Business, Finance & Legal

AtoZdatabases is the premier job search, reference and mailing list database. It includes 30 million business and executive profiles and 240 million residents. Ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, finding friends and relatives and much more. Examples of what you can use AtoZ for include:

• Target local businesses that interest you and limit by geography, sales, industry, and more.
• Locate physicians, dentists, and other health-related professionals.
• Find local homeowners by neighborhood, income, and hobbies (and more) for a mailing campaign.
• Contact new homeowners in your area and entice them to your business.
• Locate competition in an area before selecting a location to operate
• Download up to 1,000 business or household records into a single spreadsheet.

This database is provided by the Michigan eLibrary (MeL).

Provides concise yet comprehensive summaries of the best business books. With these summaries, professionals and students can keep up with the latest information in the business world and learn more effectively.

This database is provided by the Michigan eLibrary (MeL).

Extensive corporate and residential contact information. Search by name, location, product, phone number and more.

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Encompasses a variety of business topics such as marketing, finance, supply chain management and entrepreneurship and also focusing on career growth, personal development, communication and networking.

This database is provided by the Michigan eLibrary (MeL).

An essential database for business students and researchers, providing the latest insights on entrepreneurship and small businesses topics. It offers full-text business journals, magazines, reference books, case studies and company profiles.

This database is provided by the Michigan eLibrary (MeL).

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NOTE: DemographicsNow will be discontinued by March 28. As an alternative, try Data Axel (formerly Reference USA).

Robust and highly-detailed demographic data that's ideal for gaining consumer and market insight as you consider opening a business; finding an untapped audience for your products; analyzing the shifts and needs of a given population and more. Quickly produce a variety of compiled reports to help you make informed and accurate decisions.

View video tutorials on how to get the most out of this database.

This database is provided by the Michigan eLibrary (MeL).

Federal, state, business, personal, real estate and general forms covering hundreds of legal subjects and issues. Topics include: divorce, wills and estates, bankruptcy, power of attorney, name changes, incorporations and more. Please consult an attorney in your state for serious legal matters.

An online database designed to assist the general public in legal matters of all kinds. It includes exclusive full text for many top consumer legal reference books, as well as thousands of legal forms.

This database is provided by the Michigan eLibrary (MeL).

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Providing indexing and full-text coverage of the most respected scholarly law journals, Legal Source is the authoritative database for current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world. It is an excellent resource for attorneys, educators, business people, law librarians, students, paralegals and others involved with the law.

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Extensive corporate and residential contact information. Search by name, location, product, phone number and more.

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Top consumer small business reference books, as well as tools to address many small business topics. It includes business videos, a help and advice section and details on how to create business plans.

This database is provided by the Michigan eLibrary (MeL).

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Search investment-related data, news, and analysis from Value Line. Covers 3,500 stocks across 100 industries.