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Business & Investing Databases

Library databases are searchable collections of up-to-date and accurate information from trusted sources such as encyclopedias, journals, reference books and other authoritative resources. The Library subscribes to these so you can access high-quality, reliable information for free.
Remote access is available for all databases except where otherwise noted.

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Business & Investing

Company Information

Gauge the risks and rewards of potential investments by using this resource to locate detailed country data on business and trade, current economic climate, statistical rankings, and taxation. Discover whether to kiss, bow, or shake hands during key cross-cultural negotiations. Import or export with confidence after securing detailed trade-compliance information. Find data from the best international organizations-Ernst & Young, The World Bank, World Trade Organization, and others.
Find detailed information and compare multiple metrics on global or national businesses, comprehensive overviews on countries, interactive rankings and stats, and quick links to associated news, case studies and articles. Formerly Business and Company Resource Center.
Mobile App
Comprehensive, full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, banking, and finance, including market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.
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Remote Access (CLP Card)
14 million companies, from the smallest to the largest, with extensive information on each and downloading capabilities.
Online versions of several business-related reference books: Brands and Their Companies, Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media, National Directory of Nonprofit Organizations and Trade Shows Worldwide.
Mobile App
NO remote access
Online Access to the complete contents of all back issues of the following Moody's or Mergent Manuals to 1909
Contains mutual fund and stock ratings and reports, including detailed analyst reports, from Morningstar Inc. Access is limited to five simultaneous users.
A searchable directory of the 1,400 Southwestern Pennsylvania member companies of the Pittsburgh Technology Council.
  • U.S. Businesses: Information on 14 million U.S. Businesses
  • International Business: Profiles of 3 million international businesses with information from OneSource (CLP card)
  • New Businesses: Find newly registered businesses by date and location (CLP Card)
  • U.S. Residential: Information on 135 million US households
Please contact Reference USA at 1.800.808.1113 if you have any problems accessing the database with your Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh library card.
Remote Access (CLP Card)
Online access to Standard & Poor's stock, bond and mutual fund research and reports plus the investment newsletter The Outlook. Also includes access to in-depth S&P Industry Reports [no remote access], Corporation Records and directories of corporations, their executives and securities dealers in North America.

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Industry Information

Detailed information on national, international and regional associations.
Mobile App
Gauge the risks and rewards of potential investments by using this resource to locate detailed country data on business and trade, current economic climate, statistical rankings, and taxation. Discover whether to kiss, bow, or shake hands during key cross-cultural negotiations. Import or export with confidence after securing detailed trade-compliance information. Find data from the best international organizations-Ernst & Young, The World Bank, World Trade Organization, and others.
Find detailed information and compare multiple metrics on global or national businesses, comprehensive overviews on countries, interactive rankings and stats, and quick links to associated news, case studies and articles. Formerly Business and Company Resource Center.
Mobile App
Comprehensive, full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, banking, and finance, including market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.
Mobile App
Remote Access (CLP Card)
Online access to Standard & Poor's stock, bond and mutual fund research and reports plus the investment newsletter The Outlook. Also includes access to in-depth S&P Industry Reports [no remote access], Corporation Records and directories of corporations, their executives and securities dealers in North America.
USA Trade Online (Limited Access*>
NO Remote Access
A sister website to STAT-USA by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce it provides U.S. import and export data on over 18,000 commodities.
*ONLY accessible in Downtown & Business and Reference Services in the Main Library in Oakland; fee-based offsite.

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Investing

Contains mutual fund and stock ratings and reports, including detailed analyst reports, from Morningstar Inc. Access is limited to five simultaneous users.
Remote Access (CLP Card)
Online access to Standard & Poor's stock, bond and mutual fund research and reports plus the investment newsletter The Outlook. Also includes access to in-depth S&P Industry Reports [no remote access], Corporation Records and directories of corporations, their executives and securities dealers in North America.

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Business Periodical Articles

From the rise and fall of drugs such as Thalidomide to the business of oil, the evolution of satellite technology to the emergence of the global economy, this is a rich account of technological advances, business strategies, company profiles, iconic executives and scientists, and much more. This unique reference is the ideal single source for information on the most important events, issues, and trends in the history of business and industry.
Applied Science & Business Periodicals Retrospective features:
Citations to more than 4.5 million articles from more than 2,000 periodicals.
Updated subject headings, ensuring that a search using either old or new search terms will return all the information on that subject.
Original subject headings to offer insight into the way the issues of the day were framed.
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Find detailed information and compare multiple metrics on global or national businesses, comprehensive overviews on countries, interactive rankings and stats, and quick links to associated news, case studies and articles. Formerly Business and Company Resource Center.
Mobile App
Comprehensive, full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, banking, and finance, including market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.
Mobile App

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Insurance Reports & Ratings

NO remote Access
CLP-Downtown & Business ONLY. Best's Library Center provides online access to A.M. Best insurance company ratings and Best's Insurance Reports. The database includes in-depth reports on thousands of U.S., Canadian and Non-U.S. insurers, reinsurers and groups.

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