river. Change will burn you out if you don’t learn how to handle it. This book is not, however, about mere survival. It is about thriving amidst the challenges of your permanent whitewater world at work."
See more information about the Lake County (IN) Public Library & its services to business at http://www.lcplin.org/research/businesslines.htm
"Thing 1: There is no such thing as free market. Thing 4: The washing machine has changed the world more than the Internet. Thing 5: Assume the worst about people, and you get the worst. Thing 13: Making rich people richer doesn't make the rest of us richer."
Clark Howard's Living Large in Lean Times: 250+ ways to buy smarter, spend smarter, and save money! by Mark Meltzer
"Living Large in Lean Times is Clark's ultimate guide to saving money, covering everything from cell phones to student loans, coupon websites to mortgages, investing to electric bills, and beyond."
Warren Buffett Invests Like a Girl: And Why You Should Too by Motley Fool.
"Warren Buffett and all of the women of the world have one thing in common: They are better investors than the average man, a fact proven by psychologists, scientists, and the value of their portfolios. In this well-researched, eye-opening, and wonderfully witty must-have book, the impresarios at The Motley Fool show that women, with their capability for patience and good decision-making, epitomize the Foolish investment philosophy, and the investment practices of the most successful investor in history: Warren Buffett."
Your Job Survival Guide: A Manual for Thriving in Change by Gregory Shea.
"Change. It’s your job. It just won’t stop. It’s relentless. It keeps coming at you like never-ending rapids in a permanent whitewater river. Change will burn you out if you don’t learn how to handle it. This book is not, however, about mere survival. It is about thriving amidst the challenges of your permanent whitewater world at work."
See more information about the Lake County (IN) Public Library & its services to business at http://www.lcplin.org/research/businesslines.htm
Friday, August 05, 2011
Hoover's Online
Hoover's Online provides comprehensive up-to-date information through a global database of 17 million companies, 3 million decision makers, 700 industries, and a proprietary data collection process. In-depth company coverage of the leading 44,000 public and private companies is featured.
If you haven't used Hoover's online database for awhile, now is the time to take another look. In response to customer feedback, they have updated the website and made it easier to navigate.
Just click on the Resource Center tab to access training videos to explore the many features of Hoover's. With a Lake County Public Library card and a pin number you can access this database from home or office.
See more information about the Lake County (IN) Public Library & its services to business at http://www.lcplin.org/research/businesslines.htm
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
New Database: LexisNexis Library Express
LexisNexis Library Express has long been used by professionals in business, law, and government for research. This easy-to-use online service contains a combination of news, business, and legal information geared for public library users.
The legal module (available on computers in the library only) contains Federal & State cases, Landmark Cases, Federal & State Statutes, Codes and Regulations, Tax Law, and more.
The news coverage includes backfiles and current stories in national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and foreign-language sources.
The business module contains company profiles and dossiers on over 43 million companies. Use this database to create company lists and compare companies.
The following video will give you an online introduction to this outstanding database.
See more information about the Lake County (IN) Public Library & its services to business at http://www.lcplin.org/research/businesslines.htm
The legal module (available on computers in the library only) contains Federal & State cases, Landmark Cases, Federal & State Statutes, Codes and Regulations, Tax Law, and more.
The news coverage includes backfiles and current stories in national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and foreign-language sources.
The business module contains company profiles and dossiers on over 43 million companies. Use this database to create company lists and compare companies.
The following video will give you an online introduction to this outstanding database.
See more information about the Lake County (IN) Public Library & its services to business at http://www.lcplin.org/research/businesslines.htm
Thursday, May 12, 2011
New Business Books
Crush Price Objections: Sales Tactics for Holding Your Ground and Protecting Your Profit by Tom Reilly
These days it seems like we're always in a "buyer's market." But even at a time the word "value" is used interchangeably with "cheap," and the Internet is a bargain hunter's paradise, there are ways for sales professionals to regain the upper hand. In Crush Price Objections!, Tom Reilly, bestselling author of Value-Added Selling, teaches field-tested, street-smart tactics for engaging price shoppers and holding the line on profits.
Let's Get Real or Let's Not Play: Transforming the Buyer/Seller Relationship by Mahan Khalsa
Too often, the sales process is all about fear.
Customers are afraid that they will be talked into making a mistake; salespeople dread being unable to close the deal and make their quotas. No one is happy.
Mahan Khalsa and Randy Illig offer a better way. Salespeople, they argue, do best when they focus 100 percent on helping clients succeed. When customers are successful, both buyer and seller win. When they aren’t, both lose.
Pay Attention!: How to Listen, Respond, and Profit from Customer Feedback by Ann Thomas
Make customer feedback work for your business.
Customers are speaking loud and clear through a miriad of mediums. Evidence shows that customers will no longer stand for the hurried and complacent service that has become the norm. They are looking for a positive, memorable experience. Organizations that provide that level of service will earn their loyalty. Customers base their decisions on nothing more than a positive or negative review of your product and/or service.
Pay Attention! paves the way.
See more information about the Lake County (IN) Public Library & its services to business at http://www.lcplin.org/research/businesslines.htm
These days it seems like we're always in a "buyer's market." But even at a time the word "value" is used interchangeably with "cheap," and the Internet is a bargain hunter's paradise, there are ways for sales professionals to regain the upper hand. In Crush Price Objections!, Tom Reilly, bestselling author of Value-Added Selling, teaches field-tested, street-smart tactics for engaging price shoppers and holding the line on profits.
Let's Get Real or Let's Not Play: Transforming the Buyer/Seller Relationship by Mahan Khalsa
Too often, the sales process is all about fear.
Customers are afraid that they will be talked into making a mistake; salespeople dread being unable to close the deal and make their quotas. No one is happy.
Mahan Khalsa and Randy Illig offer a better way. Salespeople, they argue, do best when they focus 100 percent on helping clients succeed. When customers are successful, both buyer and seller win. When they aren’t, both lose.
Pay Attention!: How to Listen, Respond, and Profit from Customer Feedback by Ann Thomas
Make customer feedback work for your business.
Customers are speaking loud and clear through a miriad of mediums. Evidence shows that customers will no longer stand for the hurried and complacent service that has become the norm. They are looking for a positive, memorable experience. Organizations that provide that level of service will earn their loyalty. Customers base their decisions on nothing more than a positive or negative review of your product and/or service.
Pay Attention! paves the way.
See more information about the Lake County (IN) Public Library & its services to business at http://www.lcplin.org/research/businesslines.htm
Monday, March 21, 2011
NEW BUSINESS BOOKS
Playbook for Success: A Hall of Famers Business Tactics for Teamwork and Leadership by Nancy Lieberman. 2011
In Playbook for Success, Hall of Fame Business Entrepreneur Nancy Lieberman brings her leadership and coaching ability to the boardroom to teach professional women the same rules of success she teaches her players.
The Futures: The Rise of the Speculator and the Origins of the World's Biggest Markets by Emily Lambert. 2011
In The Futures, Emily Lambert, senior writer at Forbes magazine, tells us the rich and dramatic history of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade, which together comprised the original, most bustling futures market in the world.
The Little Book of Alternative Investments (Little Books, Big Profits) by Ben Stein. 2011
Bestselling authors Ben Stein and Phil DeMuth know that investors are bored with their typical 60/40 stock & bond portfolios and .... recommend that investors look outside of the box to hedge funds, real estate, gold, commodities, and even art as souces of investment income.
See more information about the Lake County (IN) Public Library & its services to business at http://www.lcplin.org/research/businesslines.htm
In Playbook for Success, Hall of Fame Business Entrepreneur Nancy Lieberman brings her leadership and coaching ability to the boardroom to teach professional women the same rules of success she teaches her players.
The Futures: The Rise of the Speculator and the Origins of the World's Biggest Markets by Emily Lambert. 2011
In The Futures, Emily Lambert, senior writer at Forbes magazine, tells us the rich and dramatic history of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade, which together comprised the original, most bustling futures market in the world.
The Little Book of Alternative Investments (Little Books, Big Profits) by Ben Stein. 2011
Bestselling authors Ben Stein and Phil DeMuth know that investors are bored with their typical 60/40 stock & bond portfolios and .... recommend that investors look outside of the box to hedge funds, real estate, gold, commodities, and even art as souces of investment income.
See more information about the Lake County (IN) Public Library & its services to business at http://www.lcplin.org/research/businesslines.htm
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
Database of the Month - Plunkett Research Online
With a library card and a pin number Lake County Public Library patrons have online access to this outstanding business database from any location.
If you don't have a library card, you can access the information in this database at any one of Lake County Public Library's eleven locations.
Use this database to conduct business & industry research, create marketing plans, analyze emerging technologies, analyze major companies, develop business plans & sales guides, download prospect lists and much more.
Information is timely and up-to-date with a weekly update schedule.
For an overview of Plunkett's take a look at the following tutorial created by Plunkett Research.
See more information about the Lake County (IN) Public Library & its services to business at http://www.lcplin.org/research/businesslines.htm
If you don't have a library card, you can access the information in this database at any one of Lake County Public Library's eleven locations.
Use this database to conduct business & industry research, create marketing plans, analyze emerging technologies, analyze major companies, develop business plans & sales guides, download prospect lists and much more.
Information is timely and up-to-date with a weekly update schedule.
For an overview of Plunkett's take a look at the following tutorial created by Plunkett Research.
See more information about the Lake County (IN) Public Library & its services to business at http://www.lcplin.org/research/businesslines.htm
Monday, January 03, 2011
NEW BUSINESS TITLES
Make visiting the library one of your 2011 New Year's Resolutions. While you are at the library, check out one of these new business titles.
The Other Side of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge
by Vijay Govindarajan
658.4063 GOVI
Companies can’t survive without innovating. But most put far more emphasis on generating Big Ideas than on executing them—turning ideas into actual breakthrough products, services, and process improvements. Govindarajan guides the reader in the actual execution of ideas.
The Now Habit at Work: Perform Optimally, Maintain Focus, and Ignite Motivation in Yourself and Others
by Neil Fiore
155.232 FIOR
Increase productivity, efficiency, and full-brain power when you apply Now Habit strategies to your business. What if working harder, stressing more, and putting in more hours aren't the secret to success? What if truly effective managers, entrepreneurs, and businesspeople simply use more of their brain to make creative decisions, work in the zone, and live more fully in the process?
globalization: n. the irrational fear that someone in China will take your job
by Bruce C. N. Greenwald
337 GREE
Most supporters and opponents of globalization accept as true certain key ideas that govern the terms of the debate. Globalization, they contend, is the single dominant force shaping the world’s economies both today and into the future; an irresistible and growing part of economic reality. They see the fates of business, labor, and entire nations all determined by their ability to adapt to its dictates. These and other similar notions have become so completely accepted that they are now embraced as the conventional wisdom.
See more information about the Lake County (IN) Public Library & its services to business at http://www.lcplin.org/research/businesslines.htm
The Other Side of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge
by Vijay Govindarajan
658.4063 GOVI
Companies can’t survive without innovating. But most put far more emphasis on generating Big Ideas than on executing them—turning ideas into actual breakthrough products, services, and process improvements. Govindarajan guides the reader in the actual execution of ideas.
The Now Habit at Work: Perform Optimally, Maintain Focus, and Ignite Motivation in Yourself and Others
by Neil Fiore
155.232 FIOR
Increase productivity, efficiency, and full-brain power when you apply Now Habit strategies to your business. What if working harder, stressing more, and putting in more hours aren't the secret to success? What if truly effective managers, entrepreneurs, and businesspeople simply use more of their brain to make creative decisions, work in the zone, and live more fully in the process?
globalization: n. the irrational fear that someone in China will take your job
by Bruce C. N. Greenwald
337 GREE
Most supporters and opponents of globalization accept as true certain key ideas that govern the terms of the debate. Globalization, they contend, is the single dominant force shaping the world’s economies both today and into the future; an irresistible and growing part of economic reality. They see the fates of business, labor, and entire nations all determined by their ability to adapt to its dictates. These and other similar notions have become so completely accepted that they are now embraced as the conventional wisdom.
See more information about the Lake County (IN) Public Library & its services to business at http://www.lcplin.org/research/businesslines.htm
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