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Arlington Heights Memorial Library
Shannon Scanlan
Business Services Librarian
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2. Library Resources
Library resources can help you
Research company information
Create targeted mailing lists
Locate new businesses
Find your business competitors
Begin at the Library’s website
 www.ahml.info
Research>Databases
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3. Business Databases
Business Source Premier
Corporate Affiliations
Lexis Nexis Library Express
Plunkett Research
Public Records
ReferenceUSA
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5. Business Source Premier
- Full text of more than 2,000 business publications as
well as market research reports, industry reports,
country reports, company profiles and SWOT
analyses –Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and
Threats) of companies
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7. Corporate Affiliations
Company profiles
Hierarchies
Number of employees
Revenue
Products & Brands
Email addresses for company executives
Executive compensation
Competitors
Outside service firms
Mergers & Acquisitions
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9. Lexis Nexis
A powerful database that is a unique combination
of news, business, and legal information.
Access to over 9,500 news, business, and legal
sources.
The news coverage includes deep back files and up-to-
the-minute stories in national and regional newspapers,
wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news,
and foreign-language sources.
Get company information on over 43 million
companies.
Create company lists.
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12. Plunkett Research
Analysis of industry trends
Over 8,000 companies in the database
20% are private companies
30% are outside the US
Compile custom lists of companies
In Excel format
Associations and Organizations
Build a report on specific industries
Downloadable in PDF document
Market research
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14. Public Records
Database with access to current County public
records
Real Estate Transactions
Mortgages
New Businesses
Foreclosures & Auctions
Bankruptcies
Real Estate for Sale
Information is compiled on a daily basis
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15. Illinois Counties Included
 Boone Records
 Champaign Records
 Cook Records
 DeKalb Records
 Du Page Records
 Kane Records
 Kankakee Records
 Kendall Records
 Lake Records
 Madison Records
 McHenry Records
 Peoria Records
 Rock Island Records
 Saint Clair Records
 Tazewell Records
 Will Records
 Winnebago Records
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17. Reference USA/OneSource
14 million U.S. businesses
4 million new businesses
Canadian white pages and businesses
US Healthcare
US New Movers and Homeowners
Yellow Page and Business White Page telephone directories
Consumer and Lifestyle information
OneSource, a directory of companies, executives and industries
Search for companies by location, sales volume, number of
employees, competitors, number of PC’s, credit rating, etc…
Remote access with an Arlington Heights Library card through
our website
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20. For More Information
Visit the Library’s Business Center
Set up a one-one-one appointment with Shannon
Scanlan the Business Services Librarian
Visit the Library’s Business Page
http://ahml.info/research/business
Visit the Library’s Business Blog
http://ahml.info/research/business/blog
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